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Chorus girls
The presence of chorus girls at a 1921 fraternity party revealed scandalous behavior by students and administrators alike.
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Bill Martin's legacy
As he approaches retirement, the athletic director will go down as one of U-M's most influential figures.
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Talking about science »
A world without ice
Geophysics professor Henry Pollack explains how scientists know that CO2 is at its highest level in 800,000 years, and what it means for the planet.
Alumni
Veterans Radio
U-M alumni and Vietnam veterans Dale Throneberry and Bob Gould found their calling in the stories of fellow vets.
Talking about movies »
Tarantino's film history
The director's latest film is brutally violent at the same time it joyfully recalls movies of the past.
Talking about words »
Canadian, eh
Native speakers are increasingly proud of the "fizzy Canadian cocktail" that is their language.
Talking about words—archive
Essays on language from Michigan Today
- Canadian, eh (November 2009)
- Shakespeare's words (October 2009)
- Marginal words (September 2009)
- Woo-woo words (June 2009)
- Obsolete words (May 2009)
- Car names (April 2009)
- Good words: The work of John Updike (March 2009)
- Txt? omg! (February 2009)
- Elderspeak (January 2009)
- Artistique words (November 2008)
- Campaigns and slogans (October 2008)
- Pigskin (September 2008)
- My Word ® (July 2008)
- Strangelets: words from physics (June 2008)
- Eating words (May 2008)
- Trophies (April 2008)
- Dank: teen slang (March 2008)
- The hip hooray and ballyhoo (February 2008)
- Us and them (January 2008)
- What's the point? (Pity the poor apostrophe) (October 2007)
- MySpace Generation (September 2007)
- Cloth words (July 2007)
- Figures of speech (February 2007)
- Erasing words (January 2007)
- Don't say words badly (December 2006)
- How many words are enough? (November 2006)
- Rehabbing words (October 2006)
- Dead words (September 2006)
- Future words (August 2006)
- Exuberant words (July 2006)
- Split infinitives (June 2006)
- Gimme Grammar (May 2006)
- Let's have a look-see (April 2006)
- Breakteeth words (March 2006)
- Bassackwards (February 2006)
- Funny spelling (January 2006)
- Small words (November 2005)
- Big Words—or how the English language got so bodacious (October 2005)
- You could look it up (September 2005)
- wOOt! (August 2005)
- Yooper—it's Michigan's second language, eh? (July 2005)
- Watch your language! (June 2005)
- Exporting English Part 3: Hip-hop hood (May 2005)
- Exporting English Part 2: Syllabaries are where it's @ (April 2005)
- Exporting English Part 1 (March 2005)
- Botoxed, burger, bra, zoo and other whacked words (February 2005)
- Whatever! (January 2005)
- Eating crow, hot-dogging it and other animal metaphors quick and dead (December 2004)
- Yada, Yada, Yada (October 2004)
- Okey-dokey, culture-vultures: echo away! (September 2004)
- You say "spi-NOSH," but I say "SPIN-itch" (August 2004)
- Like, wow! (June 2004)
- Explain yourself (May 2004)
- Local language (April 2004)
- "Prexy" (February 2004)
- Presidentess (January 2004)
- Phat (December 2003)
- Squatchetery (November 2003)
- A CRISP acronym (October 2003)