It seems farmers are rather pleased that Ann Arbor approved the greenbelt proposal: “… The greenbelt program, approved 2 to 1 this month by Ann Arbor voters, has been all the talk among many in the farming community. Barry Lonik, a land preservation consultant who assisted in forming the proposal, said he’s been in contact […]
I’ve been asked to post this by chair of the U-M College Libertarians Dan Sheill. The Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Nolan will speak on campus in one week one Wednesday, November 19 at 9:00 PM in Room D of the Michigan League.
Is it just me, or does this seem worthy of more than one paragraph in the “In Brief” section? “U-M’s Ginsburg wins heart research prize The American Heart Association has awarded one of its highest accolades, the Basic Research Prize, to David Ginsburg, University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute researcher and internal medicine and genetics […]
Student Ghetto Break-ins seem to have slowed lately, but not quite gone away: “1000 block of Oakland Avenue, 11:48 p.m. Tuesday. Entry gained through unlocked door; a laptop computer, web camera and digital camera taken. Total $2,550.”
Textamerica.com is hosting something called the “Borders Readers United Mobile Blog” where users can send in photos related to the Borders’ employees strike from their digital camera. This could get interesting.
This email is being circulated by some political campus organizations: “URGENT ACTION NOW! Yo no quiero Taco Bell! Email MSA and tell them you’ll take human dignity over a chalupa! Across the country, labor and farmworker activists have been taking part in a Taco Bell boycott in response to Taco Bell’s use of veritable slave […]
Commonmonkeyflower’s posts on the Borders strike are available at this one easy link, including some great recent posts on the issue of the “living wage.” Also, Raygun Gothic has created a special “Borders Strike Roundup” Page, and some (slightly older) other blogger’s posts. Walking by Border’s today I ran into an acquaintance of mine and […]