The UAW is seeking funds to construct a Labor History Museum in Flint to commemorate the famous 1936-37 sit-down strike of General Motors which led to the creation of the United Auto Workers. > AP: “Tribute raises more than $40,000 for possible labor museum” “NASCAR Dad”? “In the 1940s, workers at UAW Local 598 in […]
Former Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski, who quit her job at the Defense Department about a year ago, isn’t too happy with the Bush administration.
Articles of note: > Daily: “Lecturers rally for better pay, work conditions”> Daily: “Regents hear student concerns”> AANews: “Renovations to start on U-M facility”> AANews: “U-M to hike fees for parking”> AANews: “U-M Regents Briefs” And this lovely event at Score Keepers: “A 20-year-old University of Michigan student picked the wrong place to try to […]
According to the Times, the University of Colorado Boulder is “rattled” by six rape accusations against members of the football team there: “… The Boulder district attorney, Mary Keenan, is still investigating what she has described as “an understanding” within the culture of the athletic department that sex would be provided to recruits in their […]
The Regents approved funding at their meeting today to decommission the Phoenix Reactor on North Campus. > Daily: “Loss of reactor hurts ‘U’ nuclear program”> AP: “University of Michigan to dismantle historic nuclear reactor”> AANews: “50-year research site faces dismantlement”: “Demand for the facility’s irradiation services has declined over the last decade and it is […]
I’ve recently heard that I have been selected as one of the winners of the “Student Legacy Award,” one of the Michigan Leadership Awards given each year by the Office of Student activities and Leadership: “Criteria: This award is designed to recognize full-time students who have made a lasting impact on the University of Michigan […]
The U Record has posted online coverage of today’s regents meeting.