The Michigan
Wolverines Are Back. Ugh. By Jason Gay [Very Funny]
Badger Jason Gay’s Gripe:
“You have to
understand: my employer, The Wall Street Journal, reeks of Wolverine.
Absolutely reeks. I’d say a solid three-quarters of the people I’ve worked with
in the Journal sports department went to Michigan. At one point, my editor, my
editor’s editor, and my editor’s editor’s editor were all Michigan people. One
of the paper’s most senior editors is a Wolverine. I don’t even ask where the
interns come from anymore.
And I’m telling
you, it makes a lonely Badger feel invisible. The Journal Wolverines have
secret handshakes and inside jokes and a monthly midnight meeting in the
newsroom, where they talk about how awesome Ann Arbor was, how handsome Tom
Brady is, and laugh as they read from a list of people they know who didn’t get
into Michigan. On Fridays before big games, they show up to meetings wearing
blue and yellow—oh, I’m sorry, maize—face paint. They hum the Michigan fight
song, “The Victors,” in the elevator. They speak their own language: Schembechler.”
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Michigan’s Formal
Rebuttal to Jason Gay [Equally Funny]
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-rebuttal-to-jason-gay-1475245637