The Goodspeed Update

“The University of Michigan will continue to define the great public university of the world”
President Mary Sue Coleman proposed to create a new ethics center in an address to the Regents yesterday outlining her “vision and goals” for the university, connected to the kick-off of a new capital campaign. From her remarks:
On a second front, […]

Here’s the top ten from ClickbackAmerica.org, a fundraiser for the Movon.org voter fund:
1. University of California, Berkeley $19602. University of Washington $13063. University of Texas at Austin $12244. University of Wisconsin-Madison $12245. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities $11916. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $11457. University of California, Los Angeles $10828. New York University $10369. San Francisco State University $88410. University of Colorado $867

FURNITURE COLLECTION!!THIS Saturday (April 24th) and next Sunday (May 2nd) Students in Action for Ann Arbor in Need will be collecting furniture to donate to Fairy Godparents and Community Self Sufficiency Center in Detroit. We are looking for any furniture, small appliances, laptop computers, (no clothes) in relatively good condition! Please drop the goods off […]

Articles of note:
> AANews: “Michigan Festival begins with bunch of ‘good chatters’”> AANews In Brief: “U-M Naked Mile becomes non-event”> AANews: “Tweaks to Greenbelt law urged”> (Street closures)
A Couple Thefts:
“Ann Arbor
900 block of Greenwood Avenue, occurred from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Thursday. A laptop computer valued at $2,000 taken during house party.
1000 block […]

Ann Arbor resident and Arborblogger George H.’s SongBuddy website got a brief mention in today’s New York Times:
” … Alf Eaton, a life scientist in Paris, has written several programs to encourage people to create playlists (www.pmbrowser.info/hublog). He credits “MP3 bloggers” - aficionados who unearth MP3 links - and sites like Webjay and www.songbuddy.com with […]

Michigan native Michael Moore’s new film, “Fahrenheit 911″, will premier at the Cannes film festival this summer.

UMich-specific websites seem to be popping up left and right these days. I was just emailed about “Collegefaces.com,” an “online facebook” for U-M and Michigan State. “You can use the site to search for other members of your school via major, class, courses, interests, and social ties.” But don’t get too excited: the U-M alumni […]