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3B The Daily Dish
Laura Kasischke discusses
life as an undergrad and
teaching at the University.
3B The List
guide to the happenings,
concerts and events around
town this weekend.
4B Easy Rider
Bike theft on campus seems
to rise, while DPS claims
it is being taken care of.
5B In My Own Words
Marching band drum major
Dennis Lee, pumps up the
crowd and run pre-game.
6B The Power of Protest
Student activism on campus
has proven to be a formidable
foe to multinational companies.

From The Editors

RANoOM STUDENT INTERVIEW
Random wants a spinning cage fu
By Chris Gaerig |

This week's

issue

10B Media Column
Kristin MacDonald
revels in the movie
theater experience.
10B Campus Life Column
Mark Giannotto boosts
awareness for one of his
favorite events: Hash Bash.
118 Random Student Interview
R andom doesn't know
George Mason but is
certainly upset with them.
12B Point/Counterpoint
The G. Joes and Ninja
Turtles argue over whether
Macs or PCs are better.
Magazine Editor: James V. Dowd
Associate Magazine Editor: Chris Gaerig
Cover Art: Peter Schottenfels
Photo Editor: Shubra Ohri
Designer: William Couch

is centered around
student activism on
campus, its profound
effects on businesses
around the globe and
empowerment at the
University.

The University has
always been known to
be a highly liberal and
"active" campus, but
Suhael Momin's look
at this social aware-
ness focuses on the
individuals and their intentions - a topic too
often passed over when it is discussed.
We also have an article written by Dennis
Lee, drum major of the Michigan Marching
Band. He runs readers through the heart-
pumping warmup and football pregame show.
His back-breaking move - touching knees
and head to the ground - has become infa-
mous across campus.
Thanks for reading.
James V. Dowd, Magazine Editor

Editor in Chief: Donn M. Fresard
Managing Editor: Ashley Dinges

Chris Gaerig, Associate Magazine Editor

R Odom: Hello, hello.
The Michigan Daily: Hi, is Matt
there?
'R: IT's right here.
TMD: Hey, what's up man? This is
Chris from The Michigan Daily and I
have great news, you've been selected to
do the Random Student Interview. Do you
have a couple of minutes?
R: Yeah, sure.
TMD: Sweet dude. So first question:
What did you do on St. Patrick's Day?
R: St. Patrick's Day ... I went to class,
played a lot of Ultimate Frisbee and went
to parties.
TMD: Did you get completely obliter-
ated in the morning - at like 8 a.m?
R: No, everybody else did. But I did
not.
TMD: Did you get obliterated at all?
R: Nope.
TMD: That's really boring. Did your
friends make fun of you?
R: Nope.
TMD: Your friends weren't doing their
job then. Did you eat anything green on
St. Patty's Day?
R: Green? No I did not.
TMD: I talked to this guy earlier who
had a green Jolly Rancher. What's up with
that?
R: Green Jolly Ranchers are pretty
amazing. Those are rare.
TMD: They are pretty delicious. So
the question on everyone's mind: MSA,
does anyone really care?
R: No.
TMD: No, I don't think so either. Did
you vote?
R: No.
TMD: Do you even know how to
vote?
R: No, I don't.
TMD: Did you know that you can just
vote online?
R: No 1 did not actually.
TMD: Everyone here wants me to give
you the website but I don't think I'm going
to do that because I don't know it either.
NCAA Tournament: Are you following
it?
R: Yes I am.
TMD: Who do you think is going to
win?
R: Duke.
TMD: You really think they're going
to win?
R: Definitely.
TMD: Nice. Have you ever heard of
George Mason or Wichitaw State outside
of this tournament?
R: No I have not.
TMD: Exactly, no one has. No one
knowsdanything about them. They could
be made up for all we know.
R: They destroyed my bracket.
TMD: Yeah, they destroyed everyone's
bracket. Speaking of brackets, did you
make one on Facebook?
R: Yes I did.
TMD: How many points do you have?
R: I can check. I think I have 48
though.
TMD: That's embarrassing.
R: I know, it's tragic. Stupid underdog
scoring ... Oh, it's notthat bad. I've got
62 right now.
TMD: That's impressive. That's better

than most people. If you had to lose a fin-
ger, which one would it be and why?
R: Pinky. I don't use it ever.
TMD: Right or left hand?
R: Left hand.
TMD: Do you think you'd be off bal-
ance then? Would you tip over to the side
that you still have a pinky?
R: Nope.
TMD: So you'd say that you have a
pretty good center of gravity and bal-
ance?
R: Oh, definitely.
TMD: Definitely, yeah. Does that
come from anything? Genes maybe?
R: Practice.
TMD: You practice balancing?
R: Definitely. Every day.
TMD: What sports players do you
think are the dumbest?
R: Probably football players.
TMD: Any particular reason?
R: 'Roids.
TMD: I guess 'roids make you stu-
pid. But wouldn't baseball players be the
dumbest then?
R: Oh, you know, that's true.
TMD: They do take a lot of 'roids. Next
question. The Cube over by the Union:
What the hell is it for and who made it?
R: I have no idea.
TMD: Why would anyone make that
thing? It's completely useless.
R: Probably because no one has made
it before. But it spins.
TMD: You like to spin it?
R: Definitely.
TMD: I still think it's a waste of space.
I think we could put something cool
there.
R: Like what?
TMD: Maybe puppies in a cage that
you could look at and pet.

R: Puppies in a cage ... as long as the
cage spins.
TMD: I'm sure that we could arrange
for the cage to spin. That would be pretty
fantastic.
R: Then I'd be fine with that.
TMD: That would be really cool.
What Pok6mon would you be if you could
be one?
R: What's a good Pok6mon ... I'd be
the turtle ... Squirtle.
TMD: Yeah, I think I would be Squir-
tle too. He's awesome because his name
rhymes with what he is. Squirtle the turtle,
that's pretty great. I am impressed that you
didn't say Pikachu because I figured that's
what you would say. What's your favorite
board game?
R: I don't really have one. I didn't really
play board games.
TMD: Why not?
R: My parents hated me. They just gave
me video games.
TMD: What's your favorite video
game?
R: "Dr. Mari."
TMD: That's really boring for some-
one who played a lot of video games. You
could've said "Castlevania 2" or "Contra"
or something.
R: You can't play "Castlevania" for
money.
TMD: I suppose you can't. What's the
best April Fool's joke you've ever been a
part of?
R: April Fool's joke ... Back in high
school, we took the tires off of our prin-
ciple's car and we put them around the
flagpole with bricks on the insides so they
couldn't cut them off.
TMD: It wouldn't matter if you could
cut them off anyway. They'd be cutting
into the tires.

somebody.

How far will you go
thissummer?

R: That's true,but they had to take then
all the way off of the flagpole by crane.
TMD: Did you ever get caught?
R: No. No one needs to know abou
that.
TMD: I'll make sure no one know,
who you are in this interview then. Wha
would you rather watch: "Laguna Beach'
or "8th & Ocean?"
R: I'd rather shoot myself in the face.
TMD: I take it you're not a fan of those
types of shows?
R: Nope.
TMD: I like them both because ther
are really hot chicks and terrible acting
I'd pick "8th & Ocean" because there ar
hotter chicks and worse acting. I gues
I'm a sucker for hot girls. What do yol
think about the student directory tha
I am holding where I can look up all o
your information.
R: Can you really? I didn't even knox
those existed.
TMD: Yeah and they just give ther
out. I mean, I know where you live.
R: That's really weird.
TMD: You should probably get one.
R: Yeah, just in case I have to stal


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