Although the headline reads “Assembly plans vigil on Sept. 11, voter drive,” the Daily’s story about last night’s MSA meeting doesn’t discuss anything about their plans for 9/11, which generated some controversy last year. The Daily also finally reports on the closing of the Residence Hall Libraries, which will be “transformed” into something called “Community […]
I’ve recieved this feedback anonymously from a “Miles Mayhem”. I’ll present it here without further comment, as I think it speaks volumes to the maturity and intelligence of the editors of the Michigan Daily: “I hope Rob remembers to mention the incredible amount of crying he did when he blubbered to MDesk with tears streaming […]
This week’s University Record is reporting that students have organized a vigil for 8 p.m. on September 11, “with music and remarks.” The newspaper also reports the quiet elimination of the underutilized Night Owl bus, which had suffered a lack of riders since a route change a few years ago. Part of the Night Owl’s […]
“… All of that may be true, but I had one unassailable piece of evidence on my side: a student of university history, I knew the daily, while mediocre for much of its history, had had moments of greatness – especially in the 1960s, 1970s, and even up until the late 1980s – and I […]
Yet another reason to buy your coffee, preferably fair trade, at one of Ann Arbor’s locally-owned, independent coffee shops rather than Starbuck’s: they contract with the notoriously anti-worker and anti-union laundry company Cintas. Read about it on GEO’s newly-redesigned website here.
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 […]