University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

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NEWS

Apr 18 - My time in Barcelona has been an experience almost too good for words (which is somewhat problematic considering I am the blogger!).  Last time I wrote about the four trips I took in one month exactly.  Since then I have visited even more places and as always brought a little piece of the University of Michigan with me.   One of my favorite trips so far was Paris.  It... Read more
Apr 11 - When students Jenna Meyer and Hannah Heebner heard about She’s the First, an organization that raises money to sponsor girls’ education in developing countries, they knew that they needed to start a chapter at Michigan. In 2011, with the help of 21 campus chapters, She’s the First raised enough money to sponsor 161 girls. Now, with the addition of the University of... Read more
Apr 11 -  Being a college student living on campus, you quickly realize that you don’t have a lot of free time. You’re either running to class, to a meeting or attempting to start the homework that has piled up on your desk from the last two weeks. Sometimes it is important to take a second and reflect on what it is you’re doing. We’re so busy that we never have... Read more
Apr 3 - I currently live in an apartment with twelve girls. I repeat, twelve girls. And it’s not a spacious, multi-level Ann Arbor apartment. Nope, we live on one floor, with one kitchen and one small family room. The Sevillanos (I’m studying abroad in Sevilla, Spain) do a lot of things differently, and living arrangements is one of them. This is my third year living with girls.... Read more

BLOG

I can safely bet that most of you once owned, or at least used, a hula-hoop.  I can also guess that if your old hula-hoop is not lost in a garbage dump, it’s in storage somewhere, unseen for years.  Well, it’s time to dust off your favorite childhood toy, because it may just... Read more...
Day parties melting into night-time ragers, Dominick’s bursting at the seams and every girl with a roof any flatter than 90 degrees out to tan. Standard Welcome Week.             But wait. It’s only mid-March?    ... Read more...
Oh my gawd, Kim Kardashian just broke up with her husband after 72 DAYS!  Wow, is Snooki really pregnant?   The latest craze in television is “reality TV,” shows where people do the same things we do, or are capable of doing – albeit a little more exaggerated. ... Read more...

My Campus Celebrity

People say “time is money,” and sophomore Erin Fox wastes none of it. Every move she makes, class she enrolls in, and job she applies for is carefully selected to get her one step closer...
Ilana Black is a senior who has truly embraced everything Michigan has to offer.  As a  Communications major, she took her classroom skills out into the real world. She uses her marketing...
Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Cassandra Adams agrees...