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The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom


F OOD WARS


RAY'S RED HOTS

The dog at Ray's Red Hots is neither
red nor hot, but it's certainly delicious.
The all-beef wiener itself is quite a bit
smaller in diameter than I'm used to,
but its length makes up for it (hi-ohh!).
There's also a subtle crunch to the meat
casing. The real story here is the sesame
seed bun: moist, flavorful and the icing on
the frankfurter cake.

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WHIP'S DOG DAYS
For pure frank value, you can't beat
this CC Little hot dog stand. $1.50 gets
you a tasty dog plus a wide selection of
condiments: ketchup, mustard, relish,
onions and sauerkraut. Sure, the buns
may be of the Wonder variety, but you
can't expect much more from an out-
door cart. Plus: "10 cent" advice (actu-
ally free).
MR. GREEK's
At the somewhat tasty price of $1.99,
a hot dog from Mr. Greek's will provide
a satisfying, if slightly rubbery, experi-
ence. It's an invaluable advantage that
these all-beef dogs really do taste all-
beef. But despite the lack of strange
horse parts, the Greek dog still suffers
from some consistency imperfections.

LE DOG
If you happen to walk by during the
short windowof time it's open, Le Dog
boasts very thick and juicy hot dogs,
making it one of the top dog joints in Ann
Arbor. But the exciting heap of meat is
unfortunately sandwiched in the middle
of asubpar bun, keeping the dog experi-
ence from reaching stellar heights.


Daily Arts Writer Jasmine Zhu
kicks off our loud and shocking
new weekly show, "Accost'd."
To find out which celebrites
the people of the University want
to fight and see Jasmine fall
down, watch the video at
michigandaily.com/section/arts.

AND THE WINNER IS: RAY'S RED HOTS
CAMPUS CLASH
WELCOME TO THE ANN ARBOR ARENA
Come one, come all, to the see smackdowns of the century.
Daily Arts will be taking some time this year to answer the
age-old question, "Who would win in a fight?" But we're doing
it University style. Vote online every week, then read the b-side
for details on last week's fight and the next epic match-up.
THIS WEEKS FIGHT:
JOHN TERESA
BEILEIN SULLIVAN


Weekend Freebies
Because boredom doesn't end
when your cash flow does
Thursday, Jan.14
MOLS Winter Recreation
Tryout snowshoes -for free!
Elbel Building, 6:30 p.m.
Jazz Jam
Free coffee! (And jazz).
Pierpont Commons,8:30p.m.
Saturday, Jan.16
Joel Thomas Ayau: Piano Recital
Beautiful piano music, for fre!
E.. Moore Building, 2 p.m.,
Sunday, Jan.17
Paula Muldoon: Violin Recital
Beautiful violin music, for free!
EV Mot Building2pm
Monday, Jan.18
MLK Day Celebration:
Engaging in Creative Change
Free performances and dialogue!
Mendelssohn Theater 3p.m.

WHAT'S NEW
ON THE DAILY
ARTS BLOG
* Globular Predictions:
Daily Arts Editors Carolyn Klarecki
and Kavi Shekhar Pandey predict
the results of the upcoming Golden
Globes. They're probably wrong.
. Lady Gaga tells you to
"whip your cock out": Daily
designer Allie Ghaman describes
why the pop enigma's latest
Detroit gig ended in a peeved rush
for the door.
. M.I.A. tweets out the
New York Times: Daily
photographer Jed Moch praises
M.I.A.'s quest to spread awareness
of Sri Lanka's political turmoil.
michigandaily.com/blogs/the filter

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ARMED WITH:
His new '15-'16 contract
and a steel spork

ARMED WITH:
Her new UVA contract
and sweet nunchucks

VOTE ONLINE AT
MICHIGANDAILY.COM/SECTION/ARTS

MichKnit makes college warm and cozy

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congregates quietly behind closed
elps clothe the doors, hard at work.
Club Co-President Erin Fogarty,
edy-and the cold a junior in the Ross School of Busi-
ness, is sitting cross-legged on a
By JENNIFER XU chair, diligently working on a red
DailyArts Writer scarf. Beside her is a large bag of
yarn, spilling out a whole spec-
Tuesday night at the Union trum of colors.
interfest is in the air. Hun- There are six other people
of students are being bom- circled around this small room
with sensory information working on blankets, scarves or
all directions - bouncy gloves. Some are carefully plaiting
y girls pushing flyers into fine, shimmery yarn one strand
'ecting students' faces, at a time, while others knit three
al clubs yelling over the strands all at once, the needles
l vocalizations of a nearby a methodically weaving in and out
a group. All the while, the without pause. One girl stops in to
zingly sweet whiff of hot change her needles and pick up a
ate saturates the hallways. cocoon of yarn. Another drops off
ked slightly behind the hub- a thick orange and green blanket
s another room, 2105B. As for the donation box.
er this quiet little room, the Co-president Crosby Modrows-
ing you notice is the sound. ki, an LSA junior, comes in later,
e unmistakable sound of bearing a McDonald's bag and
ial calm, the sound of sil- knitting needles.
itting needles meticulously "They don't let us have food in
g away. Rather than yell- here anymore, so we can't have
passersby to join its club, pizza today. Sorry, guys," she says.

Today, this room houses the
members of a little-known club
called MichKnit, a student-led
organization initiated just three
years ago by Fogarty, Modrowski
and Engineering junior Shannon
Power in a lounge at Bursley Hall.
The three were only freshmen at
the time.
"I think it was at our first Fes-
tifall was when the club started
getting more attention. So many
people came up to us and told us
they were interested in knitting.
We ended up having more than
100 people on the mailing list,"
Fogarty said.
"It's really grown from there,"
Modrowski added.
The Ginsberg Center provides
MichKnit with free yarn, which
the members knit into all sorts of
winterwear to donate to Alterna-
tive Spring Break projects. Last
year, MichKnit managed to donate
over 80 hats, scarves and gloves.
MichKnit features no hierarchy
beyond the three presidents.
"You just show up, hang out,
knit and chat. Mostly it's just real-
ly relaxed - people just hanging
out, with more experience and
less experience. They ask ques-
tions, look at projects and get

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MichKnit has over 100 people on its mailing list, 30 of whom are active members.
ideas," said LSA junior Timothy semester's worth of work."
McMacken. Sometimes members work on
"Scarves are where you tradi- projects for themselves, in addi-
tionally begin, because it's essen- tion to the ones that are donated.
tially just back and forth, and it's "If you make something and
long too," McMacken explained, you really love it, you can keep
"so a lot of scarves come in. A few it, but we try to limit ourselves
people make gloves. Last year, one since we're getting free yarn," said
girl made a sweater. It was like a Engineering sophomore Jaimie

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Brougham.
MichKnit traditionally has
two big events every year: Needle
Breakers, which it sponsors itself,
and the K-grams Kids Fair,,:where
the Michknit gang gathers with
other organizations to provide ele-
mentary school kids with a series
See MICHKNIT, Page 4B

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