Stories by Giacomo Bologna
CSG files ballot question injunction against RSG
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
With the November Central Student Government election just days away, CSG officials filed a preliminary injunction with the Central Student Judiciary to keep a survey question off the ballot designed to gauge graduate student interest in secession of Rackham Student Government from CSG.
City Council debates alternatives for public art funding
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
After a millage to replace Ann Arbor’s Percent for Art plan was voted down by city voters, the Ann Arbor City Council is struggling to reach a consensus for the best way to fund public art projects in the city.
Regents to hear pitch to renovate unions
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
After spending a year planning and gathering student input, Building a Better Michigan — a group of students and administrators dedicated to improving the University’s unions and recreation centers — will take its first steps toward campus-wide renovations with its plans to address the Unive
Warpehoski wins only contested city council race
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
In the only contested election for a seat on the Ann Arbor City Council, Democratic candidate Chuck Warpehoski defeated Republican candidate Stuart Berry for a seat in the city’s fifth ward.
Hieftje claims victory, elected to seventh term as Ann Arbor mayor
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA AND JENNIFER CALFAS
Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje has claimed victory, saying he's been re-elected to his seventh-consecutive term in office.
CSG continues discussion of new election code
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
On Tuesday night, the Central Student Government assembly passed what could be the last piece of legislation related to the historic 2012 CSG election.
Despite heavy discussion at the previous meeting, the revising of a 15-page resolution that replaces the previous election code prompted only one question before being unanimously passed.
CSG contemplates altered policies in wake of election
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
Seven months ago, Law student Peter Borock, the former chair of the University Elections Commission, wrote the UEC’s opinion on a hearing that delayed the approval of the Central Student Government election by weeks and nearly cost Business senior Manish Parikh and LSA junior Omar Hashwi the CSG presidency and vice presidency.
CSG commission hopes to unite campus entreprenuers
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
Manish Parikh, the Central Student Government president, introduced the first step in making good on his campaign promise to bring more entrepreneurship opportunities to students on Wednesday.
Council approves funding for second phase of transit study
BY TAYLOR WIZNER AND GIACOMO BOLOGNA
After discussing the implementation of a second rail station at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting on Tuesday, councilmembers considered a program that would improve transit within the city, particularly within the University.
Council votes in favor of progress of second rail station
BY GIACOMO BOLOGNA
Following four years of research, applications for grants and continuous discussion with the University, the Ann Arbor City Council voted 8-2 in favor to spend $550,000 from the city’s general fund toward preliminary study and planning for a second rail station in Ann Arbor.
