A few weeks ago, The Center for Michigan, inspired in part by my experiences inside the University of Michigan emergency room on a football Saturday last year, published a series of insightful articles about game day binge drinking on Michigan’s college campuses. As we discussed here at the time, they didn’t just talk with university […]
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I’m Shmacked, the Smithsonian Folkways of binge drinking, to return to Ann Arbor, record the drunken stupidity of Michigan’s most privileged for posterity
Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Alice Jo Gannon Boss
The following interview with Alice Jo Gannon Boss was conducted several months ago, but, for some reason, I’m just now getting around to posting it. Hopefully that fact won’t diminish your excitement over the fact that she’s now one of us… Please join me in welcoming her to the neighborhood, even if it is a […]
Meanwhile, in Ann Arbor…
Here’s my caption. If you have a better one, let me know… “And you thought football Saturdays were bad…” This photo, which was taken outside of Knights’ Market last night by Jeremy Wheeler. Actually – and I know this is far fetched – what if they escaped from Knights? What if Knights, all these years, […]
Ypsi/Abor Exit Interview: Thomas Kula
When I think about the kind of people we need more of in Ypsi, there are probably five or six distinct archetypes that come to mind. If I ever went to the trouble of naming them, one would certainly be called “The Kula” in honor of the man we’re talking to here tonight. Thomas moved […]