2A — Tuesday, September 5, 2017 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tweets Follow @michigandaily Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers My message to #Dreamers at @umich is simple: Wel- come to class. Michigan Students @UMichStudents Ugh. Welcome weekend is over and now I gotta go back to being a mediocre student. edamami @jamsjohns umich is a lotta average looking white boys lemme tell u Dr. Mark Schissel @DrMarkSchlissel New discoveries, good friends, favorite places & amazing knowledge await at @UMich. Welcome to a new academic year! CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Moth StorySLAM: Schooled WHAT: The Story Slam will feature five-minute stories centered around the theme of school. Attendees can sign up to share stories, serve on the judges panel or simply watch. WHO: Michigan Radio WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. WHERE: Greyline, 100 N Ashley St. Indian Classical Dance WHAT: A number of classically trained artists will showcase rasas, or art disciplines, including vocals, traditional instruments and dance performances. WHO: Kerrytown Concert House WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. $20 general, $15 students/seniors WHERE: 415 North Fourth Ave. Pre-Health Orientation WHAT: Incoming students interested in pre-health career tracks will learn about resources at the University. Participants should bring their UM ID. WHO: University Career Center WHEN: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. (A-N last names) and 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (M-Z last names) WHERE: Modern Languages Building, Auditorium 3 First Step Sessions WHAT: Students interested in studying abroad through CGIS must attend a session to learn about program options, financial aid and applying to various trips. WHO: Center for Global and Intercultual Study WHEN: 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Weiser Hall, Suite 255 Economic History WHAT: As a part of the Economic History lecture series; Northwestern University professor Joe Ferrie will teach a seminar on World War II’s Lanham Pre-Schools and Later Life Human Capital. WHO: Department of Economics WHEN: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Lorch Hall Rm. 201 Makeup Party workshop WHAT: Makeup artist Hannah Butler will provide makeup tips and techniques. Participants can follow along with their own makeup bags. WHO: Ann Arbor District Library WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: 343 S. Fifth Ave. Children of Men screening WHAT: This critically acclaimed 2006 release starring Clive Owen is a dystopian film exploring hope, religion and environmental destruction. WHO: Michigan Theater Summer Classics WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. M Farmers Market at Wolverine Tower WHAT: Buy locally sourced fruits and vegetables. 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Suddenly, as the clock struck 4:20, the whoops and hollers of University of Michigan shinobi echoed over the trees. Heads darted toward the corner of North University and State Street. A plethora of anime cosplayers was barreling towards the Block M. In a momentous display of solidarity, courage and love of meme culture, about 200 students pulled themselves up by their ninja sandals, threw their arms into the wind and booked it across the Diag as a part of the “Run Across the Diag Naruto Style” Facebook event. Naruto, a popular Japanese anime, features a young shinobi (dubbed as ninja in the U.S. version) named Naruto Uzumaki and centers around his quest to be a respected ninja. According to the Facebook description, the event spawned from a previous event in Pittsburgh titled “Come to the Smash Mouth Concert Dressed as Shrek” and gained further popularity in the infamous “UMich Memes for Wolverteens” page. For those unfamiliar with the particular techniques of running like Naruto, wikiHow reports proper form mandates a true shinobi should lean forward with your back straight, keep your head up to look for oncoming enemies and hold both arms behind you for maximum speed. Engineering junior Veronika Bayer, who created the event, led the pack of meme enthusiasts in full Naruto cosplay with the orange jacket, pants and headband. She cited meme and troll culture as the main reasons for the event’s popularity online and the large physical attendance. She also said many of the attendees watched the Naruto anime when they were younger and can now unleash their inner child as they run across the campus they love so much. “Michigan is a place where everyone can learn how to be free and enjoy themselves and really embrace themselves in all of their weirdness and quirks,” she said. ON THE DAILY: RUN, NARUTO, RUN! SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Students run in “Naruto Style” across the Diag Monday afternoon. MEME RIES Just in time for tailgate season, a new product has arrived at the University of Michigan’s campus: the Bois. The Bois is a luxury bottle- opening wallet — founders Ken Kernen and Philip Ruffini call it the first of its kind. Business students Kernen, a sophomore, and Ruffini, a junior, met through the Delta Upsilon fraternity but have become better friends through their shared interests in e-commerce businesses and enrollment in Ross School of Business. “Whenever I have a question, he is able to provide some feedback,” Kernen said of Ruffini. “We will shoot each other messages and they’ll either be about minimum order quantity or just a fun conversation immediately. There is no barrier or hesitation to have any conversation with him.” In June of 2017, Kernen received a phone call from Ruffini in regard to the popularity of project-funding site Kickstarter and asked Kernen as to what he thought about pursuing something within the Kickstarter marketplace. Kickstarter is a crowdfunding site that provides a platform for entrepreneurs to gauge interest and demand for their products. Sellers choose a monetary goal and a time frame in which they plan on raising those funds — if they do not succeed, they do not make any money. “He’s a very entrepreneurial guy, and is able to recognize opportunity very easily,” Kernen said. The two decided to begin working together to create a product. “The first week was just ideas, ideas, ideas,” Kernen said about the events following the phone call. “We were thinking about doing wallets, some sort of wallet. And then we were like, ‘It would be cool if it had a bottle opener on it.’” In week two, the decision about what materials to use began. Student entrepreneurs reinvent wallet with attached bottle opener Coined the “Bois,” the device was the result of brainstorming various products Read more at MichiganDaily.com Read more at MichiganDaily.com RACHEL LEVY Daily Staff Reporter