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Where Did Our Water Go? Trading Public Water Fountains for Private Bottled Water

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Drinking Water Fountains, University of Central Florida, The Big House, University of Michigan, Michigan Wolverines, Water Fountains, Cleveland Cavaliers, Bottled Water, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

It is time to stand up and demand that our public places and spaces have clean, working, water fountains. Even today, when our tap water is remarkably safe and inexpensive, we need water in our public areas.

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Wolverines Now Wolverine-less

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: University of Iowa, Ohio State University, NCAA Violations, Wolverine, Ann Arbor-Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Detroit Free Press, Ncaa, University of Florida, College Football, Lloyd Carr, Penn State, Rich Rodriguez, Tom Brady, The Big House, Demar Dorsey, Big Ten, University of Wisconsin, Spread Offense, Florida, Sports News
Scott Janssen

With the litany of problems Rodriguez has faced in Ann Arbor in such a short period of time, there is no doubt that the pressure is on to right the ship immediately.

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Women-Made Films Mostly Ignored by the National Film Registry. Why?

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Oscars, Jessie Maple, Penny Marshall, Sex, Women?S Cinema, Diane Tucker, New Sensations in Sound, Video, Growing Up Female, Guerrilla Girls, Julia Reichert, Nora Ephron, Cristina Cassidy, Where Are Women Directors, Seven Beauties, Women in the Director?S Chair, Jane Campion, Sleepless in Seattle, Warner Bros, Frances Marion, Melissa McEwan, Lost in Translation, Writer?S Strike, Award Season, Mary Ellen Bute, Tom Hanks, Chick Flicks, National Film Registry, Women In ?€ˆFilm and Video, The Piano, Screenplays by Women, Women Film Directors, Women Make Movies, The Big House, Genre Films, Lena Wertmuller, You?Ve Got Mail, Debra Zimmerman, Sofia Coppola, Shakesville, Inside DC, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Lists, Entertainment News
Diane Tucker

The situation for women who want to make movies is grim. Despite the fact that film schools graduate as many women as men, just 4% of Hollywood directors are women.

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