Following the controversy and speculation, guest writer Ben Weil dives into Kanye West’s latest work: The Life of Pablo. “Name one genius who ain’t crazy,” Kanye raps on The Life of Pablo, his newest album that definitively proves that he is both of these things. The line stands as an excuse for all the controversial […]
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Letter to the Editor: 5 Reasons Why I’m Capitalist
Support for “democratic socialism” is growing on campuses across the country. With so many students caught up in Bernie fever, this seems like an appropriate time to bring some diversity to the conversation—some intellectual diversity.
Critical Issue: The Review Debates Drug Legalization
Our Politics Editor Deion Kathawa and Campus Editor Erin Dunne debate drug policy. Deion believes that drugs should be illegal, while Erin believes they should all be legal. “The solution to racist drug policing is not to throw out the baby with the bath water, it is to fix the racist system.” – Deion Kathawa […]
Campus Coverage: Michigan Primaries
The Michigan Review offers ground coverage on campus of the Republican and Democratic primaries on Tuesday March 9th. Learn whom your peers are voting for and why they’re all wrong.
Would you rather your child had feminism or cancer?
Five days away from Milo Yiannopoulos’ visit to the University of Michigan to debate Julie Bindel on February 23rd, the Michigan Review takes to the Diag to ask students the famous poll question that got Milo (briefly) kicked off of Twitter.
Milo Comes to Town
The provocative British journalist Milo Yiannopoulos, who has been banned from universities in the UK and unverified on Twiiter, is coming to the University of Michigan on February 23rd.
Board of Regents to Spend $10 Million on Already Renovated Multicultural Center
If the new multicultural center truly is for all cultures on campus, then it is for all students to decide its necessity. If, however, the center is not for all cultures to share, then how can the University justify spending $10 million on an exclusionary institution? We must honestly ask ourselves whether we should abandon democracy to spend so much money on this new center.
Critical Issue: Religion on Campus
How do current University of Michigan students view the role of religion on the modern college campus? And what are their own experiences in that regard? Some of the adults from my church worried that their children’s faith would be broken once they come to college, what with all the rampant faith shattering atheistic professors […]
Campus Reactions: Are borders necessary?
Following Trump’s inflammatory remarks and in the wake of the migrant crisis in Europe, what do you make of borders? Are they justified, humane… necessary? Students around campus give their quick takes: Open Border Policies are Foolish A country that cannot maintain the integrity of its own borders and regulate who and what crosses them […]
Mud Bowl Delivers
Swarms of fans packed into the scenic backyard at the corner of South University and Washtenaw Avenue on Saturday morning to witness the 82nd and perhaps most tensely anticipated edition of the Mud Bowl. The host squad, The Flying Eagles, soared to a hard-fought victory in the annual mud-soaked touch football match, as serene conditions and […]