Archive for June, 2009

WMU facing $5 million deficit

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Western Michigan University is facing a $5 million budget deficit as it enters the 2009-10 fiscal year on July 1, according to President John Dunn’s June 18 Message to the University Community.
Dunn attributed the deficit to a cut in state funding, an increase in salaries and benefits for WMU employees, growing university operating costs and [...]

ALLAHO AKBAR!

Monday, June 15th, 2009

it is amazing how many different media are being used in the post-election protests in iran. while many, the majority, of people use twitter to detail every step of their mundane lives and youtube to watch videos of farts and giggles, here are some examples of the technology being used to share pertinent information in real time. [...]

found this in my pocket today…

Monday, June 15th, 2009

finally, the united states of america has gotten some sense into it.
all 50 states and…duke ellington

Biden stimulates Kalamazoo with speech

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

(Chyn Wey Lee / Western Herald) Gov. Granholm reacts upon announcement of $2 billion recovery zone fund to the state of Michigan by Vice-President Joe Biden.
Vice-President Joe Biden came to Loy Norrix High School on June 12 for the groundbreaking of the I-94 widening and Westnedge Avenue interchange reconstruction projects in Kalamazoo and Portage.
The Kalamazoo [...]