2 - Monday, February 19, 2008 MONDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers The Extremist Explained Before You Were Here Runnin in a ASINKING FEELING nunng mito a former flhng- sort of My sister visited last weekend, so I braved the cold to walk across cam- pus to a party my friend was hosting. About an hour into the party, my sister asked me if I knew the guy standing across the room where she had been talking to a friend. I looked over and saw it was a past boyfriend. After I nodded, she giggled and said she's fairly certain he had his sisters confused. After several lines of dia- logue and a maybe hug or two, he was convinced he was talkingto his ex. Despite being two years and two inches shorter than me, my sister and I are often told that we look alike. I also noticed my ex-boyfriend wasn't wearing his glasses and had clearly played more than one game of kings. "Should I go tell him I'm not you?" Isaidyes,thenwatched asshewent over andinterruptedhisconversation to ask his name. After he confusedly gave it to her, she announced that she wasn't me, but my sister. He looked around awkwardly before spotting me, and then came to CRIME NOTES address the person he actually knew. because a guy I had never seen before "You and your sister look alotalike," stood, waved, and declared, "That he said, attempting to save face. was me!" before sitting back down. I couldn't control my laughter as "Yeah, CS" right back at you. he left. TOMHAYNES EMILYBARTON Criminally fun Showing some love As I was approaching the back door After passing a group of party- of my dorm Sunday night, two other goers on my return from a late-night guys were walking toward me from a sandwich run, I was startled to hear different direction. As I got closer, I one yell my major, "Yeah, Computer overheard some of their conversation. Science!" Confused, I turned around "You're going to get so made fun but couldn't make out the culprit. of," one of the guys said to his friend Comforted that others on campus who opened the door for all of us. share my passion for coding - but a I followed them inside as the sec- little creeped out, too - I continued ond guy replied, "I'm just going to home to enjoy my food. tell people it was a rough night." Before a lecture the next week, I As they walked into the better-lit told my engineering friends the story area, I realized what they were talk- and asked for their Saturday night ing about. The guy who opened the alibis. After extensive questioning, I door had a pair of silver handcuffs determined that none of them were danglingfrom his left wrist. the anonymous yellers. Our dis- I can only imagine how he got cussion must have been audible to himself into such a predicament. the front of the classroom, though, BETH WITTENSTEIN CAMPUS EVENTS& NOTES Rackham student Fernando Tavares competes in an Engineers Week event to see whose foil boat can hold the most weight. Their boat held more than 200 pen- nies and 100 Jolly Ranchers. 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