Editorials
From the Daily: Progress makes perfect
By: The Michigan Daily
A year after their approval, positive developments are occurring on both the stem cell and medical marijuana fronts — and Michigan must continue to be a leader on these issues.
From the Daily: Gay marriage will win
By: From the Daily
Advocates must stay strong and keep fighting while the rest of the country grows steadily more cognizant of the discrimination inherent in anti-gay marriage laws.
From the Daily: Backing up education
By: From the Daily
In tough times, many people are lending a hand to local schools, and more people — including college students — should do what they can, too.
From the Daily: A calculated strategy
By: The Michigan Daily
Creating a strong intellectual community isn’t accomplished solely by evaluating math, natural sciences, history and English — the fine arts and other areas are a part of that, too.
From the Daily: Vote Elhady, Briere
By: The Michigan Daily
As vital members of the community with unique ideas for what the city should look like, students have an obligation to silence claims that we don’t care. So head to the polls tomorrow, and as you do, keep the following information in mind.
From the Daily: Mercury rising
By: The Michigan Daily
Michigan’s environment is under attack by a dangerous chemical: mercury. But new state regulations could curtail its effects.
From the Daily: Back to school
By: The Michigan Daily
Any program that helps Michigan workers to keep their jobs while preparing the state economy for a brighter future is clearly a success.
From the Daily: Trigger happy
By: The Michigan Daily
The only likely scenario of increasing the presence of guns on campus is that more danger will be created due to accidental shootings.
Columns
Leah Potkin: Sophomore year slump
By: Leah Potkin
The truth is that the transition from coddled freshman to self-sufficient, independent sophomore isn’t as easy as one might expect, and the challenges and growing pains may make it the most emotionally difficult of the college years.
Robert Soave: School spending solved
By: Robert Soave
We don’t need to reduce curricula, downgrade textbooks, increase class sizes or cut arts programs. We simply need to pay our public teachers — who are already paid better than those in other states, and vastly better than private school teachers — slightly less.
Chris Koslowski: The final frontier?
By: Chris Koslowski
A one-way ticket would eliminate the need to transport fuel for the return trip, for a system to escape Mars’s gravity, and for a vehicle that could withstand re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
Viewpoints
Viewpoint: Breaking the B.S. detector
By: Nick Clift
When it comes to health care and fixing the economy, we must choose to be exposed to ideas we find contrary to our own.
Viewpoint: No excuse for racism
By: Matthew Blanton
What makes it okay to wear a black person as a costume?
Viewpoint: Keep homophobia out of 'U' sports
By: Larry Harvilla
It pains me that my love for the University is met with such hateful words by fans and that the hateful words are met with indifference by the Athletic Department.
