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| • Executive Order 9066, signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942, was the instrument that allowed military commanders to designate areas “from which any or all persons may be excluded.” Under this order, all Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry were removed from Western U.S. coastal regions to guarded camps. The IU Bloomington African American and Asian culture centers are sponsoring an “Over a Cup of Tea” session Wednesday (Feb. 21) at 7 p.m. at the Asian Culture Center to discuss the topic of racial reparations.
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• IU’s Founders Day used to be celebrated on or close to Jan. 20, the actual date of the university’s founding in 1820. But the last January Founders Day took place in 1924 and was called “Foundation Day.” The first Foundation Day was in 1889, and featured a speech by David Banta, dean of the School of Law. Founders Day 2001 will be commemorated March 4 on the IUB campus. Watch for our special Founders Day faculty profile section in the March 2 issue of Home Pages. • IUPUI junior and softball star Julie Wooten of Bloomingdale has been named All American Scholar Athlete by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association for the second consecutive year. She plays third base and catcher. • The Center on Congress, housed at SPEA in Bloomington, has received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to improve public understanding of the U.S. Congress through interactive, Web-based E-learning. Lee Hamilton, director of the center, served Indiana as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years before coming to IU.
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