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It’s time women stop idolizing Taylor Swift
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It’s time women stop idolizing Taylor Swift

Seventy-two thousand lights sway and twinkle in a packed stadium as a blonde singer with cherry red lipstick stands on the stage with her guitar. For singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, it’s just another night on The Eras Tour, which will head overseas next month and return to the United States in October with shows in Miami,...

Teachers and students agree: don’t talk in class
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Teachers and students agree: don’t talk in class

There’s a reason you don’t see class clowns as stock characters in college movies: They’re too high school. But in three of my classes this week, students have tried repeatedly to talk — at conversational volume — over lecturing professors. Maybe I’m in more core classes than usual — or maybe freshmen and sophomores are...

Michigan is more than its harsh winters
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Michigan is more than its harsh winters

The winters are cold, cloudy, and snowy. The closest Chick-fil-A is an hour away. The governor is at best incompetent and at worst commanding a troop of flying monkeys.  This is Michigan. But, as I returned home to my muggy swampland of southern Louisiana this break — and rewatched ESPN’s 30 for 30 on the...