'U' may get low allocation hike: State rep. chides Harrison
LANSING - In sharp contrast to Gov. John Engler's 2.5-percent proposed funding increase, the state House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee recommended an average 5.5-percent hike in allocations to state universities.
The University's Ann Arbor campus, along with Eastern Michigan University, received the second-lowest percentage increases of 4.8 percent. The University's Dearborn campus received the lowest rate of increase, at 4.7 percent, while Grand Valley State University's 7.
Regents to meet today
The University Board of Regents' meeting today may be noisier than most.
Citizens for Quality Health Care, a consortium of groups concerned about nationwide changes in the medical field, plans to mobilize supporters for its cause at a rally outside of the Fleming Administration Building as the regents gather inside for their monthly meeting.
These shoes were made for hanging...
Greenwood Street looks just like a typical block of student houses in Ann Arbor - until you look up.
Overhead are more than 50 pairs of shoes swinging from the phone and power lines that criss-cross the street.
MSA completes budget process
Unlike last year's Michigan Student Assembly financial problems, coined the "BPC non-crisis," this year's Budget Priorities Committee recently wrapped up its allocation process with much praise.
"They've responsibly allocated the money," said Roger Fisher, assistant director for campus activities and programs, who serves as the University liaison to MSA. "The two chairs were just outstanding, both as administrators and representatives. I can truly say if it wasn't for BPC, a lot of things wouldn't get funded on campus.
Two 'U' fraternities plan to become alcohol-free by 2000
The stereotypical image of a fraternity house looking like a scene from "Animal House" might soon become outdated.
The national leadership of Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Theta fraternities have announced plans for their chapter houses to go alcohol-free by the year 2000, part of a national trend to limit alcohol consumption at fraternity houses.
QUP sponsors 'Jeans Day'
Students wearing jeans today may be making a political statement without even knowing it.
The Queer Unity Project is offering students the chance to show their support for equal rights for lesbian, gay and bisexual people by wearing jeans today.
Tobacco companies may cut back on ads
Leaders of two big cigarette companies are ready to make a deal.
Abandoning their all-out defense of cigarettes, the nation's two biggest tobacco companies now seem willing to cut their legal losses for up to $300 billion and retire Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man if the government backs off its threat to regulate nicotine.
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Engineering students design for Expo '97
Last night was anything but relaxing for many University mechanical engineering seniors.
These students labored late into the night to put the finishing touches on their senior design projects, which will be displayed today in Design Expo '97 on North Campus.
MSU suicide rate doubles from 1991: 20-year-old hung himself last week - the fifth suicide since January
LANSING (AP) - The number of students committing suicide at Michigan State University has more than doubled since 1991, an increase that has officials and students confused.
One of those asking questions is Marcello Flores, who had no idea why his friend Jesse Jeter hung himself from a tree on the campus last week.
State unemployment at new low, 4.3 percent
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan's March unemployment rate of 4.3 percent is its lowest since 1970 and "nothing short of spectacular," an independent economist said.
"Michigan's turning out to be the Tiger Woods among state economies," David Sowerby, chief economist with Beacon Investment Co. of Ann Arbor, said after the state released the figures yesterday.
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Changing overall diet may reduce blood pressure
A diet rich in fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products can reduce blood pressure as much as the most commonly used hypertension drugs, eliminating the need for the expensive drugs in many patients with mild hypertension, according to a major multicenter study published today.
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