2 - Tuesday, October 14; 2008 The Michigan Daily- michigandaily.cam *I 2 - Tuesday, October14, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom * MW The ba I was minding my own business walking toward the bank last week when a highly confused bee accosted me, attaching itself to my hip. I am terribly allergic to bees. I was scared. As it enjoyed pollinating my hip and drifting in and out of my pocket, I tried shaking it off, but several awk- ward dance moves later, it remained attached. I marched toward the bank in hopes that it would understand that I was, in fact, not a flower or tree. Several minutes later, though, the insect was still securely fastened to my jeans. Finally, overcome with fear, I appealed to the first tough-looking passerby and handed him a piece of paper. "I know this is really weird," I said, "but could you please hitthis bee from my hip?" He gave me a weird look, and then flicked the bee off with ease. I thanked him and acknowledged that ittle against 1 See something that embodies the Ann Arbor or University of Michigan experience? E-mail lhaido@umich.edu. the situation was awkward, but he just quickly nodded and walked away. My hero walked off into the sunset. ALLISON GHA MAN A friendly nudge My family and I were driving back to campus from Zingerman's on Sat- urday, and I had just eaten my weight in food between blondies and Mexi- can hot chocolate. Coming down Fifth St., however, our car became a part of an massive traffic jam that was occupying the street. Somewhat puzzled as to why this was happening at six o'clock, I wait- ed for the car to drive past the cause the bee of the holdup. Finally, inching into a central clearing, I rolled down the window and saw a row of over 300-pound bouncers alongthe curb of the street in front of the 5th Quarter. Each of them were saying, "Come on little guy" and "You can make it!" Still confused as to what was going on, I looked to what or to whom these comments were directed. At first, I saw a man with an ice scraper in hand pushing something on the street. And then I looked down and saw an old fat squirrel stuck in the middle of the street, barely able to move. Soon after I heard myself joining in chorus with the bouncers, encour- aging the squirrel to keep moving. To this my family just rolled their eyes and went back to debating whether the Mexican or Peruvian hot chocolate was better. SALIMAH MOHAMED COOKIES FOR CHARITY KRISTAOBOYD/Daily A group of sororities encouraged students on the Diag yesterday to decorate breast-shaped cookies for the Susan G. 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Grad school info fair WHAT: A panel on funding options for overseas intern- ships and research opportu- nities WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union 'U' faculty host panel on hot campaign topics WHAT: A panel of University faculty will discuss and cri- tique the presidential nomi- nees' stances on health care, taxes, trade, and the financial crisis WHO: Office of Tax Policy Research WHEN: Today at 4:15 p.m. WHERE: Palmer Commons, Great Lakes South Central Room, 4th Floor Showing of medicinal marijuana film WHAT: A free screen- ing of "Waiting to Inhale: Marijuana, Medicine and the Law," which examines the debate over using marijuana as medicine in the United States WHO: Students for Sensible Drug Policy WHEN: Tonight at 9 p.m. WHERE: Kraus Building, Natural Science Auditorium CORRECTIONS * An article in yesterday's Daily (U.S. Rep. parses out nominees' social stances) incorrectly identified Rebekah Warren as a U.S. Rep. She is a state represen- tative. . Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. Joey Chestnut, the 24-year- old world hotdog eating champion, set a new record in the pizza-eating department, wolfing 45 slices in 10 min- utes, the New York Daily News reported. He folded the slices, chugged water from solo cups, and never appeared to chew. After sitting out this weekend's upset loss to Toledo with a bruised throwing elbow, Michigan quarterback Steven Threet is expected to start this week- end against Penn State, head coach Rich Rodriguez said. >>FORMORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE8 Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the first cell phone call ever placed, the Chicago Sun Times reported. The phone cost $3,995, was 13 inches long, and weighed 1.75 pounds. Purse swiped Man injures from University hand with knife Hospital WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Sunday at 8 p.m. WHAT: A woman reported that her purse was stolen from the University Hospital, Uni- versity Police reported. The purse was valued at $60. Police have no suspects. WHERE: Samuel Trask Dana Building WHEN: Sunday at around 12:45 p.m. WHAT: A man cut his thumb with an X-Acto Knife while completing a project, Univer- sity Police reported. The man was transported to the Univer- sity Hospital for treatment. 6 6 Google and the University of Michigan have partnered to bring together a conference exploring the scientific and research applications of Google Earth and virtual globe technology. Where: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI When: October 22nd and 23rd Who should come: Anyone interested in learning how Google Earth, Maps, and other tools are being used to enable new applications in: Public policy Demographics Disease tracking Planetary Science Disaster Response Archeology Climate change Astronomy Pollution Geosciences General Science Education Keynote speakers include: Tim Killeen, Assistant Director for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation Dan Adkins, former Director of the National Science Foundation Office of Cyberinfrastructure. Sean Askay, Google Earth Outreach Evangelist Michael Weiss-Malik, Google KML Product Manager Participants are invited to bring posters and will have a forum to exchange their ideas and work with others with similar focus and interest. Google engineers will work directly with students and researchers to teach tips and tricks for overcoming technical problems and to provide training for those, interested in advanced techniques with KML. GoogleEarthConference.engin.umiCh edu Registration Deadline Oct 17th Brought to you by: Google Earth Education Outreach University of Michigan College of Engineering, Center for Entrepreneurship 6 6 0