The Michigan Review - Journal of Campus Affairs

Student Governments Must Implement Electoral Reform

The student body is unfit for ranked choice voting.

The Ford School’s Production of Progressive Activists

The Ford School of Public Policy can gather a hefty amount of evidence, but it does not know how to put it to good use.

When Inclusion Becomes Exclusive: Why DEI 1.0 Failed

The university’s resources to make teaching more inclusive seem designed to have the opposite effect.

Hamline University and the Sanctity of Art

Good art should make viewers feel uncomfortable.

Here’s What Would Have Stopped the MSU Shooting

More gun laws would not have stopped the MSU shooting, but enforcing the laws on the books would have.

Cade McNamara deserves nothing but the utmost respect from University of Michigan football fans. The few, but clearly audible, “boos” that erupted within the student section when he graced the field for the September 10th game against Hawaii were absolutely uncalled for. Frankly, they were shameful. Cade McNamara joined Michigan football in 2019 as one […]

Only Room for One Blue and Yellow Team

Why Michigan Football Should Oppose the Addition of UCLA and USC to the Big Ten On the surface, the University of California – Los Angeles and the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor have a lot in common. Blue and yellow are each school’s primary colors, each boast an undergraduate population of about 30,000 students, […]

To the Boosters: Pump It Up!

As college football enters a new landscape with the emergence of the NIL and the transfer portal, I can only think of the institutional advantages the University of Michigan has. As James Earl Jones puts it “We are the greatest university in the world.” Despite what those pretentious, tweed jacket wearing elites on the East […]

‘Till’ Victory Is Won

Till is an affecting look at a tragedy that terrified a nation and shattered a family.

Forget It, Jake — It’s Amsterdam

Despite its star-studded cast, Amsterdam is a dull movie with even duller themes.

How a Book on Islam Strengthened my Catholic Faith

I do not pretend to be as devout a Catholic as I should be. Too often, I am not even a particularly good one. Nonetheless, I am and was raised a Catholic, so I tend to view nearly every theological topic through a Catholic lens. David Pinault’s The Crucifix on Mecca’s Front Porch gave me […]