LSA Senior, activist extraordinaire, and my friend Jackie Bray turned 21 Monday and I promised I would post about it. Well, here it is, I’d link to scandalous photos and quotes, but they’re not forthcoming. Yes, this website has been reduced to a gossip sheet.
I’ve been told the Ann Arbor News printed the letter to the editor I wrote with Ben King about the YMCA site on October 7th last Sunday. If printing it nearly a month after I wrote it wasn’t enough, they leave off Ben’s name. I’d also link to a copy of the letter as it […]
“The burden is on you, the upper-middle class.” Whoa Ari, let’s not be too revolutionary. As a disclaimer, Ari’s something of a friend of mine, but hey, being biased is what I do. Here’s some more excerpts from his column this week in the Daily: “I have a confession to make. I have a soft […]
AFSCME 3800, which represents 1,800 clerical workers at the University of Minnesota, is on strike, that University’s first in over 40 years. Both sides seem preparing for a long battle: the Union is soliciting strike funds via Paypal on the web, and is making arrangements to help their members stay clothed, fed, and housed without […]
Thursday’s Greenbelt Discussion makes the Ann Arbor News “In Brief” section: “Greenbelt forum at U-M Thursday University of Michigan student groups are sponsoring a public forum on the Greenbelt proposal, urban sprawl and affordable housing in Ann Arbor from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the Michigan Union Ballroom. The speakers will be Ann Arbor […]
Break-ins: “900 block Northwood Street, 6:30 a.m. Monday. Door kicked in; box of checks, TV, laptop computer, digital camera and stereo player taken. Total value: $2,220. 800 block of East University Avenue, 11:35 a.m. Monday. Entry through unlocked door; a University of Michigan football ticket, money and a cell phone taken. Total value: $300.” And […]
The University loves to evoke the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) when asked about their internal discipline policies, or to make public any data remotely related to students. However, a 1998 FERPA amendment allows them to release data about disciplinary proceedings where students were found responsible for behavior “that would constitute a crime […]