Monthly Archives: January 2004

The entertainment channel Fox News is reporting Dick Gephardt has a less than perfect record on what they term “minority issues,” according to this story I was sent by a friend involved with the Kerry campaign: “Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dick Gephardt told Fox News on Sunday that it was a mistake to have attended […]

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“The concern was that people were hesitant to join certain kinds of groups because they didn’t want to be publicly associated with them,” said Wesley Craig, project leader and ITCS senior technologist. “By making the groups optionally private, people will be more free to associate.” > From the Daily’s coverage of the changes to the […]

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My friend Mike Grass, on the DC Edge City of Bethesda, MD: “… It was as if I were back in Michigan, driving after midnight, with nowhere to go. The slow depressingly comfortable lyrics guided me through the darkened forested exurbs. Using the Hillandale Road shortcut, I emerged at the south end of downtown Bethesda. […]

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Here’s the website of Connerly’s anti-affirmative action proposal: Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. The coalition opposing the proposal is called “Citizens for a United Michigan,” and I haven’t been able to find their website, but there is some information here.

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“Liberal Academe”? Thanks to a vigilant reader, who pointed out in today’s print edition of the Ann Arbor News, the “Talk About Town” column playfully points out that the staff at the University of Michigan are among the most generous in higher education in their giving to George W. Bush’s re-election campaign: “Indeed, U-M faculty […]

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The president of the League of Conservation Voters, Deb Callahan, will speak on campus this Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30 PM in the SNRE auditorium.: Many believe the Bush Administration has no time to think about our environment because the situation in Iraq. Yet the Administration continues to systematically dismantle key environment protections, such as […]

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The Michigan Student Assembly has begun promoting their online book selling website, DogEars.net. > Daily: “Online book buying saves bucks for cash-conscious students”

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