Last Sunday night, Hollywood once again reared its ugly political head for the 75th annual Golden Globe awards — otherwise known as the “Diet Oscars”. Throughout the star-studded evening, legions of political satirists and celebrities alike took a stab at political commentary. Sexism and the #MeToo movement received the overwhelming majority of focus; Natalie Portman […]
As a steadfast believer in the value of literature I am appalled at the degree to which English standards have degraded at a top-tier school like the U of M. If there is any lesson I would like to impart from my experience with the department, it is that rhetorical measures, like those taken by […]
Voters support Trump and Bernie for a single, fundamental reason: the economy.
Race has been the primary issue of debate on Michigan’s campus recently, but is also just as contentious a topic on campuses across the country – from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaking about race at Palm Beach Atlantic University, to a spoken word video gone viral at UCLA. Here at Michigan, the recent Black […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” On January 20—the day we honor his life and celebrate his work towards transforming civil rights through non-violence and love—another group, Being Black at UM (BBUM), incited its own […]
