A2 reacts to death of beat poet Allen Ginsberg
Controversial beat-generation poet and counterculture icon Allen Ginsberg died in his New York apartment Saturday at the age of 70, shortly after being diagnosed with liver cancer. Ginsberg, whose revolutionary and sexually explicit verse often received tepid reactions from academic critics, became a national figure not only through his poetry, but also in his social and political activism.
Hash Bash draws crowd despite rain
Unrelenting afternoon showers did not deter the roughly 3,000 people who crowded the Diag to hear speakers sing the praises of the marijuana leaf and blast the government for trampling their rights at Saturday's 26th Annual Hash Bash.
LGBPO alumni reflect on memories
Ten Michigan alumni returned to campus Saturday to reflect on their experiences as homosexual students at the University. The panel discussion was one of many events scheduled to celebrate the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Programs Office's 25th Anniversary. The office celebrated the occasion with a two-day symposium, titled "Pasts, Presents and Futures."
Greek Week juggles service with Carnival
Yesterday was a day of 10-foot-tall jugglers, free goldfish, cartoon characters and buckets of candy. The Children's Carnival, held at Scarlet Middle School in Ann Arbor, offered children and their parents a day of free activities and prizes as a part of Greek Week's Community Day.
Group honors King's death with march for racial unity
Pedestrians stopped in their tracks, apartment residents stared from their balconies and motorists beeped their horns. Some may have thought they were re-living a scene from 30 years ago, as hundreds of people marched through Ann Arbor streets Friday night bearing candles and singing "We Shall Overcome" to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
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Rep. Ehlers links researchers to Congress
U.S. Rep. Vernon Ehlers was trying to get University researchers to relate to life as a member of Congress on Friday, and he found a few similarities. "Being in Congress is like being in one perpetual faculty senate meeting," said Ehlers (R-Grand Rapids). His speech was part of the Distinguished Lecture Series on National Research Policy, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research.
House Democrats return, hope to put stamp on FY98 budget
LANSING (AP) - As House lawmakers return from spring break this week, Democrats' attention will turn toward putting their party's stamp on the state's 1997-1998 budget. With much of the House Democrats' 90-day agenda completed, Appropriations subcommittees now go into action to ready spending plans for votes on the floor by the end of April.
Panel debates future of health care system
As Medicare and Medicaid costs continue to climb, a panel of world-renowned health policy experts assembled at the University Medical Center on Friday to debate the future of the nation's financially ailing health care system. In the conference, titled "Managed Care: The Challenge of Regulation," panel members discussed the feasibility of continuing coverage under Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) versus reforming the entire health care system.
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