As an English major suffering from a serious case of senioritis, I barely have enough words left in my brain to finish my three final papers, much less write a cohesive Consider post that readers can get anything out of. Therefore, I’ll do the next best thing and leave you all with the 13 things I would [...]

Just like every other U of M student, it pains me to recall the end of Michigan’s crushing loss to Louisville in the National Championship. Expectations for our basketball team had never been higher after blowing out South Dakota State and VCU in the first two rounds, riding the thrilling comeback and shot of the year for an overtime [...]

I used to be somewhat disillusioned over the relatively anemic relationship between college kids and church attendance. I wrote a paper sophomore year about the very topic, citing the various reasons students gave for not attending their house of worship, explanations a Catholic priest offered, and a survey based on 40 of my classmates boasting a 2.5% [...]

The relentless abundance of emails about graduation has really got me thinking lately. In four and a half weeks I will be standing in the Big House in my cap and gown, about to officially be dubbed a University of Michigan alumna. But then what? I find it hard to plan tomorrow without planning the [...]

Surely everyone has heard about the Steubenville rape case by now.  Between the trial, news coverage, and the blog backlash against CNNs depiction of the event, rape culture has become a visible topic within the last few weeks.  After the Sandy Hook school shooting earlier this year, conversation turned to mental illness and treating children so that they [...]

The last thing most Michigan seniors want to think about it is what we’re going to be doing on May 4th. Don’t ask us about graduation, what our future plans are, or where we’ll be living this time next year. We don’t want to talk about it. When my friend’s dad came to visit this weekend and hugged [...]