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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.