The Statement
About Campus: Where the wilderness lovers are
By: Sam Wainwright
At the end of Longshore Drive, there is a cabin with a wide wooden deck, a big swing and a roaring fire, sitting peacefully on the Huron River. It’s the home of the Society of Les Voyageurs, a student organization for outdoorsmen and women.
Wolverines taking Washington
By: Sutha Kanagasingam
If the Obama administration hires anyone else affiliated with the University of Michigan, there might be a Maize Out at the Capitol Building. Here are a few of the alums and faculty members who are making waves in Washington, D.C.
Personal Statement: A moderate Republican's lament
By: Gordon Chaffin
The former president of the College Republicans on his reasons for resigning
New rules
By: Magazine staff
rule 221: If you’re going to fall asleep in class, don’t sit in the front of the lecture hall. Your drooling might distract the professor.
rule 222: Don’t be annoyed when you explain your esoteric Halloween costume several times and people still don’t get it.
rule 223: Sexy nurses and sailors aren’t that sexy when they’re shivering. Wear a coat or a fall appropriate costume.
Junk Drawer
By: Brian Tengel
Personal Statement: The drug den next door
By: Roger Sauerhaft
The problems ensued from day one. Excruciatingly loud, violent confrontations took place on a nightly basis between residents in the other apartments in my house. Shady characters entered the house — by either invite or force — at all hours of the night and compounded the violence through what were obviously illicit drug deals.
Should you live in Kerrytown?
By: Jessica Vosgerchian
There are many student enclaves in the residential area around campus, but the most obvious divide is the Diag. Most student renters live south of South University Avenue — in the area affectionately deemed the student ghetto. But a subset chooses to split from the horde and settle in the north near Kerrytown. While the rental houses north of Huron Street are often just as run down, Kerrytown offers a different way of life. Which side should you choose?
The trap of luxury: over-priced student apartments
- File Photo/Daily
By: Trevor Calero
Ann Arbor's most expensive student apartment complexes — 4 Eleven Lofts, Zaragon Place and the Courtyards — really aren't worth the cost.
Declaration of the rights of tenants
- Jake Fromm/Daily
By: Jessica Vosgerchian and Sam Wainwright
Any student renter in Ann Arbor has heard horror stories about exploitative and negligent landlords. Students are too often at a disadvantage in lease agreements because they don’t know what rights housing laws afford them. It's time for that to change — read on for an explanation of tenants' rights and duties.
Junk Drawer
By: Brian Tengel
