A long-form magazine that intertwines the genres of news, opinion and creative nonfiction.
April 14 edition:
How women student athletes navigate college life
This March, outcry arose during the NCAA March Madness tournament when Sedona Prince, a forward for the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team, posted a TikTok comparing her team’s weight room […]
Becoming Alice
I like to joke that I-94 and I-80 are my second homes. I’ve spent thousands of miles on them, miles that trade scenery for ease — hop on and drive, no directions needed. The “check engine” light on the dashboard […]
Do you listen to girl in red? : Femme queerness on TikTok
Dating tip: If you want to really get to know someone, take a scroll through their TikTok “For You” page. From there, a stream of 15-second video and audio clips will teach you about the many little idiosyncrasies and bizarre […]
Michigan Missed Connections and the value of virtual interactions
There is a new way University of Michigan students are virtually interacting this semester aside from the relatively new expectations of an online education — the Instagram account Michigan Missed Connections (@michiganmissedconnections). The account posts anonymous stories submitted by students […]
Ann Arbor runs on the arts
Spring finally feels like it has permanently sprung as the sun shines down on a happily busy State Street. Even the deepest crevices of Graffiti Alley on East Liberty feel just a little bit brighter. For the first time in […]
April 7 edition:
The University and the digital transformation: past, present and future
A world needing respite
Love everlasting: The relationships that color my identity
Chasing sunsets and rabbit holes
Body Edition:
What happens when you can’t trust your own brain?
The first semester of my senior year was, academically, the worst semester of my life. I was enrolled in only six credits but found myself in a deep depression spiral, […]
Vehicle, vessel, me
The air was the kind you feel like you could drink. I took big, selfish gulps of it, happy to have found an empty stretch of concrete on a day so beautiful it had coaxed everyone out of their quarantine […]
Letting the body write
For people who write regularly, one of the most disheartening experiences is that of “writer’s block.” It is an unpleasant feeling, to say the least. No matter how hard I try, the words do not come. Or, they come in […]
“They did not mean me when they said disabled”
They tell me I look so healthy. They tell me I’m just so young. They just cannot believe it. They ask me if I’m really sick, like am I really sure? They ask me if I’ve actually received a diagnosis. […]
What is ‘A history of U-M students on College Jeopardy’?
I’ve been watching Jeopardy long enough to become desensitized to the oddness of the show’s strict mannerisms. At this point, it seems completely natural for contestants to answer in the form of a question, a practice that originally began as […]
Read more from The Statement:
Loading…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.