February 10, 2012 - 2:01am
#Michlinks: Feb. 10, 2012
BY ZACH BERGSON
#Michlinks is The Michigan Daily’s citizen journalism tool that compiles reporting about Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan. If you find an interesting piece about the city of Ann Arbor, college life or the University, send a tweet with the hashtag #Michlinks for a chance to be published on our website. You can also contribute #Michlinks by e-mailing bergson@michigandaily.com with your recommendations.
Here are more details about #Michlinks and the kind of stories we're looking for.
Hoekstra takes down Chinese-themed site attacking Stabenow
Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra has taken down his website www.DebbieSpentitnow.com after the advertisement associated with it was met with controversy and criticism from local and national media for racial insensitivity, the Detroit News reported yesterday. The advertisement, which featured an Asian woman speaking in broken English, first ran on Sunday during the Super Bowl and was scheduled to run in Michigan over the next two weeks. Hoekstra’s campaign has already replaced it with a new advertisement that still uses the phrase “Debbie Spend-it-Now,” but is free of Chinese references, according to the Detroit News.
Original tweet : #Hoekstra's racist ad website has been taken down! (Two days after Adv. Justice and other groups demanded its removal) detroitnews.com/article/2012...
College Endowments: Why Even Harvard Isn’t as Rich as You Think
Time Magazine’s Ideas blog featured a post discussing the in’s and out’s of college endowments. According to the post, most schools don’t even have endowments and only 73 have endowments greater than $1 billion. Other facts found in the blog included, “Donors don’t always write blank checks” and “Endowments are not all cash.”
Original tweet : Yes, colleges like Harvard have huge endowments, but that doesn't mean they can lower tuition, says @arotherhamti.me/xEiZPC
