Regents to discuss child care, new executive post
After weeks of intensive work on the presidential search, the University Board of Regents will return to normalcy today.
During their regular monthly meetings today and tomorrow, the regents will discuss several business items - with the University Medical Center and child care high on the agenda.
'Motherhood and Dance': Artists depict pregnancy
A personal experience came to life last night on the dance floor. Using a dance to show the plight of working mothers, associate Prof. Jessica Fogel showed feeling through choreography last night.
Link-up looks at diversity
Ability or disability. Age. Class. Gender. Geographic region. Race. Religion. Sexual orientation. These were among the elements that compose diversity at last night's nationwide videoconference event on campus. About 60 students gathered to watch a videoconference broadcast at colleges across the country that centered around "isms" on campuses and the ways change can be made toward more diversity.
U.S. ready to aid refugees
WASHINGTON - President Clinton has decided "in principle'' to send U.S. troops and helicopters to Central Africa as part of a Canadian-led, multi-national military expedition to help deliver aid to hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees, the White House announced yesterday.
More than 20 ads stolen from Diag
Twenty-two canvas advertisements, estimated to be worth between $500 to $600 total, were reported stolen from the Diag on Tuesday. The canvas "Diag boards" belonged to nine student groups. The Department of Public Safety is currently investigating the crime, which is believed to have taken place between 10 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Feature photo: Mangled message
MSA candidates tout ideas for 'U'
The second debate featuring parties in next week's Michigan Student Assembly elections saw candidates from the Liberty Party and the United People's Coalition wage a polite verbal war, while members of the Slumber Party and Students' Party were generally agreeable on most issues. "I'd have to disagree with my colleague from the Liberty Party," UPC candidate Nick Farr said several times.
Forest club gets first-hand account
A Colorado environmental speaker brought warm images of tropical rainforests and a unique message about environmentalism to about 60 students at the Dana Building last night.
Kevin Russell, founder of the Rainforest Awareness Project, used slides and music to tell vivid stories of his first trip to Borneo, which is located between Indonesia and Malaysia in the Pacific Ocean.
Rare tactic used in Schmitz trial
DETROIT (AP) - Jonathan Schmitz's conviction on a lesser charge of murder was at least partly the result of a little-used defense strategy based on "diminished capacity," legal experts said yesterday.
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Home-schooled student not intimidated by life at 'U'
A home-taught student who didn't attend a traditional high school may not necessarily have trouble coping with college. RC first-year student Emily Linn, who has been taught at home since eighth grade, said she can manage both academic and extra-curricular activities at the University with ease.
Recordings found in India plane collision
CHARKHI DADRI, India (AP) - As a Kazak cargo plane flew head-on toward a Saudi jetliner, controllers told its pilot to watch out for the 747 in the clouds ahead. The pilot asked how close it was. "Fourteen miles," a controller said. Seconds later: "Thirteen miles." The pilot's acknowledgement of that message was the last word New Delhi airport flight controllers had from either aircraft before they hit and spun to earth in spectacular twin fireballs, taking 349 people to their deaths.
Studies show cancer deaths decline for first time in history
For the first time in U.S. history, cancer death rates have begun to decline steadily, according to two new studies, and the trend may be accelerating. As a result, leading experts predicted yesterday, mortality rates from all forms of cancer could decrease by 15 percent to 50 percent within the next 20 years.
Panel vetoes independent Gulf probe
WASHINGTON - A White House advisory panel yesterday decided not to call for an independent probe of possible exposure to chemical weapons by Persian Gulf War veterans, although it concluded that the Pentagon "did not act in good faith" in investigating the issue.
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