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CRIME NOTES
Membership
moocher
WHERE: North Campus
Recreation Building
WHEN: Wednesday at
about 10:45 a.m.
WHAT: A student employee
issued himself an annual
gym membership worth
about $700 without paying,
University Police reported.
Charges are likely to be
pressed.
Scraping by
WHERE: Thayer Street
WHEN: Wednesday at
about 6:45 p.m.
WHAT: A University bus
scraped a passing car,
resulting in damage to the
bus's bumper, University
Police reported. No
passengers were injured,
and the car was not
damaged.
Panhandler
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
International Workshop on
food and fun life success
Identity fraud punished
WHAT: Student
organizations will engage
in song and dance
performances and free
activities and ethnic
foods will be offered at a
multicultural festival.
WHO: The International
Center
WHEN: Tomorrow at 3 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
Lecture on
architecture
WHAT: In a talk, "The Only
One in a Crowded Room,"
University of Illinois Prof.
Alex Lehnerer will discuss
his approach to architecture
and urban design.
WHO: Taubman College
of Architecture and Urban
Planning
WHEN: Today at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Art and Architec-
ture Building auditorium
WHAT: A day of panel
discussions and
presentations about'
distingishing between skill
and luck when tryingto
find success in life.
WHO: Center for the Study
of Complex Systems
WHEN: Today at 9 a.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
Film screening
WHAT: A screening of the
1989 James Cameron film
"The Abyss."
WHO: Department of
Screen Arts and Culture{
WHEN: Today at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Lorch Hall,
Askwith Auditorium
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The Facebook game
Farmville has raised
more than $1.5 million to
donate to impoverished com-
munities in Haiti, Fox News
reported. Some of the funds
will go toward rebuilding a
destroyed school building in
Mirebalais, Haiti.
Michigan ice hockey is
looking to end a three
game losing streak
when it plays Ohio Statethis
weekend at Yost Ice Arena.
FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE5
The 1932 painting "La
Lecture" by Pablo
Picasso sold for $40.7
million this week at a public
auction in London, England,
CNNMoney.com reported.
The winning bid was placed
over the telephone by an
anonymous bidder.
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WHERE: East Quadrangle
Residence Hall
WHEN: Wednesday at
about 8:45 p.m.
WHAT: A student reported
that someone was using a
government Bridge Card
in his name, University
Police reported. There are
currently no suspects.
WHERE: Pierpont
Commons
WHEN: Wednesday at
about 9 a.m.
WHAT: A man unaffiliated
with the University was
found panhandling near the
building, University Police
reported. He was issued a
trespass warning.
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significance of global revolutions 499
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added that the current political
unrest in Tunisia and Egypt may
potentially spur future govern-
ment overthrows worldwide as
countries strive toward demo-
cratic governments.
"This is not a uniquely Egyp-
tian phenomenon," North said.
"This is a global phenomenon.
What is happening in Egypt is
the beginning of a global revolu-
tionary process."
As Egypt entered into its
18th day of violence yesterday,
rumors circulated that Mubarak
would step down from his post.
Instead, he announced he would
remain in office but reallocate
some of his powers to Egypt Vice
President Omar Suleiman. In
response to the rumors, the mili-
tary mobilized preparing for vio-
lence from the dissenting public.
The events in Egypt paral-
lel certain social and economic
situations in the United States,
North said. He added that it is
essential for college students to
have an understanding of global
revolutions, since this generation
has yet to experience a social
uprising of this magnitude.
"You are growing up in a
world that is going to be shaped
by revolution," he said.
He added that global events
like the revolution in Egypt also
educate many citizens about
countries' political issues in vari-
ous countries.
"The masses learn more about
politics in 24 hours than they
would otherwise learn in half a
century," North said.
LSA and Art & Design sopho-
more Micaela McCabe said she
was drawn to the discussion
because of her studies in interna-
tional development.
"I think it is incredibly impor-
tant for students to know what is
going on in the world," McCabe.
said. "Seeing how other democ-
racies and other governmental
systems work, I think is impor-
tant to know."
LSA freshman Zoe Crowley
said she went to the event to
broaden her knowledge about
the Egyptian conflict.
"(The media) is not necessar-
ily addressing the issues that I
am interested in," Crowley said.
"I came to get a more worldly
perspective on what is happen-
ing in Egypt right now. This sort
of social unrest is all around us,
and people just choose to close
their eyes to it."
LSA freshman Anthony Green
said it is important for students
to have an understanding of
global events like the Egyptian
revolution.
"It is incredible to watch so
many people taking destiny into
their own hands," he said.
Rackham student Nicholas
Niemuth said he viewed the
event as a means for students
to develop an understanding
of social systems and how to
improve them in the future,
especially in the context of world
revolutions.
"I think it is extremely impor-
tant as a starting point, to have a
basis, have someone to point you
in the direction to do the learn-
ingyourself," Niemuth said, "and
to come to understand the actual
social structures that exist and
why they exist ... and the moti-
vations that they have to keep
things the way they are or to try
to change things for the better."
The Associated Press
contributed to this report.
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Protestors gather around Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa) yesterday outside the Sandra Day O'Connor Fed-
eral Courthouse in Phoenix.
Arizona governor countersues
federal gov't over immigration
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Lawsuit alleges
government failed
to protect state from
immigrant 'invasion'
PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Jan
Brewer sued the federal gov-
ernment yesterday for failing to
control Arizona's border with
Mexico and enforce immigra-
tion laws, and for sticking the
state with huge costs associated
with jailing illegal immigrants
who commit crimes.
The lawsuit claims the feder-
al government has failed to pro-
tect Arizona from an "invasion"
of illegal immigrants. It seeks
increased reimbursements and
extra safeguards, such as addi-
tional border fences.
Brewer's court filing serves
as a countersuit in the federal
government's legal challenge
to Arizona's new enforcement
immigration law. The U.S. Jus-
tice Department is seeking to
invalidate the law.
"Because the federal govern-
ment has failed to protect the
citizens of Arizona, I am left
with no other choice," Brewer
said as sign-carrying protesters
yelled chants at her and at other
champions of the immigration
law.
Justice Department spokes-
woman 'Tracy Schmaler
declined to comment on the fil-
ing. But a spokesman for the U.S.
Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, which is in charge of polic-
ing the country's borders, called
Brewer's lawsuit a meritless
action and said Border Patrol
staffing is higher than ever.
"Not only do actions like this
ignore all of the statistical evi-
dence, they also belittle the sig-
nificant progress that our men
and women in uniform have
made to protect this border and
the people who live alongside
it," spokesman Matthew Chan-
dler said. "We welcome any
state and local government or
law enforcement agency to join
with us to address the remain-
ing challenges."
Brewer's lawsuit seeks a court
order that would require the
federal governmenttotake extra
steps to protect Arizona - such
as more border fences - until
the border is controlled. Brewer
also asks for additional border
agents and technology along the
state's border with Mexico.
The governor isn't seeking
a lump-sum award, but rather
asks for policy changes in the
way the federal government
reimburses states for the costs
of jailingillegal immigrants who
are convicted of state crimes.
Such changes would give the
state more reimbursement.
Arizona's enforcement law
was passed amid years of com-
plaints that the federal gov-
ernment hasn't done enough
to lessen the state's role as the
nation's busiest illegal entry
point. Its passage ignited pro-
tests over whether the law
would lead to racial profiling,
and prompted lawsuits by the
Justice Department, civil rights
groups and other opponents
seeking to have it thrown out.
The law would have required
police, while, enforcing other
laws, to question a person's
immigration status if officers
had reasonable suspicion the
person was in the country ille-
gally. That requirement was put
on hold by U.S. District Judge
Susan Bolton, along with a man-
date that immigrants obtain or
carry immigration registration
papers.
The judge, however, let other
parts of the law take effect, such
as a provision that bans people
from blocking traffic while
seeking or offering day-labor
services on streets.
Brewer challenged Bolton's
decision in an appeals court in
San Francisco. She argued the
judge erred by accepting specu-
lation bythe federal government
that the law might burden legal
immigrants, and by concluding
the federal government likely
would prevail.
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