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Perry
winning awards as Rose Bowl approaches |
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As the Wolverines prepare for a classic Rose Bowl showdown with #1
Southern Cal, running back Chris Perry '04 won the Doak Walker Award
as the top college running back and was voted 4th best player in the
nation in the Heisman Trophy balloting. |
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University
Library mounts Bible history exhibit |
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The illustration depicting the evangelist Luke
is in the U-M Library's "From Papyri to the King James Bible"
exhibit. The manuscript on vellum contains the four Gospels in Greek,
a Byzantine monastic product from the 11th or 12 century AD. The exhibit
in the Special Collections Library of the Hatcher Library will run
through Jan. 31. |
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Listen
to the opening of Gernot Blume's composition "Affirmation"
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The German composer Gernot Blume '98 PhD was
preparing for a traditional career in the Western classical tradition.
But then he heard Irish music, which launched him on an ongoing musical
journey into the music of Bulgaria, India, Indonesia, Ghana, America
and beyond. |
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Lorna
Goodison reads "Ode to the Watchman"
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Lorna Goodison is associate professor of English
language and literature and of Afro-American and African Studies.
Her seventh and most recent volume of poetry is Travelling Mercies.
(McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 2001) |
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U-M
leading effort to link low-income families to Internet |
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Low-income families could receive broadband
wireless fidelity (WiFi) Internet service for $100 per year–an
annual savings of at least $380 compared with DSL rates. |
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Book
of the Month: The Red Fox and Johnny Valentine's Blue-Speckled Hound |
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What happens when a scholar who knows animals
and their evolution inside-out turns his energies to telling stories
about them? The Red Fox by Prof Emeritus Richard D. Alexander provides
the answer in a delightful book for children to read or listen to.
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Michigan
Radio to debut "Stateside"program Jan. 5 |
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Michigan Radio, the U-M's public radio stations,
will debut a new show "Stateside" on Jan. 5, 2004 with Charity
Nebbe hosting. It is scheduled to air weekdays at 1 p.m. The one-hour
program will feature interviews, features and reports that share perspectives
that are "uniquely Michigan," Nebbe says. |
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The
victors like show business |
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The U-M Entertainment Coalition is a new alumni/ae
group that unites Wolverines in the film, theater, TV and music fields.
UMEC is calling for competitors in its Short Film Festival in May
2004 in LA. |
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Talking
About the Movies: Holiday Family Flicks |
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Elf
heads Prof. Frank Beaver's list of four fine family films for the
holidays.
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