Campus unrest often erupts at times of social unrest. But what about campus humor? Some say it’s at its best when times are not.

In the pages of Wrinkle, we get glimpses of student life in the 1890s—at least as it appeared to the cocky male editors of that short-lived Michigan humor magazine.

The first check Megan Ganz, BA ’06, cashed for writing comedy came from MAD magazine. Today she’s a successful sitcom writer.