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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…
Candidate Interview: Donna Lasinski
DONNA LASINSKI IS on AAPS Superintendent Jeanice Kerr Swift’s Blue Ribbon Advisory commission, a group of parents who meet with Swift monthly to give her feedback and counsel. Lasinski is polite and personable. She’s tough, too, and doesn’t…
Students at County High Schools Urged to Participate in College Application Week Nov. 3-7
WASHTENAW FUTURES plans to help high school counselors and students during College Application Week to complete and submit college applications.
Ashley Kryscynski is the regional Michigan College Application Week coordinator for…
U-M Sustainability Survey Reveals 75 Percent of Faculty and Staff Snub AAATA and “Always Drive a Car” to Work
ACCORDING TO A new report titled “Monitoring the Culture of Sustainability at the University of Michigan,” dated Fall 2013, despite being provided with free rides on city buses, fewer than 10 percent of U-M’s 6,431 faculty and 35,846 staff…