6 ednesday October 19,2011 The Statement
Jhe 21st Century
L IBRARY
With the advent of the Internet, books may gather dust
in the stacks, but librarians are busier than ever.
By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN
-Vednesday October 19, 2011 The Staterent 3C
news in review
Five of the most talkied-about stories of the week, ranked in ascending order of actual importance
A memorial for late Apple According to a Gallup poll released British oil company BP will In an unannounced trip to Tripoli, Israeli soldier Gil
co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, Monday, 50 percent of Americans receive $4 billion from Anadarko Libya on Tuesday, Secretary of in Hamas captivit
who passed away on Oct. 5, was support marijuana legalization. Petroleum to settle claims related State Hillary Rodham Clinton five years, was fre
held Sunday evening at Stanford This is the highest number since to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of promised $11 million in U.S. aid to for 477 Palestir
University. Among the attendees Gallup first asked the question Mexico, according to a settlement the country's new political unit. on Tuesday. Moi
were Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and U2 in 1969. In 2009, 40 percent of reached on Monday. Andarko had It was the first visit from a U.S. Palestinian prisone
lead singer Bono. Americans supported legalization. a 25 percent stake in the oil rig. cabinet official since 2008. jails will ultimately
ad Shalit, held
ty for the last
ed in exchange
nian prisoners
re than 1,000
rs held in Israeli
be freed.
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quotes of the week from the archives
"That's a joke. I've also said America needs to get a Panty Pursuit
sense of humor. That was a joke, OK."
HERMAN CAIN, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL, on "Meet
the Press" defending he comments made at a Tennessee rally last granny panties..?
Saturday suggesting an "electrified" fence to protect the United States-
Mexico border.
"I must say again I have never seen an uglier bus
than a Canadian one. He is traveling around on a
Canadian bus touting American jobs."
JOHN MCCAIN, US SENATOR (R-ARIZ), commenting on the Senate 11
floor on Monday about the bus used by President Barack Obama on a tour
promoting his American Jobs Act. HANNAH DoW/Daily
nthe fall of 1961, a group of University students scoured the campus for female
underwear. Seems like a scene that could have been from "Animal House,"
the rule sright? It sounds fictional, but as The Michigan Daily reported in an Oct. 13, 1961
article ("Women's Dorms Hit by Raid"), a throng of 200 males "marched the cir-
cuit of women's residence halls in a largely unsuccessful search for panties last
No. 345: No. 346: No. 347: night."
What Michigan If you're occupying Fall break vacation The prurient-minded raid was a cross campus effort. According to the article,
the students tried to mine Mary Markley residents for underwear, but received a
State game? We'll Wall Street, make bragging should be "cold reception." Ssimilar case ocurred at Alice Lloyd Residence Hall, "where they
forget it ever sure you have a kept to a minimum again received little encouragement from residents." The raiders also targeted
happenedgodreason.for those of us who Betsey Barbour and Helen Newberry residence halls. Though the raid returned
ha d -o r little bounty, that doesn't mean University administration didn't take notice, as "a
werein thelibrary. number of ID cards were taken by staffmen," the article notes.
by the numbers
COURTESY OF GALLUP
Percent of Americans who oppose the Percent of Americans who supported the Percent of 18 to 29 year olds who support
legalization of marijuana, according to a legalization of marijuana in 1969, the first legalization, the age range with the highest
Gallup poll released Monday. 2 year Gallup conducted a poll on the issue. concentration of support.
given $5,000 and was charged with
the task of purchasing a collection
of books to start the fledging Uni-
versity of Michigan's library.
Gray purchased volumes on a wide
array of topics, covering everything
from classical literature to zoology,
and he sent more than 3,000 books
back to Ann Arbor.