Editorials
From the Daily: A semester away
BY THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Participation — that's what usually keeps good ideas from becoming great programs. Student groups, academic programs and movements frequently sprout up and fizzle out not long after, not for lack of ingenuity but for lack of widespread effort. Students shouldn't allow Semester in Detroit — a University program that will give students a chance to learn, live and work in the Motor City — to join the graveyard when it launches next semester.
From the Daily: Sanctuary for all
BY THE MICHIGAN DAILY
With illegal immigration a hot topic this election year, all eyes are on Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As its policies become gradually less respectful of civil rights, activist groups and cities are taking a stand. Yet here in typically progressive Ann Arbor, the city council is standing by, doing next to nothing. With several major cities already leading the fight against the violation of immigrants’ civil rights, Ann Arbor has no excuse for its lack of action. It is time for Ann Arbor to follow the example of other progressive cities and take a stand against civil right infringement by becoming a sanctuary city.
From the Daily: Go (Planet) Blue
BY THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Maybe the increased carbon dioxide in the air is throwing off people’s minds or maybe high energy costs have finally convinced people that conservation is important, but big green ideas are taking the United States by storm. Everyone wants in on the green game. The University is no exception, and now with the scaled-up Planet Blue program, it has hit a home run. But like all successful ideas, the bar is now set high — the University must exceed its current commitment in the future.
From the Daily: Learning from history
BY THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Democratic presidential candidate sneaks into Ann Arbor late at night for what is supposed to be a quick night in a local hotel between campaign events. Adoring fans — eager to get some of the presidential attention and hear the man of the hour speak — salivate at the news he even set foot in town. He didn't intend to give a speech, but candidate makes the most of the opportunity, seizing the moment to challenge his listeners in an impromptu speech to change the world with one big idea.
From the Daily: Drunken logic
BY THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Get this: College students drink. Some of them drink even though they aren’t legally allowed to drink. Unfortunately, others binge drink. It’s a problem. But it’s also something that has only been made worse by our country’s absurd requirement that you be 21 years old to buy alcohol — a policy that has driven excessive drinking underground. Now, after 24 years of this failed policy, a group of 129 college presidents and chancellors have gotten together to ask the federal government to reconsider. Not surprisingly, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman is absent from that list. But she shouldn’t be.
From the Daily: While you were away
BY THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Whether you spent your summer taking classes in Ann Arbor, fetching coffee in New York City or saving the world somewhere in the Eastern Hemisphere, those days of fun are over. Welcome back to college. And because the last thing on your mind during the past four months was keeping up with the news, the Daily’s editorial board is here to get you up to speed. So put away your swimsuits and unpack your “Change We Can Believe In” signs; here’s what you missed this summer and what you can look forward to this fall.
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