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He’s given no evidence that “it” ever existed … “President” Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address. In addition to the notorious “Uranium from Africa line” (proven a lie) this segment in particular is rife with distortions and outright lies: “… The United Nations concluded in 1999 that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons sufficient to […]

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Something I thought I’d never see: some MSA executives showing a little spine and stirring things up a bit, here in an open letter to Mary Sue Coleman: ” … We know the current budget crisis affects the allocation of University resources and that you, President Coleman, are committed to ensuring University students the best […]

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SAPAC Re-Organized I’ve heard that the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center is facing a dramatic re-organization, perhaps connected with a number of rumblings I’ve heard about cuts in a number of student services offices – including the Office of Multicultural Initiatives, LBGT Affiars, the Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, Student Activities and Leadership, and the Trotter […]

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Prof. Lassiter’s Golden Apple Lecture In a crowded Mendelssohn Theater the audience attending the lecture of this year’s Golden Apple winner Matthew Lassiter chuckled as U-M president Mary Sue Coleman twice referred to Prof. Lassiter as “Mark Lassiter,” saying she “can’t wait to hear your last lecture.” Prof. Lassiter began his lecture quipping that not […]

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My friend Dan says he found some odd flyers around Mason Hall today. One has a picture of Stalin and says “Communism: The Opiate of the University” and the text “Feb 5th 7:30PM, Michigan Union, Pendleton Room.” The other says ” What Killed Over 100 Million People and STILL EXISTS TODAY?” and has a picture […]

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” … The president used the word quota five or six times on the evening news to talk about the University of Michigan affirmative action program. Not only did the most conservative Supreme Court since the Dred Scott decision disagree with him on that one, but the word quota, every politician and every pollster in […]

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