The Daily finally reports on
The Daily finally reports on the student who was assaulted last weekend - but they bury it in the middle of a story about another attack that occurred in Ann Arbor Monday when a homeless man wielding a knife threatened a student, who managed to escape. After giving a cursory explanation of last weekend’s apparent attempted rape, the reporter gets back to the story about the knife attack with the following near-non sequitur: “Although the assailant for the Sunday attack was not identified and was not reported to be homeless, the Monday report surprised many University students and homeless residents.” The entire rest of the article explores “tension” between students and the homeless - students are “very concerned with their own little worlds,” one homeless man opines.
The piece concludes with a male university student’s opinion that “Ann Arbor is still a safe place to live.” No female students are quoted on whether they feel safe with a would-be rapist wandering the streets. But perhaps to the Daily, being concerned would just reflect a preoccupation with one’s own little world.