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2A - Thursday, April 1, 2010
MONDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers
TUESDAY:
Professor Profiles
WEDNESDAY:
Before You Were.Here
FRIDAY:
Photos of the Week
Lend ing a hand for fun
It was during finals week
of his freshman year that LSA
sophomore Hans Dalton first
saw the University of Michi-
gan's chapter of Do Random
Acts of Kindness at work.
"They were handing out
treats and lovely notes to peo-
ple studying there," Dalton
said. "I just thought that was
so cool that during the most
stressful time of year, people
were willing to give up their
own time in order to make
others happy."
DoRAK, which was found-
ed by then-University student
Anne Kellogg Reed in 2001,
has soughtto spread kindness
on campus through acts like
distributing cocoa and carna-
tions to students in the Diag
on Valentine's Day and pre-
paring pancakes for passersby
in Mason Hall.
The University's chapter
of the club is divided up into
separate teams that hold
weekly meetings. Each team
has a designated captain, who
decides the random act of
kindness the group will per-
form for the week.
Kinesiology senior Katie
Barz, a director of DoRAK,
said after joining the club she
was amazed at the uplifting
attitudes of the other club
members.
"I love that everyone in the
club has the same mission to
spread kindness," Barz said.
"It's hard not to get along
with people like that."
DoRAK collaborates with
other student organizations
like Circle K and K-Grams.
The campus club also adopted
an iPhone application recent-
ly called DoGood, which was
developed by the company
Mobil33t.
LSA junior and club direc-
tor Chris Dietzel said the
iPhone application has taken
off and spread the message of
DoRAK.
"We have had thousands
of people download the app
worldwide and have about
2,000 people check off that
they have done the deed each
day," Dietzel said. "DoRAK is
responsible for creating and
supplying the daily deeds for
the app and also interacts
with the users, taking sugges-
tions, and working them into
deeds."
"I enjoy the reactions, from
a simple smile, to people who
genuinely come up and thank
you for something you've
done," Dalton said.
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Marijuana found Vehicle involved Reading by.
in Markley hall in hit and run fiction author
WHERE: Mary Markley Resi-
dence Hall
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WHAT: Three male students
were found with marijuana in
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Glazier
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p.m.
WHAT: A vehicle parked in
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sustained minor damage. There
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Hannah Tinti, will be read-
ing selections from her
award-winning works.
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to 6 p.m.
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WHAT: Various student
dance groups showcase their
talents. All tickets $10.
WHO: Michigan Union
Ticket Office
WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Power Center
for the Performing Arts
"How Love is
Spelt"
WHAT: A student per-
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vidual's journey from
Liverpool to London.
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includes notifying both the stu-
dents college and their mom and
dad of their behavior, reported
The Boston Globe online.
2 "Trafford Tonz," playing
at the Walgreen Drama
Center, is the story of a girl
growing up in 1950s England
who struggles mightily with the
relationships in her life.
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Behar, Jay Leno said that
he expects Conan O'Brien
to be back on the late-night
airwaves in the near future,
according to CNN.com. Leno
went on to say that both he and
O'Brien "got screwed" in the
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reported stolen from a bike
rack near the Shapiro Under-
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Police reported. There are no
suspects.
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Graduate Library
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WHAT: Averbal warning
was issued for a violation of a
skateboarding ordinance, Uni-
versity Police reported.
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of "3 points" which fol-
lows NBA player Tracy
McGrady as he travels to the
Darfur region of Africa.
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Assembly
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Auditorium D
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