Will Tesler

Going Digital

by Will Tesler

With the advent of portable, lightweight e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook in the past year, some students are deciding to make the switch over to electronic media for their course material. Is this a growing trend? Will the hardback, printed page textbook soon become secondary to the digital [...]

Students Experience Extreme Heat in Dorms

by Will Tesler

As temperatures lower and autumn comes into full effect, dorm rooms are beginning to pump out hot air through the vents. To some students, this provides much needed comfort from the bitter cold outdoors. But to others, it raises questions about the necessity of this heating and the energy-consuming costs. First, it is important to [...]

U-M Cafeterias Go Green

by Will Tesler

University of Michigan cafeterias have gone through an eco-friendly change in the past couple of years, making some drastic changes to how the food is acquired and prepared and some subtler differences with the help of student run organizations.

How to avoid distraction in class

by Will Tesler

The paper airplane drifts uneasily through the air, brushing down on the desk of a hapless female student. “Do you like me?” the note folded in the white paper reads. The female student, flushed to know that someone in her class actually has feelings for her, turns away from her statistics discussion to eye the [...]