Who knew microfilms could be so fun?

For our first assignment, we were to find a local news story from over 10 years ago and do a follow-up feature, graphic novel style. There's a lot I'd like to comment on, like the fact that doing research here at U of M in English is easier than anything in Mali...or that using microfilms is much more satisfiying to my tactile senses than anything Google could offer...but I'm off to a dinner date with my dad and sister so it's got to be short today. Here are the headlines that I pulled up:

"U of M student discovers Carthaginian statue at dig in Tunisia" 1979
"Pregnant moose from Ontario is released in Upper Peninsula" 1985 (with three follow up articles)
"Stranded students await trip home from Mexico" 1997
"Bill Miller, a medieval linguist and historian teaches a popular seminar about Icelandic blood feuds, which is meant to throw light on some underpinnings of modern civil law" 1990
"A four-foot python named Dog escaped from his two University of Michigan freshmen owners Nov. 2 1990 as they let him slither around a dorm room floor for exercise. As of Nov. 9, he has not been found." 1990

I'm leaning heavily towards the pregnant moose and the python because I'd love to do this piece from their perspectives. But lots of research to do first. I've honestly missed doing research for projects, this gathering of information, which is probably a good sign that I belong in academia.