I just added this year’s “Academic Freedom Lecture” to the calendar. The lecture is held each year to honor three U-M professors who told McCarthy to take a hike, causing two to be fired by the University. This year’s speaker is David Cole, a professor of law at Georgetown, and he will be speaking on […]
It seems the Borders employees who are seeking to get a union at that bookstore’s flagship downtown Ann Arbor store are trying to ratchet up the pressure. Organizers have started an online petition to complement the more than 4,000 they have already collected, and political students are holding a show of support this Saturday: ” […]
Michigan Democrats are planning a Democratic presidential debate in Detroit’s Fox Theatre on October 26, which will be broadcast as a 90-minute program on Fox News. Also, the Michigan state quarter will feature an outline of the state – and not a Model T. The quarter will be released next year.
The Ann Arbor Police are hoping somebody will provide them information about the suspicious fire that destroyed the former Technology Center, a large building a couple blocks west of Main Street formerly home to a variety of artist studios, practice spaces, and warehouse units. Purchased by the YMCA for their new building, the Technology Center […]
A 70-year-old probate judge died at last weekend’s Indiana-Michigan football game, apparently of a heart attack. It’s also time for … Student Ghetto Break-ins: “800 block of Tappan Street, 1:27 p.m. Sunday. Entry through unlocked back door; two purses with cash and keys taken. 1300 block of Wilmot Street, 11:52 p.m. Saturday. Screen removed from […]
Michigan Review Assistant Editor Matt Mulder has started what he describes as “Michigan’s Only Men’s Magazine,” a Michigan-oriented online magazine for men. The inaugural issue is already online, and features a review of Outkast’s latest CD, a piece complaining about the athletic department’s student ticketing policies, and a sex advice column (“What’s the big deal […]
Would you like to live in the Corner House Lofts now under construction on State Street? The 2 and 3-bedroom apartments, featuring 9-foot ceilings, central air conditioning, and on-site laundry will be avaliable from CMB management, although their website omits to say when the building will be completed, or what the rent will be. They […]