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Keeping Tabs—Locals To Watch In 2015: Donna Lasinski & Pat Manley
The A2 Indy’s Ann Arbor Locals to Watch in 2014 were: Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift, Dr. Matthew M. Davis, Council Member Sally Hart Petersen, restaurant entrepreneur Sava Lelcaj, Council member Jack Eaton, County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi,…
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Finds U-M/EMU Speech Codes “Prohibit Protected Speech”
by Rob Smith
IN A REPORT released on Dec. 10, the Foundation for Individual Right in Education concluded that the University of Michigan and EMU are “red light” institutions when it comes to free speech on the campus. In fact, of the 12…
A2Politico: Later High School Start Times? ZZZZZZZ
by P.D. Lesko
FOR TWO YEARS, Ann Arbor Public School officials and members of the Board of Trustees have been hemming and hawing, discussing and studying the pros and cons of later start times for the district’s sleep-deprived teens. In…
Shawn Batt Aims to Help Ann Arbor Middle School Students Become Top Rate Orators
by Donna Iadipaolo
ONE MAN WANTS to change the face of debate and speech activities in Ann Arbor for middle school students. His name is Shawn Batt, and he is the founder of Michigan Speech Outreach (MSO), which began as a Lansing-based…
EDITORIAL: The Listening Tour—Growth
AAPS SUPERINTENDENT DR. Swift is preparing to launch another “listening tour” similar to the successful one she conducted shortly after her hiring. We congratulate her on this effort to get out of Balas and into the community to hear from…
On Average, College Grads in Mich. Saddled With $29,583 in Debt
by Gretchen Wright
STUDENT DEBT LEVELS for newly minted bachelor’s degrees continue to rise, but how high varies greatly by state and by college, according to a new report from the Project on Student Debt at The Institute for College…
WCC Student & Trustee-Elect Christina Fleming: “I’m in Shock, Actually.”
CHRISTINA FLEMING says she’s still in shock. It’s almost two weeks after her election to the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees. Fleming, a Dexter resident and the mom of an elementary student with autism, shakes her head as she…
New WCC Trustee Says, “It’s ridiculous for anyone in the county to have to FOIA information from the community college.”
by P.D. Lesko
While WCC officials have been timely and forthcoming in response to Freedom of Information Act requests for public records, the school sought to charge the faculty union thousands of dollars for access to Trustee emails.…
QB Schlissel Throws a Pick-Six
by P.D. Lesko
SO, MICHIGAN AD Dave Brandon is out. He allegedly blamed the political composition of the U-M Board of Regents (Republicans, the lot of them) for his woes. Dave Brandon ended up with a multi-million dollar payout over the…
Former WCCEA President Elected to WCC Board of Trustees: “I got about a million questions for Rose.”
by P.D. Lesko
When asked what WCC President Rose Bellanaca does well, Ruth Hatcher shot back: “I don’t know what she does. She’s got eight vice presidents.”
IF RUTH HATCHER has her work cut out for her, she doesn’t seem as though…