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Twi-hards prove to have little bite at 'Breaking Dawn' premiere
- Summit
BY SEAN CZARNECKI
When I arrived at the premiere in Ypsilanti, I wanted angry middle-aged book club members wielding a battering ram to knock down the doors. Instead, I walked into this: fans being welcomed in from the cold; quiet, orderly lines.
HitClips and iPods: How ’90s nostalgia mixes with modern conveniences
- Jive
BY JULIA SMITH-EPPSTEINER
Memory travel is the greatest, especially when reaching back two decades — an intoxicating and romanticized ride through the hilly hills of our past. The travel is even better when sitting pretty upon the cushion of technological elitism.
Getting to know Carl Grapentine, the voice behind the Big House
BY MIKE KUNTZ
Grapentine is in his 42nd season as the band announcer, a position he has held since 1970. But most Michigan football fans know him as the booming voice over the PA calling the play-by-play during games, a position he's held since 2006.
School of Social Work celebrates with songs for societal change
BY JACOB AXELRAD
As part of its 90th anniversary celebration, the School of Social Work worked with others to create an original cantata based on the school’s slogan, “Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society,” will be performed tonight.
'Broadway Comes Home' to Spectrum Center for anniversary celebration
- Adam Schnitzer/Daily
BY ARIELLE SPECINER
The Spectrum Center is commemorating its 40th anniversary this weekend with tailgates, campus tours and a special tribute concert tonight called “Broadway Comes Home” Pink Carpet Gala Event.
Indian American Student Association finds its roots with 'Rivaayat'
- Teresa Mathew/Daily
BY VERONICA MENALDI
IASA has been putting on its annual show for 25 years. It typically has around 240 participants — its co-ordinaters say it is the largest student-run production in the country — and roughly 4,000 people attend the performance.
The three University alumni who helped make 'A Christmas Story' a musical
- Courtesy of Teresa Siavrakas
BY LUCY PERKINS
The trials and tribulations of an all-American Christmas take the audience for a wild holiday ride through the musical stylings of 2007 ‘U’ alums Justin Paul and Benj Pasek and the musical direction of 2003 alum Ian Eisendrath.
'U' MFA alum Jesmyn Ward nominated for National Book Award for 'Salvage the Bones'
- Bloomsbury
BY JENNIFER XU
University MFA graduate Jesmyn Ward knows how to write about natural disasters because she lived through one. Many of the events in “Salvage the Bones,” were colored by her own experiences during Katrina’s ravages in August 2005.
Michigan-based, Ethiopia-inspired duo bring folk tunes to The Ark
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY LUCY PERKINS
Seth and May spent three weeks in Ethiopia last January in a collaborative project with On the Ground, a nonprofit group that raises money to aid sustainable development in farming regions worldwide.
University alumni honored for designing new Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial
- Carolyn Kaster/AP
BY JACOB AXELRAD
The University’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning honored University alumni Ed Jackson and James Chaffers on Friday for their instrumental roles in the design and production of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial.
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