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It was a Friday morning and I was
washing my face. Home alone, I heard
the door to my apartment open. A deep
voice called "Giiirls?" followed by "It's
the maintenance guy!" I was pretty
excited because apparently our land-
lords thought it was time our lights and
sinks worked.
My excitement, though, evaporated
quickly. I yelled "Hello," and the main-
tenance man replied by asking me if I
was showering. I replied that I was just
washing my face.
I sought refuge in my room as he
began to do some repairs in the bath-
room.
For the next 20 minutes I heard
intermittent shouts of "bastard!" and
"Goddamn it!" which provided a nice
soundtrack for my homework. He then
appeared at my doorway and asked me if
I was the only one home. I said yes. This
was a mistake.
He then said, "Oh good," followed by a
mock whisper, "I have to go to the bath-
room." I heard him open the bathroom
window, so I turned my television louder
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and tried to remind myself that at least
the repairs were finally getting done.
LISA HAIDOSTIAN
A high school reunion
My house planned a party for the
night of the Ohio State game. We
planned the theme and the booze
beforehand - but the entertainment
came as (sort of) a surprise.
I came home the night before after a
day of quasi-job interviews, too much
coffee and 3-inch heels to one of my
housemates insisting that a guy named
"Alex" who "played guitar" in a band
called "Electric Playground" found her
on Facebook and said his band wanted
to play our house, for free - and that he
knew me.
Neither Alex nor Electric Playground
rang a bell. "You're supposed to call him
back," my housemate said. I decided to
take a nap instead, but she came knock-
ing an hour later.
"Kim! That Alex guy is here! From
Electric Playground."
"I don't know who he is!"
"You need to see him. He's in the
kitchen."
I panicked momentarily, expecting
some stranger who found my house on
Facebook to greet me in the kitchen. I
looked for some weaponry, just in case.
But I came upstairs only to see an old
high school friend.
Things had obviously changed since
we went to college. Like many kids in
high school, most people only knew
him by his last name.
"It's OK," he said to my housemate.
"Kim doesn't know me by my first
name."
So the band played. Two of the other
members were also graduates of my high
school; they're now at Western Michigan
University. It was like Troy High School
Battle of the Bands 2004 all over again.
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LSA freshman Jerry Zhao buys lunch from
Nourish International in Angell Hall yester-
day afternoon. The group sold rice, beans and
bread to raise money for a relief trip to Bra-
zil this summer and to raise awareness about
world hunger.
CRIME NOTES
Student slips,
hits head in Law
Quad courtyard
WHERE: Law Quad
WHEN: Sunday at about 5:45
p.m.
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
WHEN: Sunday at about 7 p.m.
WHAT: Two men painted a
star and a penguin in red and
black spray paint on the wall of
the parking structure, the DPS
reported. Police were unable
to locate the men. The incident
is under investigation. Police
have no suspects.
WHAT: A male student fell in Police can't
the courtyard of the Law Quad
and hit his head, the Depart- locate League
ment Public Safety reported.a
He was taken to University ser
Hospital by ambulance for Y r IL r
treatment. WHERE: Michigan League
WHEN: Sunday at about 5:30
Vandals mark p.m.
WHAT: A staff member
garage with reported that a man not affili-
ated with the University was
drawings watching television in the
building, DPS reported. Police
WHERE: Hill Carport, 1001 were unable to locate the
Hill St. trespasser.
AIDS week
lecture
WHAT: A speaker affected
by HIV from the HIV/AIDS
Resource Center of Washt-
enaw County will discuss
the disease. The event is
part of World AIDS Week
2007.
WHO: Office of Lesbian Gay
Bisexual and Transgender
Affairs
WHEN: Today from 5to 6
p.m.
WHERE: Ballroom, Michi-
gan League
American
studies lecture
WHAT: Philip Deloira, a his-
tory and American culture
professor in residence, will
give a lecture titled "What
Happened to American Stud-
ies?"
WHO: Institute for the
Humanities
WHEN: Today from noon to
1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Room 2022, 202. S.
Thayer St.
China lecture
WHAT: New York University
Professor Andrew Ross will
discuss China's growth.
WHO: Center for Chinese
Studies
WHEN: Today from noon to
1 .m.
WHERE: School of Social
Work, Room 1636
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Canadian scientists
unearthed a 68-million-
year-old dinosaur skull
about the size of a small car, the
Edmonton Journal in Alberta
reported. The skull was identi-
fied as a distant relative of the
Triceratops.
Officials in a Wisconsin
village have attached a
$1 price tag to a defunct
bridge over the Kickapoo River
because they think it's going to
collapse soon, The Associated
Press reported. A local resident
said the bridge is a bargain
given the current price of steel.
University of Iowa head
football coach Kirk
Ferentz, a contender to
replace Lloyd Carr, has won
the Big Ten Coach of the Year
award twice since arriving in
Iowa City.
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