Sam Dodge
@samdodgemlive.bsky.social
Lead reporter for MLive/The Ann Arbor News.
I'm really bad at posting over here. Here's some stuff I've been publishing in the last week for @mlive.com.
"ACLU, banned pro-Palestinian protesters sue University of Michigan"
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"ACLU, banned pro-Palestinian protesters sue University of Michigan"
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ACLU, banned pro-Palestinian protesters sue University of Michigan
The organization and five protesters sued the Ann Arbor university over its trespass ban keeping the protesters off premises.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm really bad at posting over here. Here's some stuff I've been publishing in the last week for @mlive.com.
"ACLU, banned pro-Palestinian protesters sue University of Michigan"
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
"ACLU, banned pro-Palestinian protesters sue University of Michigan"
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
This week's @mlive.com Dish of the Week is really more of an overall review of Echelon Kitchen.
It shot up to the top of my list of favorite places in the city.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/02/fancy-yet-unpretentious-echelon-kitchen-bar-confidently-debuts-in-ann-arbor.html
It shot up to the top of my list of favorite places in the city.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/02/fancy-yet-unpretentious-echelon-kitchen-bar-confidently-debuts-in-ann-arbor.html
Fancy yet unpretentious, Echelon Kitchen & Bar confidently debuts in Ann Arbor
From chicken done four ways to wood-fired flatbreads to salads with smoky mushrooms, Echelon Kitchen and Bar on Main Street hit the ground running.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This week's @mlive.com Dish of the Week is really more of an overall review of Echelon Kitchen.
It shot up to the top of my list of favorite places in the city.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/02/fancy-yet-unpretentious-echelon-kitchen-bar-confidently-debuts-in-ann-arbor.html
It shot up to the top of my list of favorite places in the city.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/02/fancy-yet-unpretentious-echelon-kitchen-bar-confidently-debuts-in-ann-arbor.html
UMich shut down a pro-Palestine protest group Thursday, one it linked to the August "die in" and the May harassment at a regent's home.
The group said the decision is based on "baseless accusations." www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/pro-palestine-group-shut-down-at-university-of-michigan.html
The group said the decision is based on "baseless accusations." www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/pro-palestine-group-shut-down-at-university-of-michigan.html
Pro-Palestine group shut down at University of Michigan
The university filed a complaint against Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, alleging its involvement in demonstrations for an August "die in" protest and a May protest at Regent Sarah Hubbard's...
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January 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
UMich shut down a pro-Palestine protest group Thursday, one it linked to the August "die in" and the May harassment at a regent's home.
The group said the decision is based on "baseless accusations." www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/pro-palestine-group-shut-down-at-university-of-michigan.html
The group said the decision is based on "baseless accusations." www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/pro-palestine-group-shut-down-at-university-of-michigan.html
2 more felony charges filed for #UMich pro-Palestinian protesters re: the August Festifall demonstration.
AG filed charges, both were arraigned late last week. More
@mlive.com: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/2-more-felony-charges-for-pro-palestine-protesters-at-university-of-michigan.html
AG filed charges, both were arraigned late last week. More
@mlive.com: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/2-more-felony-charges-for-pro-palestine-protesters-at-university-of-michigan.html
2 more felony charges for pro-Palestine protesters at University of Michigan
All new charges, including one for misdemeanor trespassing and two for felony resisting arrest, came from the Michigan Attorney General's office.
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January 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
2 more felony charges filed for #UMich pro-Palestinian protesters re: the August Festifall demonstration.
AG filed charges, both were arraigned late last week. More
@mlive.com: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/2-more-felony-charges-for-pro-palestine-protesters-at-university-of-michigan.html
AG filed charges, both were arraigned late last week. More
@mlive.com: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/2-more-felony-charges-for-pro-palestine-protesters-at-university-of-michigan.html
1st in a series of 175th anniversary stories on the UM Medical School. It's a fun story, starting in the frontiers of medical education. Some stuff about buried cadavers, too.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/175-years-ago-university-of-michigans-medical-school-was-just-a-professors-house.html
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/175-years-ago-university-of-michigans-medical-school-was-just-a-professors-house.html
New medicine & buried cadavers: University of Michigan Medical School’s ‘wild, woolly’ 175 years
The school is entering its 175th anniversary in 2025, as the history since then is defined by massive expansion of the campus and the study of medicine nationwide.
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January 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
1st in a series of 175th anniversary stories on the UM Medical School. It's a fun story, starting in the frontiers of medical education. Some stuff about buried cadavers, too.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/175-years-ago-university-of-michigans-medical-school-was-just-a-professors-house.html
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/01/175-years-ago-university-of-michigans-medical-school-was-just-a-professors-house.html
The Trump administration starts in 6 days. Here’s what #umich leaders are expecting.
January 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Trump administration starts in 6 days. Here’s what #umich leaders are expecting.
Back from a long PTO. Here’s a statewide story on a Baker College settlement with the DOE, including a $2.5M fine over misleading salary, job placement data.
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Michigan college fined $2.5M for misleading students on future jobs, salaries
The Michigan private college has five locations, including Cadillac, Jackson, Muskegon, Owosso and Royal Oak.
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January 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Back from a long PTO. Here’s a statewide story on a Baker College settlement with the DOE, including a $2.5M fine over misleading salary, job placement data.
www.mlive.com/news/jackson...
www.mlive.com/news/jackson...
After yesterday's #UMich salary database story, I also put together one on the top salaried deans on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. For @mlive.com:
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/see-which-10-university-of-michigan-deans-have-the-highest-salaries-in-2024.html
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/see-which-10-university-of-michigan-deans-have-the-highest-salaries-in-2024.html
See which 10 University of Michigan deans have the highest salaries in 2024
All of the highest-paid deans are on the Ann Arbor campus, according to newly released salary data from the university.
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December 11, 2024 at 4:41 PM
After yesterday's #UMich salary database story, I also put together one on the top salaried deans on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. For @mlive.com:
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/see-which-10-university-of-michigan-deans-have-the-highest-salaries-in-2024.html
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/see-which-10-university-of-michigan-deans-have-the-highest-salaries-in-2024.html
Our annual searchable database for University of Michigan salaries is live. Search any of the 57,000-plus salaries between the 3 campuses, from Sherrone Moore to your professor friend working at Ross.
December 10, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Our annual searchable database for University of Michigan salaries is live. Search any of the 57,000-plus salaries between the 3 campuses, from Sherrone Moore to your professor friend working at Ross.
Updated with details, including Acker saying the jars were filled with urine.
December 9, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Updated with details, including Acker saying the jars were filled with urine.
Reposted by Sam Dodge
Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
December 7, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
For @mlive.com, In an expected move, University of Michigan announced it will no longer solicit diversity statements in its faculty applications.
Comes at a time protests are flaring up on the Ann Arbor campus due to feared DEI cuts.
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Comes at a time protests are flaring up on the Ann Arbor campus due to feared DEI cuts.
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Amid feared DEI cuts, University of Michigan eliminates diversity statements for hirings
The decision, which comes in the midst of feared DEI cuts, comes after an Oct. 31 recommendation by a faculty-led committee.
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December 5, 2024 at 2:40 PM
For @mlive.com, In an expected move, University of Michigan announced it will no longer solicit diversity statements in its faculty applications.
Comes at a time protests are flaring up on the Ann Arbor campus due to feared DEI cuts.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Comes at a time protests are flaring up on the Ann Arbor campus due to feared DEI cuts.
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Latest #UMich move to expand its Ann Arbor holdings. About half of the properties are near Michigan Stadium and the other half are near the Ruthven building. Both areas are marked for development through Campus Plan 2050.
December 4, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Latest #UMich move to expand its Ann Arbor holdings. About half of the properties are near Michigan Stadium and the other half are near the Ruthven building. Both areas are marked for development through Campus Plan 2050.
Huge news for Ann Arbor foodies. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Isalita Cantina Mexicana closing in Ann Arbor for new project
Isalita Cantina Mexicana’s last day is set for Sunday, Dec. 22.
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December 4, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Huge news for Ann Arbor foodies. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
They call it "The World's Greatest Wrap" at Detroit Filling Station in Ann Arbor. I tried it and loved it.
This week's @mlive.com Dish of the Week. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/detroit-filling-station-serves-the-worlds-greatest-wrap-so-i-tried-it.html
This week's @mlive.com Dish of the Week. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/detroit-filling-station-serves-the-worlds-greatest-wrap-so-i-tried-it.html
Detroit Filling Station serves ‘The World’s Greatest Wrap.’ So I tried it.
The vegan diner in Ann Arbor has a wrap jampacked with grilled tempeh, provolone-style cheese, guacamole and crunchy veggies.
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December 4, 2024 at 3:55 PM
They call it "The World's Greatest Wrap" at Detroit Filling Station in Ann Arbor. I tried it and loved it.
This week's @mlive.com Dish of the Week. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/detroit-filling-station-serves-the-worlds-greatest-wrap-so-i-tried-it.html
This week's @mlive.com Dish of the Week. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/detroit-filling-station-serves-the-worlds-greatest-wrap-so-i-tried-it.html
Reposted by Sam Dodge
Economists and immigration advocates I spoke to said Trump's promises of mass deportation could mean crops left to rot in the field, farm shutdowns and higher prices. There's "immense fear" among farmworkers and immigrants in Michigan right now, one said.
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Trump deportations could bring ‘massive interruption’ for Michigan farms, food costs
A significant share of farmworkers are undocumented, and Trump has promised an unprecedented deportation operation nationwide when he returns to the White House.
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December 3, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Economists and immigration advocates I spoke to said Trump's promises of mass deportation could mean crops left to rot in the field, farm shutdowns and higher prices. There's "immense fear" among farmworkers and immigrants in Michigan right now, one said.
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And here’s the recap of yesterday’s big rally on the Diag. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
‘Make DEI better, not smaller,’ 300 protesters tell University of Michigan regents
"Losing DEI is being presented as an appendectomy,” one student protester said. “But it is, in fact, a lobotomy.”
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December 3, 2024 at 4:47 PM
And here’s the recap of yesterday’s big rally on the Diag. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Got my arms around the DEI controversy at University of Michigan. Here’s the outline of what could happen, what some fear could be cut: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Feared DEI cuts prompt faculty pushback at University of Michigan
Faculty have planned multiple protests on the Ann Arbor campus this week after Board of Regents members have internally discussed changes to the university's diversity, equity and inclusion strategy.
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December 3, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Got my arms around the DEI controversy at University of Michigan. Here’s the outline of what could happen, what some fear could be cut: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
I liked doing this story. Spoke with Wolverines in the heart of Buckeye country.
November 30, 2024 at 4:57 PM
I liked doing this story. Spoke with Wolverines in the heart of Buckeye country.
I spoke with Michigan fans about this weekend’s game. A few are my friends. :)
November 30, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I spoke with Michigan fans about this weekend’s game. A few are my friends. :)
I had to do a double take with these @wsj.com rankings. 2 Michigan colleges you wouldn’t expect were ranked higher than Northwestern and U-Chicago.
For @mlive.bsky.social: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
For @mlive.bsky.social: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
2 small Michigan colleges surpass Northwestern in Wall Street Journal rankings
The national publication's Midwest college rankings evaluates how institutions set up students for financial success after graduation.
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November 21, 2024 at 2:46 PM
I had to do a double take with these @wsj.com rankings. 2 Michigan colleges you wouldn’t expect were ranked higher than Northwestern and U-Chicago.
For @mlive.bsky.social: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
For @mlive.bsky.social: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Reposted by Sam Dodge
Reposted by Sam Dodge
The idea of Texas A&M knocking Texas out of the playoff in a rivalry game they haven’t played in over a decade gives me a secondhand hater’s high so intense I probably shouldn’t drive right now
November 20, 2024 at 12:57 AM
The idea of Texas A&M knocking Texas out of the playoff in a rivalry game they haven’t played in over a decade gives me a secondhand hater’s high so intense I probably shouldn’t drive right now