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Where there’s smoke…
Employees hot about special treatment for visiting smokersEditor Washtenaw Community College saw a lot of smoke this summer. But those curious enough to find the source weren’t afraid of the fire. They were afraid they’d be fired. |
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TWO STRIKES and you’re out?
Students not sold on new smoking policyManaging Editor A new “two-strike” smoking policy is in place at Washtenaw Community College in a stepped-up attempt to make this the smoke-free campus it professes to be. |
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New parking structure construction already several months behind schedule
MATT DURR New Media Producer The long-anticipated construction of the $11-million parking structure is already months behind schedule, and college officials are blaming the township for petty, expensive delays. |
Diversions
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Making a movie in Ann Arbor is a real ‘Scream’
WENDY OCHOA Contributor Growing up in the ’40’s with a father who had a movie-rental business in Grand Rapids, Burns Park resident Julie Carroll was familiar with movies – changing the reels, splicing film and transporting projectors. But for the month of August, she has experienced Hollywood in a different way as Scream 4 filmed in the two houses across from her Lincoln Avenue home. |
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FAMILY REUNITES, now fights to stay together
Editor Sadeepa Munasinghe sat in her living room laughing that same, balloon-pop kind of laugh. First, it’s a shrieky surprise. But then, you realize that it’s pure joy. Not just any joy – it’s the kind of joy that makes your cheeks hurt and your eyes water. |
Voices
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Washtenaw’s smoking ban: All or nothing EDITORIALIn theory, Washtenaw Community College has been a smoke-free campus for years. But we all know the truth – we see students light up mere feet away from the proud, green “smoke-free” plaques that pepper the campus. |
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Sticking to the plan – it’s on you Managing Editor Students come to Washtenaw Community College to achieve goals. That’s why we spend our time and money on classes. From associate’s degrees to certificates, or whatever else the goal may be, we need to keep it in the front of our minds. |
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Features Editor As a poverty-stricken college newspaper editor, I find myself picking up shifts at a little breakfast place in Ann Arbor. I hear my fair share of the town’s old money carry on over eggs and toast. The staff and customers often joke that we are “Cheers without the beers.” Everyone there is a part of the family. |
Sports
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Big Ten Sneak Peek:
Last year as we know it?JAMES HIGHSMITH & MATT THOMPSON Staff Writers Can anyone dethrone Ohio State? Anyone? Anyone? |
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Scandal is not a ‘big deal’ to some, ‘ridiculous’ to other UM fans JAMES HIGHSMITH Sports Writer One of the most fabled football programs in the land is about to start its 132nd season with an enormous dark cloud overhead, and some of its devoted fans are saying, so what? |
Wildcard
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PARA ESPAÑA! A toast to the World Cup champions
Voice staffer joins Spaniards in wild celebration following victoryQUINN DAVIS Editor Sure, Ann Arbor covers herself with Maize and Blue on Saturdays. And yeah, you can hear the roar of the Big House from more than a mile away. But when Spain played, and eventually won, in the World Cup over the summer, the entire country erupted. |
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