Heritage/Tradition
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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.
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Robert Frost in Ann Arbor
How a lucky circle of U-M student scribes became friends with America’s poet-laureate.
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Summer camp!
At Camp Michigania, generations of alumni families play at the lake, walk in the woods, and build lifelong friendships.
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The great pipe organ
How one of the world’s great musical instruments made its way from Detroit to Chicago to Hill Auditorium.
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Hand – carved history
For generations of Michigan alumni, senior canes unlocked the vaults of memory.
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Earth Day Eve
Forty years ago, U-M students prepared the way for the first Earth Day teach-in. Here’s how a casual talk at a bar on Washington Street spurred the modern environmental movement.