Monthly Archives: March 2004

“We Are Living in a Different Time”Without, apparently, a constitutional right to freedom of assembly: “GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — When opposition to the war in Iraq began to mount last year, city police sent undercover officers to anti-war meetings and rallies, collecting intelligence about the aims of activists, the department’s chief confirmed. … The […]

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Students for PIRGIM is sponsoring an event on sprawl this Tuesday at 7:30 PM, featuring Mayor John Hieftje, City Council Member Jean Carlberg, History Professor Matt Lassiter, Law Professor Rick Hills, and director of the Michigan Environmental Council & Chair of Ann Arbor’s Cool Cities Task Force Conan Smith. Here’s the event on Upcoming.org.

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“STUDENT VOICES IN ACTION: UNITE TO FIGHT ***RESPONSE FROM MARY SUE AND ROYSTER!!!*** We delivered our demands and now we’re getting a response! COME put pressure on the administration and demand REAL responses and ACTION!!! MONDAY, March 29that the TROTTER House12 NOON Please meet in front of the UNION at 11:00AM to March to Trotter! […]

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Amid budget controversy, and after a vote of no confidence by the faculty, Michigan Tech has fired their president.

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Two determined U-M undergrads just finished internships with the Royal Shakespeare Company – but there’s only one catch – the company doesn’t have an internship program: ” … What the two women proposed to Boyd was, by RSC standards, radical: they wanted to spend a summer in Stratford watching RSC directors rehearse shows. “The two […]

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If you would like a $10 ride to Washington D.C. to participate in this year’s massive “March for Women” planned to occur on April 24 and 25, there are still spaces avaliable on the busses organized by the Michigan Student Assembly. Here’s information about how to reserve a spot: “* ATTENTION STUDENTS *The Michigan Student […]

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Life Sciences or Student Services: A Question of Fundraising Priorities In early April, the University’s Development Office will announce the start of another major fundraising campaign. The most recent, completed in the 1990’s, was titled “The Margin of Excellence,” and raised in excess of $1.4 Billion, used to fund the University’s academic programs, endow professorships, […]

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