2 - Wednesday, December 13, 2006 THURSDAY: Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here A bus with a view Bus driver sees campus from the road Barbara Brown always liked buses. When she was 6 years old, she took a trip with her father in a private jet to see Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. The jet landed, and she and her father boarded a small bus that took them to the caves, known for their deep crevasses and towering sta- lagmites. When they returned home, her mother asked her if she had enjoyed the outing. She got an unexpected response. "I got to ride a bust" About five decades later, she's still enthusiastic. Brown has been a University bus driver for 25 years. Current- ly, she drives the inter-campus route, which takes her from North Ingalls Street out to the Medical Campus. For Brown, bus driving was an easy choice over office life. "You know, I've got a corner office," she said. "It's a room with a view.... There was a huge double rainbow when I was driving out to (Medical) Campus this morning." Driving a bus in Ann Arbor is different than driving one in another similarly sized town. The University is a magnet for famous and influential people. In addition to driving the regular bus, Brown has driven around University President Mary Sue Coleman and important visitors like Toni Mor- rison, the Buena Vista Social Club and Cesar Chavez. She said it was awkward listen- ing from the front seat when the woman the University dispatched to greet Chavez only wanted to talk to him about the beaches in California. Were it not for the passen- gers, the job might get lonely, she said. Because drivers are always Mason William Suchmann inspects the new brick laid yes- terday in a scaffold above State Street. CRIME NOTES Thief steals backpack, reaps little reward WHERE: Martha Cook Residence Hall WHEN: Monday at about 2 p.m. WHAT: A backpack left lying outside the dining hall was stolen after a resident left it unattended for only half an hour, the Department of Public Safety reported. The victim did not report that anything in the back- pack was valuable. Police currently have no suspects. Rightful owner steals car back from brother WHERE: Parking Lot E-3, 1200 Geddes WHEN: Monday at about 1 p.m. WHAT: A University employee discovered his Chevy pickup truck was missing, DPS reported. Upon investigation it was revealed that the man had agreed to buy the truck from his brother but when he defaulted on his payment the brother came to claim the car. Missing jeans mystery stumps student WHERE: Couzens Residence Hall WHEN: Monday at about 11:30 p.m. WHAT: A student doing laun- dry returned to find her jeans were missing, DPS reported. Police are not ruling out a theft but said she may have forgotten to check the dryer. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Film screening Previev WHAT: A showing of the perforn murder mystery "The Black WHAT: A pre Dahlia," starring Josh Hart- and Reveries, nett and Scarlett Johansson. duction revol' Tickets cost $2 for people theme of rites with a University ID and $4 WHO: The Ur for the general public. Company WHO: University Unions WHEN: Toda WHEN: Today at 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Bet WHERE: Michigan League Theater, Dant Ballroom Free symphony Free m, on their individual routes, their interaction is often limited to waving at each other in the office or when they pass each other on the road. But her passengers are enough to keep things interesting. "I love talkingto the passengers with their different stories," she said and then paused and smiled. "And everybody's got a story." At 57, Brown says she's getting close to hanging up her uniform. "I like driving, but when retire- ment comes I won't think, 'Oh I wish I were driving a bus,' " she said. But she added that she'll miss her route. "No matter what happens, at least once a day I meet someone who's very interesting," she said. "And I'm not sure someode who's retired can say that." ANNE VANDERMEY Residents of Cherry Tree, Penn., may be urged by their town council to own a gun and learn how to use it, CNN reported. The proposed law, deemed the "Civil Protection Ordinance," is slated to voted on this evening. The University's Dear- born campus was founded in 1956 after the Ford Motor Company donated an large estate in Dearborn and $6.5 million to the University. >FOR MORE, SEE PAGE 4 Legislation currently being drafted in Germany could make violence against a human-looking video game characters a criminal offence, GameSpot UK report- ed. Punishment could include fines and up to 12 months in jail. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. 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