Dean addresses global warming
SNRE Dean Rosina Bierbaum will speak about “The Scientific Consensus on Global Warming” today at 1 p.m. in Room 126 or East Quad Residence Hall.
Bierbaum was a former chief environmental science advisor to former President Bill Clinton. The talk is part of a two-part series hosted by the RC science class Energy and the Environment.
Skate for the Stars
The UM Stars for the Make-A-Wish Foundation is hosting an open skate night from 8 to 10 p.m. today at Yost Ice Arena.
There will be a live band playing and members of the Hockey team will be present. Tickets are $5 and a portion of the donation will go to UM Stars.
Expert discusses U.S., Middle East relations
History professor Juan Cole, an expert on the Middle East, will give a talk titled “Saving American from its Middle East Quagmire” today at 7 p.m. in East Quad Residence Hall in Room 126.
CRIME NOTES
Hinges, sprockets taken; backpack left behind
Sometime between Monday evening and Tuesday morning in the G. G. Brown Building, multiple mechanical objects were stolen from a backpack, although the backpack remained unmolested, according to Department of Public Safety records. The objects included hinges, sprockets, chains and gears and carried an estimated value of $40. DPS has no suspects.
Dog requested for bomb threat search
One of DPS’s two search dogs was requested for a possible bomb threat at Baker College in Flint on Tuesday afternoon. Officers brought the dog but found no problems at the college.
Dance Building thefts reported
Three people in the Dance Building reported to DPS that they had been victims of thefts occurring Tuesday evening. One individual reported the loss of a wallet, watch and cell phone, which had been left unattended in a coat pocket.
Two escorted from Business building
DPS found a man and a woman not affiliated with the University in the faculty lounge of the Business Administration Building on Tuesday evening. Both were read trespass advisories and escorted out of the building.
THIS DAY IN DAILY HISTORY
Homosexual women complain of discrimination
Dec. 9, 1973 — Members of the Gay Awareness Women’s Kollective (GAWK) filed complaints with the city’s Human Rights Department against the owner of the Rubaiyat bar, Greg Fenerli. They charged him with discrimination against gay women.
On numerous occasions Fenerli and the women have clashed over what he calls “their openly sexual behavior” since last May when the homosexual women began congregating at the bar in large numbers.
“My standards on public sexual behavior are the same for heterosexuals as for gay people,” Fenerli said. “These women were exhibiting their sexual practices in public.”