Ann arbor naked mile

The Department of Public Safety estimated that only a dozen students — down from in and in — actually ran in the Naked Mile, though many others attempted and were stopped by police officers.

Other students organized small Naked Mile alternatives for the next night. She added that she hopes the Mile finds another way to revive or replace itself.

Several students were arrested, while hundreds of other students organized a sit-in in the middle of South University Avenue in protest of the arrests. Others will run to celebrate the passing of another year and the coming of another summer.

Some will run to say their goodbyes to the university and their undergraduate years here. But the change disappointed many students.

In an attempt to preserve the campus tradition and avoid arrest, the few students who chose to run last year kept their underwear on. Share Tweet This article was published Apr 16, at am and last updated Apr 16, at am. Spring is in the air, and all thoughts are turning toward Wednesday, when — if tradition has anything to say about it — University of Michigan students, especially outgoing seniors, will turn to the streets, shed some clothing and make a celebratory run for it.

Photographers from national media and pornography organizations hovered over the event in blimps and helicopters. But after years of decreased participation sparked by national media attention, increased police enforcement and a university-sponsored ad campaign encouraging students not to run the Mile, many students wonder if the Naked Mile will ever be what it once was — a local student tradition, by the students and for the students.

Others will run just to run. Inthe teams credited with starting the tradition boycotted the event, declaring they no longer wanted to participate in the Mile.