Monthly Archives: October 2003

Here’s the results of a recent statewide poll of likely Democratic primary voters: Dean: 21%Clark: 15%Gephardt: 13%Kerry: 13%Lieberman: 12%Sharpton: 4%Braun: 4%Kucinich: 2%Edwards: 1%Undecided: 13%Margin of error: +/- 5%

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Thomas Sugrue, U-M grad and author of “Origins of the Urban Crisis” will be speaking in the 284-seat Angell Hall Auditorium B next Thursday. Here’s an announcement about the talk sent by the lecture organizers: “The Michigan Colloquium on Race and Twentieth-Century American Political Development presents the second of eight public lectures: PROFESSOR THOMAS J. […]

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Somebody say “union” here? A recent visitor:“10 Oct, Fri, 14:16:44 mailhost.borders.com MSIE 6 Windows 2000” I haven’t linked to it in a while, but for information about the corporation-wide unionization drive, see www.bordersunion.com.

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Don’t mess with Diag “… Employees at the Diag Party Store said the 25-year-old man came in at 2:17 p.m. [Wednesday] and cut in front of the line of customers to demand 80 cents for bottle returns, reports said. The employees said the man did not have any bottles but claimed he already put them […]

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The Michigan Democratic Party has invited all nine Democratic presidential candidates to come to a forum at the Michigan Union on October 25, the day before a debate planned in Detroit.

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Try this out. To to Urban Outfitter’s website urbn.com and type “ghetto” in the search box and press enter. If your experience is anything like mine, you’ll be greeted with a pop-up window reading, “Due to customer concerns, Urban Outfitters no longer sells the board game ‘Ghettopoly’.” And for good reason, for an excellent discussion […]

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A few changes in the local business scene, the new Jimmy John’s at the corner of William and State Street appears nearly ready to open for business, as construction crews have been working overtime on it the last few days. Also, yet another coffee shop appears to be under construction in the formerly vacant store […]

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