Author: Rob

The commencement speaker at Ave Maria Law school, a tiny, extremely conservative law school started in Ann Arbor by Domino’s pizza mogul Tom Monaghan will be U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Meanwhile, we at the University of Michigan will hear from the founder of Automotive Magazine, David E. Davis. “ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — […]

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Mark your calendars Free Cone Day is coming up at the newly re-opened Ben and Jerry’s on State Street on Tuesday, April 27th and will feature an opportunity to register to vote. > Upcoming.org> B&J State Street Website

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Michigan Daily editorial page editor Jason Z. Pesick has a lovely little column in today’s Daily you might have heard about. In it, he writes about how glad he is that a “incestuous crew of campus activists,” is “finally” graduating. It’s enigmatically titled, “End of the vulcans” – I’m not sure what he means by […]

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What’s going on? It’s a busy time of year, to say the least. Local and Campus News – Stephanie Ridella, a 19-year old resident of South Quad from Troy, Michigan is missing. AANews: “Missing U-M student raises fears” – The City of Ann Arbor has announced they’ll install a median and “eventually” a traffic light […]

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Michigan Student Assembly Update – MSA is holding what they’re calling an “unprecedented mass meeting” tonight at 7:00 PM in MSA chambers. – Laban King, a black member of the Michigan Student Assembly, has resigned – saying it’s not the place for minorities: (Daily: “MSA rep resigns, says assembly not place for minorities”) – My […]

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Personal Notes This website has been selected by the editors of the Michigan Daily as “Best Blog” in Ann Arbor. See Daily: “GoodspeedUpdate a useful tool for ‘U’ community” Overall, I thought it was a very good article, except for the last paragraph which seems as if it were added by an editor: “The future […]

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It seems as if all the activism of the Michigan Student Assembly and Student Voices in Action about Trotter House has been at least somewhat effective; I think this should be counted as a definitive step in the right direction: “Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:31 PM -0400From: OVPSA OVPSA at umich.eduSubject: Trotter House and […]

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