The Ann Arbor Chronicle » A2: Arts Funding

Local arts groups are still awaiting word how how much they’ll receive from the effort. The article quotes Sara Billmann of the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, who says that online follow-ups are key: “If people are comfortable …

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CARPE DIEM: Higher Education's Disinvestment in Faculty

The chart above is based on data in the American Federation of Teachers study “The State of the Higher Education Workforce 1997-2007,” released in May 2009, and college enrollment data available here. The report presents a troubling …

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The Internet Is The Beach Boys In 1963 | TPMCafe

If you follow MP3 blogs that focus on older music as well as newer music, you’ll be just as stunned by how many musicians in the pre- internet era were hot shit for two singles and then fell off the face of the earth. …

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Little League softball: Two games, two romps | Chronicle-Telegram

The temperature was 91 at game time and the heat was a burden, especially for the catchers in their protective equipment. But it didn’t stop Looney, Elyria’s southpaw catcher, from having a two-hit day — including one of the team’s four …

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Minneapolis Outdoor Recreation Examiner: Paddling the Apostle …

Minneapolis Outdoor Recreation Examiner: Paddling the Apostle Islands. In FYI on August 6, 2009 at 4:21 PM. Text by Marie Malinowski

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Firefighters Burn Mold-Infested Home – Detroit Local News Story …

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A mold-infested vacant house on Verna Avenue in Ypsilanti Township will be burned to the ground Thursday in a controlled fire. Thursday, August 6, 2009.

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Five Big Ten Games No Real Fan Will Miss – First and Big Ten

In what many consider to be the game of the year in the Big Ten, last season’s defending champions Penn State will “welcome” last season’s defending champions Ohio State to hostile Happy Valley. The state universities of Ohio and …

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Michael Moore, comedian Jeff Garlin organizing comedy festival in …

Michael Moore plans Traverse City comedy festivalTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Oscar winner Michael Moore has more big plans for his adopted northern Michigan hometown of Traverse City, where he’s already established a film festival.

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