The people have spoken.
Last week’s midterm election was one for the history books.
Democrats staged a decisive comeback — which many have attributed to
the growing unrest with the Iraq war and President George W. Bush’s
presidency.
Never before in our young generation has the power of democracy been
so apparent.
The voters’ message was clear: “We want change.”
Michigan voters made [...]

The end of the search for the new Vice President of Off-Campus
Programs is visible — after seven candidates and upwards of
$50,000 spent on finding permanent head of the department.
But it still is not over yet.
Despite forums being conducted almost two weeks ago and two of the
five candidates dropping out (one after her trip to CMU), officials
remain [...]

University alumni once again are up in arms about how the athletics
department is scheduling football games.
And they have every right to be.
Tonight’s football game against Western Michigan was booked at the
beginning of the season to possibly air on either ESPN Classic or ESPNU.
The key word there is possibly.
ESPN never promised the game would air to [...]

CMU’s general education program is long overdue for a makeover.
And it could happen as early as fall 2009.
The Steering Committee for Studying General Education has been
working on a solution for more than a year, and it presented its final
report at Tuesday’s Academic Senate meeting.
Now it’s up to A-Senate members to decide which model is worthy.
The [...]

The Music Building has been an eyesore on CMU’s campus for nearly two
years.
Enough is enough.
The building, which was constructed in 1997, was billed as one of
the most intricate and technologically advanced buildings of its era.
To further enhance its uniqueness, officials constructed it to resemble
a massive piano — a point many tour guides talk about when [...]

University President Michael Rao is hosting his annual open forum
Thursday.
Hopefully this time more than seven people will show up.
Rao has made it a priority to periodically set aside time for
students, staff and others on this campus to ask him questions.
But last spring when Rao hosted his forum, no students showed up,
despite buzz that many students [...]

The governmental face of Michigan is going to change Tuesday.
No matter which way each of the elections go, things will be
different Wednesday morning.
The question is, who will decide what Michigan’s new face will look
like?
Students traditionally are considered the worst political
demographic —that’s why neither Gov. Jennifer Granholm nor Dick
DeVos bothered to stop by CMU to campaign [...]

Supporters of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative want you to believe
racism doesn’t exist in our state.
That statement should be insulting and offensive to every educated
citizen of Michigan.
Racism is alive and well in Michigan.

Why it matters

Ending affirmative action would do immeasurable damage to our state

Michigan is one of the most segregated states in the U.S.
The undercurrent [...]