As if the next few weeks weren’t busy enough for you: former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will once again be coming to campus to talk, this time at 4:30 on Wednesday, March 10. The subject seems provocative, and I’ll be interested to hear what she has to say about Bush’s Iraq war, as she […]
MSA Candidate Matt Hollerbach is emerging as the most web-saavy candidate this election, launching not only a new blog, but also a detailed campaign website in the last few days.
A few Thoughts on BAM-N At the University of Michigan, an unpopular and sectarian political organization that has co-opted affirmative action activism almost entirely, apparently will the full knowledge and tacit cooperation of the administration. The campus, like the main character in Memento, seems to suffer from a profound amnesia – stubbornly unable to hold […]
Articles of note: > AANews: “Minority dropouts ‘a crisis’”> AANews: “U-M hikes football ticket fees”> AP: “Ticket prices to increase with Michigan beginning personal seat licensing”
My friend and Michigan House Cooperative House resident Yochi Zakai has been having what he terms “neighbor problems.” This is the latest installment which involves the notoriously anal “historic fourth ward” neighborhood association’s low-grade war of annoyance on the many students who also share their neighborhood. It also involves a graduate student who, upon purchasing […]
Welcome Back What do you need to know? > The Weather Underground, a documentary about the violent Students for a Democratic Society splinter group of the same name, is showing at the Michigan Theater this week: 9:00 PM on Monday and at 7:00 and 9:00 PM on Tuesday. > The opening of this year’s exhibition […]
Ann Arbor is overrated has recently posted a comment about an article in the Business Direct Weekly where it was reported the South University Merchants Association has applied for the city to change the zoning for the area to increase density in order to achieve “greater diversity along the street.” I support the move to […]