According to friends, University of Michigan graduate Ellen Kolasky passed away late Friday due to a recently diagnosed illness. Ellen graduated from the university in 2005 and was heavily involved in the student organization Students for PIRGIM as well as the Residential College, where she was a student. Her family will be holding a memorial […]
Luxury Boxes at the Big House?
My father pointed me to this article in the New York Times from a couple weeks back (I found a free copy on a blog here, but with editorializing) about a controversy over a proposal to add luxury boxes to Michigan Stadium. The idea has been floated as a means to produce additional revenue for […]
links for 2006-04-16
Personal Democracy Forum, May 15 I have to make it to this conference.
Michigamua Publishes Names, Commits to Reforms
The Michigan Daily published yesterday the names of the 2006 and 2007 Michigamua classes, and reported that the organization would be abandoning their name. The list includes several members which will no doubt provoke some controversy: MSA President Nicole Stallings and LSA Student Government President Andrew Yahkind. Missing from the list was Michigan Daily Editor-In-Chief […]
links for 2006-04-12
“Noor Ali-Hasan: Analyzing the Social Patterns and Behaviors Associated with Blogrolls and Blog Comments” Interesting-sounding masters’ thesis. 3jam: New SMS Group Messaging An SMS listserv, designed for small groups. For larger applications, see TxtMob.com. This is big because it eliminates the one-to-one limitation to texting. Edward Vielmetti: ‘Cities shaped by software’ Check out the link […]
Riding Scandal To November: Is It Possible?
With people like Robert Greenwald, perhaps. His company, Brave New Films, has teamed up with filmmakers Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck to make a feature-length documentary about Tom Delay which will premier in May 5th in Houston, Texas. According to the film website, The Big Buy: Tom Delay’s Stolen Congress will document Tom Delay’s role […]
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DC Pillow Fight — Takin’ it to the IRS Organizers plan a Pillow Fight at the IRS on the 17th SGA holds event to plan ‘college town’ University of Maryland student government tries their hand in urban planning, trying to build an urban environment in College Park.