In a letter to the Daily, associate provost James Hilton responds to GEO’s threat to conduct a grade strike in response to cuts in benefits: “I am disturbed that any member of our instructional staff would talk about withholding grades from students. In fact, the withholding of grades or other services by members of GEO […]
Voting is tricky business, even in Ann Arbor, it seems: ” Ann Arbor’s greenbelt proposal won in the Nov. 4 election by an even greater margin than initially reported. The official vote count was 14,525 for and 7,037 against. That’s one more “yes” vote than reported the night of the election, but 233 fewer “no” […]
The striking Borders workers and supporters are planning a rally for 5 PM tomorrow: “Its getting cold out but the picketline is hot! SOLE members have been out on the Borders picketline everyday since the srike started last Saturday. We are making progress. The Borders boycott has been quite effective. We turn away dozens of […]
Care for a couple tomaccos? “The tomacco episode also resonated with Baur because he’s not a big fan of the tobacco industry. His mother, a lifetime smoker, died of lung cancer. His father, who also smoked all his life, had one lung removed and later died of colon cancer. Baur also lost an uncle to […]
The Michigan State Senate has passed a bill that would increase the maximum punishment for a MIP offense to jail time: “Senate votes to include jail time for underaged drinking.” For the bill to become law the state house must also vote on it, and pass it on to Granholm for her signature.
“As a former manager and clerk at the downtown Borders, I am in a good position to provide some of the perspective Craig Matteson’s letter, Editorial unfounded, Borders employees should not strike (11/11/03), finds lacking in the Daily’s editorial, Borders patrol (11/06/03). Although he doesn’t specify which of the union’s actions remind him of “the […]
It seems farmers are rather pleased that Ann Arbor approved the greenbelt proposal: “… The greenbelt program, approved 2 to 1 this month by Ann Arbor voters, has been all the talk among many in the farming community. Barry Lonik, a land preservation consultant who assisted in forming the proposal, said he’s been in contact […]