Stories by Sam Gringlas
Confident Dems rally on campus
- Marissa McClain/Daily
BY SAM GRINGLAS AND KATIE BURKE
Though the air was chilly as students gathered outside Weill Hall on Election Day Eve, the crowd was fired up as the maize and blue tour bus of Mark Bernstein, a Democratic candidate for the University’s Board of Regents, pulled up on Hill Street full of Michigan Democratic candidates.
At Romney's high school alma mater, students split on support
- Courtesy of Cranbrook
BY SAM GRINGLAS
When the polls close Tuesday evening and electoral maps light up on screens across the nation, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will begin preparations.
The former Massachusetts governor and Michigan native will either start settling into the life of a defeated candidate or ready himself for four years in the White House.
In new 12th district, Kallgren the GOP alternative to Rep. Dingell
BY SAM GRINGLAS
Trenton resident Cynthia Kallgren spends a lot of time knocking on doors, climbing porches and ringing doorbells — she is a congressional candidate on a mission.
Students gather to support affirmative action policies
BY SAM GRINGLAS
Calls for justice rang across the North Campus Diag early Wednesday afternoon, and multi-colored “Diversity Matters” posters waved in the hands of more than 40 students rallying in support of affirmative action policies.
Students celebrate Gandhi Day in Ann Arbor
BY SAM GRINGLAS
Despite temperatures hovering in the low 40s, LSA freshman Juhi Rattan braved the cold at the City of Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation on Saturday to pull up honeysuckle weeds, shivering alongside fellow volunteers.
Zell Lurie jumps to second in new national rankings
BY SAM GRINGLAS
The University’s Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies will hold onto a top rank for another year.
The Princeton Review announced Monday that the program, a part of the Ross School of Business, made its list of the top 25 entrepreneurial graduate programs, jumping from fifth last year to second place.
Vigil honors Troy Davis, promotes civil liberties
- Katherine Pekala/Daily
BY SAM GRINGLAS
Amid a slow sprinkle of raindrops and a flurry of evening pedestrians, the sound of strumming emanated from a corner of the Diag Friday evening in support of Troy Davis, a Georgia man many believe was wrongly executed last year after being convicted of murdering a police officer.
Gordon asks court for mental exam of Shirvell
BY SAM GRINGLAS
In the latest twist in a long series of legal proceedings, Bloomfield Hills lawyer Deborah Gordon requested a court-ordered mental examination of Andrew Shirvell, the former Michigan assistant attorney general.
University receives $1.1M for keeping tuition in check
BY SAM GRINGLAS
By limiting the amount it increased tuition, the University is being rewarded $1.1 million in additional state funding, the third highest of the state’s 15 public universities.
Former Starbucks president emphasizes power of service
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY SAM GRINGLAS
While many students sip drinks from Starbucks every night to fuel their studies, a few hundred students started their night by listening to a speech by the company’s former president Monday evening.
