April 22, 2013 - 9:19pm
Professor profile: Peter Riley Bahr
BY DANIELLE RAYKHINSHTEYN
Peter Riley Bahr, assistant professor in the School of Education, received his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of California, Davis. He then taught sociology at Wayne State University before becoming a lecturer at the University.
Why did you decide to start teaching education?
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April 21, 2013 - 7:32pm
This Week in History: University Hillel House starts serving Passover meals
BY AARON GUGGENHEIM
75 years ago this week (April 20th, 1938):
The University of Michigan Hillel began serving Passover meals for Jewish students who wished to keep kosher per the holiday’s requirements.
The meals were made possible by a $100 donation from the Hillel Foundation. The prices for breakfast, lunch and dinner were 25 cents, 55 cents and 75 cents respectively.
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April 20, 2013 - 4:50pm
Debbie Dingell won't seek Senate seat
BY BEN ATLAS
After much consideration, Debbie Dingell, wife of Rep. John Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) and an active member of the Michigan Democratic Party, announced on Saturday that she would not be seeking the party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2014.
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April 19, 2013 - 12:46pm
Ten things that got buried in the excitement of Thursday's Board of Regents meeting
BY SAM GRINGLAS
Ten facts, quotes, and projects you didn’t hear about from Thursday’s Regents meeting.
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April 18, 2013 - 10:38pm
Student victim of armed robbery
BY MATTHEW JACKONEN
A University student reported to University Police Wednesday that he was robbed at knife-point Monday night at about 10 p.m.
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April 18, 2013 - 7:41pm
Storify: Reactions to Coleman retirement, $110 million donation
BY AUSTEN HUFFORD
Twitter users reacted to the announcement that University President Mary Sue Coleman would retire in July 2014 and that Charles Munger had donated $110 million for a new graduate student dorm.
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April 17, 2013 - 10:54pm
Alumni Profile: Jessica Kleiman
BY KAITLIN ZURDOSKY
Jessica Kleiman received a bachelor’s degree from the University in 1995 and is now the executive vice president of communications of SANDOW, a multi-brand media corporation. She is co-author of the book, “Be Your Own Best Publicist: How to Use PR Techniques to Get Noticed, Hired and Rewarded at Work,” and has spoken about publicity and personal branding all over the country.
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April 17, 2013 - 12:31am
Orgstudies class hosts debt lecture
BY WILL GREENBERG
Business senior Federico Ruiz, a student in a 200 level Organizational Studies course, hosted an event to inform students with college loans about the precautions they should take dealing with creditors.
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April 16, 2013 - 10:54pm
In Other Ivory Towers: Harvard criticized over response to explosions
BY AARON GUGGENHEIM
Harvard University students were critical of their administration’s slow communication efforts following the bombings at the Boston Marathon, The Harvard Crimson reported Tuesday.
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April 21, 2013 - 8:36pm
THE INSTITUTION: Assembly decides against commission consolidation
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
In 2010, the Central Student Government ratified a new constitution that organized the all-campus student government to resemble the United States government. On Tuesday night, the CSG assembly took it one step farther when it nearly faced the closest thing to a filibuster that CSG can have.
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