The Michigan Review
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The Michigan Review is the Journal of Campus Affairs at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

. Since its inception in 1982, the paper has served as a voice of students. The Review, published biweekly, is funded primarily by grants from the Collegiate Network
Collegiate Network
The Collegiate Network is a non-profit, non-partisan tax-exempt 501 organization that provides financial and technical assistance to student editors and writers of almost 100 independent, conservative and libertarian publications at leading colleges and universities around the country. The project...

, donations, and by advertising revenue.

National media
Mass media
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 routinely turn to Michigan Review editors for their perspective on university issues. Review editors have been quoted in The New York Times
The New York Times
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, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
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, and numerous other newspapers, and have discussed affirmative action
Affirmative action
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination.-Origins:The term...

 on CBS
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's 60 Minutes
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, the BBC
BBC
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 World Service, and on various local television and radio programs.

Review alumni have achieved some measure of success in the national arena, working for such media outlets as National Review
National Review
National Review is a biweekly magazine founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955 and based in New York City. It describes itself as "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion."Although the print version of the...

, The Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard is an American neoconservative opinion magazine published 48 times per year. Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title September 18, 1995. Currently edited by founder William Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard has been described as a "redoubt of...

, The American Spectator
The American Spectator
The American Spectator is a conservative U.S. monthly magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation. From its founding in 1967 until the late 1980s, the small-circulation magazine featured the writings of authors...

, The Hill
The Hill (newspaper)
The Hill, a subsidiary of News Communications Inc., is a newspaper published in Washington, D.C. since 1994.Its first editor was Martin Tolchin, a veteran correspondent in the Washington bureau of The New York Times....

, and Investor's Business Daily
Investor's Business Daily
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, and writing speeches for President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

. A large percentage of Review alumni become lawyers. Review alumni have also gone on to very successful careers in business and other fields.

History

The Review was principally founded by Thomas Fous and Ronald J. Stefanski in response to an editorial in The Michigan Daily
Michigan Daily
The Michigan Daily is the daily student newspaper of the University of Michigan. Its first edition was published on September 29, 1890. The newspaper is financially and editorially independent of the University's administration and other student groups, but shares a university building with other...

 attacking Fous, who was then the chairman of the University's College Republicans. Fous consulted with editors of The Dartmouth Review
The Dartmouth Review
The Dartmouth Review is a conservative, independent, bi-weekly newspaper at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire . It was founded in 1980 by disenchanted staffers—including Gregory Fossedal, Gordon Haff, Ben Hart, and Keeney Jones—from the college's daily newspaper, The Dartmouth. It...

 as well as Detroit News writer Alan Miller to help direct the formation of the paper. The nascent group secured 501(c)(3) status for the Review, and empaneled an honorary advisory board, which included Paul W. McCracken, Russell Kirk, Irving Kristol, R. Emmett Tyrrell, and Stephen Tonsor.

In late November 1982, the first issue of the Review debuted on the campus of the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

, as well as on campuses across the state of Michigan. The issue's founding editorial, entitled "In Response to Needs and Demands," laid out the history and mission of the Review. A copy of this editorial was reprinted in the April 16, 2007 issue of the Review.

Since its founding issue, the Review has gone through numerous incarnations, from a long-form magazine format, to an opinion journal format, to more traditional newspaper format. The current Review resembles a more traditional newspaper format than anything else. Though its paper size is that of a tabloid, its content and presentation is more traditional than stereotypical tabloids, which tend to sensationalize stories.

The Review has gained national notoriety during its history. The Review was an important voice on campus against the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

's speech code
Speech code
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, which was eventually struck down as unconstitutional by federal courts. Additionally, the Review has long been engaged in a fight against U-M's use of affirmative action
Affirmative action
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination.-Origins:The term...

 policies in its admissions processes. The Reviews work on this issue has brought the journal national press exposure, including interviews on national and international news, as well as numerous articles by Review editors published in national outlets, like National Review
National Review
National Review is a biweekly magazine founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955 and based in New York City. It describes itself as "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion."Although the print version of the...

, the Christian Science Monitor, and The American Spectator
The American Spectator
The American Spectator is a conservative U.S. monthly magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation. From its founding in 1967 until the late 1980s, the small-circulation magazine featured the writings of authors...

. Most recently, the Review played an important role in its coverage of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative , or Proposal 2 , was a ballot initiative in the U.S. state of Michigan that passed into Michigan Constitutional law by a 58% to 42% margin on November 7, 2006, according to results officially certified by the Michigan Secretary of State. By Michigan law, the...

, a ballot initiative passed in 2006 that bans the use of racial and gender preferences in the state of Michigan.

The Review Today

The Review today resembles a traditional newspaper, though it has not lost its flair for irreverent humor and tenacious opposition to some University policies. It includes several types of stories, usually subdivided into sections within the journal. News, News-Analysis, or Feature stories typically appear on the first page, and throughout the issue. The Review has a storied humor page, called Page Two, which contains reader-favorite features like The Serpent's Tooth. (The Serpent's Tooth was the impetus for the spinoff of U-M humor paper The Every Three Weekly.) Each edition of the Review typically includes three editorials, featured on the fourth page. Opposite the Editorial Page, Review editors are allotted columns on a rotating basis. During the tenure of Editor-in-Chief Nick Cheolas, the Review reintroduced a formal Arts & Culture section.

The Review usually produces twelve issues throughout the school year, which come out—on average—every two weeks. The Review is currently edited by senior Stephanie Wang. The current publisher is senior Graham Kozak.

Editors-in-Chief

Name Year
Stephanie Wang 2011–Present
Eden Stiffman 2010–2011
Adam Pascarella 2009-10
Jane Coaston 2009
Lindsey Dodge 2008
Michael O'Brien 2007-08
Nick Cheolas 2006-07
James David Dickson 2005-06
Michael J. Phillips 2004-05
Ruben Duran 2003-04
James Justin Wilson 2002-03
Dustin C. Lee 2001-02
James Yeh 2000-01
Matthew S. Schwartz 1999–2000
Lee Bockhorn 1998-99
Benjamin Kepple 1997-98
Geoff Brown 1996-97
Mohan Krishnan 1996
James A. Roberts II 1995-96
Nate Jamison 1994-95
Tracy Robinson 1993-94
Adam DeVore 1992-93
Brian Jendryka 1991-92
John J. Miller
John J. Miller
John J. Miller is the national political reporter for National Review and contributor to its Web component, National Review Online...

1990–1991
Marc Selinger 1988–1990

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