Articles of note: > Daily: “Police end case about SAE rape allegation”> Daily: “Coleman OKs board of advisors”> Also, SVA responds to Monday’s editorial about them in a letter to the editor Also: “… Most pessimistically, one might even conclude that America’s great experiment of building world-class public universities supported primarily by tax dollars has […]
“Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 2:55 PM -0500From: Mary Sue Coleman marysuec at umich.eduTo: student.voices at umich.eduCc: MI-Roundtable at umich.edu, msa.reps at umich.eduSubject: Letter from the President Dear Students: I was impressed with your thoughtful presentation of student concerns at the March board meeting. But I was disappointed we did not have a more productive […]
“the exact same thing happened to me earlier this year” A woman has contacted me to say that she, also was raped at the SAE fraternity, and didn’t report it because members of the SAE fraternity pressured her to keep quiet. Following two stories in quick sucession in the Daily this week, yet another controversy […]
Oh yeah, don’t forget to check out Ari’s column on the Old Fourth Ward’s notorious “Neighbor Dave,” titled “Not in their backyard”
Michigamua Confronted During Initiation Week Rituals What began as a leaked tidbit of information about the meeting time of Michigamua, Michigan’s most controversial secret honor society, ended yesterday night with nearly a dozen student activists confronting Michigamua members about their organization’s extensive history of abusing Native American culture. Using cellular phones and a tip that […]
The Lecturers’ Employee Organization, a new union representing lecturers on the U-M campuses, is planning a walkout next Thursday, April 8th. Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality (SOLE) are organizing a corresponding student strike of classes: “================================================Students Are Taking Action to Support the Lecturers’ (LEO) as theyDemand for Fair Wages, Job Security and Benefits […]
The University Library has created a special website dealing with how the budget cuts will effect their resources. Here’s an excerpt from a letter sent by the University Librarian to the heads of U-M’s schools and colleges: “As a result of these and other forces, our librarians and subject specialists are beginning to review a […]