Environment concerns key to Great Lakes campaigns
While candidates cite tax percentages and budget statistics, they've spent significantly less time talking about the greener issues.
Environmental issues, however, are still being debated locally and nationally, even if they have not received the prominence they enjoyed on the '92 campaign trail.
West Bank clash kills 4, wounds 300
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli soldiers and Palestinian police fought gun battles in two West Bank cities yesterday, leaving at least four Palestinians dead and about 300 wounded in the worst outbreak of violence since the two sides signed a peace accord three years ago.
The firefights -whose toll is expected to grow - erupted in Ramallah and Bethlehem amid widespread demonstrations by Palestinians over Israel's completion of an archeological tunnel along Jerusalem's Temple Mount, a site holy to both Jews and Muslims.
Roomies shuffle following scuffles
It could have started when the phone rang at 4 a.m., or when the pile of clothing started to stink. Whatever the reason, many first-year students are finding that their roommates are not necessarily their soulmates.
And the roommate shuffle has begun.
Students flock to join ring-bearers
Walking through the Diag, ears glint in the sun, bellybuttons twinkle and even eyebrows glitter.
Body piercing, the fad of the '90s has descended on campus, and it will leave your friends envious and your parents speechless.
Engineering dean gets gift
A $3.5-million gift to the College of Engineering will give the school's new leader, Dean Stephen Director, a new title and a few new projects.
The dean of the College of Engineering will now carry the official title of "Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering." The dean will use financial returns on the initial $3.5-million gift to fund academic and research projects of personal interest.
U.S. spy passes information to S. Korea
WASHINGTON - In a case rare for its implications between two friendly countries, a civilian U.S. naval intelligence official was charged in U.S. District Court yesterday with passing more than 50 top-secret, classified documents to the South Korean government.
Robert Chaegon Kim, a Navy analyst who immigrated here from his native Seoul and became a citizen in 1974, has been under surveillance since May and allegedly was observed by federal agents copying and transmitting documents as part of an arrangement with a South Korean naval attache assigned here.
Regent rallies College Reps. behind campaign
Running for regent is nothing new for Deane Baker.
This November will bring the fourth election for Baker (R-Ann Arbor), who has served as a member of the University Board of Regents for 24 years.
'U' recycling efforts pay off
As part of a 10-year agreement signed last year with the city of Ann Arbor, the University is committed to making recycling work on campus.
New collection programs simplifying recycling in residence halls, academic buildings and the football stadium, combine with recycling-awareness initiatives to help the University generate less solid waste.
Artistic elephant sparks debate
Give an elephant a paintbrush and call it art. Give an elephant a paintbrush, team her up with two artists and call it collaboration.
Such was the genesis of a current exhibit at the University's Museum of Art and the topic of debate at a symposium last night called "The Possibilities and Limits of Collaboration."
Photo Feature : We've got spirit
A painted mural decorates the parking lot near the tunnel entrance to Crisler Arena.
Engler questions state judges' control of prisons
Speaking at a Senate committee hearing, Engler blamed the Justice Department for failing to help stop judges' "micro management of state prisons" through consent decrees more than a decade old.
However, Associate Attorney General John Schmidt testified that the Justice Department supported the new law and was merely trying to protect the legislation from constitutional challenge.
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