The Goodspeed Update

Break-ins:
“900 block Northwood Street, 6:30 a.m. Monday. Door kicked in; box of checks, TV, laptop computer, digital camera and stereo player taken. Total value: $2,220.
800 block of East University Avenue, 11:35 a.m. Monday. Entry through unlocked door; a University of Michigan football ticket, money and a cell phone taken. Total value: $300.”
And more oddities of […]

The University loves to evoke the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) when asked about their internal discipline policies, or to make public any data remotely related to students. However, a 1998 FERPA amendment allows them to release data about disciplinary proceedings where students were found responsible for behavior “that would constitute a crime […]

The freshman seminar class Honors 135 Section 001 is planning a forum with LSA Honors Program Director Stephen Darwall on honors’ new admissions criteria next Sunday, November 2nd from 4:30-6:00 PM in the MSA Chambers. I think this might be a good opportunity for students to learn about the new admisisons policy, and let him […]

The Daily finally covers the increasing costs of health insurance for University employees in their article today, “Plan hikes employee insurance payments.” They wait until nearly the last paragraph to give what should be in the first: “The committee estimated that employees would pay anywhere from an extra $15 to $430 in premiums under the […]

Planada Parking Structure?
The University has razed the Planada Apartment building:> September 2003> October 2003 (late last week)

The Graduate Employees Organization is calling a rally noon this Wednesday on the Diag in this enigmatic post on their website:
“Calling all workers & students:What do tuition increases, health care cutbacks, and no job security have in common?Come rally for the fair treatment of U of M employees on the Diag, Wed. 10/29 at 12 […]

“FCB House of Flavors” is the name of the new business that opened in the formerly vacant spot across from Cafe Ambrosia on Maynard Street. And the business model is perhaps more absurd than the name: the store sells apparently only drinks, dispensed from probably two dozen machines situated along the walls, including a variety […]