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Best Alternative Media Outlet
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 15, 2008
Which nontraditional medium do you prefer?
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Michigan Moves Graduation Off-Campus
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 10, 2008
Stadium renovations have displaced the ceremony, and students are really, really mad.
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Students in Iowa: Not as Apathetic as Expected
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 4, 2008
The results in Iowa, plus getting ready for January 15 in Michigan.
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Seriously? It's Only Student Government...
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- December 5, 2007
What's up with Michigan's misbehaving campus politicians?
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No Thai! for You
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 19, 2007
The Michigan U's No Thai! restaurant has earned the ire of the school's Thai Student Association.
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Fake Government. Real Arrest Warrants
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 25, 2007
Two students are hit with felony charges relating to a student government election scandal.
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Hot Dog Man Finds Acceptance at Away Game
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 4, 2007
University of Michigan's Hot Dog Man, who has been threatened with a ban and fine, found acceptance at Northwestern University.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 1, 2007
A Georgia bus accident, lead-contamination at Brown University, and the University of Michigan embraces between-class golf.
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Protesters Demand Reimbursement for Arrests
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 21, 2007
University of Michigan students, arrested and fined for trespassing, are demanding reimbursement from the school's president.
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Big House Is Another Big Headache for Michigan Football
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 14, 2007
The University of Michigan's plan to revamp Michigan Stadium has been met with much opposition.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 16, 2007
*According to the Brown Daily Herald, Brown University prefreshmen say: Summer reading is fun! (They have to read How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton.).
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Michigan's Foot Bath Controversy
By Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- July 2, 2007
To assist the University of Michigan-Dearborn's large Muslim population, the school will spend $25,000 installing foot baths in two campus bathrooms, reports the Michigan Daily. Although the Dearborn campus is following in the footsteps of several other universities, clean-feet critics claim these "aggressive accommodations" violate separation of church and state in public institutions.
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Michigan's First Day With New Admissions Policy
The Paper Trail
- January 11, 2007
A federal court blocked Michigan universities' attempt to delay Proposition 2, which bans affirmative action in admission. That made yesterday the first day the University of Michigan would enact new admissions policies, after a week in which administrators froze all admissions activities so they could adapt to the new law, the Michigan Daily reports.
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Michigan Schools File Motion Seeking Delay of Prop. 2 Rules' Start
The Paper Trail
- December 13, 2006
Michigan State, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State have filed a motion asking for federal courts to delay the start of an anti-affirmative action ban state voters approved this November, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman announced in a statement published today in the Michigan Daily. "We want to ensure that our process is consistent and fair throughout the entire admissions cycle," Coleman writes.
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Underrepresented Minority Applications Up Almost 20% at Michigan
The Paper Trail
- December 11, 2006
Applications from black, Latino, and Native American students are up nearly 20 percent at the University of Michigan, where state voters passed a ban on affirmative action this fall. "The increase," reports the Michigan Daily, "goes against what many were bracing for: a drop in minority applications due to worry that the ban could paint the University as an unwelcoming place for minority students.
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At University of Michigan, Partying for Diversity
The Paper Trail
- November 30, 2006
A statewide ban on affirmative action has focused University of Michigan students' attention on racial tensions on campus--and they're starting to fight back, with a diversity push from an unexpected player: the fraternity and sorority scene. Self-segregation long plagued fraternities and sororities, but they've now launched an "unprecedented" move to reverse that, the Michigan Daily reports.
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University of Michigan President Tones Down on Affirmative Action
The Paper Trail
- November 29, 2006
After her state voted in favor of an affirmative action ban the school had opposed, University of Michigan President Sue Coleman vowed to fight for diversity anyway--maybe even with a legal challenge. But now her tough talk seems to be more talk than tough, according to a report from the Michigan Daily.
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After Proposition 2, a 'New Edge' to Racial Harassment
The Paper Trail
- November 17, 2006
Racial slurs and hate speech aren't new at the University of Michigan. But since the state voted yes on Proposition 2, an affirmative action ban, they've gotten a "new edge," the university's dean of students told the Michigan Daily.
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University of Michigan Prepares to Fight Ban
The Paper Trail
- November 9, 2006
Voters passed the affirmative action ban on Election Day, but that won't stop the University of Michigan from battling the new law in court, an option university President Sue Coleman announced yesterday she is strongly considering. Her first priority, the Daily Michigan says: to prevent the initiative from taking effect this year, so that all Michigan applicants can be considered under the same criteria.
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Michigan Voters Pass Affirmative Action Ban
The Paper Trail
- November 8, 2006
"It's like Christmas," says a University of Michigan student who supported the winning Proposition 2, which bans some forms of affirmative action, the Michigan Daily reports. The proposition's victory--about 62 percent of voters supported it--came despite the fact that its campaign had only a third as much money as the campaign against it as of last week, says the Chronicle of Higher Education, which also says the ban could have wide-ranging effects.
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