“The Weather Underground,” a documentary about a group of radical students from Ann Arbor affiliated with Students for a Democratic Society is showing at the Michigan Theater for two more days: Wednesday and Thursday, at 7:15 and 9:30 each day.
An ambitious freshman, engineering student Daniel Feldman, has started a for-profit advertising website for organizations seeking to advertise their events to students. He calls his website, MChalk.com, the “world’s first online sidewalk.” I wonder if his claim the website receives “thousands” of visits a day is a bit of a stretch, and I also wonder […]
$400,000 for Sprawl?A Call to Action: Urbanism Needs Your Help Yes, the mayor might be a little confused about the greenbelt issue, but I think it’s a good idea, and after the vote passes, we can focus on convincing city officials to approve development downtown. (God forbid Ann Arbor become as urbane and pleasant as […]
Editorializing in the Headline? Not above the Ann Arbor News! Last time I checked, “clogged” was something of a subjective observation. Luckily they find some sober-minded people to interview in today’s story “U-M’s building boom starts to clog skyline”. […] “In 2000, developer Howard Frehsee proposed a one-story development on the site of the former […]
I’ve been asked to remind everyone Detroit historian Thomas Sugrue will be speaking this Thursday at 4 P.M. in Angell Hall Auditorium B!
Proud to be a Wolverine? This talk sounds interesting: “Charlene Teters, from the documentary “In Whose Honor?”, will be speaking on Friday October 17th, at 7:30 in the Wolverine room in the Michigan Union. Charlene Teters (Spokane), provoked by racial and social injustices endured by American Indians, has served as a lightning rod for change. […]
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