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He added that ESPN.com is the place to turn to when looking for more specific information, particu- larly on less high profile sports. Even if you're wondering about Mark Lisi's game-winning goal against the Kansas City Wizards, ESPN.com got it. In addition to' simple information, ESPN.com gets the viewer involved. For the latest NCAA tournament ESPN.com crushes competition By Kiran J. Divvela Daily Arts Writer they offered a free pool system. By simply filling out an online form, users could set up their own pools, receive printouts of their teams and get updated accounts of who in the pool was winning. Keeping in that tradition, they've implemented online fantasy baseball, football, basketball and hockey leagues. The nice thing about the fantasy sports is thatthere are several differ- ent games in each sport, so you're not confined to just the league. For example, one game allows you to be a basketball team's general manager. Best of all, it's all automated, allow- ing the average viewer to do more important stuff like, well, watch more sports. Since the ESPN network is famous for its world-class sports reporting, they have a huge amount of material, video and audio, which is never broadcast to the public at large. This is where ESPN.com comes in. Many press conferences videos and audio clips are handed over to the website so the public can access it. Another part of the web of sports that ESPN.com has its claws over is EXPN.com. This extreme sporting portal is one of the best places to go to on the web to get information about skateboarding, snowlarding, BMX and a wide variety of other extreme sports. One of the cooler aspects is the link on the front page with a site solely dedicated to news about Tony Hawk and his achieve- ments. A less tangible part of the site is its die-hard fan base. Many sports fans go to this site right after watch- ing a game. LSA junior Ali Saksouk said he goes to the site immediately after most sporting events "to see the immediate reaction of the players and the media. As a source of instant headlines, ESPN.com is incomparable. Their accompanying Insider section gives hardcore fans even more SportsCenter.promos and ESPN the Magazine exclusives for a small fee. Many have confessed to having this site as their homepage, for obvi- ous reasons: Its reliability, ease of use and functionality all make it the number one website for sports hun- gry college students. ESPN.com is more than an online sports maga- zine. It's a sporting culture phenom- enon. Carryout and Catering Available Cooking by Mania Rosa 300 Detroit St. 665-0444 at Catherine across from the Farmer's Market Happy Birthday! Charly's would like to be the first to congratulate you with a free meal Just bring along a friend and proper ID, and select your favorite entree from our famous menu. It'sjust ( our way of saying T um Congratulations I ~ and thanks for Charleyscelebratingwith us IT'S BIG, IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND YOU'RE GONN WE DELIVER! Mon. - Sat. 20i a.m. Sunday 'til 12:00 a.m. Cali 761-6650 333 E. Huron Saigon Garden (734) 747-7006 Vietnamese & Chinese Cuisine Dine-In & Carry-Out 1220 South University (at Forest) -Z Ann Arbor, Michigan BUSINESS HOURS Mon.-Thur. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fri. 1 1 a. m. to 11 p.m. Sat. 11:30a.m. to 11p.m. Sun. 12 Noon to 10p.m. There is a part of my body that always seems to get me in trouble. It's not a very large organ, but none-the-less it seems to affect my life in an enormous way. Here's some hints to its ori- gin - Bodily fluids go in and out of it, it's a couple inches in diameter and it's necessary for biological survival. If your mind lives in the gutter (like mine) than before you make your guess you need to move many feet north. It's my mouth, the small orifice three quarters of the way down from the top of head, which words, food and breath pass through on a daily basis. Everyone has a mouth. If a person was missing some kind of mouth they would die, but ' my mouth is unique becauseit works separate- ; ly from my brain. Over the years, more and more, it's become its own being - an uncon- Elizabeth trollable entity. It's been Pensler giving me problems since I learned how to do that Twin dreadful thing that hap- Peals pens to all of us when we hit the tender age of 2 - talk! Due to all the problems it has ensued upon me, I have made an executive decision to sue my mouth. If a child can sue their parents, if the woman who spilled hot coffee all over her lap can sue McDonald's, then by-gonnit I can sue my mouth. Here's the relevant evi- dence that I have collected over the years for the impending case: Prosecution wants to enter evidence A. At the age of five the defendant, her mouth, would insult obese women by asking the ever ignorant question - are you pregnant? Smokers didn't get away easy either because they would receive a long speech on the dangers of smok- ing or how they were going to die from cancer. Entering school just antagonized the enemy. It gave it the ultimate freedom to back talk, insult and offend endless amounts of people, including teachers. My mouth also got me in many fights with my friends - I would tell friend A that friend B said she was ugly, stupid or obnoxious. In turn, that one small comment, that one small. sentence, became the fire that lit the explosion because a massive brawl always followed. Since my mouth likes to go on and on, I manage to get in fights with not just my friends, but random strangers as well. People are very perceptive of my mouth and its ability to argue and disagree. Those around me make it their business to aggravate and assault me - just to see a volatile reaction. For example, my grandmother said to me, "Why don't you become a nurse instead of a doctor - It's too stressful of a job for women." This sexist statement sent my mouth into a vol- canic eruption of "How can you say that?" My grandmother walked away from the fight after my 20-minute speech on how this isn't 1945 and women have moved out of the kitchen. She seemed totally unaffected, and feminist ideolo- gy became the fuel for many fires to set-off my mouth. It was on an early morning in middle school that I called a male teacher, for no good reason at all "A sexist pig!" Shortly after that I tried to wage a sexual harassment suit on my many male contemporaries on behalf of an acquain- tance, which managed to do nothing, but blow up in my face and throw me in the middle of a gender crossfire. Then there is the deadly activity of asking me a question. Most people will walk away from an inappropriate question or laugh and blush, but I take all questions very seriously. A fellow classmate of mine asked, "Do women wear underwear with panty hose?" The girl sitting next to me covered her mouth and looked at the ground. But I immediately sought to give a complete, educated answer to the question "Some women wear underwear with panty hose, but other women don't like the lines underwear makes .." I created a virtu- al paradigm on "When women wear under- wear." This isn't just information that one will- ingly submits without coercion or pressure, however, my mouth knows no limit Due to these outbreaks, I spent most of my youth learning to control every single word that came out of the enemy. It was a constant strug- gle between good and bad - right versus wrong. College was just another road to the merci- less path of speech. Unlike before where my teachers told me not to talk, not to raise my hand and not to participate, in college it was condoned and even encouraged. I must have gone too far because one of my discussion classes became a virtual circus. 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