Hayden returns to activist territory
Tom Hayden doesn't like to talk about the past - but when he comes home to Ann Arbor, it finds him.
Old friends and colleagues stumble in with stories of the old days, admirers marvel at the symbol of a generation and young activists want to know what life was like "back in the '60s."
Diversity not enough for 'U' harmony
At first, LSA sophomore Alicia Ivory thought what happened to her was just an accident.
But then something made her change her mind.
Frantic students set to face finals frenzy
Students waited for several hours outside of the bustling Angell Hall computing site to write term papers yesterday - punishment for long-term procrastination.
Others hit the books all over campus, filling libraries and residence halls late into last night as cold winds rushed across the Diag.
Big Ten will play tourney
Despite the protest of University interim President Homer Neal, the Big Ten will hold a men's basketball tournament beginning in March 1998.
'U' admissions still brings best students
High school seniors in Michigan may have a better chance of getting an acceptance letter from a state university, but officials at the University of Michigan said admissions are "as selective as ever."
According to an article in yesterday's Detroit Free Press, students' odds of being accepted to a state school have increased since 1986 from seven in 10 to eight in 10 since 1986.
Plutonium disposal plan faces criticism
WASHINGTON - Energy Department plans to destroy 50 tons of surplus Cold War plutonium by encasing it in glass or burning it in nuclear reactors drew sharp reaction yesterday from critics who fear that the solution is a sop to the nuclear power industry.
Energy officials argue that the plan represents the most prudent way to dispose of plutonium. But they acknowledge that important issues involving the cost, environmental safety and technology remain unanswered.
Kleptomaniac group offers support, help
It started with small items, such as cigarettes.
Then he moved on to clothing, which he would sell to his friends. He was arrested a few times, sometimes spending up to a week in jail. Last year, he tried to stop, but as pressures built up in his life, he just could not control the urge to steal.
Candidate search begins for new Architecture dean
A search team is looking to identify candidates for dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning following Dean Robert Beckley's decision to step down from the school's top post after 10 1/2 years.
Beckley, who will return to the college's faculty next June, said he had a single agenda when he took on the position.
Student organizations vie for renovated Union rooms
Student organizations are lining up for the opportunity to obtain space in the newly renovated fourth floor in the Michigan Union.
The Michigan Union Board of Representatives, the Union administration offices and student organizations are hoping to have construction completed in February, but an official date will not be set until after winter break.
Ross latest Dem. to join governor race
The strategy worked for Clinton, who narrowly won the presidency in 1992 and soundly trounced Bob Dole last month for a second four-year term.
Ross, a Democrat who has worked in the Clinton administration and who ran the Michigan Department of Commerce from 1984-89, thinks the same strategy can help him win the governor's office here in Michigan in 1998.
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Museum celebrates French art works
Ranging from life-sized wooden soldiers to caricatures of children in short stories such as "Little Red Riding Hood," the Museum of Art is celebrating the popular French mass-production print-making industry with an exhibit titled "Images d'Épinal."
The exhibit is a look into the lives and interests of the French middle class dating back to the 18th through the early 20th centuries.
Perry warns China about weapons sales
The Chinese also consented in principle to allowing U.S. warships to continue making port visits in Hong Kong after July 1997, when China regains sovereignty over the colony, according to a senior defense official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity.
Perry's warning on Iranian relations came as Perry and Chi, as part of a series of increased U.S.-China contacts, agreed to continue high level military meetings.
Race redistricting faces Supreme Court in 2 cases
WASHINGTON (AP) - The racial politics of running for Congress in Georgia and for a local school board in Louisiana provided the backdrop yesterday as the Supreme Court examined the use of race in redrawing election districts.
Calif. systems to wait on Prop. 209
The officials, barring a court order, were set to render a bevy of undergraduate admissions decisions and award financial aid to graduate students before Dec. 16.
Judge Thelton Henderson's Friday decision adds the university to the list of state agencies affected by his temporary restraining order against Proposition 209.
Christopher puts pressure on Serbs
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Secretary of State Warren Christopher escalated U.S. pressure on Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic yesterday, urging him to talk to opposition leaders, recognize freedom of assembly, respect opposition victories in recent municipal elections and unfetter the media.
Although he said Milosevic demonstrated at the Dayton, Ohio, peace conference that he was capable of abrupt changes of course, Christopher said, "Milosevic's position at the present time is self-defeating.''
Oil-food trade deal approved by U.N.
The United Nations approved a long-delayed oil-for-food deal yesterday that will permit Iraq to export specified amounts of petroleum for the first time since the world body imposed crippling sanctions on Iraq in 1990 to punish it for invading Kuwait.
The agreement, which represents a partial lifting of the sanctions, permits Iraq to sell $2 billion worth of oil over six months and use the money to buy food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies to help ease widespread hunger and illness. It can be extended every six months if the Security Council decides that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government is complying with U.N. conditions for the sales.
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