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Magazine Editor:
Jessica Vosgerchian
Editor in Chief:
Gary Graca
Managing Editor:
Courtney Ratkowiak
Photo Editor:
Sam Wolson
The Junk Drawer:
Brian Tengel
Center spread design:
Stephanie Farr
Cover photo:
Sam Wolson
The Statement is The Michigan
Daily's news magazine, distributed
every Wednesday during the
academic year.
new rules
rule 212: It's
too early to
wear Uggs. But
of course, it's
always too early
to wear Uggs.
rule 213: Don't
walk more than
20 minutes to
go to a house
party. You're in
Ann Arbor, not
East Lansing.
rule 214: If you
haven't done a
load of laundry
since school
started, you
need to as soon
as possible.
- E-mail rule submissions to
TheStatement@umich.edu
Rivalry in close
quarters
How dorm hall camaraderie
fuels competition
For many University students,
the residence hall is simply a place
to make a few close friends and
poignant memories..
But once in a while, a floor takes
dorm-hall camaraderie to a differ-
ent level.
in 2004, for instance, the resi-
dents in Markley's Fifth Scott
house decided to become the Fifth
Scott Pirates. They made it offi-
cial with a Facebook group and
T-shirts.
But with a legacy of rivalry
inherent to being a Michigan Wol-
verine, higher-than-average dorm
hall solidarity can't exist for long
without a challenge from another
group.
Every year, on the night of the
first substantial snowfall, West
Quad and South Quad battle each
other in a snowball fight. But at
other times, dorm hall rivalries
develop more spontaneously.-
Michael Fromm, a sophomore at
Michigan in 1982, can recall a fre-
quent "late night game of chicken"
between people who lived in Alice
Lloyd and Masher-Jordan. Fromm
wrote in an e-mail that "students
who lived on the MoJo and Alice
Lloyd wings that faced each other
would alternate screaming 'MoJo
sucks' and 'Alice Lloyd sucks."
The only real objective was to see
who could get the loudest.
"It always began (the) same way
with one room on each side, but
of course it never ended there,"
Fromm wrote. "And the sound
was impossible to ignore, so as the
game wore on and the competitive
juices started to flow, students from
across both dorms would flood the
rooms on these wings in a show of
solidarity. My recollection is that
the empty space between the two
dorms made the sound resonate
like it was coming over the PA sys-
tem at The Big House."
In South Quad this year, there
is an intense rivalry between the
two honors houses, Taylor and
Hunt. Living in South Quad means
competing with your floor house in
the South Quad Olympics and per-
haps some group activities. But if
you live in Taylor or Hunt, it's a bit
more serious.
It started with an alcohol and
drug free rave hosted by Hunt
House that sparked a competition
over which house was more fun,
said LSA freshman Josh Buoy, a
Hunt resident.
"That was kind of the first time
that Hunt would be the dominant
house," Buoy said..
Another Hunt resident,aLSA
freshman Mike Zerbib, added:
"And Taylor was really, really jeal-
ous."
Since then, Hunt and Taylor res-
idents have paid attention to any
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han they did, "We don't like hate each other
p to one event or anything like that, but like in
in because we South Quad functions we might
tion points for like yell at each other," he said. "It's
!nt." kind of like a sibling rivalry - like
09 with other we still love them because they're
rnblatt ripped in our building, but we just want to
of everyone in beat them up sometimes."
s are often in- But ill will between the two
houses may soon melt away. Buoy
.e rivalry isn't said some Hunt residents are plan-
cit revenge for ning a Yule Ball in the spirit of the
at, but every- one in "Harry Potter" that should
y between the bring the two houses together.
-DANIEL STRAUSS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN OBSERVES
NATIONAL HAZING PREVENTION WEEK
OCTOBER 8TH-16TH
Remember the victims of hazing on the Diag tomorrow, October 8, 2009
Did you know...
Hazing occurs in, but extends beyond, varsity athletics and Greek-letter
organizations; 55% of college students involved in clubs, teams, and athletic
organizations experience hazing*
In 95% of the cases where students identified their experience as hazing, they did
not report the events to campus officials*
Nine out of ten students who have experienced hazing behavior in college do not
consider themselves having been hazed*
A person cannot consent to be hazed
WOLVERINES SEE THROUGH THE HAZE
http://www.umich.edu/~nohazing/
Report incidents of suspected hazing to: hazinghotline@umich.edu
*From national study, "Hazing in View: College Students at Risk," released March 2008; www.hazingstudy.org
LIKE
event that pitted them against each
other. During the annual South
Quad Olympics, Hunt and Taylor
competitors monitored the prog-
ress of the other house jealously.
Hunt House came in first and
Taylor came in third - a place-
ment that Taylor residents resent
because it is based on attendance
and sportsmanship instead of just
the number of wins.
"They beat us in the South Quad
Olympics, but it was B.S.," said LSA
freshman Robbie Kornblatt, who
lives in Taylor. "Because we had
more gold medals t
but we didn't show u
at all (and) they wo
lost all our participa
not going to that eve
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Taylor residents, Ko
on Hunt to the glee
the room: "Hunt kid
bred."
Kornblatt said th
strong enough to eli
the Olympics defea
thing isn't quite ros
two houses.
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