Recent Articles
Student debt big issue, solvable
I love the financial crisis. Well, not “love” it, since it caused millions of Americans to lose their homes, ground economies to a halt on not one but two continents and is part of the reason I and thousands of other graduating seniors can’t find a well-paying job.
Study-in correct step for BSA
Sometimes I find myself guilty of underestimating the power of student organizations. I knew the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, was capable of influencing the campus because it proved that much during the racial incidents at the beginning of the year.
Using social media effectively
I love social media because it’s the ultimate Rorschach inkblot test; it’s anything and everything users want it to be.
Of Two Minds
I swear, this column wasn’t even going to be about race. Not because I dislike being black or anything like that; let’s be honest, being black is pretty awesome. It’s more because I don’t want to be become the guy who points out every single example of social and racial inequality until he’s homeless, jobless and gibbering on about how the system kept him down.
Candidates ignore student need
I didn’t expect the presidential hopefuls to mention the Occupy Wall Street movement because of the general conservative disregard for the movement as a whole. However, the issues of a lack of middle-class jobs and an inability of recent graduates to pay off student loans without those jobs is a completely separate issue.
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- Netflix price changes within reason
- The death of effective negotiation
- Affirmative action, bad results
- Grading the Republican debates
- A bridge to tomorrow
- Is public sector pain affecting economy?
- Arts crucial to state
- The color of hatred
- Michigan should save funds for a rainy day
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