On The Slow Death of Student Journalism at Michigan Yes, part of the changing ideology of the editorial page of the Michigan Daily is an institutionalized and regular hostility towards student activists. I first wrote about this phenomenon on February 2 after reading editorial page editor Jason Pesick’s signed editorial announcing the beginning of his […]
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.