Stories by Bethany Biron
The Statement
Ann Arbor Affairs: Courting a campus
- Illustration by Megan Mulholland
BY BETHANY BIRON
On a bench in the Law Quad, I felt the unexpected warmth of adoration washing over me. This wasn’t the romantic type of love — with its intertwined hands, sweet nothings and coquettish grins — but the deep affection for a place, a landscape.
Obama wins re-election after winning key swing states
- Todd Needle/Daily
BY BETHANY BIRON
Months of campaigning finally came to a close late Tuesday night, as President Barack Obama clinched the 270 Electoral College votes needed to reclaim the presidency and defeat Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Protest erupts in response to forum on women’s rights
- McKenzie Berezin/Daily
BY BETHANY BIRON
At a forum on women’s rights on Monday afternoon, tension among attendees seemed to mirror the rising discord and polarization within Congress on gender politics this election cycle.
Getting busy: Fulfillment without commitment at the University
- Photo Illustration by Terra Molengraff
BY BETHANY BIRON
An arduous week of academia paves way to the sweet freedom of Friday night, and the streets swell with a cavalcade of stilettos propping up scantily clad girls with berry-colored lips and black-rimmed eyes. With bags slung haphazardly across their shoulders, they sip on gin and tonics between shots of Absolut before stumbling to the dance floor where their lips magnetically meet with a stranger’s, heads ultimately hitting the pillow in that same stranger’s bed.
Students frustrated by lack of accommodations during trip to Punta Cana
BY BETHANY BIRON
For the nearly 750 students who booked spring break getaways to Punta Cana, a popular tourist area in the Dominican Republic, with Massachusetts-based travel agency StudentCity, overbooked hotels, sewage leaks and dangerous encounters were not exactly what they had anticipated.
At campaign event, Gov. Snyder formally endorses Romney
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY BETHANY BIRON
FARMINGTON HILLS — In front of a packed house of professionals hailing from private sector industries around the state, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney professed his adoration for his native state of Michigan, lauding the work of Republican Gov. Rick Snyder in using his vast business experience to revitalize the ailing economy.
• SANTORUM: Former senator unveils tax policy in speech before the Detroit Economic Club
Obama calls for financial aid reform
- Alden Reiss/Daily
BY BETHANY BIRON AND JOSEPH LICHTERMAN
Speaking before a bleary-eyed capacity crowd of 4,000 who waited in the wee hours of the morning Friday to secure a prime spot, President Barack Obama stressed the importance of higher education by announcing a handful of new proposals to combat student debt.
Following State of the Union address, President Obama to speak on campus on Friday
- Chris Dzombak/Daily
BY BETHANY BIRON AND JOSEPH LICHTERMAN
White House officials announced yesterday afternoon that President Barack Obama will speak on campus this Friday, following his State of the Union Address tonight, as a part of a series of speaking events across the country.
Former University police chief O'Dell dies from apparent suicide
BY BETHANY BIRON AND ADAM RUBENFIRE
Greg O’Dell, Eastern Michigan University police chief and former director of the University’s Department of Public Safety, was found dead today near Huron River Drive, in what is believed to be a suicide, according to police. He was 54 years old.
The Statement
How Michigan alum Raoul Wallenberg took on the Nazis and saved thousands
BY BETHANY BIRON
Among the Arthur Millers and Gerald Fords to graduate from the University, it’s easy to overlook a young Swedish businessman who single-handedly saved the lives of thousands of Jews in the Holocaust.
