Coming after what was for most students a weekend of partying, President Mary Sue Coleman has sent a campus-wide email that includes both of the phrases “intellectual vigor” and “intellectual vibrancy.” She also includes a thanks to the U staff for their work during the power outage: “We do not often have occasion to be […]
In today’s news: > The Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at UC Santa Cruz Prof. John Visecky writes a letter to the editor in the Daily lauding U-M engineering professor Hyland, who was accused of perpetrating intellectual fraud in an article in the Daily this summer. The letter neatly sidesteps the issues raised […]
The Terminator’s Logic “Earlier in the day, Mr. Schwarzenegger made an appearance at the California State Fair and Exposition near Sacramento, where he also lauded the accomplishments of California’s workers, but insisted he would not accept money from their unions. “I will never take money from the special interests, from Indian gaming, from unions or […]
Jesse Jackson was arrested today for blocking traffic with 30 others at a Labor Day protest at Yale University, telling the media:“This is the site of national Labor Day outrage. This is going to be for economic justice what Selma was for the right to vote.”
The New York Times features several U-M students in an article today about college students and sleep deprivation:“Lack of Sleep takes its toll on student psyches” Like many college students, Jenny Waller, 21, is something of a night owl. In her first weeks at the University of Michigan a few years ago, Miss Waller rarely […]
“… Neocons envision a world in which the United States is the unchallenged superpower, immune to threats. They believe that the US has a responsibility to act as a “benevolent global hegemon.” In this capacity, the US would maintain an empire of sorts by helping to create democratic, economically liberal governments in place of “failed […]
Part 2 of Inside the Daily has been posted: “Shortly after the incident above, which occurred on September 25, 2002, a strange man walked into the Michigan Daily newsroom. Excited, he said that he had been a former writer for the Daily, and was now employed by the University. He wanted to speak to the […]