Hoops Hello(!): Tyus Battle
by Brian Cook
2016 FIVE-STAR wing Tyus Battle just committed to Michigan:
Excited to say that I am going to be a Wolverine!!?????????? pic.twitter.com/xdEUC5o9ol— tyus battle (@kidmamba23) May 11, 2015
This should help you salve your…
OP-ED: What Can’t Humans Do? Let’s Be Optimistic
by Lin Sabones
COMBATTING GLOBAL climate change requires a psychological approach. We must overcome functional fixedness which is a form of cognitive bias that limits one’s ability to see multiple uses to an object beyond its traditional…
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Announces KidZone Series Events
AN INTERACTIVE AREA for the A2SF’s youngest festival-goers, the KidZone tent provides a fun and safe area for children ages 4 to 14 and their parents to discover and explore a wide variety of hands-on activities with dozens of local…
Theatre Review: “Henry V”
Updated: The review now clarifies ownership of the studio space in which the play was produced.
by Christian Usera
SHAKESPEARE. A NAME that strikes fear into both the hearts of high school freshman and the teachers who grade their…
EDITORIAL: Freddie Gray, Aura Rosser
A KNIFE COST both Baltimore resident Freddie Gray and Ann Arbor resident Aura Rosser their lives. In Gray’s case, Baltimore police officers alleged that the small, spring-assisted pocket knife Gray was carrying was illegal. The debate over…
City Employee Placed on Paid Leave Used Homophobic and Racial Slurs, Threatened to Beat up Co-Worker
Update: The original article stated that John Swantek had been put on leave Dec. 4, 2015. The correct date was Dec. 4, 2014.
by John Ball
Click here to download a copy of the AFSCME Discipline Report and pay records for John Swantek.…
Ann Arbor Police Chief John Seto to Retire in July 2015
by John Ball
Earlier today, Chief of Police John Seto announced his intention to retire from the City of Ann Arbor Police Department in July. An exact retirement date has not been identified.
Seto has worked for the Ann Arbor Police…
EDITORIAL: Ann Arbor SPARK Numbers Games
SINCE 2009, ANN Arbor SPARK and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation have come under intense criticism for misleading the public concerning the number of new jobs created. From the Detroit Free Press to the Lansing State Journal,…
A2Politico: But, Soft! What Hare-Brained Budget Allocation Through Yonder Fiscal Prudence Breaks?
by Bryan Kelly
IT IS OPEN season on the public purse. Budget negotiations for the 2016-2017 fiscal year are nigh. The City Administrator’s plan has been submitted to City Council. In the current forecast, a $1.7 million deficit in the…
THE FOODIST: When the Faraway Import is More Climate Friendly Than the Product Produced Locally
by Ari LeVaux
THE QUESTION OF how far food should travel between where it is produced and where it is consumed has become a frequent matter of passionate debate. The popular rule of thumb is that the more local the food, the better it…
