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An article in the Metrotimes profiling a few female Detroit DJ’s includes one enrolled in a masters program the the University, “Agile 1”: “… The female hip-hop DJ just might be the rarest of the species. Having moved from St. Louis to Detroit last June, Agile 1 may very well be the top female hip-hop […]
Sravya Chirumamilla’s column in today’s Daily, “Awash with like colors,” is a discussion of racial and ethnic communities’ relative isolation on our campus – both socially and academically. She incidentally cites me in the story, I suppose for my participation in the excellent SAAN conference earlier in the semester. While I don’t agree with everything […]
Honors in the Liberal Arts You may or may not have heard about a new degree option instituted by the honors program announced last week. I haven’t had the opportunity to write about it here, so I’ll catch everyone up. Announced last week by the honors program, they’ve launched an official Honors in the Liberal […]
Also, Metrotimes has an interesting bit on Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick, Richard Florida, gay rights, and all this “cool cities” business: “Hip-hopcrisy to the Max”
The Tappan Oak, a large oak tree located between Haven Hall and the Graduate Library and traditional location of the annual Michigamua induction ritual has been vandalized, apparently as a protest to that organization’s continued presence on campus. According to the Ann Arbor News, some suspects have been interviewed, but no charges have been filed. […]
These meetings have been heavily promoted, they will be a good way to find out what’s going on with the cuts and get involved: “Heard about changes in Student Affairs? Cutting Pow-Wow Funding?Neglecting Trotter House? Attacking the Greek System? Cuts to MESA? Cuts to the Office of LGBT Affairs? Fragmenting SAPAC? Ignoring Hate Crimes? Allowing […]