Detroit has landed its very own Hard Rock Cafe, located in the new Compuware building now under construction. Here’s the company’s press release announcing it.
A friend of Jessica Smith, the U-M student who was murdered last weekend, has told me the viewing for Jessica will be held on Thursday 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 9pm at McCade Funeral Home in Canton (851 N. Canton Center Rd.), and the funenral will be held Friday at 11am at St. Thomas […]
The Daily finally posted something: an Associated Press story about the killing.
A reader alerted me to the death of a 23-year old U-M student apparently murdered by a 47-year old Belleville man who then committed suicide. He wrote: “What surprises me is that the Daily hasn’t done any web updates (since it is a pretty big story concerning a student) nor has the University sent out […]
I’m in the process of updating this website to reflect the “end” of Gulf War II, as well as making a number of overdue corrections. Spot anything that needs fixing? Let me know: rob(at)goodspeedupdate.com.
In their Thursday meeting, the Regents approved a 5% increase in residence halls rates, and the News observes U-M has the second-highest on-campus housing costs in the big ten (behind Northwestern). The Regents also approved money to renovate campus rec buildings. The New York ACLU is working with state lawmakers to pass a law protecting […]
FRIDAY SMORGASBORD The Dearborn teen who was sent home for wearing an anti-bush t-shirt will be honored by the ACLU of Michigan at their annual meeting in November by John Tinker of Tinker v. Des Moines. And, MSU President McPherson will help “rebuild” Iraq. Inside Saddam’s head: “What does this painting tell us?”, BBC: Saddam’s […]