News in Ann Arbor
UMich launches Center for Democracy & Civic Empowerment, concludes first Democracy Week
Last week, the University of Michigan celebrated its inaugural Democracy Week, an initiative from the newly launched Center for Democracy & Civic Empowerment. Democracy Week programming promoted civic participation, analyzed U.S. policy and discussed various threats to democracy.…
Tight end ‘platoon’ yet to take full effect for Michigan
Through three games of competition, the No. 18 Michigan football team’s tight ends have been targeted a total of four times, recording two receptions for 22 yards. Amid an offensive unit struggling to fully take off production-wise, the tight ends room remains an unexplored…
Michigan offensive line aiming to keep it simple against Iowa
The No. 18 Michigan football team’s season opener against Western Michigan certainly didn’t go as planned — its offensive line play included. Despite returning five players, each starting games on a unit that paved the way for two 900-plus yard rushers, the Wolverines’ offensive…
We’re still scared of wanting
What do you want? Does that question make you uncomfortable? For me, it does: The idea of admitting my genuine desires to people I know, not to mention strangers on the internet, seems a little too vulnerable. There’s an odd rawness to voicing your wants or otherwise making it…
Is higher education dying?
Welcome to the week of blue bins. Welcome to the week of overstuffed cars marked with license plates from near and far. Welcome to the week of watching teenagers get into petty arguments with their loving parents over the most efficient way to lift a mini-fridge up a flight of…
Date men who read
In August, I found myself unwillingly watching a TikTok with the caption “words I don’t think my boyfriend can pronounce:”. A couple sits together, and a green screen of the girlfriend’s Notes app with a list of words appears behind them. The boyfriend attempts (and primarily…
Biking at the University of Michigan — let’s talk about it
My house is nestled in a neighborhood somewhere at the bottom of a sloping Ann Arbor street. If you climb that street toward the horizon, the road flattens gently to a classic view of the University of Michigan campus. The Michigan Union sits to my left, the gothic architecture…
Do not resuscitate — leave the dead be
I’ve been to 13 funerals in my lifetime. To me, that feels like a lot for a 20-year-old. Most of them were for strangers or people that my young heart had not grown to know deeply. My dad recently told me that the last thing he wanted was for me to fail to honor the […]
Grammy winning artist on her way to Ann Arbor takes a Song Break
John Bommarito chats with Nicole Zuraitis prior to her stop at the Blue LLama Jazz Club.
City of Ann Arbor looks to again address deer population
The Ann Arbor City Council is again looking for ways to control its deer population. The proposal is getting push back from the Humane Society of Huron Valley. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.
Board of Education candidates present vision for Ann Arbor Public Schools at candidate forum
Ahead of the Nov. 3 election, candidates for the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education gathered Thursday in the Washtenaw County Learning Resource Center to discuss their plans for the district’s finances, academics and student support. The Board consists of seven trustees…
UMich launches world’s first histotripsy center, advancing non-invasive cancer treatment research
The College of Engineering’s $10 million Histotripsy Center is the world’s first facility of its nature, where sound — instead of surgery — is the go-to method to treat cancer. The center is dedicated to researching a cancer treatment strategy where patients might not have to…