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1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Haley Taylor Schlitz Columnist

   Before calling Gen Z soft, ask what we prepared them for (opens the original)

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   The verdict on Gen Z was already waiting. It did not begin with the University of Michigan’s decision to change how some freshmen will be graded during their first semester beginning in 2027. Older Americans have been making versions of that argument about young people for years. Michigan simply gave the stereotype a new place to land. Roland Martin called the university’s first-semester grading experiment “stupid” and warned that it would make a “soft generation” even softer. Almost

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2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Haley Taylor Schlitz Columnist

   In Black sorority life, the word Soror carries more than kinship (opens the original)

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   In Black sorority life, “Soror” is how we call one another sister. But the word carries more than kinship. It carries recognition, history and the quiet assurance that, even among strangers, you are not entirely unknown. The woman did not need to know my name. I did not need to know hers. She called out, and somehow I understood that I belonged in the word. Around us at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Greek Picnic were different colors and Greek letters. Music played. Members stepped and strolled

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