Natural Area Preservation Volunteer Events for the Month of June
ANN ARBOR NATURAL Area Preservation (NAP) works to protect and restore Ann Arbor’s natural areas and to foster an environmental ethic among its citizens. This involves conducting plant and animal inventories, ecological monitoring, and…
EDITORIAL: Defending Alleged Fraud With a “No Comment” is An Insult to Faculty, the Public & Legislators
THE HEADLINE IN The Michigan Daily says it all: “University won’t take action at this time on faculty letter to Regents.” By not taking action, U-M officials are, of course, choosing to continue with a multi-million dollar bonus and…
Haisley Elementary Teacher’s Fifth Graders Send Letters: Nobel Laureate, Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Attorney General, Among Others, Write Back
by Donna Iadipaolo
ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL year in Ann Arbor, Haisley Elementary School Teacher Cedric York instructs students in his fifth-grade class to write to prominent leaders from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Mr. York…
Protected Bike Lanes Drive Economic Activity & Appeal to Millennials—What’s Ann Arbor Waiting For?
IN 2000 THERE were eight miles of bike lanes in Ann Arbor. City officials recently began touting the number of “lane miles” of bike lanes: 71.8 (a lane mile is a mile on one side of a two-land road). The mayor often tells media that Ann…
Urban Hunter: Beauty Product Labels Decoded
by Melissa Walker
WHILE I’M NOT a full-makeup girl most days of the week (or really ever), I’d be hard-pressed to abandon my daily lipstick and mascara habit—it really does brighten my face so that I can avoid the dreaded “You look…
The Foodist: The Unbearable Annoyance of Neighborhood Tattling
by Jill Richardson
I MET MY friend Rachel because we were both in the same situation: We each had neighbors who inexplicably hated our chickens. Rachel and I each had small flocks of hens, no roosters, and sprawling, fertile, organic…
EDITORIAL: Entrenched Cronyism on City Boards and Commissions
K. INGRID AULT ran for Ann Arbor City Council and lost to incumbent Stephen Kunselman. Ms. Ault’s ideas and vision for the city did not appeal to the voters of her Ward. Ms. Ault was then appointed to the Parks Advisory Commission. The…
OP-ED: Arbitration & Consumers—Buy a Box of Cereal, Waive Your Rights Goodbye
By Paul Gordon
BUYING A CELL phone plan could make you powerless to sue your phone company if it defrauds you. Using a coupon to buy a box of cereal may mean you give up your right to sue if the food is tainted. Checking your grandmother…
Indie Films—A Trio of Reviews from the Tribeca Film Festival
“Gabriel”
Rory Culkin stars as a mentally unstable youth convinced that tracking down his first love is the answer to his problems in director Lou Howe’s debut feature.
by Dave Rooney
Venue: Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative…
EDITORIAL: The University of Michigan’s Secret Pay Enhancement Scheme Must Stop
DR. MARY SUE COLEMAN went to Lansing in 2011 to sing the praises of her university and to stave off threatened cuts to the $316 million dollar allocation the state of Michigan made to the University of Michigan in 2010. In her testimony,…
