'U': 'Date-rape' drug threatens students
In the wake of recent incidents at Pennsylvania State University, University of Michigan Department of Public Safety officials are recommending that students here exercise caution in social situations, due to the illegal drug Rohypnol.
Penn State officials reported Tuesday that more than 10 students at the Happy Valley campus are suspected to be victims of the powerful "date-rape drug" that causes blackouts and amnesia in its victims.
U.S. positions for expanded attack on Iraq
WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration moved closer yesterday to launching new, expanded airstrikes against Iraq amid serious constraints over which bases it could use as staging areas and which tactics it would use to prevent Iraq from downing - and capturing - a U.S. pilot.
Latino/as to celebrate heritage
Latino/a community leaders at the University are "abriendo puertas" - opening doors to students. A month of festivities begins today, marking the start of Latino/a Heritage Celebration.
B-School students toast No. 1 ranking
It's not so lonely at the top for the University's School of Business Administration students. With balloons and cake yesterday, the Business School celebrated being named the No. 1 undergraduate business school in the country in an article published in this month's U.S. News & World Report.
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Hortense may hit East Coast soon
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - Packing 130-mph winds, Hurricane Hortense took a swipe at the Turks and Caicos islands and barreled past the Bahamas yesterday on a track that could threaten the northeastern United States over the weekend.
Doctors propose ballot issue on assisted suicide
The right to die may be an issue local voters will see on the ballot soon if two Ann Arbor doctors have their way. Drs. Edward Pierce and Ronald Bishop outlined their plan to make physician-assisted suicide legal in Michigan at Casa Dominick's on Monroe Street yesterday evening. Both are University Medical School graduates.
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Faculty sets goals for semester
Faculty members outlined their goals and discussed new initiatives for the school year at a luncheon in the Michigan Union yesterday.
Thomas Dunn, chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, said strengthening relations between faculty and members of the University community is one of SACUA's main goals for the year.
Prosecutor acknowledges police mistakenly targeted house in raid
BIG BAY, Mich. (AP) - Clayton Root says he was terrified when a group of armed men, some wearing ski masks and hoods, barged into his mobile home. He fought them and ended up with a broken hand and cuts. The men were police officers, conducting what a prosecutor later acknowledged was a botched drug raid.
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Senate foes block ban on poison chemical weapons
WASHINGTON - Facing the prospect of rejection of a prized arms control agreement, the Clinton administration was forced yesterday to accept indefinite postponement of a Senate ratification vote on an ambitious global treaty to ban poison gas weapons.
Clinton, Dole discuss debates
WASHINGTON (AP) - Negotiators for Bob Dole and President Clinton opened debate talks yesterday with the Dole camp proposing four one-on-one presidential faceoffs and two vice presidential exchanges.
Christian Coalition growth slows
WASHINGTON (AP) - After five years of explosive growth, contributions to the Christian Coalition declined last year for the first time, tax records show.
The bad financial news comes as the conservative religious group gathers here for its annual meeting, a session also dogged by a government lawsuit and an investigation by federal prosecutors.
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