w w w w w w w w w --w- __W -lw -__ _IV -lw w w w S - -. 0..- *0* 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 ABOUT CAMPUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN OQUIST . .. l _. rx, ,, . f ' ' ,T ' b Y j f f s'4! F . ., i . #, ; 4. }7 ir. r / . 1f 4 F jj( , y i },. 1 ' Y y i f= '4 4 ti, . ILLUSTRATION BY LAURA GARAVOGLIA 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 - Playing FIFA 20 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. WHAT YOU SEE? JOIN OUR STAFF. E-mail vosgerci@umich edu IS YOUR BREW HE BEST? Do you have something hoppy brewing in your fermenter tub? Can you have it bottled by early November? If so, you should participate in The Michigan Daily's first-ever student brewer competition. To learn more, e-mail vosgerchian@michigandaily.com with your name, year in school and type of beer.