No miracles this time for Colorado
Same play, different stadium and, fortunately for the Michigan football team, a different outcome.
For the second meeting in a row, Michigan battled Colorado down to the final play of the game.Same play, different stadium and, fortunately for the Michigan football team, a different outcome.
But unlike two years ago, when then-Colorado quarterback Kordell Stewart's 64-yard prayer was answered by wide receiver Michael Westbrook in the final second of the game, there was no miracle for the Buffaloes.
U.S. to arm 2nd base in Persian Gulf
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - With a fresh round of attacks on Iraq still a possibility, Defense Secretary William Perry said yesterday that Bahrain has agreed to become the second Persian Gulf country to serve as a base for American forces and weaponry.
Dole, Kemp court voters in Freeland
FREELAND, Mich. - Bob Dole made it clear that he wants - and needs - Michigan's votes when he spoke at a full-scale Republican rally Friday.
The Republican presidential candidate was joined by running mate Jack Kemp, Gov. John Engler, Senate hopeful Ronna Romney and several thousand Republican supporters at a rally in Freeland, Mich. Friday afternoon.
Bell Tower Blues
The frustrations of Engineering, Art and Music students alike came to a head with an artistic flair Saturday night.
From 8:30 until about 9 p.m., the student group "entity," armed with a high-tech projector, cast an image of an LCD clock blinking "12:00" on the face of the Lurie Memorial Carillon on North Campus.
Spirit prevails during festivities
Complaints from Trotter House neighbors threatened to dampen the spirit of the Latino/a community but couldn't hold back a sizzling start to its Heritage Celebration this weekend.
During yesterday's Latino/a welcome picnic, nearby sorority and fraternity residents called the Ann Arbor Police and Department of Public Safety officers to quiet the noise at the event, said DPS Lt. Doug Swix.
Germs to kill fewer people by 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) - Heart disease, depression and car crashes will overtake infectious diseases to become the world's leading causes of death and disability by 2020, the World Health Organization said. It will mark the first time non-infectious diseases kill more people than germs, a sudden rise propelled in part by tobacco. The U.N. agency said in a new study that tobacco-caused disease will be killing 8.4 million people annually within 25 years.
Campus Notes
MSA looking to fill vacant seats
This term the Michigan Student Assembly wants more than your vote - they may want you.
MSA needs to fill the two LSA representative slots vacated by Fiona Rose, who was elected president of the assembly, and Paul Scublinsky, who left to become president of the LSA-Student Government.
A2 befriends sister cities worldwide
Just outside the city limits of Ann Arbor stands a sign with the names of Ann Arbor's five sister cities - Tubingen, Germany; Hikone, Japan; Belize City, Belize; Peterborough, Ontario and Juigalpa, Nicaragua.
And while Ann Arbor is not alone in having sister cities - communities all over the country have foreign counterparts - it is one of just a few with as many as five.
New web site makes finding an apartment easier for students
Looking for an apartment or sublet in Ann Arbor is by no means an easy task, as anyone who has ever done so knows.
The Internet is now making it simpler to find an apartment.
The Calendar
What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Monitors question accuracy of Bosnian weekend election results
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Independent monitors yesterday assailed Bosnia's first postwar elections, saying technical flaws and political obstruction prevented large numbers of people from voting and raised questions about the validity of the poll.
Smart guns allow only authorized users to shoot
WASHINGTON - This is a handgun with a difference. Pull the trigger, and nothing happens - unless the gun recognizes you as someone authorized to fire it.
Afghan leaders fighting with their toughest foe since Soviets
KABUL, Afghanistan - A new coalition government here has risen above being just another warring faction and has made peace with several foes, but faces an increasing challenge from its last remaining foe-an Islamic militia that holds two-thirds of the country.
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