Dad gets home from a long day at work. Mom has dinner on the table, and all the kids are seated around the table at 6 p.m. on a weeknight. After eating dinner as a family, everyone enters the living room to watch the 6:30 evening news on either ABC, […]

This is my favorite time of the year. My family loves this season and growing up there was only one way to celebrate in my house: a scary-movie marathon. My family loves the horror genre. My older sisters, my brother and I grew up watching scary movies. My parents were […]

I think it’s safe to say that as college students we all have goals we want to see accomplished during our undergraduate careers. Most of those goals are probably academic, like making the dean’s list every semester or being the first in your family to graduate college. But some aren’t. […]

Last week, over a simple cup of coffee, I realized that as of today there are only 191 days until graduation. While some of my fellow senior staff members are having a major case of senioritis, I on the other hand am having a serious case of senior denial syndrome. […]

Ron Fournier is a graduate of the University of Detroit. In the 1980s, he served as an editor of The Varsity News. The years since have taken him to the highest levels of journalism. He is now senior political columnist and editorial director of the DC-based National Journal, where […]

October: a time of changing leaves, cooler temperatures, football and pumpkin spice-flavored everything. This is what October has become. October means all of that to me, too, but the month also serves as a time to remember someone I lost. Someone I will always hold close to my heart. Believe […]

The worst two-day stretch in Tigers postseason history – since the current era of playoff baseball in Motown began in 2006 – occurred Thursday, Oct. 2, and Friday, Oct. 3. Bullpen and defensive mishaps were aplenty. And, quite simply, they defined the Tigers’ 2014 season. When it wasn’t Joe Nathan […]

If you combine swoon-worthy music with gorgeous dresses and awesome one-liners, you have put together the elements that make up my favorite movie: “Gone With the Wind.” A few weeks ago, it returned to the big screen in honor of its 75th anniversary and I was lucky enough to go […]

Roger Goodell is the most hated commissioner in professional sports today, and rightfully so, for his role in allowing violence to take the NFL by storm. Currently unemployed running back Ray Rice and Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson were let off the hook for their careless and reckless actions. The […]

I’m just another statistic. I’m now a commuter student, a part of the 88% that, according to the university’s fact sheet from 2013-14, make up the student body. After two years of living on campus that saw me calling Shiple Hall 510 and East Quad 213 home, I made the […]