Detroit: Mocked City by: David Greany   Detroit is a landscape littered with abandoned and dilapidated buildings which have little chance of attracting future tenants. These empty shells stand in a city that has been bleeding residents since the early 1950’s. Detroit has been in a perpetual state of decline for the past five decades, and [...]

The recent passage of smoking bans in Michigan workplaces and on the University of Michigan campus heralds a new age for smokers in Ann Arbor.

Nuclear Proliferation by: Omeed Firoozgan and Ben Woll   As we celebrate two decades of a unified Germany and the subsequent fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, the issue of nuclear weapons is a topic of intense debate. Proponents of nuclear proliferation maintain its advantages in effectively deterring warfare and defending against enemy threats, if [...]

Here is a selection of past Consider issues. It is wonderful to see what thought provoking topics have been – and continue to be – discussed at the University of Michigan.

Fraternities and sororities may be popular and enticing aspects of the University of Michigan’s social scene, but I assure you, they are not how they appear.

In the past few years, Adderall has been adopted as a cognitive enhancement: a drug that high-functioning, overcommitted people take to become higher-functioning and more overcommitted people.