2 - Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Ivory Towers Wek isor. Professor Profiles Racial slur written on Diag THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week ABROAD IN ANN ARBOR The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 420 Maynard Sc. Ann Arbnr, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTRMAN ZACHARY YANCER Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-415-4115 ext. 1241 lichtes-man@michigandaily.com zyancer@michigandaily.com 10 years ago this week (March 19, 2002): A racially insensitive phrase regarding affirmative actinn was found written in yel- low chalk on the Diag, the Daily reported. Panther McAllister, then- speaker for the Black Stodent Union, said the incident served as a reminder to students that there was more do he done to improve race relations on cam- pos and aroond the nation. Then-LSA senior Erin Weber told the Daily she was astoonded to find racist comments on cam- pus. "It's disappointing that a cam- pos as liberal and diverse as Ann Arbor would still have hatefol opinions floating aroond like this," Weher said. "Yoo'd like to think that ignorance lives some- where else." 20 years ago this week (March 20, 1992): The University's Department of Political Science was ranked as the hest in the country by U.S. News and World Report list, tying with depart- ments at the University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley and Marvard University, the Daily reported. Arlene Saxonhouse, then- chair of the Department of Polit- ical Science, spoke to the Daily ahout the department's past suc- cess and newly-assigned rank- ing. "Obvioosly, we're delighted. We've always been a strong department - in the top three," Saxonhoose said. 30 years ago this week (March 21, 1982): At a day-long forum titled "Rohots and Migh Tech- nology: A new direction for Michigan?" at Rackham Mall, University stodents and fat- olty presented various views on increasing high-technology indostries in the state, the Daily reported. The forum was organized by students in the School of Natural Resources, along with African American Studies Prof. Bunyan Bryant, the forum's opening dis- cussion moderator. .- KATIE SZYMANSKI NewsrnnoNwoTp orrrcissyeicisodil y. ome itsoi@ecisdiyr~ arsi@,ihiss,:dii.oe m o ovisdiy,~ Online SalesFiae :olineas m3ichiganodaily.com io~roihgndiysn 754-45-~515 01.3 es@:ihiitsdaily.:om torectntletersinothe Editnr Arts SctinsEditnrial Pate Spnrstetinn Photography Section Dispay SleClassitied Sales displs~ouieigoodsiy~s csssifed@m ichigandaily.con: AUSTEN HUFFORD/Daily LSA sophomore Beka Gulama discusses his experenece studying ahraad at an event yesterday. CRIME NOTES Moped no-ped Hatcher WHERE: Thompson Street snatcher WHEN: Sunday at ahout 4 p.m. WHERE: Matcher Gradu- WHAT: A person reported ate Library their modped was stolen WHEN: Sunday at about hetween March 12 and 7 p.m. March 14, University Police WHAT: Four thefts reported. It has nothbeen occured Sunday night reported whether the including unattended lap- moped was locked up. No tops and an unattended suspects have been identi- hackpack University Police fled, reported. Call me maybe? Boulevard of CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES How to get into CORRECTIONS WHERE: Duderstadt Building WHEN: Yesterday around 2:30 a.m. WHAT: A cell phone was reported stolen from the study area on the third floor, University Police reported. The phone was taken hetween 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. broken glass WHERE: Tisch Mall WHEN: Saturday at ahout 11:S0 am. WHAT: The glass window of a door was shattered hy an unkown person, Univer- sity Police reported. Police helieve the incident occured between 11 and 11:30 a.m. WHAT: A presentation featuring the how-to's for medical school applicants, including various prepara- tion techniques. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today at 3 p.m. WHERE: Student Activities Building, room 3200 SAB The feminist perspective WHAT: A roundtable discussion featuring the perspectives of feminists on campus, who aim to further women's rights. WHO: Multi-Ethnic Stu- dent Affairs WHEN: Tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union Pond Room * An article in the March 19 edition of The Michi- gian Daily ("Mirante key to backroom CSGnegotia- tions'9 didn't include LSA sophomore Louis Miran- te's first name or title. *An article in the March 19 edition of The Michi- gan Daily ("Duderstat shares history of activ- ism") misstated that Dud- erstat's hrother was one of the first conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War. He was one of the first from his hometown to object to the war. " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandailycom. 1Politicians in Britain have proposed privatiz- lug roadways in order to increase government rev- enue and hoost a weaken- ing infrastructure, Reuters reported. Engineers in Lon- don are seeking revenue to fix the damaged roads. 2Despite unoriginal lyr- ics, the dehut LP of techno-hand Tanlines moves beyond traditional rave music, creating a sound reminiscent of. a tropical island party. >> FOR MORE, SEE ARTS, PAGES5 3Dr. Fill, a crossword puzzle-solving rohot finished 141st out of 600 competitors in a cross- word puzzle competition last weekend, The New York Times reported. The robot got confused hy several of the puzzles. 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