Urban restoration: 'U' graduates help revitalize Detroit
In many ways, Detroit's heyday is gone. An exodus of businesses and industries from the city's downtown area to suburbs and smaller cities resulted in severe economic problems. Now, as the city rebuilds itself and its economic base, massive renovations and new buildings are necessary to attract companies back to the downtown area.
Ignoring student rights: Mandatory drug testing violates civil liberties
School administrators in Florida's Dade County are sending a firm message to high school students: If you do drugs, beware. Their approach is both simple and unique. The school board, with the parents' written permission, will contract a private agency to randomly conduct drug tests on all participating students.
Meatheads embody the bland, dull and invisible masses
Are you a meathead? Chuck, porterhouse, rib-eye - this one's for you guys.
You see them everywhere. Within the confines of Central Campus, they are as common as coffee bars and hippie band posters on telephone poles. They are the reason that lines for nearly every service in town have that kind of Soviet, ration-card hugeness.
From the President: 'U' fights back against violence
As a campus community, it will take time to recover from the shock of the recent murder of one of our students, Tamara S. Williams. Even as we mourn our loss, we also want to recognize and commend the many individuals who intervened on her behalf and who responded after the assault.
Viewpoint: Vigil shows that students care
Our generation is relentlessly accused of apathy, lack of direction, misguided values and other such disempowering labels. This past Thursday night, the University community stood together on the Diag in one of the most moving and powerful retorts to those accusations that has been witnessed in recent years.
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