During the 2000 Michigan Union Tower Occupation, names of the current Michigamua members were made public in part because the group had been using the (at the time) public directory.umich.edu website for their email lists. After the lists were reported about they were quickly deleted. Now, an anonymous tipster implies the group has made a […]
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Campus “Leadership” Societies and Women “In a series of events that made national headlines, the [Yale Secret Society Skull and] Bones class of 1991 eventually tapped female juniors. […] In 1991, after approximately eight hundred living members voted by mail, Bones narrowly endorsed the admission of women. But in early September, the day before the […]
TURNING DOWN THE TAP It has been rumored that current Michigan Student Assembly president Jason Mironov was tapped by Michigamua to be a member of their “Pride of 2005.” Well, it was true he was tapped, however Mr. Mironov has decided he did not want to be a member of that organization. He told me […]
Michigamua has found itself once again in the news, this time because members can have membership listed on their official transcripts: “Michigamua, the secret society of University of Michigan students kicked out of the Michigan Union four years ago after a student protest, is once again the focus of student complaints. This time, student activists […]