University of Michigan

Big Ten Champs

by Steve Lampert

It has been a long road for the Michigan basketball program—26 long years to be exact. On Sunday, March 4, Michigan earned its first Big Ten title since 1986, with help from none other than arch-rival Ohio State. With a 71-65 victory over Penn State in State College, Michigan improved to 13-5 in the Big [...]

Foxconn and America

by Jonathan Rosenhan

Allegations regarding the terrible working conditions at Foxconn, a huge manufacturer in China, are quite regular—especially of late. Along with these reports, we have been encouraged to boycott products produced at Foxconn—namely Apple’s devices. In this way, we are somewhat tied to the injustices at Foxconn. Our seemingly infinite consumerism has allowed for ¬inhumane mass-producing [...]

Are Lectures Actually Useful?

by Nadia Danienta

As a University of Michigan student, I have to admit that I don’t attend every lecture. As many university courses are posting lecture slides on CTOOLS and recording lectures, I find that my fellow classmates and I are choosing which lectures to attend or not to attend. In some instances a large lecture hall may [...]

Recent Kony Outrage Highlights Country’s Ignorance

by Michael Reseigh

A recent video about an African warlord Joseph Kony and his use of children as soldiers has taken the internet by storm, but what does it mean?

U-M Plays it Safe with Gupta

by Editorial Board

After two years of selecting politically-charged commencement speakers, the University of Michigan has found a safe—and respectable—choice for the Class of 2012 in Dr. Sanjay Gupta. While it would be foolish to guess the content of Gupta’s upcoming speech, it’s a relatively sure bet that his visit to campus will be free of the partisan [...]

Where Have the Protests Gone?

by Editorial Board

The 21st century so far has not been a particularly exciting one from the perspective of student activism.

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 [...]

UMich Memes

by Hannah Weiner

Getting off Facebook when I need to do work is hard enough. But now, thanks to the genius who created the Facebook page “UMich Memes,” it’s impossible. I spent way too much time scrolling down the page, realizing every single meme pertains to me or at least is something I can relate to. And it’s [...]

U-M Obamatons

by Graham Kozak

I’ve often written optimistically of the young people resisting the urge to conform to the campus status quo, proclaiming the ideals of liberty deep behind the enemy lines of a hostile academia. Nowhere was that trend less apparent that at the University of Michigan’s Al Glick Field House this past Friday morning, where Obama spoke [...]

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