MSA approves 1996-97 budget with few problems
The Michigan Student Assembly passed its $205,870 budget unanimously at last night's meeting - not only that, but they did it in about an hour.
"Congratulations MSA," MSA President Fiona Rose said amid the applause from assembly members that followed final ratification of the 1996-97 budget in one hour and five minutes. "I think we broke the record."
Dole aspires to be 'CEO of America'
DETROIT - Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole came to Michigan yesterday to talk money.
Dole addressed about 1,500 enthusiastic supporters at the Economic Club of Detroit's luncheon in Cobo Hall, and the former Kansas senator concentrated his speech on economic issues.
Clinton signs global ban on nuclear tests
Following Clinton in signing the comprehensive test ban treaty were representatives of the other four acknowledged nuclear weapons states - China, Britain, France and Russia - and a parade of other government leaders.
Clinton's appearance at the ceremony, which marked the start of the 51st session of the U.N. General Assembly, vividly demonstrated the advantages an incumbent president enjoys in an election year.
'U' expands community service funding
A University program that brings dental services to migrant farm workers in northern Michigan is getting a fluoride treatment.
The Michigan Migrant Farm Dental Program can now replace its vans and expand the project that sends dozens of Dental students to rural Michigan, thanks to a $100,000 increase in its funding.
Louder Than Words
Shattering the silence that envelopes hearing-impaired people, Joan Smith, coordinator of services for deaf and hard of hearing at the University, stands visually as a light of hope to the deaf community.
From courtrooms to births to jail cells in the middle of the night, Smith interprets for deaf people at a variety of venues - public, private and University-sponsored.
Israel completes disputed tunnel
It was the latest of several military-style operations by Israel's new Likud Party-led government to alter the face of eastern Jerusalem, where the Arab population is predominant and Palestinians seek to build the capital of their hoped-for state.
The political stakes were higher today because the Temple Mount, where the Al-Aqsa Mosque and gold-leafed Dome of the Rock rise over the remains of Judaism's Second Temple, is the rallying point for religious nationalists on both sides.
Bill categorizes illegal 'date rape pill'
Legislation was approved 102-1 that would place the potent sedative Rohypnol in the same category as heroin, cocaine and LSD. The bill now heads to the Senate.
Congress passes immigration bill
WASHINGTON - After months of division over the issue in their own ranks, congressional Republican yesterday pushed a major immigration-reform bill through a panel of House and Senate negotiators without a controversial amendment that would have allowed states to end free public education to illegal immigrant children.
Clinton vows to end U.N. leader's reign
UNITED NATIONS - President Clinton yesterday repeated his administration's determination to block Boutros Boutros-Ghali from a second term as U.N. secretary-general, but supporters of the embattled leader said he would not withdraw from his fight to keep the job.
Clinton and Boutros-Ghali conferred privately for 15 minutes and discussed a host of world issues. But they omitted the matter everyone else at the United Nations is talking about: the U.S. pledge to use its veto if necessary to defeat Boutros-Ghali.
Heart surgeons concerned about Yeltsin's operation
One day after Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov called on Yeltsin to resign, the Prime Minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, delivered an angry retort. Speaking to journalists in Vyshny Volochyok, northwest of Moscow, he said Yeltsin "reacts painfully" to such talk and "does not accept it at all, and in general such a thing is out of the question now."
Short-term interest rates remain unchanged
The Fed's decision to hold monetary policy steady followed weeks of speculation on Wall Street that a hike in interest rates was imminent. Many analysts had expected the Fed to raise its 5 percent target for overnight rates by a quarter percentage point, which would have boosted interest rates charged by lenders on many business and consumer loans, including home mortgages.
'U' students conduct anti-violence workshops
In an effort to develop a less aggressive community for future generations, University students and faculty are working with several area groups to inoculate children against violence.
Detroit school for dropouts to open
ROMULUS (AP) - The Romulus school district is planning to open a public alternative school this week for dropouts in Detroit.
But some have criticized the school as an effort to make a profit, not to help disenfranchised students.
Two Pontiac police officers suspected in alleged beatings
Kenneth Anthony II, 21, of Waterford Township, said he and Kenyatta Metoyer, 22, of Pontiac, were soaked with pepper spray and repeatedly beaten with flashlights by white officers who used racial slurs, The Oakland Press reported yesterday.
The men said the assaults occurred earlier Saturday when, as their hands were cuffed behind their backs and they were blinded by pepper gas, they were being driven to the Pontiac police station. They had been arrested after a fight.
'Timeless Tradition' of Rush kicks off this week for Panhel
A new chapter in a "Timeless Tradition" at the University began yesterday with the mass meeting for the Panhellenic Association Sorority Rush.
During the informational meeting last night in the Michigan Union Ballroom, prospective rushees were given insight into sorority life and tradition at the University. Panhel board members explained the process and meaning of rushing to more than 900 women.
Task force to study 'U' security
University administrators recently formed a new Task Force on Campus Safety and Security to seek updated information on campus safety. The 14-member committee plans to issue its first report next year.
Detroit leaders, 'U' join forces on inner-city youth research project
Leaders of the Detroit Urban League met with University administrators and faculty members yesterday to announce their joint plan to help solve social, economic and spiritual problems within the African American community.
The University plans to conduct social science research directed toward inner-city youth and will then present the research in a report to the Detroit Urban League, which will distribute the information throughout the Detroit area.
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