0 2A - Monday, October 5, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TUESDAY: Off the Beaten Path WEDNESDAY: Campus Clubs THURSDAY: Before You Were Here FRIDAY: Photos of the Week Suspicious package shuts down parts of GWU A suspicious looking "brown luggage bag" left outside George Washington University's Fulbright Residence Hall prompted police to shut down Washington D.C.'s 23rd Street for two hours on Tues- day afternoon, according to the school's student newspaper, The GW Hatchet. Two university buildings were evacuated and several other loca- tions around thescene were blocked off, including the Foggy Bottom Metro Station. Access to Washing- ton Circle was also prevented. University spokeswoman Michelle Sherrard told The Hatch- et disruptions to classes were mini- mal, but police stood guard outside campus buildings in the area to keep people away while they inves- tigated. Quintin Peterson, a Metropoli- tan Police Department officer, told The Hatchet no hazardous materi- als were found. MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY SUED tress" and an additional monetary AFTER OBJECTING TO penalty, the Chronicle reports. STUDENT'S SERVICE DOG Millikin University in Illinois has recently been confronted with a fed- eral discrimination lawsuit after forc- ing a legally blind, epileptic student to move out of her dorm because she acquired a service dog, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The lawsuit alleges that Catherine Nielsen, a student at the university during the 2005-2006 academic year, was told having aguide dog would not be an issue. However, when she got the dog, Nielsen was forced to move to another, less accessible dorm, accord- ing to the Chronicle's article. The suit claims that the move caused Nielsen discomfort, stress and increased epileptic episodes. If the university loses the lawsuit, it would be forced to pay Nielsen's medical expenses, compensation for "emotional and physical dis- STANFORD TO SELL $1 BILLION OF ILLIQUID INVESTMENTS In the face of a 25 percentdecrease in its endowment portfolio, Stanford University islookingto sell about a bil- lion dollars of its illiquid investments, The Wall Street Journal reported. In the past decade, Stanford has preferred to invest in illiquid assets rather than private equities. However, the failing economy has diminished the value of these assets, sucking up their liquidity and leav- ing the university strapped for cash needed to runschool operations. Stanford is considering offers on all $5 billion of its investments but is only looking to sell about 10 to 20 percent of its holdings, according to the Wall Street Journal article. - SHR UTI GANDHI The Taiwanese American Student Association's Revolution performs at Moonfest Saturday night in the Psychology Atrium of East Hall. The event celebrated the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival - an important harvest festival. 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Sussiptions for fall term sagin SeptembevaUS mal are $10.Wnetem Ganuary thoughApa)6 11s a arbgSepemerh*An is5.Un'Me hfi aeaeoeta dusifor. ampuus f(. faltrar$5Sboponmt epm. N a a , lof~hr. aRsnd, soatddcaeON I 0 q CRIME NOTES Tic-Tacs stolen Food stolen from from East Quad hospital cafeteria CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Workshop on Table tennis UM.Sitemaker practice WHERE: East Quad WHEN: Saturday at about 7:45 p.m. WHAT: A Halfway Inn employ- ee reported that an unknown subject attempted to steal Tic- Tacs from the cafe on Sept.13, University Police reported. The case is under investigation. Shaver triggers smoke alarm WHERE: South Quad WHEN: Saturday at about 4:30 p.m. WHAT: The Ann Arbor Fire Department was called when an electric shaver ina student's room triggered the smoke alarm, University Police reported. The residence hall was evacuated. WHERE: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital WHEN: Fridayat about 7:30 p.m. WHAT: Food valued at $30 was stolen from an unsecured refrig- erator in the hospital's cafeteria, UniversityPolice reported. The food was intended for sale. Civil dispute reported WHERE: Northwood II Apart- ments WHEN: Friday at about 11 p.m. WHAT: A resident called to report a verbal argument between an intoxicated female student and her boyfriend, University Police reported. The boyfriend's mother picked him up to take him home. WHAT: This workshop will show participants how to create websites. WHO: Teaching and Tech- nology Collaborative WHEN: Today from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: Taubman Alfred Med. Library, Room 3950 War exhibit WHAT: An exhibit that will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War's main events. WHO: William L. Clements Library WHEN: Today from 1 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. WHERE: William L. Cle- ments Library WHAT: Practice is open to members and nonmembers thinking of joining the team. WHO: Michigan Union Billards WHEN: Today from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Coliseum Yoga at Hillel WHAT: Yoga classes are offered each Monday and Thursday for $5. WHO: Hillel WHEN: Tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. WHERE: Hillel CORRECTIONS . Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. 1On an international flight bound for India, the pilot and cabin crew engaged in a scuffle that allegedly began over claims of sexual harass- ment, BBC News reported. Punches led to bruising for one pilot and one hostess. More than 4,000 Uni- versity students will be affected if the state cuts funding to the Michi- gan Promise Scholarship, which was expected to pro- vide upsto $4,000 to these students. >FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4A 3The last living leader of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during World War II died in Warsaw Friday, Bloomberg reported. 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