Coming Home: Events add zip to weekend
Homecoming offered a variety of different events that allowed some to party 'til the victors came home and others to party even afterward.
Regents OK final list of pres. names
Emphasizing that they can add more finalists to the list at any time, the
University Board of Regents unanimously approved four presidential candidates at
a brief meeting Friday.
Christ to visit campus
Berkeley Provost Carol Christ could become the first female president in
University history.
Christ (pronounced "Krist") is on campus today for a series of meetings and
social events. The only woman recommended by the Presidential Search Advisory
Committee, many at Christ's home base at the University of California-Berkeley
said they will be sorry if she leaves.
Citizens enjoy early voting in few states
"I work two jobs and have a hard time fitting it in my schedule," said Lee, a
34-year-old elementary school cook.
Early voting differs from absentee voting in several ways. Instead of applying
for a ballot, voters can just go to a polling place and vote. They don't need to
tell officials why they are voting early, and their ballots are cast just like on
Election Day, not sealed or separated from others.
Presidential candidates hit Michigan
The presidential race makes another swing through Michigan today, with visits
from both President Clinton and GOP nominee Bob Dole.
"Michigan and the rest of the Midwest has been considered battleground turf,"
said communication studies Prof. Trevor Thrall.
Japanese party makes gains: Political party still must seek coalition rule
TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's conservative party completed a historic comeback yesterday, capturing almost half the seats in Japan's lower house of Parliament to secure a dominant place in government.
Some students experience life on welfare
Fathers pawned home appliances and children dealt drugs to survive in the
basement of St. Mary's Student Parish on Saturday.
Participants resorted to these and other unfamiliar behaviors when community
organizations inserted them into a welfare simulation.
Students explore Chinese American roots,
traditions
Even Chinese yo-yos can bridge cultural differences.
That was the idea behind one event in last night's Chinese Cultural Evening at
Mosher-Jordan residence hall, organized by the Council for the Advancement of
Minorities at Mosher-Jordan.
Arab Americans discuss their role in presidential
campaign
The Arab American Institute's fourth annual conference - Decision '96: The Arab
American Vote - was for the first time held outside Washington, D.C.
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Ethics issues re-surface in '96
WASHINGTON - It's October, days before the presidential election, and the scrappy
challenger ratchets up his attack on the incumbent's ethics, accusing him of
misdeeds, political smears and a coverup "significantly larger'' than even
Watergate itself.
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