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2A - Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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MONDAY: WEDNESDAY:

In Other Ivory Towers C apsCaat Explained,
Captain o the party bus

THURSDAY: FRIDAY:
Before You Were Here Photos of the Week

It wouldn'tbe a normal night
fur Benny Thomas Blevins, the
BTB party bus driver, if intoxi-
rated students, weren't falling
off of the bus steps ur usingsthe
luggage carrier pole as a strip-
per pole.
Blevins, known as Benny by
must students (and yes, his ini-
tials spell the name of the corn-
pany he works for), has seen his
fair share of bizarre moments
during his nightly routine.
One night Benny said he's
not soon to forget was when he
picked up a male student and
his girlfriend after a night out
at Studio 4.
Benny said he notited the
male student shrug down
his pants, but he thought the
student was getting comfort-
able for the ride. Then Benny
noticed that the student's girl-
friend had her skirt pulled all
the way up to her waist.
CRIME NOTES

"She was doing a lot of
bouncing all the way bark," he
said. "He asked me, How much
do I owe you,' and I told him
that the ride is only $2 a head,
but that motel fees are $50 at
least."
Benny said the student gave
him $50, which he accepted
only because he was offering
it.
But Benny has had to deal
with other customers who
weren't soigenerous. One night
after picking up a group that
exceeded the bus's capacity,
he- had to physically remove
a large, intoxicated male
customer. After the student
refused to leave and bet Benny
$20 that he couldn't get him
off the bus, Benny knew it was.
time to take action.
"He lost," Benny said. "I
didn't hurt him or anything.I
just walked down the bus and

grabbed him by the collar bone
and dropped him off."
As a former celebrity body-
guard, Benny knows how to
take care of what he refers to
as "bad apples." But in general,
he appreciates his student cli-
entele.
"I love them, they're great,"
he said. "They're all pretty cour-
teous. I never really have s hard
time with anybody because
most of them know me."
Benny said he finds driving
the party bus peaceful after
working as an Ann Arbor cab
driver for 20 years. He said
many of the students who ride
the bus are customers of his
from his days as a cab driver.
"If it weren't for my custom-
era we probably wouldn't have
ever started out this bus," he
said.
EMILY ORLEY
LARA ZADE

Benny Thomas Bevios, the BTB Party Bus driver, does his nightly rounds
on Central Cameos Friday night. The tormer cah drioer chautteurs stu-
deots as they travel from har to har.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

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Hockey puck Students caught Roundtable for Celebrating
hits fan during with pot in student groups different winter

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game
WHERE: Yost Ire Arena
WHEN: Friday at about 9:30
p.m.
WHAT: A student was hit in
the head with a puck during
the hockey game, University
Police reported. He was treat-
ed for injuries on the scene.

dorm room
WHERE: Mary Markley Resi-
dance Hall
WHEN: Saturday at about 3:00
WHAT: A male and female
student were found in posses-
sion of marijuana, University
Police reported. They were
released pending authoriza-
tion ofsa warrnt.n

Cash wiped Water damage in
from purse Grad Library

WHAT: A roundtable, which
will bring together student
leaders to learn information
about campus groups at the
University.
WHO: Student Activities and
Leadership
WHEN: Tonight from 5:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Kuenzel Room,
Michigan Union
Inauguration
viewing and talk
WHAT: A viewing of the
presidential inauguration fol-
lowed by a discussion about
the ceremony and issues fac-
ing the country.
WHO: University Unions
Arts and Programs
WHEN: Today at 11:30 am.
WHERE: Underground,
Michigan League

holidays
WHAT: A celebration of
winter traditions from various
cultures.
WHO: Engineering Global
Leadership
WHEN: Tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Chesebrough Audi-'
torium, Chrysler Center

1Police in Lawrenceville,
Ga. found more than $1
million in a car after they
stopped it for, a traffic viola-
tion, CBS Atlanta reported.
After pulling over Santiago
Valdovinos-Moreno for swerv-
ing police searched his car and
found the cash insa duffle bag.
2Former Daily managing
sports editor Nate San-
dals got hit in the head
with a puck at Friday night's

WHERE: University Hospital
Emergency Room
WHEN: Friday at about 12:30
p.m.
WHAT: A patient reported $10
stolen from a purse, Univer-
sity Police reported. The theft
occurred sometime between
Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. and Jan. 16 at
11:30 am.

WHERE: Hatcher Graduate
Library
WHEN: Sunday at about 8:30
p.m.
WHAT: A broken pipe caused
water damage in the library,
University Police reported. The
carpet, ceilingtiles and some
books were damaged.

CORRECTIONS hockey game against Bowl-
* An article in Friday's edi- ing Green University.
tion of the Daily (Photos of >>FOR MORE, SEE SPORTSTUESDAY,
the week) misidentified a car. PAGE 21
It is a Lamborghini Murcie-
lago AeBritish grandmother kid-
* A photo in last Monday's snapped a repair man after
edition of the Daily (Photos 3 he failed to fix her washing
of the week)was miscap- machine for three weeks, the
tioned. It is a Bentley Conti- Daily Mail reported. Tracey
nentl GC Sped. Fox, who does as many as two
nentl GC Sped.loads of laundry a day, had to
" Please report any error rely on family and friends to
in the Daily to corrections@ clean her clothes while the
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q-f NIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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WHAT DOy
1HODES/MARSHALLIMITCHEL
SCHOLARS4
DO AFTER THEIR STUDIES
Well, this guy became
president.

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What will you do?
Anything you want.
You've written your own game
plan so far in life. Why not take
it one step further and become
a Rhodes, Marshall, or Mitchell
Scholar?

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TOB IAS WOLFF

the United States of America, 1992-2000

Come to a Rhodes/Marshall/Mitchell Orientation Session:
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 . 5:0O-6:O0pm
Koessler Room, Michigan League
Thursday, January 29, 2009.* 5:00-6:O0pm
Pierpont Commons Center Room
Thursday, February 5, 2009 . 5:00-6:O0pm
Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union
To learn more, please contact the Provost's Council on Student Honors at
734-763-8123 or visit the website at
www.provost.umich.edu/scholars/

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