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…I COMMENTARY The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition - Fall 2005 -5B * Squirrel huggers SAM SINGER SAM 'S CLUB OCTOBER 14, 2004 There's a reason I shy away from the squirrels in the Diag. It…

… and God knows what sorts °of squirrel-on-squirrel debauchery. The room was ravaged. Hidden under a blan- ket of empty shells, the carpet and the once- orderly food corner were barely recognizable. Other…

… traces of foul play - from my com- forter to my keyboard - spread far and wide. Squirrel pellets, the last vestiges of the lavish banquet, had been peppered about the room. How they got in was unclear. The…

… room, equipped with four walls and a ceiling, had always appeared closed off to the outside world. What mattered was that they wouldn't be coming back. No squirrel in the right mind, I was told, would…

…, and the room was rigged with metal cages and rectangular sheets of super glue. It may have looked like a war zone, but it was squirrel- proof, and we slept easy. Cut off, the invaders grew sloppier and…

… insist on coming back? So I sucked it up and did some homework. It wasn't the most interesting research, but I think I found some answers. Did you know squirrels don't hibernate? It's the truth. Much like…

… harsh winters< that make the foraging and hoarding periods,i which typically take place in mid-to-late fall,s so critical. A successful foraging season willt strongly correlate with a squirrel's capacity…

… Squirrel Club. Founded in1 2002, the organization boasts a member-i ship of more than 350. It convenes weeklyt (in groups of about 50) during warm monthsi and less often over the winter, to feed on- campus…

… squirrel populations.c I know what you're thinking, and you're right: the act of feeding a squirrel, in-and-of itself, isc harmless. The problem comes, however, when the process is streamlined - in this case…

…, whenc fifty kids walk around campus every weeki showering squirrels with food supplements.I Though undoubtedly well intentioned, club gatherings may have profound impacts on the- behavioral patterns of…

…Election 2004 * coverage The Daily's endorsement of John' Kerry and the Republican take- over are highlighted.C PAGE Fall 2005 c 0lTUDEn DITIOg 0' NEW STUDENT EDITION W Squirrels take over Sam…

… Singer was terrorized by a group of Ann Arbor's noto- rious, overfed squirrels. PAGE5B SECTION B __ s.:,_ , a. ' Join the fih tfor e ucation F or a good number of students - and I'm including myself…

… take GSIs seriously and consider what would happen if these instructors, the foundation of undergraduate education, stopped working. More See SCHRADER page 2B A falling star JASON PESICK ON.>KE ~MALLi…

… on the project, which is expected to be finished by fall 2011, DIAG, is being scheduled around , the migratory habits of W Peregrine Falcons. - is outdat- a grassy dly has no November. UNIVERSITY OF…

… last See RODRIGUEZ, Page 5A THE TURNAROUND MICHIGAN NEEDS For Daily Sports Editor Ryan Kartje's take on the interview, see SportsTuesday, Page 2B. THE PORCH COUCH DEBATE City Council plans to vote on…