0 0 0 WensaArl1,200/ h 0tmn 0 0 Th Saemnt/ Wdnsay Arl 4 2010 statement Magazine Editor: Trevor Calero Editor in Chief: Jacob Smilovitz Managing Editor: Matt Aaronson Deputy Editor: Allie White Designers: Sara Boboltz Corey DeFever Photo Editor: Jed Moch Copy Editors: Erin Flannery Danqing Tang Cover Photo: Max Collins The Statement is The Michigan Dily's news magazine, distributed every Wednesday during the academic year. To contact The State- met e-mail calero@michigandaily. com TH EBUCKETLI ST editors' note Smoke a joint, get high in the Arb It's the most beautiful spot on campus and the perfect place to relax, so this one requires zero justification.You'll probably run into some like-minded people who would love to share in your adventure. Just be smart and careful - DPS will mess your shit up if they catch you. To our readers, The thought of printing some sort of Bucket List issue first popped into our heads at the start of the winter semester. But what we originally envisioned was something almost completely different from what follows on these pages. In the beginning, we had hoped to ask Daily seniors to think of that one thing they had always wanted to do - maybe it was to Kayak down the Huron River, or rave on Friday night at the Blind Pig Soul Club - and then go do that thing and write about the experience. We pitched the idea to our outgoing seniors and, after receiving a less-than-overwhelming response, soon realized we were going to have to change our approach if we still wanted to make this issue a reality. So, instead of leaving it to our seniors, we opened up for suggestions from anyone we could think of - our closest friends, Daily staffers of any age and, most notably, you, our readers. After a few weeks, we had a list of about 200 different items that at least someone, somewhere, had on his or her bucket list. Some of the ideas were great - you'll finda few of them when you flip through the magazine - while others were, let's just say, forgettable. To say it was stressful to compile the list is a bit of an understatement. At times we didn't really know if this would even happen. But through it all, we learned something about ourselves, something every one of you will probably realize before you graduate if you haven't already: this community - both the University and the city of Ann Arbor - has more to offer us than we ever could have expected when we were just starry-eyed freshmen, more than anyone could accomplish in just four years. Think about what you'd put on your own per- sonal bucket list. Maybe a friend has told you about how awesome it was that night he or she did kara- oke for the first time and recommended you do the same. Or maybe every time you hear the bells of the Carillon ringing from the Burton Tower in between classes you tell yourself you still have to go up there to take in the view. But somehow these things we all promised ourselves we'd do just seem to slip our minds. Maybe our seniors weren't as excited as we'd hoped they'd be to participate in this issue was not because they are lazy, but, rather, because the thought of contributing to a bucket list forces them to come face-to-face with a sobering fact: that the time they have left at the University is very rapidly coming to an end. Maybe doing that one thing, the thing they've always wanted to do, puts a big, fat, figurative period on their time here as a student. There's no way to accomplish everything you'd like before you leave this place. Quite simply, there's way too much this city has to offer. And even if you do try, every time you think that you've completed your 'list', you'll think of a dozen other things to add to it. We don't even begin to claim that our Bucket List is an exhaustive index of everything a Uni- versity student should do before graduation. Hell, some of the items on this list aren't even that seri- ous; we did try to have some fun with this. But if anything, what our list does is represent an idea: that we can't, not one of us, let the time we have here slip us by. It might not exactly be the 'best years of our lives,' as everyone older than us claims it is - actu- ally, we really hope they aren't right about that - but, if not the best years, definitely some that offer us a chance to do things we'd never thought we'd ever do before. If we have one thing to say after doing this issue, it's to please, please take full advantage of the time you have here. You'll never be able to get it back. - Trevor Calero and Allie White, Magazine Editor and Deputy Magazine Editor Drink only keg beer at a frat party to get drunk It'll take you 30 minutes to fill your cup each time. And yes, there is a decent chance you'll regret it in the morning. But it's one of the cheapest ways to get drunk as a freshman. or senior. We don't judge ... much. - _ Knock on Mary Sue Coleman's door it's just ... so ... close. Every time you walk by the President's house, whether it be in broad daylight or on your way home from Skeeps, aren't you overcome by the urge to just sneak up that perfectly manicured lawn and play a little ding dong ditch? WANT TO WORK IN THIS BUILDING? Today's Career Tip: What are you doing after graduati Check our online poll at umalumni.coi Text "UMStudents" to 41411 to win gre and get daily career tips. ALUMNIASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SEND AN E-MAIL TO SMILOVITZ@MICHIGANDAILY.COM HAVE SOME BUCKET LIST f 4 ITEMS OF YOUR Earn U of M academic credits without OW N? m/R2L. spending your summer in a classroom! E-mail calero@ at prizes UM-Flint offers fully online courses throughout the spring and summer semesters-great for students michigandaily.com planning to travel or work during the and we may blog spring and summer months! them all at some Registration has already begun, and online classes fill future date. But up quickly, so act now! probably not. OK fine we will. No we Enrollment is simple; just call UM-Flint's Office ofw ,A g l Extended Learning at (810) 762-3200 and we'll walk you through the process steo by steo! wait and see. ~ Men's Glee Club Concert Last Saturday, the University's Men's Glee Club celebrated its 150th anniversary. The commemorative concert, which packed Hill Auditorium with more than 400 Glee Club alumni from the past 67 years and other guests, was the perfect way to check "Glee Club concert" off mybucket list. Current Glee members dressed in tuxedos adorned with red carnations filled HillAuditoriumwithbeautiful harmonies - even throwing in some dance moves - that resonated off the curved ceilings of one of the University's oldest performance venues. The audience at the concert was star studded with the likes of President Mary Sue Coleman and Athletic Director David Bran- don. One of the best parts of the concert included one of the most unknown aspects of the University - the incredible archive of "Songs of Michigan." The songs are soaked in U of M pride from another era of collegiate tradition and left every audience mem- ber feeling nostalgic for the Michigan of yesteryear. The concert was the perfect thing to do at the end of my senior year because it emphasized the amazing talent of Michigan stu- dents and alumni, and also reminded me that I can always come back to Ann Arbor. - ANNIE GORDON THOMAS .. ... .. .... _ .. _ .......... ..... .. .... J . .. ,,.,. ,. .