Static. Fuzz. That antsy, pestering grayish color that coats your T.V. screen. That seemingly endless drone of unconstructed noise that floods your ears and clogs your senses. Most of the time, you can alleviate these minor nuisances with one click of your remote control, or if you’re old school, by properly adjusting the needle on your classic phonograph. It’s that simple. However, the seemingly endless, pestering static that exists on our planet is not as easily remedied.

Face the Static is a newly formed student group here at the U of M. …

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On February 10, in the dark of the night, someone posted a series of writings by people of color in a stairwell at the U of M Barbara Barker Center for Dance. As spring progressed more images, words and phrases like “Privilege” and “What are you ashamed of?” continued to appear, all accompanied by the word “THIS.”

THIS is an anonymous protest. It is making people angry and making people talk. It addresses institutional racism, a series of non-overt practices that are inherent in our system. It criticizes faculty members who have spent …

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In the past few days, news anchors, columnists and cable pundits have been rigorously masturbating over denouncing Obama’s pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the apparent anti-American jihadist. Decades after Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and Huey P. Newton, white pundits are still acting as surprised as ever when they see a black man speak out radically against this country.