Woodshop supporters have announced the creation of a student group: “Dear Student Woodshop Users As many of you know the student wood shop has been closed and may never be opened again. But there is still a possibility that it could be kept open with your help. Student participation is one of, if not the […]
Articles of note: AANews: “Drive to save U-M woodshop falling short of fundraising goal” Freep (Jul. 9): “Anti-affirmative action initiative: Activist targets U-M policy” Detnews: “Two teens do prison time for robberies”
Former philosophy department chair and new LSA Honors program director Stephen Darwall introduced himself today in an e-mail to honors participants, introducing his new blog “The Director’s Page” where he pledges to ” … knit the Honors community together in all sorts of different ways to make for a more vibrant intellectual culture.” While I […]
From the Grand Rapids Press, a story about my friend Dave Enders: “City High graduate launches Englishs publication in Baghdad” His Baghdad magazine recently ran an op-ed piece I wrote: “Democracy and Profit in Iraq”
“Indian American Files Lawsuit Alleging Caste Bias“ In the first known case of its kind in the United States, an Indian-American has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging discrimination based on caste, reports the weekly India Abroad in its July edition. Pinaki Mazumder, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University […]
Here are two crime alerts from my week away… “DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ** CRIME ALERT ** Date: July 5, 2003 between 7:30 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.Location: 3900 W. Liberty, Scio Twp. (Saginaw Forest)Offense: Kidnapping/2nd Degree Criminal Sexual ConductSummary: A 15-yr.-old male reported being forcibly fondled.Suspect: White male, about 35 yrs., 5’6-8″, […]
Articles of note: CNN: “Extreme weather on the rise” NYTimes: “Ballot measure seen in wake of rulings”:“Michigan is a racially polarized state — one of the most segregated places in the United States,” he said. “It’s a dangerous place to stir up these issues.” “Weapons of Mass Destruction”?