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A student walks from central campus to the hill. Most students who lived on the hill chose to walk because of the short distance to central campus. Among the obstacles these students encountered on their walks throughout the year were bikers, construction vehicles, roller bladers, and campus maintenance vehicles. M. Fairchild photo Waiting for their owners to ride them, these bikes sit locked to the racks. Biking was one of the more popular modes of transportation. It was more efficient than walking, cutting the time it took to get to class in half, even though students had to fight through crowds of walkers each day. M. Fairchild photo Among the bike racks, students wait patiently for their turn to board the buses. Even though the wait was long at certain points throughout the day, many students still preferred taking the buses to walking or biking, especially when the weather got cold. M. Fairchild photo VOICES 101
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RTAT From a biker ' s point of view, getting around campus was truly an adventure every day. Biking through the hords of students walking to class; jumping curbs and dodging construction work; competing with SUVs and University and AATA buses; finding a vacant lamppost, parking meter or bike rack. All of these were examples of the skills bikers had to master to keep their preferred mode of transportation, without making trips to the emergency room or getting one ' s bike stolen, of course. Yet die-hard bikers never let such things discourage them. Whether it was the desire to get around faster, save gas money, contribute less to pollution, or a simple craving for adventure, they had their reasons. As philoso- phy junior Vishal Garg put it, Biking rules, even with all the annoying pedestrians and cars in the way. Biking was only the preferred mode of transportation for some students. Students also chose walking, driving personal cars, taking University buses, or a combination of those. Like many students, Rachel Aerltines, a busi- ness school junior, got around primarily by foot freshman year, but then began to drive a car her second year. Aerltines expressed fond memories of her days on foot. I walked my whole freshman year. Because I lived in West Quad, everything was close by, so it was easy and fun. Many others drove their cars right off the bat. Jane Viventi, a communications junior, drove as soon as she came to the University campus. I drove for both of my first two years here, and that ' s basically how I got around. Unfortunately, like all choices we made, there was a cost that came with it. I must have accumulated over $1000 worth of parking tickets. Sometimes, I would get multiple tickets in one day, because it was too hard to find parking. Other students, who wanted to avoid the troubles of finding parking or walking long dis- tances to class, chose to ride the University buses. Junior Karolina Wesolowski was one of them. As an engineering student who had to commute from central campus to north campus often two or three times daily, Wesolowski was grateful for the bus system. I rode the buses four times a day, and there were never long delays or huge problems. In the two years that I rode the University buses so far, I feel that it is a great system. The one thing that I think they could improve on is the number of buses during peak times. It gets really crowded sometimes, and that is not fun at all. University students chose between walking, riding bicycles, riding buses, and driv- ing personal cars to get around. Still others used the city ' s public transportation system, or even scooters. Whatever the preference was, despite drawbacks common to all of them, students were usually satisfied with their choice, and stuck with them as a result. I By Han-Ching Lin 100 MIC HIGANENSIAN
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The State Theatre ' s lights shine brightry over downtown Ann Arbor. The theatre was home to the premier of the documentary Listen, which opened up the eyes of many students to the issue of homelessness around campus. The documen- tary was shown from September 1 8 to September 26. L. Proux photo On September 18, the State Theatre showed Listen, a documentary on home- lessness in Ann Arbor. The premier of the documentary was kicked off with a benefit concert at 10 p.m. featuring Seth Bernard and Friends, Chris Bohalis, and doc Root Stand. The documentary was then shown at midnight, followed by a discussion. Among the things discussed were the feel- ings of students on the issues of homeless- ness, and their opinions of what the people interviewed had to say. One of the people interviewed, named Lyzz, said, You see all these kids going around where their mom- mies and daddies paid for them to go to col- lege and you wish you had that. You envy them.. . ' cause you ' re not the one going to school and learning all this stuff and you ' re not the one going home to your dorm or frat or sorority house or to a co-op house or something like that. You ' re not the one doing that and they are. The documentary premiered on North Campus on September 19 at the North Campus Music Festival at Leonard ' s Cafe in Pierpont Commons. It continued to be shown until September 26 at the State Theatre and September 28 Cafe Ambrosia. By Katrina Deutsch Some of Ann Arbor ' s homeless pass the time outside of Nickel ' s Arcade. This was one of many locations on State Street, along with the State The- atre, the Diag, and the area across from Michigan Book and Suppty, where the homeless could be se-r K. Stoner photo 1 02 MlCHIGANENSIAN
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