By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief It feels incredibly surreal to be writing my final letter from the editor. Very surreal, and very sad in a certain way. I feel like there’s a spectrum of…
Digital media is anti-consumer
With the current popularity of music and TV streaming services, the digital format is increasingly overtaking the physical. It is common for consumers to simply stream media rather than take the time to get a…
Are superheroes encouraging fascism?
In a world of ultra-nationalism and intense political divisiveness, is there still room for the standard American superhero? According to Eric Kripke, showrunner of Amazon’s “The Boys,” there may not be. In a recent interview with…
The future of COVID-19 policies
Despite record numbers of cases and a second wave of infections, people continue to disregard the importance of COVID-19 safety precautions. With the virus spreading more quickly than at the beginning of the pandemic, it's…
Candidates flop initial debate, Biden pulls ahead
The first presidential debate took place Tuesday, Sept 29. Millions of voters were finally able to see Donald Trump in his first debate since taking office and compare the two nominees’ policies and personalities. The debate…
Letter from the editor
Graphic by Bell Jackson Dear readers, Whenever people learn that I’m the editor in chief of the newspaper here at UM, I’m usually met with a statement about how impressive this is. Though it may…
No one should be denied their right to…
In the ratification of the Constitution, the control of elections was left to the states to decide. It led to unfair voting practices across the country; states only allowed white men who owned property to…
“The more things change, the more things stay…
Photo by Anna Grace Askelson. There is a well-known expression first coined by French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, “plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.” In English, we generally translate this to mean “the more things change, the more they still stay…