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How Much “Fire, Ready, Aim” Leadership Cost Taxpayers This Time

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 13, 2012 3

by P.D. Lesko The University of Michigan picked up its marbles and is going home. Officials there are now looking to build the U.'s next parking garage anywhere but on a 10 acre parcel of riverside parkland on Fuller Road. While the U…

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300 Michigan Science Faculty, Collectively Paid $45M/Year, Sign Letter Protesting Union For Their Grad Assistants

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 3, 2012 21

by P.D. Lesko The bumper sticker is a classic one: If you're against abortion, don't have one. Limiting the rights of others is often mistaken for standing on principle. The University of Michigan graduate student research assistants…

Occupy Colleges Plans National Teach-in to Support Occupy Wall Street: No Michigan Colleges Participating

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 25, 2011 7

by P.D. Lesko After successful October 13 Student Solidarity Protests around the country, including on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan, Occupy Colleges plans nationwide Teach-ins at colleges and universities. You can…

The Culture Vulture: Michigan Art Gallery Exhibit Pairs Republican Governors (Including Snyder) With Nazi Iconography

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 18, 2011 3

Marquette, Michigan averages 141 inches of snow each year, and is the home of Northern Michigan University. The city is not exactly renowned as a hot bed of either political posturing or cutting edge artistic envelope-pushing. All that…

Pell Grants For Summer Study Eliminated—20K Students Impacted At Local Institutions

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 30, 2011 0

The end of the year-round Pell Grant program is here. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Pell Grant award maximum per student was $5,500. In the 2008 academic year, it is estimated that the average Pell Grant awarded was $2,770, which…

U of M Cops Can No Longer Issue Bans For Life

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 2, 2011 5

David Jesse, former higher education reporter for AnnArbor.com, reported in the Detroit Free Press, that thanks to pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, officials at the University of Michigan have decided to…

MSU But Not U of M/Ann Arbor On League of American Bicyclist Ranking of Bike-Friendly Campuses

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 7, 2011 1

The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that: "Western universities dominate the first-ever ranking of bike-friendly institutions by the League of American Bicyclists, with Stanford University taking the only platinum honors and two…

WEEKLY WHOPPER: Ann Arbor Observer Prints Claim That, “40 Percent of Property” in A2 off Tax Rolls

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 5, 2011 5

Headline: Small town monthly tabloid newspaper supported by advertising gets circulated free of charge to most homes in the city. Lots of human interest pieces, history, restaurant reviews, and peeks into the nooks and crannies of the…

National Media Slam AnnArbor.com For Ethical Lapse & Conflict of Interest

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 23, 2011 5

March has not been a good month for Ann Arbor's 18-month-old digital media extravaganza AnnArbor.com. Today, the digital site was lambasted by national media for a perceived ethical lapse and conflict of interest in appointing a U of M PR…

The Politics of Spin: U of M President Touts Belt-Tightening to State Lawmakers

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 8, 2011 1

Dr. Mary Sue Coleman is smart. That goes without saying. She does have a Ph.D., after all. She's also clever. Her recent act in front of the Michigan State Legislature was a performance that the Academy should recognize next year with a…

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