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MONDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers
LEFT Three-year-old Langston
"Zoomer" Taylor rallies with stu-
dents and Ann Arbor residents
on Sunday at the corner of South
University and East University as
part of Michigan Peacework's pro-
test on the 7th anniversary of the
invasion of Iraq. Students were
also protesting the war in Afghan-
istan. (SALAM RIDA/Daily) TOP
RIGHT Students from 10 public
universities in Michigan rally at
the Capitol in Lansing yesterday
to protest state budget cuts to
higher education. Students gath-
ered to oppose a bill passed in the
state Senate Tuesday that would
cut higher education funding by
more than 3.1 percent. (AARON
AUGSBERGER/Daily) BOTTOM
RIGHT Alexa Eisenberg, Ranhey
Raval, Nicole Green, Arthur Velez,
and Sami Monavvari pose for the
B-Side's Fashion Issue. (SAMAN-
THA TRAUBEN/Daily)
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CRIME NOTES
Skateboarders
climb trees
WHERE: Hutchins Hall
WHEN: Wednesday at about
2:15 p.m.
WHAT: About eightsubjects
were reported to have been skate-
boarding and climbing pine trees,
University Police reported. There
are no suspects.
$10,000 chiller
Wallet stolen
from backpack
WHERE: Michigan Union
WHEN:Wednesday at about
8:15 p.m.
WHAT: A wallet was stolen
out of a backpack while the vic-
tim was wearing the backpack,
University Police reported.
The wallet was discovered at a
lost and found, but the money
inside was missing.
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Prison lecture Art collector
equipment stolen Truck damages
WHERE: NorthCampusChiller dumpster
WHAT: Marc Mauer,
executive director of The
Sentencing Project, will
talk about the history and
current issues of incarcera-
tion in the United States.
WHO: Department of Eng-
lish Language and Literature
WHEN: Tonight from 7:30
p.m. to9 p.m.
WHERE: Palmer Com-
mons, Forum Hall
Russian play
performance
WHAT: Members of the
Maly Drama Theater of
St. Petersburg will per-
form in a classic Russian
play called "Uncle Vanya"
directed by Lev Dodin.
Tickets cost $18 to $26.
WHO: University
Musical Society
WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Power Center
for the Performing Arts
fim screening
WHAT: A screening of the
film "Herb and Dorothy,"
will be shown. The film is
about two contemporary art
collectors, who built an art
collection with little funds.
WHO: UMMA
WHEN: Tonight at 9:30 p.m.
WHERE: University of
Michigan Museum of Art,
Helmut Stern Auditorium
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Recent studies showed that
the H1N1 virus was closely
related to the 1918 pandem-
ic virus, ABC News reported.
Findings show that the two
virus strains are structurally
similar, which may mean that
researchers can create a uni-
versal flu vaccine.
TEDx will take place on
April 10 at the University.
The event will feature intel-
lectuals from more than 15 Uni-
versity departments, who will
discuss new ideas in the fields of
technology, entertainment and
design.
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Stricter guidelines for dis-
charging gays from the
military were announced
today, according to MSNBC. The
guidelines are considered a tem-
porary measure until Congress
decides on President Barack
Obama's call for repealing the
"Don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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WHEN:Wednesdayatabout
8:45 a.m.
WHAT: Chiller equipment
worth $10,000 was stolen from
a high voltage room, Univer-
sity Police reported. The room
was locked with a chain that
was slashed to gain entry.
WHERE:Northwood II Laun-
dry Cram Place
WHEN: Thursday at about 2:30
p.m.
WHAT: A worker backed his
truck into a dumpster and
caused minor damage, Univer-
sity Police reported.
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DURING SATURDAY'S HOCKEY GAME. fires, same day as city layoffs
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As many as 88
firefighters may
be layed off
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - Crews
battled at least five fires in Flint yes-
terday, the same day the city began
laying off a quarter of its firefighters
as part of an effort to close its esti-
mated $8 million budget deficit.
"This was a premeditated attack
on the safety of the community that
is likely to have been timed to try
to achieve some kind of perverted
political purpose," Mayor Dayne
Walling said at a news conference.
The early morning fires broke
out at four vacant homes and an
empty 4-story apartment building,
Battalion Chief Andy Graves said.
They follow four blazes at vacant
homes Wednesday that Graves said
left one firefighter injured when a
ceiling collapsed and another fire-
fighter burned.
"They're all being investigated as
suspicious," Graves said..
Walling has said that barring a
last-minute agreement with unions,
the city expected to lay off 23 of 88
firefighters and 46 of 150 police offi-
cers, nearly a third of the city's police
officers. Talks continued yesterday.
Some Fire Department layoffs
took effect yesterday as firefighters
came off duty, Graves said, while
others were to take effect todeay.
Flint is closing two of its five fire
stations as part of the cost-cutting
effort.
A firefighters union official said
Walling's layoffs were an open invi-
tationto arsonists.
"The mayor painted a pretty
appealing picture for them," said
Mark Kovach, vice president of
Flint Firefighters Union Local 352.
He said the layoffs leave Flint with
half the firefighters it needs to ade-
quately do the job.
The battered industrial city has
been hard-hit by the loss of tens
of thousands of auto industry jobs
over recent decades. Its population
has fallen to about 115,000 from
a peak of about 197,000, leaving
behind crumbling neighborhoods
and vacant homes.
A "person of interest" was spot-
ted at the scene of some of the fires
Thursday and was being ques-
tioned, said Public Safety Director
Alvern Lock. He declined to label
the person a suspect.
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