I’ve recieved this feedback anonymously from a “Miles Mayhem”. I’ll present it here without further comment, as I think it speaks volumes to the maturity and intelligence of the editors of the Michigan Daily: “I hope Rob remembers to mention the incredible amount of crying he did when he blubbered to MDesk with tears streaming […]
This week’s University Record is reporting that students have organized a vigil for 8 p.m. on September 11, “with music and remarks.” The newspaper also reports the quiet elimination of the underutilized Night Owl bus, which had suffered a lack of riders since a route change a few years ago. Part of the Night Owl’s […]
“… All of that may be true, but I had one unassailable piece of evidence on my side: a student of university history, I knew the daily, while mediocre for much of its history, had had moments of greatness – especially in the 1960s, 1970s, and even up until the late 1980s – and I […]
Yet another reason to buy your coffee, preferably fair trade, at one of Ann Arbor’s locally-owned, independent coffee shops rather than Starbuck’s: they contract with the notoriously anti-worker and anti-union laundry company Cintas. Read about it on GEO’s newly-redesigned website here.
Coming after what was for most students a weekend of partying, President Mary Sue Coleman has sent a campus-wide email that includes both of the phrases “intellectual vigor” and “intellectual vibrancy.” She also includes a thanks to the U staff for their work during the power outage: “We do not often have occasion to be […]
In today’s news: > The Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at UC Santa Cruz Prof. John Visecky writes a letter to the editor in the Daily lauding U-M engineering professor Hyland, who was accused of perpetrating intellectual fraud in an article in the Daily this summer. The letter neatly sidesteps the issues raised […]
The Terminator’s Logic “Earlier in the day, Mr. Schwarzenegger made an appearance at the California State Fair and Exposition near Sacramento, where he also lauded the accomplishments of California’s workers, but insisted he would not accept money from their unions. “I will never take money from the special interests, from Indian gaming, from unions or […]