Cold and disarmed: City Council must find new homeless shelter
Last week, the Ann Arbor City Council voted to turn the former National Guard Armory building on East Ann Street into an apartment complex rather than a homeless shelt
hat the city desperately needs. Originally, the City Council considered turning the building into a homeless shelter. After listening to local developers' plans, council members decided to allow the building to be used for apartments; developer Ed Shaffran will create apartment units inside of the armory.
Injecting finality: Death penalty reinforces social injustice
Arkansas' state executioners put to death three men in three hours Jan. 9. Lethal injections brought to an end the 20-year death row stints of Earl Van Denton and Pau
iz, convicted after a murderous 1977 crime spree, and the nine-year prison stay of Kirt Wainwright, convicted for a 1988 murder and armed robbery. Though the executions may have appeased citizens craving eye-for-an-eye revenge against convicted murderers, the cases of these men, in part, exemplify the reasons states should discontinue capital punishment practices.
Do Rules girls have more fun?
Um, is this a joke?" I asked the friendly informative-type person at Borders.
"Hey, you guys." She waved to three more informative persons, all male. "This lady wants to know if this book is a joke." She pointed to the copy I was holding of "The Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right," a New York Times best-seller that has even spent some time in the No.
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