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INTERVIEW
Ken Higgins
Wolverine split end combines
playbooks with schoolbooks
Ken Higgins, a 6-2, 190-pound split end, leads the Wolverines in
receiving with 31 catches for 598 yards after seeing limited playing time
before this season. But more impressive than Higgins' success on the
field are his achievements in the classroom. The business school senior
carries a 4.11 GPA (an extra point is awarded for an A+ in the business
school), and plans to attend law school after graduating. Higgins was
interviewed by Daily sports editor Barb McQuade.
Daily: It's been reported that you're attending law school at Michigan
next year. W3uld you be able to play football as a fifth-year senior?
Higgins: I haven't applied yet. I don't know how that rumor got
started. I'm applying soon, and (Michigan) is one of my top choices. I'm
applying to Harvard, Stanford, Northwestern, Yale, and Virginia.
The way it would work out for me to come back and play a fifth year
would be if I could attend law school here and take less than a full load
-- two or three classes. Of course that would put me behind and I would
have to attend a summer session, which they do have. It's against their
normal policy to let students attend on a part-time basis, so I would have
to obtain special permission.
D: Your accomplishments in football and in academics are pretty
remarkable. How are you able to excel at both?
H: I study a substantial amount, but I don't think I study any more than
the average student. I think a lot of it comes out of just discipline. You
have to force yourself after practice, even when you're tired, to go to the
library and get your work done.
I plan out what I'm going to do and then I get it done. I guess it's
more difficult than just going to school. But football helps structure your
life in such a way that carries over into studying. You have the same-
amount of discipline and the same work habits.
D: Do other members of the team ever give you a hard time about being
such a scholar?
H: Sure, there are some comments here and there, but it's nothing
derogatory. It's just something to laugh at. Friends kid each other about
certain things. If you have a certain quality, naturally some people are
going to single it out.
Sometimes. when you make a dumb mistake, people make fun of you.
You know, how can somebody who's supposedly so smart do something
like that. And sometimes when Bo is spelling a word on the board he
checks it with me just to be funny.
D: Right now you're leading the team in receiving yards. At the
beginning of the season, did you expect that to be the case?
H: No. As a matter of fact, my goal was to catch 15 passes. I thought
that was maybe even a little optimistic. I was expecting to play more
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ALMOST EVERY THANKS-
giving for the past ten years my
younger brother Steve and I sat
downstairs after the meal and
watched television. We wrestled
around a bit to see who would get
rights to the recliner with the foot-
rest. Once that was settled we
argued over who would hold onto
the remote control for the
television. Upstairs the adults were
talking about the president, taxes,
and my mother's new project; we
only heard snatches as we sliced
ourselves pieces of apple pie to
bring downstairs to the TV room.
Sometimes cousin Stephie
would come downstairs too, and it
was her house and "her" television
so she demanded that we hand over
the remote control. Of course we
didn't relinquish control of the TV
because she'd be switching stations
every ten seconds, and she didn't
like football.
Then she started singing - as
loud as she could, so that we
couldn't hear the play by play,
which left me in a tough position.
Do I remain implanted in the
recliner that I fought for, that I sit
in with pride, or do I get up and
attempt to remove Stephie from the
OFF THE WALL
Fraternities and sororities are a way
for parents to buy their kids
security and booze.
WHAT ARE DORMS, THEN?
Dorms are security, but you buy
your own booze.
--Graduate Library
I am not a Greek, nor did I ever
rush or care to. But I'm not anti-
Greek. So Greeks, quit being
paranoid about anti-Greeks. Just
realize that there are students here
who don't give two shits about
who wins the Mud Bowl. Don't be
prejudiced against them, and don't
be paranoid of them. There is a
world north of Hill St. Be cool and
we'll all get along fine, to party as
one.
-Graduate Library
(At the bottom of a bathroom stall
door)
Beware of limbo dancers
-Michigan Union
I don't even have time to be bored.
-Angell Hall
Here I sit, immersed in the depths
of all man's knowledge. But what
good will it do me on my
accounting final tomorrow? We
must all seek the answer to this
question. Or die in the attempt.
-Graduate Library
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FISCH
room? I wait for Steve to make a
move and then we both tickle her.
Her body convulses with laughter.
"I'm going to pee in my pants,"
she screams and then we stop.
After she runs to the bathroom
she peeks her head through the door
of the TV room and starts singing
again. "I thought you locked her
out," I yell at Steve. She knows
how to break in with an ordinary
butter knife. She sings "Give My
Regards to Broadway" in an
exaggerated I'm-going-to-be-a-star-
someday voice. When she sings the
part that goes "remember me to
Herald Square," she pronounces the
word Square like Ska-ware, because
she thinks that's how a Broadway
starlet would do it.
But this year after the
Thanksgiving meal I stuck around
upstairs and drank coffee with the
adults. Steve went downstairs to
watch a football game. Stephie
went downstairs too and they
probably fought over the recliner.
Upstairs we talked about the
president, my mother's new project,
stocks, and the Contras. I got into
an argument with my uncle over
Contra aid. "If the Contras are so
popular," I said, "why do you
suppose they haven't won a single
battle in years?" My uncle argued
pretty well, and I didn't have many
facts, but my thirty-two year old
cousin, Chuck, took over for me.
By the end of the argument Chuck
was flustered and beginning to talk
more loudly. He pushed himself
away from the table, stood up, and
said, "The freedom fighters in
Nicaragua are killing woman and
children and we're giving them the
money to do it. I refuse to be a
good German and just accept the
policy."
Everyone at the table accept me
seemed to think, "Why does the kid
always have to get so emotional?
It's just an argument." My uncle
always said that good debaters stay
cool. "Cool as a cuke" was the
phrase he liked.
Chuck quickly left the room to
get more dessert. "I'm glad you
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Lots o' fun in the sun, smog
PRINT FROM THE PAST
By Mark Borowsky
WATCHING THE NON-STOP
thrills of the Big Ten representative
getting blasted in the annual Rose
Bowl is reason enough to go out to
Pasadena come late December.
But wait, sports fans, there's
more. Much more.
Disneyland. Johnny Carson.
Beaches abound. Magic Mountain.
Beverly Hills. Attractions that
bring a smile to the face of even the
most black-hearted travel agent or
suburban family man planning his
vacation in his customized RV.
For those of us Midwesterners
who have never trekked farther west
than Rockford, Illinois, the thought
of California can be overwhelming.
There are the myths and the
mystery that make our most
misunderstood state so mellow.
This is the land of Jeff Spicoli,
Valley girls, where Richard Nixon
and Ronald Reagan began their
political careers. This is where there
are more hot tubs per capita than
any other state in the Union. This
is where television and movies are
made, where Erik Estrada cruised
the highways and byways of Sunny
L.A. in search of meaning and order
in his life. As one grizzled
Hollywood vet once postulated,
"This is where dreams are made,
promises broken, baby."
Most Michigan students will be
content to enjoy nightlife, however,
and try an get a tan equitable with
their Arizona State counterparts.
Still, there's more than just fun in
the sun Out West:
- Tourist stuff galore. For
example, if one goes with
University of Michigan Official
Rose Bowl Tour, for a mere $25
you can see the Queen Mary and
Spruce Goose, a big boat and a big
plane from which the brochure says
you can "take home big memories."
The trip also includes a tour of the
Ports O' Call Village. Rumor has
it that the price also includes an
Endless Cup O' Coffee and Tons O'
Fun .
- The Tournament O' Roses
Parade. This will cost you 27 and a
half moolahs to geta reserve seat to
see the "A World of Wonders," the
1987 parade. Appropriately, soccer
legend P6le will be the Grand
Marshall. He will also kick field
goals for both Michigan and
Arizona State teams in the actual
Rose Bowl game as a message of
peace and brotherhood for all
mankind.
- Smog. The most famous of all
atmospheric conditions and cer-
tainly one of the most beloved
around the world is awaiting to
greet you as you step off the
airplane. People have been known
to travel from the four corners of
the earth to inhale the glorious grey
Los Angeles strain of smog that
hovers above -the beautiful L.A.
skyline. It's an event that you have
to experience to believe.
- Beverly Hills and Touring the
Homes of the Stars. Admit it: you
want to see Erik Estrada watering
his lawn.
- Hard Rock Cafe. See the place
where trendy college co-eds get T-
shirts. Contrary to popular opinion,
this hip establishment started in
Los Angeles, not the Upper
Peninsula. See the Hard Rock Cafe
L.A. and see how much different it
is than its counterparts in New
York, London, and Chicago.
- Bruce Springsteen. He's not
from L.A., so that's as good a
reason as any to go out there.
- Going to the Beach. Grab some
wine coolers, a jambox with a tape
of "Louie Louie," put some purple
zinc oxide on your nose, and be
COOL at one of Southern
California's fine municipal beaches.
But don't be surprised if you find
yourself surrounded by .a group of
people whose average age is 15.8
years.
- Going to Mexico. Who said
that Spanish 231 was worthless?
Practice all of those "Como estas"
as the border is a mere 150 miles
from Los Angeles. Once there,
you'll find bargains galore as a
result of the peso being worth
about $0.002 on a good day. While
the Reagan administration calls
Mexico a major security problem,
they bought some spare military
parts down there at just rock-
bottom prices, so to hell with what
those bozos say in Washington -
just go down there and BUY LIKE
HELL!!!
If you happen to forget, there's a
football game, too, on New Year's
Day. It should be a good one -
that is, if Bo doesn't let the players
do too many nutty things in L.A. E
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20 years ago-December
5, 1966: A grade of "pass" instead
of a formal letter grade -
submitted by professors adhering to
a pledge not to compile grades
which are subsequently used for
class ranking of students - would.
be treated as a "No Report" by the
registrar's office, University admin-
istration officials announced. An
N.R. had the same effect on a
student's academic standing as an
"E" and did not carry credit,
according to the announcement.
A proposal made at a literary
college faculty meeting earlier in
the week to permit the "pass" grade
was defeated by a vote of 305-115,
but a number of professors vowed
to use the grade anyway.
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