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RALLYING FOR A CAUSE
A great communicator
Communication Studies
Prof. Susan Douglas not only
studies the mass media; she's
a part of it.
After her 1994 hook,
"Where the Girls Are: Grow-
ing Up Female with the Mass
Media," became a hit, Doug-
las found herself as a guest on
"The Oprah Winfrey Show."
"You're met at the airport
in Chicago by this giant limo,
and swept off to a hotel where
you have a big fancy room,"
she said of her appearance on
the show.
After the show, Douglas
even got to go shopping with
famous television personal-
ity Barbara Billingsley, who
played June Cleaver on the
sitcom, "Leave it to Beaver."
"I went shopping with
June Cleaver, which was a
total hoot!" she said.
Douglas - an expert in the
portrayal of gender roles in
the media - started teaching
in the University's Depart-
ment of Communication
Studies in 1996, but she didn't
always want to be a profes-
Douglas said when she was
a teenager she never believed
a woman could teach at a level
above high school.
"The women's movement
opened up so many doors for
my generation," she said.
Douglas said she first
became interested in the
mass media during her time
in graduate school at Brown
University, though she said
she "hardly watched televi-
sion at all" during her under-
graduate years.
But with a less social envi-
ronment in graduate school,
Douglas found herself sitting
around the T.V. more often
and was inspired to study
what she saw.
"For me it was like picking
up a rock," she said.
Douglas studies many
aspects of the mass media,
ranging from the history of
broadcasting to her current
topic of interest, celebrity cul-
cure. She said though many
think celebrity culture isn't a
serious topic, there is much to
be gleaned from studying it.
"Celebrity journalism is
filled with morality tails...of
how we're supposed to live
our lives, gender roles, suc-
cess, happiness, etc.," she
said.
- SUZANNE JACOBS
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Skateboarders Nimble thief Mass meeting
busted steals thimble of DoRAK
WHERE: Thompson Carport
WHEN: Sunday at about 6:45
WHAT: Four skateboarders
were skating on the ramps of
Thompson Carport, but were
gone when officers arrived,
University Police reported.
PSP stolen at
Mott, later found
WHERE: Mott Children's
Hospital
WHEN: Monday at about
12:00 am.
WHAT: A PSP PlayStation
valued at $200 was stolen from
a guest in a room at the hospi-
tal, University Police reported.
The property was later found.
WHERE: University Hospital
WHEN: Sunday at about 3:30
p.m.
WHAT: A staff member's
sewing bag was stolen from a
locker room at the University
Hospital, University Police
reported. It's unknown if the
locker room was locked and
there are no suspects.
Misplaced bag
WHERE: South Quadrangle
WHEN: Sunday at about 2:00
p.m.
WHAT: A student's backpack
was reported as stolen, later
to be determined to have been
left at a friend's house, Univer-
sity Police reported.
WHAT: Do Random Acts
of Kindess will be holding a
mass meeting about how to
get involved with upcoming
random acts of kindness on
campus.
WHO: DoRAK
WHEN: Tonight at 9:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
Union, Kuenzel Room
Egyptian art
lecture
WHAT: John Baines, of
Oxford University and
Princeton University will be
givingo lecture on Ancient
Egyptian artwork and art-
ists and the leaders of Egyp-
tian society who helped
to accredit their works.
WHO: Museums Theme Year
WHEN: Tonight from
' 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Thayer, Room
2022
Big Ten blood
battle
WHAT: A month-long
challenge between the Big
Ten schools to donate the
most blood that runs today
through Feb. 19.
WHO: American Red Cross
WHEN: Today from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Dental School
Discussion on
immigration
WHAT: Speakers will dicuss
the impact of immigrants
in America in social inter-
actions, urban living and
economic development.
WHO: Urban Planning MLR
Symposium Committee
WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Art and Architec-
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1According to ABC News, a
Michigan company has been
printing coded references to
the New Testament Bible and
Jesus Christ on high-powered
weaponry sights that they pro-
duce for the United States mili-
tary, which directly violates U.S.
military rules that prohibit the
promoting of any religion in Iraq
or Afghanistan.
2 Devin Gardner, the
nation's top dual-threat
quarterback and one of
the most highly touted mem-
bers of Michigan's recruit-
ing class, has enrolled early
at the University and wilt
begin classes on Tuesday.
>>FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE lB
3According to CNN.com,
the head of a humanitar-
ian aid group and three of
his fellow colleagues survived
SO hours underneath the fallen
debris of a hotel in Haiti with
the help of sustenance from one
Tootsie Pop and some gum.
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