Heritage/Tradition
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Day of dissent
On Oct.15, 1969, President Robben Fleming advised U-M faculty to forgo attendance. The campus had been given over to the biggest of all 1960s peace protests.
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Meechigan man
Beloved Wolverines football announcer Bob Ufer, ’43, is the subject of a new documentary by filmmaker Dan Chace, BA ’83.
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The women of Henderson House
The smallest of all U-M housing units is a vibrant model of the University’s diversity ideal.
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Death of an Angell
When the beloved James B. Angell died in April 1916, all of Ann Arbor and much of Michigan mourned his loss.
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Hopwood in Havana
Cuba is top of mind for many these days. In 1924 playwright Avery Hopwood visited Havana, and his vivid diary captures the city’s heyday.
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Guerrilla librarians
In 2005, a move to shut down the Residential College’s popular Benzinger Library sparked student protests, sit-ins, and a move to take back the stacks of East Quad.
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A feat to cherish
The Jesse Owens story is the subject of the new film “Race,” but for U-M fans of track & field, the Owens story that truly resonates took place here, in 1935, when the Ohio State Buckeye made history.
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You can ring my (Pretzel) Bell
Restaurateurs are cooking up plans to resurrect the much-revered gathering spot, enjoyed by locals from 1934-85.
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The spy who never was
The film Bridge of Spies is more than just a Cold War thriller for one former professor who survived the real-life saga.
