At U-M club, squirrels get peanuts for pay

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | Source: USA Today

Just when you thought University of Michigan students couldn't get any quirkier, meet the members of the Michigan Squirrel Club, a new student-run organization focusing on the rodents that rule the Diag. This kind of extracurricular may lead to higher GPAs, so the theory goes.

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What they do: The main purpose is to "spread a bit of squirrely cheer to everyone," says club president Peter Feng. To put it simply, members spend their Sunday afternoons feeding peanuts to the hundreds of fat squirrels that roam U of M's campus. "Salted peanuts are unhealthy, so we just give them roasted or raw," Feng says. "I don't think the squirrels mind what they get."

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