Daily columnist Johanna Hanink focuses on recent events in her column today: ” “Wasted again? ‘U’ students find alcohol ads offensive” (10/03/03) reported on the placard-advertisements that have lately been gracing the residence-hall dining tables. One of these ads reads, “Wasted again? It doesn’t take a lot of brains or therapy to figure out why […]
Detroit Mayor Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick wants to convert the abandoned Michigan Central Depot into a new headquarters for the Detroit Police Department, according to the Associated Press. While I think many people would like to see the structure preserved, I can only assume a complete restoration would cost a fantastic sum. “Neither Hagood nor Moroun […]
“Homeland” Security … in Ann Arbor? “The Ann Arbor Police Department was one of seven law enforcement agencies in southeastern Michigan to receive a Justice Department grant for overtime services related to homeland security. The police department was awarded $92,867 under the terms of the Homeland Security Overtime Program, part of the Justice Department’s Community […]
Once in a while, somebody at the New York Times shows a little spine, but it’s usually only after everybody else is doing the same … “‘Slime and Defend’By PAUL KRUGMAN On July 14, Robert Novak published the now-famous column in which he identified Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, as a […]
LSA Honors to Revise Admissions Criteria The Daily shines a bright light on a huge black mark at the University: the enormous bias towards wealthy white students in admissions to the “honors” program, something that engendered a lively debate when I posted posted about it in July. In short, the honors program until recently used […]
The Downtown Development Authority, the private entity that runs the parking structures and pays for downtown improvements without democratic control or oversight has voted 7-1 to support the mayor’s greenbelt proposal. Also, this from the Ann Arbor News police beat: “A taxi driver said he was pulled from his cab early today and assaulted by […]
The community organization working in solidarity with Border’s employees trying to create a union, Borders Readers United, has started a blog.