I was recently reminded about something I have been meaning to post. I heard from a source at the Residential College at the beginning of the month that there was some discussion at a meeting about closing the only two remaining Residence Hall Libraries: the Bursley Library, and the East Quad’s Benzinger Library. As a […]
A Kinder, Gentler Police State Well, the police say everything is O.K., that’s certainly worth putting in a headline! Although “Despite tensions, police praise student relations” contains plenty of warm-and-fuzzy quotes, it does include something a bit more newsworthy than Sargent Hicks’ failed olympic career: “… An LSA junior said two police officers outside of […]
Ari Paul ratchets it up a notch, if such a thing were possible, in his column “U.S.A. uber allies,” in which he draws connections between the American right and the Nazi ideology of National Socialism. In it he skewers George W. Bush’s grandfather’s well documented connections to the Nazi government, and comments on the more […]
“The Weather Underground,” a documentary about a group of radical students from Ann Arbor affiliated with Students for a Democratic Society is showing at the Michigan Theater for two more days: Wednesday and Thursday, at 7:15 and 9:30 each day.
An ambitious freshman, engineering student Daniel Feldman, has started a for-profit advertising website for organizations seeking to advertise their events to students. He calls his website, MChalk.com, the “world’s first online sidewalk.” I wonder if his claim the website receives “thousands” of visits a day is a bit of a stretch, and I also wonder […]
$400,000 for Sprawl?A Call to Action: Urbanism Needs Your Help Yes, the mayor might be a little confused about the greenbelt issue, but I think it’s a good idea, and after the vote passes, we can focus on convincing city officials to approve development downtown. (God forbid Ann Arbor become as urbane and pleasant as […]
Editorializing in the Headline? Not above the Ann Arbor News! Last time I checked, “clogged” was something of a subjective observation. Luckily they find some sober-minded people to interview in today’s story “U-M’s building boom starts to clog skyline”. […] “In 2000, developer Howard Frehsee proposed a one-story development on the site of the former […]