Athletics dept. searching for half-time acts

The University’s Athletics Department will hold open
try-outs for half-time acts at home basketball games. Groups or
individuals can audition for men’s or women’s games in
the Cliff Keen Arena from 6 to 9 p.m. today. Chosen performances
will be unpaid.

Panel to discuss film screening

The Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies will
host a free screening of a documentary about the lives of four
writers living in Israel reflecting on their forced exile from
Iraq. It will be shown today from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Rackham
Amphitheater.

After the screening of the film by director Samir — the
son of an Iraqi Communist who immigrated to Switzerland — a
panel will discuss the film. The event is part of the
“Changing Faces of Israeli Society,” a series of
lectures and events.

Speaker highlights global violence against women

Deborah Billings will speak for the Tamara Williams Memorial
Lecture on the topic “Gender-based Violence Throughout Our
World.”

Based in Mexico City, Billings coordinates action and
intervention research on sexual violence, abortion, post-abortion
care and sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people
for the international health organization Ipas.

The annual lecture is meant to commemorate the life of Tamara
Williams, a University student who was killed by her boyfriend in
1997, while also raising awareness of domestic violence issues and
increasing interest among faculty and students in research and
training opportunities in the area of family violence.

The event was co-sponsored by University Housing, the School of
Social Work, and the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness
Center

 

CRIME NOTES

Graffiti discovered in South Quad

Graffiti targeted at Asian Americans appeared on a wall outside
of a room in South Quad Residence Hall. The Department of Public
Safety has no suspects.

Visitor steals $20 in items from medical center

A visitor to the University Hospital tried to steal items
amounting to $20 Sunday night, but was observed doing it. The
suspect was arrested, processed and released pending warrant
authorization.

Assault occurs at off-campus party

A person was assaulted a party Sunday. The person was taken to
the University hospital’s emergency room.

 

THIS DAY IN DAILY HISTORY

Law school graduate markets necktie of Space Invaders

Oct. 12, 1980 — In a sign of the times, Law School alum
Nancy Olah took out an ad in The Michigan Daily to sell ties
featuring the video game “Space Invaders.”

“I designed the tie to capitalize on the Space Invaders
phenomenon,” she said. “I noticed that not just the
kids play the games.”

Olah also ran ads in publications in Cleveland, Ohio, where she
was a lawyer, and Rolling Stone magazine.

“I hope to interest Horswow (a large mail order firm)
enough to run the item in its catalog,” Olah said.

Most orders were from young women buying the ties for husbands,
lovers and friends.