I 2 - Tuesday, January 8, 2008 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towe rs A surpi A few days before winter break, I stepped out of my apartment, armed with an industrial strength metal shov- el, and stared downmy car as it sat in the driveway, buried under a billowy blanket of snow. But for its familiar and sleek outline characteristic of all '95 Eclipses - the epitome of automation - the car was completely unidentifiable under the snow. I began my task of shoveling off layer upon layer of snow. As I went to unearth a mountain of powder on the hood, though, I slipped and landed glu- teus first onthe unforgiving ice. Arising in a tumult of anger and expletives, and obviously presuming the car to be my own, I proceeded to release my frustra- tion by pounding it with the blunt side of my shovel. Only after aglimmer ofgreen peaked through the snow - my car is cherry red - did I realize I was banging on someone else's car. Dear Green Pon- tiac Owner: To you I send my sincerest apologies. ANDY KROLL WEDNESDAY: The Extremist THURSDAY: Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ca C tan Oaio 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL DAVID GOH Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 s'ampfl@michigandai'ye"m goh@miehigndailyom rise under the snow Lords of the dance In-class confessions It was a standard Thursday evening a little before 11 p.m at a campus bar - well before any drink specials had a chance to kick in. Though the bar was quiet, four guys who looked to be rela- tively well-groomed upperclassmen suddenly took to an empty dance floor. They stood motionless until a nod from one guy caused all four to start seizing and gyrating. Their movements could loosely be considered dancing. One started doing the cabbage patch dance, tossing his drink into the air and watching it land all over the dance floor. Amid claps and cheers from the semi-full bar audience, another started doing the worm (which prompted me to wonder who would put their body on that disease-ridden floor). The fun ended when security escort- ed the men off the floor. The dancers seemed to be satisfied with the abrupt end to their performance, each wear- ing a smug, accomplished smile. CHRISTINE VANCE It was the last meeting of a class that had been boring at best and utterly dis- mal at worst. The professor was not a wholly uninteresting man - white haired and passionate about his sub ject, he at least made cynical jokes once in a while. He was just unable to make= anyone care about what he said. When everyone was settled into the last class, eyes already beginning to gloss over, the professor announced, in a grave voice, "I have a confession to make." There was a long silence as he surveyed a room of suddenly inter- ested students. "I have been sleep-4 ing with one of the members of this class." Unbelievable. Shocking. The class reeled. No one said a word until after a few painful seconds, the professor MAX COLLINS/Daily spoke again, pointing towards the LSA junior Bryan Vessels takes advantage of yes- back of the class. "Fortunately, it's terdays warm weatherby playing a picaup eame of foathal with same friends an Wandlawn Avenue. okay. We've been married for 15 years. Yesterday's temperature, which was in the low 60s, Let me introduce you to my wife." was one of the warmest temperatures for the day in BEN VANWAGONER Ann Arbor history. 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