3B The Daily Dish Rodo fo Altamirano on how international students adjust to the University. 4B Book Excerpt "Writing Ann Arbor," edited by Laurence Goldstein. 5B Going aut Local bar serves the gay community. 6B Heart of the City Local experts tell about Detroit's shortcomings and hopes for the future. 10B Style Column Aymar Jean on not judging the poorly dressed people. From The Editor RANDOM STUDENT INTERVI EW Random thinks Kinesiology students w( By Niar We're back. Well, for 10B Campus Life Column Joe Kilduff on the litera- ture fans in Ann Arbor. 11B Random Student Interview Jeff talks about his brush with fame. 11B Point/Counterpoint The superheroes debate over Jim Tresse's chic sweater vest. Magazine Editor: Doug Wernert Cover Art: Peter Schottenfels Photo Editor: Ali Olsen Designer: Ashley Dinges Editor in Chief: Jason Z. Pesick Managing Editor: Alison Go this week, at least. Of course, with Thanksgiv- ing coming up, there's no magazine next week. Enjoy the break. We sure will. Our cover story is on iu. Detroit, our neigh bor . to the east. With Super. Bowl XL now less than three months away, the city is frantically prepar- ing by fixing highways, finding accommodations and generally getting the city ready for the event that is expected to drum up more than $300 million in revenue. Of course, this comes on the heels of a successful Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Detroit. With the mayoral election over and with more major sporting events scheduled to take place in Detroit, now is a good time to examine the city as a whole, as the time for rebuilding could never be more perfect. Our other story focuses on aut BAR, the pub for the gay community on Braun Street. The establish- ment has an interesting history and the article is worth checking out if you have the time. Finally, in this week's superhero debate, Batman and Superman discuss, of all things, Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel's sweater vests. Our style colum- nist might have a thing or two to say about those in the future. Thanks for reading. Doug Wernert, Magazine Editor new england literature program reading. art writing. musk.hkIng anything ThiNovember 17. 7pm 14tyBiding Hike New Hampshre, tao 10 Maine, visitCape Co Jspend Spring Term In New England. The Michigan Daily: Hi, I'm calling from The Michigan Daily. You've been selected to do The Statement's Random Student iterview. Would you like to participate? "Raj domr:Yeah, sure. TMD: Cool. What's your name? R: Jeff. TMD: Hey, Jeff, how are you doing? R: I'm good. TMD: Where are you from? R: Niles, Michigan. TMD: Small town. Well, if the mayor of Niles were going to erect a monument to commemo- rate your legacy, what kind of monument would it be?_ R: It would probably have been thought about, but they wouldn't have enough initiative to actu- ally make one. TMD: Aww. That's sad. Well, if they did actu- ally make one, where would you want it located? R: Directly over the top of my high school. TMD: Why? R: Just so that when everyone goes in, they can know that Jeff Emory went to that high school. TMD: Fame, I see. Do you think people would consider you narcissistic if you went to visit it every day? R: I'm not sure. I suppose so, yeah. TMD: Would that bother you? R: Uhh, no. I have a cool monument. TMD: The Ohio State game is this weekend. Win, lose or draw? What do you think? R: You know, it's going to be a really tough game, a really good game. But, I'm going to say that Michigan pulls it off purely because they're going to want to win. TMD: I don't think they ever not want to win. R: Well, yeah. But we're a young team, and it seems like the inconsistencies go against what they expect out of the game. I think they're going to work hard and do well. TMD: Are you going to the game? R: Definitely. TMD: All right. What's your favorite ritual that we do? R: Like cheer or ...? TMD: Yeah, whatever. You know, like the chop. Whatever you want. R: You know, I really enjoy the band before- hand. That's a good time before the game. Gets you pumped up for it. TMD: All right. What has been the highlight of your college career thus far? R: The Penn State game. TMD: Any particular reason? R: No particular reason. It was just absolutely crazy. - TMD: If there was a terrible blizzard and all of the power was out and no one could get out of the building, would you eat your classmates? R: Definitely. TMD: Would you eat the fat ones first? R: Oh, no. I gotta keep the calories down. Come on. TMD: You're worried about calories? R: Yeah, definitely. TMD: Do you think they would taste like chicken? R: I suppose. Everything tastes like chicken. TMD: Do you think Kinesiology students would taste the best because they work out the most? R: Definitely! TMD: You're very excited about that. R: Well, it's true. TMD: OK. What has been your closest brush with fame? R: Uh ... I broke my finger playing flag foot- ball. I became pretty well known for that around the dorm. TMD: And how was that a brush with fame? R: Well, I'm in the HSSP, so everyone was all interested in that, in a dorky sort of way. TMD: All right. Well, I'll tell you mine. I met MC Hammer once in Canada when I was like seven, but he refused to take pictures with us. R: Are we talking all the way back then? TMD: Yeah, yeah. "Can't touch this" days. That ages me. R: When I was around 10 or 11, I was inter- viewed about a Bulls basketball game that I watched. That was pretty cool. TMD: Sing me the opening bars of your theme song. R: I'm not going to sing. It would definitely be the "Friends" theme song, but I'm not going to sing it. TMD: Why the "Friends" theme song? R: Because it's the first song I actually know. TMD: If you could choose three celebrities to ship off to a deserted island, never to return, who would they be? R: Michael Jackson, one. Terrell Owens. And, huh... I don't know. Brad Pitt. TMD: Brad Pitt? Why? R: It gives all us guys a better chance. TMD: Yeah, you don't like the competition? R: Exactly. TMD: Well, he is aging. So, just wait 20 years. R: OK, well then, Tom Cruise cuz he's taking mor T of li tell r R TI R T and wou vice R T OK, R T dash R way. T R T you R I eve T R T thin R T R T Bea R T loqu POT NT/COUNTERPOT NT A vested intere With Superman and Batr BT Superman Listen, Superman does not, and I repeat, '.does not like Ohio State. But I think that the sweater vest, more poignantly, the Tres- selvest lends some sort of panache to the Buckeyes. They did win a national champi- onship with a coach who looked more like Chandler Bing circa 1997 than Vince Lom- bardi circa the Snow Bowl. But it can't be that surprising that I like it, I mean, look at my outfit. It's bright blue, red and yellow. You know what wearing something like that says? It says "I've got the balls to pull this off." Seriously, who's going to mess with the giant guy in tights and brilliant colors? It's a little confusing why Tressel can do it - he's kind of a little guy. But I think I know why it works for him. You Bible readers, remember Samp- son? Well, quick recap, his hair made him powerful. Well, look at the Ohio State pro- gram. How are they not on probation right now? Yup, I'm putting two and two togeth- er; it's the sweater vest. If Tressel ever took it off, boom, sanctions everywhere. So, to recap, Batman doesn't like it because he knows that the only reason he has any success as a superhero comes from his vast collection of toys. He's a little envious that someone else figured the trick to use inanimate objects as good luck charms (see the National Champion- ship game in January 2003). Because let's cut the shit, Tressel isn't that good of a coach and only got that title- with a little help from his vest and the refs. Go Blue mother bitches. Fuck the Bucks! By Batman 4 >believe in justice, I believe in power an4 I completely believe that Jim Tressel loks ridiculious in his sweater vest. Unlike my own stunning logo and aura of intimidation, Tressel's vest projects a legacy and image that not only fails to make up for his ... well ... completely corrupt program, but also fails to hold in the growing bulge of his stomach. Don't hate on him because he coaches inbred, sub-literate scraps of humanity like AJ Hawk. Hate him for his lack of style, his woeful panache and abil- ity to make the full-on dork outfit look worse on him than it normally does on 110-pound kids who'd rather be popping Xanax and complaining about their Orgo lab. 2B-Th ihiai JUSt ai u--Thr udyovme -r1d,200 2B - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 17, 2005 The Michigan Daily ".