2 - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 2 - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Oether Ivory Towers WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JACOB SAI"OVITZ DAN NEW MAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-555 smilovirz@michigandailycom tmdbusiness@gmailtcom Love for literature, lemurs Lemurs sing. Loudly. University lecturer Anne Axel doesn't seem to mind, though. Passionate about research, Axel has dedicated much of her pro- fessional career to studying the loquacious animals in Madagas- "They're really loud in the morning. They'll sing a duet. One group will sing, and then the next group will come in," Axel said. It's fitting for Axel to study animals that sing together, because she describes her life as a sort of "duet" of science and English. Though the two subjects may not seem like they go together, figuring out how to combine them came naturally, Axel said, when she considered the possi- bility of writing for the sciences. "As I was teaching at Michi- gao State University I realized how important writing was, and as a science teacher, t felt like students really needed to write, even in science," she said. After developing her teach- ing career at Michigans State, Axel joined the University of Michigan's Department of Eng- lish in fall 2009 as a lecturer. The ability to combine both the topics of ecology and English during her time at the Univer- sity makes her post here "the perfect job." "I never knew how reward- ing it would be to be teaching English," she said. "I love being able to share all these books." Though Axel is happy where she ended up and feels confi- dent, she said she faced chal- lenges on her path to academia. "I was pre-med in college, really driven," Axel said, add- log that she eventually decid- ed against attending medical school. Instead, Axel said she took off some time to explore other opportunities. Fresh out of college, she traveled to Mada- gascar, satisfying an interest in travel and developing a new interest - lemurs. Today, Axel says lemurs make up a significant portion of her ecological research, add- ing that she hopes to develop an undergraduate research pro- gram related to lemurs at the University. "I'm content to have my own research program, not some multi-million dollar type thing. I just want to keep doing what t'm doing now and provide opportunities for others to learn," she said. - CLAIRE GOSCICKI CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom t News Tips torrections Letters tothe Editor Photography Department Arts Section Editorial Page Spurts Section Display Sales tlassified Sales office hours..-Thurs. 11a.m. - 2a.m,. news@michigandaiy.com, corrections@msichigandaily.com ttedaily@m~ichigandaily.com phteo@msichigandail.oms artspage@msichigandily.com opinion@ichigandiy.om sports@michigandily.com display@michigondiy.com cloaified@m~ichigandaiy.com, LSA senior Danielle Wang, Engineering freshman Sajan Shah and LSA freshman trod Pamron celebrate She sunny day by studying outside of tspresso Rnyale yesterday. CRIME NOTES Cell phone stolen Graffiti on North WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Saturday at about S p.m. WHAT: A cell phone and char- ger were stolen from a waiting room, University Police report- ed. The items, which are valued at $40, were left unattended while the subject was steeping. The theftchappened between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Campus sign WHERE: 1800 Bonisteel WHEN: Friday at about 1 a.m. WHAT: Black paint was sprayed over the "University of Michiganpart of the entrance sign to North Campus, Univer- sity Police reported. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Planet Earth Artsbreak Movie Night WHAT: Join Artsbreak in the Michigan Union WHAT: Hayerukim is for its weekly night of hosting the second Planet free arts and crafts. Earth Movie Night on the WHO: University Unions big screen. Following the Arts & Programs screening, those interested WHEN: Tonight, can participate in a discus- from 8 to 11 p.m. sion about the environment. WHERE: MUG Eoom, Dinner will be provided. Michigan Union WHO: Hillel WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m. WHERE: Hillel (Mandell L. CORRECTIONS Berman Center) Gym bag stolen, iPod stolen from found in trash the Union 1Recently convicted serial killer Eodney Alcala was a winning contestant in a 1978 episode of the show 'The Dating Game,' CNN.com reported. Alcala was convicted in February of murdering four women and a child. Ten years prior to his appearance on the show, he had been convicted of raping an S-year-old girl. 2Michigan was not one of the 16finalists for the Race to the Top program, which was created to provide a one-time payment of up to $400> million for states that lack prop- or funding for education. mFOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 3Lii' Wayne was sentenced yesterday to one year in prison, CNN.com report- ed. The rapper, whose legal name is Dwayne Carter, pleaded guilty in October to charges of gun possession fol- lowing his 2007 arrest where police found him with a.40-cal- iber pistol. 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