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Duncan Hunter -- Yes, He's Still Running
News Desk
- January 14, 2008
Lest you forget it, Rep. Duncan Hunter of the 52nd Congressional District of California is still running for president. In recent weeks, the Republican congressman's presence in the campaign has all but evaporated. He was barred from appearing at the New Hampshire debate moderated by Charlie Gibson and more recently was excluded from the Fox News debate in South Carolina.
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Romney Loves Michigan; Will It Love Him Back?
By Kent Garber -
Nation & World
- January 14, 2008
After second-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, the Republican candidate needs a win.
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The (Political) State of Michigan
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- January 14, 2008
It's shaping up to be a close race in the Michigan Republican primary.
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A Look Ahead at Michigan
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- January 10, 2008
Speculation about the Michigan Republican primary.
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Michigan's Early Shot Backfires, But It Still Hopes for a Power Play
By Liz Halloran -
Nation & World
- December 20, 2007
It was electoral clout that the state was after when it scheduled their contest before February 5.
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Failing Schools Are Hard to Fix
By Eddy RamÃrez -
Education
- November 2, 2007
NCLB lets people know which schools are struggling but offers few solutions on how to raise performance
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 1, 2007
A Georgia bus accident, lead-contamination at Brown University, and the University of Michigan embraces between-class golf.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 23, 2007
Daily roundup from campuses nationwide.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 16, 2007
*According to the Brown Daily Herald, Brown University prefreshmen say: Summer reading is fun! (They have to read How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton.).
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 25, 2007
*UC-Davis is opening its own Robert Mondavi Institute, the California Aggie reports. Best final exams ever?.
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'I Like Girls, and I Like Money,' Says Calendar Man
By Christina Mueller -
The Paper Trail
- June 20, 2007
Joining the ranks of schools with calendars that objectify women, Michigan State, Lansing Community College, and a nearby upscale beauty school will offer up scantily clad models for East Lansing Girls Next Dorm—the project of LCC business student Tyler McClure. According to a State News article, the young entrepreneur trolled MySpace to find models, about half of whom go to MSU and none of whom live in dorms.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 12, 2007
* Michigan State is prepared for a tuberculosis outbreak, the State News reports. But can anyone really be prepared for an errant attorney exposing his cooties all around the world? We think not.
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MSU Drops Domestic Partnership Benefits
By Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- June 8, 2007
Michigan State University is the latest to join the state's employers who will no longer offer health insurance benefits to partners of its employees in same-sex relationships, the State News reports. Michigan employers are dropping their domestic partnership benefits because a February Court of Appeals ruling said that the 2004 state amendment passed by voters banning gay marriage also bans such health benefits.
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An iPod in Every Pocket
Michael Barone
- April 9, 2007
The economy of my home state of Michigan is in dreadful shape. The state has lost jobs pretty steadily since 2000, and in 2005-06 it was evidently one of only three states to lose jobs.
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Long-Term Political Balance
Michael Barone
- March 30, 2007
University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato in his Crystal Ball blog takes a look at demographers' predictions of the political effect of the reapportionments following the censuses of 2010, 2020,and 2030. Bottom line: The Bush 2004 states will gain 17 electoral votes; the Kerry 2004 states will lose 17 electoral votes.
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Michigan's Prop 2 Delayed Until July
The Paper Trail
- December 21, 2006
The anti-affirmative action proposition passed by Michigan voters November 7 will not take effect until July–and they mean it for real this time. The Michigan Daily reports that the district judge who needed to give final approval to an agreement reached late last week has given it.
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Michigan Schools Could Win Delay on Affirmative Action Ban
The Paper Trail
- December 19, 2006
The state's attorney general and three Michigan universities have reached an agreement that, if approved by a U.S.
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