Monthly Archives: February 2004

Ann Arbor is overrated has recently posted a comment about an article in the Business Direct Weekly where it was reported the South University Merchants Association has applied for the city to change the zoning for the area to increase density in order to achieve “greater diversity along the street.” I support the move to […]

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The chairman of Smith & Wesson, the nations second largest gun manufacturer, has resigned after it was discovered he was convicted for armed robbery while he was a student at the University of Michigan. “NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – James Joseph Minder, chairman of handgun maker Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., resigned after a published report […]

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Will you need a ride from Detroit Metro Airport to Ann Arbor after returning from your spring break trip? Don’t forget about MSA’s Airbus service, which has scheduled 25 trips to Ann Arbor over the next two days – no reservation required – at the low cost of $8.

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Sound Familiar? “Columbia University’s president, Lee C. Bollinger, yesterday condemned a series of race-related incidents on campus, including the publication of a racially offensive cartoon in an alternative student newspaper last Friday. In a message sent to the Columbia community, he said several statements and events that demeaned blacks and other minorities “have proved unusually […]

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Happy Spring Break “200 block of North Ingalls Street, 12:39 p.m. Monday. No signs of forced entry; a laptop computer, TV and stereo taken. Total value: $2,000.” (AANews)

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Detroit’s Metrotimes has picked up a BAM-N press release in an entry in their news hits section reporting that a Michigan-based KKK organization has “Endorsed” the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or the proposal connected to University of California Regent Ward Connerly that would ban all forms of public affirmative action in the state. The MCRI […]

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