I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered over 100 bands had collaborated on a youth voter mobilization effort called punkvoter.com. Even more surprising: that website’s blog yesterday featured detailed information about higher-education funding bills being considered by congress, and bashes Bush for cutting overtime pay for over 600,000 middle-class American workers. [While his friend, millionaire, […]
This is a busy time of year: here are a couple more events of interest this week: Tomorrow, U.S. Rep. John Dingell will be hosting a “community forum” in the Michigan Union from 6-7:30 in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union. Mayor Heiftje will introduce Dingell and make some brief remarks. Also, I’ve heard […]
Here’s a couple editorials about last week’s landmark MIP decision, however neither note the ACLU brought the case. > Daily: “Search and seize reasonably”> Det. News: “Stick to Bill of Rights in Fighting Underage Drinking” Also, here’s The Court’s Decision (PDF)
When you only have one side of the story, it’s difficult to determine exactly what happened: “Pedestrian says he punched panhandler An Ann Arbor man said a panhandler rushed him Sunday night after he told the man he had only $1 to spare, so he punched the panhandler in the face to avoid being attacked, […]
This lecture at the Detroit Observatory sounds interesting, the Bentley recently acquired a number of materials related to Mr. Kahn: “Albert Kahn subject of talk Renowned architect Albert Kahn is the focus of a talk Tuesday at the University of Michigan Detroit Observatory, 1398 E. Ann St. Sally Bund, assistant archivist of architectural collections at […]
This event is tonight: “A LONG ROAD HOME:OJIBWE HUMAN REMAINS & THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Monday, December 1, 7:00pmMichigan UnionKuenzel Room A presentation by the tribal leaders of the Whitefish River Ojibwe community regarding the struggle for the repatriation of the remains of their ancestors that were illegally excavated in the early 20th century and […]