2 - Tuesday, February 6, 2007 MONDAY: WEDNESDAY: The Extremist Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Expla'ined POKER FACE I guess most University students have a good story involving the Arb. Mine occurred over the summer. It was a beautiful day, full of sunshine and Frisbees and crazy college kids on drugs. A few friends and I set out to find a spot we had only heard about. Far down the Huron River is a small inlet of water, and embedded in the silt and sand is a picnic table. How it got there we had no idea until an old man appeared out of nowhere. "It was Jesus," he said. We nod- ded. "I also asked Jesus for His per- mission to build such an acousti- cally perfect bend of river," he continued. We continued to nod. He elo- quently explained how the Savior heard his prayers for a picnic table. We were polite, attentive listen- ers. But the man was about to make his coup de grace. "I discovered two ducks pretty close to here," he said. "I asked Jesus to make them fertile." Quackery Clearly this guy had escaped from somewhere, but he was as harmless as the words he spoke. After he left, we saw a momma duck, a daddy duck and eight duck- lings paddling toward shore with their little duck feet. It was a feat of cuteness. And the old man was right, those ducks were quite fer- tile. ANDREW SARGUS KLEIN Squirrel of a tale Squirrels have long been a part of my life here at the University, but I can't say that I've ever felt the urge to befriend one. But apparently a middle-aged man in work boots outside Mason Hall did. He knelt next to a squir- rel and proceeded to bring a nut out from his pocket. He leaned close and offered the nut to the squirrel. Puzzled, the squirrel turned away, then turned back around and inched closer to the man's out- stretched hand. After some deliberation, it turned away again, but as it was about to head off, it stopped. The squirrel slowly made its way back to the man's hand, stared for a moment, grabbed the nut and ran off like a bank robber with a bag full of loot. DAVE MEKELBURG Deer friend It was dark, late and snowing while I waited for the bus on North Campus. After seeing a flash in the corner of my eye, I turned to the left to find a woman taking pictures of a deer with her camera. The deer seemed unfazed by the flashes. He walked toward me and milled not 5 feet from the stop. The woman soon left, and the deer and I were left to wait in the snow. Obviously not patient enough to wait for the bus, the deer soon scur- ried across the street into the woods. KATHERINE MITCHELL Engineering sophomore Bill Kolodzey plays cards dur- ing a poker tournament in the Michigan Union's U Club yesterday. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. 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WHO: Read Gainsford WHEN: Today at 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Britton Recital Hall, RE.V. Moore Building Make-A-Wish mass meeting WHAT: An informational meeting about Make-A-Wish opportunities on campus WHO: M Stars forthe Make- A-Wish Foundation WHEN: Today atS8 p.m.. WHERE: Anderson Room, Michigan Union CORRECTIONS * An story on page SA of yesterday's Daily (UM Dance presents dose of avant-garde) carried the byline of Priya Bali. Whitney Dibo wrote the article. * A photo caption on yester- day's front page incorrectly identified the type of dance being performed. The photo was of a Raas dancing com- petition. Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. 1 Governor Jennifer Gra- nholm will deliver the 2007 State of the State address tonight. 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