Taking a break from all the worries: Whether to roses or snow, students break off from 'U'
There's no place like home for the holidays, or so the holiday jingle goes. For many University students, winter break is the time to head home, leave the books at school and relax for a few weeks.
"I look forward to winter break because there are no classes and no homework like over Thanksgiving," engineering junior John Whitehead said.
Internet travel sites simplify trip planning
Good luck if you're looking for an affordable Rose Bowl plane ticket. You might find that elusive boarding pass hiding in your mailbox, or wake up with a ticket under your pillow, but your best shot is taking a short surf on the Net.
First-year students leave A2 with new notions of 'home'
It's that time of year again - Thanksgiving has come and gone, and winter break is just a few finals away. First-year students are on the brink of having completed their first semester of college, and presumably are anxious to go home.
Column: When life gets hairy ...
I walked slowly down the sidewalk, hands in my pockets. The sky was cloudy and gray, as it had been for at least a week - as it had seemed for about an eternity.
Numerous activities fill 'U' students' winter vacations
Michigan winters tend to be depressingly deep, forbiddingly dark and bitterly cold. Luckily, winter break always intervenes to interrupt the monotony of schoolwork and bad weather.
Despite the appeal of relaxing and visiting family, many students welcome this three-week hiatus - the longest recess of the academic year - with grandiose plans. The recess sends many students home into the arms of family and old friends.
Column: There's no place like home away from home
Endlessly ringing telephones. Crashing computers. Trails of readers who come in to receive their free movie passes. Deadlines. Pride from hate mail. Daysides. Time no one has. A haven for talent. A home away from home - The Michigan Daily.
Ann Patchett, author of "The Patron Saint of Liars" and "Taft," has recently published a third novel full of absurdities, yet she deftly maps these absurdities into the thematic simplicity of unconditional love.
The plot of "The Magician's Assistant" revolves around Sabine, who has spent the 20 years prior to the opening of the novel deeply in love with the magician she works for, Parsifal. The absurdities arise immediately: Parsifal loves Sabine, but he is gay.
Patchett publishes magical novel
Now that the football team has finished its regular season, Saturdays are seeming pretty bleak to Michigan students. And with finals just around the corner, many Wolverines are tempted to study the night away - this is one weekend when you shouldn't.
'Farm' provides open range for new class of student filmmakers
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Fans of the James Bond series should look out for its latest installment, "Tomorrow Never Dies,"
which opens Dec. 19.
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