2A - Wednesday, February 24, 2010 i 2A -Wedesdy, ebrury 4, 010The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week GROOVIN' IN SOUTH QUAD Alarming pranks On Monday nighn students in Wean Quadrangle Residence Hall were forced to evacuate after hearing the familiar sound of the fire alarm. Though a sprinkler head being set off was the cause of Monday night's alarm, Weat Quad resi- dents have been forced to evacu- ate three times since Feb. I due to false fire alarms. Despite the recent spike in false fire alarms in West Quad, Declan Login, the associate director of Housing Security, said the cur- rent rate of false fire alarms is considerably lower than in used to he, adding that it's unusual for students to pull the fire alarm as a practical joke. "It almost never happens any- more," Lugin said. "Twenty years ago, it happened all the time. It was ridiculous." Lugin said fraternity memhers CRIME NOTES MCard swiped t from building i WHERE: Stockwell Hall WHEN: Monday at about noon V WHAT: A male student V reported that his unattended a MCard was stolen from the V laundry room. The theft s occured last Wednesday. b University Police reported no n suspects. h Laptop stolen P from library I WHERE: Shapiro Undergrad Library I WHEN: Monday at about 7:45 p.m.V WHAT: A male student V reported his unattended laptopp to be stolen on the third floorV of the library. It was left unat- t tended for ten minutes, Uni- c versity police reported. ThereN are no suspects.P were common perpetrators of the pranks. "We extrapolated that some of the (false alarms) were attribut- able to the fraternities based upon their location, very close to the exit by the frat and due to infor- mation we were hearing from our student officers at the time," Lugin said. Lugin explained that the false alarms may have been pranks that new fraternity members were required to participate in before initiation. "Fraternities would say, 'As part of your pledging or whatever, you have to pull a false alarm'," Lugin said. "The fraternities close to South Quad did that all the time." Lugin said the frequency and inconsistent timing of the prank alarms kept University Housing officials guessing about when the next false alarm would be. "You couldn't necessarily catch them, it might happen tonight, it might happen next week, you just don't know," he said. Lugin added that since the inci- dents, the University has taken measures to discourage pranks that involve pulling fire alarms. Officials have installed plastic covers on top of alarms, which sets off an alarm in the area if it is taken off. Once the alarm lever is pulled, the alarm will sound throughout an entire building. Login said the sound system successfully deters pranksters from messing with alarms. "We never used to have (the covers)," Lugin said. 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WHERE: School tof Social Work, Room 3816 Venicles involved Military and the in (tnllicin The making of a museum exhibit WHAT: American Culture Prof. Bruce Conforth will lead a discussion on the processes involved in putting together a museum exhibit. Conforth will discuss his experiences helping to build the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m. WHO: Museums Theme Year WHERE: UMMA, Helmut Stern Auditorium CORRECTIONS . An article in yesterday's edition of The Michigan Daily ("The auditory as art") misspelled the name of a University alum. Her name is Anya Cobler.. *Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. According to Yahoot News, marijuana use is up from 1.9 percent in 2002 to 2.9 percent in 2005 among senior citizens, with the biggest rise among 55 to 59 year olds. This growing trend is due to its peep- ular use for coping with aches and pains as well as penople revisiting an old habit from years past. 2The University'a land- scape architect, Ren Rapp has been worked at the University for 23yeara. nFORBMOBE, SEETHE STATEMENT, INSIDE 3According to telegraph. couk, a study by Cam- bridge'Universiny on body image reported that half of the six-year old participants in the study wanted no be thinner and concluded that many kids are unhappy with their bodies. WHERE: Lot NC-33 WHEN: Monday at about 5:15 WtHAT: A car of a female vial- tor hit the vehicle of a parked zar owned by a male visitor. No one was injured, University 'olice reported. state of Asia WHAT: A conversation about Central Asia and the movement from the Red Army to independence. WHO: Center for Russian and Rast Ruropean Studies WHEN: Today inoon to :20 p.m. WHERE: School of Soical Work Building, Room 5636 MORE ONLINEL [eve Crime NotesG055oroe online af michigandaily.com/blogs/the wire 0 0 0 '