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

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Lifting their flags high into the air, members of the marching band perform at halftime. The September 23 game against the University of Illinois, an away game, was held at night; fans back in Ann Arbor waited and celebrated in anticipa- tion all day. photo by Jon Hammer Fists in the air, students watching the game against Rice University on September 9 lean over the wall dividing the field from the stands at Michigan Stadium. Students ' seating priority increased with each year at the University; by their fourth year, it was possible for fans to be sitting in the front rows of the stadium. photo by Mike Cutri Michigan Life 23

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At the Bagel Factory, juniors Mark Vruginovich, Nate Provost, Sarah Huggett, and Will Hyunh grab a bite to eat before the game. Most fans ate something before going to the stadium to avoid paying a lot for lunch, photo by Mike Cutri vance to take his daughter, an LSAjunior, out to lunch. STORY Industrial and opera- CONTINUED tions engineering junior FROM PAGE 21 Brian Burstein was very su- perstitious about the games. In ' 97 when we won the National Champi- onship I taped every game on a new tape, hoping somehow it would con- tinue the undefeated sea- son, he admitted. If we lose a game, I refuse to wear whatever I wore that day to the next game. I came to this school A STADI for the football tickets, he said bluntly. I love Michigan football! closer to all these strang- But not everyone was ers, he said. And it ' s cold as enthusiastic about the outside, and sometimes it subject. I don ' t go to the rains. football games, said Nomatterwhatattitude Adam Barker, a junior film one had toward football, major. I ' d much rather sit the current of energy that and watch them in the ran through Ann Arbor on comfort of my house, in- football Saturdays was un- stead of being stuffed in deniable. Whether stu- with 15 million other dents attended these people. games only during college Every year it seems or for many years beyond, they paint the seats closer the spirit and excitement together, so you ' re getting they evoked in the com- munity overflowed beyond just the physical bounds of Michigan Stadium. UM OF energy 22 Football Saturdays Gathering momentum, the crowd heads toward Michigan Stadium. Gradually, more and more fans joined the crowd processing down State and Hoover Streets. photo by Mike Cutri

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In the Shapiro Undergradu- ate Library, juniors Will Hyunh and Jim Hyunh study together with others late into the night. The UGLi was open until 5 a.m. daily, photo by Mike Cutri With candy wrappers around him, junior chemical engineering major Nate Provost passes out in his textbook. All-night study sessions often involved periodic impromptu naps. photo by Mike Cutri 24 All-Nighters