A higher percentage of maize than you'd see in a maize out...
Football is king in Ann Arbor, and nobody who goes here will let you forget it. That said, football only lasts for most of first semester.  And its little brother hockey is right around the corner.

Ricky Reilly may disagree, but Michigan hockey games are an absolute blast and the a

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Bravo to Yahoo Sports.

This image pretty much speaks for itself. The good people at Yahoo Sports came up big here with Charlie Weis' picture posted next to "Intriguing Appetizers" for a college football preview.  

Is this insensitive to a man who's battling serious weight problems for his health? Yes. Is making fun of Charlie Weis' weight pro

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Just like those EHarmony commercials...
You shouldn't judge a book by its cover. But honestly, what's the first thing you do when you're looking for more information about a college-aged person? At Umich, just like other schools around the country, you Facebook them. (The Alumni Association would love for you to inCircle them, but nobody in th

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At this point, anything's possible.
However liberal Umich may be, one thing can be taken for granted: official university policy will favor Israel. Which makes U-M Press's decision to go ahead with distributing "Overcoming Zionism" after a month's delay about as surprising as the football team's complete ineptitude. That is, it's pretty damn sh

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Feel sorry for this guy.
Anyone who's lived in off-campus housing and dealt with local landlords probably believes these guys are reeling it in. Right now, they are, but we're actually in the midst of a relative boom for rentals in Ann Arbor. Dan must have really been hurting a few years ago.

Apparently, it would have been nice looking for a

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It looks good. It's bad for you. You're in college. Eat it.
There are few restaurants in Ann Arbor that can best described as “Ann Arbor”. This can basically be defined as being hippie, shady places that still somehow feel relatively safe. Fleetwood Diner and Cafe Dominick's are two of these places. Another is Red Hot Lovers.

RHL does one th

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Hanging out in the parking lot, like all the UM Flint bus drivers.
You take several things for granted living in a college town. One of those things is that your university would have a bus service to get you from one end of campus to the other, providing a way to avoid a walk that would tax Moses. Now, UM Flint has its own bus service just lik

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Uncle Sam wants your money too. Unless you're rich, in which case he doesn't want too much.

College kids are probably the number three demographic in the “please scam us” sweepstakes after  immigrants who don't speak much English and old people. For whatever reason (there are several) scammers look at college kids and see dollar signs. Kind of

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Some days this guy looks like Santa.. or whoever gives you presents around that time of year.
If you live in University Towers, or are moving in, this is important information. According to police, a man has been posing as a maintenance man and stealing electronics from apartments in University Towers.

This leads to a bit of a paradox. Normal

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