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12.31.01
BOOK-BURNING UPDATE
NEW MEXICO PASTOR BURNS HARRY POTTER BOOKS, OTHERS IN
'HOLY FIRE', HUNDREDS PROTEST
CNN.COM: "Citing
witchcraft theme, New Mexico church burns Harry Potter
books"
LOCAL
PAPER: "HOLY BONFIRE CONSUMES AMID PROTEST"
- PAPER: WE
SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT TO BURN BOOKS
AP: NEW
MEXICO CHURCH PROTESTS POTTER
PASTOR
JACK BROCK'S EDITORIAL CONDMNING POTTER: "Harry Potter
Book teaches children about witchcraft"
IN BRITISH MEDIA:
Fundamentalists
burn Harry Potter
Brock, whose said his Christmas Eve
sermon was titled "The Baby Jesus or Harry
Potter?" described the book burning as part of an
effort to encourage Christians to remove everything from
their homes that prevents them from communicating with
God.
PASTOR'S
CHURCH
12.26.01
SUPRISE DAY-AFTER CHRISTMAS UPDATE
AA NEWS: "U-M
interim president seen as risk taker"
" ... White said he has met
with student leaders, including Matt Nolan and Jessica
Cash, leaders of the Michigan Student Assembly, an
experience he cites as the highlight since he was named
interim president.
"That meeting was a reminder to me about what I love
most about U-M," he said. "We have the
privilege of being surrounded all the time, every day by
talented young people." ... "
12.24.01 BLAINE HAS BEEN BUSY: "Local
group pushes for divestment in Israel"
AA
NEWS Q & A WITH MSA VP JESSICA CASH:
Q. What is the best thing about U-M
for a student?
A. The diversity of thought. With
schools and colleges that cover every imaginable area of
thought, and students from all over the globe, the
university is an amazing network for anyone to
experience.
TUITION UP 28% AT CMU
12.25.01 "CMU
tuition boost raises statewide concern: 28-percent
increase could lead to legislative lid"
KEILLOR
STAGED PART OF DECEMBER ANN ARBOR SHOW
BUDGET
TIGHTENING FORCES MSU TO CUT BACK ON JOURNAL
SUBSCRIPTIONS
STAY TUNED FOR MORE UPDATES DURING BREAK
12.20.01
SMOKING DOWN, ECSTASY WAY UP
UM Researchers:
- Rise
in ecstasy use among teens begins to slow
- Smoking
among teens declines sharply in 2001"
- SEE
ECSTASY CHART (PDF)
AA NEWS: "Supporters
seek Muslim's release"
"Foundation
denying any link to terrorism"
"A
biotech Christmas?: MSU searches for perfect tree"
-
SCIENTISTS GENETICALLY ENGINEER TREES TO LOOK FAKE
- I'M NOT KIDDING, READ THE ARTICLE
12.19.01
HADDAD ATTENDS INS HEARING
- TO
REMAIN DETAINED UNTIL JAN 2
- HADDAD NOT PRESENT AT HEARING, APPEARS VIA TV LINK
- MEDIA, MEMBERS OF REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS LEAGUE (BAMN)
PRESENT
- LYNN RIVERS' COMMENTS
- see
Haddad frontpage
TERRORISM
ISSUES BLOCK MUSLIM AID: Ann Arbor man is at center of
dispute
- Group wrongly associated with threatening flyers in
Kosovo?
"Supporters
call for release of Mulsim man detained by INS"
WHILE MI PRISONERS'
MUGS ARE ONLINE, DATA
ABOUT SUICIDES ARE NOT
SANTA
VIOLATES USA PATRIOT ACT!
BIN
LADEN RELEASES FEATURES-LADEN DVD
12.18.01
MUMIA'S
DEATH SENTANCE OVERTURNED
AA NEWS: "No
ties to terrorists, local Muslim leader's wife says"
FREEP: "Charity
is accused in terror; Muslim cofounder detained"
"Ruling
on girls sports gets mixed reactions"
(DETNEWS
STORIES)
ANOTHER TOP UM ADMINISTRATOR LEAVES
NO EXPLINATION FOR DEPARTURE, TO RECIEVE $1/2 MILLION PAY
WHILE ON 1 YEAR LEAVE
AA NEWS: "Omenn
to leave U-M healthcare position"
OFFICIAL
PRESS RELEASE
12.17.01
State
loses HS gender-equity lawsuit
COMMUNITY LEADERS
CALL FOR PRESS CONFERENCE IN RESPONSE TO HADDAD
DETAINMENT, QUESTIONING OF ARAB MEN
>> MORE INFO AT TARGETED MUSLIM ORGS FRONT
BRIAN
DICKERSON: Legislators bestow gift on abortion foes
AA NEWS: "Student
just glad to FBI interview is over"
"INS
holds Ann Arbor Muslim"
"Feds
hold Muslim on allegation'
12.16.01
FEDS SIEZE COMPUTERS IN MASSIVE WORLDWIDE WAREZ CRACKDOWN
- STUDENTS AT DUKE, MIT, UCLA TARGETED
- BOSTON
GLOBE: CYBER PIRATES FELL FOR FBI LURE
-
AP: "Feds
crack down on software piracy"
- "Feds
bust alleged $1 Bil software piracy scheme"
ANN
ARBOR MUSLIM LEADER RABIH HADDAD DETAINED BY INS
AP:
"Feds
raid two Muslim charity groups"
REUTERS: "US
moves to blockk assets of two more groups"
DEPARTMENT
OF TREASURY BLOCKS ASSETS OF TWO GROUPS
12.15.01
BUSH: Quit
drugs, fight terrorism
DOJ
MONITORING CABLE MODEMS UNDER NEW USA PATRIOT ACT RULES >> MORE IN SURVEILLANCE
12.14.01
FALL BREAK MAKES REGIONAL AP WIRE, NOLAN SINGLED OUT FOR
RECOGNITION (Avaliable
only on U-M networks)
HISTORY:
Photos of republicans watching results on November 7,
2000
MAINE'S
"WHITE-TRASH INDEX" DIPS SLIGHTLY, REMAINS HIGH
U-M
FRAT SUED IN 1999 HAZING
-Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter was closed after pledge was
shot in groin with BB gun.
YALE
TO END EARLY ADMISSION?
FREEP: "Two
partyers accused of sex with juveniles"
"ACLU
opposes attempt to silence Planned Parenthood"
- U-M ADMINISTRATORS SAY THEY'VE RECIEVED
"15-20" COMPLAINTS FROM NETPD . . .
- NETPD COMPLAINTS REFERED TO RESCOMP FOR
"EDUCATION"
- STORY DEVELOPING, SEE NETPD PAGE FOR BACKGROUND
DIVISION
IN THE 6th CIRCUIT?
NBC
TO LIFT LIQUOR AD BAN (TVINSIGHT
STORY)
"Wayne
State U at forefront of stem-cell research"
ANN ARBOR NEWS COVERAGE OF REGENTS MEETING:
"Panel
named for U-M president search"
"Ford
School site: State and Hill"
"U-M
regents approve October study break"
12.13.01
BOLLINGER
DEMANDED $2+ MILLION FROM U TO STAY
Free
Press: "Immigration violations won't be
ignored"
REGENTS MEETING (Daily
article online)
- Regents approve fall break
- Authorize
first step in construction in Ford School of public
policy- to be located in parking lot behind Law School
- Matt
Nolan appointed to Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Bush
invokes executive privlidge
-"This is not a monarchy."
Ann
Arbor - Terrorist Link?
FBI
ADMITS TO WORKING ON SPYING VIRUS
GUARDS
AT AREA 51 STRIKE
12.12.01
AMER ZAHR, OTHER UM
STUDENTS TO APPEAR ON ABC'S "POLITICALLY
INCORRECT"
- PI
Website
CRIME
ALERT - SECOND HOME INVASION THIS MONTH
NOLANS DREAM TO BECOME A REALITY?
Daily: "FALL
BREAK UP TO REGENTS"
Ann Arbor News: "U-M
STUDENTS REQUEST NEW FALL STUDY BREAK"
- MSA gives student fees to the administration so they
can do their job?
- I resign from MSA
"MSA
approves funding for later hours at CCRB"
FBI
TO CONFRONT FOREIGN STUDENTS WHO HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO
LETTER
12.11.01 PM
ROB'S
STATEMENT OF RESIGNATION FROM MSA
AA NEWS: "Jessica
Cash first met Lee Bollinger when she was a freshman . .
. "
NEW "NETPD
WATCH" PAGE
FAMILIES
OF 9-11 VICTIMS PROHIBITED FROM SUING, AWAIT COMPENSATION
12.11.01
ONLY IN AMERICA: SECURITY
GUARDS STRIKE AT AREA 51
CEASEFIRE
IN AFGHANISTAN?
TWO
"DAISY CUTTER" BOMBS DROPPED . . $27,000
BANG
EXAMS!!!! NEED A HUG? HOW ABOUT A
DISTRACTION? ADVICE?
- NOLAN TAKES CREDIT FOR FALL BREAK:
Ann Arbor News: "U-M
STUDENTS REQUEST NEW FALL STUDY BREAK"
OH, IRONY: "City's
cycling advisor gets ticket for cycling"
Arkansas
State U. student gives birth in dorm
The sides also share a radio
frequency. Sample exchange: Anti-Taliban soldier:
"This [shell] has your name on it, God
willing." Al-Qaida soldier: "Oh, was that for
me? I didn't notice. I was too busy here with your
wife." (READ)
12.10.01
TWO RECEPTIONS FOR BOLLINGER A TACTIC TO DIVERT OVERFLOW
CROWD?
- 3:00 - 3:30 ANDERSON
ROOM, UNION, OPEN TO ALL
Invitation
sent to all students)
-
4:15 CLEMENTS LIBRARY RSVP ONLY; RALPH WILLIAMS, MATT
NOLTAN, BECKY MCGOWAN, CHRIS KOLB, BOLLINGER
“Although
they can be fun, there is more to socializing than going
to parties and drinking and dancing”
12.9.01
FIRST
PUBLIC EVIDENCE OF BIN LADEN GUILT
GOLDMAN
WITHDRAWS LOGO PROPOSAL UNDER STUDENT PRESSURE
(GOLDMAN'S
180 DEG REVERSAL IN 11 HOURS)
MICHIGAN
STUDENT ASSEMBLY TO VOTE ON PROPOSAL REQUIRING STUDENT
GROUPS TO ADD 'MSA' LOGO TO FLYERS
SIMON'S EMAIL ABOUT
STUDENT GOVERNMENT RULE PROPOSAL
PROPOSED CHANGES: MSACode-BPCchanges.doc
(32KB)
IS OSAMA HIDING IN
CIA-HARDENED CAVES?
US
BOMBS TORA BORA CAVES
Criminal benefactor antithetical to U-M's values?
AA NEWS: 'TAUBMAN
U-M' will have to defend its reputation after conviction
12.8.01 PM
Snowe, Feinstein move to close CAFE loophole:
Portland Press Herald: "Senate
ought to adopt Snowe's CAFE plan"
REUTERS: "US
sees higher fuel economy for 2005 light trucks"
TESTIMORY
OF U.S. SENATOR SNOWE TO CLOSE THE SUV LOOPHOLE
BAR ASSOC'N PREZ SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ASHCROFT: "Bar
leader decries Ashcroft Proposals"
12.8.01
REPUBLICANS
TO ELIMINATE STRAIGHT-TICKET VOTING IN MI, END 110 YEAR
TRADITION FOR PARTISAN PURPOSES
--
FELDMAN
VIEWPOINT IN DAILY
MSNBC: "WE
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TYPING . . . AND SO DOES THE FBI" - SEE SURVELIENCE INDEX
DIVX BANNED: "Ban on
DIVX-Cracking code upheld"
"European
Union votes to ban spam"
"Euro
ministers agree on spam 'n' cookies"
If NJ's
online public sex offender registry is unconstitutional, why does Michigan have one?
12.7.01 PM
UPDATE
DAILY
EDITORIAL ON 'CARNIVORE' MISSES THE BIG
PICTURE:
FBI HAS PLAN TO DEFEAT 'PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY'
IN WAKE OF SEPT 11, FBI SEEKS GREATER WIRETAPPING ABILITY
AVALIABLE
ON GOODSPEED UPDATE NOVEMBER 26th . .
"Interior
Dept. Blacks Out Web Sites Following Court Order"
12.7.01
COMCAST
TO RAISE RATES FOR CABLE, INTERNET ACCESS
UM
announces new alcohol administrator
AFF ACTION ORAL ARGUMENTS IN FEDERAL COURT:
FREEP: Hundred
gather at site of hearing of U-M Aff Action cases
AP WIRE: Protesters March for
Affirmative Action
AP PHOTO:
Justin Wilson, Dustin Lee in 'altercation'
WLWT
CINCINNITI COVERAGE
WLWT
VIDEO OF MARCH AND RALLY
RUMBLINGS
BEGIN FOR 2002 ELECTIONS
12.6.01
Daily: "Warm
weather shatters records"
Brock Meeks: AOLCNNTIMEWARNER /
MICROSOFTCOMCAST SLUGFEST
BOLLINGER SPEAKS OUT: brags about his
fundraising, says life sciences, public policy critical,
faculty governance weak, U-M must reach out to alums,
worried Bush administration might crush aff. action
12.5.01
ACLU, 15 OTHER ORGS SUE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OVER 1,000 SECRET DETAINEES AP
STORY, ACLU WEBSITE WITH
BRIEF
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INTERVIEWS
OF FOREIGNERS 'GOING WELL'?
MI
COULD SWITCH TO VERTICAL LICENCES FOR MINORS
AFF ACTION TRIAL THURSDAY: (CHRONOLOGY)
DAILY, AANEWS, DETNEWS,
READ BAMN'S PLANS, THEN READ ABOUT BAMN
12.4.01
12-4-01
Crime Alert- Home Invasion
12-4-01
Crime Alert - Peeping Tom
IDENTITIES
OF 93 CHARGED BY ASHCROFT CONNECTED TO TERRORISM
PEEPING
TOM SPOTTED IN EAST QUAD - THIRD INCIDENT THIS YEAR
STUDENT
BUSTED FOR ONLINE STOCK SCAM: TO FACE ITD PUNISHMENT
EXCLUSIVE: MICHIGAN
UNION DIGITAL KIOSK BETA INTERFACE
URecord: Coordinator
for alcohol and drug abuse programs comes on board
Mike
Wallace coming to campus
UM
B-SCHOOL NOW SERVING 'FAIR TRADE' COFFEE
NYTIMES: ANTHRAX
TRACES IN MAIL
IS
IRAQ NEXT?
12.3.01
"SEGWAY": Miraculous scooter to revolutionize
transporation? TIME, NY TIMES
12.2.01
ANN ARBOR NEWS: "ACLU: Bill
defines terroist too loosely"
WPOST: BUSH TEAM
SEEKS BROADER SURVEILLANCE POWERS
READ HOW THEY'LL DO IT WITH
THE USA PATRIOT ACT
NEW: COMMENTARY SECTION IN FAR COLUMN>>>
MY WRITING IN ONE
PLACE: goodspeed.htm
MSA ELECTION FALLOUT:
MICHIGAN REVIEW:
"Breaking the Election Board: Selection 2001 :A
personal account"
Excite@Home folds
HYPE: What is
"it"?
STATE DEPARTMENT LIST
OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGS
12-1-01
NYTIMES:"ASHCROFT SEEKING TO
FREE F.B.I. TO SPY ON GROUPS"
AA NEWS: "ACLU
advises men on rights"
REGENTS CHOOSE SEARCH
FIRM TO HELP FIND NEW UM PRESIDENT:
"A.T.
Kearney Executive Search's professional fees are
one-third of the total first year's cash compensation for
the person hired plus expenses such as travel,
advertising and express mail. "
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