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 [UPDATE:  We will be auctioning off two tickets to the Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Minnesota (homecomming) Football Games at the dinner.]

Join the University of Michigan Alumni Club of Central Ohio for our Annual Dinner at The Loft in the Smith Bros’ Hardware Building (580 N. 4^th St., Columbus 43215) on Friday, June 14th as we welcome well-known author and Michigan alum John U. Bacon.

The event will begin with a meet & greet from 6:30-7:30 PM, followed by dinner at 7:30 PM, and Mr. Bacon's presentation at around 8:30 PM.

Cost for this event is $40, which includes hors d'oeuvres, dinner, and dessert. Please send your check, payable to the University of Michigan Alumni Club of Central Ohio, to Matt Stout, 100 S. 3^rd St., Columbus, Ohio 43215, for arrival no later than noon on Monday, June 10th. Space is limited to the first 60 registrants.

For more information, please contact Samir Dahman at sdahman@dahmanlaw.com.

Go Blue!

NYT article on the popularity of high school alumni football:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/sports/clinging-to-youth-at-a-cost.html

Have any readers participated in this sort of thing?

Couldn't help thinking of this guy when reading the article:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmh5e-9bn8w

So I made a seating section switch for this year.  After 5 years of being in Section 5, I moved my seats to Section 19.  I figured both sections look straight at the South goal line, but at least in Section 19, I will be able to be on the Michigan sideline, have the cheerleaders in front of me, and be able to hear the band a lot better.

All of this turned out to be true, but I wasn't very happy with a few things in my new section that put a kink in my experience against Air Force:

1) People seemed more uptight in this area.  They sat almost all the time except for big plays and big 3rd/4th downs with M on defense.  There was one loud guy a few rows behind me that kept getting dirty looks.  It just seems very quiet in the area also. 

2) No easy out.  Noticed there are 2 entrance/exits on the east side, but only 1 on the west side.  It took me 15 minutes to get out to the concourse.  In section 5, it never took me more than 1-2 minutes.

3) No easy bathrooms.  Maybe I missed the easy bathroom, but I sure didn't see one.  In section 5, there is both a men's and women's just outside and rarely have lines.

Also, I found out during the Nebraska game last year that I was sitting next to 1964 team captain Jim Conley when I was in section 5.  Wish I would have figured that out much earlier in the season.

Anyway, the point of this long post is to get recommendations/advice from other board members on their observations in this section or other sections.  Obviously this could have just been one odd game, but I want to figure out if I want to make another section switch.  Thanks in advance!

Way off topic, but a college buddy of mine is in the Guitar Center Master Satriani guitar contest and could use a few votes.  I've checked out several of the guys ahead of him and, frankly, he blows many of them out of the water.  It's really just a popularity contest and it'd be cool for this guy to get up there, and even win.

His name is Que (pronounced "Q" or kyoo) Rhee and he graduated mid-90's in engineering.  Very cool guy.  I still remember jamming with him, totally butchering the lyrics to Comfortably Numb while he just killed the solos.  

Anyway, to vote for him,

Like his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thetonezone777

Subscribe to his youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCMimjbzsUE&feature=youtu.be

and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/qrhee

You can do all three, by the way.  

One of Michigan's O-linemen from the early '90s:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120625/SPORTS0201/206250319/Ex-Michigan-lineman-Thomas-Guynes-enforcing-law-these-days

Chicago Alums/Fans, the Sports-O-Rama is tonight aka the Coaches tour... It was a fun event last year and is for charity (scholarships)/supports the alumni association.

Obviously Hoke, Beilein, and Red will be there...

Several hundred attended last year, and there are tickets available at the door: