Tag Archives: Jerry Sandusky

Krampus fever sweeps nation, enflames Ypsilanti

By Mark | December 12, 2011

All of a suden, it seems that Krampus is everywhere. I got a note a few days ago from someone telling me that I’d be getting a call from NPR, as they were working on story about a Krampus festival that folks were working to launch in Philadelphia. I guess, since we started our event […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Anthony Bourdain, Brothers Grimm, costumes, dressing up in costumes and lying to people, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Krampus grants, Krampusdeep, Krampuslauf Philadelphia, Martin Thoburn, masks, pagan, parades, Penn State, Philadelphia, Stevens Point, The Mad Tinkers, torches, Wisconsin | 7 Comments

Occupy teach-in this Saturday afternoon at Woodruff’s…. Ideas for Ypsi’s occupation abound

By Mark | December 7, 2011

[The following missive must have been slipped into my pocket this evening as I made my way down Michigan Avenue with my dog.] The State Capitol of Art and Activism by Occupy Ypsilanti What do GoldmanSachs, Jerry Sandusky, Michael Bloomberg, McDonald’s, Rick Snyder, The Gap, Nestle, Major League Baseball, and Mary Sue Coleman have in […]

Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 99%, Arab Spring, Blogbaby, Brian Whitener, co-ops, Dave Strenski, Deja Vu, Edible Commons, EMU, foreclosure resistance, GoldmanSachs, Howard Bunsis, Iceland, Jeff Clark, Liberty Square, local food production, Major League Baseball, Maria Cotera, Mary Sue Coleman, McDonald’s, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Shallal, Natalia Harris, Nestle, Oakland, Occupy, Occupy Ypsilanti, Olympia, origami, Peter Linebaugh, power, Recreation Park, Rick Snyder, school lunches, teach-in, The Gap, The State Capitol of Art and Activism, Transition Ypsilanti, urban farming, Water Street, wealth inequality, Woodruff's, Zuccotti Park | 34 Comments

It’s been almost five years since EMU’s cover-up of Laura Dickinson’s murder, and, thankfully, it hasn’t been forgotten

By Mark | November 20, 2011

For those of you who didn’t catch it, EMU was mentioned in the New York Times a week or so ago. Unfortunately, it wasn’t anything good. It was in relation to the Penn State pedophilia case. EMU, it seems, finds itself in an elite group of American universities – those that have been caught purposefully […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Clery Act, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Geoff Larcom, John A. Fallon III, Laura Dickinson, murder, Penn State, President Fallon | 11 Comments

Conspiracy theories take root around the Penn State pedophilia case

By Mark | November 10, 2011

As it’s been a while since we’ve had a good conspiracy theory thread here on the site, and as I haven’t yet opined on the whole Penn State pedophilia scandal, I thought that I’d move the following clip up to the front page. It comes from the website of the New England Sports Network, and […]