President Bush wants to establish a permanent moon colony, and perhaps send people to Mars. I wonder if the colony will recycle their waste, and be designed according to sound new urbanist principals? Does this new rocket he is talking about mean re-starting the U.S.’s nuclear rocket program? Will the economic development of the moon […]
The new director of housing will be one of these people: “The Director of Housing-Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Search Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that four candidate finalists have been invited to on-campus interviews and will be making public presentations January 26-January 29, 2004, from 2:00-3:00pm in the Michigan Union. The schedule […]
U-M planning student and fellow blogger Murph was pleasantly surprised by what he found at a local Washtenaw County Planning meeting targeting professionals: there appears to be a professional consensus that well-built, vibrant urban neighborhoods are desired in the area: ” … The third major theme, and here’s where it gets interesting, was advocacy. In […]
U-M Law alumni David Boyle has written a ballot initiative which would prohibit the use of alumni preferences in the state’s public educational institutions – if he can get the over 300,000 signatures needed to put it on the ballot. T.J. Wharry, a frequent commenter on this website, has asked that I link to a […]
It’s budget cuts season! Last time, that meant the closing of the Residential Hall libraries (remember those?), the closing of the woodshop, the elimination of the Major Events Office, among many other cuts. Something tells me this round might be similar in its scope and impact on students. Here’s an idea: why doesn’t Mary Sue […]
From the Ann Arbor News’ police beat: “Prowler reported at 2 Ann Arbor homes Two women in the same neighborhood noticed a man peering into their windows early Monday, Ann Arbor Police reported. A 28-year-old woman said she was working at her computer at 8 a.m. in her home in the 800 block of East […]
“Cool Cities” Update Today, the Daily writes a story about the Michigan Cool Cities survey website that Governor Granholm will be emailing every college student about tomorrow. Here in Ann Arbor, the mayor’s Cool Cities Task Force is planning to print postcards soliciting advice about how to improve Ann Arbor to distribute around town, and […]