Category: Ann Arbor

More Ann Arbor Missed Connections

I’m not convinced most of the “missed connectionsâ€? on the Ann Arbor craigslist are actually real. But they sure make for fun reading. Check out this recent one: You: pipe smoking boy in an “I rate A² tooâ€? t-shirt, reading an Urban Planning(?) text book in Liberty Plaza yesterday lunchtime. I think you were listening […]

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Student Voting Rights

I feel like I’ve been really testing the adage “it’s better late than neverâ€? on this blog lately. Anyway, I was recently reminded of a group that I vaguely knew about that did a lot of great work during the 2004 election – the Student Voting Rights Campaign. With Eugene Kang running in Ann Arbor […]

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Eugene Kang’s Platform for A2 Council

The Kang campaign just sent me a piece of literature they have been distributing in Ward 2 with a letter from Eugene and his platform for City Council. Here’s the text: EUGENE KANG FOR WARD 2: WAKE UP THE CITY COUNCIL! Dear Neighbor, My name is Eugene Kang, and I am running for Ann Arbor […]

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Inaugural A2 Craigslist Missed Connection

Is it serious? The first missed connection has been posted to the Ann Arbor craigslist: “To the cute waitress working the check out on saturday afternoon. I was the quiet bearded boy in a the yellow ‘734′ shirt who ordered a tempeh reuben and chai latte. We joked about my shirt and I think there […]

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Student Running for A2 City Council

Another student is running for Ann Arbor city council. Although I don’t know much about Kang, my friend Scott recently met him and seems to think he’d be a good candidate: Kang definitely seems like he’s on the same page as I (and my cohorts) in terms of development, and how it relates to affordable […]

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