2A - Monday, April 7, 2008 Ve- The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MSU police use tear gas to break up party PEACE SIGN Police used tear gas Sunday morn- ing on a crowd of Michigan State Uni- versity students rioting near campus, the Associated Press reported. Police said the crowd at the Cedar- Fest party became unruly at about 1 a.m. when students threw bottles and cans at the officers. Of the 3,000 to 4,000 rioters, 52 were arrested and 48 were ticketed. Police resorted to using tear gas when the crowd did not respond to smoke. CedarFest was an attempt to revive a tradition celebrating the Final Four men's basketball tournament. The city of East Lansing and MSU warned students to stay away from the event, which has led to arrests in the past. LECTURE PROTECTION A University of Florida professor is suing Einstein's Notes, a company that sells students' lecture notes, Wired magazine reported. Prof. Michael Moulton and Faulkner Press claim that the com- pany violates professors' copyrights, paying students to take no they sell before exams. "The commercial appea product is that it is a copy derivative work of that pr intellectual property," sai ney James Sullivan repr Faulkner Press. The lawsuit threatens cc like Cliff Notes that sell sumi copyrighted novels. STUDENT PAPER GETS THE The office of Nebraska G Heineman may ban the Daily kan, a newspaper at the Univ Nebraska, from future pr ferences, The Omaha Worl reported. The Nebraskan published cle last week claiming that e murderer Timothy Haverkan as a tour guide at the govern sion through a work-release p Jen Rae Hein, a spokes Heineman, said the Nebrask disclose its intentions when tes that uled a tour of the mansion. John Swartzlander, editor of the J of the Nebraskan, said the reporter's angle or close on the program changed after she ofessor's realized who was givingthe tour. d Attor- "I think it is an ethically sound and esenting very good story," he said. ompanies RE-EXAMINING STUDY ABROAD f maries of The University of Southern Cali- fornia will cut credits from certainI study abroad programs, the Daily E BOOT Trojan reported, claiming that pro- ov. Dave grams like Semester at Sea offer little 'Nebras- educational experience. - " versity of "It's a bunch of Americans seques- ess con- tered on a boat. If the idea is cul- d-Herald tural exchange, how much cultural exchange is going on?" said Sean_ I an arti- O'Connell, a student services direc- onvicted tor at the USC School of Business. up works Still, the program has its fans.w or's man- "If this is my chance to travel and program. backpack, I'm going to learn so much man for more and see so much more," said USC Carmpus group Invisible Children and JER EMYsal an didn't senior Kimberly Aller. ers made a human peace sign on the Diag yesterday it sched- EMILYBARTON to draw passersby attention to the war in Uganda. 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MIP in dorm WHERE: West Quad WHEN: Saturday at about 1 p.m. WHAT: A female student was charged and released with an MIP Saturday when housing security found her in a stair- well and suspected that she was intoxicated, DPS reported. Cement block falls, injuring man's foot WHERE: The Diag WHEN: Saturday at about 2 p.m. WHAT: Police called an ambu- lance for a non-University affil- iate when a cement block fell onto his foot near the block 'M', DPS reported. Health techni- cians found no obvious injuries and the man refused medical treatment. screening WHAT: A movie called "Louder than Bombs" about a Polish man whose experiences reflect his nation after Com- munism. The movie is in Pol- ish with English subtitles. WHO: Center for Russian and East European Studies WHEN: Today at from 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Askwith Audito- rium, Lorch Hall Talk on women in jazz WHAT: A discussion with panel members from the University of Michigan Department of Jazz and Con- temporary Improvisation. WHO: The Department of Women's Studies WHEN: Today at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: The E.V. Moore Building rehearsal room Talk on climate change research WHAT: A lecture by Stan- ford's Dr. Naomi Oreskes, an expert on political opposition to global warming and the development of its research WHO: Natural Resources & Environment WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: 110 Weill Hall Concert band performance WHAT: A free concert by the University's Concert Band, with pieces by Sandler, Offen- bach, Schuman, Andriessen, Bennett and Gandolfi WHO: Concert Band WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium CORRECTIONS " Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. A Reading, Pa., man was hopsitalized yesterday after crashing his mini- van in a high-speed chase with police during which he stripped naked, the Read- ing Eagle reported. The chase began when the man climbed onto the van's roof while driv- ing at 55 miles per hour. Freshman softball stand- out Jordan Taylor struck out 14 total batters againstIowayesterday. Taylor matched a career high that she set during the team's Saturday victory against Illinois. >FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS MONDAY The French government has made contact with 10 pirates that hijacked a French luxury yacht off the coast of Somalia on Saturday, The Associated Press report- ed. The 30 hostage crew mem- bers were unharmed. The hijacking is one of more than two dozen off the country's coast this year. Faculty and Staff, Take 1p J*idiigan ta4 Readership survey online NOW Ion't miss ous Sn this chance to win a brand new Apple iPhone Click on the link @ www.michianailv.com 0 Other prizes include $20 Pizza House vouchers