A U-M researcher thinks that European Americans’ “blunt, say-it-like-it-is approach” in the business environment might be hurting U.S. corporations in multicultural business environments. He calls the belief that personal relationships and emotions are secondary to the job at hand in a work environment Protestant Relational Ideology, “an affliction related to the Protestant work ethic, characterized […]
If your email box is anything like mine, you may have recieved some strange emails with subject lines like “Re: Details,” “Re: Approved,” or “Re: Your application.” Delete these emails as their attachments have the W32/Sobig.f computer virus. For more information, see McAfee’s page on the virus.
Ann Arbor police have increased to $700 their reward for information about the graffiti found on the Hillel building on Hill Streeet after similar graffiti was found on the Memorial Christian Church on Tappan Street, and the St. Mary Student Parish on Thompson Street. While the Hillel graffiti included a swastika, the other buildings were […]
Oakhurst Dairy, a small Maine dairy, was sued earlier this summer by the Monsanto Corporation because they dared to put a label on their milk cartons reading: “No Artificial Growth Hormones.” According to Oakhurst, a trial date has been set for January 5, 2004, and they have won a small victory: the judge refused Monsanto’s […]
Honors Director and Prof. Stephen Darwall has been thinking about the honors program, which, he proposes really ought to be called the “Really Intrinsically Valuable Program” since the honors program should be more about being ‘worthy’ of honor, not simply receiving honor. He gives a number of examples of “what I think this program is […]
SUMMERTIME GIVING While the students are away, it’s common practice for the University to tidy up a bit, which unfortunately this summer included closing the student woodshop and firing all of the residence hall librarians. It’s also apparently time for many U-M administrators, and also students and staff to open up the checkbook and give […]
It seems the only thing holding back the U-M athletic department from a $100 Million orgy of new and upgraded facilities on the athletic campus is a lack of cash, and an unwillingness to go into serious debt like rival Ohio State University. The result? Teams and coaches are increasingly expected to fundraise and recruit […]