All the best of the 'U' ... why students spend all those parental $

Ralph Williams

All students should make sure to catch one of his lectures on Shakespeare or the Bible before they graduate.

PAUL TALANIAN/Daily Professor Ralph Williams is well known for his bubbling personality and enigmatic lecturing style.

Best Course:

Psych 111/ Law 306 (Tie)

Freud's sexual stages and the legal system. What could be more exciting?

Best Blow-off Course:

Sports in Ancient Rome

A class with "sports" in it won't be the biggest intellectual challenge of your life.

Best Sports Team:

Football

Undefeated season. National Cham-pions. Enough said.

Best Athlete:

Charles Woodson

One word: Heisman.

Best Library:

Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library

You can do pretty much anything in a hidden corner or your own little study room in the Grad Library.

Best Place to Study:

Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library

It's true what they say. Someone could die in the stacks and not be found for days.

Best Place to Work Out:

Central Campus Recreation Building

Minimal equipment and tiny crowded rooms ... if this is the best place to work out, what could the worst be like? Still, it's not as bad as trekking down to the IM building.

Best Campus Tradition:

Naked Mile

Nude bodies as far as the eye can see. What could compare?

WARREN ZINN/Daily Charles Woodson helped bring the Wolverines to Rose Bowl glory.

Best Reason to Party at Bollinger's:

Football

Hmmm ... there seems to be a theme emerging in the winners of the athletic categories. But why wasn't Bollinger home when the hockey team won the NCAA championship?!

Best Campus Issue:

Affirmative Action

The lawsuits, media, rallies and sit-ins have gotten everyone riled up this year. In this category, "best" apparently means "most divisive."

Best Activist Group:

BAMN

Although affirmative action at the 'U' doesn't appear to be going anywhere, Jessica Curtin and her merry band of protesters will always be around to make sure it doesn't. And they'll always be loud about it.

Best Protest Slogan:

"Go home, protesters! We're taking an exam."

Protesting a protest? As odd as it seems, this was probably exactly what you were thinking if you were one of the many classgoers trying to push your way through the sit-in at Angell Hall during midterms.

Best Speaker in the Past Year:

Ward Connerly

So, have we established that affirmative action is an important issue on the University campus yet? The hundreds of people who came to support - or question - Connerly certainly think so.

LOUIS BROWN/Daily One of the largest lecture halls on campus, 1800 Chem was voted a favorite.

Best Computing Site:

Angell Hall

It's a decent place ... when you finally get a computer after waiting in line for half the day. And when the computers work.

Best Student Group:

AIESEC

Why is it that AIESEC perpetually wins this category, and yet no one seems to know what AIESEC stands for?

Best MSA Member:

Ryan Friedrichs

Sure, his campaign posters weren't as interesting as Mehul Madia's Absolut ad spin-offs, or Pak Man Shuen and David Silver's flyers, but he's a good guy nonetheless.

Best Fraternity to Party With:

FIJI

They're no John Belushis, but these pretty boys still know how to party.

Best Sorority to Party With:

Alpha Delta Phi

The women of Alpha Delta Phi are the classiest and prettiest young ladies to invite over for an evening of rapture and delight. Maybe they'll wear their black pants, too.

Best Co-op:

Joint House

With a name like that, how could they lose? And since the place has the added bonus of a fish pond and tire swing in the front yard, no one else had a chance.

Best Residence Hall:

West Quad

Where else can you access Little Caesar's, a video store and an ATM machine without even going outside?

FILE PHOTO The beautiful Law Quad has always been a favorite study spot for students.

Best Building:

Law Quad

Beautiful ivy-covered walls and an even more beautiful courtyard guaranteed this win.

Best Bathroom:

Ground Floor, Mason Hall

Ever wonder why students are always late for classes in Mason Hall? No one can resist staying in the stalls for a few extra minutes to read their philosophical, thought-provoking and overly abundant graffiti.

Best Lecture Hall:

1800 Chemistry Building

At least when you get bored in there, you can entertain yourself by staring at the huge periodic tables on the walls. In a lecture hall this size, no one will notice.

- Compiled by Daily Arts Writer Amy Barber.

04-16-98