University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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- Snow falls across the pond on North Campus. Winter provided students with a new environment in which to play, photo by Susan Chalmers Michigan Life 51

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When the weather outside was frightful, the inside of any classroom on campus seemed delightful, as students sought sanctuary from the cold chill of a Michigan winter in any enclave they could find. As October turned into November and November turned into December, the biting winds of impending winter caused students to bundle up with mittens and gloves, hats and earmuffs, scarves and turtlenecks, and layer upon layer of winter clothing. While the tempera- ture fluctuations of fall forced students to predict the weather daily to choose a tee- shirt or a sweater, the start of winter brought a daily prac- tice of piling on as many clothes as possible just to be able to comfortably walk across campus. Another hassle of winter came with mud, sleet, and snow being trampled into ev- ery building on campus, bring- ing squeaking shoes and dirty bookbags. WONDERLAND Outside the School of Music, winter envelopes the landscape. Although picturesque, so much snow often caused delays for commuting students, photo by Susan Chalmers STORY CONTINUED ON PACK 5O 50 Winter

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W O N D E R L A N D When students were not bat- tling the cold, they were rev- eling in it. Some students went sledding on Palmer Field or in the Arb, while others deco- rated their lawns with snowmen or lay down in the Law Quad to make a snowangel. Everyone else is stressing with finals, so we figured we ' d have some fun and maybe it would make people passing by just smile. We ' re planning BY CAP. LAN JORDAN on staying out here as long as we can, until we get too cold, and then maybe we ' ll go drink some hot chocolate, said ISA first-year student Lesley Littman. Other students took study breaks by traveling to area ski resorts such as Alpine Valley and Pine Knob. Regardless of how students celebrated the snow or hiber- nated from the cold, the win- ter season came and went with a flurry. 52 Winter