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Kass Academy

Kass Academy

Mar 25, 2026 | , , |

I’m a writer who believes in multiple beginnings. And at the root of one of my origin stories is Jeff Kass’s classroom at Pioneer High School, where I sat nearly two decades ago, age thirteen, and began to love poetry for the first time. 

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The Great Tail of Time

The Great Tail of Time

Mar 25, 2026 | , , |

Set in 1812 Moscow, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 is a musical adaptation of seventy pages of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Natasha, a young countess, is torn between her love for two men, neither of them Pierre, who is dealing with his own crisis. Among the events in this saga are scandals, a suicide attempt, a duel, an awakening, and the arrival of a comet.  

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Out of Class

Out of Class

Mar 25, 2026 | , , |

Huron has one of Michigan’s highest chronic absenteeism rates: 68.6 percent of its students in the 2024–25 school year—more than two-thirds—missed at least 10 percent, or eighteen days, of class. Ann Arbor Public Schools’ other two traditional high schools aren’t much better: Pioneer’s rate was 63.7 percent, and Skyline’s was 61.6 percent. (Chronic absenteeism rates include excused and unexcused absences, but neither AAPS nor the state collects data on how many of each are occurring.)

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Endurance Athlete Brendan LaFrenier

Endurance Athlete Brendan LaFrenier

Mar 25, 2026 | , |

From March 3 to March 6, LaFrenier ran 213.6 miles across Michigan, averaging fourteen hours and fifty miles per day, with a total run time of ninety-nine hours and fifty-three minutes. An RV with a film crew, made up mostly of U-M students and staff as well as some friends from Grand Rapids, followed him along the way for an upcoming documentary.

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Unter

Unter

Mar 25, 2026 | , |

“Oh Lord, this is so absurd!” writes Sonja Srinivasan. “I knew from the moment I saw the word ‘Unter’ that this was the Fake Ad on page 83.”

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