"You know, this campus really needs a good ___________." We've all had this moment - be it on State Street at 3 a.m. bumbling around with our sloshed roommates, blazing on our friend's leather couch during a spring afternoon or drowsily pulling an all-nighter in the Fishbowl. Sure, Ann Arbor's great (mostly), but the campus area is lacking in food and fun. Most of us aren't even from New York and we know this city needs more stuff. Call us haters, but it's true. Here's a partial list of our suggestions for major improvements.

BOWLING

Aside from the fact that there's nothing to do in Ann Arbor but get high, eat (not necessarily mutually exclusive) and lie around on the city's various grassy knolls, everyone simply needs to bowl more often. Even though there are two alleys within driving distance that most students are aware of, there needs to be one that kids can walk to - to smoke and drink excessively with friends. And frankly, the number of people who can't muster up 100 pins in 10 frames - looking at you, Obama - is just embarrassing. So, if for no other reason than your future presidential campaign, Ann Arbor should have a closer house of strikes, spares and cosmic gaming.

-- Chris Gaerig

B.Y.O.B. RESTAURANT

Many people don't even know what they are, but you'd be more than happy if we had them. The premise is simple: Bring your own bottle of wine to any restaurant, they uncork it and boom, you've saved $30. But creativity is the key here. Imagine an $8 bottle of Pinot Grigio and a blue cheese burger at Mr. Greek's. How about two 40s of Mickey's at Sadako? Done. They might even pour them into a wine glass. Why spend $12 on two pints of Sierra Nevada when you could bring a six-pack for the same price?

- Matt Emery

A MUSIC SCENE

There's no music scene in Ann Arbor. The Arksy crowd doesn't count. If our scene is aging hippies with beards, bongos and six-strings, we're in a lot of trouble. When the majority of the music "scene" leaves for a third of the year, you don't have a music scene. Yes, Nomo, My Dear Disco and Saturday Looks Good to Me are legit. But outside of that, your buddy's band from West Quad that booked a night at the Blind Pig doesn't count for anything. With Detroit just a leap away, where are the punk and Motown influences of old? No burgeoning identity, no scene - it's that easy.

-- Matt Emery

GROCERY STORE

Ten minutes after you move into your first Ann Arbor apartment, you understand why students spend so much money on their Ann Arbor parking spots: There's essentially no place, within walking distance, to "stock up." Sure, your sandwich shop of choice is now just blocks away, but you can't find an un-bruised apple for your life. There might not be a lot of ground space to work with, but this campus is in desperate need of a quality grocery store. And no, the Village Corner and White Market do not count.

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- Caroline Hartmann

PHARMACY

Dear Charles R. Walgreen III,

First, thank you kindly for your $5 million donation to build the University's Walgreen Drama Center on North Campus. It houses the Arthur Miller Theatre nicely, and although we don't get up there as much as we'd like, it really was a thoughtful gesture.

But as much as University students appreciate the Walgreen Center, what we could really use on campus is an actual Walgreens. We understand there are reasons for not putting a store within walking distance from the Diag. Many large chains pass on locations in high-rent downtown areas when more money can be made by a store a few miles out. But think about the carless masses.

When we get sick, we can't find a sensibly sized bottle of Dayquil. When we run out of the hygiene products we like best, we have to bus to Meijer.

Please, sir, give your alma mater a place where students can buy medicine, make-up and birthday cards for our moms in one stop.

Sincerely,

Needing Shampoo

-- Jessica Vosgerchin

SOUL FOOD

In Ann Arbor, we like to eat food from other people's cultures. How many times have you gotten drunk and stumbled into BTB on your way home for a bouquet of freshly fried churros, or stopped into Oasis for that scrumptious chicken shwarma on your way to class? When it comes to food, Ann Arbor takes cultural appropriation to a whole new level. From Totoro to Shalimar, tasty "ethnic" food abounds. But we forget one of the tastiest cuisines of all: soul food. Just 30 miles away from Detroit and there's not a single soul food joint to be had. Craving Ethiopian? We have you covered. But what's Injera bread without hoecakes? That's just plain wrong.

- Mara Gay