If I might recommend:
-The Brown Jug on Michigan's campus. It's over on South University, and a great place to go grab some drinks.
-There's also a B-Dubs on Michigan's campus, on state towards the north side of campus.
-I would personally avoid Good Time Charlies. The food is alright, but the service blows and when we stopped hanging out there years ago because of stupid policies like cutting people off after 2 drinks.
-If you want great Chinese, my vote is for China Gate, also on South University, and just across the street from the Brown Jug. Good stuff, right on campus. There's a parking garage right behind it.
-Go to the Western Michigan v. Michigan game this coming fall. It's the opening game, Western Michigan (my alma mater) has a change of beating Michigan (Emily's alma mater) and the tickets are probably CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP because, well, they're playing Western.
-Michigan hockey is also a pretty good show, and tickets don't cost that much. The CCHA is a great college hockey conference that always seems to have somebody in the frozen four, and produces a bunch of national champions.
That's all I've got for now. If you've got any questions about the area, feel free to PM me or Emily. She went to school there, I hung out there a lot in college. It's a cool area, and one of the few places in eastern Michigan I'm willing to live (I much prefer the west side of the state).