What’s going on? It’s a busy time of year, to say the least. Local and Campus News – Stephanie Ridella, a 19-year old resident of South Quad from Troy, Michigan is missing. AANews: “Missing U-M student raises fears” – The City of Ann Arbor has announced they’ll install a median and “eventually” a traffic light […]
Michigan Student Assembly Update – MSA is holding what they’re calling an “unprecedented mass meeting” tonight at 7:00 PM in MSA chambers. – Laban King, a black member of the Michigan Student Assembly, has resigned – saying it’s not the place for minorities: (Daily: “MSA rep resigns, says assembly not place for minorities”) – My […]
Personal Notes This website has been selected by the editors of the Michigan Daily as “Best Blog” in Ann Arbor. See Daily: “GoodspeedUpdate a useful tool for ‘U’ community” Overall, I thought it was a very good article, except for the last paragraph which seems as if it were added by an editor: “The future […]
It seems as if all the activism of the Michigan Student Assembly and Student Voices in Action about Trotter House has been at least somewhat effective; I think this should be counted as a definitive step in the right direction: “Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:31 PM -0400From: OVPSA OVPSA at umich.eduSubject: Trotter House and […]
So you want to file a FOIA? If you are looking to get access to administration memo, minutes, and budget information, and asking nicely isn’t working, you can file a claim with the University’s Freedom of Information Office. These claims are known colloquially in the journalism business as a FOIA (short for Freedom of Information […]
At last night’s MSA meeting, members balked at appointing former MSA Rep. Teri Russiello to the executive board position of Treasurer because it they thought her nomination was too “political.” There’s a number of ironies at work: first, the Daily seems very mystified by this development. (In addition to misspelling her name) Although they open […]
Bush, tonight on TV: From prepared remarks: “In the south of Iraq, coalition forces face riots and attacks that are being incited by a radical cleric named al-Sadr. He has assembled some of his supporters into an illegal militia and publicly supported the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. … The violence we have seen is […]