As the last days of summer slip by, packing for another chaotic, challenging, but treasured year at the University of Michigan ensues. It’s my third year partaking in the journey from California to Michigan, and these are the things I deem worthy of earning precious suitcase real estate this year.

by Zoe Ilyasov Animation is a testament to the timelessness of experimentation and creativity. It is a medium that I honestly had never gotten much exposure to, but watching the animation series Train of Thought curated by Edward Rostron at the Ann Arbor Film Festival brought satisfaction to a part of me that even my non-animation-loving previous self never knew was there. I wasn’t someone who loved watching cartoons growing up. Strangely, I was creeped out by the notion that

There is a staggering, unsettling reality that has been allowed to fester and grow at exceedingly high rates over the past hundred or so years. It exists in the habitats of newspaper articles, televised news stories, clips on social media, and even in the city of Ann Arbor. It is the annual Forbes 400 list being published on September 9th, the same day that Al Jazeera published an article by Eman Murtaja titled “In Gaza City, death seems easier than displacement.” It's the Me