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

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An 1 8 year-old freshman boards a plane from his home state and leaves it forever to go to a school which has prestige and prominence. In other words, it has everything that freshman would like to have someday. That school is a big number. As he flies toward Detroit at about 35,000 feet, the doubts suddenly set in. Why should this school have anything for me, and if it does, will I ever find it? It ' s too late for an answer because the plane landed, and an airport limo is buzzing toward Ann Arbor. There ' s the State Street exit, there ' s the beginning of a campus, and suddenly, the ride is over. He ' s at the Union. hen we went through orientation 1 980, they warned us not to go into the Union at night, recalled Michigan Union graphics shop coordinator Noreen Ball. It simply wasn ' t considered safe. The Michigan Union of the 1970s and early 1980s was a very different place than it is now. The noisy, busy atmosphere of the MUG was unheard of; instead, many places in the base- ment were simply vacant. The building was WHEELING IT ... The cheerleaders show spirit during the Notre Dame game (above right). A student swings away on Palmer Field (right). WE ' VE GOT THE BEAT . . . The Michigan Marching Band drumline keeps busy during the season opener with Notre Dame on September 12. PROLOGUE CONTINUED

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A More Perfect Union he story is familiar to many out-of-staters, but nay seem strange to in-state students at the University of Michigan during this year 1 50th year in Ann Arbor for the renowned

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LATE-GAME TOUCH- DOWN . . . Freshman fans cheer U-M ' s first touchdown of the year, which narrowed Notre Dame ' s lead to 17-7. OUT IN THE OPEN . . . It ' s hard to have a closed part) ' when your house is on State Street, right between the Michigan Union and South Quad. PROLOGUE