2 - Tuesday, November 6, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I Tweety twagedy PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS On my way out of the Chemis- try Building after class, I nearly stepped on a bright yellow bird that was standing perfectly still on the sidewalk in front of the door. The bird, so close to being mashed like gum into the grooves of the several pairs of shoes leav- ing the building, didn't flinch. It didn't fly off when I said "Shoo!" and waved my arms at it. Perhaps it had a personal pur- pose. Perhaps it was paralyzed by a seizure. A few days later, I encountered the same bright, exotic feathers on the Hill Street sidewalk, but this time they were in the form of a pancaked splat. Perhaps the bird was calling out for help outside the Chemistry Building. Perhaps and I could have saved it if Ijust spared the time. JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN See something that embod- ies the Ann Arbor or Univer- sity of Michigan experience? E-mail submissions to gross- man@michigandaily.com. False intelligence Waiting for my Lox-O-Luck sandwich at Amer's one morning, I overheard a man questioning the woman at the cash register. "You're collecting money for counter intelligence?" he asked, referring to the sign on the tip cup. She laughed at what she thought was a joke. Then she realized the man was serious and explained the pun. He was relieved to find out that the coun- ter help wasn't collecting money to support American foreign policy. ANDREW GROSSMAN It's just Halo 3 On a boring weeknight at about 1 a.m., I was in my room finishing homework when my roommate walked in and announces, "We kicked Ohio State's ass!" Not quite sure what he was talking about - the football game was weeks away - I asked him, "Are you all right man? What are you talking about?" He responded: "We see this team called 'osubuckeyes', they challenge us, and we kick their asses, not once, twice!" He doesn't drink, so there was no point asking him if he was drunk. 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SATYAJEET DESHMUKH SAM WOLSON/DaiI6 LSA junior Kyle Sutton (left) and LSA sophomore Avl Bhutyan, members of the College Democrats, campaigned for Democrat- ic presidential candidate Barack Obama on the Diag yesterday. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARLSTAIPFL DAVID GOH Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 stampfl@michigandaily.com goh@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom office hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11a.m. - 2 a.m. 734-763-2459 NewsTips news@michigantdaily.com Corrections corrections@richigandaily.com Letterstothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaity.com Photography Department photo@michigandaily.com Arts Section artspage@michigandaily.com 734-763-0379 Editorial Page opinion@michigandaly.com Sports Section sports@nmichigandaily.com 734-764-8585 Display Sales display@michigandailycoin tlassified Sales classified@michigandaily.com 734-764-0557 Online Sales ontineads@michigandaily.com 734-615-0135 Finance finance@micltigandaily.com EDITORIAL STAFF JeffreyBloomer ManagingEditor bloomer@michigandaily.com Andrew Grossman Managing News Editorgrossman@michigandaily.com NEWSEDITORS:KellyFraser,CarisHerringDave MekelburgGabeNelson ImranSyed EditorialtPage Editor syed@michigandaily.com ASSCIA^TEEDITO RaLPAGEETORS:GaryGraca, Emmarie Huette ani, a,ennelly ,, ASSISTANT EDITORS: Kevin Bunkley, Rachel Wagner Scott Bell Managing Sports Editor bell@michigandaily.com SEN IOR SPORTS EDITORS: H. 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WHAT: A lecture by June Arunga, a Kenyan journalist, about whether Kenya needs more foreign trade to fight poverty in Africa WHO:Students for a Free Economy WHEN: Today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Undergraduate Science Building, Room 1230 Free film screening WHAT: A screening of "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee," a film that analyzes the social, political and economic impact that western expan- sion had on Native Americans WHO: Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs WHEN: Today from 6 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Trotter Multicul- tural Center seminar WHAT: A discussion for stu- dents interested in learning how to negotiate salaries and positions in the workplace WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: 1010 Herbert H. 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