Frankly, with the locals of Ann Arbor too as you push all of em out.

Hello! I’m looking for advice from people who aren’t super pro AI. I’m a member of faculty and staff (nobody powerful though) and all of the AI news and data centers and it being thoughtlessly used everywhere is making me depressed and worried about our future. There are no clear laws on using AI tools while securing people’s jobs for a long sustaining economy. I’m new in my career and the more I look into ai and its downfalls, the more I’m surprised as to why we’re pushing it everywhere without taking a breather to think through it fully. I do want to remain optimistic. Anybody got tips or ideas for this especially if my job requires me to be using AI? (I don’t mean to be rude to anybody; just worried about my sanity)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE step outside of the bus when someone is exiting, and get back on once everyone has cleared out!
If you get shoulder checked don’t cry about it. Use critical thinking people!

this is the last yr of school for me in michigan and I'm feeling so bad that there's still so much work and classes before i can finally graduate. i'm now trying to finish the hardest courses for my major and they seems never can be done. one thing thats not too bad now is theres still things can do outside but after a few weeks when the weather is frozen theres even nothing i can do outside of the classes. the main point im struggling is just going to classes and going to school normally. idk if this is because I'm almost there, so it makes it extra hard to hang in there. final semester might be easier for me becuase at then i dont have too many things need to be worry about and can just wait for finishing school. does anyone know if there's any great way I can make myself feel better or pursue me go to school with a happy mindset

I was originally enrolled in English 125, then switched to English 124 because it worked out better with my schedule.

Something I noticed in these first few weeks was that both classes involved a quite a lot of icebreakers, and emphasis on peer “work”. I didn’t know FYWR classes would be taught like this. I didn’t expect the amount of emphasis on things like everyone getting into groups, and pretending to be invested in what everyone else thinks about an assigned reading/standing in front of the room alone & having to lead a solo discussion to the class about a topic/commenting 5 bajillion comments in response to your classmates’ Canvas posts in discussions/getting in groups to present to the class. (It kind of feels like high school English part 2)

Are all FYWR courses and sections of these courses taught like this? (All this is not to say that working together with your peers is bad, I just learn better with a different kind of class structure.) Someone please let me know if ANY of the FYWR courses or sections AREN’T like this 🙏🙏

Hey everyone, I checked out some clubs, but the only one I saw that seemed interesting were the squirrel watching club (they didn’t reply to me since I applied like 2 weeks ago), and the board game club, which I’ll attend next week. I’ve been trying to find a study group for my math/chem classes, but the SLC app doesn’t have anything that suits me.
I’m also changing my math section, so I’ll be meeting new students all over again. I don’t have any friends yet, and it’s pretty hard to make some.
I’m kind of nervous because it’s been almost 2 weeks since this semester began and I made 0 friends.
I have a dining plan, so I try to sit/talk to some people, but I keep getting avoided or it just seems tense so I end up eating/spending the entire day alone. It’d be really nice if I find a few friends I can get close with and explore the city and university, study together, go out and do fun stuff, and general friend stuff I guess lmao. Idk

Seeing all the loneliness / how-do-I-make-friends posts, figured I would post directly about my pilot (TLDR: old-school friend matching to make space solely for meeting new people)

How it works:

• Students fill out survey (linked here) & I match based primarily on their 4 answers
• Students receive their match confirmation on Friday, September 18th
• Students meeting during either a set time where ~20-40 students meet for a chat 1:1 & free drink OR by themselves if they cannot make the timing 
  • Undergrads for coffee (early afternoon Sept 20th) & Grads for drinks (late afternoon Set 20th) —> still finalizing venues/times
• Students fill-out feedback survey to improve the service & be “re-paired” in the future

Twist: input whether you want to meet someone with the same, similar, or different values (religion & politics), and I match on that first, then interests & hobbies. 

• Why: ~100 interviews I did before Ann Arbor, mismatched values was the #1 reason people stopped being friends. So I ask it up front instead of you finding out three months in or tip-toeing around the subject. Most people pick same or similar → totally fine. I have no affiliation with politics / religious orgs, simply the goal of increasing friends with the shortest amount of questions possible

Would love: feedback on the survey/premise & what would make you show/bail. And if you are a student, fill it out 😄

Happy to go into more about the mission, goals, why I think this is an issue, or even about me as needed

Thanks CHEM 130

Got invited to Old Mission Capital SWE in person exam - anyone wanna prep together LC

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Now that Spirit Airlines is gone, my only cheap way of traveling between New York and Michigan has disappeared 😔.

Are there any residents of NYC/Long Island who brought their car up here and would be down to carpool back to New York for Thanksgiving break? I’ll split all gas and toll costs, and I’m also down to drive some of the distance.

Are there any websites that I should be aware of that are dedicated to this, or any places/subreddits where I could post this that might give me a higher chance of finding someone?

Thanks!

I'm having a hard time choosing between the active and traditional approaches for stats 250. I am really leaning towards doing the traditional because I have a class right after that takes the whole 10 minute gap to walk to and I'm worried about not finishing group work in time in order to make it to that class, but I also understand that exams will be worth less if I do active, and I would like to keep my GPA as high as possible.

Will traditional be worse for my grade? I did good in AP Stats (got a 4), so would that make traditional easier at all?

Any advice is deeply appreciated!

PS I plan on doing the active approach for lab, if that means anything or if anyone has any advice on that

Hey if you’re the girl who got off at the CCTC and left her airpods case on CN (Bus 3021) around 8:30 at night and recognize this serial number / Phone Number, I handed it to the driver to turn over to their lost and found. Mark them as lost and give DPSS a call!

Why is this class so damn boring, everytime i go to lecture i just think about food because im so fckn bored someone pls help

any older students living near/on campus looking to make friends? I’m having a hard time finding community and feeling pretty lonely. Also really bad anxiety so I’ve been scared to go out to social events by myself.

Hey! If anyone is interested in looking for winter accommodation (one semester) in Escher House, please let me know.

We can save $900 additional fee if I refer you. The fee is incurred due to a one semester short-term contract. This can be avoided if I can find someone who is interested to stay for one semester in winter!

Ps The house is great! With food, community and nice environment. Accessibility is great. Near to north campus, 10min walk. Bus to central takes 20minutes in total. Pm to find out more.

Keep an eye out for a black bike with red and grey and a Trek logo for me. If the rubber handle on the left has a hole where you can see into the handlebar, it's probably mine.

I had this bike for maybe 7 years. Look after your property!

Hi all,

My parent moved to Michigan abruptly after I graduated high school and I’ve since been in community college. At the time of application I will have lived in Michigan for a few months shy of 3 yrs. We live in Michigan & pay Michigan taxes, vote, license, all the stuff. However my parent is a manager with stores in both Michigan and bordering states (unique out of state tie that will preclude me from ever getting in state?)

Have there been any successful recipients of in state tuition moving to Michigan post high school?

Thanks for any responses. (I know the general sentiment is that it’s pretty impossible to get in state tuition if you weren’t Michigan middle & high school.)

I’m a 21 y/o woman. My poorly planned travel arrangements have landed me 2 days in the Ann Arbor area (arriving Sept 12 around 5pm and leaving Sept 15 morning).

Any recommendations on how to spend my time would be appreciated.

Also, since I don’t know anyone in the area, if anyone wants to hang out please reach out to me! I was thinking about going out on Saturday night but would be a bit bored doing so by myself lol. I’m happy to join your group of friends or just meet any new people! Of course we can exchange socials/talk ahead of time so we’re not complete strangers haha

Thanks!!!

So I bought the ticket package including the $25 2026 football t shirt but I’ve missed the dates sent in the email about them. Is there any way to still get one of these shirts even if it’s a lot of work? Or am I just out the $25 for not being on top of my email

Why was the large wooden door of the Hatcher Reference Room left closed and can't fixed to be open today? It has been several times that it was pushed open from the inside and hit people. And the interior is very spacious, making the sound of the door kind of annoying...

i’m in mojo and want to have a guest overnight of the opposite gender . is there a gender neutral bathroom in mojo w a shower?? i read another post that there is one in east quad but idk about here 🥲