mpmwpmm 2 - Tuesday, March 13, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, March 13, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom FRIDAY: Photos of the Week 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, Mt 4a109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN ZACHARY YANCER Editor in Chief Business Mnanger 734-418-4115 eot. t252 734-4re-4u15 ext. 1241 lichtermon@nichigandaily.com eyancer@michigandaily.com 4 Students support war effort 70 years ago this week (March 14, 1942): The Wenld Stu- dent Service Fund organized a fundraiser across campue to ben- efit students affected by World War II. The money collected wan given to European war priaon- ers, studenta of Chinene dencent and immigrants taking refuge in the United Staten, The Michigan Daily reported. Talks were given in Helen Newberry, Betsy Barbour and Monher-Jordan Residence Malls, and pamphlets were distributed throughout the men's residence halls to gain support for the drive. The fundraising effort was an extension of "Help a War Student Day," which occurred on March 10,1942. 40 years ago, this week (March 16, 1972): Police arrested a University student for arson after damaging his own room in the Mary Markley Residence Hall, as well as four other rooms and 100 feet of hallway. Mark Friesen, the student arsonist and a class of 1975 stu- dent, "apparently chained the door from the inside, dropped a match in a waste-basket, set the burning waste-basket under his bed and left the room via a window which opened onto the street," accordingcto an article in the Daily. Though 14 students were relocated to other rooms within Markley, no injuries were sus- tained. 20 years ago this week (March 12, 1992): The National'$xF Organization for the Reform of :P f Marijuana Laws was denied a University permit to host a rallyr April 4,1992, the Daily reported.t The event was planned to coin- cide with Mash Bash to encour- age the legalization of marijuana. { Michael Warren, chair of the Mich- igan Student Assembly's Student Rights Commission, expressed his frustration to the Daily. "The administration has done this before and NORML sued them before and they lost before," Warren told the Daily. "They would rather have the stu- dents sue them and lose than fol-FIEP low the law." 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WHERE: Univerity Hospi- tol Emergency Room WHEN: Friday at about 1 WHAT: A hospital staff member allegedly punched a wall, University Police reported. The drywall was damaged, and the staff member was ordered to leave work. Basket case Video villain WHERE: Couzens Resi- dence Mall WHEN: Sunday at about 9:30 p.m. WHAT: A resident reported his Mcard and laundry basket were stolen, Univer- sity Police reported. The resident said the basket and card were taken from the Couzens laundry room. WHERE: Couzens Resi- dence Hall WHEN: Saturday at about 10:S0 p.m. WHAT: A resident report- ed his video console was stolen, University Police reported. The student said the console was taken from his room when he left his door open and room unat- tended. WHAT: Four LSA faculty members will reflect on growing up with activist families and will discuss their own connections to social justice. WHO: North Campus Ini- tiative WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Weill Hall, room 1120 Public opinion lecture WHAT: Florida State Uni- versity professor Jason Barabas will give a lecture on public opinion and how elections are influenced. WHO: The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: Public Health Building I WHAT: A presentation on how graduate students in the social sciences and humanities can find jobs outside of academia. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today at 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Gradu- ate School Lunch meeting WHAT: A meeting for males who identify them- selves as 'men of color" to have an open discussion about a wide array of topics. WHO: Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives WHEN: Today at 11:30 am. WHERE: Michigan Union, MSA Chambers CORRECTIONS " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. 1The armadillo has been chosen as the mascot of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Agence France- Presse reported. The Brazili- lan three-banded armadillo, a native animal to the country's northeastern region, will be officially announced as the mascot in October. 2The usually-moder- ate Mitt Romney has strechted himself too far to the right, writes col- umnist Dar-Wei Chen. It will hinder, not help, his presiden- tial campaign, Chen argues. sFOR MORt, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 3Swiss voters rejected a proposal that would have given workers six weeks of vacation each year, BBC reported. Voters reject- ed the proposal after busi- ness groups warned about its potentially negative impact on the economy. 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