University of Michigan Experiences

Tour guides tell you it has a great campus. University officials tell you it has top-rated programs. These are the reasons why people actually come to UMich.

1) Above Ground Pools

Either your house has bought one of these industrial size swimming pools or you’ve been to a house with one because this is Michigan and the only measure of money is how much fun you are having with it.

2) Rick’s

You’ve gotten rejected from Rick’s even with you’re nearly flawless fake ID. However, when you turn 21, Rick’s is like a right of passage.

3) Skeeps

Tequila Tuesday’s and $1 Long Island Ice Tea Thursday’s … ‘nough said

4) Fireworks

Finished all your homework and it’s a Wednesday night … let’s go set off some fireworks. * Definitely a great investment to become a member of Phantom Fireworks

5) Burn Barrels

If the fireworks weren’t enough for all those pyros at Michigan, burn barrels are also a crowd favorite to keep warm in the winter and make friends with the exclusivity community of homeless people.

6) WinterFest

A massive hockey tournament between the fraternities and sororities on campus, and shit gets really heated. One winner will emerge, but everyone will emerge with bruises.

7) Mud Bowl

Same level of awesomeness as WinterFest, except instead of being a tournament it is a 2 hour spectacle between SAE and the winner of the round-robin done several weeks before.

8) Backroom Pizza

$1 for a slice of pizza. $6 for a full pizza.

9) Karaoke Night – Sunday @ The Brown Jug

No better way to bring in the shittiness of Monday with a little Sunday night drinking.

10) Insomnia Cookies

Order an entire cookie cake because they deliver til 3 am and because a layer of fat will do you more good than harm in the winter

11) Pizza House

It tastes good.

12) Zingerman’s

It is good.

13) Shit Ripper At Vaughn St.

“Shit Rippers.” The origin of the name is a mystery and it may go down as the 8^th wonder of the world, but the important thing to know is that a “Shit Ripper” is basically like New Years, Cinco De Mayo, and St. Patrick’s Day combined.

14) Football Saturdays

“Saturday morning is the best night of the weekend.” – A Wise Man

By: Nick Reitnour

University of Michigan