The University has selected four candidates to compete for one or more of the prestigious Rhodes, Marshall or Mitchell Scholarship Programs: Raj Gupta, Johanna Hanink, Clair Morrissey, and Jessica Szczygiel. The University Record story, “Four students compete for prestigious scholarships,” seems to suggest the University believes certain communities are underrepresented in the selection process in […]
Well, it’s official: U-M President Mary Sue Coleman is the nation’s highest-paid university president: “Mary Sue Coleman, who became president of the University of Michigan in August 2002, will get $677,500 this academic year, making her the highest-paid president of a public university. Just over a quarter of the public university presidents were paid more […]
” … Much to the dismay of many picketers, Michigan coach Lloyd Carr crossed the picket line on Saturday, said Irfan Nooruddin, a former Graduate Employees Organization member and supporter of the strike. “I’m a longtime Michigan football fan … I always believed Lloyd Carr really believed in teaching young people about principles and values. […]
University Party leader and MSA representative Bobby Counihan has introduced a resolution to be considered by the U-M student government that would call for a Taco Bell on campus, which was a key platform item of that party in the spring elections. (Although they have wisely chosen to remove it for this November’s election.) I […]
According to the Borders Readers United Blog, employees at Burger King told union members their starting wage was higher than Borders’, even though Burger King only requires a high school diploma.
Why did I ask the city council candidates how they’d make the city more pedestrian friendly? In a word: death. Two students were killed trying to cross Plymouth Road over the weekend to return to North Campus. Many students cross Plyouth in this area to get to the Ann Arbor Islamic Center, or to Kroger. […]
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