Money madness
Next month, students will have the option to more than double their activity fee,
which currently rests at $2.69 per term. The Michigan Student Assembly voted to
put several proposals on the ballot to benefit student groups, community service
programs and campus governments. With perpetually rising tuition costs, students
cannot afford to take the three fee-increase proposals lightly. Nevertheless,
funding for student groups is always in short supply and a $1 increase per term
would benefit a majority of students.
On the lookout
Finding employment can be a difficult task. For felons, the task can seem
hopeless. To improve the bleak occupational outlook for ex-convicts, the Michigan
Employment Security Commission, the Michigan Neighborhood Partnership, the
Michigan Department of Corrections and the Detroit Employment and Training
Division have organized "A Fresh Start Job Fair," scheduled for Nov. 20, to match
ex-offenders with employers from up to 35 participating Metro Detroit companies.
The event constitutes a positive step toward remedying recidivism and helps
felons assume productive lives after release from prison.
The student vote: Five easy pieces
Any columnist that writes about the Ann Arbor City Council runs the very serious
risk that nobody will read the column; writing about the map that divides Ann
Arbor into City Council Wards takes that risk to an exponentially higher level.
But, improbable though it may sound, this map is important and should interest
student activists, political scientists and anybody interested in our local
government.
Letters to the Editor
Yuki Kuniyuki: Ground Zero
10-29-96