The Goodspeed Update

“Ward Connerly envisions a perfect world, where there’s equal access to education and hate crimes don’t exist. Ward Connerly lives in a dream world, but we live in California.” - CA state Assemblyman Mark Leno
Although Mr. Leno was talking about Ward Connerly’s Proposition 54 in California, I think the comment could […]

Howard Dean is planning a $1 million in TV ads to air in six states. In the ad, which has not yet been shot, Dean will tell Americans:
“I opposed the war with Iraq, when too many Democrats supported it, because I want a foreign policy consistent with American values,” the script says. “As governor, I […]

‘Michigan is at the center of it all’
The Detroit News ran a lengthy piece today about the anticipation leading up to the admissions policy the University is expected to release, if the newspaper is to be believed, this week. The university plans to apply the new policy for the class entering […]

I’ve recieved the first feedback to my ‘Inside the Daily’ series:
“just wanted to let you know that i’m looking forward to your daily manifesto. i wrote for arts from [late 1990s] and while arts is certainly a different beast than news, edit and sports (who, of course, segregated and made it a different beast), […]

Long-time Detroit News Columnist George Cantor has been fired after nearly 40 years of service under unclear circumstances. In 1998, Cantor’s daughter Courtney died after falling out of a window in Mary Markley Hall, and an autopsy revealed the date-rape drug GHB in her blood stream. Cantor made a $100,000 settlement in a lawsuit with […]

ITCS has announced they are now blocking the Sobig.f virus sent to any “@umich.edu” email address, and “ITCS is very close to implementing a full antivirus blocking capability for the umich.edu mail-relay hosts. We will inform the campus as soon as we have this capability in place.” They are also warning people who purchased […]

I’ve spent most of today putting the finishing touches on what will hopefully prove the last word for me about the Michigan Daily: a special week-long series titled “Inside the Daily.” I’ve posted an introduction and a listing of what to expect - I’ll be posting it in five sections the week of September 1 […]