. 2 - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Punch and run LEGALIZE IT It was 1 a.m. on a Thursday when this wa I got punched in the face, walking forget. home alone from work. Some drunken wreck of a kid - eyes glazed, mouth agape, feet stumbling over each other - trotted beside me as I crossed to the WX side of the street where my house was. I glanced at him, and, without even Footb saying a word, he socked me in the inAnnA side of the face with his fist and took camarad off running. But if At first I was confused. Then con- crowd, j fusion turned to pain, and pain turned of theBi to rage. I charged after him, running I was do with all the speed I could muster so Street,v earlyin the morning.AsIwas doingso, a compu I dialed the police on my cell phone. Alont We ended up in front of the CCRB. ently he Just as the kid went to take off run- group d ning again, acop pulled up. Then four "Yeal more cops pulled up. The kid, terri- I smi fied, lay down face-first on the ground we pass and began sobbing. The cops gathered around around him, laughing hysterically. head. T I didn't press charges - the kid had my butt been humiliated enough. I just hope "Did he remembers everything and that myself. s one drunken night he won't BRANDON CONRADIS The answer was yes. I guess folks like you a lot better if you wear blue on football day. THOMAS CHAN iolverine spanks T s The coolest virgins ballSaturdaysmeanalotofthings Arbor, but one ofthe biggest is the derie amongst Michigan fans. f you want to stand out from the just walk the opposite direction ig House - which is exactly what oing as I headed north on State wearing blue and tryingto get to ter. g came avery flushed girl, appar- eading toward the stadium in a onned in Wolverine attire. h! Go Blue!" she shouted at me. led at her and kept walking. As sed each other, I saw her spin with her palm raised above her hen I felt a sharp sensation on and jumped forward. she just spank me?" I asked Walking home last Saturday night, my friends and I ran into a middle- aged man and his son who asked for YE the number for a taxi. I had Yellow Cab's number, so we stopped to help. We were dressed up from a mid- A night showing of the Rocky Horror o Picture Show. One of the actors from the show had drawn "V"s on each of- our foreheads in lipstick.' The man asked us what the Vs meant, and we explained they meant virgin, because it was the first time any of us had seen the show. He smiled and replied, "Well this is the most fun I've ever had with a group of virgins." KRiSTA BOYD/Dai You, sir, have just earned yourself a LSA unior Chris Chiles, executive director of Yaeo, s, aStudents tar Sensible Drugs, speaks to LSA junior Facebook photo album title. 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