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Harvard University announced
thin week that its endowment
increased 21 percent from last
year. The endowment, which is
already the largest of any college
in the country, added $4.4 billion
to bring its current total to $32
billion, according to a Sept. 23
Bloomberg article.
Supervised by Harvard Man-
agement Company, the endow-
ment in rebounding fronm a
27-percent loss in 2008 after the
collapse of Lehman Brothers
Holding Inc., Bloomberg reported.
Jane Mendillo, CEO of Har-
vard Management Co., is look-
ing for less outside assistance in
managing the endowment and
hopes the company will have a
larger role in doing so, according
to Bloomberg.
UC-BERKLEY STUDENTS
PLAN ANTI-AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION BAKE SALE
A Republican group at the Uni-
versity of California, Berkeley has
made plans for a bake sale this
week, where it will sell racially
price-adjusted baked goods to
mock another event supporting
an affirmative action bill await-
ing California Governor Jerry
Brown's decision, according to a
Sept. 24 article in the San Fran-
cisco Chronicle.
Student response to the event,
at which cupcakes will be sold
for $2 to Caucasians and 75
cents to African Americans, has
been overwhelmingly negative,
accordingcto the article.
U OF PITTSBURGH GETS
$125 MILLION DONATION
The University of Pittsburgh
received a$125 million donation on
Th~ursday - the largest-ever dona-
tion to the school, according to a
Sept. 22 Associated Press article.
The gift comes from Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh alum William
S. Dietrich II, the former owner
of the biggest national light metal
manufacturing company, the
article reports.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Symphonyband Law school
performance info session
WHERE: 519 State St.
WHEN: Friday at about 2
n.m.
WHAT: Officers pulled
over a driver in possession
of what appeared to be
marijuana, University Police
reported. The substance was
confiscated.
Door knocked
too hard
WHERE: Herbert H. Dow
Building
WHEN: Friday at about 10
.m.
WHAT: The office door
of an Engineering student
organization was found
damaged, University Police
reported. No items were
missing from the room.
WHERE: South Quad
Residence Hall
WHEN: Friday at about
9:1S .m.
WHAT: A staff member
reported a swastika
enscribed in pencil in a
stairwell, University Police
reported. Staff cleaned the
graffiti off the wall.
WHAT: The Shanghai Jiao
Tong University symphony
band will perform Chinese
and Western musical pieces.
Admission is free to the
public.
WHO: Confucius Institute
WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Power Center for
the Performing Arts
Scatter skaters! Literature talk
WHERE: Michigan Union
WHEN: Friday at about
10:45 p.m.
WHAT: Three
skateboarders were
verbally warned for
violating a University
ordinance which bans
skateboarding, University
Police reported.
WHAT: An information
session on the law school
application process will
be held for prospective
students.
WHO: The Career Center
and Department of History
WHEN: Today from 4 p.m.
to S p.m.
WHERE: 1014 Tisch Hall
Interview prep.
WHAT: Prospective dental
students can learn how to
prepare for the interview.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Tonight at 6:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Dental & W.K.
Kellogg Institute
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2Junior quarterback
Denard Robinson's
200-yard rushing game
against San Diego State gave
him six of the top 11 Big Ten
quarterback rushing games.
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She is circulating a peti-
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of Congress play the game,
which has already gained
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WHAT: Professors and
graduate students from the
Department of English will
host a roundtable discussion
on William Faulkner's
work in the 21st century.
Topics will include Faulkner
and the Environment and
Faulker and Vampires.
WHO: University Library
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