Author: Rob

Borders Readers United has posted some pictures of Denis Kucinich walking the picket line today.

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It’s rough, I know: ArborBloggers. Want in? Email me to be added as a contributor: rob (at) goodspeedupdate.com.

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I’ve heard that History Professor Matt Lassiter has won the coveted “Golden Apple” award for teaching excellence. This teacher, who created the highly popular and successful “History 364: History of American Suburbia” has single-handedly motivated dozens of undergrads to either attend or consider attending planning school, and provided them with a new vocabulary to challenge […]

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It’s hard to keep up with the petty crime these days: “Woman sees peeper in bedroom mirror A man apparently climbed the fire escape of a home early Wednesday to peer into a bedroom at a woman as she was getting ready in the morning, Ann Arbor Police said. The incident occurred at 8 a.m. […]

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“Minneapolis — Workers at Borders Books and Music in Uptown still don’t have a contract, but they sent management scrambling Wednesday when they said they’d accept Borders’ last contract offer ­ an offer the workers previously rejected. The catch? Borders would agree to neutrality and card-check recognition in union organizing attempts at seven other local […]

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Are you one of “those” people? Letter to the Daily today: “A while back, Joel Hoard wrote a column venting his frustration at people who hand stuff out on the Diag (Is that a flyer in your hand? 11/13/03). The other day, I quartersheeted for an hour, and it really brought home the fact that […]

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Every little bit of extra revenue helps, I guess. “JOURNALIST RECOGNIZED BY ANHEUSER-BUSCH FOR EXCELLENCE IN REPORTING ON TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES St. Louis, MO (December 5, 2003) – According to traffic safety statistics from the federal government, teen drivers are among the highest-risk groups of drivers on the road but policy makers are directing not […]

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