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Does School Keep Getting in the Way of Your Education?

Does School Keep Getting in the Way of Your Education?
Get Involved Outside the Classroom, Where Learning is Limitless by: Steven Benson With over 20,000 undergraduate students, it is very easy for one to get “lost in the crowd.” Walking through the Diag, students often see unfamiliar faces, an occurrence quite different from the typical high school...
May 12th, 2010 | Education, Featured, Issues, Recent | Read More

Global Climate Change: Where to Next?

Global Climate Change: Where to Next?
Take Responsibility and Take Action by: Lilly Zoller As children, we were all taught various invaluable life lessons such as: treat others as you want to be treated, always say please and thank you, and be careful what you wish for. Unfortunately, it seems that the United States government missed...
March 24th, 2010 | Climate Change, Featured, Issues, Recent | Read More

Should Obese Airline Passengers Pay Extra?

Should Obese Airline Passengers Pay Extra?
Obese Passengers Create an Unfair Burden? by:  Jae H. Chung Anyone who needs multiple seats due to their size should be required to purchase multiple seats. Why? Let’s conduct a thought experiment where the large passenger sits in a seat located by the aisle. In order for the large passenger...
March 17th, 2010 | Featured, Issues, Obesity, Recent | Read More

Selling Kidneys for Cash

Selling Kidneys for Cash
Cash-For-Kidneys? NO Sale! by:  Robert L. Houbeck You trudge along the Huron, absorbed in wonder at what the miracle of compound interest is doing to your college debt.  Suddenly, a splash, a cry.  A man flails in the water.  He can’t swim; you can. “Please, help me!”  You (1), plunge...
March 10th, 2010 | Featured, Issues, Recent, Selling Kidneys | Read More

Student Volunteers in Haiti: Harmful or Helpful?

Student Volunteers in Haiti: Harmful or Helpful?
On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake struck the nation of Haiti…The United States Government has deployed over 13,000 troops, treated over 7,000 patients, and evacuated over 10,500 people as of January 21st. The White House-Office of the Press Secretary-January 21, 2010 Student Development...
February 25th, 2010 | Featured, Haiti, Issues, Recent | Read More

Is Revitalized Detroit Worth the Effort?

Is Revitalized Detroit Worth the Effort?
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...
January 27th, 2010 | Detroit, Featured, Issues, Recent | Read More