Former Michigan Review writer and editor and current employee of the Collegiate Network James Justin Wilson has written me a “letter to the editor” arguing that the supreme court’s Southworth case means everything student governments do must be “viewpoint neutral.” I have argued that the case, which only applies to student group funding, doesn’t prohibit […]
Are you a Lassiterian? “Main Entry: Lass·i·ter·i·an·ismFunction: nounEtymology: Derived from the name of University of Michigan history professor Matthew Lassiter : a political, social, and cultural theory stressing the dominate role of the physical, social, and cultural landscapes of the suburbs in understanding contemporary American history especially : as the suburbs relate to the mainstream […]
President Coleman is planning a one day “Diversity Summit” to be held February 11, doing something that was rare during the Bollinger administration: talking about diversity issues within the U-M community. “President Mary Sue Coleman has invited more than 300 University executive officers, deans, faculty, staff and students to discuss the campus climate during a […]
I recieved this email from the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, the nonprofit organization which operates the new homeless shelter on Huron Avenue: “Do you have a spare backpack lying around? The Shelter Association can use it! We are in need of backpacks (in good condition) that people who are homeless can use to carry […]
I was glad to read in today’s Daily that the Michigan Student Assembly voted to fund buses to Washington, D.C. so students could participate in the March for Women to be held this April 25. Reproductive rights for all are one of our most important constitutional rights, and students should mobilize to fight back the […]
The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies organizes an annual symposium to discuss the legacy of the three Black Action Movement strikes held by activists between 1972 and the late 1980s, which played a role in the creation of an academic department, 9 minority-cultural lounges, at least three student support offices, and arguably the University’s […]
The solution to road rage: walking. Or the bus. ” Angry driver slapped her, woman reports An Ann Arbor woman said she was slapped in the side of the head by an angry motorist during an apparent road-rage incident this week, Ann Arbor Police said. The incident occurred Monday evening in the 1900 block of […]