The Goodspeed Update

Preservation Magazine, the award-winning publication of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has written a short article about the Planada Apartment building, which the University plans to destroy this fall, most likely to make way for new construction. While I don’t oppose growth, a human-scaled mixed-use neighborhood has largely been eradicated in the Medical Campus […]

The University announced a new admissions policy today, one that involves hiring 16 additional people to review applications. The new policy is expected to cost $2 million for the first year, and involves a short essay about diversity. Also, there is no minimum GPA or test scores, and, according to the University, no points for […]

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The first day of freshman move-in went smoothly, if the ‘News is to be believed: “U-M residence halls welcome first wave of newcomers”
Freshmen quips: “If the school year runs as smoothly as this, I’ll be impressed.” … “I like to mingle,” she said, adding that she liked having home an hour away - not too […]

Student Ghetto Break-ins 2.0
While these aren’t technically within the bounds of the traditional ‘ghetto’ - roughly bound by Hill St., Packard, and South Forest, I hope we can be flexible:
“Intruder fondles sleeping woman
A 21-year-old Ann Arbor woman said she was sleeping in her home with her boyfriend early Saturday morning when someone reached through a […]

I think it bears repeating, or at least consideration: Powerpoint is evil.

Think Ann Arbor might be high on the list of Michigan cities with the lowest car ownership? Think again - Ann Arbor is 108th, with only 9.5% claiming no vehicles. Then again, the statistic might be slightly off because it polls “households” …