“There’s something profoundly ethical about this generation.” I attended the University’s Honors Convocation on Sunday, and was struck by the speech given by the student speaker, LSA Senior Eric Shieh. I emailed Mr. Shieh, and he sent me the text of his speech and gave me permission to post it here. Eric ShiehMar. 13, 2004 […]
Today’s visit to campus by the Declare Yourself Tour was interesting, and featured free American Apparel clothing for people who registered to vote. American Apparel is a clothing company from LA that manufactures their clothing “Sweatshop Free.” This from the bio of the owner of the company: “Dov Charney’s socially responsible initiatives have included affordable […]
The other Daily editorial today was about a MSA ballot question which would create a new student fee to fund much-needed repairs at the University’s Trotter House, a student organization resource. The Daily, while advocating a new cultural center (which I support) oddly concludes that “If this stop-gap measure is passed, it would delay the […]
Former U-M student John Honkala has posted a copy of his history undergraduate thesis on his blog “First City”.
The Future of this Website Since I will be graduating in May, I’ve been asked by a few people what will happen to this website after I graduate. In truth, I’m not exactly sure, but the information posted here won’t go away anytime soon – it will always be avaliable archived online. However, as I […]
Here’s a link to an Ann Arbor News article I am quoted in from last week which I didn’t get around to posting: “Landlord certification sought”: “Members of the Michigan’s Student Assembly have asked Ann Arbor to start certifying landlords in order to steer students to good housing. Student Samantha Woll, a school of Literature, […]
Here’s a letter it today’s Daily about a vague story they printed last week: “To the Daily: Last week, the Daily published an article about some flyers that were posted around campus in the early hours of Thursday morning (‘U,’ DPS finish flyer investigation, 03/12/04). These flyers contained accusations of sexual harassment by a member […]