Continuing the long tradition of empires conflating military and political authority, the media is reporting (CNN) that Wesley Clark plans on entering the Democratic primary race for president. This from CNN: “Clark has been an increasingly outspoken critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. In August, he told CNN that the administration led the country […]
Yes, as you’ve probably seen by now, the old Famiglia Pizza location at the corner of William and State is currently being converted into a Jimmy John’s. When it opens, it will be the fourth in operation within a few blocks of central campus. Famous Famiglia’s website proudly boasts that their first Michigan restaurant opened […]
The Michigan Journalism Fellows (now Knight-Wallace fellows) are hosting an event tomorrow at Kerrytown from 9am until 1pm titled “The Food Page: The Press and Public Policy” to discuss a variety of health, food, and nutrition related issues. The lengthy list of speakers includes Lynne Rosetto Kasper, host of Minnesota Public Radio’s “The Splendid Table,” […]
“On Friday and Saturday nights, the area around campus is saturated with parties, some in fraternities, many in private apartment houses. Students eagerly seek out the parties, which are almost always fueled by alcohol, as a way to form new social relationships. But the campus tradition also leaves in its wake property trashed with party […]
This from the U-M athletic department’s PR machine “ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The fifth-ranked University of Michigan football team’s game against No. 15-ranked Notre Dame this Saturday (Sept. 13, 3:30 p.m. EDT) will mark the seventh time that ESPN’s College Football GameDay crew will be present at Michigan Stadium. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso […]
How can I forget to blog about those chalkings on the Diag?! Frankly, my dear, I don’t give the damn: it took me ten minutes of diligent searching to find some of the offending chalking to begin with, let alone work up a righteous anger about them.
A developer who wants to build 5,000 homes of sprawl north of Ann Arbor has filed a frivilous, “slap” lawsuit to try to intimidate the local planning board into approving his massive subdivision.> “Developer files damage suit” And the University is forcing their employees to “share” the cost of health insurance, something I thought was […]