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Arts Stories for 4-6-2000

The envelope, please... The winners of the 2000 Best of Ann Arbor survey

New places and old faces: Ann Arbor's finest shoppes

Readers' tastes in area eats run gamut from funky to fanciful

'U' has lots of bests to offer students, y'know

2001 US News and World Report Graduate School results

The love never leaves at the magnicent Mongolian

Ever been at your favorite grocery store, picked out your favorite meats, vegetables, spices and sauces and wished you could cook them right away with no messy cleanup? For all of those who said yes, BD's Mongolian Barbeque is the place for you. BD's Mongolian Barbeque, located on the corner of Main St. and Washington at 200 S. Main St., won three major awards in the Best of Ann Arbor for the year 2000. The crowded hit list includes best BBQ, best dinner and best overall restaurant.

Grub not to be snubbed

A selection of meals you shouldn't miss on your travels through Ann Arbor's best

House party kings Donkey Punch take it to the street

It's hot, claustrophobic and loud enough to bust your eardrums. There's no room to move, no air to breath and some guy just spilled beer on your back. It's the basement of a house party, and it's where Ann Arbor rock machine Donkey Punch has paid their dues for the last two years.

Comrie's skill, matched by heart, does campus proud

Watch Mike Comrie after practice when he scores a goal. Watch the speedy skater smile and point with his arms in the air and his fists pumping - it's a picture of youthful exuberance and spirited enthusiasm. It's a sketch of a 19-year old doing what he loves and loving what he's doing.

Beck at Hill and boys at Necto keep A2 entertainment bumpin'

CCRB rules as athletic landmark

Some people might roll their eyes in exasperation upon learning the Central Campus Recreation building was once again voted the best place to work out on campus in the Best of Ann Arbor poll. Some people wouldn't think of crafting a college schedule without a rock-solid slot for regular workout time at the CCRB.

Live large without growing large

The following workout program is formulated to fit the hectic, high-caloric, sometimes unhealthy lifestyle of college students. It is NOT a professional recommendation or expert opinion, but it does combine cardiovascular with muscle-building activity, and it burns mucho calories without a huge time commitment.

Take out your sweet 'Beauty,' hit the Arb and get some booty

Quality, not showy quantity

Nobody was more excited than I when the Goodrich Quality 16 set up camp on Jackson Road last year. It almost made up for the betrayal and devastation I felt when the Ann Arbor 1-2, also a Goodrich theater, closed up shop over the summer. The 1-2's loss depleted the within-walking-distance campus cinema tally by one-third, and if you're even one-sixth the movie glutton I am, well, that ain't good.

The Best of the Rest are all winners, too

Best Apartment Locator

With the proliferation of new dot-coms all over campus, this appears to be the year of the Internet throughout campus. It should then be no surprise that the finalists for Best Apartment Locator were all Websites. Such sites offer users quick property search capabilities, as well as providing the anonymity many students want while looking around for housing.

Duck and cover, it's three installments of a rugrat epic

As the hockey season draws to a close, it is only natural to turn our attention to the greatest trilogy of hockey films ever made - none other than the adventures of the team called "The Mighty Ducks." The series, which stars Emilio Estevez as hotshot coach Gordon Bombay and a much younger Joshua Jackson (now all grown up in "The Skulls") as team leader Charlie Conway, teaches us the vital importance of hard work, hustle and heart.

Best Slang

W h a s s s s s s s u u u u u u u p ?

The best of unsung Ann Arbor

Every year, by polling legions of University students, the Best of Ann Arbor issue determines a comprehensive list of local favorites. This year, however, by polling one sarcastic University student, I have determined a comprehensively different list of favorites - let's call it the Best of Unsung Ann Arbor.

Money, Health and Simple Economics

I'm going to be a billionaire. After looking at that line, you either think I'm crazy, stupid or both. Whatever your opinion, I'm sure that by the time I die, hopefully at an old ripe age, I'll have reached and exceeded the nine-zero mark.

Mackey, Mommy and Mary movie madness

One of the last times I went home, my mom and I shared a conversation about the state of modern cinema over a plate of spaghetti and chocolate milk. Midway through our chat, she had already accused my taste in film of being both sick and psychotic and declared that the only films I like are when "people's heads are falling off and someone's screwing the dog down the street."

I can rant but you can't hide

I live under tyrannical rule. Every day, I'm made painfully aware of the black shroud that living in Ann Arbor has cast over my life. The dictatorship that governs my day-in-day-out does not go by the name of Lee C. Bollinger or make it's home in the Fleming Building. The prickly things on the back of my neck are not University affiliated. The fear I speak of is none other than my beloved landlord.

You say goodbye, I say hello

The last time I had my picture in the paper was more than two years ago, and I didn't even notice it for a few weeks afterwards. It wasn't as stupefyingly clueless an oversight as it sounds. I was only slightly bigger than a knuckle, a little bit blurry and surrounded by a mob of my fellow students. It was a full-page color photo on the back of the Detroit Free Press sports section, and the date was January 2, 1998. The rest of the Michigan student section and I were storming the field after the Wolverines won the Rose Bowl and the national championship.

Screenwriter Jeb Stuart makes campus appearance

Screenwriter Jeb Stuart, never one to lie but certainly not above putting a spin on something, finally came clean on the origin of the classic Bruce Willis line, "Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker!" from "Die Hard."

Jazz giants and young lions

Ever wondered what it would be like to grow up with music? I mean grow up really surrounded by music? Well, the musicians performing around Ann Arbor this very musically-active weekend have a good idea.

Greenberg documentary steps up to the plate

Tonight's opening of "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" at The Michigan Theater is a homecoming in more ways than one for Aviva Kempner, the film's writer, producer and director. A Detroit native, Kempner attended the University of Michigan during the late '60s and even worked at the Michigan Theater during her days as a student. Her film, "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," takes a documentary-style look at the life of Hank Greenberg, a former first baseman for the Detroit Tigers, member of the baseball Hall of Fame and one of the few prominent pro athletes of his day who was Jewish.

Guster's tune remains the same

Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit may rule MTV right now, but the guys in Guster have no doubt it won't last. "Every year, if you think about what the big song of the summer was, it has melody to it," said Adam Gardner, one of the band's guitarists, during an interview prior to Guster's show at Michigan State University two weeks ago.

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4-6-2000