Though, I clrealy understand whay you're asking.
That, and it becomes near-impossible to use any public restroom in the city for several hours.
If there is a concern, then that might be the advantage of the stadium not really being adjacent to Central Campus. As long as you steer clear of Central Campus in this case, you'll be fine and nowhere near Hash Bash (though to be fair, it is far better known for its smells than any trouble it causes, which is virtually none). You might miss out on Tommy Chong, who will supposedly be at the Bash, but this is certainly dwarfed by the presence of Harbaugh.
If you want to see campus on a beautiful afternoon don't be deterred.The crowds tend to disperse later in the afternoon. The center of activity is between Dominik's and the Law quad so maybe stay clear of that area. Crowds on the Diag are similar to an Art Fair day -- less skin more hemp is all. Have strolled a few of them with my family through the years and the kids were oblivious to any 'bashers".
But if you really want to steer clear, just stay off Central Campus, specifically the Law Quad and surrounding areas, and you'll be fine.
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...circa 1983. A day that witnessed Reagan clones sporting ties and rhetoric o'plenty. A group of intrepid rabblerousers abandoned the relative safety of Bursley Hall in an attempt to ressurect the once proud tradition. Armed with only bungee cords to lash the group together, a small bong nicknamed Shmoo, a few AC/DC tapes and a considerable supply of sticky red bud, the Battle was joined. The carnage that ensued feels and tastes as delicious today ad it did that epic spring day in Ann Arbor three decades ago.
Note: No young republicans were harmed (too badly)) in the festivites.
Oh wait, never mind. You're fine, as they are going to be much friendlier and more chill than their drunken frat guy counterparts.
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Actually it attracts plenty of trashy people who don't live up to the "chill stoner" stereotype.
It stopped being a student thing a long time ago, so I think it's high time (ha) to relocate the party elsewhere.
gonna go ahead and save this thread for the inevitable next debate on the evils of marijuana here
best day of my life.
smoked all day with all my friends in town and out of towners visiting...
hockey won national championship
ended up at evans scholars party till 4am
walked home and watched the sun rise.
just thinking of this made my day.
jdon
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I kiss a girl goodnight... and we enjoyed our evening/night... however, back then I was more into getting high than fucking...
jdon
that party too.
then you know just how great that day was.
jdon
You should be fine... it really is a harmless gathering. Ahhhh, the days.
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"Losers" is easier to remember.
Just take your kids down to central campus and get them stoned for the first time. Get stoned with them, excellent bonding moment.
As a student, hash bash is one of my least favorite days of the year. It's like a football saturday except instead of Michigan fans you have hippies from the 70's who haven't figured out that 40 years have passed yet. It's the super bowl for the weirdest people of the midwest, and they all come to sit on the diag and the law quad. Makes every restaurant on south u and state impossible and obviously there is a smell. Luckily in 2013 it fell during the final four so I was able to miss it in Atlanta.
you need to go smoke a joint today.
Seriously.
love,
jdon
Whatever its original intentions were, it's now an excuse for losers from all over to come into town, leave garbage everywhere and camp out in restrooms of every bar/coffee shop all day.
All political meaning evaporated with the reduction of the penalty for personal use quantity of weed to a $5 fine around 35 years ago. So after that it wasn't a gathering with a point, it was a sloppy party. Those can have their place no doubt, but the unwillingness of the attendees to clean up after themselves and respect the residents of A2 soured me on HB before the 80s had dawned! Funny, now I live in SF and they're complaining about the same thing here at beautiful Delores Park - except it happens EVERY weekend the sun shines. So I guess once a year Hash Bash doesn't seem so bad!
When it fell on April 1st, it was full of high school kids cutting class from high schools in SE Michigan, and people who didn't realize that time has moved on. The legalization of marijuana is actually a distinct issue that is up to the legislature - they should move this up to Lansing and hold it there.
When it fell on April 1st, it was full of high school kids cutting class from high schools in SE Michigan, and people who didn't realize that time has moved on. The legalization of marijuana is actually a distinct issue that is up to the legislature - they should move this up to Lansing and hold it there.
Just avoid the Diag/central campus area. I hate hash bash. The population of actual M students at the event is about 2%. It's mostly made up of creeps that WALK here from Ypsi and creepy, old hippies that never really mentally got past their teenage years. It's not what they're doing that is terrible, it's the fact that it creates a mob of 4,000 homeless zombies in the middle of campus...around our libraries...when finals are coming...that we will have to walk through.
Yeah that's par for the course on hash bash.
Outsiders would think that this is some sort of hyperbolic,hash bash mascot costume...but this is pretty much the average participant. Good find.
Is it really you?!
I have a picture of myself posing with a policeman on the steps of the grad. My friend was all set to take the picture with the cop in the background and the cop barked "hey!" He chided us for not asking permission to take his picture. Once I did so, he was all smiles. The pic I took of my friend is him blowing bubbles near the Diag M.
Later that day I was sitting in my room at MoJo and a guy I recognized but didn't know strolled in. He was very chatty and engaged me in a rambling conversation, critiquing the U2 posters on my wall and the band itself, which he felt had gone downhill since Joshua Tree. I thanked him for his candor. It was only after he left that I remembered it was Hash Bash. His being baked was a good explanation for his unexpected appearance and semi-belligerence.
I've never smoked so much as a regular cigarette, and weed doesn't appeal to me. Seeing stoned people act dumb reinforces this sentiment.
That guy can go screw himself if he doesn't realize how good Achtung Baby was.
And Zooropa, an unappreciated masterpiece!
Funniest thing I've read on here in a long time.
I can name many old ideas---e.g. winged helmets--that are cherished traditions. I suspect you have a few. Your list is really about things you like and things you don't like. For me, to lump the Fleetwood (or Blimpy's or Zingerman's) in with Slippery Rock scores is just wrong. Any suggestions on when the Diag should be renovated?
Agree about Hash Bash but I don't know about your other examples. Those are restaurants you're free to not patronize.
What bothers me about Hash Bash is that it's completely changed from being a student movement into an excuse for losers to come in and dirty up the city.
Lol, k. You know nothing about the people there.
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That's a pretty accurate description of Hash Bash attendees in my experience.
An hour ago, I had the "fun" of waiting to use a restaurant restroom for several minutes before the two stoners inside finally left, leaving used paper towel all over the floor and in the sink area, and the whole restroom reeking of marijuana smoke.
Are you part of HailAndUnite?