Author: Michigan Review
optiMize Social Innovation Challenge: The Final Showcase
This Thursday, the five finalists from this year’s optiMize Social Innovation Challenge will take the stage and look to impress campus and the judges with their pitches. 7pm Rackham.
SAFE Unveils #UMMolest
Last night, the BDS resolution proposed by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) failed to pass Central Student Government for the second year in a row. The proposal petitioned the University to boycott, divest from, and sanction (BDS) companies involved in commercial affairs with Israel. After a long-fought #UMDivest campaign that resulted in 25 […]
STOLEN: CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS’ CAMPUS AD FOR JONAH GOLDBERG’S ‘THOUGHT POLICE’ TALK
“The biggest irony is on the front of the poster it says ‘thought police,’” Audia said in an interview with The College Fix. “So a warning on thought police was censored. It’s pretty ridiculous.”
VIDEO: Disgruntled Students Vandalize Review Columnist’s Apartment
Omar Mahmood, a Michigan Review columnist, reported that the doorway of his apartment had been vandalized with eggs, hot dogs, and disparaging notes on Friday night. Several of the notes, sporting interesting captions like “Everyone hates you, you violent prick!” were written on copies of Mr. Mahmood’s controversial editorial, Do the Left Thing, that subsequently […]
Michigan Athletics Under President Schlissel
It has been an unpredictably chaotic first semester for newly elected U-M President Mark Schlissel. His initial goal of improving the academic allure of the University has seemingly been sidelined by the conundrum surrounding the crumbling athletic department, including the recent resignation of athletic director Dave Brandon. Michigan Athletics seems to be in a rough […]
EDITORIAL: Doing the Right Thing?
Recently, the Michigan Daily suspended for a week, Omar Mahmood, a longtime contributor to the Daily and a writer for the Michigan Review. A student complained about being made to feel “uncomfortable” due to Mahmood’s recent satirical piece for the Review, “Do the Left Thing.” It discusses the micro-aggressions that the small left-handed student minority […]
Even ‘SNL’ Mocks Obama’s Unilateral Immigration Reform
Schoolhouse Rock just became relevant for the first time since elementary school. Watch Saturday Night Live call out President Obama for circumventing the entire legislative process with his recent executive action on immigration.
Snyder Re-Elected, GOP Dominates Midterm Election
After a hard fought campaign, incumbent Rick Snyder defeated Democrat and opponent Mark Schauer in the 2014 gubernatorial election. Snyder won another term in Lansing with 51% of the popular vote, while Schauer trailed behind with 47%. “I want to say thank you to all of Michigan,” Snyder commented after Schauer conceded late Tuesday night. […]
The Review Gets Criticized For ‘Violent & Wrong’ Image
Following our report on the student protest that called for Dave Brandon to be fired, an adjunct professor demanded we remove the accompanying picture of Brandon being beheaded by the mob. The College Fix reports on the criticism: On Tuesday, a massive protest engulfed the campus quad, known in those parts as the Diag. News […]