College campuses have long been a haven for diversity. They are places that reflect the diversity of our world and they are places where people can express their beliefs. When […]
Opinions
Fix Your Own Car
More people take their vehicles to auto repair shops for simple repairs than fix them on their own.
Last weekend, I was at home and told my dad that my check engine light was on. I told him my water temperature gauge was not registering anything and he said he would look at it. Three hours later, he had changed the sensor and it was fixed.
Our generation has fewer and fewer people who are willing and able to make minor repairs to their own vehicles.
Letter from the Editor: Michigan Promise Officially Broken
Governor Jennifer Granholm approved a state budget for the 09-10 fiscal year that eliminated all funding for the Michigan Promise scholarship. The Promise scholarships, which would have provided between $1,000 […]
Health Care: Out-of-Pocket
Throughout this series of articles, I have covered systems of health care such as the Bismarck, Beveridge and National Health Insurance models, but this week it is a different type […]
Flowers Smell Great, but Farts Mean More
A belch is a pretty sincere “I love you” There are many ways to measure the progress of a relationship, but what about the first belch? The first date, the […]
General Education: We All Have Something to Learn
Megan Coady’s recent op-ed piece in the Torch, “Being well rounded may put a hole in your pocketbook” reflects a common disconnect between student and university expectations regarding the purpose […]
Oh, How I Miss the Good Old Days!
Whether it’s H1N1 or just plain old influenza, it seems that cold season is upon us. Classes are now filled with coughing, sniffling, germ-infested students.
Area K-12 school districts have already felt the symptoms of flu season and have been forced to close school several days in the past week. For most schools, this means that over 25 percent of their student population was absent due to sickness.
In college however, we aren’t privilege to the same benefits as elementary, middle, and high school students. We don’t shutdown or cancel classes often, especially not simply due to illness.
Letter from the Editor: This Moment
A life is a string a moments, mingled with the moments of others. And from one moment to another things change, lives change. One of those moments was this past […]