“For the second week in a row, donning their signature yellow shirts and armed with a list of demands, students marched to the Fleming Administration Building yesterday afternoon to protest projected cuts in funding to and reorganization of several student services. Last week, about 50 students attended the University Board of Regents meeting where several […]
I’m not sure if the Daily is going to print this letter, but the author sent it to me and I have decided to post it here: “To the Daily, On March 25, Laura Davis’s article, U’ should provide academic instruction, not unrelated student services, strongly supported the current cuts to various student groups and […]
Ward Connerly’s anti-affirmative action ballot initiative could be delayed or potentially permanently derailed after a judge ruled today that the language was misleading. AP: Judge rules against petition drive aimed at ending affirmative action
Although the prevailing sentiment seems decidedly against him, the May commencement speaker David E. Davis is not without his defenders. LSA John Laich speculates in a letter to the editor today that the administration has “finally made the decision to play it smart and safe and pick someone more local and sanguine rather than some […]
Billions of dollars for freeways criss-crossing the state – now how about some pennies (relatively) for a few bike lanes? Maybe it’ll happen after a few get killed – that seems to be the city’s attitude when it comes to adequately accommodating pedestrians near the Michigan Union or along Plymouth Road – oh, woops – […]
Once again, Jane Jacobs is vindicated: safety isn’t determined by police, locks, chains, or elaborate security consulting firms, devices, electric fences, or even tasers, but simply the presence of a few people around to keep an eye (or an ear) out for trouble. Here’s the text of an Ann Arbor News article from today titled […]
After a much-publicized request by the U.S. Department of Justice that the University turn over abortion-related medical documents as evidence for an ongoing lawsuit, the University couldn’t find any documents that met the requirements: > AP: “University of Michigan finds no abortion records to hand over”> AANews: “U-M refuses to give feds abortion files”