This conferrence, scheduled for this weekend, sounds interesting: Activist Scholarship: Making Social Movement Theory Matter (“A mini-conference sponsored by the Social Movement Scholars Network, to be held at University of Michigan, Michigan League, May 8-9th, 2004.”)
Edward Willis, the highly respected Dean of Students, has resigned: “Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 10:59:13 -0400From: “E. Royster Harper” Reply-To: “E. Royster Harper” Subject: Dean of Students To: MI-Roundtable at umich.edu, msa.reps at umich.edu Dear Students: I know that many of you are away from campus for the break, but I am sending this […]
Expect few posts until May 8 since I’ll be traveling. However, expect to see a new, Ann Arbor-based group news blog to be launched within a month. David E. Davis: “Stay loose. Stay flexible.”
Vote for a U of M student in the declare yourself tour: “Subject: LAST CHANCE FOR KERRY AND BUSH INTERVIEW!! Please support the only U of M student finalist Jamie-Clare Flaherty, for the yahoo declare yourself campaign! If Jamie wins, she will be able to interview Kerry and Bush in the fall!! This is extremely […]
The Grand Opening of Amer Zahr‘s bar OZ is tonight. Open until 4 AM, the newly expanded Hookah Bar now serves beer, wine, a full bar, and a variety of sandwiches, pitas, and middle eastern desserts. Entrance to the 5,000+ square foot club is 21+, and there is no admittance after 2 AM, although if […]
Friendster, Friendster Everywhere Fan of Friendster? A similar service with more features that support online communities which works much more quickly is Orkut. A similar website targeting a number of elite universities is thefacebook.com, not to mention the “facebook” feature of dogears.net. Also, a student column in the student newspaper at UMass Amherst alleging a […]
Articles of note from the Ann Arbor News: > “High-rise city is envisioned”> “Kerry touts plan to save jobs,” and “City sees hoopla of campaign”> See also Freep “Kerry brings message to Ann Arbor” Also, next year’s Michigan Journalism Fellows have been named, and the group includes Alden Bourne, a producer at 60 Minutes, and […]