The Detroit Free Press is set to report tomorrow that the Earth Liberation Front has claimed responsibility on their website for two of four fires of luxury homes under construction near Ann Arbor in the past year. (See A.A. News March 22: “Police probe house fires for link to eco-terrorists”.
I recently discovered three new Michigan blogs. Jason Mironov, the Student General Counsel of MSA has launched The voteJason.com Blogger. Also, the MBA Wire is the blog of a somewhat neurotic future UMBS student who chronicled the business school admissions process on his website. Another recently admitted student at the U-M business school has started […]
Since I posted it, 195 people have downloaded the 2002 U-M earnings spreadsheet.
Yes, even the Review has (some) dissent: Matt Mulder breaks from the rest in the Review blog, calling the argument that affirmative action helped Jayson Blair lie “inadvertently racist.” He concludes: “Blair is corrupt, he is a liar, and he should have never been hired in the first place. But that, to be clear, is […]
What a suprise – one of wealthiest towns in metro Detroit – and the nation – has a high school with the best advanced placement program in the country. Bloomfield Hills’ International Academy High School tops Newsweek’s list of public high schools with the highest ratio of IB/AP test takers to the entire senior class […]
In the Ann Arbor News story “Downtown on foot can be tough going,” a private consulting firm brainstormed how to make towntown more pedestrian-friendly. Unfortunately, some of their proposals would make the ‘downtown’ area quite boring – and would probubly solve the traffic problem by keeping people away. Here’s the proposals:“Others proposals included better enforcement […]
Some local news outlets finally picked up on some old news:> CH4: ““U-M students’ junk nets over 25,000 pounds> DetNews: “Budget cuts squeze U-M” Also, fed up with a highway-happy legislature, local leaders have created the Detroit Area Regional Transportation Agency (DARTA) without the legislature’s approval. Maybe this will lead to a world-class regional light […]