The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has arrested 245 suspected illegal immigrants in 21 states employed as cleaners at Walmart in something the federal government is calling “Operation Rollback.” The Associated Press has reported that investigators have found evidence Walmart knowingly employed the illegal immigrants. What I found interesting was the list of countries where […]
“Bruce Madej chuckles at the suggestion that his “publicity machine” at the University of Michigan won the Heisman Trophy for Charles Woodson in 1997. “Heisman budget,” said Madej, Michigan’s sports information director. “What budget? We didn’t spend anything.” Nor did his department have to. The Heisman formula was working for Woodson. “The player with the […]
“A strike continues to be imminent,” says UFCW Local 876, the union which represents the employees of Ann Arbor’s downtown Borders. The union announced today on their blog that Borders Inc. has agreed to settle charges of unfair labor practices filed under the National Labor Relations Board. According to the union, the charges include: “- […]
Members of the Michigan Student Assembly and the Residence Hall Association clashed yesterday about revising the access guidelines to the Residence Halls, so that anyone with an M-Card could access the dorms between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM. Lest we forget: until February 2002, the Residence Halls were open to anybody 8-5. Brimming under the […]
The Ann Arbor News continues their greenbelt coverage today: > “Would greenbelt be a draw or a deterrent?”> “Candidates nearly split on greenbelt issue”
The Michigan Student Assembly is once again providing cheap transportation to the Detroit Metro airport for Thanksgiving. MSA Airbus is offering ten trips on November 25 and 26 to the airport, and frequent return trips on Sunday, November 30. Tickets, available at the Michigan Union Ticket Office, are $8 for one-way and $13 round-trip with […]
Have you heard anything about electronic voting? No, I don’t mean a scantron machine that verifies your paper ballot before you leave the voting precinct (Used in Ann Arbor and just about everywhere else rich people live) – I mean a machine that records your vote electronically, keeps no record, and registered negative 16,022 votes […]