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Ballroom Dance Club

With Valentine's Day just
around the cutner, some are look-
ing to find a new skill to impress
their dates and one club on cam-
pus might be ahle to help.
Founded in 1999, the Universi-
ty's Ballroom Dancing Club is an
organization fur members of the
University and Ann Arbor com-
munities to learn traditional and
moudernoballroom dance styles.
Every Sunday, members of
the club gather in the Michigan
Union or the Michigan League
to learn dentin ranging from
the more traditional Foxtrot, the
Viennese Waltz, the Swing. and
the Cha-Cha to more modern
dance styles like Sals, Meren-
gut, and the Hustle.
Unlike the University's Ball-
room Dance Team, the Ballroom
Dance Club doesn't participate
io competitions, but instead
focuses on creating a relaxed and

social atmosphere fur its dancers,
according to Alice Huang, presi-
dent of the club.
"The Ballroom Dance Club is
exactly what its name implies:
a club," Huang said. "Expect to
have fun and learn new things;
it's recreational, notcompetitive."
Dancers of different levels
participate in the club, which is
always open to new members,
Huang said.
"The levels range from abso-
lutely beginner to very expe-
rienced," Huang said. "The
Ballroom Dance Club welconmes
all dancers, whether they are
searching for a dance venue, fur
learning opportunities, or simply
for a good time with fellow danc-
ers.
The weekly dance sessions
begin with large group lessons
taught by experienced instruc-
tots and end with two hours of

open dance where dancers can
practice their new skills, accord-
ing to Wenting Gun, the club's
vice president.
"As a newcomer, one could
expect a welcoming environment
fur learning and developing all
aspects of Ballroom, Internation-
al Latin, and American Rhythm
dancing," Gun said.
People with little experi-
ence can also participate-in the
"Beginner's Blitz" which occurs
at the beginning of each semes-
ter. At these sessions a new
dancer can learn the basics fur
many different dances to be bet-
ter prepared for future sessions,
Huang said.
One time each semester, the
club hosts a party that includes
members from other colleges,
which allows them to showcase
new dance skills, Huang said.
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TORtHAN SHARMAN/Daily
Law School student Mast Dusenberry, and Public Policy senior Lydia
McMullen-Laird lead tree ballroom dancing lessees in the Michigan Union
Ballroom tar the Ballroom Dance Club.

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CRIME NOTES
Student in dorm
gets MIP
WHERE: Vera Baits t, Eaton
House
WHEN: Tuesdayat about 4:5
p.m.
WHAT: An intoxicated male
student was given an MIP
and taken to the University
of Michigan Hospital emer-
gency room, Univeristy Police
reported.
Wallets stolen
WHERE: 1500 block of East
Medical Center
WHEN: Tuesday at about
12:45 p.m.
WHAT: Two wallets contain-
ing credit cards, cash, gift
cards and personal IDs were
stolen from a vehicle that was
valet parked in the M-18 lot,
University Police reported.
There are no suspects.

Thief nabs bag
WHERE: Michigan Union
WHEN: Tuesday at about 2:45
p.m.
WHAT: Unattended property
was stolen from the Tap Eoom
in the Union, University Folice
reported. The items included a
brown leather jacket, a Sprint
cell phone, textbooks and a
backpack. There are nousus-
pects.

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Random acts for Brazilian Jazz A 3.8-magnitude earth-
Valentine's Day performance 1 quake hit nothern Illinois
yesterday morning at4
WHAT: The Do Eandom WHAT: The Luciana Souza injri.eoeisnoamagendi-
Acts of Kindness Club will trio from San Paulo, Brazil anars Wisconsiin and Michigan
Iw;Idbe distributing candy, carna- will be performing jazz also said they felt the quake,
uonts and Valentine's Day music. reported ABC News.
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WHO: DoRAK
WHEN: Today from 12 p.m.
1o03p.m.
WHERE: The Diag

No injuries after
Subaru collides Poetry reading
with 'U' bus by the author

WHERE: 700 Packard
WHEN: Tuesday at about 7:15
p.m.
WHAT: A University bus and a
Subaru collided but there were
no injuries, University Police
reported.

WHAT: Author and poet
John Burnside will be read-
ing from a number of his
published collections of
poetry.
WHO: English Language
& Literature-MFA Pro-
gram in Creative Writing
WHEN: Today from 5 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Museum of Art,
Helmut Stern Auditoriusm

Musical Society
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Eackham
Graduate School
CORRECTIONS
" An article in yesterday's
edition of The Michigan
Daily, ('U' student launches
campaign to encourage
HI V/AIDS testing) incor-
rectly named Brandon
Littlejohn's fraternity, It is
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
Inc. - Epsilon Chapter. The
story also incorrectly stat-
ed the availahility of rapid
HIV testing. It was not
yet availahle on campus.
. Please report any error
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together- students from dif-
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from the arts to engineering.
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3The East Coast was struck
fur the second time ina
week by a blizzard yester-
day. Ian Washington D.C., fed-
eral workers were kept home
for the third day and local guy-
ernment budgetsewere taxed for
snow remnoval, reported CNN.

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