The Goodspeed Update

I just sent this letter to the editor to the Ann Arbor news regarding their story today about the U.S. Patriot act forum:
“From: Rob Goodspeed To: letters@annarbornews.comSubject: Letter to the Editor - Re: Patriot Act Resolution Forum
To the editor:
I was surprised by the blatantly ideological nature of the Ann Arbor News article June […]

REGENT MEETING HIGHLIGHTSHere are some highlights from today’s Regents meeting:
President Mary Sue Coleman opened the meeting with an update about campus efforts to address sexual assault and harassment on campus. Coleman said among the proposals a committee was considering was expanding mandatory sexual harassment training from freshman orientation to during the year for all residence […]

The Michigan Daily censored longtime Daily reporter and columnist David Enders last February when they withheld from publication the column he had written for that week. Read the censored column here.

Part of their ongoing campaign against the city council resolution about the U.S. Patriot act, the Ann Arbor news today ran a story where they seem shocked a member of John Ashcroft’s justice department might not like the resolution, at the same time not quoting any comments by the president of the ACLU of Michigan, […]

Plans for a new building for the Ford School of Public Policy (to be located between the Law Quad and Hill Street) will be unveiled at today’s Regents’ meeting.

According to the Times of London, the FBI is concerned about the safety of Ford president Bill Ford, Jr. after he purchased a $600,000+ plot of land outside Ann Arbor to build a house. Ford’s future estate is near where five homes under construction were destroyed by the Earth Liberation Front.> Times (UK): “Environmental terror […]

It turns out former U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney was ousted from office largely for something she didn’t say: see “The Screwing of Cynthia McKinney”. However, she recently announced she will be running again for the U.S. House.