According to a letter to the editor that has been written to the Daily, student volunteers with the U-M Dance Marathon organization have been gift-wrapping merchandise at a local store as part of their efforts to raise money for pediatric rehabilitation programs. One problem: that store is Borders, whose employees have been on strike since […]
Yes, those LCD projectors keep vanishing from the classrooms of local colleges and universities – at the rate of 25 since last March. Although none of the local media reports the total stolen since they first began to be installed in the 1990s, I wouldn’t be suprised if the total losses were rather high, hence […]
This is in addiiton to the U-Club’s annual holiday buffet, this year running from December 17-19. “Need Brain Food? or Just a Break? FINALS SURVIVAL BREAKFAST (all you can eat!) Sunday, Dec. 14 10pm-1amMichigan Union’s U-ClubSpecial guest servers..can you guess who they will be?Contests, giveaways and more! Eggs, pancakes, hashbrowns and more!only $3.00 per person […]
Washtenaw County Government is holding a series of workshops to help create a plan for the county. Their next meeting is Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7PM at Washtenaw Community College: “The public is encouraged to attend the following free workshops to help shape a comprehensive plan for Washtenaw County’s future. Topics of discussion will include open […]
Apparently, the XCitySucks.com genre extends beyond Ann Arbor: a suite of critical websites about Seattle motivated the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to write a story about the online dissident culture, “Seattle-bashing takes hold in cyberspace,” concluding: “Brewster, though, perceives the anti-Seattle sentiment as a self-effacing brand of civic pride. He doesn’t see the Seattle-slamming Web sites as […]
Michigan IMC has posted a story about Moment, a progressive magazine whose second copy had a run of 4,000. Although I like what they’re doing, their website could use some help.
Wondering about that strange sculpture between the Art Museum and Angel Hall? It’s a sculpture by British artist Barbara Hepworth, part of a corresponding exhibit in the U-M Art Museum.