Page 4 -The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 22, 1987
U' marks move
from Detroit
By SUZANNE LEPINE Alice Thornton, an employee of th
Sesquicentennial - many Michigan League's advertising an
people cannot pronounce the word, publicity department.
and fewer still know that not only BY DISPLAYING photo
does the sesquicentennial signify graphs of student life dating back to
Michigan's 150th anniversary of the beginnings of the Ann Arbo
statehood, but also the University's campus, the League is making it
move from Detroit. contribution to the observance o
The University moved to Ann the sesquicentennial.
Arbor150 years ago this week from C
its original locale. Cafeteria patrons expressed thei
FESTIVITIES around campus approval of the photos, whici
- organized by the University's depict student life in arts, music
Celebration '87 Committee - have and sports, with murmurs o
traced Michigan's rich history. "wonderful" and "fascinating."
Since January, the Bentley Suzanne Ramey, a Leagu
Library on North Campus has dis - employee, looked at the photos an
played an exhibit that features his - said, "Looks like things haven'
torical documents, maps, and changed from yesteryear to thi
photographs. Each item traces the year."
development of the state of Michi -
gan from 1837 to the present. The BUT MANY are unaware o
exhibit will run until June 15 when the celebration and its connectio
the library will shift its focus to with the University.
student life at the University.
"We want people to be aware "I'm not even sure what it is.
that the University came to Ann didn't know it had anything to d
Arbor at the same time that with the school," said Chat
Michigan became a state," said Switzer, an Ann Arbor resident.
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After seven months of planning, According to Sibel Koyluogln, Each object has a story to tell,"
the Turkish Student Association president of the organization, there sald Esin Atil, guest curator of the
hosted its first academic sympo are about 60 foreign students from National Gallery. "It is one way of
sium in celebration of Turkish Turkey at the University. "I feel introducing a new culture. The
heritage this week. The symposium like all of us are mini-ambassadors more we learn about other history
focused on the reign of Sultan to this country. I want us to be and background, the more we under -
Suleyman, the rler of the Ottoman visible. It's our responsibility to stand the present and will hopefully
Empire during its"Golden Age" in educate." improve the future."
the sixteenth century. The symposium was planned MEMBER and Ann Arbor
In addition to commemorating around the national art exhibit resident Gurdan Kuntasal views the
Suleyman, the Turkish Student entited the "Age of Sultan Suley - symposium as a first step to ceat -
Asso iation organized the sympo - man the Magnificent." The exhibit ing a cultural awareness about
sium to educate the community opened at the National Gallery in Turkey.
about the Turkish culture and re - Washington and will travel on to Many of the members of the
verse the negative stereotypes at - Chicago and New York later this association believe their people and
tached to its people and homeland. year. It is the first collection of are plagued by
THE TURKISH Student Ottoman art exhibited in the United strued attitudes like allegations of
Association is comprised of about States. Turkish violence, drug traffic, and
100 Turkish and American students, "It is my duty as a curator to uncivilized behavior.
High schools fear tough admissions
(ContinuedfromPage ) meeting its obligations as a state' area high schools said they hadn't
But Sjorgren feels the University institution. "A state institution has noticed a change in admission
is "really concerned" about turning more responsibility than to accom- standards oer previous years.
away quality students. "We're modate all qualified students," he "I don't see anyone complaining
uncomfortable about it, but up to said. According to Sjorgren, the here," said Norman Doucan, a
this point we haven't found a way University should be more con- counselor at Grosse Pointe North
to treat the problem," he said. cerned with bringing quality indivi- High School. According to Doucan,
Sjorgren added that the duals into society. the University makes a concerted
University is not falling short of However, counselors at other effort to keep in contact with
Grosse Pointe North faculty and
students. "We don't have a
H I-F STU DI) problem,"-saidDoucan. "They work
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