Relay for Incarceration

The coolest part of every Relay for Life is of course an amazing jail. Naturally then, the Drug Lords were charged with building one this year. Thanks to Matt Wolf and Papa Wolf (not to be mistaken for Matt himself, who is also a proud Papa Wolf), this awesome pine monstrosity was built and delivered free of charge.

With a little help from some P1s, P2s, and many-a-trip to Home Depot, we now have a fully functional, inescapable, indestructible jail for you to rock out your Relay for Life hours in. Friend ticked you off? Find the deputy, grease the hand a little and straight to the pokey they go. Unhappy with a professor? You’re on your own for that one. I’m not throwing any of the people who grade me into jail.

Check out pictures below for the painting. We’re proud of this one and thanks to all those who came out and helped!

-Rebecca Lalani

Fundraiser: bd's Mongolian Barbeque TODAY!

Where: bd's Mongolian BBQ on State Street

Date: Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

When: 6pm - 10pm

Tickets include:

• Bowl of stir-fry
• Non-alcoholic beverage
• You choice of soup & salad bar -OR- dessert
• Tax and Tip

All this for only $20! ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

*Pay an additional $5 to receive unlimited stir-fry bowls. I know I did.

See you there,

-EZ

EDIT: We raised $490 from this event! Thanks to everyone who showed up, and thanks to Irwin Lau, Jacqueline Isip, and Ayumi Ueda for setting this up!

Five Days Left until Showtime!

Relay for Life begins in five days this Saturday morning!

We are currently the #2 team at the University. Great work everyone!

Our fundraising of $9,726.09 has put us to 65% of our $15,000.01 goal.

Yes, 65% is a solid 'D', but we'll get to an A+ in no time. We have lots of extra credit coming with Mongolian BBQ, bucketing, and our two on-site fundraisers (the Jail and Purple Ribbons).

-EZ

Fundraiser: Mia Za's Today, 3/31

Date: March 31st, 4-10pm

Why: 20% of ALL sales will support the Drug Lords Relay Team.

Don't forget about the delicious soups, salads, panini, and pizzas. Sidenote: panini is the plural form of panino.

No flyer or mention of Relay For Life needed. Bring your friends.

-EZ

Penny Wars - The Results Edition

The results are in for the much-anticipated Penny Wars. Before I reveal the winner, here's a picture of the jars prior to the counting:

[P1, P2, and P3 Jars]

Based on the height of the jars alone, you may notice a couple things

• The P1 and P2 jars are nearly equal in height
• The P2 jar has a lot of bills on top
• Tiffany Pfundt's jar is the highest and has even more bills (due to the P2's scrambling on the last day to level out the P3's)

From this angle, you can see a nice hefty, rolled up wad of bills in Tiffany's jar:

COUNTING

Counting the coins is no easy task, and thankfully, we have a TCF Bank nearby with a coin counter. Just dump the coins in and wait, right? Oops! We have to remove the bills first... Great, now what do we do?

[Dominick Rutherford manually taking out the bills one-by-one]

Putting our tuition dollars to good use:

[Eric Zhao and Jenna Bognaski with The Michigan Difference. Rachel Joseph telling a joke.]

But wait, there's more! James McKenzie comes along with his wise P3 knowledge:

[They don't give us Pharm.D.'s for nothing]

THE RESULTS

I know the pharmacy students have already received an email with the results, so I am posting this for the zero people on the world wide web following us on our suspenseful journey. Here is the breakdown of each class:

P1

• Quarters (qty): 193
• Dimes: 158
• Nickels: 120
• Pennies: 2469

• Total coins (amt): $94.74
• Bills (amount): $89.00
• Total score: 574 points

P2

• One Dollar Coins (qty): 4
• Quarters: 336
• Dimes: 523
• Nickels: 252
• Pennies: 1769

• Total coins (amt): $170.59
• Bills (amt): $84.00
• Total score: 8,659 points

P3

• Quarters: 551
• Dimes: 485
• Nickels: 295
• Pennies: 2225

• Total coins (amt): $233.25
• Bills (amt): $133.00
• Total score: 10,025 points

And the winner of 2010 Penny Wars is..........................Tiffany Pfundt!! And the Class of 2011!! Congratulations!!!! Overall, we raised a mind-blasting total of $804.58 for Relay For Life. Looking forward to the War next year!

-EZ

PS The P1's had the most pennies in their jar, so I'm wondering if they took Penny Wars a little too literally. We'll name it Quarter Wars for them next year, or better yet, Sacagawea Golden Dollar Coin Wars.

Fundraiser: Blue Leprechaun Tomorrow, 3/26

Date: Friday, March 26th

Specials with $5 wristband

• $3.50 appetizers
• $3.00 Blue Moons
• $2.00 Pints of Miller Lite
• $2.00 Well Drinks
• $2.00 Soco Limes
• $2.00 Kamikazes

All proceeds benefit the Drug Lords Relay For Life team! Be there, don't be stupid.

-EZ

EDIT: We raised $336 from this fundraiser. Thanks to everyone who showed up in support!

Euchre Tournament Results: The Best of The Best of The Best, SIR!

The big day is over and we have found the euchre team that is "The best of the best of the best."

I would first like to say the Phi Delta Chi Euchre tournament raised $100 for Relay for Life! Big ups to Margo "Mar GO BLUE" Cooklin for putting this on. Ten teams showed up to duke it out for the grand prize fuchsia-colored trophies:

[Highly coveted: These are the BOMB DIGGITY]

THE EVENT

Unfortunately, my partner Brad and I did not take these home this year, despite being the top-seeded favorites. I blame the economy. In any case, check out these 8.0-megapixel photos from the event, where the games were intense and the rivalries fierce:

[Not being fierce at all. FIERCE!]

[Dennis fiercely looks on as Fierce Jordan thinks. He does that on occasion]

[Liz and Erin being fierce. Gabrielle smiling.]

THE FINAL TABLE

After some number of hours, the final table consisted of

[Dominick Rutherford/Matt Lewis]

VS.

[Tiffany Pfundt/Frank Bertone]

THE RESULTS

I'm not sure what the score was, but I assume it was 16-14 in double overtime, with the winners being...

[Matt Lewis and Dominick Rutherford]

Wipe those smug smiles off your faces; I'm coming for you next year

And runner-ups...

[Tiffany Pfundt and Frank Bertone]

Second place is the first loser.

Even Margo thinks so.

THE LOSERS' BRACKET = THE REAL WINNERS

"Hey Eric, if you didn't win it, how did you and Brad do?" Allow me to answer that question. We lost to Dominick and Matt in the second round, but came back to WIN THE LOSERS BRACKET:

[Brad Sisson and Eric Zhao and coozies]

The Best of the Best of the Worst

Yeah, I know. Why cover the World Series of Poker when you have tension and excitement like this all day? I'm talking to you, ESPN. Check out the bracket for a play-by-play analysis:

Sidenote: Since Brad won't be around next year, I will be taking applications for my euchre partner next year. Please email ezhao@umich.edu with a cover letter and CV if interested.

-EZ