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Naked Mile Update: April 16, 2000

Police threats result in smaller turnout at Naked Mile

They sang "Hail to the Victors" as they reached the Cube sculpture in Regents' Plaza. They encouraged the crowd to make noise. One rode a unicycle. Another was in a wheelchair. And none of them were wearing clothes.

'This is a dangerous event'

One of the easiest ways to tell that the Naked Mile has evolved from a senior tradition to a commercialized event involving far more people than just University students is by conducting a simple Internet search.
DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily
Ann Arbor resident John Gabriel sells Naked Mile T-shirts at the corner of South University and East University avenues yesterday. Police expect more than 10,000 people to line streets and crowd the Diag to watch the annual run tonight.
Bollinger defends course on gay culture

Rudgers named to fill VP position

Researchers compete for funds

Activist blasts race-based public policy

Friday Focus

The Land Down Under
Today marks the last issue of The Michigan Daily for the academic year. We've brought you coverage of office occupations and campus controversies, national entertainers and athletic triumphs, the dawn of a new millennium and the issues that will define it. All the while we've tried to be fair, honest and relevant. We look forward to returning in the fall to continue providing the campus community the most important news of the day. The Daily will publish weekly this summer, bringing you the best coverage of the University. - - The Editors

Run at your own risk

Students could make Naked Mile safer

Residential wronged

LSA should keep their hands off the RC

Changes we'd like

CRISP, credits and the course guide

'M' advances to finals
After months of anticipation, the moment the Michigan women's gymnastics team has been waiting for finally arrived last night. At the NCAA Championships in Boise, Idaho, the team initiated its pursuit of the national title that has been a goal for the entire season.

Blue netters down frustrated Irish

Heavenly Norton elevates 'Faith'
The idea that a movie that at its very foundation is little more than the oldest joke in the book (well, okay - the oldest joke since Jesus) could be mildly entertaining, let alone laugh-out-loud funny, is a frightening one. On a scale of one to petrifying, it comes in somewhere around the same ranking as the idea that an actor not only can never give a bad performance, but can direct, too.