-f 0 The Michigan Daily-Thursday, SeptemL: Page 2-E-Thursday, September 10, 1981-The Michigan Daily Life beyond State Street A world of stores to explore Local muse beckon stu( Enriching study breaks By PAM FICKINGER A lot of money changes hands in Ann Arbor during the first few weeks of classes. But after books, tuition, housing, and a plethora of other "musts" have been covered by a blanket of checks, there is finally time to do something extraneous for the Self. Shopping can be a great way to unload some of your (and/or Mom and Dad's) money ... you just have to know where to go to get what you want for the least amount of cash. THE IDEA OF shopping may not meet with everyone's approval, especially after spending hours in bookstore lines which, if straightened out, would easily stretch across campus several times. But there is no need to despair; shop- ping doesn't have to be painful if you don't limit yourself to the immediate campus area. For some of the best shopping around, check out downtown Ann Arbor or Briarwood Mall. In both places you'll probably be able to find something to make the typical Ann Arbor hole in the wall appear livable. Plants, desk lamps, posters, and the city's specialty, "knick- knacks," all are available at the down- town and Briarwood stores, and they are usually less expensive than they are closer to campus. THE SAME GOES, of course, for the proper attire of the "tres chic" (read: preppie) college student. Downtown even offers some secondhand stores for the student on a budget. But wait a minute; you may be won- dering why you should be traipsing around downtown or the outskirts of the city, when the convenience of State Street is "right there." Well, aside from the financial savings, both Briarwood and downtown are more easily accessible than you may think. Main Street is within easy walking distance, and Briarwood is only a short, 50-cent Ann Arbor Transit Authority ride away. UNLIKE THE downtowns of many cities this size, Ann Arbor's downtown is very much alive. Main Street is a tree-lined thoroughfare hosting many small shops, most of which are privately owned with friendly person- nel willing to help the novice shopper. If you're looking for some dressier clothes to dispel Mom's fears that all college students wear only jeans, take a look at Ann Arbor Clothing, Fiegel's, or Collected Works (for men), and Kline's, Goodyears, DeFords, or Hut- zels (for women), to name only a few. (Continued from Page 20) and Israel, but the collection of artifac- ts from these areas hasn't significantly increased. Now most of the countries which have excavation areas keep the objects which are collected. During the academic year, the Museum is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Like the other museums and galleries on campus, it is open and free to the public. * * * INSIDE OF THE Alexander Ruthven Museums Building at Geddes and N. University is the University's Exhibit Museum. The first floor, primarily a research area, is not open to the public. But a quick walk up the stairs opens a world which reaches back into prehistoric days. Complete and partial skeletons of the mastodon, anatosaurus, allosaurus, and stegosaurus greet visitors passing by exhibits featuring fish, early rep- tiles, birds, fossiles, and fragments of the evolution of man. Beyond the glass- enclosed cast replicas and real bones of various animals, two stairwells lead to the third floor. Here exl Michigan's pl fourth floor I diana and Ir minerology, a body. Visitors car free and oper through Satur and on Sunday At the cente ture building Slusser Galler in 1975 after t director and Slusser, the present and schools. The gallery educational. I the Bachelor Art degrees c gallery. It is graduation, b in a gallery g in choosing ar All types o gallery for be weeks. Shows post the Univ old and new co Daily Photo by PAUL ENGSTROM Main Street, Ann Arbor - not that far to walk for some good buys. Free. Your beautiful new face. ^: Today Merle Norman cordially invites you to find your best face, free. We will give you a make-over like you have seen in the pages of your favorite magazines. Free. Yes, free. Merle Norman has one of the most beautifully programmed makeup and skincare collec- tions in America. And both are specifically matched to every woman's individual needs. Let us teach you your face. Free. mERLE nORmAfy The Place for the Custom Face 5 NICKELS ARCADE- ANN ARBOR 662-3220 IF YOU NEED something to brighten up the room, plants might be a good choice. Saguaro Plants has a jungle of potted plants which should please any plant lover's wildest ambitions. But if you don't have a green thumb, never had one, and no amount of Prac- tical Botany will help you get one, posters are a great substitute, and they don't even have to be watered. Posters are available in all campus bookstores, but for that "special space" on the wall, Graphic Art Wholesalers has posters with a touch of class. If you already have a favorite poster but want to have it framed, Graphic Art Wholesalers can do that for you, too. Now let's suppose that, heaven for- bid, you canvass the entire downtown area and don't even come close to fin- ding what you need. You're tired, your feet hurt, but you still have money bur- ning a hole in your pocket. SLIGHTLY DISCOURAGED but desperate to spend, you slowly start for home wondering what to do next. But wait, what's that commotion on Fourth Street near William? Could it be (dare I say it) a bus stop? Yes, it is! There are purple, white, blue, big, and small buses, and at least one of them is headed for Briarwood. With hope once again restored, you hop on bus number seven, deposit 50 cents, and take off for the mall. Briarwood Mall, with its 8-year-old modern design, ramps and stairways, fountains, and even a small stage, is an experience not to be missed. More than 100 stores, most of them parts of a national chain, fill the mall. Just about anything you need can be found at Briarwood. Briarwood's clothing stores include Hudsons, Hughes and Hatcher, Alvin's, J. Riggins, Foxmoor, and Silverman's. The "absolute latest" is in the marble- floored splendor of Lord and Taylor's, but most college students find J.C. Penney's and Sears more realistic. Sportswear and sports equipment (you may be looking for some new* "tennies" to fit in with the joggers) can be purchased at Herman's World of Sporting Goods, Schneiders' Sport Shops, and several other stores. Briarwood also has a record store, photography shop, card shop, jewelry stores, knick-knack shops (which don't quite measure up to the specialty shops downtown) ... the list goes on and on. Contented at last, the prodigal shop- per is ready to go back home. College, contrary to popular belief, isn't all books and libraries. But when it does start to get to you, shopping can be a nice release. And to enjoy that alter- native to studying to its fullest, the shopper doesn't have to be limited to State Street. Housing in .A Daily Photo by PAUL ENGSTROM 2:A modern Twilight Zone (Continued from Page 15) fice estimates that a double will cost $220 per month, and a quad will cost $163 per month next year. Family Housing Compared to most Ann Arbor housing rates, family housing is inexpensive. Average rates are: One-bedroom, $212; two-bedroom, $261; and three-bedroom, $320. The reason the University can afford to rent so cheaply, according to Ed Salowitz, is that it does not have to pay property taxes that other landlords have to pay. Family housing units are assigned on the basis of need. One last word on Ann Arbor housing; sublets. Most leases run for 12 months, but most students are in town for only eight months. In an effort to salvage as much sum- mer rent as they can, tenants engage in fierce competition to find subtenants and, "They (subtenants) know that, come summer, it's their market," ac- cording to Jo Williams, director of the office of Off-Campus Housing. Williams says tenants of efficiencies and one-bedroom apartments may get as much as 80 or 90 percent of their full rent from subtenants, but those living in larger units can only expect from 20 to 50 percent. Happy renting. 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