Campus Notes

Public Health Prof. emeritus dies at 96

Mabel Rugen, professor emeritus of Public Health and Education, died in her Ann Arbor home Oct. 15 at the age of 96.

Rugen, a pioneer in public health and education, retired from the University in 1970 after 40 years of teaching.

The School of Public Health established the Mabel E. Rugen Fund for Health Education in 1992 in honor of Rugen's 90th birthday.

Funeral arrangements will be handled by Muehlig Funeral Chapel in Ann Arbor and services are scheduled to take place in Glenview, Ill. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mabel Rugen Fund, in care of the School of Public Health.

Service helps target depression

Counseling and Psychological Services is offering to help students control depression through its six-week group, "Beating the Blues."

Topics of discussion include discovering the sources of negative thinking and preventing future depressions.

The group, which is free for students, is scheduled to meet every Monday at the CAPS office from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will run Oct. 26 through Nov. 30.

Students may sign up by calling CAPS to set up a pre-group interview.

Author to speak on nuclear weapons

Jonathan Schell, author of "The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now" is scheduled to speak at various locations throughout Ann Arbor on Oct. 30.

Schell, a leading voice on the nuclear question, plans to include a noon hour panel discussion in the Dana Building, Room 2024, a book-signing at Shaman Drum from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and an address at 8 p.m. at Rackham Amphitheater.

Shell was the recipient of the 1998 Cranbrook Peace Foundation award.

Founadation donates $1M to film studies

The University's film and video studies program received a $1 million dollar gift from the Four Friends Foundation.

Foundation founder Robert Shaye, a University alumnus, said the gift will be used to facilitate the development of a strong screenwriting program.

The two-part gift will fund the Donald Hall Collection, which will provide a library of scripts and tapes of motion pictures as well as viewing equipment and a librarian to oversee the collection and the James Gindinn Visiting Artists and Master Classes Program.

The program intends to bring two to four working screenwriters to the University each term for seminars and to conduct classes for students who completed a screenplay.

The two components of the gift were named for two professors who influenced Shaye during his undergraduate years at the University.

Website connects users to 'U'

Destination Discovery, a new Website created by Academic Outreach and the University libraries, makes it easy to find information on what the University has to offer.

The Website, located at http:www.outreach.umich.edu/ameritech /discovery, lets visitors scroll through an alphabetical listing of all the resources in the site, check a list of University departments, units and affiliates or wander along "Paths of Discovery" - information organized by topic.

A group of 25 teachers tested the site, which was sponsored by Ameritech, last spring.

- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Katherine Herbruck.

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What's happening in Ann Arbor today

The Calendar

Group meetings

o Alianza Weekly Meeting, Michigan Union, Parker Room, 332-6056, 7:30 p.m.

o Diversity Days Mass Meeting, Michigan Union, Wolverine Room, 5 p.m.

o LSA Student Government, LSA Building, Room 2003, 7:30 p.m.

o Orthodox Christian Fellowship, Michigan Union, Crofoot Room, 7 p.m.

o Student Greens, Michigan League, Check room location at front desk, 7:15 p.m.

Events

o "Exorcism and Geography in Southwest China," Film and lecture by Erik Mueggler, Sponsored by Center for Chinese Studies, International Institute, Room 1636, 12 p.m.

o "Senior portraits," Sponsored by Michigan Ensian Yearbook, Michigan Union, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

o "United Students for Christ Bible Study," Sponsored by Labor of Love Church, Michigan League, Room will be posted, 7:30 p.m.

Services

o Campus Information Centers, 763-INFO, info@umich.edu, and www.umich.edu/~info on the World Wide Web

o Northwalk, 763-WALK, Bursley Lobby, 8 p.m.- 1:30 a.m.

o Psychology Academic Peer Advising, 647-3711, East Hall, Room 1346, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

o Safewalk, 936-1000, Shapiro Library Lobby, 8 p.m.-2:30 a.m.

Correction:

In yesterday's photograph of Courtney Cantor and her hallmates, Cantor was incorrectly identified. Cantor is in the front row, second from the right, not left.

10-20-98

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