Just Like People
This is the first snow. It comes in the middle of the afternoon, after the morning's errands have been done, after going to the mailbox to send in the cable bill, the bakery for rye bread and the pharmacy for blood pressure pills. Inside now, at the kitchen table, drinking coffee with heavy cream and sugar, eating bread with butter, he sees the first flakes. He puts down the newspaper, and finishes the rest of his lunch while looking out the window.
Snow days, threatened lawsuits, myths place 'U' in Michigan's winter wonderland lore
If you're looking forward to a day of snowball fights, watching old movies and sipping hot chocolate while holed-up in your room for a snow day, don't plan on buying your mini-marshmallows just yet.
No matter how much snow arrives this winter, classes won't be cancelled any time soon. Having closed down only three times in its history, the University aims to keep its facilities open at all times to avoid inconveniencing students and community members dependent upon it for services.
Cheap thrills on trays promises winter fun on Ann Arbor slopes
In early November the flurries are just beginning, but the idea of Jack Frost nipping at noses makes some students want to hibernate indoors until early May. Snow makes a lovely picture through a pane of glass, but others find their souls swooning in a different direction. "Woo-hoo!" exclaim the impassioned. "It's perfect weather for sledding!"
But who in college actually goes sledding?
Take to the ice: Ann Arbor, 'U' offer variety of places to glide
As it becomes painfully cold to be outside in Ann Arbor, many students enjoy exerting their energy at the ice rink. While streets that were once overcrowded with in-line skaters may seem barren, ice rinks such as Yost Arena are filling up.
Although ice skating is possible indoors throughout the entire year, LSA sophomore Sarah King, like many other people, visits the skating rinks when it is cold outside.
Organizations offer cross -country skiing in Ann Arbor
Winter is upon the city, which signifies the onset of winter activities - like sledding in the Arb, snow fights and cross-country skiing. Cross-country skiing is a great cardiovascular exercise, using muscles throughout the body.
Bivouac peddles trendy winter fashion, accessories since 1971
Where the fashionable and practical clothing items of winter combine, Bivouac awaits the willing consumer. Braving the rainy slosh of a Michigan November, or perhaps the fierce chill of January, students face a predicament: fleece or parka? The indecision becomes perhaps a student's greatest nuisance.
When no expense is to be spared, Bivouac assures the finest quality of winter clothing. It features the most popular names in seasonal apparel: The North Face, Patagonia, Marmot and Vasque are available for those who attempt to avoid the winter chill. Other major labels like Donna Karan, Calvin Klein and Polo represent the most updated trends in the clothing section.
Farmer's Almanac predicts cold, wet winter ahead
"New, useful and entertaining matter" - this statement, perhaps a caveat, appears on the title page of the 1997 edition of the "Old Farmer's Almanac." To 9 million Almanac readers, this statement may summarize the purpose of the manual, which has appeared annually since 1792.
The "Old Farmer's Almanac" contains, yup, you guessed it, information that is useful to farmers. This includes planting information, household tips and intricate lunar and solar calendars, as well as the famous weather predictions, among other information.
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Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph and Johnny.
Got books? Then let it snow
Snow is a good thing.
This is something that I will not say in two months, perhaps, when I am trapped under a 13-foot snowdrift in the northwest end of the Diag, but for now, I think, snow is a good thing. I welcomed the first snowfall last week.
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Oasis lead singer arrested with cocaine
The List!
Films holding
Middle Earth delights, offends with variety of gifts
No, this isn't a shopping list written after Hash Bash, but a legitimate one from any person who plans on doing their shopping at Middle Earth.
"It's named after the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy, though it doesn't carry any merchandise related to that," said Cynthia Shevel, Middle Earth owner and founder, with a laugh. When asked why the store was opened, she stated, "Well, you weren't alive in 1967 - it's what it was like!"
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