The Statement
Personal Statement: My evacuation from Lebanon
By: Jessica Malouf
Lebanon is not only where my parents were born and all my relatives live, but it is also my second home. But on July 13, 2006, that idyllic view was disrupted. Israel had began an air strike against Lebanon and my family and I could do nothing until the United States came to retrieve us.
Junk Drawer
By: Brian Tengel
Visual Statement: The Michigan Daily vs. the State News flag football
- Clif Reeder
By: Clif Reeder
New rules
By: Magazine staff
rule 212: It’s too early to wear Uggs. But of course, it’s always too early to wear Uggs.
rule 213: Don’t walk more than 20 minutes to go to a house party. You’re in Ann Arbor, not East Lansing.
rule 214: If you haven’t done a load of laundry since school started, you need to as soon as possible.
The cult(ure) of club sports
- Left photo by Said Alsalah/Daily, Right by Sam Wolson/Daily
By: Nicole Auerbach
Members of club teams compete without the perks afforded varsity teams: scholarships, brand new gear and a page on the official Michigan athletic site, mgoblue.com. A handful of teams practice and compete on the level of varsity. But the process for joining that elite echelon of college athletics is nearly impossible to pass.
About Campus: Cross-dorm rivals
By: Daniel Strauss
For many University students, the residence hall is simply a place to make a few close friends and poignant memories. Dorm hall solidarity can feed heated rivalries.
One little pill, one giant leap toward sexual equality
By: Yasaswi Paruchuri
After years of research, male oral contraceptive is at the point that it could be made commercially available. The only thing that stands in the way is the pharmaceutical industry's twisted business sense.
The Junk Drawer
By: Brian Tengel
A quick round-up of what you should know this week.
New rules
By: Statement staff
rule 209: Leaving a pop can where a homeless person can find it counts as recycling. And also charity.
rule 210: Harassing someone at a football game for not wearing maize doesn’t make you a better fan. It makes you a dick.
rule 211: When it comes to space in a communal fridge: if you don’t use it, you lose it.
Personal Statement: An international student's first view of Ann Arbor
By: Emad Ansari
Next spring, I graduate and leave Ann Arbor for good. Even with still two semesters to go, I am already feeling myself terribly nostalgic at the prospect of bidding farewell. But I didn't always harbor such warm feelings toward my American home away from home.
