Can students still have the complete college experience while staying in their hometown?
Growing up with the University of Michigan in your backyard, it may seem like an obvious decision for a Community High school senior to apply to U of M. Whether it was merely a backup college, or a lifelong dream, 30-35 CHS seniors applied to U of M this year.
A person driving somewhere in the United States is sure to see a Starbucks, a McDonald’s, or a Wal-Mart. It is almost guaranteed someone with Nike or Coca-Cola products will pass by this person. And he or she is probably driving in a General Motors or Ford car being fueled by Exxon, BP, Shell, or Chevron fuel. Giant multi-national corporations are unavoidable in today’s society. Making huge profits, these companies seem to have greater strength in politics than the citizens themselves.
The Australians call it a working holiday, and most people in Israel use it for travel. Students take advantage of the “gap year,” as it is called in America, all over the world. However, either due to economic problems, or the threat of losing their health insurance, few seize the opportunity here.
Everyday we are faced with the fact, the fact that we are completely dependent on oil, and because of this dependency we are faced with the consequences. On April 20th, 2010, one of the largest, deep water, offshore drilling rigs exploded and released oil into the water, not to mention the broken well under the water that is leaking oil constantly. According to ABC.news Admiral Landry, Commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District estimated that 13,000 gallons of oil are pouring into the Gulf of Mexico every hour. This oil spill could kill off not only entire of species of plants and animals but also affect people. The only people that we can blame for this catastrophe are ourselves for our dependency on oil.
The news is abuzz with constant coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. With newspapers publishing progress reports of the containment cap, that has just been put on the well, every few hours, one cannot look at the news without knowing exactly what is going on in the Gulf.
And this is a good thing, right?
All pitchers dream about perfect games. For Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga, that dream was turning into a reality.
Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga covers first base as Cleveland Indians Jason Donald hits the bag and first base umpire Jim Joyce looks on in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Detroit on Wednesday, June 2, 2010.
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, the ball was grounded sharply to the right side of the infield. Miguel Cabrera tracked down the ball as Galarraga covered first on the routine grounder. The throw to first was on line, and Galarraga stepped on the bag a half-step before the runner. Cabrera threw up his arms in jubilation before looking at Jim Joyce, the first base umpire.
A single arm movement crushed the cheer that followed in Tiger Stadium. Joyce had called the runner safe. The perfect game was ruined by one lousy call.
“It was the biggest call of my career, and I kicked the s*** out of it,” said Joyce after the game. “I just cost that kid a perfect game… I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay.”
Joyce has been an umpire in the majors for the last 22 years. He is one of the most widely respected umpires in the game of baseball, and has had the honor of umpiring two World Series and two All-Star Games in his career. More…
I have lived in Ann Arbor my entire life; which means my entire life, I have lived less than an hour away from Detroit. I’ve never really thought about this before. I mean, sure, I’ve driven through Detroit multiple times on the way to Canada, and I went there a couple years ago to see the Broadway production of RENT, but I’ve never actually gone to Detroit just for the sake of going there.
It’s been a while since I checked my Facebook. I have four hundred missed notifications. Most of them are junk, groups I joined a long time ago and now regret. On the home page there are suggestions: you should friend this girl, talk to that guy, you haven’t visited her page in a long time, why don’t you send so-and-so a message? There is a simple reason I don’t send so-and-so a message — so-and-so is dead.
Fascism – 1, Constitution – 0. With the passing of a new immigration law in Arizona, the Grand Canyon State paralleled itself with Nazi Germany in terms of rights of the people. Unfortunately, history has repeated itself in a major way.
Protesters show their hatred towards Arizona's immigration law.
Arizona’s House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday, April 19th, that gives police officers in Arizona the right to detain anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant, and ask for their identification as an American citizen. If the person in question has no identification on their person, they can be arrested until it is brought to the police. Governor Jan Brewer signed the bill into a law on Friday, April 23.
Yesterday, I sat down on the grass with a friend. We talked about the move I will be making to Chicago in the fall to study creative writing and journalism. When he asked me why journalism, all I could think to say was that there is a world. In that world, there is history to be made, stories to tell. There is ground to break.
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