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  1. Cheryl McNabb - 1972

    In the midst of serious study, play is so important. I will never forget night ‘traying’ on snow in the arboretum. Go Blue!

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    • Jim Easton - 1976

      Oh Cheryl, absolutely!! Hadn’t thought about that in a while. One of my roommates worked in the dorm cafeteria (not saying which dorm Ha!) freshman year. When he was done in the spring, he borrowed (permanently!) a couple of the super big trays they baked those great cookies on. We put them to good use every winter thereafter! Thanks for jogging my great memories!

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  2. Ron Lincoln - 1974, 1976

    Epic snowball battles between West & South Quads, with medical tubing “slingshots”.

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  3. Paul Jacokes - 1973`

    In January of 1968, I was at an apartment party on State Street near Packard. There was a lot of snow and a snowball fight broke out. It was between people on the street and people in the apartments. People would join in as they passed by. Those in the apartments fought from their balconies. They were at a definite disadvantage as they did not have a lot of snow. One guy managed to get on top of the overhang for the front door of the building. He had a lot of snow, but no protection. We watched him through the glass. He split his pants. It was quite the night. It was the night my wife and I finally got together.

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  4. Christopher Hull - 1976, '80

    I wish I was there!

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  5. Deborah Darin - '76

    In retrospect, my Ann Arbor winters seem especially snowy, so beautiful and calm. And that frigid and snow-heavy winter in 76-77 will never leave me. A lot of the indelibility comes from having been on foot every day during those 5 winters, not in a car.

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  6. Esteban Miller - 1995,1999,2002

    I fondly recall a Wednesday before Thanksgiving break 1994 spontaneous snow ball fight just outside the medical school exit doors (recessed area) from snow that fell while we were in class.

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  7. david lee - 1972

    I never forget the fun while “traying” in North Campus. A friend and I borrowed trays from the dorm cafeteria after a beautiful snow fall and headed to the slopes near Bursley Hall. We had a blast!

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  8. Judi Epstein - 1968

    2nd semester1965 there was a huge, huge snowstorm that closed every campus in Michigan except the U of M. I’m sure there was over 2′ of snow and because the temperature dropped and the snow was quite wet the top layer was a crust of ice. The challenge of getting to class forced me out of the dorm. I was really surprised at the number of students who showed up for class. Great fun!!

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  9. Skip Gerometra - 1968

    Same big snow storm of Jan 1968: My college roommate Vic and I along with our new wives went out at night from North campus married student housing … “Borrowed” some kids’ sleds, and finally, all snow-covered made it back on the campus bus. Great memory of that storm.

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  10. John Lehman - E 1976

    Absolutely: traying in the Arb winter of ’75? “Aided” by a bottle of Drambuie!

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  11. Larry Duneske - 76

    When we were in A2 in the early / mid-seventies there were many deep snow fun activities prompted on by some consumption of alcohol. The best would be traying in the Arb from the Geddes road entrance. Whoa Nellie!

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  12. John Gillette - 1974

    Was there for epic West Quad (my residence) vs. South Quad battles. One time for some reason Fred Holdsworth, a pitcher in Tigers organization, was there humming fastballs at peoples heads. Was glad he was on West Quad team.

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  13. Scott Storey - 1976

    I remember that during one of those epic battles between West Quad and South Quad, someone on the top floor of South was blasting Ride of The Valkyries from their window while their neighbor dumped trash cans of snow like hot oil on the invading marauders below.

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    • Deborah Holdship

      Hilarious. So fun!

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  14. Viv Grill - 72

    1971 Someone made a huge snowman and put it right in front of our second story apartment door!

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