“Why should pedestrians always be inconvenienced and never motorists?” An Ann Arbor News letter to the editor: (Via Brandon) “Pedestrian-activated light needed on road Ever since Teh Nannie Roshema Rolsan and Norhananim Zainol were killed crossing Plymouth Road in front of the Islamic Center, people have been writing letters addressing the issue of whether there […]
The Pierpont Commons McDonalds was held up the other day, but don’t worry: they caught the culprit: “Police catch robber after cash snatched A robber who snatched cash from a fast food restaurant on the University of Michigan’s North Campus on Wednesday was caught later that night, campus police reported. A man walked into the […]
Does the Michigan Daily have a “White Supremacy Culture”? I was sent this article by a friend of mine, and was immediately struck by how accurately it described my experiences at the Michigan Daily. I tried to analyze that organization in mostly journalistic terms last fall, but this cultural analysis seems to fit nicely with […]
You like numbers? You got numbers. (Via WCW)
The Detroit Revolutionary Union Movement is a fascinating, understudied period in U.S. history, and this event sponsored by SOLE looks exceptional: “Students Organizing for Labor & Economic Equality (SOLE) presents, as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium: RADICAL BLACK UNIONISM IN DETROIT: Reflections on the League of Revolutionary Black Workers Wednesday January 28th, […]
It appears as if the RIAA is preparing to sue seven U-M undergrads living in residence halls for illegally sharing digital music files. “A national recording industry organization has notified the University of Michigan of its intent to issue subpoenas to find out the names of seven students the group believes are violating copyright laws […]
The Democrats issued yesterday for the first time a response to the State of the Union address in Spanish: “ATLANTA (CNN) — Por primera vez en la historia, el Partido Democrata respondio el lunes al mensaje sobre el estado de la union del presidente George W. Bush con un discurso en espanol a cargo del […]