What is self love? It’s not just spa dates and candle lit baths. It’s not just mani-pedis and facemasks. It’s not just what the media claims it to be, But it can be all of that too. In fact, it’s whatever you want and need it to be. It’s sleeping in until noon, having […]
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Lunch Box Moment
After Linh Dinh let us be savages this afternoon. primitive folk, we lap up congee then pork floss for dessert. let us return to nature among the mallards & bird’s eye chili. give us fish maw. swim bladder bubbling into collagen gum. we are rich in tone. let us spread foul bliss. […]
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How “The Simpsons” Can Fix Apu
As a child, my brother and I ran home from school every day so we wouldn’t miss any of our favorite shows. We watched PBS and Nickelodeon for hours with our eyes glued to the TV until our mom forced us to do our homework — which we worked on while watching “Arthur.” Most of […]
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OTD: Spring 2019 controlled burn season to begin Wednesday
This coming Wednesday marks the beginning of controlled burn season, when trained staff and volunteers start a series of intentional fires in Ann Arbor parks to enrich the soil and allow fire-resistant plants to grow. Natural Area Preservation staff, who lead the controlled burn effort, also conducted burns for a few weeks in the fall […]
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Winterfest to be hosted by different fraternity following past host’s removal from campus
Winterfest, a tournament-style annual philanthropic event where different members of fraternities and sororities play broomball for charity, will be hosted on Feb 23 by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity (PIKE). Last year, Winterfest was hosted on the property of PIKE and sponsored by Alpha Sigma Phi, but after Alpha Sigma Phi was banned from campus, […]
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Michigan beats Dartmouth 11-10 on Garrett’s 2OT winner
Less than 5 minutes later, the junior midfielder was back on the field. Forty-eight seconds into the second overtime period, she had the same opportunity, but this time she converted for her fourth goal of the season, breaking the tie and giving the Michigan women’s lacrosse team (4-0) an 11-10 win over Dartmouth (0-2).
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CSA Lunar Gala brings together students to celebrate Year of the Pig
On Saturday evening, more than 80 University of Michigan students came together in the Michigan League to celebrate the Chinese Students Association’s annual Lunar Gala. The gala aims to mark the beginning of a new year according to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, a holiday traditionally celebrated in many countries across Asia. The evening involved food, […]
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MDining student employees not given extra compensation for work during polar vortex
MDining student employees were not paid overtime nor given any extra compensation for their work during the polar vortex when all events and classes were canceled due to severe cold weather, University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said. Jennifer Plascencia, LSA senior and MDining employee, said MDining was conflicted about whether to stay open during the polar […]
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Former Obama official talks science and technology policy
On Friday, the Ford School of Public Policy held the most recent of their Policy Talks @ the Ford School. The event featured Thomas Kalil, former deputy director for policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under former President Barack Obama. Kalil gave a presentation on U.S. science and technology policy […]
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Former Gubernatorial Candidate, Public Health Analyst address global health issues in annual symposium
On Saturday morning, Michigan Health Engineered for All Lives (M-HEAL) and Timmy Global Health at the University of Michigan hosted their annual Global Health Symposium. Around 85 students and faculty were in attendance. The event featured Abdul El-Sayed, 2018 gubernatorial candidate and former Health Director of Detroit; Yuan-Po Tu, Center for Disease Control public health […]