Borders, INC profits are up 12% this year, but their employees’ salaries will only increase 3% – barely keeping up with inflation, if that: ” … But Borders officials said they would not raise salaries for their employees, despite an expected 12 percent increase in earnings from the previous year. Recently released unaudited results for […]
My friend Matt Hollerbach has written this letter to the Daily about the end of the “jeopardy” issue: “From: “Matthew Wright Hollerbach” To: jtschrad at umich dot eduCc: tothedaily at michigandaily dot comSubject: Letter To EditorDate: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:42:27 -0500 Dear Mr. Schrader & the entire Managerial and Editorial staff of the Michigan […]
Found in my inbox: “Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:00:26 -0500From: lfro at emich dot eduSubject: Art and Activism!!!!! yay I don’t know about you, but I really want to see the art world come together to work on political issues- we have been far too divided- and it’s time we come together and make […]
The Daily printed a letter to the editor I sent in a couple days ago today, but edited it slightly (perhaps for space) and didn’t print the relevant affiliations I provided: a member of Ann Arbor’s Cool Cities Task Force and vice chair of the Urban Issues Collective, noting instead only that I was a […]
Urban Outfitters is selling a shirt with the logo, “Voting is for Old People,” that has a few upset: ” … I do not think it is appropriate to sell anti-voting propaganda to future voters,” she said. “I saw young kids laughing at this shirt, and that’s what hit me the hardest, the fact that […]
Everybody loves tighter CAFE standards: DETROIT (AP) — In an unprecedented move, the Sierra Club and United Auto Workers union have joined forces to take a stand against a Bush administration plan to change federal fuel economy regulations. In a co-written article on the Op-Ed page of Wednesday’s New York Times, Sierra Club executive director […]
Ever been to a Regents meeting? “Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:29:40 -0500Subject: REGENTS MEETING TOMORROW (Thurs, 2:30pm)To: our.voices.count Last night we had a very productive 2 1/2 hour meeting! You will bereceiving full minutes from this meeting tomorrow, once I have time toprepare them. One important thing from last night’s meeting is that MiaWhite […]