Provost to leave office in August: Machen said he would like to leave when term ends
Provost J. Bernard Machen, the University's second-in-command, told The Michigan Daily yesterday that he would like to leave his post after his contract expires in August.
His departure would mark the most significant shift in the administration since University President Lee Bollinger took office in February.
Renovations complete to Michigan Union's fourth floor
Individual office space, carpeted halls, lockers and large desks at the University are no longer unique to top executives.
Yesterday marked the grand opening of the Michigan Union's fourth floor, an office area now reserved exclusively for student organizations.
New MSA ofcers join assembly
Minutes after former Michigan Student Assembly President Fiona Rose closed her final assembly meeting and swore in her successor last night, the new assembly got right down to work.
MSA President Mike Nagrant, along with MSA Vice President Olga Savic, guided a new assembly composed of both former and new representatives.
Patients disturbed by doctor's suspension
The sudden suspension of Dr. Joseph Oesterling, chief urologist at the University Medical Center, has left several of his patients angry and concerned about their future treatment.
Riverview resident and patient Bill Richardson, 56, said he was disturbed to learn of the reports that the doctor had been suspended.
Four Palestinians die amid peace talks
JERUSALEM - A continuing swell of communal violence left four Palestinians dead yesterday - two in what were described as botched suicide attacks, two more under Israeli army fire - amid warnings from both sides that the survival of their deadlocked peace negotiations is in doubt.
Tennis tournament to serve up donations to charities
Project Serve is hoping that tennis buffs love to serve in more ways than one.
"Love to Serve," a tennis tournament taking place this weekend, is acting as a kickoff to Serveweek '97.
Casino money to fund education
Although some legislators view the upcoming opening of new casinos in Detroit as detrimental to the city, state Sen. Ken DeBeaussaert (D-Mt. Clemens) is trying to make the best of the situation.
Based on the voter initiative Detroit residents approved last November, 45 percent of the tax revenue collected from casinos is slated to go to schools. But DeBeaussaert said he wants to guarantee that money helps children in public schools, so he is proposing an amendment for the funds "to be used exclusively to provide technology in the classroom.
Court allows release of sex offenders list
LANSING (AP) - A federal appeals court allowed yesterday's unveiling of Michigan's sex offenders registry, but police departments trying to comply encountered some confusion and little interest from the public.
A brief order issued yesterday afternoon by a single judge of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied three unnamed sex offenders' request that it block Michigan's list from being opened to the public.
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Clinton urges FCC to keep liquor ads off TV
WASHINGTON - President Clinton, saying he was "greatly disappointed'' by the liquor industry's decision to end a voluntary ban on broadcast advertising last year, yesterday called on the industry to retain the ban and asked the Federal Communications Commission to explore ways to keep liquor ads off television.
Snowfall paralyzes East Coast
BOSTON (AP) - New England towns had begun putting their plows away after a winter of below-average snowfall, and stores had set up their displays of patio furniture. Then, April Fool!
Boston started digging out yesterday after its biggest snowfall ever in April, a Nor'easter that blew away the tip of one of the masts on the USS Constitution, the sturdy frigate known as Old Ironsides.
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