By: Jason Schmitt

I say go illegally download everything you want. If some rich kid in Silicon Valley sitting in a Starbucks with a $2,500 silver laptop with a bumper sticker saying “co-exist” on the front, has sitting in Starbucks sipping a skinny mocha latte ...

By: Aaron Petcoff, Sydney Redigan

Students at Wayne State stood up on Monday, Nov. 23, and declared their opposition to the starkly anti-student, anti-education politics reflected by politicians, both Democrat and Republican, in Lansing. The rally reflected the kind of organizing and acti...

By: Matt Gulley

You heard it here first, Santa Claus is not real. It may sting for a bit, the demoralization, the acknowledgement that your parents have been willfully deceiving you for years. You must feel like a real chump. Worry not, holiday friend, these feelings wil...

By: Corinne Lyons

This is my favorite time of year in Detroit. Despite the cold and the snow, I have come to love the winter months. The reason is pretty simple: I love basketball....

By: Ryan Mitchell

The results from the last election slowly came in after 8 p.m. on election night and were final two hours later. The city clerk stated that there was about 20 percent voter turnout, and I was actually surprised at the timeliness of the announcement of the...

By: Marquis Herring

As a lifelong Detroiter, I have truly seen the good, the bad and definitely the ugly. Born and raised in a city full of poverty stricken communities I have seen my fair share of bad times. But I have never seen times like these....

By: Roland Lawrence

Recently U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and a crew of President Obama’s other higher-ups arrived into Chicago to calm tensions and nerves in the wake of the death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert on Sept. 24 at...

By: Mark Kurlyandchik

In his 1971 anthem “Imagine,” John Lennon advocated a world without boundaries — a utopian society where we all could just get along. Though he never actually said the words “imagine no religion,” it was a centerpiece of the ...

By: Dalon Clark

Lately, there has not been good news about Detroit Public Schools. Teachers are being laid off, workers are allegedly stealing expensive merchandise and students are dropping out in large numbers. But with all the bad news, there is still hope for DPS....

By: Matt Gulley

The apocalyptic news keeps rolling in. The state is proposing a half billion in education cuts to make room for the state’s $2.8 billion budget deficit, according to The Detroit News. This includes the Promise Grants, a program that provides 96,000 ...

By: Matt Gulley

President Obama’s speech on health care reform was both bold and informative. He started by explaining how the system is utterly broken. He ended with a rousing tribute to the late Ted Kennedy, making the case that reform in our time is not just a p...

By: Timothy J. Burns

 As the economic slump continues, many people are struggling to make ends meet. And unfortunately, vehicle repossessions are on the rise....

By: Shawn Wright

I am one of the nearly 46 million Americans under the age of 65 who, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, are uninsured....

By: Matt Gulley

West Nile virus: 124 deaths in 2007. SARS: 8 cases, zero deaths in 2003. Mad cow disease: not one death confirmed in American history according to the CDC. These diseases, which often affect less developed countries more harshly, always seem to dominate h...

By: Adam Gac

Guarding against the H1N1 virus is hard enough without worrying about the countless other micro-baddies invading people’s bodies. Because a virus cannot be killed using antibiotics, there really isn’t any sure-fire way to stop it. But that pro...

By: Matt Gulley

Stop The Worry. Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving. Golden Standard. It Fixes Everything. Grab the Lion. Affordable Bankruptcy. Keeping You Close, While You’re Apart! Be a Dad, Today. Injured? Mesothelioma. For Honor. Works Every Time. Recognize any of...

By: Corrine Lyons

News reports revealed recently that yet another public official cheated on his wife. This time it was the governor of South Carolina who went missing for several days to be with his Argentinean mistress....

By: Matt Gulley

In the field of the budget of Wayne State, vast and complex I must admit myself guilty of ignorance, but I have a few choice words: No more Britney Spears Days at the Student Center....

By: Marquis Herring

In several weeks many students will head to Wayne State University for their first year or maybe their last year of school. But the problem won’t be navigating through campus or surviving college classes. Instead, the problem will be having enough ...

By: Matt Gulley and Marquis Herring

Two opposing views on campus living....