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John D’Adamo Presents | The Daily Daily
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+ Mike Wallace passed on at 93. Not only did he work for CBS and its newsmagazine 60 Minutes for decades, he was a University of Michigan alum and wrote many news articles for the Michigan Daily. I don’t know what upsets me more, the fact that Mike Wallace died or the fact that the Michigan Daily was once THAT good of a paper.
+ SpringFest happened, and more than 50 restaurants, student clubs, and 12 year old guitarists performed. It was hosted by the group MUSIC Matters, and College Dems were well represented at the event. Unfortunately our neighbors, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, weren’t actually there. #hashbashproblems
+ Stop the presses, because graffiti is polarizing the community.
+ Crime Notes: 5500 people attended the Hash Bash celebration, with a whopping, jaw dropping 13 arrests related to marijuana. Also a stool was stolen from South Quad. There are no suspects, but word on the street is that the two are related, with people preparing for Saturday’s festivities thinking “Yeah man, this will be, like, the greatest idea ever. Let’s, like, take a stool from like South Quad and get in the Crime Notes.”
+ In the Three Things You Should Know Today column, the Michigan Daily decides the top thing we need to know is that two deaths in Albuquerque, New Mexico have been related to mixing hand sanitizer and mouthwash to get drunk. Next, in Michigan baseball news: We beat MSU to win the weekend series.
+ In a shocker, the Daily reports that Mitt Romney is having problems courting the female vote, and by that they mean all the females except maybe Ann Romney.
+ There was a Jimmy John’s ad in the paper. Mmm, gargantuans.
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Inside Politics | 04.08.12 – Santorum Surge Halted. RomneyBot 3000 Will be Nominee.
Following the sweep of contests including a win in Wisconsin, one of the last must-win states for Santorum, it looks like people are finally beginning to realize what everyone’s basically known for two years: Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee. FEC records from Friday, April 6 show that Romney’s main fundraising committee, the very creatively named Romney Victory, Inc., and the RNC have filed to form a joint fundraising committee.
The fact is, despite the media attempting to make this race close, and despite joke attempts by Herman Cain, Rick Perry, and Michelle Bachmann which caused much hilarity, everyone’s basically known Romney would be the nominee for a long time. This is how the GOP does things. They give politicians slightly more and more power until they finally reach the big show. See: George H.W. Bush, 1988/92, Bob Dole, 1996, John McCain, 2008. George W. Bush, of course, being the anomaly, but I think we can all agree being the son of a former president has a perk or two. Bush certainly did not win the nomination/presidency on his wit.
It was simply Mitt Romney’s turn. After rising in the heirarchy to second place in the 2008 GOP primaries, and despite some attempt by the Tea Party and other attempts to stop this rise, party elders once again ruled that Romney was ready for the big show. For the Republicans, money, power, and influence rule over anything else. Hence their abandonment of actually trying to run the country at all and shutting down essential government services to give more kickbacks to the rich.
Thus, the general election stage is set: Obama vs. Romney, and as College Democrats we cannot accept a Romney White House. The progress gained over the last four years would be reversed. More Scalia and Alito-type conservative justices would be chosen, and civil rights in this country could go back decades. We’ve also seen the beginnings of what Republicans will do in control in the state level. With Rick Snyder and his cronies in power in Lansing, women, the LGBT community, and unions have been attacked. The rich and business interests, on the other hand, have been given tax breaks and bailouts. We absolutely can’t afford this atrocity anymore. These are the stakes. Let’s join together and get Barack Obama back into the White House and Democrats down the ticket for a bright, hopeful American future.
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Hey Dems!
The College Democrats and Obama for America will be having a phonebank this Friday, April 6, from 11-2 on the diag! Be there, as there will be pizza, gummies, and selections from Obama playlists to get us all pumped up. Pick your favorite song from the 2012 or other Obama playlists and it’ll be played at the phonebank to get us started. We hope to see everyone who cares about the amazing things the President has done for us over the last few years to spend a few minutes stopping by, hanging out, and making a few calls.
Please fill out our Google Doc tonight or as soon as possible even if you aren’t sure you can make a block of time, so that we have a general idea of when to order pizza. Call me at (989)-289-8654 if you have any questions!
The Daily Daily Presented by Joe Smith
The opinions below are only those of Joeseph P. Smith. Reader discretion is advised.
On the third day of April, after a weak storm, Joe Smith rose from political hibernation to give you this Daily Daily.
- Once again, it was reiterated that the Umich is primarily a research institution, being the top ranked in research expeditures among public Us, and second across all public and private institutions. John Hopkins U tops Umich on the latter. Interesting tidbit about them: nearly half (or at least a good chunk) of their sponsorship funding
goes for defense research. More info.
- The CSG elections go on… Our own Brendan Campbell is quoted!
- Political Activity is on the rise ahead of the November elections. The Daily appears to have put random names and quotes in a jar and drew some for parts of the article. “This is my first election… ” “It’s something that I am really passionate about… ” “We’re just campaigning on the Republican ideal and what any Republican candidate really would offer versus a Democrat candidate… it is not about Mitt Romney or Barack Obama, it’s about them and their country.” I’m so inspired. (Just go vote when the time comes folks) As an aside, Pavitra Abraham, from the OFA and with whom we work with closely, is mentioned in the article!
- Crime notes: I would be careful when headlining a report with “Rack City”.
- Opinion section: nice note on the Detroit Action Commonwealth, an argument for tuition equality, the Daily wants Ryan’s Budget rejected, and a note on the Violence Against Women Act.
- Sports: Umich baseball (non-Daily note: Tigers opening day is THURSDAY!!!), and a retrospective on men’s basketball for the year
- Disco is given a plug in the music column… I suppose its few remaining fans need an outlet.
- In the music notebook: complaints about bears taking over the musical kingdom.
Other non-daily notes: hope you all appreciated the April Fool’s Day shenanigans throughout the interwebs. The popular and controversial site Reddit came out with a humorous timeline going back to the big bang. Google had a basket full of stuff: sponsorship of NASCAR for driverless races, some morse code attachment for the computer, but the doozy was a retro rendition of Google Maps, which if you watch the video promoting it, they use the Japanese version of the old Nintendo, and some pointers from the classic role playing game Dragon Warrior. There is a bit of worry for calling it Google Maps Quest, as Mapquest may complain. But who cares, it was awesome.
I apologize for the geekiness, but my goodness April Fools Day was a
good one for nerds.
Have a good one!!!
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John D’Adamo Presents | The Daily Daily
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+ Suellyn Scranecchia, University vice president and doubling as general counsel since 2008, is resigning from the U to go to the Law School faculty. Good I say, making tons of money can be a pain sometimes.
+ Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to speak at Law School Senior Day. He will speak to the graduates on May 6 at the Hill Auditorium. The content has yet to fully be determined, but I believe it includes inspiring the graduates and possibility a little of how he got aboard the Barack Train.
+ The University has one of the largest amounts of mammal specimens, from an etruscan shrew to a humpback whale 27 feet long in diameter. There’s still no Bigfoot, so I’m not impressed.
+ Our very own vice chair Adam Watkins was pictured as part of a story about the parkour club, which emphasizes movement in a variety of ways, pushing yourself as far as you can go. Apparently, some people view this group as a bunch of “disruptive hooligans,” but they don’t matter anyway.
+ Yonah Lieberman has another great opinion article, this time about choosing electives wisely instead of just choosing the easy ‘A’ courses. Darn, and I had Introduction to Foods and Advanced Naptime all lined up, too.
+ There was an actual crime in Crime Notes today; a car got stolen. I must be typing this in a parallel universe.
+ Employers are asking for Facebook passwords all over the place, and the Daily and pretty much everyone on the planet agrees that that is bad on many levels.
Don’t forget to come to ThoughtfulDems’ Kick-Ass tonight at 8 PM in the Koessler Room of the Michigan League to learn more about how we roll and utilize social media!
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Photo of the Day
It hasn’t been the best week, politically. It’s nice to read this and remember why it is so important that we support President Obama in the election. (For more reasons, click here)
Lauren Coffman Presents | The Daily Daily
+ There’s an article on the Affordable Care Act, which I’m assuming is all positive because I’m refusing to read any coverage until the Supreme Court upholds the law. #FingersCrossed
+ The CSG election results have yet to be certified, leaving last year’s members in place. Yet another power grab by Vice President Brendan Campbell? #YouBeTheJudge
+ The Statement provides a thorough overview of ‘The 7a.m. Case.’ Luckily, they left out most of the goings on between 3:30 and 6:50 . . .
My favorite quote? “2a.m. The trial resumes, with Andrews offering testimony and Bowen and his counsel escalating their aggression toward him.” #DemsInTheNews #RoBoProblems
+Random Student Interview excerpt #LeadersAndTheBest
Well, it’s Tuesday. And it’s super.
I’m pretty sure it happened like a month ago. But when it did, I didn’t really care about it.
+The Daily is concerned about rising ticket prices preventing some students from being able to attend the University’s football games. I’m more concerned about rising tuition prices preventing some students from attending the University. #perspective
+LSA Junior Kelsey Trotta doesn’t care about your moral hangups, she just wants her birth control pills. #SistersAreDoinItForThemselves
+Columnist Dar-Wei Chen says Generation Y is too hungry for praise and acknowledgement. On a related note, if you’d like to tell me how great my Daily Daily is, feel free to e-mail me at cofflaur@umich.edu. #IKnowWhatIBringToTheParty
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+@GreggHarper: I’m also opposed to sweatshirts on the House floor, but Bobby Rush was making a statement, not a fashion statement. #GetOverYourself
+Attorney General Eric Holder will be speaking at the University’s Law School commencement. #Jealous
+@Rumersongs is the only appropriate soundtrack for this lovely weather. #WelcomeBackKotter
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Mary Bridget Lee Presents | The Daily Daily
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+Second day of Supreme Court hearings on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
+More than 150 students and faculty participated in a candlelight vigil last night in honor of Trayvon Martin and Shaima Alawadi, victims of recent alleged hate crimes. Another event, the Million Hoodie March, will take place on April 10th.
+An audit of the AATA found them to be in violation of the Davis-Bacon Act, which outlines wage requirements for government-funded agencies. Although, after attending the Enviro Conference, I would argue that the government isn’t really doing so much funding. Also there is one typo in this article.
+Madonna’s new album gets a very poor review, but to be fair, I think we should keep in mind that she dropped out of the best university in the country so she can only be so successful.
+Mary Sue is not happy with Rick Snyder’s proposed budget for the university, shockingly.
+Crime notes are averaging two typos apiece.
+There are SO MANY sports articles, and I thought it wasn’t even sports season!
Happy Tuesday!
Quote of the Day | #sportz
“I am a huge believer that sports ends up being good for kids and especially good for girls. It gives them confidence, it gives them a sense of what it means to compete.”-President Barack Obama
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Daily Daily- 3/22
Disclaimer: The expressed views are solely reflective of the author, and in no way represent UMCD, MFCD, MDP, the anonymous OurMichigan Source, or the CSG (which I hear is currently passing a resolution demanding world peace).
Happy Thursday! I am currently listening to a youMICH CSG candidate talk about himself in my SOC 102 class, and, because of this, I have your Daily Daily.
+ The New York Times front page is devoted to the CSG election, so I am inclined to believe that it is real, it is happening, and, as a result, I will be voting for Kevin Mersol-Barg and Amy Navaab today!
+ Daily front page story about an email sent to the Greek community about certain CSG candidates’ alleged anti-Semitic views(which, in his defense, he denies). I was worried when I read the title “Email slams candidates,” because I thought that the Daily, through heavy-duty investigation, obtained a copy of the scathing email that I wrote about the Students for Puppies’ views on cats.
+ Our very own Robert Bowen lodged 8 complaints yesterday for election violations. The article does not mention the complaint he lodged against Vulture for West Wing losing in the first round of its Best Drama Bracket.
+ Affordable Care Act turns 2 years old! w00t
+ Crime note entitled “Rough Housing.” I think it is a bit extreme for the Daily to call North Campus housing criminal…
+ There is an ad for an open casting call for the Real World 28 on page 3 of the Daily. Apparently, they heard about the CSG election, which, to quote Andrew Samberg, is “as real as it gets.”
+ Great From the Daily article today!
+ I am not going to talk about the sports, because I am bitter about how horribly my bracket is doing. This is the last time that I pick teams to win sports based on how much I like the school’s mascot (Full disclaimer: I’m Team Athens when it comes to the Peloponnesian War, so I took the MSU Spartans out in the first round).
Transitioning from the snark about CSG, I recommend that all of you vote today. You can find the endorsements of the UM College Democrats here. It is actually important! Come to KAT tonight in the Pond Room at 8:00! Kthxbye.
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