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 [...]

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 [...]

I grew up in a household that wasn’t exactly familiar with the idea of free time. Although we have a great family room and a 92’’ TV, I’m pretty sure I can physically count on one hand the number of times my entire family and I have sat on the couch together to enjoy a television program. My parents, both full-time physicians, [...]

It has reached that point in the semester where students have completed their first set of midterms and have worked out the kinks in the schedules.  They know which classes are tough, which ones are easy, and how much time they need to devote to each.  Similarly, they know which lectures they actually need to [...]

I innocently meandered into Barnes and Noble the summer after my junior year to pick up a few GMAT and GRE prep books.  As an aspiring businesswoman, I thought pursuing an advanced degree seemed to be the logical post-graduation path.  For the first few weeks of summer, I blissfully splashed around in the pool and drank [...]