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MONDAY: UESD WEDNESDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers Arbor Anecdotes Explained
A gift of leftover lager
Last weekend, three strangers broke Blue" and w
into our apartment, placed our kitchen See something that embodies the The drive ho
chairs upside down on our table and Ann Arbor or University of Michi- AT
were chatting in our kitchen but ran gan experience? E-mail submis-
out when my roommates got home. sions to grossman@michigandaily. The fri
Nothing was stolen, but we found a six ______. __The______r
pack of Wolverine beer in the kitchen.
After googling the beer to make sure can handle mom and dad and their One night
it wasn't fake, we drank it. ducklings decked out inred giving ine at about 3 a
It's an amazing lager. looks. with orang(
SAST-A COMPRrE The last time I wandered into m drivewa
THURSDAY:
Before You Were Here
FRIDAY:
The Extremist'
A friendly face in an
unfriendly town
I have a special relationship with
Toledo-specifically,theCrackerBar-
rel near the Ohio Turnpike. Because I
rarely fly home to Washington, D.C.,
the drive has become a bit of a ritual.
Sporting a Michigan hoodie in that
Cracker Barrel always draws looks.
They're furtive, quick, passive, but
they're there. The, waitresses smile a
little too hard, but the food is hot and
the coffee decent. I can handle this. I
faithful half-diner-half-kitch-ped-
dlig establishment, I was feeling
horrible. Hung over, bleary-eyed and
exhausted. I had nine hours to go.
The looks, the looks were there, and
I wasn't in the mood. I should have
taken off that hoodie before heading
in.
The food didn't help. I was starting
to get simply pissed at the world and
all the people in that greasy spoon.
You don't know me! I love Ohio! My
family is from Ohio!
As I made my way out, a grizzled
man sitting at a table by the doorturned
to me, revealing the oldest Michigan
shirt I have ever seen. He growled "Go
u vwy.
The next
poster taped
the cat's des
ous night.
So I calle
message. I'd
for several d
A few day
poster taped
advertising
on to say th
striped.
I found m
explanation
events, butI
deserves its
inked. I nodded, relieved.
me wasn't so bad.
NDREWSARGUS KLEIN
isky feline
t I came home from work
.m. and there was a cat
e stripes sitting in my
day, I found a lost cat
on my mailbox matching
scription from the previ-
d the number and left a
didn't hear anything back
ays.
ys later, there was a new
d over the old one. It was
free kittens, and it went
at they were orange and
yself wondering about the
for this peculiar chain of
soon decided that the cat
privacy.
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LSA freshman Nicole Batchelor and Engineering
unior Chelsea Snodgrass participate in a Iron
vegetarian cooking class in the Michigan Union
last night.
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CRIME NOTES
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Man taken into
custody for
indecent
exposure
WHAT: A man was appre-
hended by the Ann Arbor
Police Department after a
caller reported he was fondling
himself late Saturday night and
early Sunday morning. The
Department of Public Safety
canceled a crime alert issued
last Thursday in connection
to the case. DPS is still seek-
ing witnesses and encourag-
ing them to call'the Criminal
Investigation Unit at (734) 763-
3434 with information.
Laptop left on
car stolen
WHERE: Parking lot, 1305 N.
University Ave.
WHEN: Sunday at about 10 p.m.
WHAT: A student's laptop was
stolen after she left the com-
puter unattended on the hood
of her car for about an hour,
DPS reported. The laptop was
valued at about $1,000.
Wallet stolen
from CCRB
WHERE: Central Campus
Recreation Building
WHEN: Sunday at about 7 p.m.
WHAT: A student's wallet was
stolen while he was playing
basketball, DPS reported. The
wallet contained $100 in cash
and a credit card.
Man'escorted
from hospital
WHERE: University Hospital
WHEN: Sunday at about 3:45
a.m.
WHAT: A man not affiliated
with the University was given a
warning for trespassing in the
building, DPS reported.
Poetry reading
WHAT: American and Brit-
ish poet Anne Stevenson will
read new work.
WHO: Institute for Humani-
ties
WHEN: Today from noon to
be available to answer ques-
tions about a career in foreign.
affairs.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Today from 5 to 6:30
p.m.
WHERE: Room 1120, Weill
Hall
0330 p.m.
WHERE: Room 2022, 202 S.
Thayer St.
prospective
Classical music Army dentists
concert
WHAT: A free concert fea-
turing pieces by Mozart,
Tchaikovsky and Haydn
WHO: University Philharmo-
nia Orchestra
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Hill Auditorium
Info session on
State Dept. jobs
WHAT: State Department
diplomats and interns will
WHAT: Army representa-
tives will be presenting infor-
mation about scholarships to
dental school and answering
questions from the audience.
WHO: Pre-Dental Associa-
tion
WHEN: Today from 6 to 7:30
p.m.
WHERE: Room G550, School
of Dentistry
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A Brooklyn, N.Y. high
school banned students
from wearing costumes
on Halloween after a student
came to school dressed as
Adolf Hitler last year, the New
York Post reported. The same
student intends to dress up
anyway - as Jesus.
ABC created a sitcom
based on the popular
Geico insurance cave-
men commercials.
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A Nebraska state sena-
tor filed a lawsuit against
God last week for causing
"widespread death, destruc-
tion and terrorization of mil-
lions upon millions of the
Earth's inhabitants," The Asso-
ciated Press reported. "God"
responded to Ernie Chambers
(D-Omaha) through a Corpus
Christi law office. He claims
that the Omaha District Court
lacks jurisdiction.
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