2A - Thursday, November 13, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ab 2A - Thursday, November13, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom . _ FRIDAY: Explained The campus renaissance man By May, Arnaud Valeille will have two master's degrees and two Ph.D.s in engineering and space science. In between study sessions, he's managed to squeeze in a Hawai- ian Ironman triathlon, four nights of partying a week and road trips through 25 states. The native Parisian and campus socialite with the Facebook moniker "Arno Frenchie Bartender" doesn't know what he'll do with his educa- tion or where he'll go next, but said his main goal is to "keep moving." Valeille, who speaks French, Eng- lish, German and Japanese, has an insatiablethirstforactivity. Sincehe first arrived on campus three years ago, he has spent hours learning to unicycle inthe basement of'U' Tow- ers. Valeille has also taught himself how to juggle and practices the Bra- zilian martial artofJiu-Jitsu. "I have to do something. I can't wait for the bus doing nothing," he said, pulling two striped hackey sacks out of his coat pocket. "Now I'm super patient. I can wait for hours, no worries." Ile cites travel as his favorite pastime. Just ask him how many countries he's been to and he'll shrug and point to a withered pass- port filled with stamps. It's "traveler's luck" that makes it possible for him to have fun every day and stick out in people's minds, he said. He said he spends most nights visiting multiple parties on campus, never staying in one spot for more than an hour. "You're new in a city, you ask people what's going on," he said. "Because you're French, you have an accent,you don't know a country. I'm a butterfly, I love to meet people." Valeille first experienced the Michigan social scene by stum- bling across a chocolate pudding fight at "the Barn", a party house on Hill Street and Oakland Ave- nue, during his door-to-door hunt for housing in 2005. The house turned out to be full, but when the residents learned that ValeilleusedtobartendinLondonand the United Kingdom they promptly asked him to make cocktails. During his time at Michigan, Valeille has used his free time to trav- el, discovering the Mardi Gras fes- tivities in New Orleans, running the Detroit Marathon, spending Thanks- givingin South Africa and traveling to Montreal with the snowboard club. "When you're going somewhere new, you go there with curiosity," he said. "I lived in Paris for 20 years and Inever went to the Eiffel Tower. Every morning I could open my window and see it, but I never went, because I could go any day." Gettingthemostoutofwhereyou are is "just a state of mind," he said. 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WHEN: Wednesday at about midnight WHAT: A motorist crashed into car parked on Bonisteel Road, University Police report- ed. The parked car was forced into another car, damaging it and a fourth vehicle. No one was injured. Two of the vehi- cles were severely damaged and towed from the scene. Manfalls after basketbailgame WHERE: Crisler Arena WHEN: Tuesday at about 9 p.m. WHAT: A spectator at a Michi- gan basketball game twisted his ankle while walking up the aisle way, University Police reported. Paramedics were contacted but the man declined treatment. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Astronomy talk Eugene Onegin WHAT: A talk on the life cycle of star clusters. The lecture, to be given by Rupali Chandar of the University of Toledo, is part of the weekly Astronomy Colloquia series. WHO: Department of Astronomy WHEN: Today, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Dennison Building, room 807 performance WHAT: An opera featur- ing the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky will be per- formed in Russian with Eng- lish subtitles. WHO: University Opera Theater and University Sym- phony Orchestra WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Power Center Talk on social Beats 'n' Eats If you think they're out to get you, you're not alone. Paranoia, may be a lot more common than previ- ously thought, The Associated Press reported. A British sur- vey found that 21 percent of people thought there had been times when others were acting against them. The University of Michi- gan Museum of Art reno- vation project cost $41.9 million and was 95-percent privately funded. FOR MORE, SEE WTHE B-SIDE, PAGE1B To deal with the slug- gish economy, one in five companies is cancelling or scaling down its annual holiday party, according to the workplace consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., The Associated Press reported. protesting in '68 WHAT: A panel discussion on the impact of social pro- testing, moderated by Univer- sity Librarian Paul Courant and Roger Lowenstein, a Uni- versity alum who represented the Chicago Eight. WHO: University Library WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, room 100 WHAT: Listen to music per- formed by students while eat- ing lunch. WHO: University Arts and Programs WHEN: Today, from 11 a.m. to 1 P.M. WHERE: Michigan League Underground CORRECTIONS Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. * 4,. lau -t~ om~ * * O HOWTODO EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE - Michigan Apprentice is a free one-day shadowing opportunity with high-profile alumni. 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