The Goodspeed Update

As a reminder, GEO and LEO are planning a noon rally today on the Diag:
“Campus Equity WeekRALLY FOR FAIR TREATMENT of U of M EMPLOYEES
Fight for Lecturers’ Job SecurityFight against Proposed health Care CutbacksFight Undergrad tuition Hikes
Diag — Noon
Wednesday, Oct. 29th”

Why Are We Back in Vietnam? ask Frank Rich in a New York Times Op-Ed piece this Monday, discussing the nature of journalism in wartime. Luckily, there’s still Frontline and Nightline, two television shows Rich singles out for their truth-telling. And to make Frontline even more appealing, their program on Iraq is available to watch […]

LSA Senior, activist extraordinaire, and my friend Jackie Bray turned 21 Monday and I promised I would post about it. Well, here it is, I’d link to scandalous photos and quotes, but they’re not forthcoming. Yes, this website has been reduced to a gossip sheet.

I’ve been told the Ann Arbor News printed the letter to the editor I wrote with Ben King about the YMCA site on October 7th last Sunday. If printing it nearly a month after I wrote it wasn’t enough, they leave off Ben’s name. I’d also link to a copy of the letter as it […]

“The burden is on you, the upper-middle class.”
Whoa Ari, let’s not be too revolutionary. As a disclaimer, Ari’s something of a friend of mine, but hey, being biased is what I do. Here’s some more excerpts from his column this week in the Daily:
“I have a confession to make. I have a soft spot for […]

AFSCME 3800, which represents 1,800 clerical workers at the University of Minnesota, is on strike, that University’s first in over 40 years. Both sides seem preparing for a long battle: the Union is soliciting strike funds via Paypal on the web, and is making arrangements to help their members stay clothed, fed, and housed without […]

Thursday’s Greenbelt Discussion makes the Ann Arbor News “In Brief” section:
“Greenbelt forum at U-M Thursday
University of Michigan student groups are sponsoring a public forum on the Greenbelt proposal, urban sprawl and affordable housing in Ann Arbor from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the Michigan Union Ballroom.
The speakers will be Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje; […]