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UM: Law

February 9, 2010

The New York Times reports the story of Shon R. Hopwood, a former bank robber who studied law while in prison and now makes a living writing briefs for Supreme Court cases. The article quotes Richard Friedman, a UM law professor who worked with Hopwood on a recent Supreme Court case. Friedman, who has talked to UM admissions about Hopwood’s application for law school, says: “His gratitude for the quality of his life is that of someone who has come back from a near-death experience.” [Source]

Section: Old Media Watch

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Division btw. William and Liberty
Civil engineering graffiti all along the east sidewalk of Division, between William and Liberty, indicates that the sidewalk is coming up soon. Signs at the north and south ends say the sidewalk is closed, but dozens of pedestrians use it anyway.
Madison & First
UM: Fleming Building
Huron & Chapin
UM Central Campus
Main & Liberty
UM Fleming Building Redux

Old Media Watch

A2: Detroit Pensions
The Detroit Free Press looks at a dispute between state legislators and the boards that manage Detroit’s two public pension funds. Lawmakers have introduced bills to bring the pension funds under the control of a Lansing-based nonprofit trust, the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System. The article quotes Bob Stevenson, an Ann Arbor-based pension attorney, who says the Bing administration should restructure the existing boards: “Undoubtedly, the Detroit pension systems have been poorly run, but I don’t think the answer in my view would be to transition to MERS. I would find some means to keep these pension plans autonomous.” [Source]
UM: Saturn’s Rings
UM: Obama Letters
UM: Detroit Schools
Washtenaw: Lending Squeeze
UM: School Lunches
A2: Monica Conyers

New Media Watch

A2: Volunteers Needed
The Eat Close to Home blog puts out a call for volunteers for Avalon Housing’s Edible Avalon project: “Edible Avalon is a great group that’s not only helping to build gardens in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area, they are teaching people how to garden and supporting them through their first gardening efforts. They are looking for volunteers to help mentor new gardeners at their garden sites 1-3 hours per week.” [Source]
A2: Golf
Chelsea: Music
A2: Google Fiber
UM: Art
Washtenaw: Literacy
A2: Downtown Forum

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It’s Called “Ann Arbor Open School @ Mack”
In a recent report on an AAPS board meeting, we paraphrased remarks of participants, and we employed the informal nomenclature of the speakers for “Ann Arbor Open School @ Mack.” Those variants were departures from the accepted standard shortening to “Ann Arbor Open.” We acknowledge the name of the school here, and have cleaned up references to it in the original piece.
Candidate Petition Filings
Next AATA Meeting on March 24
Committee Member Misidentified
Madden Not With Devils
Weatherization Funds
Khosla Ventures Investments

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