4h 2A - Thursday, September 11, 2008 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." 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Moore Build- WHERE: Dance Building ing Alternative. Weekends mass meeting WHAT: A informational session about Alternative Weekends, a volunteer orga- nization. WHO: The Ginsberg Center WREN: Tonight at WHERE: Couzens Hall liv- ing room Radio Club mass meeting WHAT: A station tour and information session about the University's Amateur Radio Club. Free pizza will be nerved. WHO: The UM Amateur Radio Club WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Room 3411, Electri- cal Engineering and Com- puter Science Building Outdoor movie on North Diag WHAT: A screening of the newest film in the tndiana Jones series, screened on the North Campus Diag WHO: University Unions Arts and Programs and Soci- ety of Women Engineers WHEN: Tonight at 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Lonie Bell Tower Semester in Detroit meeting WHAT: An information ses- sion on Semester in Detroit, a new residency program WHO: Ginsberg Center WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall, Audi- torium C CORRECTIONS Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandailycom. 1Ann Arbor ranked as the third-beat place in the United States to retire by Black Enterprise Maga- zine. Durham, North Carolina claimed the top spot in the sur- vey, which wan based on-qual- ity of life, affordable health care, and other considerations. 2Junior Canlon Brown may see playing time at quar- terback this Saturday at Notre Dame. 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