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Behind the Statement: History of Research
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Would there be the Internet without the 'U'?
- Graphic by Nolan Loh
BY ZACH BERGSON
There are countless theories of how the Internet was created. Most people respond to the question with playful jokes about Al Gore’s remarks in 1999 that he “took the initiative to create the Internet." But when this question is posed to University administrators, it's met with a decidedly different answer.
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Promethean Vision: The story of research at the University
- Graphic by Nolan Loh
BY ZACH BERGSON AND PAIGE PEARCY
A student at the University of Michigan will at some point become indoctrinated into the rich history of Michigan football. Bo Schembechler. The House That Yost Built. The Game. But what many students don’t realize is Michigan has another storied history, one filled with bombings, protests and clandestine activities. No, this isn’t a plot from an old James Bond movie or a Tom Clancy novel. It’s the story of research.
Random Student Interview: Two Starbursts and a tattoo necklace
- Illustration by Jeff Zuschlag
BY LAURA ARGINTAR
Welcome to the Random Student Interview, where we run around without clothes on.
What is the worst gift you’ve ever received?
Does no gift count? One time I received a gym membership, which was weird.
Rolling your own burrito: A day at the mercy of strangers' food suggestions
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY CHLOE STACHOWIAK
I can’t help but think I’m missing out on something — that an entire world of cafés, sandwich shops, and restaurants exists outside my tuna roll and chicken salad palate. I decided to seek out these answers the only way I knew how: by putting my appetite in strangers’ hands. For an entire day, I asked people off the streets where to go for each meal and what to order — no Panera allowed.
Behind the Statement: Teach for America
Magazine Editor Jennifer Xu and former Senior News Editor Caitlin Huston discuss this week's cover story about Teach for America.
Friday morning breakfasts at Selma Café
On six days of the week, Gottlieb and McCabe’s quiet, unassuming house on Ann Arbor’s west side resembles any other home. Only on Friday mornings does the quaint suburban setting transform into Selma Café, a makeshift bistro serving up locally grown meals on a by-donation basis.
Random Student Interview: I hate kids
- Illustration by Jeff Zuschlag
BY LAURA ARGINTAR
Welcome to the Random Student Interview, where we tell it like it is.
Would you yourself ever want to be a teacher?
No, I hate kids.
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Sustainability at home: Friday morning breakfasts at Selma Café
- Erin Kirkland/Daily
BY CHELSEA LANDRY
Lisa Gottlieb and Jeff McCabe do not have wallpaper in their mudroom. Instead, tiny strips of masking tape bearing the names of Selma Café regulars in Sharpie cover every inch of drywall, some name tags even creeping up onto the ceiling. Robin’s egg blue and pastel yellow paint is barely visible underneath the multitude of peeling tape.
Teach for America: A two-year crash course
BY CAITLIN HUSTON
Applicants to Teach for America hear about how the program looks for the best and brightest in student leaders. They hear about how leadership has been carefully studied and proven to produce effective teachers in underprivileged districts in the country. But complaints from former corps members have been aired in terms of training, a lack of support and a two-year teaching commitment that community leaders say doesn’t help schools in need.
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TFA Detroit: the $3,000 gamble
- Terra Molengraff/Daily
BY CAITLIN HUSTON
In Detroit, Teach for America corps members have a chance to make an impact on one of the country’s most disadvantaged school districts. Despite the lack of resources, Detroit schools that choose to partner with Teach for America pay the organization an average of $3,000 for each TFA corps member employed, in addition to paying corps members a starting teacher's salary.
• A two-year crash course: How prepared are the corps members?
Random Student Interview: Booze and boobs
- Illustration by Jeff Zuschlag
BY LAURA ARGINTAR
Welcome to the Random Student Interview, where there’s plenty of alcohol, porn and illegal activity.
Why do you smell like alcohol?
‘Cause I’ve been drinking, duh. It helps me talk more in my discussion class.
The reluctant role model
BY ANDREW SCHULMAN
Had 826NYC existed when 826 National CEO Gerald Richards was a boy, Richards might have visited the tutoring center himself. He might’ve even been like Santiago, a student at 826 Valencia who told him last year that he aspired to be 826 National’s CEO but has since confessed to being unsure of his career path.
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826michigan: How a robot store gets kids hitting the books
- Marlene Lacasse/Daily
BY ANDREW SCHULMAN
826michigan, as a feature of its philosophical culture and its mission statement, strives to prevent the fear of the blank page. The 2,330 students it helped last year span the literacy spectrum from English-as-a-second-language learners to adept writers who simply need a community to debate whether serene or tranquil is the better word to use in their short story.
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Stepping across the protest line: What happens when a pro-choice student attends a Students for Life meeting?
- Hannah Chin/Daily
BY CASSIE BALFOUR
I remember seeing one young woman, a student, standing nervously behind the display, pro-life pamphlets in hand. I wish I had talked to her, instead of openly laughing at what I perceived at the time to be really poor activism.
