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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Tiny Budda Yoga 
Anniversary Party

WHAT: The Tiny Budda Yoga 
Studio will be celebrating its 
second year at its Ann Arbor 
location. 

WHO: Tiny Budda Yoga Studio

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

WHERE: Ann Arbor Distilling 
Company, 220 Felch St. 

Love Story: the Musical

WHAT: The Michigan premiere 
of this London West End musical 
takes on the classic Eric Segal 
novel and movie about a young 
couple in love in the ‘60s. Tickets 
are $25. 

WHO: Ann Arbor Musical Theater 
Works

WHEN: 8 p.m. 

WHERE: CCC Stage, 1600 
Pauline Blvd. 

Ann Arbor Comedy 
Showcase: Mike Stanley

WHAT: Stanley, a Chicago-based 
observational comic, is known 
for his snappy delivery and poetic 
suggestions. 

WHO: Ann Arbor Comedy 
Showcase

WHEN: 8 p.m.

WHERE: 212 S. Fourth Ave.

Graduate Concerto 
Competition Finals

WHAT: An annual competition 
for graduate and undergraduate 
students. The winner will 
perform their piece at an 
upcoming SMTD concert. 

WHO: School of Music, Theatre 
& Dance 

WHEN: 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Hill Auditorium 

Snowflake Making 
Workshop 
WHAT: Snowflake master Dr. 
Thomas Clark shares his paper-
cutting techiniques and helps 
participants experiment with 
their own designs. 
WHO: Gifts of Arts
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 

WHERE: UMH-Gift of Arts 
Gallery, Taubman Health Center 
North Lobby, Floor 1

Tin Pan Alley and Early 
Jazz

WHAT: An acoustic trio will 
play early jazz and blues on 
piano, cello, guitar, banjo and 
ukelele. 

WHO: Front Porch Swing band

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE: Silvio’s Organic Pizza, 
715 N. University Ave. 

Israeli Dancing

WHAT: Dancing instructor 
Cheryk Fekt and DJ Amnon 
Steiner will be teaching a variety 
of Israeli dancing, started with 
easy dances and moving to 
intermediate at the end of the 
class

WHO: Jewish Community 
Center

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

WHERE: 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. 

Transforming Mobility 
Lecture

WHAT: Dr. Lawrence “Larry 
Burns, former vice president 
of research, development, and 
planning at General Motors will 
give a lecture on the future of 
transportation. This is the first of 
a six-part lecture series.

WHO: Osher Institute 

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Rave Theater

In a recently compiled list of all 

50 states by their respective winter’s 

level of misery, the state of Michigan 

came out as having the second-worst 

winter, behind only Minnesota. The 

online travel site Thrilllist considered 

a variety of factors when ranking 

the states, such as those with most 

unbearable winters, including 

temperature, local anecdotes and 

poor traffic condidions.

The site stated Michigan’s winter 

is notable for its length: beginning in 

October and historically not ending 

until April, when much of the country 

is already welcoming spring. While 

research indicates that other states 

ranked lower on the list may have 

subzero temperatures or higher 

average snowfall, Michigan is unique 

for its lack of sunshine and constantly 

gray skies, according to the site.

Bison Messink, Thrillist 

deputy editor and a self-described 

“recovering Michigander,” also 

noted in the report that other aspects 

of winter, like snow sports, do not 

salvage Michigan because of the 

state’s unfavorable topography. 

“Overnight, the road freezes,” 

Messink wrote. “In the morning 

you wake up and it is still dark. … 

You actually look forward to proper 

snowfall, just to cover the dirt. Even 

then, you do not go skiing, because 

there are no hills.”

Indeed, as students return for 

second semester at the University 

of Michigan, which is uniquely 

named “winter term”— rather than 

the common “spring term”adopted 

by many other universities like 

Ohio State and the University 

of Pennsylvania— skies will be 

consistently gray in Ann Arbor this 

week, and low temperatures expected 

to drop to 10 degrees Fahrenheit after 

sunset.

These conditions, which will 

persist for at least three more months 

and also described by Messink as 

“Godforsaken,” inspired Michigan’s 

high ranking on the list.

All contributors to the lsit are 

familiar with the various states, but 

the top states are notorious even 

among debaters of weather.

“(We) have both experienced 

the personal hell that is winter’s 

awkwardly long, frigid embrace,” 

editors Matt Lynch and Kevin 

Alexander wrote for Thrillist. “And so 

began an intense period of research 

and debate. … This is one of those 

things where you probably actually 

want to finish last.”

ON THE DAILY: MICHIGAN WINTER RANKED 2ND WORST IN U.S.

PAUL AHNN/Daily

Student exercise at the Intramural Sports Building on Wednesday.

NEWS YE AR S RESOLUTIONS

The American Institute for 

Economic Research ranked 
Ann Arbor as the best small 
metro 
college 
destination 

on its 2017 list of top U.S. 
college destinations, released 
Wednesday 
morning. 
This 

ranking 
evaluates 
college 

metro areas based on their 
quality 
of 
life, 
economic 

climate 
and 
student 

demographics. 
The 
rating 

system is also broken down 
into large metros, midsize 
metros, 
small 
metros 
and 

towns.

According 
to 
the 
AIER 

website, quality of life and 
demographics played a larger 
role than economic climate 
in this year’s top rankings on 
the AIER College Destination 

Index.

To measure quality of life, 

AIER researchers looked at the 
presence of art, entertainment 
venues and restaurants, as 
well as commuter use of public 

transit, walking, biking and 
other alternatives to cars.

“Another characteristic of 

a great city is its abundance 
of 
‘third 
places,’ 
that 
is, 

places that are neither work 
nor home, where people can 
gather,” the AIER website 
states. “These spaces may be 
parks and plazas or bars and 
pubs.”

Researchers 
at 
AIER 

analyze the economic climate 
of a destination by looking at 
youth unemployment rates, 
labor force participation of 
the working-age population, 
presence of workers in STEM 
fields and rent.

AIER researchers selected 

Ann Arbor as the top small 
metro due to the substantial 
number of graduates living 
in the area and the high level 
of diversity and affordable 
homes. The researchers claim 
these features attract many 
younger residents.

“(Ann Arbor) unsurprisingly 

has the highest percentage of 
college graduates in our Small 
Metro category, along with 
relatively high diversity, many 
restaurant and entertainment 
options, 
and 
good 
public 

transportation access,” the 
website states. “Ann Arbor 
offers lower rents than coastal 
cities with similar amenities.”

The University of Michigan 

itself has been listed in many 
college rankings in the past 
year, including being ranked 
as the number one public 
university in the country by 
the Wall Street Journal and 
Times 
Higher 
Education, 

the 
world’s 
number 
one 

public college ranking by the 
global 
education 
company 

Quacquarelli 
Symonds 
and 

27th nationally among all 
colleges and universities in 
2017 in the U.S. News and 
World Report annual ranking.

Tallahassee, 
Fla., 
and 

Durham-Chapel 
Hill, 
N.C., 

took the second and third 
rankings, respectively, on the 
site’s small metros rankings.

Ann Arbor tops list of small metro 
college destinations in the country

Researchers factor economic climate, quality of life into annual ranking

SOPHIE SHERRY

Daily News Editor

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Harper
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I just got 9 emails in a row 
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UM Sch Public Health
@UM_SPH

‘Jonas’ has taken up a rather 
permanent residence on 
the NW corner of the SPH 
grounds. Our first resident 
@UMich squirrel. #AnnArbor

Theyoncé
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Describe Ann-Arbor 
weather: The feeling of sharp 
needles going through your 
face causing excruciating 
pain as the wind hits you.

Kelley Phillips
@kelleyAphillips

DNC hacked, US election 
hacked..but no one can tell 
us if Najee Harris is coming 
to Michigan? Seems unfair. 
#GoBlue

Quality 
of life and 

demographics 
played a larger 

role than 

economic climate

