Jackson touts impact of student vote
The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched students down the aisle and out the door of Hill Auditorium yesterday. "Ann Arbor, come on down," Jackson ordered. "Go right down that aisle and register now. You cannot impact this system unregistered."
Reverend's bus speeds into Ann Arbor
U.S. 23, YPSILANTI - Keep hope alive.
In those three words lie the Rev. Jesse Jackson's work and plans for the future.
"It's a tug-o-war for the country's priorities and we must pull it toward more openness, more inclusion, more shared participation," he said.
Speaking yesterday on the road to another stop on his "Get Down With the Vote" tour, the one-time Democratic candidate for president said he still has a lot of work to do. But, in addition to organizing voters and motivating youth, Jackson will be soon be running another campaign of his own.
Program may help to pirate software
The Trojan Horse program that has stolen at least 100 uniqnames and passwords from campus computing sites may also be used to pirate software, University officials said.
ITD Associate Director Laurie Burns said she could not comment on the specifics of the investigation, but said the stolen information could be used to copy University software.
Neal shares plans for new executive officer position
The University Board of Regents and interim President Homer Neal have announced the creation of a new executive position to oversee the operations of the Medical School and the hospitals.
Neal made the announcement at Friday's regents meeting, after noting the pressing obligations created by the financial situation of the University Hospitals.
Students with disabilities say 'U' services not up to standards
The student in the white Michigan jacket is too young to remember the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. But he's not too young to be affected by it.
Perot sues commission over debates
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ross Perot sued the bipartisan commission that voted to keep him out of the presidential debates, arguing yesterday that excluding him would deepen public cynicism and cause his campaign "incalculable damage."
Shifting strategy, Perot also was negotiating to buy network TV time to air three 30-second commercials denouncing the Commission on Presidential Debates. "Where's Ross?" asks an announcer in one. In another, the announcer asks, "What are they afraid of?"
Not getting it done? Group aims to help
If you even get there, you're expected to be late. The University's Psychology Clinic is looking for students who need help putting off procrastination, as it starts a support group for the chronically delayed.
Jewish students observe annual day of atonement
About a week after ushering in the year 5757, Jewish students on campus celebrated Yom Kippur yesterday - a day of fasting, atonement and forgiveness.
"It's kind of a day of death," said Rich Kirsh, the assistant director of Hillel, the largest Jewish organization on campus. "It's a time that makes you want to embrace life."
MSA to hammer out $200K budget
Every University student pays a fee of $2.69 each semester to fund the Michigan Student Assembly.
At tonight's meeting, the assembly will finalize its 1996-97 budget plans for the more than $200,000 it received from student fees this year.
Campaign '96 Notes
Ice-skating classes glide into Yost Arena
If working out has become tiresome, or roller-blading around campus is nothing but a ho-hum adventure, then ice-skating classes offered at the renovated Yost Ice Arena may be just the thing.
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Gunmen kill 21 worshippers at Sunni mosque in Pakistan
NEW DELHI - Rivalry between two Muslim sects in Pakistan erupted again in murderous violence yesterday as masked gunmen opened fire on worshippers at a Sunni mosque, slaying 21 people, many of them boys from a religious school, as they prayed.
The blood bath in Multan, a city in the eastern province of Punjab, came one day after the killing of a leader of the minority Shiite sect in a town 60 miles to the south.
Old garbage pit is clue to fraternity's history
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - They sometimes ate cheap cuts of meat, probably smothered with ketchup - and had the stomach medicines to show for it.
They lived in fear of being taken down to the basement and dunked in "the tub," and were punctilious about personal hygiene.
London police raid hideouts
LONDON - Police seized about 10 tons of explosives in dawn raids on suspected Irish Republican Army hideouts yesterday, during which they arrested five men and fatally shot another in West London. Authorities said they believe the seizures prevented "imminent" attacks of a "significant" scale, noting that the quantity of explosives taken yesterday was six times larger than that which the IRA used to devastate Manchester's central shopping area in June.
Astronaut Lucid says goodbye
The shuttle was to undock from Mir last night and return to Earth on Thursday, ending Lucid's record-breaking stay of 188 days in space.
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