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The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | Thursday, February 12, 2015
the b-side

University improv group 
refuses to write scripts

Washed-up novelist 
tries to recapture old 
glory

Rome barely good 
enough for Daily Food 
Snob

see pg 3B

see pg 3B

see pg 4B

Unable to reach wider 
audience, Every Three 
Weekly featured in The 
Michigan Daily

 
As students walk through the Diag in the 

middle of the day, they may come across a familiar 
scene of two or three figures holding newspapers. 
The figures are saying something, and as you get 
closer, you begin to make out their voices, shouting 
“Every Three Weekly!”
 
Some students ignore them and walk right 

by. Others approach them and take a copy — they’ve 
eagerly awaited the newest edition of the Univer-
sity’s student-run newspaper that specializes ex-
clusively in humor and satire. They chuckle at the 
clever headlines and stuff the newspaper in their 
backpacks, looking forward to reading the full ar-
ticles after class. Regardless of how the students on 
the Diag respond, the Every Three Weekly staffers 
never complain as they stand in the sometimes blis-
tering cold, presenting the beautiful copy they’ve 
been working so hard on for three weeks.
 
No other University publication makes use of 

such a direct method of distribution — one way the 

Every Three Weekly separates itself from the pack.
 
“We like to have this opportunity to interact 

with our readers,” said the E3W’s Editor in Chief, 
LSA junior Marie Michels, when asked why they 
used this method. “It’s a time when we can talk to 
them face to face. We can often tell jokes as we’re 
passing out the issue, which is exciting.”
 
This personal method of distribution is 

smart, as many students may not have the time or 
energy to seek out copies on their own. And, ulti-
mately, it is a testament to the Every Three Weekly 
staff’s pride in their work.
 
“After we’ve spent three weeks putting to-

gether an issue, we’re so excited about the content 
we’ve produced, and we’ve worked so hard to put it 
all together,” Michels said.
 
The Every Three Weekly was founded in 

1997 by a group of students in the College of Engi-
neering who hoped to create a medium for humor 
about life at the University. Inspired by The Onion, 
the newspaper format is easily digestible for read-
ers. But learning to write in that style requires a bit 
of a learning curve.
 

By MICHAEL FLYNN

Daily Arts Writer

“Better than sex, 
twice as often.”

See E3W, Page 2B

