If you have a Comcast cable modem and use a lot of bandwidth, you might surpised to find out the “unlimited” service isn’t actually – Comcast has recently begun sending letters to heavy users telling them to cut their use or face termination. The only problem? The limit is secret. “SAN JOSE, Calif. – By […]
Leading the charge to keep the AATA’s The Link service alive: the city’s elderly citizens: … “The parking’s so terrible, I drive back to Birmingham and do my clothes shopping,” said Thomas, 64. That’s about to change. Thomas was one of nine members of the Viva Club, a social group of active people over 50, […]
The Michigan Daily’s “jeopardy” or annual joke edition was today, the last day the old editors are involved before handing the operations off to a new set of editors. The tradition grew out of the practice of graduating seniors slipping small jokes into an otherwise normal paper, and has now grown into an entire paper […]
The word on the street: Prof. Matthew Lassiter was wearing a Howard Dean button in class today.
“… Let’s stop the hysteria and honestly ask ourselves what is sprawl? “Sprawl” is the unfortunate pejorative title government planners give to economic development that takes place in areas they can’t control. In reality, “sprawl” is new houses, new school buildings, new plants, and new office and retail facilities. “Sprawl” is new jobs, new hope […]
A Letter From the Editor A few months ago, a friend of mine was telling me that although they liked my website, they rarely posted comments because of the “machismo.” I was troubled – they were an involved, political, well-informed person, and I certainly wanted them to feel they could participate. Part of my goal […]
The Greeks Fight Back Things are certainly heating up when it comes to the University’s administration’s dealings with undergraduates. The Greek community, upset by a plan concocted with little or no input from them which would institute a number of changes including delaying fall rush, making houses substance-free, and requiring live-in advisors, has organized a […]