2A - Monday, September 26, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A~~~~~~~~ ~ . - ody etmbr2,21 h Mcia_,l mciadiyo Ote " Toers This Week in History Professor Profiles Campus Clubs Photos of the Week' 'U' adds $4.4 bil. to endowment 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG ZACH YANCER Editor in Chief easiness Manager 734-418-4115 eat. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 steinberg@michigandailycom eyancer@michigandailycom 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. - PAIGE PEARCY Newsroan 734-418-4115 npt.3 torrections crecteions@michigandaily.com, Arts Sectin arts@michigandaily.coe Sports Sectin sports@ichigandaily.com Display Sales display@michigndaily.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandailyecom News Tips news@michigandaily.com Leteslaolhe Editor ttedaily@michigaedaily.com Editorial Page nione@michigandaily.coe Photography Setion phto@michigandaily.com tlassified Sales classiied@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com CRIME NOTES Driving Miss Vulgarity in Mary Jane the stairwell 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 CORRECTIONS 0 Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@nmichi- gandaily.com. 1New research suggests yawning may be a way to cool the brain, especially when a person's body temper- ature Is warmer than the air around them, Discoverycom reported. The study analyzed 160 subjects' yawning activity outdoors. 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. sFOR MORE, SEE SPORTSMONDAY, INSIDE 3 Acopywriter created an online game that simulates poverty, MarketWatch.com reported. 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