Hopefuls stump in 1st day of MSA vote
For most of them, class can wait.
Many of the 99 candidates running for vacant Michigan Student Assembly seats will be missing some classes today to court potential voters.
And that means the Diag could get crowded.
Independents run without party support
They also endure all the insanity that comes with running for a seat on the Michigan Student Assembly, but they do it without the support of a party.
The 28 independent candidates from six separate schools are hoping that students will look for more than a familiar or cute party name when they cast their votes today and tomorrow.
Stella talks on role of art in society
More than 300 students and faculty filled Rackham Amphitheatre last night to catch a glimpse of Frank Stella's "Broadsides" - a look at architecture.
Stella focused on the role his ideas on architecture could play in society and how art can help improve society.
House to vote on changes in Open Meetings Act
Privacy will be a priority during the next presidential search at the University if Gov. John Engler and some legislators in Lansing have their way.
Republicans have less than six weeks left as the majority party to vote on legislation that would modify the state's Open Meetings Act to allow public universities to keep more of their presidential search processes under wraps. The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. John Schwartz (R-Battle Creek), was already passed by the Senate.
UC-Berkeley teaching assistants to begin strike today
Teaching assistants at the University of California at Berkely plan to go on strike today, joining TAs already on strike at the Los Angeles and San Diego branches of the state college system. Their 5 p.m. contract deadline yesterday passed without any reaction from university officials to prevent the strike.
"We're seeking recognition," said John Medearis, a member of UCLA's Student Association of Graduate Employees executive board. "We're not making specific demands."
Questions raised after 'Chunnel' fire
LONDON - For nine hours, firefighters from two countries battled their worst nightmare - a stubborn blaze under the English Channel in the new rail tunnel linking Europe with Great Britain. When it was over yesterday morning, there were melted rails, burned wires, severe damage in the "Chunnel," and embarrassing questions on both sides of the water.
Choking from smoke and fumes, 31 truck drivers and three crew escaped from a Britain-bound freight train that burst into flames Monday night about 10 miles from Calais, a third of the way through the 31-mile tunnel.
Rackham students to vote on the web
Rackham Student Government is hoping its persistence pays off as it tries to combat voter apathy. For the second consecutive Rackham election, RSG is offering its students the ability to vote using the World Wide Web.
"It was a partial success. We made it much more convenient for people to vote," said John Lopez, RSG co-president.
Rwandan relief is logistics, not troops
"There's no question that the situation looks better than it did a couple of days ago," President Clinton said this morning in Australia, where he is on the first leg of a trip to Asia.
Defense Secretary William Perry said the "very positive development" of hundreds of thousands of refugees returning home to Rwanda prompted the administration to adjust its strategy.
Media center welcomed to Grad.
Nestled away on the second floor of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library yesterday, University interim President Homer Neal officially welcomed the Knowledge Navigation Center to the library system.
"(The KNC) houses an innovative new service and the first of its kind in academic libraries," Neal said.
MSA adopts two new proposals
Even with its elections looming less than 24 hours away, the Michigan Student Assembly still managed to get some work done at last night's meeting - giving its External Relations Committee more work to do.
In a small North Campus conference room, the assembly passed a resolution supporting Ann Arbor-based Michigan Document Services in its court battle to produce coursepacks without paying publisher's royalty fees. The measure also stated that ERC would lobby on behalf of any state, federal or local policy aimed at reducing coursepack costs.
Panhel elects new president
Becoming the president of the Panhellenic Council at the University is a heavy responsibility - but one that both Shelby Brown and Julie Keating were eager to meet last night when the 1997 Panhellenic Executive Board was elected.
Brown, an LSA junior and member of Chi Omega sorority, won out over Keating with a majority vote of the Panhel representatives from each campus sorority.
Panel gives women scheduling advice
University students who hold jobs, are enrolled full-time in school and even raise families got a chance to receive advice about how to cope with both family issues and hectic schoolwork at a panel discussion yesterday titled, "Resources and Resolutions in the Community."
Leslie Wimsatt, a doctoral student in the School of Education, said she finds her University life stressful. As both a parent and a full-time student, Wimsatt said she has a hard time commuting between work and school.
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