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The 35 Things Every Michigan Student Instagrams

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Alex Weiner Student Contributor, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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Despite a pretty big and diverse student body, there are a few things almost all Michigan students can agree upon (our common love for brunch, our shared distaste for Ohio State, and our passion for big, loud sports games), but chief among them is the content of our Instagrams. These are the 35 photos all Michigan students Instagram at one point or another. How many can you check off your list?

1. Your dorm room right when you moved in.

2. Your season tickets all in one piece.

3. All the Michigan gear you got from the M Den including the Pillow Pet, t-shirts, a hat, and a sticker for your parents’ car.

4. Your dog wearing a Michigan hat. (Or maybe a doggie cheerleading outfit.)

5. The football stadium to shame all football stadiums, standing there in all its glory. (Rumor has it that the giant block M weighs 100,000 pounds.)

6. A time you went all out for a themed party.

7. Brunch for days… from Angelo’s, Afternoon Delight, or the Broken Egg. Or Sava’s. 

8. A collider from Rod’s. Because if you didn’t Instagram, did you even go?

9. Your sandwich from Zingerman’s. Maybe your friend’s parents were in town, maybe it was a special occasion… either way, Obama ate here so that’s kind of cool.

10. Your well-deserved Pinkberry after making the total schlep over to Briarwood.

11. Football Saturdays. Especially the kind on those beautiful sunny fall days. Sigh.

12. The time you corrupted your younger sibling during family weekend.

13. Just an average afternoon with 113,000 of your closest friends. #casual

14. Wait! A panorama of the stadium.

15. The time the word “Hail” was written in the sky.

16. Fall leaves! Bonus points if you managed to capture a beloved campus monument.

17. Your family when they came to visit (and took you to restaurants for every meal).

18. The first real snowfall… you know, back when it was beautiful, before it turned into that dreadful black ice that you slipped on while you were on the way to a party. Ugh.

19. The Law Quad in the snow!!! Or any time. Swoon.

20. A #tbt to the best day ever, exactly one year (or two or three or four?) after you got in.

21. A block M drawn in the sand on a beach somewhere far, far away from Ann Arbor.

22. …and a plane wing pic when you’re on your way back hoMe.

23. A super touristy pic of downtown Ann Arbor on a night that you think it just looks extra beautiful.

24. You in front of the giant inflatable M at an event where they broke it out. 

25. When POTUS took Ann Arbor and you got to see him after sleeping outside on the concrete. 

26. Cheesy bread.

27. Cheesy bread… in the shape of a heart.

28. Any day when the sun in shining and the temperature is above 45.

29. Dartying to your little heart’s content on St. Patty’s.

30. The view from the stacks as you pound out those Econ 101 practice exam problems.

31. Puppies on the Diag: worth missing lunch for. 

32. A pic from the time you went running in the Arb… just so you could casually let everyone know you went running in the Arb.

33. A glorious Ann Arbor sunset.

34. A fat, brazen little squirrel doing something ridiculous, like trying to break into your fifth floor dorm room.

35. A #tbt to game day, because what the hell, you just miss it so much.

 

Any we missed? Let us know in the comments! Go Blue, and #goblue.

 

Alex Weiner is a senior at the University of Michigan who loves typography, social media, dogs, and strong coffee. She divides her time (and love) between Miami, FL, where she was born and raised, and Ann Arbor, MI, where she is currently pretending that the cold doesn't bother her at all.