2 - Tuesday, November 28, 2006 MONDAY: Ten Spot U SHOP CLASS The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com WEDNESDAY: University Jobs THURSDAY: Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Gridiron sacrilege My ,boyfriend's mom inad- vertently committed heresy this Thanksgiving weekend. Disclaimer: She has many redeemingqualities, like adelight- ful laugh, bountiful common sense and intuitive thrift. But on Thurs- day morning, her knowledge of Michigan sports was severely lacking. At about 10 a.m., I wandered into the dining room to find her and her husband enjoy- ing coffee. She spotted my T- shirt, which I had bought on the day former Michigan coach Bo Schembechler died. The image on the shirt is an old photo of Bo with his team. A week before, I had hoped the text above the photo would pro- pel our team to victory over the Buckeyes: "Win for Bo." She read the shirt aloud. "Win for B-O," she said. "What is B-O?" The gridiron world shook. Somewhere in America, a small boy dropped a football. Lightning To gaincampus immortality, submit your own Arbor Anec- dotes. Just keep them under t25 words. E-mail submissions to news@michigandaily.com. flashed in Ann Arbor. Woody Hayes sat up in his grave. My boyfriend's father, an ardent Michigan fan, hung his head. "Honey, it's Bo, like Bo Schem- bechler." "Oh," she said. May the Michigan football gods forgive her. CHRISTINA HILDRETH A mystery janitor in Angell Hall About a month ago, I went to the Fishbowl at 2 a.m. to write a paper due the next day. I hadn't read the book, and I needed six pages. Not good. At about 5, I started falling asleep, so I went to get a drink. On my way back, a janitor walked out BENJI DELL/Daily Keith Bailey of Cardea Construction makes shelves late last night. The company has been using a storefront on East Huron Street as a temporary workspace. f the maintenance closest. The tan, who seemed strangely happy see me, started to approach me. onfused, I tried to dodge him by eering to the other side of the allway. No dice. "Jeff!" he called. Star- led, since that was in fact my ame and I had no idea who he vas, I asked, tentatively, "Hey, ow are you?" "Great," he said, roceeding to tell me about his rive to work that morning. My nind raced: Who could this guy )e? Bemused, I told him I had to ;o finish my paper. "Don't forget o sleep!" he called after me. Three weeks later, it was like othing had changed. Paper due omorrow. Same class. This time it ras eight pages. Around 5, I went o the drinking fountain. There ras the janitor. "Your name's Jeff, ight?" he asked. Yes, I said. "I try o remember people's names," he aid. I thought about asking him his. 3ut where's the fun in that? JEFFREYBLOOMER On this day in 1995, then- President Bill Clinton signed a federal highway bill that ended the national 55 mph speed limit. 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