The U-M exhibit of art by Michigan prisoners, which I’ve heard is excellent, continues at the Media Union until March 16th: “U-M exhibit features art by Michigan prisoners Michigan prisoners will have their artwork featured during an exhibit March 2-16 at the University of Michigan. More than 300 art pieces from at least 200 inmates […]
The Ann Arbor Cool Cities Task Force, of which I am a member, will be holding a town hall happy hour next week to talk to city residents as part of our process of gathering information to write our report to city council. I strongly encourage everyone interested in the future of the city to […]
John Kerry and President Bush share something unusual: membership in Yale’s ultra-secret society Skull and Bones. Unlike Michigamua, which a reader correctly pointed out is mostly elitism lite, Skull and Bones seems worth examining closely: ” … Both President President Bush and his all-but-certain Democratic opponent, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, were members of the […]
Anite Leung and Tim Moore, running for MSA President and Vice President as independent candidates, have launched a campaign website, although it’s fairly sparse: timandanita.com. In addition to theirs, for MSA campaign websites there is Students First’s (which may or may not be functioning) and MSA-LSA Candidate Matt Hollerbach’s, the Defend Affirmative Action Party’s (not […]
The University appears to be facing another significant budget cut in their state appropriations this year, which could require $20 million in additional cuts for next year’s budget. State discretionary funds amount to about 15% of the University’s academic budget. The administration has set up an informational website, and is circulating this message to some […]
“Tensions between the Honors College and the “Norms” reached a head this week as two LS&A sophomores received corporal punishment after entering the Perlman Honors Commons. Obadiah Shegogue and Woody “Two Scoops” McGillicutty claimed ignorance of any infraction, but were not spared as Honors administration personnel displayed them on a platform in the Diag and […]
The Detroit News’ Pete Waldmeir thinks Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick’s plan to convert the Michigan Central Depot to a new police headquarters has the taint of “voodoo economics,” observing that the city council wasn’t exactly invited to the announcement ceremony, where millionare owner of the building Matty Maroun stood by smirking.