The Michigan State Senate has passed a bill that would increase the maximum punishment for a MIP offense to jail time: “Senate votes to include jail time for underaged drinking.” For the bill to become law the state house must also vote on it, and pass it on to Granholm for her signature.
“As a former manager and clerk at the downtown Borders, I am in a good position to provide some of the perspective Craig Matteson’s letter, Editorial unfounded, Borders employees should not strike (11/11/03), finds lacking in the Daily’s editorial, Borders patrol (11/06/03). Although he doesn’t specify which of the union’s actions remind him of “the […]
It seems farmers are rather pleased that Ann Arbor approved the greenbelt proposal: “… The greenbelt program, approved 2 to 1 this month by Ann Arbor voters, has been all the talk among many in the farming community. Barry Lonik, a land preservation consultant who assisted in forming the proposal, said he’s been in contact […]
I’ve been asked to post this by chair of the U-M College Libertarians Dan Sheill. The Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Nolan will speak on campus in one week one Wednesday, November 19 at 9:00 PM in Room D of the Michigan League.
Is it just me, or does this seem worthy of more than one paragraph in the “In Brief” section? “U-M’s Ginsburg wins heart research prize The American Heart Association has awarded one of its highest accolades, the Basic Research Prize, to David Ginsburg, University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute researcher and internal medicine and genetics […]
Student Ghetto Break-ins seem to have slowed lately, but not quite gone away: “1000 block of Oakland Avenue, 11:48 p.m. Tuesday. Entry gained through unlocked door; a laptop computer, web camera and digital camera taken. Total $2,550.”
Textamerica.com is hosting something called the “Borders Readers United Mobile Blog” where users can send in photos related to the Borders’ employees strike from their digital camera. This could get interesting.