2A - Monday, April 5, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 TUESDAY: Professor Profiles WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week SHOWTIME Pot promoted as alcohol alternative Last Thursday was the first day of National Alcohol Aware- ness Month, and to mark the occasion, students on more than 80 college campuses across the country rallied last week to support marijuana as an alternative to alcohol, according to an April 1 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Safer Alternative for Enjoy- able Recreation - a national non-profit organization devot- ed to educating people on the relative safety of marijuana versus alcohol - organized the "Nationwide Day of Action" to promote marijuana as a safer alternative to alcohol. According to the Chronicle, students who took part in the rallies asked their college presi- dents to sign the Emerald Ini- tiative - a document promising "informed and dispassionate CRIME NOTES public debate"on marijuana use. While 135 college presidents have signed the Amethyst Ini- tiative - which calls for the drinking age to be lowered - none signed the Emerald Initia- tive when asked last Thursday, the Chronicle reported. LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL RAISES GPA'S At Loyola Law School at Los Angeles, all current students and alumni who graduated as early as 2007 are about to get boosts in their grade point averages, according to an April 1 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The law school - ranked seventh out of20 California law schools approved by the Ameri- can Bar Association - is adjust- ing its grading system to reflect more accurately the academic quality of its students, the arti- cle reported. Those who are affected by the change will see their GPAs increase one-third of a point. This will cause letter grades to rise, turning a B into a B+ and a B+ into an A-. Loyola Law School Dean Victor Gold said in the article that the boost will help the school's students as they enter a competitive job market. "We concluded that the grading. curve was sending incorrect information about our students," Gold said in the article. "And, frankly, it was putting them at an unfair com- petitive disadvantage ina pret- ty tough job market." NAACP SUES STATE OF GEORGIA The NAACP has filed a law- suit againstthe state of Georgia, claiming that the state "system- atically" under funds Georgia's three black public universi- ties - Albany State University, Fort Valley State University and Savannah State University - according to an April 2 report by The Associated Press. Accordingtothe AP,the law- suit wasbased on a 2008 report by The Legal Defense Coalition for the Preservation of Public Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The report claims that the state violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 14th Amendment by not providing adequate funding for the state's three black colleges. According to the article, the report asserts that discrimina- tion by university administra- tors resulted in the three schools having "second-class status" and "de facto segregation." - SUZA NNE JACOBS CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Muslim rapper Art by prisoners Res. hall window MIP citation 1__ 7_- 11L- - - 1I smashed Dbyrock WHERE: Helen Newberry Residence Hall WHEN:Friday at about noon WHAT: A rock was thrown through the window of the patio side lounge, University Police reported. No one was inside the lounge at the time. WHERE: 1011 North Univer- sity WHEN:Sunday at about2 a.m. WHAT: A male unaffiliated with the University was cited for a Minor in Possesion of alcohol, University Police reported. The man was also sent to the University Hospi- tal's emergency room for treat- ment' documentary WHAT: Screening of the documentary film "Deen Tight," which examines the intersection of West- ern pop culture and tra- ditional Islamic values. WHO: Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies WHEN: Today at noon WHERE: School of Social Work, Room 1636 Table tennis practice Marijuana arrests Smoker arrested WHERE: Ross School of Business WHEN: Saturday at 2 p.m. WHAT: Three people were arrested for possesion of mari- juana after seeking shelter from the rain in the Business School. UniversitvPolice WHAT: The 15th annual exhibition of art by pris- oners in Michigan. WHO: University of Michi- gan School of Art & Design WHEN: Today at noon WHERE: Duderstadt Center, Gallery Free HIV testing WHAT: Free and anony- mous HIV testing without needles. WHO: Spectrum Center WHEN: Tonight at 6 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union, Room 3200 CORRECTIONS 0 Please report any error inthe Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. School of Music, Theater & Dane seniors hold a senior recital called Lustful Obligations on Thursday. 1A British man and woman arrested in Duhai last November for kissing in public lost their appeal yester- day, the BBC reported. The couple - whose alleged kiss violates Dubai law - will each serve one month in jail. In addition, they will pay a fine of 200 euros. The couple was told to report to jail within 30 days. The Big Ten Network tele- vised the women's water polomatch againstIndiana this weekend - the first time in the team's history that a match was broadcast on television. >FOR MORE, SEE SPORTSMONDAY,INSIDE Ahotline set upby the Ger- man Catholic Church to handle complaints about sexual abuse received more than 4,000 calls on its first day of operation, according to dai- lymirror.co.uk. 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