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...

A Home Away From Home by: Lauren McGlothlin When you arrive at college, joining a sorority or fraternity is one of the best decisions you can make. Naturally, you will be unsure and even a little skeptical of what to expect, with friends’ and family’s voices skewing your decision. You may...

Pep In Your Step by: Robert Vine T he life of typical university students straddles the fine line between fulfilling our academic responsibilities and attempting to make the most of our precious youth. Before marriage, children and acquiescing to tragic 9-to-5 drudgery – replete with heavy doses...

For the Students, By the Students by: Michael Rorro Student government should focus on issues relevant to improving student life on campus. To accomplish this, governing organizations should serve students in three primary capacities. First, student government should be a resource for students and...

A Daily Necessity by: Imran Syed It’s easy to hate The Michigan Daily, and it’s not necessarily bad. Heck, that’s what first brought me into the Daily five years ago. Tired of reading news stories, editorials and arts coverage that I thought was offensively lacking, I marched into the paper’s...

Going Green: Better Now by: Nils Stannik There are very few people nowadays that would honestly argue that renewable energy is neither a necessity nor an inevitability. Granted, there are still some deniers, but clean, renewable energy will undoubtedly play an important role in our nation’s and...