Author: Rob

Part of their ongoing campaign against the city council resolution about the U.S. Patriot act, the Ann Arbor news today ran a story where they seem shocked a member of John Ashcroft’s justice department might not like the resolution, at the same time not quoting any comments by the president of the ACLU of Michigan, […]

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Plans for a new building for the Ford School of Public Policy (to be located between the Law Quad and Hill Street) will be unveiled at today’s Regents’ meeting.

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According to the Times of London, the FBI is concerned about the safety of Ford president Bill Ford, Jr. after he purchased a $600,000+ plot of land outside Ann Arbor to build a house. Ford’s future estate is near where five homes under construction were destroyed by the Earth Liberation Front.> Times (UK): “Environmental terror […]

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It turns out former U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney was ousted from office largely for something she didn’t say: see “The Screwing of Cynthia McKinney”. However, she recently announced she will be running again for the U.S. House.

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The New York Times reviews the end-of-term possibilities at the U.S. Supreme Court in an article today – “10 Decisions remain this term”:“If the recent past is any guide, the justices are planning no more than two more decision days: Monday and Thursday next week. That presents the distinct possibility that landmark rulings on affirmative […]

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University officials are hoping a flu vaccine sprayed in the nose developed by U-M researchers may mean up to $100 million in revenue for the University.>NYTimes: “F.D.A. Backs flu vaccine given by mist, not a needle”>AANEWS: “Windfall coming for U-M FluMist?”>U-M PR: FDA approves nasal spray flu vaccine invented at U-M”

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Another victim of the budget cuts has been announced: the University Unions Major Events Office. See AANews: “U-M drops major concerts office after 28 years”

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