48 - The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine - Thursday, October 16, 2003 The Michigan Daily - Weekend Nagzine - Studei in ..the By Niamh Slevin Daily Arts Writer T he title "student ghetto" is certainly not unknown in this town. Mention it to any par- tygoer, and you'll notice much the same response. First, there will be the nervous laughter, then unsure glances to nearby friends and occasional faces turning a nice shade of red. The reputation of the student ghetto precedes Greenwood Avenue everywhere on campus. Greenwood, the area now crowned the "stu- dent ghetto," obviously has its share of prob- lems. Like most other areas on campus, the rent is too high, parking is a royal pain and the trash situation is not always desirable. Yet, Greenwood's community character and party- time atmosphere have only added to its steady rise in popularity in the last few years. According to Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, Greenwood has long been known as the student ghetto. At one point, streets such as Catherine and Huron were the unpleasant neighborhoods on campus. The mayor, a former realtor raised in Ann Arbor, remarked that Greenwood has been referred to as the student ghetto for as long as he can remember, and it was usually for many of the same reasons. "That's what it's called, and it's part of being in a university town," he says. While the title has lingered for decades in this specific area, so have the problems. Even Judy Paron, a property manager for Oppenheimer Properties on Greenwood, noted that parking and trash can be very troublesome on some days. The majority of the parking spaces are located in the street only, which can interrupt city street cleanings if the cars are not moved. Hieftje sees a slightly different problem with this setup. If the streets cannot be cleaned, the trash can actually build up over the street storm drains. These storm drains lead into a sewer which eventually dumps its contents into the river, right around Gallup Park. Storm water col- lects the run-off from the surrounding neighbor- hood and is not filtered in any way before enter- ing the river. "So if someone is canoeing out there and sees trash, well, that trash may have started over on Greenwood," Hieftje noted, "If you have an envi- ronmental bone in your body, you don't want trash floating around in the river." Hieftje continued to say, "I've been in places a couple of years ago where there were six inches of trash strewn across the yard ... the students who live there, they're the ones who are hurt the most by that. They have to wade through it and go by it every day." ME I Why is Lizzie on Hilary's album cover? Bi LLmAR rOr 10 1. Chicken and Beer, Ludacris - Rappers from Atlanta are so hot right now. A dancing baby Ludacris with a beard is lust too freaky. 2. SpeakerboxxxlThe Love Below, OutKast - Roses smell like boo boo. I'm not sure what that means, but Andre says it, so think about it. 3. Elvis 2nd to None, Elvis Presley - Actually, Elvis you are 2nd to OutKast and 3rd to Luda. But you're still the King. 4. Life for Rent, Dido - Is this like a mail-order bride? Do you get to be Dido for a day? S. Some Devil, Dave Matthews - Even without his band Dave Matthews rocks out, that is to say as much as he ever rocked out, which is none. 6. Sacred Love, S6n - Sting's greatest work had nothing to do with love, sacred or otherwise, but rather with the original "Dune." 7. Too Hot forTV., Da Band - More like Da Bad. Could they have come up with a worse name for their group ... nope. 8. The R. in R&B Collection Vol. 1, R. Kelly - Way to capi- talize on the whole "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" thing, R. Clever 9. Metamorphosis, Hilary Duff -Dear Hilary, I've noticed that you look a lot like Lizzie McGuire. Do people say that to you often? Are you two related? 10. 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Just brilliant . look...owd to..i.*s--President Schwarzenegger's Spartan is assigned a partner named Huxley (Bullock) "I'll be backi fou-n ore years speeih and b must live to who smoothly educates partan on the Big Brother-like thedaht.T understand just how those damn three realm into which he has a wkei. During a seemingly tur- sease9s realaly do ioh. dtum patrol, the pair walks past a muricpal building. And it he-siMplweerings. sir Whtwsosrlliad e? Todd can be is the se atinsobvuofheaminr hdutoisbe sold.Idf CURTIS HILLER/Daily Papers aren't the only things that clutter up Greenwood Ave. Though the trash and congestion are the major concerns with the Greenwood area, there are other social obstacles as well. The Greenwood of the past was a fantastic party environment, but now, it is also home to several young families and retired citizens. Such parties can create a great disturbance for families with young chil- dren trying to sleep, and the partiers are faced with noise violations as a result. Despite the presence of problems in the neigh- F borhood, the Greenwood community is vastly improving and becoming quite popular with stu- dent tenants. A city program called Clean i Communities seeks to fix any trash issues that may arise in the area. If the trash situation gets out of hand, anyone can contact the city and ask that it be cleaned up. The city then tags the particular house in question and allows 24 hours for an improve- ment. If nothing is done within 24 hours, the city sends a garbage truck and some workers out to clean it up themselves, but the owner of the house is then billed for any work done. But the neighborhood community is becoming more respectful of its inhabitants too. Although the area is known for its parties, the tenants understand that families also live there, and they recognize others' community needs. Hieftje commends the residents, saying, "There's a growing awareness that there are families inter- spersed in that neighborhood ... people who O9 have a right to quiet enjoyment of their life. So I think there is a growing awareness, which a encourages me." While non-tenant students enjoy the party scene as well, they also view Greenwood as a rather close-knit community setting. With the NEWS IN ENTERTAINMENT HOT OR NOT Who knew books could be so fun? Vol. 1 - Drugs, gambling and selling a best friend's house and keep- ing all the money can now be added to the list of things, including fatwas, associated with Booker Prize win- ners. Reuters reports that the newest Booker winner, Peter Finlay, who writes under the pseudonym DBC Pierre, hopes to pay back his debt to society. After winning the $82,930 prize on Tuesday, Finlay pledged the funds to his creditors. Finlay won the prize for his debut novel, "Vernon God Little," a darkly comic novel set in Texas about a boy who finds himself in deep trouble after becoming embroiled in the aftermath of a high school massacre. The administrators of the Booker stressed that the quality of the book and not the author's past determined the choice for the award, since including gamblers, drug addicts and thiefs in the list of literary greats would work as a publicity ploy only in America. Who knew books could be so fun? Vol. 2 - This week, according to Associated Press, the U.S. Postal Service will be releasing a new stamp commemorating Theodor Geisel, the author who created Dr. Seuss. Geisel's widow will unveil the stamp on Oct. 27 at the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden in Springfield, Ill. The 37-cent postage stamp will feature a color photograph of the author of "The Cat in the Hat" sur- rounded by illustrations of six charac- ters from his books. However, it will still cost over $2 to send one of Geisel's books through the mail. Sorry kids. I I 1 See GHETTO, Page 6B