0 0 3B The Daily Dish Buzz Alexander speaks on his work in Michigan's prison system. 4B Learning Curve How the changes to the Art and Design curriculum affected students and professors. 6B Architecture Column Austin Dingwall on the University's need to change its construction standards. 7B Point/Counterpoint The superheroes argue over college football coaches Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden. From The Editor RANL-)om, STuDENT T NTERVI EW 14B Style Column mr Jean on what wear and what avoid i the coming mho 14B Student Life Column Joe Kid. explains how his holiday became little less cheery. 15B Random Student Interview Random discusses h hatred for Lindsay Loh an and how to stay u all night study. 16B The Write Stuff Wallace House takes in the country's best ur , ll , for year intellectual exploration. This is it for this year. I'd like to think that this inaugural semester of The Statement has gone rela- tively well, and we have some good stuff in the mix for next year. Our cover study is on the arguments for and against privatizing the University. This is a topic that has gained a consid- erable amount of momen- tum recently because of tuition hikes (the Universi- ty is still the most expen- sive public university in the in state funding. There are sides, and it is an in-depth I Random runs U By Victoria Eawa country) and the decrease strong arguments on both look at the situation. 7B The List . guide to he happenings, concerts and shoes around town this weekend. sB A Class By Itself.? The pros and cons privatizing the University. Our secondary story is on the new curriculum at the Art and Design School. This year's graduating class was the first to fully go through all of the curriculum changes, and now that they are poised to graduate, we examine whether the changes were worth it and how many in the department. has been affected. This magazine also marks the last columns for our current set of columnists. Next semester, you'll see some new faces with some new ideas. If you're inter- ested, we're accepting submissions. Look inside the magazine for information on how to do apply. Finally, our superheroes debate over Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno, the two legendary coaches who will match up in the FedEx Orange Bowl. Too bad Michigan will be stuck in San Antonio. Thanks for reading. Tl higan Daily: Hi, my amok s victoria and you've been chose to do the Random Student Inter ew for The Michigan Daily. Q like to do it? anom: Yes. TMD: All right, the first question I've got is: Are you feeling more "I Touch Myself' or "Sexual Healing?" R: Definitely, "Sexual Healing." TMD: Why do you feel more like "Sexual Healing" when I feel more like "I Touch Myself?" R: Well it's always better with someone else obviously. TMD: Well I'm glad you have that option. Good for you. OK, next question: what is your emotional age? Like what age do you feel? For example I feel like I'm 16, because I still feel like I just got my license. R: Depends on what I'm doing. When I'm doing homework I feel like I'm 85. TMD: Oh God, average it. R: I guess on average I'd say 40, but most of the time I feel like I'm 14. TMD: Why? R: I do a lot of loud singing. TMD: Loud singing? Me, too. What's your favorite thing to sing? R: My roommate and I like to play sleazy oldies music, and play it really loud in our dorm. TMD: Do you like Billy Joel by any chance? I'm a huge fan. R: Yeah, I don't see why not. TMD: How do you feel about Hanukkah Harry? I think he's a bush or something. R:(Silence) TMD: Hmm, nothing about Hanukkah Harry? Are you famil- iar with Hanukkah Harry? No? OK, next question. So finals are coming up. How do you stay up for 24 hours straight? R: Mountain Dew. TMD: You can do that with just Mountain Dew? How much Moun- tain Dew? R: I'd say probably a bottle every four hours. TMD: That's it? Jesus that's great, cause I'm all coffee, because it's really hard for me to stay up. R: I have a personal thing against coffee. TMD: You have a personal thing against coffee? And you're in col- lege? How do you survive? R: I know as soon as I start drink- ing, I'll get addicted like everyone else, so I refuse to get involved in the whole situation. TMD: OK, so you're rebelling. Good for you. Are you familiar with the Paris and Nicky split? Who do you relate to more: Paris or Nicky? R: I don't like either of them TMD: Why not? R: Cause I think they're sleazy. But I know more about Paris, so I'll go with that. TMD: How old do you think she was when she lost her virginity? R: Probably like, 8. TMD: Well that's legal in some states, I'm sure. OK great. Do you think Paris is killing Nicky psycho- logically? I just noticed how skinny (Nicky) was getting all of the sudden. R: Either that or she's got the Olsen twins thing going on, and is doing a lot of crack. TMD: I think cocaine, because I'm pretty sure they can afford it. And do you know where Lindsay Lohan would fit into all of this? R: I used to like Lindsay Lohan. TMD: So did I! Wasn't she hot in "Mean Girls" when she had boobs and stuff? R: Yeah, then she was cool because she was like a real person. TMD: And now she looks really sick. R: Now, she's just the same as Britney Spears. She's like the exact same person TMD: Except Britney Spears is a lot dirtier, right? I think the guy Britney Spears is with makes her a lot dirtier than everyone else. All right, anyway, do you know about the Nick Lachey and Jessica Simp- son breakup. Who do you think will get over the breakup first? Nick Lachey or Jessica Simpson? R: I have no idea. I hate all these people, so I just do my best to avoid their lives. . TMD: OK, sorry about that. If you were on a safari what animal would you shoot first? R: Definitely a gazelle cause that's like my personal animal. TMD: You have a personal ani- mal? Does everyone have a personal animal? R: Yeah, definitely. TMD: And you're a gazelle because? R: Because they're just awesome. TMD: Give me more, give me more. I want descriptive awesome. R: Everyone on my team says I run like a gazelle. And I think it would just be sweet to be able to run forever in big open fields like gazelles do. TMD: What team? R: Ultimate Frisbee. TMD: Oh, you're on the Ultimate Frisbee team? If you love gazelles so much, why would you want to shoot one? (Wouldn't) it kind of be like committing suicide and shoot- ing yourself? R: No, because then I could shoot it and look at it. TMD: Oh, because you can't be one, you're getting back at it? R: If I can't be it, he can't be it either. TMD: Great, take it out on the gazelle, that's good. OK, how many of your Facebook friends have you hooked up with? R: Well none. I don't do that. TMD: Are you on Facebook? Magazine Editor: Doug Wernert Cover Art: Sarah Mooney Photo Editor: Ali Olsen Designers: Ashley Dinges, Lindsey Ungar Editor in Chief: Jason Z. 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