LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 29, 1999 - 3 .A POEM BY DAILY ' PHOTO STAFF Straight from the mouth of the camera By Photo Dailydogs Warren Zinn and Margaret Myers and Adriana Yugovich Pranay Reddy, set, go! Here we begin on our long poem About the daily, our second home. Laurie Mayk is the leader of this Motley Crue. Without her, none of this we could do. A is for Adamy, Janet leads the class. If you're late for a deadline, she'll open a can of whoopass! Next comes Chris Metinko, as an editor he's keen and Marla can really "Hackett," she works like a machine. Jason Stoffer's a crime note whiz.! And Jeff Eldridge's columns will make you laugh hard enough to whiz. Erin Holmes, her dad is not John, with just one beer, she's really gone. Sarah Lockyer reads all the letters to the editor, we read them everyday and they always get better. Jim Rose, with you everyone had beef, you could not pick a winner, I'm sure your bookie never has grief. Sharat Ra. . . ju! you Jewish Cheerleader, go get my car, it's right by the meter. Mark Snyder - always the voice of reason, you kept most of us out of jail all football season. Will Weissert and Chris Tkaczyk there's nothing that rhymes with your names, I'm sorry to say you've been removed from our game. We knew Bryan Lark wasn't just a shot in the dark, and those Long, Long nights with Kristin gave us a spark. The Fine Arts of Anna Kovalszki made the paper simply classy. Jenny Curren, you are so sassy. James Miller you're a New Yorker at heart, your ability to offend is truly an art. Nathan Ruffer, we call you Nate Dawg, you truly shoot like a daily.dog Kelly McKinnell, spent a semester at sea, but now that she's back she brings us such glee. Adriana Yugovich might be called a bitch. But I tend to disagree, you light up our lives like a X-mas tree. Margaret Myers, Absolut Fun, is what we'd call you; you can knock back a fifth before your work is through. Warren Zinn, you steal every good game, "if we wouldn't laugh we would all go insane!" I believe Jimmy Buffet said it best: "Reading departure signs in some big airports remind me of the places I've been." - J.B. Key West FLA. represent Class 0'1999. Intramural hockey team says bus driver was mean h,: ,,w " By Michael Grass Mary Markley Bureau Chief When a University Nite Owl bus driver didn't stop to pick up a group of eight stu- dents early Monday morning, a series of events unraveled, including the formation ofa human chain across South University Avenue to block the driver's path. Members of the Deadwings League B University intramural hockey team - the eight students involved in the incident - and Bus Operations supervisor Jim Oliver met yesterday to clear up the incident. The team members, all first-year stu- dents, claim a Nite Owl bus driver refused to pick them up at various stops. According to a Department of Public Safety incident log, the bus driver said she could not pick up students at the first Nite Owl stop because of bad road conditions, and when she approached another stop, the students began to hit the bus with their hockey sticks. At that point, the bus driver refused to let the team members on the bus, the DPS log states. After the team's I I p.m. hockey game at Yost Ice Arena, LSA first-year student Kevin Bettsteller said "all we wanted to do was to get back to (Mary) Markley" Residence Hall. After their game ended around mid- night, the Deadwings waited for the Nite Owl at the Yost stop on Hoover Street with bags and their hockey equipment, members said. Nite Owl bus 702 soon approached but stopped about 15 seconds after passing the students, allowing two of the team members to get on the bus, Bettsteller said. The remaining Deadwings then picked up their gear and started to walk to another Nite Owl stop at State and Hill streets. Members of the Deadwings suspect the bus driver may have associated them with a group of area residents having a snow- ball fight nearby and not wanted them on her bus, but the Deadwings said they were not involved in the snow squabble. One of the two students who got on the bus, team manager Chris Fortunato, an Engineering first-year student, and the bus driver asked if he was getting on the bus and Fortunato asked her to wait for the rest of his teammates. "I couldn't believe how mean she was to me. I was so nice to her, Fortunato said. Fortunato added that the bus driver told him she didn't need to wait for the rest of them and drove away. "Apparently, she didn't want to deal with our 'hoodlum nature,"' Bettsteller said. When the bus approached them at the corner of South State and Hill streets, they went into the street to try to flag the Nite Owl down, but Bettsteller and other mem- bers said the driver "swerved" around them, crossing the double yellow line and driving through a flashing red light. "It was then obvious that she didn't want us on the bus, Bettsteller said. "We were so angry - then it became a matter of principle." A few members of the Deadwings, now angered that the Nite Owl passed them a second time hit the bus with their. hockey sticks. "We were just trying to get her to stop'" LSA first-year student Ben Erickson said. Deadwings member Nate Greenberg, an Engineering first-year student, said their actions make them sound like a mob. "The DPS report made us look like a bunch of street rats looking for a fight," Greenberg said. The morning's events culminated when some of the Deadwings forced the bus driver to stop the bus near the South University Avenue Nite Owl stop outside the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. "So we stood shoulder to shoulder across South (University) with our hock- ey sticks," Bettsteller said. According to the log, the Deadwings members started to hit the bus again with their hockey sticks, took off with the Nite Owl's gas cap and began "cursing and screaming. Greenberg and other Deadwings mem- bers denied that they hit the bus again with their hockey sticks. But Greenberg admitted that many members, caught up in their anger, began to curse and scream. "The DPS (incident log) blew the situ- ation way out of proportion," Greenberg said. Greenberg said they may have frightened the driver when they attempted to talk with her at the South University Avenue stop. DPS officers arrived on the scene after the bus driver called for assistance. Members said one one officer said the team members were permanently banned from riding the Nite Owl. Oliver said DPS does not have the authority to ban people from the Nite Owl. DPS spokesperson Beth Hall said the students involved were banned from the Nite Owl that night and no police report was filed. After their meeting yesterday, Oliver and the Deadwings members said they resolved the confusion and "everything was agreeable ... back on page one" Oliver said. Bettsteller said Oliver told them he would talk to the driver about the events that occurred Monday morning. The bus driver could not be reached for comment. "We just wanted the apology and the right to use the Nite Owl, Bettsteller said. FILE PHOTO This is the Daily's favorite hangout, the Brown Jug. These are some random people that are eating here. 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"at'sThay artpay ofay theay je ne sais quo," addeday ranayPay eddyRay, aay usinessBay eniorsay. -Editor.' note: This article was written in Pig Latin as a means offurther educating the University Community. w a Superbowi Sunday 't0 1O"'C h "' ec firee lvery AAADC to host conference By YaeI Kohen Daily Staff Reporter -The Arab-American Anti- Discrimination Committee will be heilding a conference beginning tonight and lasting through the weekend. -Conference Coordinator and Treasurer of AAADC Amer Ardati cribed the event as "Arab-American students' activism." Throughtthe conference, "'we would like to go in depth on these topics," Ardati said, as well as get- ting "to know each other on a per- sonal level" The AAADC has two goals it hopes to accomplish this weekend. The first is to consolidate and organize Arab- American groups around the nation, adding that due to the lack of commu- ation between various Arab- erican groups, there is a "need to BE organize." The second goal of the c to introduce Arab-America the public. There will be sp various parts of the countr speak on five key issues, sai LSA senior. These issues includ activism, issues of identit mental justice, women'si media stereotypes and disci By exploring issues of i group aims to help firsta generation immigrants to fin between American and Arab Ardati said. Inreference to the wom that will be discussed att ence, the AAADC aimst forum for Arabic women1 can talk about issues affe Traditionally, Arabic cult LIKE conservative and women's issues are onference is very complex, Ardati said, and hope- n issues to fully women will be able to address eakers from them. y who will The environmental justice aspect of d Ardati, an the conference will deal with ethnic neighborhoods, which involve aspects e student of race and ethnicity conflicts, in the y, environ- Midwest as well as the Middle East, issues and Ardati said. simination. The AAADC hopes to convey that identity, the "we're people like everyone else," and and second try to eliminate the ethnic stereotypes nd a balance that movies. and the media portray, bic cultures, Ardati said. Such movies include "True Lies" and "The Siege," he said. nen's issues The conference is not just for Arab- the confer- Americans, but is intended to include the to create a University and general public as well. where they "These issues aren't exclusive,; cting them. many other minority groups have to ure is very deal with the same issues, Ardati said. BOY!I . PARTIY PIZZA DEAL 3 Large Pizzas Round Or Deep Dish I Topping $19.99+ taX Please mention coupon when ordering.Valid only on 1/31/99. Not valid with other offers or discounts. Not accepted at William Street or Cottage Inn Cafe. Participating stores only. EXTRA P§INT DEAL I Medium Pizza Round or Deep Dish 2 Toppi p ings 2nd Pizza $6 $7.99 + tax Please mention coupon when ordering.Valid only on 1/31/99. 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