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45 years ago this week
(Nov. 1, 1966): The Uni-
versity requested its largest
amount of state funding ever
as it announced a record-
high proposed budget for
the 1967-1968 school year.
The University asked for
$74.6 million from the state
- 28 percent more than the
$58 million the state Leg-
islature had granted the
University for the previous
schoolyear.The University's
total operating budget was
projected at $93.3 million.
At the time, 13 of the
University's 20 graduate
departments had declined
in national rankings. The
University hoped the
increased funds would pro-
vide a boost in quality of the
academic programs.
30 years ago this week
(Nov. 1, 1981): The Michi-
gan Student Assembly
urged students to write
letters to members of Con-
gress protesting a $562 mil-
lion reduction to federal
financial aid programs.
MSA representatives
handed out paper, enve-
lopes and stamps through-
out campus. Then-MSA
PresidentJon Feigersaid he
thought the initiative would
be effective since many
University students were
from states with influential
congressmen such as New
York and Illinois.
The proposals in Con-
gress included a decrease
in Pell Grant funding from
$2.65 billion to $2.37 billion,
excluding up to 600,000
students who were eligi-
ble for the funding. There
would also be fewer guar-
anteed loans for students
because bankers were
afraid of an increase in
defaults.
15 years ago this week
(November 1, 1996): MSA
sponsored a two-hour
debate for candidates run-
ning for a seat in the U.S.
House of Representatives.
Four candidates for
Michigan's 13th congres-
sional district debated in
the Michigan League's Van-
denberg Room. U.S. Rep
Lynn Rivers (D-Mich.) was
joined by candidates from
the Libertarian, Workers
World and Socialist Equal-
ity parties.
Rivers expressed her sup-
port at the time for increas-
ingeducation funding.
"It's better to spend
$5,000 to educate a child
than $30,000 to incarcer-
ate him," Rivers said at the
debate.
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CRIME NOTES
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Mad about the A wad of wire Medical school Lecture on
new iMard
WHERE: Sports Coliseum
WHEN: Sunday at about
11:30 a.m.
WHAT: Staff at the build-
ing found a card reader
outside was damaged, and
a window on the same side
of the building was broken,
University Police reported.
The quest for
knowledge
WHERE: Hutchins Hall
WHEN: Sundayat about
2:45 p.m.
WHAT: A student's text-
books were stolen from her
locked locker at some point
between Oct. 28 and 29,
University Police reported.
The locker and the lock
were not damaged.
WHERE: Mott Children's
Hospital
WHEN: Sunday at about
12:30 p.m.
WHAT: Approximately 200
pounds of copper wire was
taken from the hospital con-
struction site, University
Police reported. There are
no suspects.
Unanswered
questions
WHERE: The Diag
WHEN: Sunday at about
8:45 p.m.
WHAT: Two large signs
advertising the film
"Answer This" were stolen
from the Diag some time
between Oct. 3 and 24,
University Police reported.
There are no suspects.
I
interview help estrangement
WHAT: A workshop for
pre-health students who
are preparing for medical
or professional school inter-
views and would like advice.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Tonight from 7
p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Career Center,
room 3200
Hebrew group
meeting
WHAT: A conversational
Hebrew group meetingto
improve language skills
and meet other students.
All levels of proficiency are
welcome to attend, and free
beverages will be provided.
WHO: Hillel
WHEN: Tonight at 6:30
p.m.
WHERE: Espresso Royale
on South University
WHAT: A lecture about
viewing the world with a
new perspective and learn-
ing to utilize this skill ina
helpful way.
WHO: Institute for the
Humanities
WHEN: Today at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: 202 South Thay-
er, room 2022
$2 Yoga class
WHAT: A $2 Vinyasa yoga
class available to all stu-
dents. No prior experience
with yoga is required.
WHO: U-Move Fitness
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Central Cam-
pus Recreation Building
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A same-sex couple at Pat-
rick Henry High School
in San Diego, Calif. was
crowned one of the
nation's first lesbian home-
coming king and queen, ABC
News reported. Both girls
said they have received much
support from friends, family,
and faculty.
Florence + the Machine
return with their
sophomore album
Ceremonials, a spiritually
themed effort that remains
true to its roots.
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Several retailers,
including Target and
Macy's, will be open-
ing stores at midnight on
Thanksgiving for Black
Friday shopping, The Wall
Street Journal reported. The
new time is four hours earlier
than previous years.
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Egyptians protest
arrest of blogger
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Military arrest
blogger who
opposed Mubarak
CAIRO (AP)- More than 3,000
Egyptians marched through
downtown Cairo yesterday, pro-
testing the military's arrest of a
prominent blogger-activist in the
latest sign of discontent with the
ruling generals' managing of the
country.
The activist, Alaa Abdel-Fat-
tah, was ordered held by the mili-
tary a day earlier for questioning.
The military says he is suspected
of inciting Christian protesters to
attack soldiers during an Oct. 9
protest in Cairo that turned into
the bloodiest violence since the
February fall of President Hosni
Mubarak.
His supporters dismiss the
claim, sayingthemilitaryis trying
to silence a prominent critic and
to deflect blame on its soldiers in
the violence, which left 27 dead -
most of them Christians - when
troops cracked down on the pro-
test.
In yestserday evening's march,
the crowd shouted, "Down, down
with military rule" and "Alaa,
we're behind you, don't stop,"
as they moved into central Tah-
rir Square, then headed toward
Cairo's main police station, where
Abdel-Fattah is being held.
About 200 police formed a line
around the station. There were no
clashes.
Abdel-Fattah, who turns 30
in November, was Egypt's first
blogger activist, launching a blog
years agoorganizingoppositionto
Mubarak. Since Mubarak's Feb. 11
ouster following an 18-day upris-
ing, he has been a vocal critic of
the military's rule.
"Alaa is causing them trouble
because he's been an activist for
so long.
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FERNANDO VERGARA/AP
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, left, talks to his Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos, during a military ceremony in Bogota, Friday, June1, 2007. The Colombian
government began transferring imprisoned leftist rebels to a temporary holding center.
Columbian residen eradicates
controversial domestic spy agency.
Jury convicts man
in serial killer case
Killer faced 72
charges, including 9
counts of murder
PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona
jury yesterday found a former con-
struction worker guilty of killing
nine people in the so-called Base-
line Killer case that terrorized the
Phoenix area during the summer
of 2006.
Mark Goudeau was accused
of attacking his victims as they
went about daily activities, such
as leaving work or washing their
car. He left most of them with
their pants unzipped and partially
pulled down. The victims - eight
of them women - ranged from 19
to 39 years old
Prosecutors had called the
47-year-old Goudeau a "ravenous
wolf" driven by a hunger to rape
women and kill those who didn't
cooperate with his demands.
Defense attorneys insisted that
there are likelier suspects than
Goudeau and questioned DNA
tests linking Goudeau to the
crimes.
In all, Goudeau faced 72 counts,
including the nine murders and
various counts of kidnapping, sex-
ual assault and robbery. He was
found guilty of all but four counts,
and the jury failed to reach a ver-
dict on one charge.
"Hopefully there's going to be
some closure in my mind now,"
said Alvin Hogue, 53, whose wife
was killed with another woman
as they cooked food inside a lunch
truck in Phoenix. His wife left
behind Hogue and six children
altogether, including their then
4-month-old twin boys.
Agency had been
connected to
criminal activity
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -
President Juan Manuel Santos
dissolved Colombia's scandal-
plagued DAS domestic intelli-
gence agency yesterday, saying its
employees will be transferred to
other state offices.
He had already announced
that the agencywould be replaced
by a new entity.
The agency was caught spy-
ing on presidential foes includ-
ing judges, reporters and human
rights activists during the 2002-
2010 administration of San-
tos' predecessor, Alvaro Uribe,
Washington's closest ally in the
region at the time.
Some DAS agents and officials
also colluded with extreme-right
militias that killed and displaced
thousands and persecuted labor
activists.
Uribe's first DAS chief, Jorge
Noguera, was convicted last
month of murder in the 2004
death squad killing of a left-wing
university professor.
A later DAS director, Maria del
Pilar Hurtado, obtained political
asylum in Panama with Uribe's
help to avoid a fate similar to
Uribe's former chief of staff, Ber-
nardo Moreno.
Moreno was jailed in July
pending trial on criminal con-
spiracy charges for allegedly
ordering illegal espionage. He
says he is innocent.
About half the 6,000 DAS
employees will go to the chief
prosecutor's office, where many
investigators will join the CTI
investigators' corps. Others are
being shifted to the national
police and government minis-
tries.
"A lot of people in the DAS
have been stigmatized, unjustly
I would say," Santos told report-
ers, speaking with current DAS
director Felipe Munoz at his side.
"So many law-abiding people
shouldn't pay for a few sinners."
Munoz said 92 percent of the
agency's employees will retain
government jobs, and the agency's
liquidation will take until Dec. 31.
He said Santos would announce
the creation of a new intelligence
agency later this week.
Neither he nor the president,
who did not take questions,
explained how they would pre-
vent DAS employees who might
have been involved in illegal
activites from being incorporated
in the new agency.
It was not immediately clear,
either, how much U.S. assistance
the new agency might receive.
Before the scandal, the DAS
received some U.S. training and
equipment, including a unit that
worked closely with the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion. U.S. government officials
say the agency's use of that aid
was closely monitored to prevent
abuses.
The scandal broke in Febru-
ary2009 afterthe newsmagazine
Semana revealed the illegal spy-
ing on promiment Uribe foes. At
least 20 current and former DAS
officials have been jailed.
Two senior agency officials
cooperated with prosecutors and
have received eight-year prison
sentences in return.
The DAS has been a multi-fac-
eted agency, with responsibilities -
that encompassed not just intelli-
gence work against criminals and
leftist rebels but also protecting
Colombia's borders and handling
migration matters.
The latter responsibilities will
now be transferred to the Foreign
Ministry.
In previous administrations,
the DAS was an important tool
in the government's fight against
drug traffickers.
In December 1989, a car bomb
attack ordered by the late cocaine
kingpin Pablo Escobar ripped
open the agency's Bogota head-
quarters, killing more than SO
people.