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Folk music: The perfect soundtrack to autumn
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Folk music: The perfect soundtrack to autumn

Celebrate the glory of Michigan autumn with the best fall music: folk.  Another year is dying before our eyes. Campus is a fading banquet of color. Walking up the hill in the morning, your breath comes in silvery puffs. Hot cider is suddenly appealing, and you’re reassessing your sweater collection.  What better way to mark...

Yes, coffee is a drug
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Yes, coffee is a drug

Some who choose not to drink coffee act like it is due to some moral virtue, while it often just comes down to preference. To elevate this preference, people sometimes like to mention that caffeine is a drug. Big whoop. We know. I’ll see you, and raise you one: caffeine is a psychotropic drug. If...

A Professor’s Opinion: Surviving winter
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A Professor’s Opinion: Surviving winter

What is your best tip for surviving a Michigan winter? Jonathon Gregg, Education: “Grow up in Minnesota… At most you’ll need a rain jacket for a Michigan winter.” Patrick Timmis, English: “Stay in the library and start your papers early.” Adam Carrington, Politics: “Find ways to get outside and during daytime so you aren’t always...

Celebrate Friendsgiving on campus this fall
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Celebrate Friendsgiving on campus this fall

Before heading home for Thanksgiving Break, dedicate some time to eat food and give thanks with and for your friends.  “Friendsgiving,” a meal celebrated with friends in addition to or in place of the holiday, is as old as Thanksgiving itself. The first Thanksgiving was in part a celebration of friendship between the Pilgrims and...

Classes are too short for vaping to be necessary
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Classes are too short for vaping to be necessary

I was sitting in class and kept smelling something foul — like bad breath, but mango. The student next to me was vaping.  Vaping should be students’ own business — though currently, it’s not. Vaping in class is inappropriate, inconsiderate, and shows a lack of self-control. When Fox News returned from commercial break in 2021...