3B The Daily Dish
Stephanie Pinder-Amaker
on student initiatives,
3B The Weekend List
A guide to the happenings
around town this weekend.
4B Break From the Dorm
Martha Cook turns 90,
keeps i.s special traditions.
7B Book Excerpt
"The Great Reporters"
by David Randall
8B Rethinking MSA
How the student government
system can be maximnized.
11B The Tree
Thrift clothing store
set to close.
From The Editor
RANDOM STUDENT I NTERVTEW
Random chooses ugly person ov
By Punit Mattoo / I
This little box is
another new fea-
ture we've added to
12B Point/Counterpoint
The resident superheroes
debate over sports.
13B Franchised
A look at how college towns
became homogenized.
14B Style Column
Aymar Jean explains why
similar styles match up.
14B Campus Life Column
Joe Kilduff on why Ann Arbor
is a great college town.
15B Random Student Interview
Leslie opens up about her
sighting of Nick Carter.
Magazine Editor: Doug Wernert
Cover photo: David Tuman
Photo Editor: Ali Olsen
Designers: Ashley Dinges, Lindsey Ungar
Editor in Chief: Jason Z. Pesick
Managing Editor: Alison Go
the magazine.
week, I'll give a
introduction to
week's issue
let you know a
upcoming fea
and changes.
Each
brief
the
and
about
tures
The first thing you f
will probably notice is
that the Random Stu- $
dent Interview is no
longer on this page.
Don't worry, we would never get rid of it. It's
just moved to the back of the magazine on page
15B. It's still the same format, the same ran-
domness and the same silliness that you've all
come to expect. Many people ask me how we
get the students for the interview, and it essen-
tially consists of flipping open the student direc-
tory and calling the first number we see.
Also in this week's issue, we have stories on
the mystique of Martha Cook, the malaise with
MSA and the franchising of Ann Arbor. These
longer pieces are different from any story in the
paper and they're worth the time to check out.
In the coming weeks, look for a movement
away from restaurant reviews and store profiles
and toward more thoughtful pieces that explore
Ann Arbor and the stories that are waiting to be
told from all parts of the city.
If you're interested in writing, if you have a story
idea or if you just have a comment (even if it is
about that ridiculous picture of me), feel free to
e-mail me at wernert@michigandaily.com.
Thanks for reading.
Doug Wernert, Magazine Editor
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Michigan Daily: Hi, I'm call-
in from The Michigan Daily and
you've been selected to do the Ran-
d ~t ent Interview. Would you like to
do it?
R: Yeah, sure.
TMD: All right, nice. What's your
name?
R: Leslie.
TMD: All right, Leslie. How was your
weekend?
R: It was good.
TMD: And did you do anything excit-
ing?
R: I went to the football game.
TMD: And how'd you enjoy that?
R: It was fun. Really fun.
TMD: Why, did you have some money
on Minnesota like I did?
R: No, I was counting on Michigan
actually.
TMD: I figured out if you bet on the
other team you're always going to win.
R: Haha.
TMD: Are you so sad that you're not
going to go to The Brown Jug anymore?
R: Not that sad, but it was really
depressing like the rest of the games don't
matter anymore.
TMD: Have you ever had a weird
encounter with a celebrity or with a really
lame celebrity?
R: A celebrity? I met Dreamstreet once,
but I don't think that counts, though.
TMD: Yeah, I don't even know who
that is.
R: I met Nick Carter once. Well I saw
him. I don't know if that counts.
TMD: Where'd you see Nick Carter?
R: He came to an old abandoned
church that waschanged into a nightclub,
and it was cool.
TMD: And was he just as hot in person
as he in his video?
R: Oh yeah, definitely.
TMD: And were there 13-year-old
girls all over him?
R: Yep.
TMD: What's the stupidest thing
you've ever done while drunk?
R: Oh God. Um, oh man.
TMD: You might want to ask your
friends since you probably can't remem-
ber.
R: Is this going to be printed?
TMD: Yeah, but we'll only have your
first name, not your last name.
R: Oh man, there's so many. I've
woken up next to someone not knowing
their name.
TMD: Had you done anything?
R: I'm sure I had.
TMD: And you couldn't remember at
all?
R: Not at all.
TMD: How'd the guy respond?
R: It was pretty awkward.
TMD: Did you ever talk to him again?
R: Oh, no.
TMD: How about when you see each
other, do you give him a little head nod
or wave?
R: We don't pretend we see each other.
I've only run into him like twice.
TMD: If you could have any super-
power what would it be?
R: If I could have any superpower,
I would fly. That would be my super-
power.
TMD: Why would you want to fly?
R: Because that would be cool.
TMD: Would you be traveling places
or are you just trying to be a Peeping
Tom?
R: Oh, I just want to fly. Yeah, I'd go
everywhere.I'd travel.
TMD: How about the ability to read
really fast? Would you be impressed if
you met a guy who could do that?
R: Yeah that would be pretty cool,
haha.
TMD: How far can you jump?
R: How far can I jump? Maybe five
feet.
TMD: All right, can you think of any
situation where this information would be
useful.
R: I need this information? No I can't,
I'm sorry.
TMD: It's OK, I don't know either. If
your life were a TV show, what would it
be?
R: Um, "Stupid Things Teenage Girls
Do."
TMD: Is that like "Girls Gone Wild?"
R: Yeah, pretty much.
TMD: What's the dirtiest joke you
know?
R: Oh, I don't know one off the top of
my head, sorry.
TMD: How about the best knock-
knock joke?
R: Um, the one where you say "orange
you glad I didn't say banana."
TMD: All right, here's a hypothetical
situation. You've got to do one of the two.
If you had to have sex with the ugliest per-
son in the world - like a 95-year-old, just
dirty, with boils all over him and weigh-
ing like a lot - or have sex with the best
looking gorilla in the world, which would
you choose?
R: Hmm. Probably the ugly person.
I'm sorry.
TMD: It's all right, I guess you wouldn't
be breaking any laws, too. Do you know
what you're going to be for Halloween?
R: I want to be ... I don't know ...
probably a Playboy Bunny or something
along the lines of that.
TMD: And what were you last year?
R: Last year I think I was a cheerlead-
er.
TMD: And were you like a hot cheer-
leader?
R: Oh yeah. Of course.
TMD: And did your dad know you
dressed up as that?
R: Oh no, no, no.
TMD: All right, well that's all the
questions I have. Thanks a lot and look for
this on Thursday.
R: That was really random.
TMD: Yeah, that's kind of the point.
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