2 - Tuesday, December 11, 2007
MONDAY:TUESDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers Arbor Anecdotes
WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY:
Explained Before You Were He
End of semester 'now or nevers'
FRIDAY:
ire The Extremist
MAKING IT MOVE
After the professor collected final
papers, passed out course evaluation
sheets and left the room just 15 minutes
into the last class period, my classmates
began to gather their things and shuffle
out the door without a look back. Most of
my classmates, that is. One short, book-
ish boy held back, musteringup the cour-
age to ask something of a girl who was
sliding her evaluation into the envelope.
Though I didn't hear how he worded his
entreaty, the girl's response - "Um, no
thanks. I'm flattered, though" - implied
romantic rejection.
Soon after turning in my own evalu-
ation, I found a vacant computer out-
side the Fishbowl and within minutes
overheard the "letting down nicely" of
another luckless suitor.
"So," a boy said to a girl as they left
the lecture hall. "I was wondering ifyou
wanted to get dinner this week?" "Um,
as friends?" his darling replied. "Well,
as whatever you'd like ..." The girl mum-
bled something about a probably make-
believe boyfriend, then chirped, "But I
like talking to you," before running off.
See something that embodies the
Ann Arbor or University of Michi-
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to lhaido@umich.edu.
These might be common occurences
near the end of the semester. After all,
before final exams or Christmas music,
'tis the season for realizing that your
lab partner was only really interested in
your answers to the homework.
JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN
A chase with a score
Although it was a clear indication
that our little town is about to go into
hibernation, last week's snowfall, with
quarter-sized snowflakes, was lovely.
As I was walking to work, though, my
reverie was interrupted by the sight of a
dog in the middle of the intersection at
State and William. Ownerless and ter-
rified, it nonetheless refused to come
to me when I beckoned. A girl (not the
owner) was running toward the dog,
and without thinking I loped along next
to her as the pooch scampered toward
the Modern Languages Building..
The chase quickly lost its sponta-
neous fun when the poor thing was
nearly run over by abus before my eyes.
Panic set in, which was heightened by
the music in my headphones - Alicia
Keys's hit "No One."
Seriously, I was living in a bad movie.
Her enormous harmonies on the cho-
rus seemed to urge me forward. Into
the Diag I followed that dog, yelling
at people - probably much too loudly
because of my headphones - to grab
him (or was ita her?).
Despite the song's epically melancholy
exigency, I lost hope as the dog ran into
the middle of a bunch of idling kids near
the Haven side of Angell Hall. I yelled,
"The dog! The dog! Please hold onto the
dog! Please!"
They gave me looks of utter incom-
prehension. The dog ran on. I went to
work with Keys's "Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohs"
in my soul.
ANDREW SARGUS KLEIN
CRIME NOTES
Restroom sign Computer chair
taken from door stolen from lab
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
WHERE: West Quad
WHEN: Saturday at about 4
a.m.
WHAT: A housingsecurity
employee called to reporta
women's restroom sign stolen,
the Department of Public Safety
reported. The sign was taken
off the door of a bathroom
on the third floor of Chicago
House. Police have no suspects.
Student slips
outside Grad
WHERE: Harlan Hatcher
Graduate Library
WHEN: Sunday at about 11:20
a.m.
WHAT: A student fell on
the ice outside the Gradu-
ate Library, DPS reported.
He suffered a possible knee
injury and was escorted to
the University Hospital by an
officer.
WHERE: East Quad
WHEN: Sunday at about 11:45
a m.
WHAT: An East Quad employ-
ee reported a computer chair
stolen, DPS reported. The
chair, valued at $75, was taken
from a computing site between
Friday at 8 a.m. and Saturday
at 11:40 a.m. Police have no
suspects.
Hit and run
dents minivan
WHERE: M-71 parking lot on
Fuller Rd.
WHEN: Sunday at about 8:15
p.m.
WHAT: A burgundy Ford
Windstar owned by a Univer-
sity hospital staff member was
dented on the passenger side
door and quarter panel while it
was parked, DPS reported.
Workshop on
how to speak
publicly
WHAT: Public speaking
expert Jim Truman will host
a seminar on how to become
a better public speaker. Tru-
man has traveled around the
country and been on Oprah to
share his secrets about con-
nectingwith an audience.
WHO: Michigan Toastmas-
ters
WHEN: Today at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union,
Anderson Room
Finals stress
relief
WHAT: Free massages, food,
giveaways, yoga, student per-
formances, games and engi-
neering tutoring
WHO: University Unions
Arts and Programs, Michigan
Student Assembly and the
UM Engineering Council
WHEN: Today from 8 p.m. to
midnight
WHERE: Pierpont Com-
mons
Chamber choir
concert
WHAT: A performance by
the University of Michigan
Chamber Choir. No tickets
required.
WHO: School of Music, The-
atre and Dance
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Hill Auditorium
CORRECTIONS
. A basketball notebook on
page 5Bof yesterday's Daily
(Udoh shines infirst start of
the season) incorrectly said
Michigan didn't play Duke
during Tommy Amaker's ten-
ure as head coach. Michigan
played Duke in December
2002.
Please report any error in
the Daily to corrections@
michigandaily.com.
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:d Design junior Katie Jacquez looks at
:kao Rackhan student Lenbitteecher
fisa! presentation of a class aboutmove-
called Making It Move: From Gears to
I Waves. The show was in the Art and
ecture Building last night.
University Health Service
and Michigan Visiting
Nurses will be offering flu
shots today from 3-5 p.m. in the
Wolverine Room of the Michi-
gan Union. Cost is $33, but the
shot is covered by many insur-
ance policies. No appointment
needed.
Two journalists wear-
ing overalls that said "Al
Qaeda Airline" walked
into a Romanian airport and
planted fake bombs on planes,
according to news conglomer-
ate Ananova. The reporters not
only drove into a supposedly
secure parking lot undetected
but strolled around the air-
plane unchecked. An investiga-
tion of airport security is being
launched.
As little as $5 can get you
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night of carnival, bur-
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