1°B ht an1ai yi 3ke a .g T sm 1(}B --'The Michigan Daily Weeken IMaa -~- Thursday, December 4, 1997 0 0 07 The Michiganfily Weekend Me -17 StatH of the Art s THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME AWAY FROM HOME Numerous activities fill 'U' students' winter Endlessly ringing telephones. Crashing computers. Trails of readers who come in to receive their free movie passes. Deadlines. Pride from hate mail. Daysides. Time no one has. A haven for talent. A home away from home - The Michigan Daily. Within the brick walls of the Student Publications Building, you'll ,find a lot of heart and soul: of writ- ers who wake up the next morning to see people leisurely reading their articles in MLB3 or carelessly step- ping on them on the floor of Angell Hall; of editors, who spend their lives at the Daily, making their respective sections look as crisp, eye-pleasing and content-wonderful as possible; of people selling and designing ads, making it possible for us to even have pages on which to work. Lately, it's been extra busy at the Daily. There's the Rose Bowl hoopla, the normal hustle to put out the best possible product and the increased nerves due to the tying-up of loose ends as the end of the semester nears. Somewhere, lodged amidst this hus- tle and bustle, you can find me. About eight hours of each of my days are spent in the Daily Arts room, just fulfilling my editorial duties. It's been that way for the last year ... until next Wednesday, when my term as Arts Editor (and consequently, as a columnist) ends. The normal turnover of editors for all the other staffs is in February, so next Wednesday, on the last day of classes, I am being "turned over" by myself. I don't want to get lost in the shuffle. So this is my formal good- bye. As a senior looking forward to my graduation in May, I am real- izing that the Daily has been the backbone of my college career. I remember, in my sophomore peMn year, reviewing t1y Arts Editor Amy first film, "Moonlight and Valentino." And yes, I did see it get stepped on the next day after I turned it in. But I didn't care. I was proud. I remember shaking like a leaf before my in-person interview with Mike Figgis, the director of "Leaving Las Vegas." I remember the glowing feeling I had after the interview was over, wanting to make his accom- plishments come alive for readers through my very own words. Now, two years later, I am in the theater watching his latest, "One Night Stand," and our meeting in Espresso Royale is not far from my mind. I remember my first day as Arts Editor, sitting hesitantly by my co-edi- tor as he tried - to no avail - to teach me how to use our page-design pro- gram, Quark, on the computer. That was a late night. I remember, after writing my very first column, receiving an e-mail from a visiting professor who agreed with my point. That made my day. I remember, after writing that same first column, receiving a rude mes- sage from somone who thought "Evita" was the best movie he had ever seen and that I was incompetent for thinking it wasn't. That made my day as well. I remember going to Danny's I am real and Deja Vu with my co-editor on a tai rainy Saturday night for our "He b nl the Said ... She Said" viewpoint, and back mi going back to Deja Vu at noon c oe later in the week for our own silly photo shoot. And we did it all in the name of journalism. I remember, after writing Ralph Williams into my Best of Ann Arbor column last year, how he approached me in lecture, clicked his heels with a humble thanks and told me that he would try "to live up to your expectations of me." As if he couldn't. I remember being disappointed in Adam Sandler this year, after he refused to grant interviews to any publications - prior to his performance at Hill Auditorium. I know my co-workers will certainly remember my obsessive insistence on playing Fleetwood Mac at all hours of the day -- every single day this semes- ter. Sometime down the road, 1Il remember sitting in Sweetwaters Cafe, trying to come up with a last column - my last chance to tell 40,000 people all at once what's on IZIngthat'my mind. I'll always By Caryn Burtt Daily Arts Writer Michigan winters tend to be depress- ingly deep, forbiddingly dark and bitter- ly cold. Luckily, winter break always intervenes to interrupt the monotony of schoolwork and bad weather. Despite the appeal of relaxing and visiting family, many students welcome this three-week hiatus - the longest recess of the academic year - with grandiose plans. The recess sends many students home into the arms of family and old friends. "My family and I go to a show in New York. I see school friends I still keep in touch with;' said Jennifer Kinon, an LSA junior. "I always like going home." Sheila Gudiswitz, a Rackham stu- dent, said, "I fulfill my duty as a child," explaining that she visits relatives over winter break. "I also spend time seeing friends that are dispersed at other col- leges or places of living." Micah Holmquist, an RC sophomore, echoed the sentiments of many University students who flee Ann Arbor for the holidays. "There's no point in staying here," said Holmquist. "I visit with my nuclear family and my extended family. It's nice to see the town I've been away from for so long." Unlike Thanksgiving break and spring break, there are usually very few 'I% worries hanging over students' weary heads during winter break. This allows them to relax over the cherished three- week period. "I don't work," said Michael Edison, an Engineering sophomore. "Break is break. If I were working, I would not be able to get ready for the semester." After three and a half months of classes, exams, papers and the like, with little more than a couple of week- end days as students' relaxation time, three weeks of academic reprieve offer limitless opportunities for satisfying personal or financial needs and respon- sibilities. "I plan to work a little and get a little pocket money," said Kevin Mauro, an LSA sophomore. Sara Wilson, an LSA sophomore, also plans to work over Winter Break. "Last year was total relaxation," Wilson said. "But this year I'll be writ- ing my application for B-school." Though many students spend the holiday with their families, some find that home is not always where the heart is, and choose to stay in Ann Arbor. "When you go home, you are 12 years old again," Gudiswitz said. "The relationship regresses." Geeta Makhija, an LSA agreed that living with one again, however temporarily, to be an awkward situation. "It's always weird going Makhija said. "You have about the time you get home, Parents don't want to intrude personal space, but they do." Mauro stated most bluntly cisely the common frustratic ing under parental constrai again. "I can't come home whenev and I hate that," Mauro said. Despite renewed parental staying on campus for win entices students for many c sons. "This is my time to spe what I want to do," sa Godchaux, an RC sophomor visit home. For winter break i I've traveled a lot or went tc houses." Hojin Lee, a Rackham si from Korea, but plans to sta Arbor this winter. "It's too far to go home, ai afford it;' Lee said. Ann Arbor and students' he are not the only places in wi dents choose to relax or wor rhas 0ofmy career. remember walk- ing into my lec- ture halls, look- ing around and seeing hundreds of people read- ing the Daily. What a feeling it is to be able to say: My name's in that. My work's in that. My time's in that. My heart's in that. It has made my college experience what it is. 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