The candidates for Michigan Student Assembly President and Vice President in the spring election were in the Daily today. To see their UMich directory entry, click on the names: Students First will be running current MSA Student General Counsel Jason Mironov for president, and College Democrats Chair Jenny Nathan for VP. The University Party is […]
The large parking lot at Hill and State Streets (Near the Chabad house) is the future site of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy building. (See this site rendering to get a better idea.) > AP: “Foundation gives UM’s Ford school $5 million”> UMPR: “Joan and Sanford Weill give $5 million for U-M’s […]
Borders, INC profits are up 12% this year, but their employees’ salaries will only increase 3% – barely keeping up with inflation, if that: ” … But Borders officials said they would not raise salaries for their employees, despite an expected 12 percent increase in earnings from the previous year. Recently released unaudited results for […]
My friend Matt Hollerbach has written this letter to the Daily about the end of the “jeopardy” issue: “From: “Matthew Wright Hollerbach” To: jtschrad at umich dot eduCc: tothedaily at michigandaily dot comSubject: Letter To EditorDate: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:42:27 -0500 Dear Mr. Schrader & the entire Managerial and Editorial staff of the Michigan […]
Found in my inbox: “Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:00:26 -0500From: lfro at emich dot eduSubject: Art and Activism!!!!! yay I don’t know about you, but I really want to see the art world come together to work on political issues- we have been far too divided- and it’s time we come together and make […]
The Daily printed a letter to the editor I sent in a couple days ago today, but edited it slightly (perhaps for space) and didn’t print the relevant affiliations I provided: a member of Ann Arbor’s Cool Cities Task Force and vice chair of the Urban Issues Collective, noting instead only that I was a […]
Urban Outfitters is selling a shirt with the logo, “Voting is for Old People,” that has a few upset: ” … I do not think it is appropriate to sell anti-voting propaganda to future voters,” she said. “I saw young kids laughing at this shirt, and that’s what hit me the hardest, the fact that […]