The Daily Jolt phenomena comes to Michigan with the first truly robust web portal targeting students: umich.dailyjolt.com. Begun at Amherst and Brown, the websites feature an events listing, a forum, food reviews, a rideboard, and a number of other online services and amenities in one coherent package at a number of campuses around the country. […]
Are you going to an event you think I should add to my “events calendar,” or you think other Ann Arbor residents would also be interested in? Enter it on the events website upcoming.org, and it’ll be automatically listed on my page on the right hand side as the event date nears, and you can […]
I thought this was interesting: Presidential Contributions by Metro Area for Ann Arbor(2000 Election Cycle)* Candidate Name / Amount Bush, George W $314,025Bradley, Bill $59,625Gore, Al $30,400Bauer, Gary $14,695Hagelin, John S $8,645Buchanan, Pat $6,750Keyes, Alan L $6,635Larouche, Lyndon H Jr $5,550Quayle, Dan $3,325Nader, Ralph $2,300Alexander, Lamar $2,000Browne, Harry $1,800Dole, Elizabeth $1,000Forbes, Steve $500
“Forty members of the current U.S. Senate are millionaires; less than one percent of the American people are millionaires.” > From an article by Charles Lewis on Greg Palast’s blog that has something juicy on every current presidential candidate.
Although this column is a little old, I think it’s worth posting. (Thanks to AAIO’s vigilance.) Although I think the problem lies not with the Regents, but with Vice President for Student Affairs Royster Harper, who refused to bring the $1 fee to the Regents for consideration. ” … Until last April, students had an […]
“Why should pedestrians always be inconvenienced and never motorists?” An Ann Arbor News letter to the editor: (Via Brandon) “Pedestrian-activated light needed on road Ever since Teh Nannie Roshema Rolsan and Norhananim Zainol were killed crossing Plymouth Road in front of the Islamic Center, people have been writing letters addressing the issue of whether there […]
The Pierpont Commons McDonalds was held up the other day, but don’t worry: they caught the culprit: “Police catch robber after cash snatched A robber who snatched cash from a fast food restaurant on the University of Michigan’s North Campus on Wednesday was caught later that night, campus police reported. A man walked into the […]