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Being average is acceptable
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I have always been an exceptionally average person. My grades were always mediocre at best, always obtaining either Bs or Cs so much, so my motto became “Cs get degrees.”
I was never picked first...
Five key aspects in the next Bisons football coach
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After spending 29 seasons as head coach of the U of M Bisons football team, Brian Dobie is set to retire at the end of the 2024-25 season. Dobie is leaving behind a legacy...
Disability is not a bad word
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“Handicapped,” “Special needs,” “accessibility-seeking,” or the newly popular “differently abled.”
These are just a few euphemisms — terms to soften or obscure a word deemed too blunt or unpleasant — for people with disabilities.
In a...
The spectacle of political debate
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I felt entertained and agitated watching the U.S. presidential debate on Sept. 10. Seeing my preferred candidate, Kamala Harris, blow Donald Trump out of the water was gratifying. But it was not a debate I...
Haggling: A lost art young people must reclaim
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A friend recently dragged his dad along to buy a new TV, convinced he needed his help negotiating a better price. Armed with his father’s experience, they walked into the store, only for my friend...
Breaking the silence: Consent and sexual violence
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Over the summer break, I was job searching on the UM Connect page and came across an advertisement for the position of Healthy Relationships regulator. As I did research on the job, I read...
Media consumption: Trapped in information planets
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Media consumption has come to dominate our perception of reality and truth. In a world that prioritizes profit over information, our own media consumption habits have defined our political understandings and daily lives.
Today, we...







