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Hot Tub On Roof Of University Of Michigan Building Is Mystery

Hot Tub On Roof

02/24/12 05:35 PM ET  AP

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Officials are puzzled over a mysterious hot tub that was installed – and then removed – from the roof of a building on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.

Initially reported by the Michigan Daily campus newspaper, the hot tub first was noticed Saturday, had visitors and was gone by Monday night.

"People were kind of flabbergasted," Crang said. "It was obviously unexpected. It was pretty creative and now it's gone. It left a buzz in its wake."

Despite its short stay, students called the hot tub the Bob and Betty Beyster Bubbler after the couple who donated $15 million to the school. The building is named after them.

The philanthropic couple "found it amusing," Crang said.

"It's apparently people who are close to the department because they were able to gain access to the building and install the tub," he said of whoever installed it. "The thing that intrigued everyone was that it was on the fourth-floor balcony. It's a large hot tub and the doors that lead out to the balcony are not real big, so they had to do some work to get it out there."

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blondd780
travel all over the world
02:29 PM on 02/28/2012
Whose water line was the hot tub connected to?
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rMatey
old, recovered Xtian, Liberal
08:07 AM on 02/27/2012
Phi Delts strike again.
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Rteefact
country before profits
06:13 AM on 02/27/2012
Its a good thing I went to one of the other sites....HP picture was deceiving. Appears it was a bit of college hi-jinks.

http://www.annarbor.com/news/students-install-hot-tub-on-roof-of-university-of-michigan-building/
07:55 PM on 02/27/2012
Exactly. Doesn't look like the same one does it. Well are we really surprised that HP got it wrong again!!! LOL
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dwilson424
If you disagree teach me
09:47 AM on 02/29/2012
Thanks for the link, that is great
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10:08 PM on 02/26/2012
lol i love it.
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Thaddeus Jude
Veteran of Occupy An Office Chair
08:59 PM on 02/26/2012
They can install a hot tub on my deck any day.
12:42 PM on 02/26/2012
it's called a prank, sheesh I should put an application in at that campus. Plus the probably used a pulley to get it up there, same thing they use to get pianos up in certain buildings.
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eyeforeye42
Do the right thing for the right reason
05:53 AM on 02/26/2012
Based on the picture, if that is the real tub, this looks like a professional job with tiling and hand rails and not some kind of prank. Removing would leave a big scar. Something more to this story than reported.
11:06 AM on 02/26/2012
stock photo. I wish they would either label photos as stock, or not use them if they can't get the actual photo.
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mjames5464
I dont conform...I adapt.
02:47 PM on 02/25/2012
it was there for romney during the michigan primary...a quiet little place for him and his boyfriend to escape to...once the primary is over...gone....brilliant mr romney...brilliant
12:44 PM on 02/26/2012
making gay jokes doesn't make you look funny, makes you look sad and pathetic.
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mjames5464
I dont conform...I adapt.
12:51 PM on 02/26/2012
...Im sorry.. It seems like jokes of any kind are frowned upon in America these days.. I know gays never make jokes about hetrosexuals...blacks never make jokes about whites,or asians,or latinos... Shiny happy people holding hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
09:04 AM on 02/27/2012
I didn’t take it that it was a gay joke, but referring to Romney’s wife as a man….. hahaha
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anna111
02:13 PM on 02/25/2012
Go Blue....
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rav1267
Hare Krishna
01:59 PM on 02/25/2012
These kids worked hard and they need some relaxation with a hot tub, beers and bikini ladies
03:57 PM on 02/25/2012
do the bikinis have to stay?
12:44 PM on 02/26/2012
what makes you think they actually wore bikini's?
11:30 AM on 02/25/2012
And some say creativity is gone in America..........
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luckyfreeman69
11:30 AM on 02/25/2012
Kilroy was there ! ! ! Nice HUH beaut on a nice evening with a full moon ...elope....
11:06 AM on 02/25/2012
Does anyone proff-read (oops, proof-read) these posts - better still, spell-check before posting? Take my hat off to those that did it, though - good one!!
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luckyfreeman69
11:34 AM on 02/25/2012
most of the people I know were overseas with no lights in the evenings trying to keep warm and keep their heads down while watching to make sure the soviets stayed on their side of the border..you know ,,,no smoking after dark no lights on no fires just stay on the guns all night 4 on 4 off so that the likes of people like you could run along and get educated, then run for political office and because they can't pass a math test they would inevitably bankrupt the nation...
12:47 PM on 02/26/2012
what the heck does your comment got to do with that comment?
12:45 PM on 02/26/2012
nah. we make mistakes just so people like you have a job to do on here!
10:53 AM on 02/25/2012
Roff?? Another HP blunder in the proff reading dept.