U-M Alumni Friendster The U-M Alumni Association has purchased software developed by Stanford Alumni and plans to launch a Friendster-like service targeting only U-M alumni sometime this spring. Here’s what Stanford had to say about the software, called “Affinity engines,” on their “customers” page which includes the University of Michigan: Stanford University “Affinity Engines helped […]
This website was featured in the April 2004 Ann Arbor Observer in a short “guide” to local weblogs published on pages 14 and 15. Read more about the coverage on Arborblogs, Airbeagle (and co-author Brandhast), srah blah blah, and commonmonkeyflower. Meanwhile, Hillary’s The Bunker, and Steve’s Seat of the Revolution resent being characterized as Ann […]
“There’s a new University of Michigan team on campus. It held tryouts, signed on the three top players, has a roster of coaches, and practices weekly. But it will be brains – not brawn – that determine if this team is a winner. The team is called The Mighty Hackers and it left Saturday for […]
Here’s some more on the Thompson street home invasion: “A University of Michigan student said she screamed and fought in fear as an intruder ripped at her clothing after climbing through a window in her Ann Arbor apartment early one morning last week. She later learned he is suspected in a series of similar incidents […]
“We Are Living in a Different Time”Without, apparently, a constitutional right to freedom of assembly: “GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — When opposition to the war in Iraq began to mount last year, city police sent undercover officers to anti-war meetings and rallies, collecting intelligence about the aims of activists, the department’s chief confirmed. … The […]
Students for PIRGIM is sponsoring an event on sprawl this Tuesday at 7:30 PM, featuring Mayor John Hieftje, City Council Member Jean Carlberg, History Professor Matt Lassiter, Law Professor Rick Hills, and director of the Michigan Environmental Council & Chair of Ann Arbor’s Cool Cities Task Force Conan Smith. Here’s the event on Upcoming.org.
“STUDENT VOICES IN ACTION: UNITE TO FIGHT ***RESPONSE FROM MARY SUE AND ROYSTER!!!*** We delivered our demands and now we’re getting a response! COME put pressure on the administration and demand REAL responses and ACTION!!! MONDAY, March 29that the TROTTER House12 NOON Please meet in front of the UNION at 11:00AM to March to Trotter! […]