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news in review
Five of the most talked-about stories of the week, ranked in ascending order of actual importance
Acclaimed film director Sidney
Lumet died on Saturday at age
86. Lumet, who never received an
Oscar for direction but received
an honorary Academy Award in
2005, worked on famous films "12
Angry Men" and "Network."
An explosion in a Minsk, Belarus
subway station claimed 11 lives
and injured more than 100 people
during rush hour on Monday.
President Aleksandr Lukashenko
suggested that the blast was an act
of terrorism.
Opposition forces captured former
Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo
on Monday. Gbagbo, who has been
decried as a war criminal, refused
to relinquish power to the recog-
nized victor of last year's presiden-.
tial election, Alassane Ouattara.
On Tuesday, Japanese officials
increased the severity level of the
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Station radiation leak from 5 to 7
- the most severe level for a crisis.
The Cheronbyl disaster in 1986
also received this rating.
France introduced a law on Mon-
day that bans wearing full face
veils in public. France is the first
European country impose the ban.
Individuals who violate the law will
be fined $216 and must attend a
"citizenship course."
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quotes of the week
"When some people see UFOs, it changes them. It
alters their belief system, it challenges a lot offwhat
they believe."
JOSEPH CAPP, RETIRED COMPUTER CONSULTANT, explaining his
creation of a 24-hour telephone hotline for reporting UFO sightings.
"It sends exactly the wrong signal at a time when
you are supposed to be transitioning away from
abusive practices combined with official denial and
failure to investigate."
HEBA MORAYEF, RESEARCHER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, on
Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil's, who on Monday received a three-year
prison sentence for criticizing the military on his blog.
the rules
from the archives
Do the 'do
No. 337:
Interships are great,
but spending your
summer sleeping in
and drinking every
day is better.
No. 338:
Everyone should
have sex in the
stacks before they
graduate.
No. 339:
Ask for a really
outrageous
graduation gift. It's
worth a try.
COURTESY OF FICKF
Some things on campus are rare: heat waves. George Clooney sightings. Rich
Rodriguez fan clubs. And the list wouldn't be complete, of course, withou'
the proverbially marginalized "mullet" hairstyle.
But there's one relatively recent documentation of this 80s fad seeing the light
of day: Back in 2007, University student Stephen Krause snagged a headline for his
Bowie-like 'do ("Campus Characters: The Man Behind the Mullet," 2/15/2007).
As The Michigan Daily reported, the then-Engineering sophomore had been a
mullet enthusiast from an early age: "(Krause)has had the same hairstyle since he
was 6 years old. His smooth, blond hair is cut about an even inch, except above the
nape of his neck, where the hair flows past his shoulders."
Athough Krause - appropriately nicknamed "Mullet Steve" - received compli-
ments for his hairstlye, not all students were tolerant. According to the article:
one student offered him money to let her cut his hair. He declined."
by the numbers
COURTESY OF THE LOSANGELES TIP
Dollars a woman in France will pay for breaking Thousands of dollars in fines an individ- Millions of Muslims who live in France
the country's recently imposed ban on wearing ual will pay for forcing a woman to wear France has the largest Muslim populati
veils in public. a veil. in Europe.