Columns
Zoe Stahl: Walk it out
BY ZOE STAHL
Ann Arbor is a city made for walking. And I try my best to take full advantage of that — or at least I thought I did.
Hema Karunakaram: #therealmichigandifference
BY HEMA KARUNAKARAM
While in all fairness I feel extremely proud and honored to be a Wolverine whenever I hear great tales about alumni (Unabombing aside), I have to wonder if we set the bar too high.
James Brennan: Stigmatizing poverty
BY JAMES BRENNAN
Our language, our culture and our institutions have led to a characterization of indigent people as not just an underclass, but as distinctly different human beings, inferior to other members of society.
Sarah Skaluba: How far will we go?
BY SARAH SKALUBA
The millennial generation prides itself on working and playing hard. And though this can definitely be a positive attribute, at times we need to reconsider just how far we’re willing to go to achieve the super-human goals we set for ourselves. Academic success is important, yes, but in the end, our health and wellbeing is even more valuable.
Patrick Maillet: Diminishing faith
BY PATRICK MAILLET
Shameful is an understatement. The deaths of more than 30,000 Americans caused by guns each year and our government’s ability to time and again ignore any opportunity toward reversing this number is beyond the scope of a single word.
Timothy Burroughs: Strength in adversity
BY TIMOTHY BURROUGHS
Though it is still unclear who is responsible for Monday’s attacks, The Boston Marathon bombings have re-confirmed two things: The War on Terror is far from over and our opponents are not freedom fighters, but cowards.
Jennifer Xu: RIP, Google Reader
BY JENNIFER XU
The Internet is a big, scary place, but Google Reader allows me to harness all that information with a tasteful interface that doesn’t require me to click all over the place to get my news.
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