John Kerry and President Bush share something unusual: membership in Yale’s ultra-secret society Skull and Bones. Unlike Michigamua, which a reader correctly pointed out is mostly elitism lite, Skull and Bones seems worth examining closely: ” … Both President President Bush and his all-but-certain Democratic opponent, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, were members of the […]
Anite Leung and Tim Moore, running for MSA President and Vice President as independent candidates, have launched a campaign website, although it’s fairly sparse: timandanita.com. In addition to theirs, for MSA campaign websites there is Students First’s (which may or may not be functioning) and MSA-LSA Candidate Matt Hollerbach’s, the Defend Affirmative Action Party’s (not […]
The University appears to be facing another significant budget cut in their state appropriations this year, which could require $20 million in additional cuts for next year’s budget. State discretionary funds amount to about 15% of the University’s academic budget. The administration has set up an informational website, and is circulating this message to some […]
“Tensions between the Honors College and the “Norms” reached a head this week as two LS&A sophomores received corporal punishment after entering the Perlman Honors Commons. Obadiah Shegogue and Woody “Two Scoops” McGillicutty claimed ignorance of any infraction, but were not spared as Honors administration personnel displayed them on a platform in the Diag and […]
The Detroit News’ Pete Waldmeir thinks Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick’s plan to convert the Michigan Central Depot to a new police headquarters has the taint of “voodoo economics,” observing that the city council wasn’t exactly invited to the announcement ceremony, where millionare owner of the building Matty Maroun stood by smirking.
In an unexpected turn of events, leaders in the Students First MSA political party have let their domain, votefirst.com, expire. Former Michigan Review editor James Justin Wilson promptly purchase the name, posting a graphic reading ” ‘University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.’ – Henry Kissinger. Take his Advice … Don’t […]
“… In an attempt to revive protest to the ongoing U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, the student group Anti-War Action! has redirected its focus from trying to prevent war to discussing the repercussions of the Iraq war and other government policies directly affecting students. .. “ > From Daily: “Anti-war movement refocuses”> The Anti-War Action! Website