Fire Department Responds To Burning Mattress,
Unsafe Concerts, As UM Students Return
(Ann Arbor News headline – college move-in week)
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‘the unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life,
is that there is no core curriculum.
the entire place is an elective.’
-jon stewart
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source credits: click detroit wdiv, mlive, ann arbor news
author, brad meltzer, class of ’92, gives the commencement speech at his son’s graduation
“My son hadn’t had a proper graduation since middle school. Here’s my commencement address at the University of Michigan, written for him & Class of 2024, “
And here is the last line: “The world needs more empathy, more humility, and certainly more decency. If you really want to shock the world, unleash your kindness.” – Brad Meltzer
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*Brad Meltzer is an American novelist, non-fiction writer, TV show creator, and comic book author. His novels touch on the political thriller, legal thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, while he has also written superhero fiction for DC Comics and a series of short biographies of prominent people for young readers.
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source credit: Alumni Association of the University of Michigan
a lovely, blustery, turn your fingers blue, afternoon
spent with my grandson
welcoming our team home with a parade
a city full of pride and joy
for our very own
national champions
university of michigan wolverines
go blue!
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“i think everyone, once in his life, should be given a ticker-tape parade.”
-gene kranz
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image credits: brad galli, wxyz, me
Photo by ERIC BRONSON / University of Michigan Photography
photo by university of michigan alumni association
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“if you’re a champion, you have to have it in your heart.”
*-chris evert
*Christine Marie Evert known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987,
is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest …
89th annual Mud Bowl
It’s another home game in the Big House today for the Michigan Wolverines, but meanwhile on campus, this happens first:
Started in 1932, the annual Mud Football Bowl takes place during Fall Rush homecoming in the natural kettle hole on the side of the old SAE frathouse, which the Ann Arbor fire department fills with 10,000 gallons of water. The party is now thrown by the Michigan Mudbowl Club and all proceeds benefit the UM Mott Children’s Hospital and many, many turn out to cheer them on and celebrate.
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“there is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.”
-carl sandburg
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credits: university of michigan, sae, ann arbor townies
early morning ann arbor
outside of washtenaw dairy
on a home game day
calm before the storm
go blue.
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“you don’t show up on game day and expect to be great.
greatness happens in practice.
you have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
-michael jordan
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photo credit: washtenaw dairy
it’s that time of year again
move-in week
the uni students have newly arrived or returned
for a year of who knows what lies ahead
the stores, the streets, the students
are full of excitement, fear, questions, hopes
and a broom, a big mirror, and a case of ramen noodles or two.
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“i move in the university of the waves.”
-pablo neruda
The University of Michigan Bentley Library
a rainy night on campus. 1909
Photo credit: Daines & Nickels (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
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another day, another rally!
big gretch
our governor
and
pete buttigieg
transportation secretary/new michigander
come to campus
to inspire and rally the troops.
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“we can’t slow up because of our love for democracy and our love for america.”
-dr. martin luther king, jr.
a go blue day in michigan:
morning- governor whitmer and obama (blue state rally)
evening- university of michigan vs. michigan state rivalry football game (go blue!)
“on a good day everybody can beat everybody.”
-chris hughton
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photo credit: michigan stadium, fox sports
I didn't have my glasses on.... 