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Candlelight vigil for quake victims tonight on Diag
A candlelight vigil will be held at 9:30 p.m. today on the Diag to honor victims of last week's earthquake in South Asia. Donations will be collected by the Pakistani Students' Association and given to survivors of the quake. The event is being sponsored by PSA, the South Asian Progressive Alliance and the Indian American Student Association.
Series will discuss financial planning
A free lunch series for women of color will have a discussion tomorrow about financial planning and budgeting. Pamela Thomas, a budget counselor, will be leading the discussion from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Michigan Student Assembly chambers on the third floor of the Michigan Union.
Crime notes
Bus driver reports two men throwing walnuts at cars
A bus driver reported that two subjects were throwing walnuts at vehicles driving down the 1900 block of Fuller Road on Tuesday afternoon. When the Department of Public Safety arrived on the scene, the subjects could not be located.
Student becomes angry with South Quad meal service
During dinner on Tuesday night, a student became visibly angry with the cafeteria staff in South Quad Residence Hall. The DPS shift supervisor said it was likely a verbal incident. The report did not include if the student was angry about the quality of the food.
Microwave stolen from children's hospital
A hospital staff member reported a microwave stolen from a vending area on the second floor of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. There are no suspects and the incident is still under investigation.
This Day In Daily History
Panty raid largely fruitless
Oct. 13, 1961 - About 200 male students stormed the women's residence halls last night in a largely unsuccessful panty raid, yielding several reprimands from University officials and only a few women's undergarments.
The raid started with a shouting match between South and West Quad Residence Hall residents, in which most appeals for a panty raid were drowned out by entreaties for the football team to beat Michigan State University on Saturday's game. About 50 men left the shouting match for East Quad Residence Hall, where they took up the "To the Hill" chant - a traditional signal for a panty raid since the Hill is the site of most women's dorms. After some shouting, some 200 men gathered for a march to Mary Markley Residence Hall.
Things started to go poorly once the crowd arrived at Markley, where they got a cold reception from the women and dispersed when a University patrol car pulled up after only a few minutes. When the students regrouped at Alice Lloyd Residence Hall, they received a similar reception, and some were apprehended by Assistant Dean of Men John Bingley when they tried to climb the terrace over the entrance of Alice Lloyd.
After being chased away from the residence hall by University officials, the group again reassembled outside Stockwell Residence Hall, where a group of women responded to their pleas by tossing a few pairs of underwear into the crowd and shouting taunts and encouragement. About half of the original mob later marched across the Diag to Betsy Barbour and Helen Newberry Residence Halls, where the girls again ceded a few panties before University patrolmen and officials drove the men off.
Bingley and other University staff took ID cards from several men throughout the course of the raid, and Bingley vowed to make a full accounting on the following day.