Month: September 2014

Everything changed for Ray Rice this Monday. Last Sunday, Rice was an NFL star, an elite running back for the Baltimore Ravens. The past few months had been rocky after a domestic violence scandal: In February, Rice knocked his fiancée unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator. But on Sunday, as Rice served the first...

I don’t want more money. Yes, Michigan legislature, that’s correct. I’m a college student. An English major. An aspiring journalist with little hope of ever making big money. In addition, I currently work a minimum-wage job. I even come from Massachusetts, where, until this summer, our minimum wage was $.60 higher than yours and coming...

As time dwindles in the race between Terri Lynn Land (R) and Gary Peters (D) for the open Michigan Senate seat, voters grapple with two candidates who have seemingly flipped the stereotype of “women’s rights” and right-to-life issues. The race is backward: A woman who opposes abortion and a white man who supports it. Backward...

The Greek dramatist Menander once wrote that “time is the healer of all necessary evils.” Not all evils, however, are created equal. On this date 13 years ago, an evil of immense proportion occurred on our soil. But now, 13 years later, we can look back and reflect with greater insight and wisdom. I remember,...

Imagine a Twitter that allows you to post whatever 200-character musings cross your mind, without any culpability attached. Your username, picture, and Twitter handle are not associated with the tweet in any way. You can say anything without any apparent consequences. Welcome to Yik Yak, or as I like to call it, “mean Twitter.” Yik...