University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Bursley 3rd Sanford Front Row: Isidore Alastra, Fernando Serna, James Keller, Samuel Lasser Row 2: Steven Katz, Robert Scott, Saul Gomez, William Bastian, Adam Gregory, Sidney Bailey Row 3: Michael Powers, Zachary Metoyer, Jason Wilson, Andrew Barnhart, Sikanth Maddipati, Matthew Trevor, Tony Jaracz photo by Evan Busch 4th Sanford Front Row: Lisa So, Nikita Gohel, Em ilie Rex, Julie Rajagopal, Sarali Joshi, Rachel Estrada Row 2: Kathryn Meyer, Hannah Marsh, Ann Bernard, Megan Stevenson, JoAnna Spanos, Melissa Stroebel photo by Evan Busch 5th Sanford First Row: Elizabeth Spiteri, Kimberly Gillis, Dana Tinsley, Jason Evans, Laura Blubaugh, Jessica Harbor Row 2: Matthew Ross, Raja Ramadas, Cara Shapiro, Sharon Chapp, Bethany Christian Cooper, Lindsey Weinstein Row 3: Asha Matthew, Jocelyn Frank, Brian Leja, Jim Pfent, Christopher Vermillion, Jay Kapfen, Eric Chan photo by Evan Busch 4th Bartlett Front Row: Jamal Daniel, Corey Griee, Benjamin Laprairie, Galen Stevens, Graham Fiorani, Michael Yagley, Christopher McCurry Row 2: Mark Hodges, Michael Toth, Eric Skalski, Evan Daigle, Jared Goulart, Kevin Nowak photo by Evan Busch Front Row: Leslie Goo, Marissa Bayman, Robyn Goldberg, Kimberly Sampson, Norma Hargrow, Nicole Eisenmann, Lisa Ferguson Row 2: Emily Western, Susanna Shamban, Lisa Trendell, Victoria DeCarlo, Ellen Livesay, Ashley Milne, Yuliya Dernovskaya Row 3: Iris Doss, Erin Clark, Amy Lee, Jo Chen, Nicoie Bober, Allyson Bennett, Erin Brooks, Katie Volckens, Anne Roesher, Danielle Klya photo by Evan Busch Housing 245

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Bursley 2nd Sanford Front Row: Kathleen Krause, Chereese Foster, Gretchen Hilburger, Elizabeth Zorza, Tamara Braun, Shaina Taelman Row 2: Rebecca Fairweather , Reshma Shah, Gwendolyn Suiter, Anne Vallone, Brandee Clark photo by Evan Busch Waiting for the bus to depart from the stop, students anticipate returning back to their dorm rooms. The Bursley Baits bus served as the main form of trans- portation for students living on North Campus, photo by Audra Rowley To some the bus system was the biggest pain in the butt on campus, even though it may have been their primary means of transportation. There were many different opinions about the buses at the University but one thing was clear, no matter how many people complained riding the buses was inevitable for some. Jeffrey Parker, a first-year mechanical engineer- ing student said, Without the buses my one hour programming class on North Campus would end up being a three hour trip because it would take forever to walk there and back. The buses turn what could be at least a half-hour walk into a ten minute bus ride. For all those students who had class on North Campus and lived on Central or vice versa, the bus system was a necessity. Not only did 244 Commuting the buses provide a mode of transportation but they also provided a basis for story telling and conversation. Sophomore Lisa Kamat, an engineering stu- dent, said, Some of the best stories I know have come from the bus. One time there was this group of kids who were riding the bus. This guy got up before the bus stopped, and started walking towards the door. One of the little boys saw him do this so he got up too. He didn ' t realize though that he would keep moving forward when the bus stopped. The look on his face was so priceless when the bus stopped ! He caught himself though so he didn ' t fall or any- thing but you could totally tell that he was really shocked that he just kept moving when the bus stopped. For the most part students seemed to be pretty happy with the bus system, and the stories that could be collected from a ride, but there were a few that saw room for some big time improvement. First year engineering student Ja- son Rice said, The buses are such a pain. For the most part they are on time but the schedule is kind of screwy and the drivers aren ' t the best. Also, there needs to be a few more stops outside of the center of central campus. There are very few outside of the C.C. Little - Student Union area.

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DUEWEKE Discussing housing options with a potential landlord, two students prepare to sign a lease. Some landlords were respectful of students ' needs while others had no consideration for their tenants, photo by Abby Johnson For some University students, the disadvantages of residence halls were just too much to bear. But in their search for off- campus housing and apartments, these stu- dents discovered landlords - a prospect much worse than just the inedible food and tiny rooms of the dorms. Divya Jain, a junior majoring in biology and economics, had plenty to say about the sub- ject. When she arrived at her new apartment, there was a half-full keg in the closet, pizza smeared on the walls and bananas rotting in the cabinets. Our landlord is cheap, and she was rude to my parents, Jain said angrily. Our apartment was completely trashed when we got there, and it took a lot of coaxing and the presence of a lawyer to get our landlord to clean it up. It was ridiculous. Jain was definitely not up for a repeat performance for the 2001-2002 school year. Last year, my landlord rocked, she said. He ' s giving us an apartment next year, so we ' re going back to him. Sophomore art history major Molly Maxwell also experienced problems with her landlord. My ceiling fell in the first week of school, she said. It took a week for that to get fixed. And right now, my room is freezing! LSAfirst-yearstudentlrsanShuttari ' sencoun- ters with his landlord were not quite as extreme as Maxwell and Jain ' s, but problematic none the less. Our landlord is putting our apartment up for sale and we didn ' t know about this when we first rented out the place, he said. We were thinking about staying here for four years, and now we have to decide where we ' re going to go, because more than likely, the apartment ' s going to be gone in a year. I wish he would have told me back in September when I took the apart- ment. Although there were most likely fair, reason- able landlords that existed in Ann Arbor, most students agreed that those type of landlords were hard to find. Because of this, the stereo- types of greedy, lazy and dishonest landlords in the city lived on. 246 Landlords