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    Goo of M


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Mon Feb 06, 2012 at 11:12:17 PM EST
    Tags: Mary Sue Coleman, Progressives, Students, Researchers, unionization, Our Tax Dollars At Work, Child Porn, University of Michigan (all tags)

    I'm gonna have to start calling them the Litany Lyins.

    A group of University of Michigan faculty members Monday stopped short of calling for an external review into a six-month lapse in university officials reporting the discovery of child pornography in a University Hospital employee area.

    "Part of the nagging issue that's haunting the institution as a result of this case ... is the apparent discomfort with evaluations and investigations," John Lehman, a biology professor, said at a Faculty Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs meeting Monday.

    "This thing fell through the cracks," Lehman continued, criticizing the botched reporting of child pornography found on a thumb drive in an employee computer at University Hospital in May. Although a medical resident, her supervisor, hospital security and the university's legal office knew about the pornography, it was not reported to police until Nov. 18.

    Stephen Jenson, a 36-year-old medical resident who worked regularly with children during the six-month reporting lapse, was charged Dec. 17 with four counts of possessing child pornography.

    Rest here

    (2 comments) Comments >>

    Mic Check! Mic Check!


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri Dec 16, 2011 at 12:47:41 PM EST
    Tags: University of Michigan, Regents, Julia Donovan Darlow, Laurence B. Deitch, Denise Ilitch, Olivia P. Maynard, Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew C. Richner, S. Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White, unionization, Students, Researchers, Progressives, Mary Sue Coleman, Rick Snyder, Been there done that with Granholm (all tags)

    I'll be damned, Detroit's liberal fish wrap made me giggle today.

    A group of Occupy U-M protesters took over Thursday's University of Michigan Board of Regents meeting seconds after President Mary Sue Coleman started it.

    About 20 protesters stood on each side of the regents' conference table. One protester read a speech, pausing every few seconds for the rest of the group to echo him.

    They were protesting the financial management of the school, saying it's run as a business and regents are selling education to wealthy people like a commodity.

    Holy crap!  Could it be the #OccuTurds are figgerin' things out?

    (4 comments, 531 words in story) Full Story

    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Location! Location! Location!


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 03:33:59 AM EST
    Tags: Our Tax Dollars At Work, University of Michigan, Regents, Julia Donovan Darlow, Laurence B. Deitch, Denise Ilitch, Olivia P. Maynard, Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew C. Richner, S. Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White, unionization, Students, Researchers, Progressives (all tags)

    $361/sq ft?  I don't want to hear whining about tuition hikes ever again.

    After receiving approval from the University of Michigan Board of Regents today, U-M is planning to purchase a .14-acre parcel near the Law Quad by the end of the month.

    The $730,000 price tag is more than triple the property's assessed value.

    Rest is here

    (3 comments) Comments >>

    Sales of Volt so bad new markets created


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Sun Jun 05, 2011 at 12:14:23 PM EST
    Tags: Green, Volt, Troy Schools, Chevy, GM, Bailouts, FedupUSA, Stephanie Jasky, Michigan, Unions, Little Mikey, students, Tools, Propaganda (all tags)

    Its worse than we thought.

    Back a couple of months ago, we had a few discussions here about the pitiful sales of GM's Chevy Volt, even WITH the monster government incentive.  A $7500 rebate just didn't cut it for target buyers of the electric boondoggle of Detroit's once upon a time premier automaker, and sales are worse than flat.

    The profits from said eco-box wouldn't pay for the engineering alone much less the tooling and employee cost.  

    However, the employee cost has apparently brought a little fear to the dues collecting part of the team.  So much so, that they have begun to market the volt to a new constituency that is more likely to be swayed by talking green frogs, giant yellow birds, and a fear of drowning polar bears.

    Our children.  At our public schools.

    A little more below.

    (8 comments, 579 words in story) Full Story

    And from the OFF THE RADAR file


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Thu May 26, 2011 at 09:05:29 AM EST
    Tags: Republicans, U of M, UM, University of Michigan, Michigan, Regents, Julia Donovan Darlow, Laurence B. Deitch, Denise Ilitch, Olivia P. Maynard, Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew C. Richner, S. Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White, unionization, Students, Researchers, Progressives (all tags)

    We have students unionizing at U of M.

    The University of Michigan's Mary Sue Coleman now reaps the sowing, as the regents' meeting at a Dearborn locale brought about the now possible unionization of graduate student researchers. Coleman opposed the move, yet the regents voted to allow it with a 6-2 vote.

    As the infestation of labor expands into the student part of a government subsidized and over fed organization like the University of Michigan, it should be noted that the two dissenting votes were the only voices of reason available.  A release last night from the Republican party of Michigan reads:

    LANSING - Michigan Republican Party Chairman Bobby Schostak praised Republican-nominated University of Michigan Regents Andrea Fischer Newman and Andrew C. Richner today for their recent votes opposing a resolution to allow the school's graduate researchers to unionize.

    "Our regents voted with the majority of Michigan's citizens who do not want to add more costs to our universities without deriving any discernable benefit," Schostak said. "Unfortunately, the majority of Regents voted out of step with taxpayers' desire that our universities be more fiscally responsible."

    The board voted on the question without it previously being on the agenda - thwarting any chance to properly consider other points of view or examine and discuss the long-term impact of the decision.

    "The board should reconsider its decision, reverse itself, and then allow for this issue to get a more thorough examination through a democratic process," Schostak said. "The university should be run for the benefit of the students and other stakeholders, not to fatten the wallet of some union boss."

    That third paragraph is the ringer.  This was not on the agenda for the May 19, 2011 meeting in Dearborn.

    Classic progressives and their tactics. Wonderful.

    A little more below.

    (13 comments, 426 words in story) Full Story

    How to encourage racism.


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Wed May 05, 2010 at 11:06:42 PM EST
    Tags: Race, Michigan, African Americans, ann Arbor Schools, Students (all tags)

    What might you think is a main underlying reason for racism?  Why would someone have a problem with another person who has skin of a different shade or color?

    I would argue its not the color of skin, but what people have been taught to believe are commonalities within people who share the skin color.  Stereotypes that are taught from an early age, and persist until "unlearned" through social interaction.  The sharing of tasks, duties, and similar life experiences are crucial as a demonstration that the difference in skin color is simply THAT..  A difference in skin color.

    So why do we still see attempts to encourage thinking otherwise?  Its happening here in Michigan, and its apparently quite blatant.

    (11 comments, 535 words in story) Full Story

    MSU and CMU events to explain the crisis!


    By isaacmorehouse, Section News
    Posted on Mon Mar 23, 2009 at 10:31:36 AM EST
    Tags: event, crisis, msu, cmu, larry reed, david littmann, economic, events, markets, students, college (all tags)

    March 31, 7:00 PM Wonders Hall, Room C100, Michigan State University - "Littmannomics: the state's top economic mind on the crisis and the road to recovery" - featuring David Littmann

    April 13, 7:30 PM at the Park Library Auditorium, Central Michigan University - "Lessons from the Great Depression" - featuring Lawrence W. Reed

    Comments >>

    Global Warming Event Tomorrow!


    By isaacmorehouse, Section News
    Posted on Mon Feb 02, 2009 at 04:18:57 PM EST
    Tags: events, SFE, global warming, green, environment, kelo, eminent domain, students, college, msu, um (all tags)

    Is global warming a major threat?  Did man cause it?  Can man stop it?  What should we do?

    Global Warming: Inconvenient Facts
    Featuring Patrick Michaels
    Tuesday, Feb. 3, 7:00 PM
    1200 Chem, University of Michigan

    (1 comment, 389 words in story) Full Story

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