2 - Tuesday, September 11, 2007 The Michigan Dailv - michijzandailv.com 2 - Tuesday, September11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - mirhieandailvrnm 4 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. (414 NlOidtian DaUlm 420 Maynaed at. 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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 CORRECTIONS Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandailycom. 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. r 1 0 I D*ITOS 1001i OFFI THAT'SRI tFREE, Visit our restaurant on Washtenaw biw Huron Parkway & Chalmers, and we'll give you a FREE BURRITO Wednesday, September 1 2th, I I AM - 10 PM. * Ckipotce EXCN GRILL 4 4 4 I t 0