One hmndrp1 plnlpn iiwrc of pllimnr 77 frpnilnm Summer Weekly wwwmiehiganrailv enm Monday Julv 15 2002 INEWc Lawyers for Ann Arbor Muslim leader Rabih Haddad presented an application for his asylum in the United States at an open hearing Tuesday. Page 3 OP/ED Student plans for a Sept. 11 one-year anniversary vigil come under criticism for exclusive attitude and inappropriate vision. Page 4 ARTS Daily Arts interviews British actor Christian Bale, whose new film, "Reign of Fire," co-starring Matthew McConaughey, came out last week. Page 8 SPORTS In the first part of a three-part series, hockey recruits Jeff Tambellini and Danny Richmond are looking forward to an athletic career in Yost Ice Arena. Page 10 CONTACTS NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 Buildings on athletic campus to improve By Bob Hunt Daily Sports Editor The Athletic Department is plan- ning a $150 million revamp that officials hope will consist of a new indoor field house, an academic center for athletes, and new baseball and softball stadiums. If funding for the project is raised, the planned facilities could put the University's athletic buildings back on top and help recruitment. Over the past 15 to 20 years, many other athletic departments have outspent Michigan's, leaving the University with older facilities than many Division I programs. To improve its infrastructure, the Athletic Department has outlined four See ATHLETIC, Page 2 Lurie donates $25 mIu to engineers By Matt Randall The family also endowed the For the Daily Marion Elizabeth Blue Chair in the School of Social Work, which along The Department of Biomedical with other contributions put the Engineering hopes a $25 million family's total donations at $45 mil- gift can help cement a position as a lion. world leader in its field. The gift The money has been allocated to comes from Ann both the Biomedical Engineering Lurie, a Chica- Department and the Department of go-based philan- Electrical Engineering and Comput- thropist who has er Science. a long relation- The grant "provides matching ship with the funds for a Whitaker Grant to build University that a biomedical research facility (and) began when her allows us to double the size of our late husband solid state research facility for Robert was a Microsystems and nanotechnology," student. Lurie Engineering Dean Stephen Director This is the largest grant the Col- said. lege of Engineering has ever The money will provide expand- received. The Lurie family previ- ed research laboratories for the ously contributed $12 million to the department in a central location. college and $5 million to the Busi- As a new department, biomedical- ness School. See LURIE, Page 2 The Lurie family has given a total of $45 million to the University over the years, including money for the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower on North Campus. ALL'S FAIR IN ANN ARBOR Artists travel to A 2for nation's best artfairs By Maria Sprow Daily News Editor Growing up, local artist Graceann Warn never dreamed she'd be one of the 1,200 exhibitors in the four Ann Arbor Art Fairs, let alone one of the 200 showcased in the Ann Arbor Street Fair, commonly ranked the best outdoor art fair in the nation by Sun- shine Artist Magazine and the National Association of Independent Artists. "I've always made art, it just never occurred to me that I could make a living at it when I was a kid. Now I do this full time -more than full time," Warn said. The former landscape architect student, who has been showcasing her three-dimen- sional mixed media work at the Street Fair for the last 15 years, said participating in the fair, which will be held Wednesday through Saturday, is "irresistible." "It's local, and I get to see alot of my customers face to face, which is fun," she said. "The Street Fair is - Photo courtesy of Graceann Warn really a high quality show. I'm real- The artwork of Graceann ly proud to be there, I really like Warn (top) and Barbara Abel seeing the other art work." (bottom) will be displayed on And she's apparently not the only South University Avenue. one who appreciates the art that will be on display this week. Ann Abor Street Fair Executive Director Shary Brown said anywhere from 500,000 to 700,000 people from Ann Arbor and the rest of the coun- try are expected to roam downtown this weekend, which is five times 7,a, K2 the number of people who can fit into the 110,000-seat Michigan Sta- dium. ? ° Brown said the art fairs have become popular with artists FILE PHO because of "the quality of the audi- Over 500,000 people attended last year's Ann < t