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Change in Housing Priority: Good or Bad?

by Nora Dagher

Upperclassmen returning to University Housing next year may be out of luck as the University is planning to change its current policy of housing priority, giving sophomores earlier sign up dates, and therefore better pick of housing, over returning juniors and seniors.

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.

Why Michigan?

by Abby Pilarski

With temperatures steadily dropping and the infamous Michigan winter beginning as scheduled, its safe it assume that it’s not the great weather that has freshman flocking to Ann Arbor each year. While lifelong residents of the mitten state may be used to the annual artic torture, it’s hard to imagine out of state students willingly [...]

Most Fulbright Grants Go To U-M Students

by Nadia Danienta

The University of Michigan leads the nation yet again with the most students to receive Fulbright grants this year. U-M has been a top producer of United States Fulbright Students five times in the last seven years, with 29 students awarded this competitive scholarship. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of [...]

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 [...]

Is Capitalism Moral?

by Rohan Mehta

Dr. Tom Palmer, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, took to the podium on Thursday December 1st at the University of Michigan to talk about his most recent book The Morality of Capitalism. The book features a series of essays and interviews that seek to offer a different perspective on the system seen by [...]

U-M Attracts International Students

by Feng Han

According to a report released by the Institute of International Education last week, The University of Michigan had a total 5,472 foreign students, about 13 percent of its total student body, and ranked eigth within the United States for its enrollment of international students. Every year, the number of students that come from around to [...]

Want to Earn More? Major in STEM

by Nadia Danienta

Bombarded with the numerous opportunities for concentration at the University of Michigan, some students are perplexed when choosing a major. However, facing an unpredictable economy, students are becoming more strategic when committing to a concentration in order to secure a job after college. A new study conducted at Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the [...]

Finally Some Good Economic News: More Seniors Getting Jobs

by Rohan Mehta

Any college senior who kept up with the news this summer had to be worried.

Suicide: Number One Killer of College Students?

by Nora Dagher

According to University of Virginia researchers, the leading cause of student deaths may be suicide.

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