Bollinger, 'U' to seal contract
A little after 2 p.m. today, the presidential search is set to close down - for good.
The public meeting is the last chapter in the 14-month search for the University's new leader.
Veterans honored for service to country
As in an intricately choreographed dance, members of the Tri-Service Color Guard retired an American flag on the Diag and fought a freezing wind as they raised the new one.
The traditional flag ceremony was held yesterday morning to honor veterans of the armed forces on Veterans Day.
Winter wonderland blankets campus, state early in season
At 8 p.m. last night the world suddenly turned white.
As the streets filled with snow, students slipped and slid to the library and back home.
Professors abducted in day of protest
Professors were "kidnapped" and students were locked in a wooden cage on the Diag yesterday.
This was not a flashback to the '60s - it was a day of protest held by the campus chapter of Amnesty International.
Counterfeit football tickets increase for big home games
Buying a ticket on the street for this weekend's Michigan-Penn State football game may not guarantee a seat in the stadium.
At least 50 counterfeit tickets were printed and distributed for Michigan's last home game, Nov. 2 against Michigan State, and Department of Public Safety officials are expecting the same this Saturday.
Christopher attempts Hebron deal
JERUSALEM - In his last scheduled overseas trip before he steps down as the top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Warren Christopher arrived in the Middle East yesterday for a last-ditch effort to get Israel and the Palestinians to clinch a deal on an Israeli troop withdrawal from the West Bank city of Hebron.
Christopher was to meet late yesterday in Cairo, Egypt, with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He was also to meet today with Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy, who is attending a regional economic conference in the Egyptian capital.
Suspect charged in Bursley parking lot assault
The Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office charged 33-year-old Steven Dwain Smith with sexual assault and armed robbery last Tuesday in connection with an attack on a female University student in the parking lot across from Bursley Hall early last month.
Smith, who was arrested Oct. 14 in connection with other incidents, faces preliminary examinations Thursday and next Monday. He is charged with four counts, including first-degree criminal sexual conduct and armed robbery, which are both punishable with up to life in prison.
Fans are 'out for blood,' charity
The battle has begun. With only two weeks until the Michigan-Ohio State game, the saying "out for blood" is no longer just an expression.
All over campus this week and next, Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity and the American Red Cross will be holding blood drives for students to come and donate blood for the Michigan-OSU Blood Battle.
Whitewater lawyers throw mud
Starr said he hopes more people will step forward with information on the failed Arkansas land development in which President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton invested.
"I think the difficulty with this investigation has been getting at the truth as promptly as I would like," Starr said before a speech at the Economic Club of Detroit. "That's been the heart and soul of the challenge."
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Army continues to probe charges of sex misconduct
Meanwhile, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the Army was "casting its net very wide" to find problems elsewhere.
A separate investigation is looking into allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from rape to fraternization, among supervisors at an Army training base in Missouri, but no charges have been filed, Army sources said.
Questions surface over Reno's future in Clinton Cabinet
A stock answer, but it still irked White House aides who felt she was boxing President Clinton into a corner.
Shaking up the Cabinet, an almost painless task so far, is growing more ticklish as Clinton decides whether to reappoint Reno in the midst of Whitewater and other investigations.
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