Gay TV actor talks about fame, sexuality
Sitting comfortably on a wooden stool, Wilson Cruz could have been talking to his best friend about his so-called life.
Instead, he was speaking to more than 100 people - explaining exactly what happened when he revealed to his mother that he was gay.
RA warns about 3rd sex assault
The third sexual assault in the past week occurred at West Quad on Wednesday, according to a newsletter sent out by the second-floor resident adviser of Cooley Hall in East Quad.
The letter, which was given to residents yesterday, states that there were three known instances of sexual assault on campus recently, including an incident in a Bursley parking lot Saturday and another in a South Quad room Sunday.
RHA appoints task force to look at dorm security
The Residence Halls Association took action last night against the recent rash of campus attacks by creating a security task force that will try to make dorm life safer.
"In a college town you deserve to feel safe and secure, and that you have an environment that you can really learn in," said RHA President Randy Juip.
Violence in teen-age dating confronted at film screening
Each year millions of teen-age girls go on dates with boys. Thousands return home with bruises, cuts and broken bones.
Some don't make it home.
Next phase of presidential search to begin Monday
When the top five candidates for University president are announced 9 a.m. Monday, the final stage of the search is set to begin.
Business grad school ranked 2 in magazine
The results are in, and the Michigan Business School has proved itself - again.
Fresh off the heels of being ranked the No. 1 undergraduate Business School in last month's U.S. News & World Report, the graduate B-School received Business Week's No. 2 ranking yesterday.
Powell stumps for Dole in Ohio
CINCINNATI - Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole campaigned in a crucial state yesterday with retired Gen. Colin Powell - keeping up an elaborate game of tease in which Dole repeatedly has hinted that Powell would have a role in his administration, but has failed to specify a post.
Voters look to Gore, Kemp for 2000
ANKENY, Iowa - It's not true that all voters are turned off by presidential politics. A number of Iowans who gathered here to watch Wednesday night's vice-presidential debate are excited about voting - in the election of 2000.
Racism found in church arson inquiry
WASHINGTON - The recent burnings of black churches in the South reflect an alarming rise in racial tensions in American society, federal civil rights officials said Wednesday. They challenged several Southern governors to meet with them on the issue.
Officials of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which held community forums on the church fires in six southern states, said the inquiry has shown that the string of arsons reflects a deeper racial problem.
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'U' charts new information superhighway
In collaboration with more than 30 other research institutions, University scientists are planning to make the Internet obsolete by developing a faster, more reliable information network.
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'U' screens students for depression
Stressed out by school? Feeling blue about gray days? You're not alone.
Sierra president targets 'myth'
He is only 23, but University students were lining the floor, walls and windows of the Michigan League to hear what the president had to say about their future.
'U' alum wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
The University has added another Nobel Prize winner to its history.
Richard Smalley, a 1965 University graduate, was awarded Wednesday the Nobel Prize for chemistry for his 1985 discovery of "Buckminsterfullerenes," a new family of carbon molecules.
Canadian auto worker strike escalates
But the action is not expected to hurt the automaker's U.S. operations for a few days, a company spokesperson and industry analysts said.
The walkout had originally been set to start at midnight, but workers left early following a wildcat strike late Wednesday afternoon at GM's parts depot in Woodstock, Ont.
Asian American games open today
Some lucky Asian American students just might claim the titles of Twister Champ and Stairmaster Supreme tonight.
The second annual Asian Pacific American Games are scheduled for 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. at the Central Campus Recreation Building.
Afghan leaders start crackdown
In Baghram, near the front line, a resident was dragged from his home and summarily executed by Taliban soldiers who claimed he collaborated with the former government and killed a rebel fighter, said travelers arriving in the capital.
Taliban forces also set fire to two other homes, saying the occupants had fired in the direction of their soldiers.
Possibility of papal visit to Cuba grows
WASHINGTON - Evidence is mounting that Pope John Paul II plans a visit in 1997 to Cuba, an act that could give international legitimacy to a nation that the U.S. government wants to isolate.
A senior Vatican diplomat, Monsignor Jean-Louis Tauran, is scheduled to arrive in Havana in late October.
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