Planning ahead: 'U' must improve its academic advising
Navigating the University's lists of concentration requirements, distribution classes and elective classes can be a daunting task. As students begin planning their schedule for winter term, many will turn to their academic advisors for advice regarding class choices. Michigan Student Assembly members held a forum last Thursday to discuss problems students had with their advisors and to brainstorm possible changes and improvements.
Tough choices: Parental consent laws should be eliminated
Last week, the Supreme Court continued its five-year record of denying full review to any case directly dealing with abortion. But, it did take action. In a near- unanimous vote of 8-1, the court refused to give judges more power over young women's decisions to end their pregnancies. This action shredded a Louisiana parental consent law that gave judges the right to deny abortions, even if no rational reason for doing so exists.
Sports clichés taken just one game at a time
If, as most people say, organized athletics are a microcosm of real life, then sports commentary is definitely the language of cliché.
After all, our everyday parlance is full of unoriginal phrasing - talk that is best exemplified by the sports broadcasts we so love to consume. And, considering that I was almost three years old when my beloved Washington Bullets came from behind to win the 1978 NBA championship, motivated the whole way by the catch phrase "It's not over until the fat lady sings," I'm surprised I hadn't realized this sooner.
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