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Grand Valley State U Denies Accusation They Base Admissions and Scholarships on Race

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 09, 2025 0 Comments

“We accept virtually all students of color, except in cases in which the student’s writing is such that we’re convinced they would struggle far too much in our first-year sequences.”...

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U Michigan Regents and Executives Given 24-Hour Security Due to Ongoing Threats

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 03, 2025 4 Comments

"As protests continue on campus and off over the ongoing bloodshed in the Middle East, including Israel's war with Palestinians in Gaza after the militant group Hamas launched the Oct. 7, 2023, attack."...

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Research Finds Record Low Number of Men Enrolled at U Michigan

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 18, 2025 7 Comments

“When deciding on whether to go to college in the first place, men often have greater high-paying options than women without a college degree in blue-collar occupations …”...

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U. Michigan and MSU Would Face Significant Funding Cuts Under House Republican Budget

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 12, 2025 3 Comments

“Michigan’s largest universities have been getting way more than their fair share for far too long”...

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Third Chinese Student Charged with Smuggling Biological Materials into U. Michigan

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 10, 2025 16 Comments

Chengxuan Han brought in four packages that “contained biological material related to round worms” from China and claimed it was part of "a game"....

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Black Student Alliance at U. Michigan Demands Greater Policing of Hate Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 09, 2025 7 Comments

"I am here because I have been pushed into a corner. Because I am being targeted."...

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Anti-Israel Protesters Destroy Hundreds of Flowers at U. Michigan Garden

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 03, 2025 7 Comments

“What happened here was an act of disregard not just for the garden, but for the community that cherishes it, even for life itself”...

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Report: Michigan Democrats Fear Israel-Hamas War ‘Proxy Battles’ in 2026 Senate Primary

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 31, 2025 17 Comments

"I do think that if AIPAC comes in and goes negative on [El-Sayed’s] campaign, they’re going to alienate a broad swath of Arab and Muslim voters who already demonstrated in 2024 that they’re extremely frustrated with AIPAC...

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MI Attorney General Drops All Charges Against U. Michigan Anti-Israel Protesters

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 07, 2025 7 Comments

"The group hugged each other, smiled and posed for a photo with their attorneys in the courtroom after learning the news."...

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Michigan Dem. Senator Elissa Slotkin Floats a Plan for Her Party to Win Back the Middle

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 26, 2025 65 Comments

"She is urging Democrats to ‘f---ing retake the flag’ with appeals to voters’ sense of patriotism, to adopt ‘the goddamn Alpha energy’ of Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell"...

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FBI Raids Homes of Anti-Israel Activists From University of Michigan

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 24, 2025 7 Comments

“Crowds gathered at two of the locations to call the police Nazis.”...

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U. Michigan Suspends Anti-Israel Student Activists From Their Campus Jobs

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 23, 2025 5 Comments

“During a private event, protesters interfered with law enforcement’s ability to provide invitees safe and secure entry and exit from the premises”...

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Central Michigan U. Rebranding DEI Office as ‘Division of University Engagement and Student Affairs’

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 18, 2025 2 Comments

"leaders will develop a new webpage for the unit and communicate planned changes with the campus community throughout the summer"...

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Lawrence Technological U. Finally Apologizes for Inaction After Student’s Antisemitic Abuser Pleads Guilty

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 07, 2025 9 Comments

“I am glad that most of the truth has come to light, but LTU’s campus was a hostile environment for me for more than a year after I reported Zavier’s harassment in my own campus apartment”...

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Ford Offering Employee Pricing for U.S. Customers

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 03, 2025 23 Comments

Ford believes it has "a competitive advantage" regarding tariffs because the company imports only "21% of the vehicles it sells here."...

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University of Michigan Closing DEI Offices

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 27, 2025 5 Comments

I bet the university will find a way to keep DEI within the school....

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Sixty-Five Discriminatory Scholarships at Calvin University Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2025 5 Comments

"At EqualProtect.org we have challenged discriminatory programs and scholarships at over 60 colleges and universities, but never have we seen such a large number at any single institution."...

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Feds Open Investigation Into 11 Discriminatory Scholarships at Grand Valley State U After Complaint by Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2025 3 Comments

"OCR will investigate the following legal issue: whether the University discriminates against students on the basis of race and/or color in violation of Title VI and its implementing regulations by restricting access to the scholarships based on race and/or color."...

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