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Affirmative action ban court challenge misguided

Published 11/19      12 comments

Since the passage of Proposition 2 in 2006, public universities in Michigan have been prohibited from using race as a factor in admissions, meaning all affirmative action in the state effectively has been banned. Read more »

Pittsburgh's proposal to tax tuition idiotic

Published 11/18      3 comments

In a free market society, nothing is free. And when a government needs money to provide its citizens with services, it taxes them. Oftentimes, the wealthier in a society are taxed more than those with less wealth. Read more »


EDITORIALS:

Faculty, students would benefit from fall break

Published 11/17      14 comments
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It’s an old rivalry. We have a facility for rare isotope beams, they have a library nicknamed “the Ugly.” We have a majestic 9-foot tall statue of Sparty, and they have some pavement tile you can’t step on or you’ll fail your first blue book. Read more »

World must come together on climate change

Published 11/16      26 comments
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Remember in high school when everyone came together to plan the senior prank? Something so mind-blowing the school would remember it for years to come? Everyone was excited for it, but when the time came, no one took charge. Nothing happened. And time ran out. Read more »






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Gov. Jennifer Granholm speaks to a crowd about the Michigan Promise Scholarship during a rally Wednesday morning outside the Administration Building. Granholm is touring colleges in Michigan to discuss the scholarship.

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