Apologies for the long stretch since my last entry. I'll attempt to use the next couple weeks of Winter Break to make it up.
Today's installment: What's not to like about Ross.
So, it's pretty obvious that I am loving my experience here at Ross. But over the last week I've held a couple Cafe Chats with prospective students, and invariably someone asks what I dislike, or at least what I would change ... other than, of course, the weather.
Admittedly, there were some mornings toward the end of Fall B when I would really rather have huddled under my electric blanket than brave the 15-minute, 15-degree walk to class. But then came Snowpocalypse '09, and the world got all topsy-turvy, with my hometown of Washington, DC receiving about a foot and a half more snow in one day than Ann Arbor has in all of December.
So, aside from the weather, there's:
Freakishly fat and fearless squirrels: I don't know what they're eating, but the squirrels in Ann Arbor are as big as alley cats, and just as fearless. Some people think this is cute, as evidenced by the Facebook group, or the University club dedicated to feeding them, or the inordinate number of YouTube videos documenting them. Please, people. I love animals as much as the next person, but there is nothing cute about these things.
The taxi situation: Ann Arbor is pretty pedestrian-friendly. There's a good bus system, meshing the University shuttles and the city-wide Ann Arbor Transit, both of which students ride free. ZipCar is popular, and I'm told this is a great place to ride a bike. Unfortunately, none of that matters when what you really want is a taxi. Like when it's cold, and your cute shoes are killing you, and you maybe wish you'd worn a hat even if that would give you hat-hair ... and on those nights, you'd really rather hail a cab than hobble home. But you can't. Because this is Ann Arbor, and you must call first. Yes, it's cheap ($5 anywhere within city limits). But it's definitely not New York.
Seigle Cafe hours: So I admit to shamelessly over-paying for the luxury of not having to leave the building for lunch (or breakfast, or dinner for that matter). I went to the grocery store exactly twice in all of Fall semester. Seigle Cafe is convenient and it's got that compost-friendly thing going on. The salad bar is decent, the chocolate chip cookies are addictive and the staff is incredibly nice. But it's closed on Saturdays. Are you kidding me?
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