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2B - The Michigan Daily - [Aeslof Ann Aruor 1999 - Thursday, April 8, 1999
Best of Ann Arbor 1999 Contents "ZBest of Ann Arbor Column
The Michigan Daily - Best of Ann ArLor 1995
d Master List of this Year's Winners .................................. 3B
/ Best of Business .........................................4B-5B
/ Best of Dating . ... ........ .... ..... ...........................6B
/ Best of Entertainm ent....... . .... .....................................7B
/ Best of Restaurants ... .. .................................8B-1OB
S Best of the University .....................................................1 B-I2B
~ Best of the Rest ...............................................13B
/ Photostory: Best of Daily Photo. ..................................14B-15B
J "Daily Driver," Column, by Reilly Brennan...................16B-17B
/ Best Athlete: Louis Bullock, Feature ............................18B
WHY WE'RE THE BEST
/ Best Subs: Jimmy John's, Feature ............................................................19B
/ "Lost in the Rain in Juarez," Column by Will Weissert ....................................20B
/ "Big Ideas (Don't Get Any)," Column by Andrew Mortensen ...........................21B
/ Best Place to People Watch, Break Up: The Diag, Feature ..............................22B
/ Best MSA Member: Sarah Chopp, Feature .................................................23B
~ Video Rewind: "Caddyshak" Feature ......................................................24B
"A Touch of Class," Column, by Aaron Rich ...............................................25B
/ "State of the Arts," Column, by Christopher Tkayczk .....................................26B
/ "State of the Arts," Column, by Jessica Eaton ...........................................27B
/ Best Campus Tradition: The Diag Feature..................... .........28B
it's that time of year again. Here we
are, publishing a list of the best of
Ann Arbor. But what makes some-
thing the "best?" We, as a student
body, call ourselves "the leaders and
best" (in fact, we sing it at most
major sporting events), and we pride
ourselves on attending one of the
best public universities (some say
one of the best universities overall)
in the country. We take classes taught
by well-respected, knowledgeable
professors, the best researchers in
their respective fields. Many of our
sports teams have won national
championships and are therefore
considered some of the best in the
country. The city of Ann Arbor has
been named one of the best places to
live. But what do these "bests"
mean?
For that matter, what makes some-
thing qualified to be deemed "the
best" or "not the best" in the first
place? Some of the categories award-
ed may appear to be rather arbitrary.
In the "Best of Ann Arbor," why
doesn't the Daily poll students' opin-
ions of the best stoplight? Or the best
direction, north or south, to walk
through the Diag? Or the best college
memory?
"That's what you should ask peo-
ple," one of my roommates told me
as we were discussing column ideas.
"You should talk to older people and
ask them what their best memory of
their time in college is. People would
want to read about that."
Maybe she's right. Maybe people
would care about that. In fact, when
it comes right down to it, maybe that
really is what it's all about.
Every one of us (that is, everyone
who has left their room at least once
in their college career) will leave this
place with vivid memories - some
good, some bad. And even though
they may try to deny it, these memo-
ries are intricately tied to the physi-
cal entities of the campus and the
city of Ann Arbor.
place in my
heart, not
because it was
voted Best
Cheap Beer this
year, but
because of a
night last
spring when I
stayed there for
hours with
friends I hadn't
seen in several
months. We
ordered pizza
and milkshakes
and "caught up
on old times"
until some
obscene hour in
An excellent example is The
Brown Jug, the popular yet easily
missed restaurant on South U. The
Brown Jug will always hold a special
stantly loud and it will always be
associated in my mind with stress
and exhaustion. But the adventure of
an all-nighter, with the early-morn-
ing coffee breaks and the impromptu
support groups that form, is some-
thing that I will only have (or at least
only appreciate) in college.
Those places, and those memories,
are pretty typical of the college expe-
rience. There are also the memories
unique to this university, those cam-
pus traditions that everyone automat-
ically associates with Ann Arbor -
two excellent examples, Hash Bash
and the Naked Mile, occur at this
time every year. For the rest of their
lives, some alumni will associate
their four years in Ann Arbor with
marijuana and nudity, and these two
things will form the fond memories
of their University experience.
Although I can't say the same, I
know that years from now, I will be
able to tell stories about witnessing
these events.
From the commonplace (like the
satisfaction of an Einstein's bagel
before my 9 a.m. class) to the wild (a
crowded night at the Nectarine) to
the simply obnoxious ("Nice shoes
... wanna fuck?"), there is some-
thing for everyone. Every student on
this campus has something that
makes them happy to be here, some-
thing that they will miss when they
graduate and move away from Ann
Arbor. Whether food or books or a
really great landlord, every "best"
creates a good memory for someone,
and those memories are what make
them truly important to our time at
the University.
Ten years from now, when I live in
New York City or Phoenix or Fargo,
when I possibly have a family and
hopefully have a fairly secure career,
I may not remember how good a
Pizza House chipati tastes or what
my intro psych course was like. And
I definitely won't remember how
cool the bathroom in the Michigan
League is.
I will, however, remember all of
the times I ordered cheap pizza and
stayed in a friend's dorm room until
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the middle of the
night ... when we realized that we all
had to wake up at 8 a.m. the next day
and we just didn't care.
Angell Hall, voted Best
Computing Site, has a special place
in my heart for a surprisingly similar
reason. Sure, it's dreary, cold, con-
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