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Losing their religion

TUFFET TALK

One of the most interesting
things about the Notre Dame vs.
Michigan game is what it does to
the religious attitudes of fans.
Take for example the guy ina
Michigan shirt I overheard yell-
ing at a guy in a Notre Dame shirt
at a tailgate party.
"You know what?" he yelled. "I
hate your team. And I hate your
religion."
Then there was the pope.
Outside the stadium, a student
was dressed as the Holy Father. He
wasn't giving the sign of the cross,
though. Instead, he held up a foam
hand that said "Shock 'em."
His friend was holding a sign
that pointed out the obvious:
"The pope is a Michigan fan."
ANDREW GROSSMAN
Game-day rations
At a football tailgate on Satur-
day, the beer supply was dwin-

dling as the afternoon dragged waste.
on. The keg was tapped and the
last for-emergency-only Nattie
Light cans were being rationed. '
As the situation became dire Blu
and it looked as though we actu--
ally might arrive on time for kick- Late
off, word got out that someone my frie
was going to go buy a case. in the
Hallelujah! when
About 10 minutes after it the se
arrived, though, two boys started he app
not onlyhurlinghalfempty cups of blues-b
beer at each other, but even worse: told us
They went on to commit the ulti- for the
mate collegiate sin and cracked it at th
open full cans of beer and dumped describ
them on each other. in the
As I stood in disbelief and the atr
watched such a cherished com- barely
modity darken their maize T- dorm r:
shirts and stream down strands various
of hair, I finally understood the When1
hurt my mother felt when I would a bit o
leave untouched vegetables on music j
my dinner plate. Never again will so muc.
I let something so precious go to A

LISA HAIDOSTIAN
es improv
one night freshman year,
ends and I were jamming
basement of East Quad
we were interrupted by
curity guard. Although
reciated our ham-fisted,
ased meanderings, he
we needed to pack it up
night. Instead of leaving
at, though, he went on to
e his various experiences
Vietnam War (including
ocities of Agent Orange),
preventing a suicide in a
oom over a decade ago and
other intense anecdotes.
he finally left we were in
f daze and felt our blues
ust didn't seem to matter
h anymore.
NDREW SARGUS KLEIN

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Engineering junior Megan Haubert and tngineering senior
Allen Fisher alk in the Wave Field on North Campus yesterday
afternoon. Maya Lin created the Wave Field in 1995 as an art
piece.

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CRIME NOTES

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Vandal damages Dance partners

artwork
WHERE: Cancer Center, 1400
W. Medical Center Drive
WHEN: Sunday at about 8:30
WHAT: A building supervisor
arrived to find three paint-
ings ripped from the wall and
coffee spilled on the floor, the
Department of Public Safety
reported. No cost estimates
were given. Police have no'
suspects.
Dancer injured
WHERE: Central Campus
Recreation Building
WHEN: Sunday at about 1i
a.m.
WHAT: A female student
injured her back during a
dance practice, DPS reported.
The injury was caused by a
pre-existing condition. She
was transported to the Univer-
sity Hospital for treatment..

argue
WHERE: State Street
WHEN: Sunday at about 11:15
a.m.
WHAT: Police intervened
in an argument between a
male and a female student,
DPS reported. The students,
who knew each other in high
school, had once gone to a
dance together. DPS referred
the pair to conflict resolution
resources.
Student's car
smashed in lot
WHERE: Lot M-28, 1500
Washington Heights
WHEN: Sunday at about 7 p.m.
WHAT: A male student
reported that his parked car
was damaged in a hit-and-run
accident, DPS reported. There
were no witnesses and police
have no suspects.

Washington
internship mass,
meeting
WHAT: A mass meeting for
students looking for public
service internships in Wash-
ington D.C.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Today from 5:30 to
6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Betty Ford Class-
room, Weill Hall
Pre-law info
session
WHAT: LSA pre-law advi-
sors will be on hand to
answer sophomores' ques-
tions.
WHO: LSA Sophomore Con-
nection, Student Academic
Affairs
WHEN: Today from 5:30
p.m. to6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Rooms G239 and

G241, Angell Hall
Journalist,
author to speak
on China
WHAT: A lecture and book
signing on China in conjunc-
tion with a summer reading
program for freshmen
WHO: Journalist James
Kynge, author of "China
Shakes the World," the Cen-
ter for Chinese Studies
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Men are less likely than
women to wash their hands
after using the bathroom,
according to a recent study,
The Associated Press report-
ed. Researchers observed
the bathroom habits of 6,000
people and found 30 percent
of men skipped the sink com-
pared to 12 percent of women.
Keeping too many per-
sonal knickknacks may
hurt your professional
image at work, according to
researchers at the Ross School
of Business. A study released
yesterdayreported thatifmore
than one out of five objects on a
worker's desk are of a personal
nature, co-workers may think
of them as unprofessional.
Michigan coach Lloyd
Carr said senior quarter-
back Chad Henne's leg
injury is a sprain.
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