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Two Republicans will campaign to change U-M's admissions policy

Posted by dilleym on 29. August 2004

Regent candidates nominated

“Republicans from across the state gathered Friday night to nominate two men who pledged to restore accountability to the University of Michigan Board of Regents and change the school’s race-conscious admissions policy.”

via GEO Stewards email list
via M-Live (and its annoying cookie sign in policy)

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George Bush in Taylor, MI - Monday

Posted by on 29. August 2004

ON MONDAY, AUGUST 30 , President George Bush is traveling to Michigan to visit Heritage Park in Taylor.

Local organizers for the Sierra Club are encouraging people to make their voices heard outside his events… Here is what the Sierra Club says about the event:

“Our theme will once again be the Bush Administrationís failure to protect us from toxic mercury. This is a perfect topic, especially following on the heels of the EPAís recent announcement of expanded fish consumption advisories. Weíre working on new props! Picture this: Lots of colorful fish-shaped wind catchers ­ like the ones you see on people’s porches, held high on fishing poles!!”

Bush Cheney ‘04 Rally with George W. Bush
Heritage Park
Taylor, MI
6 p.m. (tentative)
Monday, August 30

via Peter Werbe via Bush Watch

New negotiator worsens 'adversarial' tone

Posted by on 29. August 2004

Faculty may strike as EMU talks stall

“We’re not happy. We don’t want a strike, but we may be forced into it,” said Elaine Martin, chief negotiator for the 625-member EMU American Association of University Professors. “They have expressed a contempt for us that makes it hard to bargain with them.”

UPS announces fuel cell powered crushed-parcel delivery service in AA

Posted by Brian Kerr on 28. August 2004

A post at AutoBlog states that UPS plans to deploy three Dodge hydrogen fuel cell trucks for deliveries in Ann Arbor, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. This comes six months after UPS started to use a fuel cell vehicle for morning deliveries in the Ann Arbor area.

See also:

Thanks to George for the heads-up.

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IM Building Renovation Photos Posted

Posted by Rob Goodspeed on 25. August 2004

South campus residents will be happy to hear renovations at the Intermural Building on South State are just a bit behind schedule, and newly renovated workout spaces are nearly completed.

The Rec Sports department has posted an update about the construction progress as well as a number of digital photos of the interior of the building, as well as photos of work being done there, on the Palmer Tennis Courts and in the CCRB.

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U-M Center for Japanese Studies fall events

Posted by Brian Kerr on 25. August 2004

The Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan has released lineups for its popular Fall Film Series and its Noon Lecture Series.

This year’s Film Series is a retrospective of the films of acclaimed director Kenji Mizoguchi which runs weekly from September 17 to November 19. Mizoguchi directed early talkie films in the 1930s and his career spanned into the mid-1950s. The on-campus screenings are free, open to the public, and in Japanese with English subtitles; details and a full schedule are available.

The Noon Lecture Series, also free and open to the public, features different lecturers most Thursday noons. If interested, check out the schedule for fall and winter terms.

MSA-sponsored academic conference on 9/11

Posted by Brian Kerr on 24. August 2004

From e-mail from Jason Mironov and Jenny Nathan:

MOVING FORWARD WHILE LOOKING BACK: HOW AMERICA HAS CHANGED SINCE 9/11

The Michigan Student Assembly presents a free Academic Conference.

Saturday, September 11, 2004
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
UM Business School

Featuring:

  • Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Legal Analyst!
  • Scott Ritter, Former UN Weapons Inspector!
  • Michael Feldschuh, Photographer and Author of The September 11th Photo Project

and many more!

Register Online NOW at http://www.umich.edu/~msa Hope to see you then!

Here’s a direct link to the sign-up page.

While this event has been listed at Upcoming.org (and in this site’s orange sidebar) for a few weeks, this e-mail provides more details.

Ann Arbor IRV Misses 2004 Ballot, Aims for 2005

Posted by Murph on 24. August 2004

The group trying to put an initiative on Ann Arbor’s ballot to enable instant runoff voting in city elections failed to collect enough signatures by their August 2 deadline, so the measure will not be on this November’s ballot. They are now seeking to collect 6000 signatures by June of 2005 in order to put the measure on next year’s ballot.

Signature collection has been primarily done, so far, by members of the Huron Valley Greens, though the IRV backers are currently seeking other Ann Arbor residents interested in circulating petitions. They plan to have a blog set up soon to chart the signature drive’s progress; until then, anyone interested in collecting signatures is asked to contact Libby Hunter or to attend an August 31st meeting, 7:30pm at Sweetwaters Cafe.

Instant runoff voting is not new to Ann Arbor—local blogger Larry Kestenbaum (the Democratic candidate for Washtenaw County Clerk and Registrar of Deeds) has discussed IRV’s role in improving ballot access for 3rd parties and independants and the Huron Valley Greens’ webpage details Ann Arbor’s use of IRV in Al Wheeler’s 1975 mayoral election. The website for the 2004 ballot drive has more information and links on IRV, but appears not to have been updated to reflect the new, 2005 target.

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Alert: Air America arrives in Ann Arbor

Posted by Brian Kerr on 23. August 2004

As reported by several bloggers (first I saw was ypsi dixit), yesterday’s AA News, and at least one out-of-town friend of the Update, the Air America radio network will be broadcasting in Ann Arbor at 1290 AM (WLBY).

The station’s daily schedule, according to the AA News article:

  • 6-9 a.m., “Morning Sedition” with Mark Riley and Mark Maron;
  • 9-10 a.m., “Unfiltered” with Lizz Winstead and Chuck D;
  • noon-3 p.m., “Al Franken Show;”
  • 3-7 p.m., “Randi Rhodes Show;”
  • 7-8 p.m., “So What Else is News?” with Marty Kaplan;
  • 8-11 p.m., “The Majority Report” with Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder.

Local sports news will ‘fill’ the station’s remaining airtime.

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U-M E-mail Undergoes Overhaul, Bugs Remain

Posted by Matt Hollerbach on 22. August 2004

As ArborUpdate reported earlier this summer, a major upgrade of the “umich.edu” e-mail servers took place over the weekend. This change encompassed not only the software which receives, sorts, and sends e-mail, but also the physical servers which host the massive system.

At 10:00 pm on Friday, August 20, e-mail access by web, telnet, and 3rd party programs was suspended to facilitate this change. According to ITCS, the change was to have been completed by 6:00 am the following morning. However, due to unforseen technical problems, the new system was not put online until shortly before 9:00 pm Saturday, and there are still many inaccessible features.

As of right now, users can only access their inbox via the web interface at mail.umich.edu; other folders and 3rd party program access are still unavailable at this time.

The U-M Information Technology Central Services department (ITCS) has set up a news page to update users on the progress of the upgrade. Stay tuned here for more info.

> U-M People: (try to) check your mail here

From ITCS:
> Bigger Mailboxes, Bigger Home Directories, and More Coming this Fall
> E-Mail Upgrade Finished; Residual Problems Remain
> E-Mail Configuration Changes Required by August 2004 E-Mail Upgrade
> 4-HELP Open Extra Hours this Weekend to Help with E-Mail Upgrades and Reconfigurations
> Monitoring Page for ITD System Outages
> Technical Details on E-mail Server Upgrades

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