The events calendar (see right) has been updated … feel free to send more suggestions.
“It shows that the economics of the suburbs are out of phase with the original purpose of the suburbs,” said Robert Fishman, a professor of urban planning at the University of Michigan and the author of “Bourgeois Utopias” (Basic Books, 1989), a history of suburban growth. That purpose was to take women and children out […]
REUTERS: “U.S. Troops Shoot Dead Reuters Cameraman in Iraq” “BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. troops shot dead an award-winning Reuters cameraman while he was filming on Sunday near a U.S.-run prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. Eyewitnesses said soldiers on an American tank shot at Mazen Dana, 43, as he filmed outside Abu Ghraib prison in […]
Who’s to blame for the power outage? Greg Palast thinks it might have something to do with deregulation. Oddly, nobody in the media seemed to notice that the energy “markets” that Enron (failed at) manipulating didn’t exist before deregulation, either.
Although Matt Drudge’s website currently has a link titled “‘How to be Gay’ course draws fire at Michigan; Professor calls it a class on culture…”, the link doesn’t lead anywhere. Nonetheless, I thought it my duty as an American to snip this one at the bud. Some visitors to this website will remember the first […]
KACZYNSKI AT MICHIGAN Convicted mail-bomber and U-M grad Ted Kaczynski has filed a request asking the federal government turn over his belongings to the University’s Labadie Collection, which already holds over 6 linear feet of material related to him: “The papers include Kaczynski’s correspondence from over 400 people since his arrest in April 1996, some […]
The University has created this website with information about the impact of the blackout, saying on Saturday that: “The Central Power Plant has been providing limited cooling and electricity to our highest priority buildings since the regional power outage began.” The AAPD is offering $500 for information about “A large spray-painted swastika symbol, obscene phrases […]