Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Michigan

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Duncan Hunter -- Yes, He's Still Running

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. more >>

Romney Loves Michigan; Will It Love Him Back?

After second-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, the Republican candidate needs a win. more >>

The (Political) State of Michigan

It's shaping up to be a close race in the Michigan Republican primary. more >>

A Look Ahead at Michigan

Speculation about the Michigan Republican primary. more >>

Michigan's Early Shot Backfires, But It Still Hopes for a Power Play

It was electoral clout that the state was after when it scheduled their contest before February 5. more >>

Failing Schools Are Hard to Fix

NCLB lets people know which schools are struggling but offers few solutions on how to raise performance more >>

Trail Mix

A Georgia bus accident, lead-contamination at Brown University, and the University of Michigan embraces between-class golf. more >>

Trail Mix

Daily roundup from campuses nationwide. more >>

Trail Mix

*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.). more >>

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*UC-Davis is opening its own Robert Mondavi Institute, the California Aggie reports. Best final exams ever?. more >>

'I Like Girls, and I Like Money,' Says Calendar Man

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. more >>

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* 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. more >>

MSU Drops Domestic Partnership Benefits

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. more >>

An iPod in Every Pocket

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. more >>

Long-Term Political Balance

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. more >>

Michigan's Prop 2 Delayed Until July

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. more >>

Michigan Schools Could Win Delay on Affirmative Action Ban

The state's attorney general and three Michigan universities have reached an agreement that, if approved by a U.S. more >>

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