The Goodspeed Update

In the spirit of constructive criticism that forms a cornerstone of American journalism, today begins my one-week series on the Michigan Daily. I hope my efforts prove fruitful by sparking a community-wide discussion of that newspaper’s strengths and weaknesses, and perhaps even stimulate a little change. In that spirit, each entry I post is followed […]

I plan on posting part one of my Inside the Daily series around midnight tonight.

Keep your eye out for Ann Arbor’s latest publication - something called the “Ann Arbor Paper.” They bill themselves as “the new alternative weekly covering Ann Arbor’s art, culture and society …” We’ll be watching.

A U-M grad and friend of mine wrote to me about my suggestion that the University incorporate private commercial space and perhaps even housing in their new buildings in the medical campus:
“You have hit on something that a group of students is working on for North Campus that could really benefit the UM community. […]

“Ricardo Valle, a 21-year-old senior majoring in Latino Studies and History, went to high school in a predominantly Mexican community on the Southside of Chicago. During his years there, he didn’t know what diversity was or how to relate his experience as a Latino youth, he said.
“It wasn’t until I came to the University […]

Officials in Ypsilanti were suprised by the large turnout of applicants for Section 8 rent vouchers issued to people who meet certain criteria as the working poor in Washtenaw County. Rent vouchers are an often overlooked way for the government to help provide low and middle income housing in places like Ann Arbor, where anti-student, […]

The Ann Arbor News published their mammoth annual “M” Edition today to correspond with the new school year. A complete listing of the articles in this years’ is avaliable here. Some highlights? The number of applications to the University increased 3% this year, setting an all-time record, however university officials aren’t saying it has to […]