Yes, tailgating and playing in the leaves are the best Fall
activities. But what if we want to sweat through a Dom’s
Constant Buzz and cool off in the Huron far into October? Here’s
how to never let summer end.
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SUMMER LOVIN’
For some, this means carrying a summer fling into fall. For
others, this means watching “Grease” on repeat. Up to you.
SUB-ZERO SKINNY-DIPPING
If you are brave enough for the cold, the docks at Argo Pond
— great tanning spots in summer heat — are beautiful once
the leaves change. Maybe bring a wetsuit, though.
BOOKS CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE?
On those sad autumn rainy days, sometimes the best way
to relive summer is by escaping. Pick up “The Rocks” by
Peter Nichols for an appropriate faux-beach read.
BUZZFEED, BUT BETTER
HOW TO NEVER LET SUMMER DIE
SOME MORE SUMMER S’MORES
When the campfire won’t light, in a pinch the stove will do.
It’s not perfect, but hey, chocolate is chocolate.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015 // The Statement
T
his is an open call for
problems.
From what I know
— personally and statistically
— it is clear you’ve got them.
I absentmindedly ate two
stale brownies last night
while googling “how to be
a good girlfriend.” I have a
weird-in-all-the-right-ways
friend who listens to me talk
for long periods of time about
these
sorts
of
somewhat
self-created problems, and
without fail at some point
during our conversations she
will suggest I google the topic
at hand. When in doubt, we
turn to Google.
She also listens to me
talk
about
other
sorts
of problems. The ones I
wouldn’t ask anyone but her
and Google — the unnerving
types of questions that pop
up as suggestions below the
Google search bar, the little
things that pick at our brains.
Questions of self exploration,
questions about life when it
doesn’t look like you thought
it would that inevitably arise.
Questions that come up when
you realize it’s easy to think
theoretically about being a
“good girlfriend,” but less
easy to define what being
a good, positive partner to
someone really is and that it’s
even more difficult to actually
do it.
Organizations
such
as
Central Student Government
and
the
University’s
Counseling and Psychological
Services
will
provide
students with the resources
to overcome serious mental
health concerns. But as college
students, such resources may
be unnecessary in dealing
with the smaller concerns
that plague our day-to-day
experience.
My actual name is Emma,
but I think this semester, I
want to be Google for you.
I have no qualifications as
a professional counselor or
adviser beyond my personal
experience, but I’m willing to
lend advice to those who want
it. I am not a medical doctor, I
have no ground to stand on in
claiming I may be able to help
you in some way with your all
too real problems — but I’m
offering you, at the very least,
another perspective.
I
hope
to
offer
you
a
thoughtful,
personal
response — one that doesn’t
include
a
numbered
list
of generalizations — and
one
that
will
generate
conversation and reflection,
and also make your life a little
easier in some way. I believe
that’s all anyone really has to
offer another person in these
types of situations.
It’s
been
done
before
— the advice thing — but
nevertheless, this is the start
of my own column. You can
reach me via my e-mail here
at the Daily at emkerr@
michigandaily.com, and in
exchange for your honesty,
I promise you anonymity,
should
your
question
or
problem be chosen as the
topic for a future column.
Dear Google: I’ve got issues
B Y E M M A K E R R
MAKING CHANGES
ON THE RECORD
“We should start to see modest incremental changes in
the direction of diversity now. We began implementing
some of the changes in the admissions and financial aid
procedure a year ago, and in September we are going to
announce how we did.”
–PRESIDENT MARK SCHLISSEL, in reference to the
University’s new diversity initiatives.
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ILLUSTRATION BY CHERYLL VICTUELLES
I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM
Homemade popsicles are always relevant — especially
when spiked. (Only if you are of age, of course.)
Please send your “Dear Google” responses to Emma at emkerr@michigandaily.com to enjoy
watching her attempt to spread her nowhere-near-professional advice around campus.