4 2A - Wednesday, April 9, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom FRIDAY: Before You Were Here ROUGH RIDE Wake up and smell the testosterone. Many people already have a hard time getting dates, but the men who live in Baits Houses and Fletcher Hall have it even harder. Those dorms have the highest percentage of males to females in all of the Universitys residence halls. Of the 1007 students who endure the notorious 20-minute bus ride from Baits to Central Campus, 623, or 62 percent, are male while" 384, or 38 percent, are female. Over on Sybil Street, of the 78 students who live in Fletcher Hall, 47, or 60 percent, are male and 31, about 40 percent, are female. Many students living in the male-heavy dorms said they never realized there was a rela- tively substantial gender divide. nI've never noticed that before," said LSA sophomore Andrea Hudson, a Baits employ- ee. "I actually thought we were very diverse in terms of gender and ethnicity." The gender disparity between Baits and Fletcher with the rest. of the University's dorms can be credited to the nearly 800 women who live in all-female Helen Newberry,. Stockwell, Betsy Barbour, and Hender- son residence halls, University Housing spokesman Peter Logan said. Logan said he didn't know why the Baits Facility and Fletcher have been dealt the brunt of this discrepancy, especially con- sidering that most other dorms contain close to a SO-SO split between males and females. The one exception to the trend is East Quad. Home of the Women in Science and Engineering learn- ing community, its residents are 64 percent female compared with 36 percent males. The Vera Baits complex, which includes both Baits I and II, was erected in 1966 and fin- ished the following year at the cost of $7 million. Students liv- ing in the Baits facility enjoy one of the best campus views of Ann Arbor from a place called Gobler's Enob. Fletcher Hall, located across Z the street from the Intramural Sports Building, was built inr 1933. In years since, the Uni- versity has remodeled the dor- mitory by turning a number of ii Young rides a mechanica doubles into singles. Americas Movement far Is MIKE DOLSEN sary of the creation of thes CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Latino culture Talk on human showcase influence on 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ANDREW GROSSM7AN DAVID GOH Editor is Chief Business HManager 734-647-3336 734-764-0008 grosman@miehigandaityecom goh@miehigandaityecom CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom Officerhours: Sun.-Thurs. 11aom. - 2 a. 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Addtinopies man e ickeldorp rihat te aiysnffcefr$2sriti n or f~eall testartingin SetemrnbvialiU..ai aet0lintrerml(JanarthrougAvprillis $115,tyerlongv(teptnmber throghApril is 105 Uiaritaffltare suect toa rducedsubsriptinrae.O-campus subscrpionstfotalltrmoare,$35.Sbicripos mvustineanrepi.TheMichigantDil sawmeninrv TheAocinae ressrnand ThenAsoatedCllegiae ress. CRIME NOTES Thief raids unattended backpack WHERE: Michigan Union WHEN: Monday at about 12:30 p.m. WHAT: A backpack contain- ing agray windbreaker, an iPod and $110 in cash was stolen while unattended, the Depart- ment of Public Safety reported. The backpack was later recov- ered, empty, in a stairwell. Police have no suspects. Hallway vandalized in Markley Hall WHERE: Mary Markley Resi- dence Hall WHEN: Monday at about 1:30 p.m. WHAT: Graffiti was found on the walls of the 1100 corridor of Mary Markley, OPS report- ed. Police have no suspects. Laptop left behind, lifted from lab WHERE: Eandall Laboratory, 500 E. University WHEN: Monday at about 2 p.m. WHAT: A laptop belong- ing to the University Physics Department was taken from an unlocked room some time between 10 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Monday, DPS reported. Skateboarders reprimanded WHERE: Shapiro Undergrad- uate Library WHEN: Monday at about 2:45 p.m. WHAT: Two men were warned for skateboarding on University property near the UGLi, DPS reported. Skate- boarding on-University prop- erty is forbidden. WHAT: The eighth annual show aimed at informing people about Latino culture. It will include skits, music, dance, spoken word perfor- mances and other forms of expression that will help the audience understand Latino issues. WHO: Latino Culture Show WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE: Mendelssohn The- ater Campus orchestra performance WHAT: A performance of Debussy's Clair de Lune and Afternoon of a Faun and Bizet's LArlesienne Suite No. 2 WHO: Campus Philharmo- nia Orchestra WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium polar regions WHAT: University profes- sort will discuss how human activities at the poles have affected their ecology WHO: Exhibit Museum of Natural History WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. WHERE: Conor O'Neill's Traditional Irish Pub CORRECTIONS . An article in yesterday's edition of the Daily (Enroll- meat still lowmfor alertrsysrem), said the Department of Public Safety tested the new alert system on March 31. The system was not fully tested. While DPS sent a test message to students and employees who signed up for text-mes- sage alerts, it didn't send voice or e-mail messages. " Please report any error in the Daily to correc- - tions@michigandaily.com. 1Members of the Interna- tional Olympic Committeg are considering ending the Olympic torch's international relay early, the Los Ange- les Times reported. Protests by people criticizing China's treatment of Tibet and overall human rights record have dis- turbed the torch's progress in every city it has visited. 2Some have said the new campus restaurant Quick- ie Burger's controversial logo looks similar to a graphic that appeared on the cover of VUE magazine in 2004. >>FOR MORE, SEE THE STATEMENT, PAGE 68 3 A government forecast announced yesterday that gas prices could reach as high as $4 per gallon this summer, The Associated Press reported. It predicts a peak price of $3.60 per gallon in iiesiihfuctuating -prices' throughout the season. I GENEROUSLY GOURMET.- MXCN GRILL 4 4