Mark your calendars: Each year, the U-M MLK Symposium hosts a number of events surrounding the Martin Luther King holiday. The day off classes, as well as the symposium, were both born out of student activism in the early 1990s. Here are some of the events that have caught my eye to be held on […]
Here’s some information about an event to be held tomorrow, featuring the sisters named in the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case: “- What: An interactive panel talk with the sisters whose father was the lead plaintiff in the historic Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in the […]
“All in all, I think it’s significant to say that we got the first starting wage increase in nearly a decade. If Borders decides to raise it a tad for everyone else and pretend they were always going to do that, I think what we’ve done is well worth it. Every year at this time […]
Here’s an article in Crain’s Detroit Business about the end of the Borders strike: “Borders union ratifies deal settling Ann Arbor strike”
“Fight Like Hell for Michigan and Michigamua!”* And remember to wear your headdress! An observant reader points out this quote, on the front of the Michigan Union 100th Anniversary website: “At the end of my junior year at Michigan I was inducted into Michigamua, the Senior honorary society. Part of the induction ceremony took place […]
The Michigan Union is celebrating its 100th anniversary this term. They’ve set up a special website, and the celebration will start next week with a kickoff event Wednesday, January 14 from 3-5pm on the first floor of the union featuring free birthday cake, historical tours of the union, and music.
The executive director of the U-M Hillel, Michael Brooks, has written an op-ed for Jewish Week called “End The Preoccupation” about Israel/Palestine activism on campus. (Via Sam Woll)