A Crisis of “Cool”? The only other U-M student on Ann Arbor’s Cool Cities Task Force, Toronto native (and victim of a little online sniping) Eugene Chan, has resigned. Although I have my theories about why he might resign, I’ll let his letter of resignation speak for itself, which he has given me permission to […]
BAM-N Update A former member of the ostensibly pro-affirmative action group BAM-N has contacted me, the third or forth to do so since I launched noBAMN.com. This has reminded me exactly how important it is to reiterate the nature of this divisive organization. First, I should explain that I became interested in BAM-N because I […]
ArborBlogs has moved to its own domain name: arborblogs.com.
“File sharing is not a problem.” Fellow ArborBlogger George H has launched a website called SongBuddy. A cross between an MP3 site and Friendster, it lets you find legal MP3s online, build a list of music you like, and explore others’ tastes. The timing of SongBuddy couldn’t be better: it comes less than one week […]
The proposed changes to the U-M greek system (that I first posted about on January 4), including permanently moving rush to winter term, made it into the Detroit News today, in a story distributed by the Associated Press. (See my link to the Daily’s story about this) Here are the proposed changes, as reported by […]
CBS has censored the winner of MoveOn.org’s advertisement competition: it won’t appear during the Superbowl, even though MoveOn was able to raise enough money to pay.
The city of Ann Arbor is planning to conduct a comprehensive study of non-motorized transit in the city, with the goal of “friendlier streets for bicycles and pedestrians.” I’m excited about the study, and I’m glad they’re involving the public instead of hiring an expensive consulting firm: who better to give the city feedback than […]