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A playful professor
What is your favorite part
about being a professor?
What I learn from reading, devel-
oping new courses and talking with
students. I enjoy helping students
study language closely and improve
their writing.
Recently you produced a docu-
mentary. What motivated you to
pursue this specific project?
Children no longer play out-
side much. Green space is paved
over. Children' s time in sedentary
activities, alone before screens, has
increased enormously. 'Where Do
The Children Play?' grew out of my
study of secret spaces of childhood
in literature. I became concerned
that boys and girls today are losing
touch with the natural world, out- I'm working on a second film
door play and independent mobility. project and developing workshops
Consequences are a loss of physi- to assist elementary and pre-school
cal and emotional health, initiative, teachers and communities to design
imagination and creativity. more spaces and experiences that
My two companion books, 'A cultivate the vitality, resilience and
Place for Play' and the study guideto creative potential of the children.
the film, responded to the need for
communities to preserve and devel- You have written multiple
op semi-wild play spaces, access works of literature concerning
to travel on foot, skateboard or on education. If you had to give one
bicycle, and the time for children to piece of advice to tomorrow's
watch the stars, explore neighbor- generation regarding education,
hoods and enjoy freedom of move- what would it be?
ment and time outside unstructured
by adults. Play makes you smart. Go outside,
use your imagination and when it
Are you working on anything gets dark, keep having more adven-
of special significance in the near tures through reading.
future?
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forms at Hill Auditorium yesterday.
CRIME NOTES
Not your wallet Smash and bang
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
WHERE: Duderstadt
Center
WHEN: Tuesday at about
2:30 p.m.
WHAT: A student wit-
nessed an unidentified man
attempt to steal her wallet,
University Police reported.
The suspect fled the scene,
and police have notyet
located or identified him.
WHERE: Washington
Heights Parking Lot
WHEN: Tuesday at about
3:30 p.m.
WHAT: An accident
occurred between two
vehicles, University Police
reported. No injuries were
reported, and damage was
unknown.
Thinking about
language
WHAT: A discussion about
how language leads to
thought, supplemented by
cross-linguistic and cross-
cultural studies, will be lead
by Michael Frank.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Gradu-
ate Library
Medical school
interview help
WHAT: A presentation to
help students with medi-
cal school interviews. The
event is geared toward
students at all steps in the
application process.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Tonight at 5:30
p.m.
WHERE: Student Activities
Building
It was lost in Patient prefers
the flood employee's coat
Grand slam Assert yourself
Michigan celebrates it's
175th anniversary as a
state today, mlive.com
reported. On this day in 1837,
a bill was signed by President
Andrew Jackson making
Michigan the 26th state to
join the Union. Happy Birth-
day Michigan!
Two Ann Arbor-based
cover bands - The Vin-
tage and The Remix
Band - discuss the merits
and hardships of performing
songs from legendary musi-
cians they admire.
>> FOR MORE, SEE B-SIDE, INSIDE
Joan Rivers has under-
gone her 734th cosmetic
surgery recently, Daily
Mail Online reported. The
surgery was broadcast on the
celebrity's reality show and
divulged exactly what she
wanted nipped-and-tucked.
Rivers is 78 years old.
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WHERE: Randall Labora-
tory
WHEN: Tuesday at about
3:50 p.m.
WHAT: A laser was found
broken on Tuesday, Uni-
versity Police reported.
The damage was caused by
flooding from a power out-
ao in Novremeher
WHERE: University Hos-
pital
WHEN: Tuesday at about
7:10 p.m.
WHAT: A male patient
stole an employees coat,
University Police reported.
The coatwas retrieved and
the subject's prosecution is
nonring
poetry
WHAT: The final round of
the University's slam poetry
competition. The top five
winners will travel to the
national College Unions
Poetry Slam Invitational in
California. Entry fee is $3.
WHO: Center for Campus
Involvement
WHEN: Tonight at 8p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
University Club Room
WHAT: A workshop on
assertiveness to help stu-
dents develop constructive
communication skills for
use in relationships.
WHO: CAPS
WHEN: Today at 4:15 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union,
room 3100
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