The Unpopular Voice
“Shut the f**k up!” “Do you even go here?” “Leave!” “Everyone hates you, you violent prick.” Omar Mahmood was walking up to his off-campus apartment when he saw these words, along with pictures of...
View ArticlePlease Don’t Run Me Over! Surviving the “Plugged-In” Life at the U
What happened to manners and chivalry? To patience and gratitude? You see the lack of it in the way we interact. The way we run over pedestrians on the street. The way we cut in front of people at...
View ArticleThe Modern-Day Marathon
The University of Michigan Solar Car Team is one of the most established and recognized project teams at the University, and it shows. From the development of a successful business team that recruits...
View ArticleJustin Bieber’s Plight To My Playlist: A Boy’s Tale
For the playboys of the playgrounds in 2010, this piece might be difficult to read. We had a grand ol’ time poking fun at the iPods of our peers and built camaraderie through our blind disinterest in...
View ArticleGrades? Check. Resume? Check. Internship…?
As the leaves start to change and midterms come and go, you can find anxious students at every corner (hastily muttering their elevator pitches, itching to get out of their suits and heels, and waiting...
View ArticleTurkey’s Emergence as a Geopolitical Rise
From the Byzantines to the Ottomans, the Turks have always had a view of the world from their massive empires that reach every part of the world. Turkey is situated near the Caucasus Mountains, the...
View ArticleThe Grateful Dead’s Long, Strange Trip To 2015
If I told you that seven college students took a road trip to a Grateful Dead concert, I highly doubt your instincts would lead you to believe that this happened in 2015. The Dead first rose to fame...
View ArticleAnn Arbaugh and the Harbaugh Effect
For almost a year, a fever has infected “Ann Arbaugh” residents and has resulted in a few strange occurrences surrounding Michigan Football. It has caused $8 khaki pants to fly off Walmart shelves and...
View Article“Netflix & Chill”: Trends in College Dating
It is a challenging time to be a young adult when it comes to dating. Dating is no longer the baby-boomers’ definition: we rarely see couples going out on a “date”—you know, dinner, movies, popcorn…the...
View ArticleU of M Students Bring Juicy J To Ann Arbor
Last August, in an ambitious effort to host the best party of the semester, a group of students at the University of Michigan tried to organize a concert with rapper Juicy J in the backyard of their...
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