Will the world learn its lesson on power vacuums?
The situation in Haiti has caught the attention of major media outlets in recent weeks. The former prime minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, announced on…
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Breaking down Vanderpump Rules
As the end of my undergrad degree approaches, I’ve been thinking about how I’ve spent around 60 days watching Bravo shows. I’m like a medieval king….
Critiquing media is our resistance
English class tends to bury the lede. There are well-settled questions within the realm of spelling, syntax and synonyms that make up the purpose of…
Exploring Ongomiizwin
Ongomiizwin is an Anishinaabe word that means “clearing a path for generations to come.” It is also the name of the U of M’s Indigenous…
Re-assess mental illness after Aaron Bushnell
25-year-old U.S. military member Aaron Bushnell died of burn injuries after self-immolating and shouting “free Palestine” in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C….
Students should support faculty strikes
Strikes are meant to be disruptive. There is no way around it, because protesting for rights while meeting the needs of the administration workers are…
30 years later, apartheid remains on the ballot
I left South Africa a few days before the general elections in 2019. My parents decided that, despite the jubilation within the country, I ought…
This just in, it’s spring!
Spring feels like an iced coffee. It’s a startling wake up call: suddenly, you look around and the wind doesn’t sting as much, there’s more…
Rethinking healthcare in terms of technology
Ranging from wheelchairs to speech recognition software, over 2.5 billion people globally need assistive technology. As the population ages and noncommunicable diseases become more prevalent,…
Look to other university strikes when U of M is quiet
Having lived through UMFA’S 2016 and 2021 strikes as an undergraduate and as a graduate student, I like to keep my ear to the ground…