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

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Above: The birthday girl, senior Spanish major Alexandria Nickless, does a blow job shot at Good Time Charley ' s. To many students, birthdays were a great opportunity to drink. S. Ludtke photo Right: Graduate student Adam Trock frosts a cake for a friend ' s 21 s ' birthday. Celebrating with friends was often key in making a birthday forever memorable. S. Ludtke photo Top: Mrs. Field ' s Cookie Shop in the Michigan Union is widely used to buy cookie cakes. Mrs. Fields accepted Entree Plus points which many students viewed as ' free money. ' T.Aronson photo Michigan Life.21

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Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! was a song that rang true every day in houses, dorm rooms, restaurants, and bars throughout campus. Birthdays were like small holidays when it came to having one in Ann Arbor. From a sophomore ' s 20 th birthday to a junior ' s 21 s1 birthday, there was always somewhere to go or something to do on the special day. Lucky ones were taken them for a night on the town by friends. Many restaurants in Ann Arbor offered birthday specials. If Italian cuisine was a favorite, then Cottage Inn on Williams Street was where you went to receive a free birthday dinner. If the birthday person enjoyed good beer and good steak, Grizzly Peak was where they went for a free dessert, a $10 gift certificate, and a beer glass. For all those celebrating their 21 st -and-over birthdays, Good Time Charley ' s was most likely on the list of places to go. With a free dinner (as long as someone else was getting dinner) and a free drink, one could party the night away, at least until the manager decided to cut you off and throw your rowdy party out the door! For a 22 nd birthday, some people tended to go a bit classier, like senior German major Elizabeth Schreiner. Her birthday was during Welcome Week, so a trip down to Main Street followed. The drunken party took place at Connor O ' Neil ' s, complete with quite a large bar tab. Insisting her friends were the best in the world, Schreiner said, If getting older is this good, I never want to get younger. For the party students, a birthday party thrown on or near a weekend was always a ticket to a rocking birthday bash. In general, themed birthday parties were the way to go. Themes ranged from an Alpine Ski Birthday bash, to a Deuce Deuce party, to a crazy luau. Either way, it meant you were celebrating your birthday in style. For students turning 19 during their stay in Ann Arbor, there was always a short 45-minute drive to the Windsor-Detroit border. Windsor ' s streets were lined with bars, most frequented by underage American drinkers. In Canada, one could legally drink and gamble at age 19. For students near the Canadian border, turning 19 was like a right of passage, much like turning 21. Some opted to have designated drivers bring them safely back after celebrating; others simply got a hotel room in Canada. Birthdays in the dorms sometimes needed to get creative. My freshman year, my friends decorated my door and also chalked campus for my birthday. Unfortunately, it rained, and I didn ' t get to see all the work they did! senior sports training major Randielle Humphries said. In all, Ann Arbor offered many ways to celebrate in style for all ages. Michiganensian.20

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