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Pro-Palestine activists silently protest at engineering career fair
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (326+ words) In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Engineering junior Jonathan Zou, a member of TAHRIR, said the protesters didn't believe companies supporting or benefiting from Israel's military campaign in Gaza " which has killed more than 70,000 people and was classified as…...
Let’s talk professional fraternities
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (499+ words) So when you're a freshman desperate for community in an unfamiliar state, where almost everyone you know is talking about rushing a professional fraternity, it feels like that's the natural place to start." Despite the dread of going to rush…...
What negative theater kid stereotypes say about social values
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (607+ words) When I was fifteen, I loved three very fundamental things: eyeliner, slam poetry and the 2016 revival of the hit Broadway musical "Falsettos." I had poorly cut dyed-red hair, I was socially off-putting and I auditioned for every single high school…...
1 in 10 parents say their child plays outside once a week or less
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (591+ words) New findings from the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health show that one in 10 young children play outside once a week or less. At the same time, nearly a third of respondents said their child…...
SACUA discusses AI and Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (586+ words) The University Insider is The Daily's first faculty and staff-oriented newsletter. This weekly newsletter will give U-M'faculty and staff the ability to see the most important issues on campus and in Ann Arbor " particularly those related to administrative decisions " from…...
Exploring the portrayal of sexuality in children’s literature
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1327+ words) Books have the power to shape a child's mind and help them grow. What are our children's books saying about sexuality? Have you ever noticed how we shove heterosexuality down the throats of our children like it's going out of…...
The disappearance of tween culture
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (955+ words) Despite the lack of a tween subculture, tweens still exist. Kids still find themselves in the awkward period between being a little kid and a teenager, talking about relationships and social media at ... While the term might make you roll…...
AI ate my homework: My experience with the University’s AI toolkit
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (1362+ words) One hundred and thirty-five years of editorial freedom The sophomore slump is real. On any given school night I am awake until 4:00 a.m., in a cold sweat, staring at my to-do list with a case of task paralysis so advanced that…...
Students boycott AI artists in Penny Stamps Speaker Series
4+ mon, 7+ hour ago (609+ words) One hundred and thirty-five years of editorial freedom Hanging on the walls inside the Stamps School of Art & Design are posters directing students not to attend two upcoming Penny Stamps Speaker Series presentations. The posters, reading "Tell them you don't…...
Can you ever escape your teenage obsessions?
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (651+ words) I was insufferable, and I miss it. Loving Dan and Phil was a palpable, physical feeling. I was often so giddy about them I blushed or had to jump around my room. I was once so plagued by them that…...