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Zoning an Empire As any good historian knows, the Romans were quite the city planners – with walls, markets, aqueducts, sewers, public baths and municipal buildings integrated into a planned scheme, a well-planned Roman city was a marvel of civic engineering. Nevertheless, I was struck by this passage I read recently in a history of […]

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Airbeagle has posted the longest, most detailed account of Michael Moore’s visit to Ann Arbor yesterday I have found online. Complete with pictures! On a U-M political science student’s failure to name the prime minister of Canada:“The crowd, especially our visiting neighbors, roared with laughter (and, in the case of the Canadians, anger?) Quite frankly, […]

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The Ann Arbor News’ coverage of the Michael Moore event is what we’ve come to expect – much better written than the Daily, but with the condescending view of some of their readership: the petty landed gentry that owns all the $1+ million houses in Ann Arbor and the buyers of homes in suburban subdivisions […]

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Lest we forget:> 380 U.S. and British soldiers have died in the U.S.-led war/occupation of Iraq> At least 7,000 Iraqi civilians killed, with two or three times that in casualties> 97 U.S. Soldiers have died since Bush declared the “end” of major combat> 115 U.S. Troops died in accidents, including 59 since May 1> ‘Thousands’ […]

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“Progress has been steady” writes U-M spokeswoman Julie Peterson in a “news” piece in today’s University Record on negotiations between the University and representatives of the Lecturers’ Employee Organization, a newly-formed union of over 1,500 lecturers across the three U-M campuses. However, Peterson notes, “Compensation issues have not been discussed yet.” According to a report […]

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I just came across this website about the history of the Graduate Library called the “Hatcher Showcase” featuring this tidbit of information: “Reference room murals “The Arts of Peace” (west wall) and “The Arts of War” (east wall), by Gari Melchers, were originally painted for the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building at the Chicago World’s […]

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In an article halfway between a trite book report and a poor news story, the Daily posted an online update covering the Michael Moore talk yesterday. Written by an arts writer. “… Above all else, Moore seemed to emphasize what he considered to be the real problems in the United States. Among others, he noted […]

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