2B - Monday, April 14, 2008
DAISEPLAN
DAILY SPORTS BREAKS DOWN THE WEEKEND THAT WAS
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
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SAID AND HEARD
"I just told him he should
shave, so he did that and he
looked pretty good."
- Michigan senior Chad Kolarik on how he
prepped his best friend, senior captain Kevin
Porter, for his Hobey Baker award ceremony.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
ADAM HARRIS
At the Sea Ray Relays in Knox-
ville, Tenn., the junior set two
personal records as well as
two NCAA Mideast Regional
qualifying times in the 100-
and 200-meter dash.
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EverythingI need to know, I learned at the Daily
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oday is my last day of class at the
University of Michigan. Forever.
I've tried bracing myself for it,
but it's one of those situations where no
matter how prepared you think you are,
you're going to end up completely unpre-
pared. The ongoing battle between excite-
ment and sheer terror has pretty much
been declared a draw. Judging by this long
column, which I expect about three people
to make it all the way through, it looks like
nostalgia is the emotion
of choice today. -
My one-time Michi-
ganState-lovingparents .1
tell stories about my
family convening in our
little living room back
in Fremont to watch
the big Michigan State- SCOTT
Michigan game way BELL
back when. My parents
and sister were cheer-
ing for their beloved
Spartans, but for some reason, little five-
year-old me was already rooting for Michi-
gan. They don't know why. I don't know
why. It kind of defies logic. Needless to say,
it was just the beginning of what eventu-
ally turned into a near-obsession.
Soon, my passion for Michigan extended
beyond what likely began as a mere spite
cheer. I loved everything the block 'M'
stood for. I loved Ann Arbor. And I loved
the prospect of getting a degree from one
of the nation's top universities. It has been
Michigan or bust ever since that day 17
years ago.
I can still remember coming to Ann
Arbor on Campus Day a few months after
getting accepted into Michigan - still
one of the proudest days of my life. There
I stood on State Street, facing Angell Hall
and being excited about how much I'd
learn inside the massive, storied building
in front of me. I had broken out of Hick-
ville, USA and was finally going to make
something of myself. I was going to learn
alongside intellectual giants and become
one myself.
About six months later when classes
finally began, I stumbled upon the Daily
table at Festifall, decided to check out
a mass meeting and, well, everything
changed.
Four years later, Ican count on one hand
the number of classes I've thoroughly
enjoyed at Michigan. Then I can take a
knife, cut off a couple of those remaining
fingers and count on my newly disfigured
hand how many of those classes taught me
information I'll ever consistently use in my
future endeavors.
Needless to say, I can describe the in-
class experience at Michigan with the
same word I'd use to describe Duke bas-
ketball, public displays of affection and
waking up before noon: overrated.
Oddly enough, all I would have had to
do that March afternoon was turn around
and face the other way on State Street.
Nestled behind one of those all-girl dorms
I always confuse with Betsy Barbour and
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