Apparently Urban Planning graduate students are a feisty bunch. According to Murph, after University Party member and MSA’s Architecture and Urban Planning representative Tristan deBarros sent an email to all the urban planning students asking them to email all the student government representatives in support of a resolution that would seek to install a Taco […]
In a letter to the Borders Group CEO Gregory P. Josefowicz last year, a group of professors, activists, book publishers, and intellectuals criticized a new policy which, they alleged, would reduce the variety of books avaliable in their stores, and squeeze out books published by small companies: ” … Denied shelf space in a major […]
Here’s a nice photo essay about Portland, Oregon. It’s a bit simplistic, but gives you a good idea what people mean when they say “New Urbanism.” The link was sent to me by my friend Ben King, known on this website’s comments as “Ben.” He’s started a blog called “The Dread Pirate King.”
Attention GeeksThis website now has an RSS feed.
I’ve begun a books blog to replace my old “Books” section, which links to Amazon.com. This is a work in progress, but feel free to leave suggestions of books I should include in the comments.
Former MSA Vice-President and my friend Jim Secreto has returned to China (he spent last year teaching english and avoiding SARS) to work for an environmental NGO. This time, he’s set up a blog for friends and family: “chopsticks are fun” And although he’s since returned to Ann Arbor, former Daily editor and U-M grad […]
In a letter to the Daily, associate provost James Hilton responds to GEO’s threat to conduct a grade strike in response to cuts in benefits: “I am disturbed that any member of our instructional staff would talk about withholding grades from students. In fact, the withholding of grades or other services by members of GEO […]