Heritage/Tradition
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Car craze
Speeding and “moral decay” provoked a stern crackdown on student drivers in the 1920s.
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Summer school for geniuses
The Summer Symposia in Theoretical Physics attracted the best minds in the world.
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The Doors' disaster at Michigan
Jim Morrison bombs at the homecoming dance –- and changes rock history.
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50 years of the Peace Corps
From John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama, presidents have challenged University of Michigan students to change the world.
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Move-in day
Video: Take a look behind the scenes as thousands of students arrive at their new homes in the dorms.
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The Two-Dollar House
How a handful of Depression – era students ditched the profit motive and started U-M’s co-ops
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What Division Street divided
Video: The true story of Ann Arbor’s dry line, and the rowdy, brawling student behavior it totally failed to prevent.
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The world game, home field
Video: On summer evenings on U-M’s Mitchell Field, players from around the world gather for games of pickup soccer.