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A close encounter of the furry kind
ELASTIC EFFORT
It was a aunny day and S was
walking through the Diag eating an
organic granola bar. S saw a squir-
rel burrowing a few feet away from
me and made some clicking noises
at it. S lowered my hand to see if it
would acknowledge me.
I broke off a little piece of my
granola bar, making sure to avoid
the chocolate pieces, because
chocolate is toxic to some ani-
mals.
Isquatted down with the gra-
nola bar in my outstretched hand,
the nugget of food perched about
a centimeter away from the tip of
my finger so the squirrel could see
what IShad to offer.
Surprisingly, it stood upright
and took a few steps my way, sniff-
ing for a potential snack.
Atthis point, I usuallyget scared
and back away - or the squirrel
does, but it showed no hesitation.
As it neared, I noticed it had kind
of a crazed look in its eyes.
I
Ishould have just set the food
down, but S really wanted to see if
it would follow through.
The squirrel walked right up
to my hand, but instead of sitting
and taking the food off my finger
with its paws, asSI thought it would
do for some reason, it opened its
mouth and cbomped down on my
finger.
And it had really sharp teeth.
S stood up, but the squirrel con-
tinued to pursue me. S hurried
away from it and examined my
finger. St wasn't bleeding, but the
skin was broken and had turned
purple.
S wondered if I should getsa shot,
because the crazed little thing
probably had rabies, but S wasn't
bleeding, soSI figured S was OK.
I don't hold it against the squir-
rel; it wasn't being vicious or any-
thing. But next time S see a hungry
squirrel, 511l keep my distance.
ARIKIA MILLIKAN
Panic in the street
A bit after midnight last
Wednesday, the power went out in
my house.
As S was about to embark on a
hunt through the house to find
out which of my housemates had
decided to employ one too many
hair appliances and blow a fuse,I
heard shouts from outside.
We were not suffering alone.
A chorus of infuriated shouts
rang out on Church Street. The
whole block was out, and the whole
block was angry.
About 20 minutes later - dur-
ing which it seemed like a Michi-
gan State-flavored riot or perhaps
the apocalypse might soon be
approaching - the omnipotent
DTE turned power back on.
I could resume watching Zoolan-
der at last.
LISA HAIDOSTIAN
LSA Freshman Akshay Srikanth catches a frisbee during a
drill far the MagnUM Ultimate Frisbee Team. The team has
competed is the national tournament eight out ot the last
t0 years.
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Toilet trouble
costs thousands
WHERE: Northwood IV
apartments
'WHEN: Sunday at about 4:30
p.m.
WHAT: A female student
reported about $4,400 worth
of property damage after her
toilet overflowed and flooded
her apartment, the Depart-
ment of Public Safety reported
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Player collides
with tree
WHERE: South Quad
WHEN: Sunday at about 8 p.m.
WHAT: A male student hit
his head on a tree branch
while playing basketball, DPS
reported. He refused medical
treatment.
Man arrested
for shouting at
Lecture on
future
environmental
concerns
WHAT: A lecture on the
environmental issues facing
the next presidential admin-
istration
WHO: Carol M. Browner,
former administrator of the
Environmental Protection
Agency
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Honigman Audito-
rium, Hutchins Hall
Fraternity
mass meeting
WHAT: An open meeting for
students interested in joining
an Interfraternity Council
fraternity. Representatives
from each IFC chapter will
speak.
WHO: The IFC
WHEN: Today from 7 p.m.
to 9:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
Ballroom
K -grams mass
meeting
WHAT: Interested students
can sign up to be a pen pal
for an elementary school
child. Members will show
a video featuring last year's
participants.
WHO: K-grams
WHEN: Today from 7 to 8
p.m.
WHERE: Auditorium D,
Angell Hall
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1London retailer Harrod's
hired an Egyptian cobra
for a day to guard a pair
of jewel-encrusted sandals,
Agence France-Presse report-
ed.
2Michigan's football team
is ranked last in the Big
Ten in wins, scoring
offense and scoring defense.
>>FOR MORt, SEtEPAGE 10
3Companies in Cincinnati,
Ohio will begin penal-
izing workers who have
high health risks like obesity
and high blood pressure, The
Associated Press reported
yesterday. Prompted by rising
health care costs, more than
300 businesses have sought
legal advice on enacting pen-
alties, which may include pay-
check deductions.
Wuhan wipespassersby
arugs iruin
friend
WHERE: University Hospital
WHEN: Monday at about 1
WHAT: A woman was arrest-
ed for stealing prescription
narcotics from a patient she
was visiting, DPS reported.
WHERE: Shapiro Undergradu-
ate Library
WHEN: Monday at about mid-
night
WHAT: A man not affiliated
with the University was arrest-
ed for disorderly conduct, DPS
reported. The man was yelling
and arguing with strangers
outside the building.
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