Stephanie Wang

Don’t Forget About the Rural South

by Stephanie Wang

My newest music obsession is “Methamphetamine” by Old Crow Medicine Show. I’ve been listening to it on repeat for about a week or so, and it still hasn’t gotten old. As I’ve written in the past, I can turn almost anything into a political conversation. “Methamphetamine” hasn’t been able to evade my political thoughts. This [...]

Where do Dems stand on budget issues?

by Stephanie Wang

Over the past week, there has been much discussion of the Paul Ryan budget. The conversation is reminiscent of the last time Rep. Ryan (R-Wisc.) released a budget—remember the grandma being thrown off the cliff?—and it seems nothing has changed. The right has applauded Ryan for getting the conversation going while the left has deemed [...]

Don’t forget about the rural South

by Stephanie Wang

As I wrote in my last post, Old Crow Medicine Show inspired a train of thought in my mind. It seems that Americans insist that we forget about the problems in the rural south and focus on other matters. One major problem is education. Students in rural Southern communities tend to have lower quality educations compared [...]

Visiting Professor Proves Free Speech Still Exists on Campus

by Stephanie Wang

Professor Stephen G. Bloom is a professor of journalism at the University of Iowa. He is a visiting professor at the University of Michigan this year. Professor Bloom made waves last year when he wrote a controversial opinion piece for The Atlantic about the Iowa primary. Entitled “Observations From 20 Years of Iowa Life,” the [...]

Dems never run attack ads

by Stephanie Wang

(Or: what I learned in class today) This semester, I am taking my first political science class. As interested as I am in politics, I never got around to taking a polisci class – partly because I’m a Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science major and partly because my friends said they would make me want [...]

Is it finally over for Newt?

by Stephanie Wang

Major news networks and sites (and Twitter) were calling Florida for Mitt Romney before 8 PM. The results were not shocking, given recent polls showing Newt Gingrich slipping after his win in South Carolina. I have said it before, but I’ll say it again. It’s finally over for Gingrich. He is running out of money [...]

Facebook facing criticism

by Stephanie Wang

With the GOP primary season just beginning, Facebook decided earlier this month that it would measure the mentions of candidates on U.S. users profiles and “assess the negative and positive sentiments.” It will then feed that info to Politico. Politico’s journalists will then analyze the info and comment on that. Some see it as an [...]

Tackling higher education costs won’t be easy

by Stephanie Wang

In his State of the Union address, President Obama spent a few minutes discussing the rising cost of higher education. He told the American people truthfully that the rising cost of education is making it more and more difficult to obtain a college degree. Watching the State of the Union, I was happy that Obama [...]

Should Universities Travel to Dictatorships?

by Stephanie Wang

Cuba, once a non-option for travel, is quickly gaining tourists as restrictions on visiting the country are eased. And now, The University of Michigan Alumni Center will follow in the footsteps of several other American universities and embark on an alumni trip to Cuba later this year.

Some things should not be defended

by Stephanie Wang

With primary season in full swing, it is easy to fall behind on other news. I had to remind myself that things are still going on that have nothing to do with the GOP presidential candidates (sort of). By now, many people have seen video—or at least read about it—that shows U.S. Marines urinating on [...]

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