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The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom
The bus. driver's gospel
You've probably seen Bob Grie-
shaber around campus. You may
even have shaken bin hand, chatted
with him or, better yet, heard him
ine gospel music.
For those who haven't heard him
burnt into nong while behind the
wheel, Grienhaber in one of the mont
recognizable bus drivers on campus.
He currently driven the Bursley-
Baits bun route from C.C. Little to
Baits I, but in five years of driving,
he nays he's driven just about every
route.
While on the road, he always
does his bent to make the journey as
enjoyable an possible.
"I try to make it fun for the fresh-
men," he said. "Kind of like their
grandpa's driving the bun."
Often that involves a friendly
'hello' an students get on the bus.
Sometimes he serenades them as he
drives.
"I'm a Christian singer, and I
don't have my tape player going yet,
but I usually practice on the bus,
so they get to listen to me sing," he
said. "Mostly southern gospel"
Accompanying Grieshaber in
Beauregard the Bus Monkey, a fuzzy
brown hand puppet that has ridden
with him for about three years.
"I had him when I had the North-
woods route. He was a big hit with
the little kids," Grieshaber said. "I
think the big kids liked him tuo."
Grieshaber knows "kids" well.
Before becoming a bus driver, he
wan a schoolteacher for more than
26 years. He grew up in Dundee,
Michigan, and graduated from
Louisiana Tech University after two
years at the University of Michigan.
He taught in Louisiana and Arkan-
sas until about nix years ago, when
he returned to Michigan.
An for his current route, Grne-
shaber said his- bus in more often
packed with students on the way to
class, and he prefers it that way.
"I just feel like I'm earning my
paycheck, I guess," he said.
.He said. his new "Diag to Diag"
exprestoute - which runs between
Central Campus and North Campus
- is hit or miss on whether the bus
will be full, though he added, "I'd
like to get it full a lot more."
Full buses or not, Grieshaber
explains that he simply enjoys being
out on the road.
"I just like to drive," he said. "I
came over here and I've had a pretty
good time."
CHARLES GREGG-GEIST
eob Grieshaber, accompanied by Beauregard the eon
Monkey, tries to brighten students's days by saying 'hello'
and singirg to those onoon his Bursley-Baits bus rote.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
BlackBerry Cell phone lifted
swiped from from bookbag
exercise room WHERE: Modern Language
WHERE: Central Campus Rec-
reation Building
WHEN: Tuesday at about 6
p.m.
WHAT: A student reported
their BlackBerry stolen at
approximately 5:40 pm after
leaving the device unattended
on exercise equipment.
Building
WHEN: Tuesday at about 2
p.m.
WHAT: A student reported
their cell phone stolen between
12:00 and 12:30 pm after leav-
ing their bookbag unattended.
No other itemsnfrom bookbag
reported missing.
MCard, keys Vending machine
stolen from vandalized on
bookbag North Campus
WHERE: EarlYV. Moore Build-
WHERE: Dance Building ing
Alternative.
Weekends mass
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WHERE: Couzens Hall liv-
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Radio Club
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WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Room 3411, Electri-
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newest film in the tndiana
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WHERE: Lonie Bell Tower
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