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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
HJPAA almost Puck and cover Sustainable
violated, cabinet
nearly de-filed
WHERE: Adult/Child Psych-
Suite C, 2101 Commonwealth
WHEN: Friday at about 9:30
a.m.
WHAT: A suspect tried to
break into a file cabinet that
contained confidentialpatient
WHERE: Michigan Stadium,
Section 25
WHEN: Saturday at about
4:40 p.m.
WHAT: A male threw hockey
pucks out his suite during
Saturday's game, University
Police reported. The man was
intendingto hand them out as
gifts. No one was harmed.
enterprises talk
WHAT: Marina Whit-
man, a professor of business
administration and public
policy, will give a talk about
sustainable enterprises.
WHO: Erb Institute
WHEN: Today from noon to
1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Dana Natural
records, University Police 80-year old jabs Resource Building, Room
reported. Nothing was stolen. 2024D
Man keys vehicle man with cane
WHERE: Michigan Stadium, Finals stress
wt driver inside Section 11 . ...
WH EN: Saturday at about 4:50 relief activities
WHERE: NC-78 a.m.
WHEN: Friday at about 10 WHAT: A male reported that WHAT: A carnival-style
a.m. a man poked him with a cane, event to help students reliev
WHAT: A female affiliated University Police reported. stress on the last day of class
with the University reported Police talked to the 80-year-old es. Activities include surviva
that her car was keyed by a perpetrator about the incident, bingo, Guitar Hero, an inflat
male while she was sitting in and it was determined that it able climbing wall and henn
it, University Police reported. was an accident. WHO: University Unions
Strings recital
WHAT: A free concert by
the University's Philharmo-
nia Orchestra conducted by
Christopher James Lees.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Hill Auditorium
Sexuality
discussion
WHAT: A social and sup-
port group for students to
discuss issues related to
gender and sexuality.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: Tonight from
8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union,
Room 3200
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Detroit planning officials
announced Mayor Dave
Bing's plan to withdraw city
funding from more than 20 per-
cent of Detroit areas, The Wall
Street Journal reported. Bing's
staff is considering reducing
city resources to seven or nine
city neighborhoods.
With 113, 411 fans in atten-
dance, Saturday's Big Chill
at the Big House broke the
attendance record for the larg-
est outdoor hockey game. It was
also the largest number of fans
to ever watch an event in Michi-
gan Stadium.
>>FOR MORESPORTSMONDAYINSIDE
Congress recently passed
the Commercial Adver-
tisement Loudness Miti-
gation Act (CALM) to regulate
the noise volume of televi-
sion advertisements, NJ.com
reported. The act states that
the volume of a TV ad cannot
exceed the volume of the show.
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Arts & Programs
WHEN: Today from 7 p.m.
to 11p.m.
WHERE: Pierpont Commons
Hundreds protest the'4
Russian government
.,
Activists call for
resignation of
Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin
MOSCOW (AP) - Hundreds of
people protested against the Rus-
sian government yesterday at two
separate rallies in Moscow, with
opposition activists calling for
the resignation of Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin and nationalists
demanding greater rights for eth-
nic Russians. Several opposition
activists were detained.
A third rally with nationalist
overtones drew more than 1,000
students in the southern city of
Rostov-on-Don, raising fears that
long-standing ethnic tensions were
reaching a boiling point.
The rallies followed violent
clashes Saturday just outside the
Kremlin walls between riot police
and about 5,000 football fans and
nationalists, who shouted "Russia
for Russians." Police said 34 peo-
ple were injured; six of them were
still hospitalized on Sunday. All 65
people detained during the clashes
have been released.
The police crackdown further
angered Slavic Russians who resent
the growing presence of dark-
complexioned people from Russia's
predominantly Muslim republics in
the Caucasus.
Dozens of nationalists picketed
yesterday at the Federal Security
Service headquarters to protest
what they described as discrimi-
nation against Russians in favor of
ethnic minorities.
"Today, all the (democratic)
instruments have been trampled
upon by the authorities, which
means, if they don't want to use a
civilized language, they will have
to face, whether they want to or not,
the Spartak (football club) rebel-
lion, the crowds," said Vladlen Kra-
lin, a nationalist leader who goes by
the name Vladimir Tor.
Saturday's clash grew out of a
rally held elsewhere in the city
to protest the death last week of
Yegor Svidorov, a member of the
Spartak team's fan organization,
who was shot with rubber bullets
in a fight at a bus stop. Those sus-
pected of killing him are from the
Caucasus.
The demonstration appeared to
have inspired students in Rostov-
on-Don, where 18-year-old Maxim
Sychyov died last month after
being beaten up by fellow univer-
sity students from the nearby Cau-
casus.
More than 1,000 students gath-
ered at his dormitory yesterday
to light candles in his memory
and then marched along the cen-
tral avenue shouting "Go, Rus-
sians" and "Russians are united."
They called on university and city
authorities to clamp down on stu-
dents from the Caucasus.
SCOTCTTAKUSHI/AP
Mike Tierney uses his snowblower to dig a path for an unidentified minivan driver in St. Paul, Minn. yesterday.
Storm socks Midwest sraes
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Jets-Vikings game
After weekend visit, Palin says Haiti moved to Ford Field
in need of military airlift of supplies
Former Alaska gov.
toured country with
husband, daughter
and reverend
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP)
- Sarah Palin urged Americans
yesterday not to forget Haiti as
she wrapped up a weekend visit to
an aid group's sites in this country
vexed by a cholera epidemic, earth-
quake reconstruction and political
crisis.
Accompanied by her husband,
Todd; daughter Bristol, a Fox News
crew and the Rev. Franklin Graham,
who runs the aid group that hosted
her, the former Alaska governor and
vice presidential candidate arrived
in Haiti during a respite from the
riots and violence that have fol-
lowed the Caribbean nation's dys-
functional Nov.28 election.
"I do urge Americans not to for-
get Haiti," she said at an afternoon
news conference yesterday.
Noting that severe problems
afflicted Haiti even before last Jan-
uary's devastating quake, she said
her fellow citizens should "get out
of your comfort zone and volunteer
to help."
Palin visited Samaritan's Purse
projects including cholera clinics
where people are being treated for
extreme dehydration. More than
2,000 people have died of the dis-
ease, which scientists believe was
recently reintroduced into Haiti,
and nearly 100,000 have fallen ill.
Palin's trip was largely closed to
the press and she declined to take
questions at the news conference.
She traveled in part by helicop-
ter, and the aid group declined to
share her itinerary, citing security
concerns. The U.S. State Depart-
ment reissued last week its travel
warning for Americans considering
visits to Haiti.
At the news conference, Palin
created some confusion when she
referred to a potential drawdown of
U.S. assistance to Haiti.
"I know that there's been some
discussion of U.S. aid perhaps being
lifted from this area," she said.
"Again - not to get political - butif
some of the politicians would come
here and see the conditions, per-
haps they would see a need for, say,
a military airlift to come bring sup-
plies that are so needed here."
It was not clear what she was
referring to, and a Palin spokes-
woman declined to elaborate.
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, who is
chairman of a Senate subcommit-
tee that oversees appropriations
for Haiti, recently called for the
suspension of direct budget sup-
port to the Haitian government
until a solution is found to an elec-
toral crisis that has sparked riots
in recent days. But his spokesman
said yesterday that he was not
referring to humanitarian aid or
reconstruction money.
after Metrodome
roof collapses
CHICAGO (AP) - A powerful,
gusty storm dumped mounds of
snow across the upper Midwest
yesterday, closing major high-
ways in several states, canceling
more than 1,600 flights in Chica-
go and collapsing the roof of the
Minnesota Vikings' stadium.
At least four weather-relat-
ed deaths were reported as the
storm system dropped nearly 2
feet of snow in parts of Minne-
sota and marched east. A blizzard
warning was in effect yesterday
for parts of eastern Iowa, south-
eastern Wisconsin, northwestern
Illinois and northern Michigan,
according to the National Weath-
er Service. Surrounding areas,
including Chicago, were under
winter storm warnings. Much
of Iowa was under a wind-chill
advisory.
In Minneapolis, the heavy
snow left the Metrodome decid-
edly unready for some football.
Video inside the stadium aired by
Fox Sports showed the inflatable
Teflon roof sagging before it tore
open, dumping massive amounts
of snow across one end of the
playing field.
No one was hurt but the
Vikings' game against the New
York Giants had to be moved to
Detroit's Ford Field. The day
of the game had already been
pushed back from yesterday to
today because the storm kept the
Giants from reaching Minneapo-
lis on time. Stadium officials were
trying to repair the roof in time
for the Vikings' next home game,
Dec. 20 against Chicago.
The wintry weather, with
blowing snow that severely lim-
ited visibility, wreaked havoc on
air and road travel. In the Chi-
cago area, wind gusts of up to 50
mph, temperatures in the teens
and wind chills well below zero
were expected, along with up to
8 inches of snow.
At least 1,375 flights were can-
celed at O'Hare International
Airport and more than 300 were
canceled at Midway Interna-
tional Airport, Chicago Depart-
ment of Aviation spokeswoman
Karen Pride said. Both airports
expected more cancellations and
reported significant delays.
Officials at O'Hare set up about
200 cots and will provide ameni-
ty kits containing toothpaste and
toothbrushes in case travelers
get stranded at the airport, Pride
said.
Major highways in several
states were closed due to poor
driving conditions and accidents.
In Indianapolis, police said a
man fatally stabbed his wife, then
died four blocks from his home
Sunday morning when his vehicle
hit a tree after he lost control on
a slippery road. Police did not
immediately release the names of
the couple.
Illinois State Police closed a
section of Interstate 80 in the
north central part of the state
after a multiple-car pileup west
of Peru and part of Interstate 55
near Springfield after accidents
and reports of zero visibility. No
deaths were reported.
Seven vehicles crashed on
Interstate 94 about 50 miles west
of Milwaukee, prompting author-
ities to close the westbound lanes.
A vehicle lost control on an ice-
covered road and slammed into a
tree in southeastern Wisconsin,
killing 21-year-old Alejandria
Abaunza of Chicago and injuring
two other people inside.