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Wednesday, September 0 The Statement 3B
news in review
Five of the most talked-about stories of the week, ranked in ascending order of actual importance
A viral video of Katy Perry caused
parental backlash last week. The
video, originally recorded for
Sesame Street but later cut from
the show, showed Perry in a reveal-
ing dress trying to play dress-up
with an uninterested Elmo.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO A woman reportedly called Cana- A student at the University of Texas
of Facebook, announced on Oprah dian police to report a false bomb at Austin opened fire with an AK47
that he would donate $100 million threat on a passenger flight flying assault weapon on campus yester-
to the Newark, New Jersey public from Canada to Pakistan in an ef- day before shooting himself. He did
school system. The mayor of Newark fort to stop her ex-boyfiend, who not injure any others. The shooter,
and the governor of New Jersey ac- was on the plane en-route to be Colton Tooley, was a 19-year-old
companied Zuckerberg on the show. married in Pakistan. sophomore majoring in math.
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In the wake of North Korean leader
Kim Jong II's illness, the govern-
ment made an announcement that
his son, Kim Jong Un, was named
a four-star general, though it didn't
announce when or how he would
assume power.
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quotes of the week on the cheap
"While it's technically not illegal, it's morally wrong to throw eating well on a budget
a dead animal around." f
DANNY AUGER, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New
Zealand, on the charity event that included a possum carcass-throwing contest at
a rural school in New Zealand.
"I don't want a tomato picked by a Mexican. I want it picked
by an American, then sliced by a Guatemalan served by a
Venezuelan in a spa where a Chilean gives me a Brazilian."
STEPHEN COLBERT, of the Colbert Report, testifying in jest before Congress on
the issue of America's reliance on immigrant labor to do farm work.
"It's an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive."'O
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, on his distaste for the GOP's new economic PHOTOILLUSTRATIONBY MAX COLLINS
plan called the "Pledge to America." ne of the inherent issues with moving off campus after living in the residence halls for
the beginning of college is the loss of the meal plan and, as a result, the necessity of
providing ourselves with meals. Without a meal plan or parents to feed us, it often becomes a
the rules choice of eating frozen/canned/old food to save money. But here are a few suggestions to eat
well without breaking the bank.
The first option to consider is, naturally, the clubs and organizations that meet every day
No. 269: No. 270: No. 271: on campus, providing free food for their members. You don't need to be a member of the club
Don't hit reply all to Never take a pedicab Actually, never take to get the free food. Just take some pizza and some soda and act like you belong. Tip: Univer-
sity funded events that advertise they will provide food are usually a safe bet.
ask to be removed when you're sober. a pedicab. If you don't like crashing meetings for clubs you have no intention of joining, there are
from a listserve, you numerous grocery stores around Ann Arbor that offer free samples to their shoppers. So, pre-
tend to be a shopper, and get as many samples as you can eat. Whole Foods is usually good
jackass. for some fancy cheese, or try Trader Joe's for some vegan chicken nuggets.
Have advice for life on the cheap? Let us know. E-mail onthecheap@umich.edu.
by the numbers cST5OTEss
COURT ESY OF T HE STAR LEDG ER
The estimated number of students who The number of positions the Newark Public The rough percentage of students from the
protested New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's School systems cut this past June as a resultof Newark Public School system who fail to
budget cuts to the Newark Public School ' budget cuts. graduate.
system last April.
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of the so-called "party schools" on neighbors to contact them direct- top ten were Big Ten universities. versity isn't in their rankings, but Mary Jo Desprez, the Alcohol
the national lists published each ly if they are too loud again so Seamus Mullarkey, senior edi- most students think the University and Other Drug Policy and Preven-
year by the Princeton Review and that the police don't have to be tor of the Princeton Review's "The doesn't make the list because of its tion administrator at the Univer-
Playboy. involved. Best 373 Colleges," said the rank- emphasis on education. sity, whose job is to provide alcohol
The police, obviously, are major Following these party-related ings were based on an online sur- "We party a lot on the week- and drug awareness to a wide array
players in the University's party incidents, Fox deals with a poten- vey completed by over 120,000 ends, but for the majority of the of students, said it's a good thing
scene. They, among other duties, tial fire at the Zaragon Place apart- college students from across the students here we work really hard the University isn't on any party
confiscate fake IDs and hand out ments, a few fights and a routine country. during the week," Business junior school list because, she believes,
citations for Minors in Possession bar inspection. But just because "The party scene (category) is Jenny Nowierski said. "I think the value of a degree earned from
of Alcohol and for open container there is a pause from calls to break based on a different number of what categorizes a party school is the University would diminish