Whether you are reading this during your summer orientation, during the bus ride to North campus, or during President Mary Sue Coleman's speech at freshmen convocation, the Review would like to welcome you to the University of Michigan. These are truly the best four years of your life and we're sure that you're excited to experience everything that college has to offer. However, before your first fraternity party, your first game in the Big House, or your first political debate with an Ann Arbor socialist, make sure you flip through our summer issue. We guarantee that after reading our take on U-M and Ann Arbor, you'll be ready to avoid looking like the typical freshmen during the first week on campus.
Our entire issue is chock-full of information about everything you need to know to succeed academically, as well as socially, during your first year at Michigan. Anna Dickey '09 looks at the most important issues occurring this year on campus. Nathan Torreano '12 and Shanda Shooter '10 take a stand debating the advantages and disadvantages of joining Michigan's Greek system and Jonny Slemrod '10 discusses the ways in which conservatives or libertarians can hold their ground against liberals in Ann Arbor.
Julianne Nowicki '11 explains how to sweet-talk your way to a top-notch grade and Nate Stano '11 gives advice on how best to decide your major. Make sure you take a look at our campus group spectrum and our infamous glossary describing the ins and outs of Ann Arbor.
We hope that you especially enjoy this issue of the Review. For many of you, this is the first time that you have encountered our paper, and while we have dedicated this issue towards topics that are helpful for incoming freshmen, the Review is normally a hard-hitting newspaper that prides itself on covering controversial issues not only on the U-M campus, but throughout the state of Michigan. We are always looking for potential staff writers, graphic designers, advertising salespeople, and podcast anchors. If you are interested in joining a newspaper that prides itself as being a contrarian voice at U-M, make sure to come to one of our mass meetings that are being held on September 8 and September 14. You can also email mrev@umich.edu if you want further information.
In the meantime, enjoy our summer issue. And make sure to enjoy Welcome Week; it goes by way too fast.
Best,
Adam Pascarella Editor-in-Chief
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