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Complete text of President Barack Obama's address to University of Michigan Graduates...

By: Eden Stiffman

Just about nine months ago, Ann Arbor’s 174 year-old newspaper, The Ann Arbor News announced that it would be shutting its doors. As its replacement, the website An...

By: Patrick Diehl

The Tea Party movement gets its name from CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s now famous call on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for Americans to organize a second Tea Party.]]> 1.1373827 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:23:53 -0400 http://www.michiganreview.com/manny-harris-departure-offers-fresh-start-for-beilein-wolverines-1.1373476

By: Chris Kudialis

In case you haven’t heard, Manny Harris has left the Michigan Wolverines basketball team.  Whether or not you agree with the reasoning behind his decision, Harris’ departure leaves some big holes...

By: Graham Kozak

Back in March, I was finally rewarded for being one of six straight males nationwide who voluntarily watch the Academy Awards: Jeff Bridges, one of my favorite actors, took home the award for Best Actor for his role in 2009’s ]]> 1.1373474 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:31:25 -0400 http://www.michiganreview.com/spring-of-magic-and-miniskirts-1.1373470

By: Michael O'Brien

Controversial when it was released back in early April 2008, former editor-in-chief Michael O’Brien shared his opinion about the first warm day in Ann Arbor]]> 1.1373470 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:29:52 -0400 http://www.michiganreview.com/u-m-professor-graham-griffith-delivers-lecture-on-failures-of-the-american-media-1.1373463

By: Andrew Kalenkiewicz

On April 8, the College of LS&A hosted the annual Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professorship in Journalism Lecture, featuring Professor Graham Griffith and his presentation “...

By: Victor Stepien

As we hear increasingly more conservative voices – such as former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne, Senator John McCain's wife Cindy and daughter Meghan – expressing their support for same-s...

By: Victor Stepien

Last March 21-23, the AIPAC Policy Conference 2010 took place to celebrate once again the friendship between the United States and ]]> 1.1373459 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:16:22 -0400 http://www.michiganreview.com/health-care-reconciliation-bill-brings-changes-to-student-loans-1.1373450

By: Ben Chadick

President Obama’s signing of the health care bill on March 23, 2010 marked significant changes in the future of the United St...

By: Nathan Torreano

The new millennium, according to some, was supposed to signal the end of civilization.  This, obviously, did not happen.  However, it di...

By: Jonathan Slemrod

On Wednesday,  April 7, the Ford School of Public Policy hosted Harold Ford, Jr., U-M Law ]]> 1.1373442 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:09:11 -0400 http://www.michiganreview.com/a-chilling-exit-1.1373440

By: Adam Pascarella

It seems like yesterday when I was walking into Markley Hall with my parents, ready to unpack my luggage to begin my collegiate career in Ann Arbor. After becoming acclim...

By: Jonathan Slemrod

It won't come as a surprise many that I view the Review as more of a strategy than a social club. Young people don't necessarily need a student paper to convince them that government almost never works – all they...

By: Julianne Nowicki

The moment I walked into The Michigan Review office, I knew I would be sticking around for the next three years. And what a fast three years they have been. I could never imagi...

By: Christine Hwang

I think, more than anything else about writing for the Michigan Review, I’m going to miss periodically getting Editor-in-Chief Adam Pascarella’s feisty e-mails demanding articles and perfection. I remember ...

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Just a little less than a year and a half ago, students from the University of Michigan were shouting drunken chants o...

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We've discussed at great length on these pages why the health care bill that recently became law is a disaster for America: it raises costs, contains more than a half trillion dollars in painful tax increases, and dumps tens of millio...

By: Adam Pascarella

And finally we’re at the end. After a four year career at the Review, I am saying farewell to a 29-year publication that has occupied a majority of my time on campus. I can confidently say that I have learned mor...

By: Stephanie Wang

Proposition 1, the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes, was passed in November 2008, but few people know exactly what it entails and how many people can benefit from it. The new program is run by the Michiga...