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close to as bad as it gets
- living on $30 a day is essentially
HOUSING impossible without a great deal
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knows that for those lucky enough
to getthere, collegeisjusta tempo-
by the time graduation rolls rary lack of material wealth which
around. But all is not lost. The occurs after leaving the comfort
typical degree holder earns a sal- of mom and dad's but before you
ary that easily outpaces the pov- settle into your own mansion.
erty threshold, and for most of us, Still, the next time you find
it won't be long until we have our yourself rummaging in your pock-
own dishwashers either. ets to find change for a local pan-
The dismal student housing handler, you can feel a little more
conditions on campus don't mean virtuous, considering you might be
students should stop caring about giving money to someone who lives
alleviating the burden of the poor in a nicer apartment than you do.
A lounge in East Quad Residence Hall where someone has set up a fan to alleviate the sweltering heat
TALKING
POINTS
Three things you can talk about this week:
1. The mummified Children of Liullaillaco
2. Michigan's early primary
3. Norman Hsu
And three things you
can't:
1. How you paid too
much for your iPhone
2. Lloyd Carr
3. The "High School
Musical" starlet goner
web-nude
BY TH E NUMBERS
Percentage of the world's opium supply produced by the Afghan
poppy trade
Percentage increase of poppy production in a region of southern
Afghanistan since nearly being eradicated in 2005
Number of billions of dollars wrapped up in Afghanistan's poppy
industry. Poppy trafficking partly funds the uprooted Taliban.
Source:CNN.com
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
The life of all
mankind is in
danger because of
the global warm-
ing resulting to a
large degree from
the emissions of
the factories of the
major corpora--
- OSAMA BIN LADEN in a
video recently released by
al Qaeda.
DRINK OF
THE WEEK
Vodka, 7-Up and
grenadine
it closely resembles that drink
that made you feel special when
all the grown-ups got cocktails
and you wanted one too, but the
bartender only winked and said he
had just the right drink for you.
The spiked Shirley Temple is
aesthetically pleasing as well as THE
tasty. Serve it in a clear glass or cup Bu
and add the ingrediets in order of
descending density to achieve the true
effectofarubyrainbow. But watch
out - a popular drink at southern tuiti
colleges, it's sometimes called the SatL
Shirley Vomit, so limit yourself.
Maraschino cherry on plastic Unr
sword is required.Have
- ARIKIA MILLIKAN
"Craig not only opposes gay
marriage, he's in a heterosexual
marriage with kids. Talk about
walking the walk!"
- ANN COULTER on how although Larry Craig is alleg-
edly into soliciting sex in men's rooms, he protects the
sanctity of heterosexual marriage .
"I think what oprah can do is
potentially bring out the congre-
gants of the church of oprah."
- MARTY KAPLAN, University of Southern California
communications professor, on how Oprah Winfrey's
endorsement of Barack Obama for president just might
deliver Obama the masses.
IMYu rmA i Y uuUtb IV
the football team steroids fund-raiser - it's
for many that part of the reason to dole out
on for Michigan is to bask in glory several
urdays a year. Appalachian State? Oregon?
anked? Um, here guys, take these.
your own suggestion? Thesttement@umich.edu
WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
"Fashion week"
A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, that allows fashion design-
ers or "houses" to display their latest collections. The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fash-
ion capitals of Paris, London, New York and Milan. In the early and mid 2000s, fashion weeks sprang up
around the globe to draw attention to designers elsewhere.
In the major fashion capitals, fashion weeks are semiannual events. "Fall" fashion weeks, showcas-
ing designers' fall collections, are held January through March, and "spring" fashion weeks, showcasing
spring collections, are held September through November. Fashion weeks must be held several months in
advance of the season to allow the press and buyers a chance to preview fashion designs for the following
season. This is also to allow time for retailers to arrange to purchase or incorporate the designers into
their retail marketing.
The earliest fashion week, held in New York City in 1943, was designed to attract attention away from
French fashion during World War II, when fashion industry insiders were unable to travel to Paris to see
French fashion shows. Fashion publicist Eleanor Lamber organized an event she called "Press Week" to
showcase American designers for fashion journalists, who had previously neglected their innovations.
(Buyers were not admitted to the shows and instead had to visit designers' showrooms.) Press Week was
a success, and fashion magazines like Vogue, which were normally filled with French designs, increas-
ingly featured American fashion.