College students have done everything they can to acclimate to the new pandemic lifestyle. Months of quarantine followed by continuous social-distancing and adherence to public health guidelines brought us to a point today where grabbing a mask before heading out the door has become a natural instinct. Though maintaining six feet of space between ourselves and those we encounter is not exactly how we planned to live our lives as students at a Big Ten university, we’re making it work.

Within the Big Ten conference, including at the University of Michigan, women do not have an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from college sports this fall when compared to men. Because of this, there is a compelling case to be made that the Big Ten is operating in violation of Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination. Women and gender non-binary students who play fall women’s sports could potentially have strong Title IX claims against universities within the Big Ten.

Last Wednesday, the cops who killed Breonna Taylor got away with murder. 

As staff of the University of Michigan, we are deeply troubled by the administration’s inadequate handling of the return to in-person instruction, the aggressive legal action taken against our own graduate students who were on strike through Sept. 16 and the threats of retaliation made against striking resident advisors.