Awesome date idea: History of the University of Michigan tour

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January 19th, 2010 at 9:43 PM
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Awesome date idea: History of the University of Michigan tour

This came up in a thread and I thought I'd post it for everyone. My senior year at Michigan, I took History 265: History of the University of Michigan with Professors Nick and Margaret Steneck who have since retired. The class included a practicum tour outlining historical spots on campus with detailed descriptions, interesting facts and things to look for.

http://www.umich.edu/~hist265/pdf/05_practicum_web.pdf

The tour is a lot of fun (don't be deterred by the the cold Ann Arbor weather!) and perfect to fill an off-season Saturday or even a date. =)

Enjoy, and let me know if any of you guys have done this or plan to. <3

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January 19th, 2010 at 9:55 PM | OMG (Score:1)
jonny_GoBlue
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I took that class my junior year... easily one of the best classes I took while there. I absolutely loved it.

Funny story, one of my first dates with a girl (whose name happened to be Jen) was doing a large portion of that practicum tour.

January 19th, 2010 at 10:03 PM | Quick poll (Score:1)
anskyman2001
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How many MGoBloggers would go on said UM history tour date with MGoJen in a heartbeat solely because of her posting ability?

All of us?

Ok, that was easy.

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January 19th, 2010 at 10:08 PM | awww (Score:1)
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January 19th, 2010 at 11:06 PM | With all the guys (Score:1)
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With all the guys MGoAllOverYou, it might be an MGoRash. Might wanna get it checked out, just in case...

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January 19th, 2010 at 11:17 PM | Quick! (Score:1)
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Get the MGoOintment!

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January 20th, 2010 at 9:27 AM | you've got to be fucking shitting me (Score:1)
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jesus

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January 19th, 2010 at 10:20 PM | just don't tell the wife (Score:1)
macaster
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she is a ND alum

January 19th, 2010 at 10:14 PM | Great Idea (Score:1)
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January 19th, 2010 at 10:23 PM | I never (Score:1)
macaster
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tell the ladies how to get laid

January 19th, 2010 at 10:44 PM | I get laid by the ladies, you (Score:1)
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I get laid by the ladies, you know I'm in charge. Both how I'm livin', and my nose is large.

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January 19th, 2010 at 10:50 PM | Well played sir! (Score:1)
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Well played sir!

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January 19th, 2010 at 10:41 PM | Date != automatic lay. (Score:1)
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Date != automatic lay.

I've been called a "hockey valkyrie" by those who don't know me.

Follow the Children of Yost now, worry about how to keep the ladies at bay later: http://twitter.com/#!

January 19th, 2010 at 10:15 PM | UM Date Venues (Score:1)
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Michigan provides alot of date type activities. Yost Skate Night is really good.

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January 20th, 2010 at 12:05 AM | Yea, there are a ton of cool (Score:1)
almostkorean
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Yea, there are a ton of cool places to take a girl in AA. It depends on the girl I guess, but I've had some really good times playing photohunt at Heidelberg and 25cent PBR night at Circus. There's also dollar hamburger day at Bar Louie, and a ton of other awesome restaurants (Totoro, No Thai, Savas, Colliders at Rod's)

January 19th, 2010 at 10:22 PM | This is really cool. (Score:1)
UMWest22
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It would be sweet if this was still offered as a course. Not only would I think it would be pretty easy, I'd find it really interesting to learn more about our campus. Thanks for posting this!

January 19th, 2010 at 10:32 PM | easy? (Score:1)
Maize30
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Jen, Jonny, was it easy like UMWest assumes, or was it one of those sneak up and bite you type classes? Sounds like a great class. Wish I could have taken it while I was there.

January 19th, 2010 at 10:39 PM | It wasn't bad at all (Score:1)
MGoJen
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I think it was like one research paper on the UM history topic of your choice(I chose to analyze the portrayal of women in The Michigan Daily right after WWII broke out), a midterm and then a final. My GSI (Cheri) was awesome and we went over practice questions that inevitably would be on the exam verbatim. There were like five or six pictures of some of the sites from the practicum and we had to identify the landmark and answer a question about it.

Definitely one of my best class choices by far!

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January 20th, 2010 at 1:37 AM | Agreed. Definitely not a (Score:1)
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Agreed. Definitely not a breeze class though. You needed to attend classes, study the lecture notes, and keep up with the readings in order to do well on the finals. Mostly fun-facts with a sprinkle of opinion/essay. Fortunately, the material is fantastic and so pertinent because you see what you're reading about as you walk across campus everyday. A very interesting class.

January 20th, 2010 at 2:16 AM | I'm pretty sure John U. Bacon (Score:1)
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I'm pretty sure John U. Bacon teaches a History of the University of Michigan course, but it's not offered every semester. I was always a little disappointed that I was never able to take it...and even more so after this thread.

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January 19th, 2010 at 10:36 PM | Me too. (Score:1)
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Me too.

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January 19th, 2010 at 10:53 PM | Jen (Score:1)
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Jen:

Would you like to go on a date with me this Saturday to see Michigan's campus?

January 20th, 2010 at 9:19 AM | Thanks for sharing. Might be (Score:1)
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Thanks for sharing. Might be a great idea to spend a lazy quiet summer afternoon with a hot woman.

January 20th, 2010 at 9:35 AM | yup (Score:1)
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