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 […]
links for 2006-04-11
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.
‘The Kos Approach’
University of Maryland professor Peter Levine has some interesting things to say about the liberal blogosphere in response to bloggers Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zúniga’s new book, Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics: I should also note that 2006 is the perfect year for the Kos approach. The main […]
Who Was F.W. Thomas?
I meant to post about this earlier, but was tied up in the Archives. My roommate and the DCeiver (Jason Linkins) will be reading from his new work The Taking of the Orange Line 1-2-3 with some local theater folks. See you there! THE FW THOMAS PERFORMANCES Greetings Journalist/Listings Editor/Blogger/Citizen: Thank you for your attention. […]
Name Michigan’s Premier Secret Society!
That’s right folks, you’ve got the chance to name a secret society! According to my sources, the premier University of Michigan secret senior honor society has recently voted to abandon the name Michigamua. The change is apparently in an attempt to convince the community they have “changed” and to distance themselves from a 90+ year […]