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Students have more rights with landlords than perceived
Thanks, Focus Girl,
for making class fun
Dr oes this sound familiar'? We are
wondering whether you and your
roommates have decided to stay in your
apartment next year because we have
already had offers for it and would like
to respond to them." Once again hous-
ing fever is in the air. And it seems to be
even earlier this year. Last year students
tried to sign a lease before
Thanksgiving, this year Halloween
seems to be the holiday of choice.
Granted, renewal dates for housing
companies are not going to change
anytime in the near future, but October
seems a bit early to be making deci-
sions for next year.
Although technically there is no
deadline for lease signing, most hous-
ing companies demand to know
whether students wish to remain in the
same place again next year by the mid-
die of October.
That definitely puts pressure on stu-
dents to find a new place to live if they
decide not to stay in their current resi-
dence. Making that ultimate decision
not to stay in one's house or apartment
can give a feeling of displacement.
Instead of worrying about midterms
There's no need to
crack under housing
pressure
students have to worry about finding a
place to live. The residence halls allow
people to wait until March to make up
their minds, but by then all the houses
and apartments off-campus have
already been gone for months.
After finding a place to live the bur-
den is temporarily lifted; however, we
then have to deal with the landlords
who think that we are too naive to retal-
iate against their mistreatment. Not all
landlords are bad, especially when you
rent from a company who has regula-
tions to follow and a reputation at
stake. Beware of landlords who are not
affiliated with any unions or compa-
nies, there are some who will attempt
to get away with murder. For most stu-
dents, this is our first experience deal-
ing with leases and landlords.
What a lot of students don't realize
is that we, as tenants, have rights that
we need to exercise in order to keep
these landlords on their toes. That was
the thought behind the Ann Arbor
Tenant Union, which formed in 1968 in
order to ensure that we receive the
rights we are entitled to. To find out
about your rights, you can refer to the
AATU Website at http:' wu: w
urit/il h.ed cd~i> tailt/uatu.h7tm. Don't be
afraid to confront your landlord if
something is wrong.
Who knows whether the hous'g
companies really have received offers
already. It could just be a scare tactic,
but for many it seems to be working.
Perhaps we are putting this stress on
ourselves. If we as a collectiv e student
body would just relax, then finding
housing could wait until a more oppor-
tune time. Yet, there are always going to
be those people who will take advan-
tage of everyone else's slacking and
then laugh at their stupidity for follow-
ing this advice. You are not obliged to
respond to the pressure from the hous-
ing company and perhaps out ofprinci-
ple should not.
It may only buy you a week or so,
but at this point time is of the essence.
Happy hunting.
The war on (legal) drugs
Bill should allow for lower-priced prescription medicines
F orget about the professor, for-
get about the syllabus, forget
about the discussion -- entle-
men, the key to hav ing a good
class is finding yourself a focus
girl.
Wondering what a focus girl
is? WC]11, chances are you already
know.
Inev eryvclass you've ever had,
there's alway s been that one
young lady who really catches
your eye, a perfect
angelin your lecture
hell. Sometimes she's
strikingly beautiful,
sometimes she reminds
you of a different per-
son and sometimes
she's just got a unique
vibe about her.
Whatever the rca-
son may be, every time
she steps into that
classroom, you can't C
help but notice. Boys,
that's your focus girl'
nht there, because I'll
be damned if you're
not focused on her for
the duration of the
semester
Honestly. if I think back to the
various Intro to B S. classes I
took freshman year, I can still
remember my focus girl in each
course. I'm sure that my old
Linguistics professor loves the
fact that, instead of dipthongs and
voiced fricatives, all I remember
from that class is the blonde girl
in the red jacket.
(And I know I'm not alone on
this one. Show me one guy who's
never picked out a focus girl, and
I'll show you a Bette Midler fan.)
It's funny, because having a
focus girl borders on pseudo-
stalking: You notice where she
usually sits, what she wears, if she
ever dozes off mid-lecture, et
cetera. But what separates you
from the jilted ex-boyfriend
(So...does she ever talk about
me'?") is that girl-focusing is a
purely recreational activity, like
bird watching or admiring a fine
piece of art. A fine, short-skirted
piece of art.
But God forbid you should
ev er talk to your focus girl! No,
keeping tabs on her from across
the lecture hall is like following
the Lions: You're not fan enough
to actually go out to the ballpark,
but you never fail to check out the
box scores on Monday morning.
If you're anything like me,
finding a focus girl to call your
own serves as better motivation to
attend class than any kind of pop
hi
(u
quiz threat. Actually. it's the best
motivation. No matter how tired
you are when your clock radio
blares in the morning, there's
always the pleasant thought of
seeing your focus Uirl to (let you
out of bed.
In fact, I bet if you conducted
a study of classroom attendance
in di ferent concentrations. you'd
find that Psv-choloay.ir notorious
for its high percentage of perky
sweaters and hip-hug-
ging black pait,. has
themlosit 'dedicated"
male students on cam-
pus. And take it from
me, the English
department isn't far
behind (let's just say
that Jane Austen isn't
the only oman uorth
studying).
Ah. but before I
iris inspire a flurry of
angry, feminist c-
la mails (read: "fe-
mails") acCusing me
of objectifying
women, let me just
turn the tables on any
would-be critics.
Ladies, I know how you work
it. Right now, even as you feign
disgust at the idea of being some-
one's focus girl, there's a auv
across the classroom whom
vou've been checking out since
day one. You noticed when he got
his hair cut shorter, you keep
waiting for him to sport that black
turtleneck again and you once
giggled and whispered to your
friend, "He's wearing argyle
socks!"
He's your focus boy and you
know it,
Oh, you girls play the same
wicked game as us guys. You
scope out the lecture hall just like
us, and it's not fire exits that
you're searching for. Once you've
set your sights on a focus boy,
you come up with the same kind
of nickname, too. For every Indie
Rock Girl or Leather Boots Girl,
there's a Sensitive Poet Boy or
Jordan Catallano Boy.
So with all of this cross-lec-
ture gazing going on, you have to
imagine that all of us, at some
point or another, have probably
been focused upon. That means
when I make eye contact with
Hipster Glasses Girl, she very
well could be looking at
Redheaded Boy.
Or just a redheaded boy.
-v- Chris Ku/a can be fcused
via e-mail at' c'kula@umichseda.
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MICHIGAN (-16) vs, Indiana
Wisconsin (-2.5) vs. MICHIGAN STATE
ILLINOIS (-12) vs. Iowa
Purdue (-4) vs. NORTHWESTERN
OHIO STATE (-10.5) vs. Minnesota
KANSAS STATE (-9) vs. Oklahoma
FLORIDA (-9.5) vs. Auburn
LOUISIANA STATE (-5) vs. Kentucky
VIRGINIA TECH (-20) vs. West Virginia
UCLA (visitors) (-10.5) vs. CALIFORNIA
COLORADO (4) vs. Texas
NORTH CAROLINA (-2.5)'vs. North Carolina State
Nebraska (-20) vs. TEXAS TECH
FLORIDA STATE (-48) vs. Duke
Washington (-6.5) vs. ARIZONA STATE
Best bet
Record last week (Best bets)
Record to date (Best bets)
STAFF PICKS
WEEK 6 SELECTIONS
ALL PICKS MADE AGAINST THE SPREAD.
HOME TEAMS IN CAPS.
David
Den Herder
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Purdue
Ohio State
Kansas State
Florida
Louisiana State
Virginia Tech
California
Texas
North Carolina
Nebrask a
Duke
Arizona State
Virginia Tech
7-8 (1-0)
30-45 (3-2)
Carr blames himself for loss
R ecently, the pharmaceutical indus-
try spent $40 million to defeat a
measuresthat would have been incredi-
bly beneficial to Americans. A propos-
al that would have saved the average
prescription drug consumer a substan-
tial amount of money was brought up
in Congress: Allowing the reimporta-
-ion of exported American drugs. The
bill may pass, but in its present form it
is useless.
The pharmaceutical industry
exports prescription medicines at a
lower cost per unit than it sells drugs
domestically. Medicine, however, is a
very sensitive field and the United
States government has strict importa-
tion regulations for prescription drugs.
The bill would allow drugs sold more
cheaply abroad to be sold back home
after exportation, lowering the cost of
medicine domestically and cutting into
the hefty profit margins of the drug
companies. The proposal even had
bipartisan support; however, as soon
as the industry heard of the plan, it
unleashed a hoard of money in a short
time to protect its profit interests. With
high-priced lobbyists moving from
congressman to congressman and
campaign contributions on the line,
the infustry persuaded enough key
representatives and senators to make
the plan poorly written, and even the
Consumers suffer as
drug companies foot
a hefty lobbying bill
amendments that would have saved it
were not passed.+
The pharmaceutical companies
can, by exploiting a loophole in the
plan, close the price gap between the+
reimported drugs and those sold+
domestically. The plan allows compa-
nies to inflate the prices of medicine
domestically by pressuring countries
to sign contracts that require a high
reimportation price. The contracts will
only have to last as long as the plan,1
which expires in five years. The plan
also prevents Mexico, a country sight-
ed as a reason to implement reimpor-
tation, from participating. Many con-+
gressmen wished to strike the provi-
sion that specifies national partici-
pants. While the plan is a first step
toward lower prescription drug costs, it
will not allow the United Mates to
offer its consumers more reasonable
medicine prices.
The drug companies cite research
capital as the reason for both prevent-+
ing the U.S. government from regulat-
ing the industry and keepip ec4ine
overpriced. The industry says that
without such remarkable rofitability,
the consumers will suffer because
companies will lack funds to conduct
competitive research. However, the
evidence used by pharmaceutical
companies to support its claims is
wholly funded bythe pharmaceutical
companies, making the evidence
inherently suspect. Many of the phar-
maceutical industry-sponsored studies
contain inflated figures. In some
cases, as in a study by the Lewin
Group, a consulting firm, the own
authors admit to the inaccuracy of the
data.
The pharmaceutical industry wish-
es to maintain its high profitability at
the expense of the people who need
the medicine. Although lowering the
amount of gained revenue would cause
an industry to cut costs or lose profits,
drugs are not a regular consumer
good: They are a necessity for life.
As Americans question the cost of
prescription medicine, the industry
will continue to spend more money on
lobbyists and campaigns. The industry
spent $45 million more in 1999 than in
1998 on advertisin, sham studies and
politically orientedfexpenditures. The
cost of s"vindling the American people
is only $40 million. There is more
money wher that sum came from.
Vii.
Chris
Duprey
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Purdue
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Florida
Louisiana State
Virginia Tech
California
Texas
North Carolina
Nebraska
Duke
Arizona State
Florida
6-9 (0-1)
33-42 (0-5)
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By Mark Francescutti
Daly Sports Editor
Mfichigan coach Lloyd Carr furiously strutted into
his media luncheon yesterday looking more frustrat-
ed than he has all season.
"Winning is about finishing," Carr said in his
opening statement. "What I saw in the second half
(on Saturday), I don't like. And what I saw is a direct
reflection of the way I coached.
"I don't like that either."
Carr was short with his comments and even short-
er with his answers. But the coach did have some
strong words and strong emotions about Michigan's
32-3 1 loss to Purdue. The coach took the blame
upon himself for the ugly second-half turnaround --
an intense, skilled first half turned into a laid-back.
conservative second half,
"I don't like the way we played - I don't like the
way I coached," Carr said. "I don't like anything
about it."
Play-calling by offensive coordinator Stan Parrish
seemed to slim from a diverse playbook to a 3x5
index card in the last 30 minutes.
The Wolverines passed half as much and to fewer
people. Michigan tried to run the ball to no avail.
Go down the final stats and the Wolverines' num-
bers change more rapidly than teams jumping ship
out of the top 25.
Anthony Thomas in the first half: 13 carries, 115
yards - second half: Eight carries for just 15 yards.
The Michigan receivers and tight ends had 15
catches for 139 yards in the first half. In the second.
they had four catches for 29 yards.
"We've probably never played better than we did
in the first half' Carr said. "Too bad they only
played for two quarters."
'he times down on the Michigan practice field
outside Schembechler Hall this week sure won't be
like a Slip'n Slide on a summer day.
"It's not going to be a fun week' Carr said.
"We've got a lot of work to do, and.a short time to
make a lot of corrections and improvement."
As for what this team must do now, senior cor-
nerback James Whitley was mostly at a loss for
words. Meanwhile, wide receiver Marquise Walker
fl1t-out described a lack of effort.
I think we got a lazy on offense and defense in
the second half:' Walker said. "They came out in the
second half and we didn't.
"We should have put more points on the board
and our defense could have stepped up a little more.
The whole team was to blame."
While the mistakes were all-around, the 22 points
Purdue put up on the board were the fault of a defen-
sive scheme that put zero pressure on Drew Brees
and allowed easy catches for a total of 321 yards of
offense.
Michigan gave up 179 yards on the ground in the
second half, most on missed tackles and assignments.
"We need to see some intensity (on defense),'
Carr said. "We need to see some tackling. We need
to be able to stop the run."
Walker said that the "team needs to come togeth-
er, even if it's midway through the season.
" We can still do it," Walker said.
FRY SiNGER OUT FOR SEASON: Senior defensive
lineman Jake Frysinger, who reinjured his right foot
early against Bowling Green, will not return this fall.
"That injury is not healing to the extent that will
enable him to come back," Carr said.
Frysinger will not have to petition for a fifth-year
of eligibility. Under NCAA rules, petitioning is
required only for the sixth year
"This is a tremendous disappointment for Jake,
and yet the good news is he does have another year
of eligibility that he can use," Carr said. "It's a dis-
appointment for all of us."'
oThe bone in Frysinger's foot is not broken and
won't facilitate surgery unless it fails to heal.
Quarterback Drew Henson has a similar injury
which Carr hopes won't reinjure like Frysinger's.
IaJUR' UPDATE: Carr said "we'll see" regarding
whether or not David Ferrell, Eric Wilson and run-
ning back Chris Perry will play this weekend.
Prior to Carr, Walker said that Terrell described
the injury to him as just a bruise and that he was 100
percent for Indiana. Terrell hobbled on the field for
much of the second half.
FIRE ALARM: The fire alarm continued to go off
during the early morning hours at the hotel where
Michigan slept on Friday night.
Walker said the fire alarm was not the cause of the
WoIverines' second-half performance on the field.
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