SAPAC Re-Organized I’ve heard that the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center is facing a dramatic re-organization, perhaps connected with a number of rumblings I’ve heard about cuts in a number of student services offices – including the Office of Multicultural Initiatives, LBGT Affiars, the Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, Student Activities and Leadership, and the Trotter […]
Prof. Lassiter’s Golden Apple Lecture In a crowded Mendelssohn Theater the audience attending the lecture of this year’s Golden Apple winner Matthew Lassiter chuckled as U-M president Mary Sue Coleman twice referred to Prof. Lassiter as “Mark Lassiter,” saying she “can’t wait to hear your last lecture.” Prof. Lassiter began his lecture quipping that not […]
My friend Dan says he found some odd flyers around Mason Hall today. One has a picture of Stalin and says “Communism: The Opiate of the University” and the text “Feb 5th 7:30PM, Michigan Union, Pendleton Room.” The other says ” What Killed Over 100 Million People and STILL EXISTS TODAY?” and has a picture […]
So remember Dean’s wierd speech after Iowa? Here’s the whole thing.
” … The president used the word quota five or six times on the evening news to talk about the University of Michigan affirmative action program. Not only did the most conservative Supreme Court since the Dred Scott decision disagree with him on that one, but the word quota, every politician and every pollster in […]
Finally, a letter writer with some common sense on the editorial page of the Michigan Daily: ” … Bush, however, has done nothing to earn the respect these students say he is entitled to. In fact, he has disrespected the American public, our way of life and the world around us. Even though he is […]
New Hampshire Primary Results All the big media orgs have called it for Kerry, with Dean a strong second. With 94 percent of the precincts reporting: Kerry 39%Dean 26%Edwards 13%Clark 12%Lieberman 9%Kucinich 1%Sharpton 0% > CNN.com’s results page> NY Times’ Page – Complete with all write-ins “Hillary Rodham Clinton (Write-in) 1 0.0%”