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Woodson, Carr win Camp Award
In what could be a foreshadowing of more accolades to come, Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson and coach Lloyd Carr were named this year's recipients of the Walter Camp Foundation's Player and Coach of the Year, respectively.
The announcement came at a press conference at Schembechler Hall yesterday. The formal presentation will be held Feb. 14, at the Foundation's annual banquet in New Haven, Conn.
Bowl tickets may be scarce: 5,000-7,000 students expected to wait in line for Rose Bowl tickets
As students flock to Yost Ice Arena today to purchase Rose Bowl tickets, University administrators will cross their fingers and hope they are able to live up to their promise of providing every student with a ticket.
"If all 20,000 student season-ticket holders want to go to Pasadena, then we're going to have a shortfall," said Keith Molin, senior associate athletic director.
Students come together for AIDS day
Despite cold and bitter winds, members of the Muslim Students' Association set up camp on the Diag early yesterday morning for World AIDS Day. Their red tent and matching red ribbons were symbols of AIDS awareness and compassion for those living with the illness.
'U' history full of campus activism, attention: 1970-1997
In many respects, the University community is used to being in the national spotlight.
Although the University is now making headlines nationwide in the wake of a lawsuit challenging its affirmative action practices in admissions, national attention is nothing new to Ann Arbor.
'U' to look into police
More than a week after controversial police handling of Michigan fans storming the field moments after the Wolverines' victory over Ohio State, one of the game's chief organizers of safety and security is still not ready to close the book on the incident.
M-Smart to provide nutritional information
When Mom asks if her son or daughter is eating healthy at college, University students may finally be able to answer "yes."
The new Healthy Dining program, which began earlier this semester, labels dining hall food with the M-Smart logo if it is nutrient-intense, as well as low-calorie and low-fat.
Sociology GSI commits suicide in N.Y.
The suicide of a Sociology graduate student last week continues to shock students and faculty members within the University community - especially those who worked with or were taught by him.
Daniel Glos, a graduate student instructor for Sociology 304, shot himself in his hometown of Ithaca, N.Y., on Monday, Nov. 24.
City delays vote on parking rate hikes
Motorists be warned. Parking in Ann Arbor, already expensive and cramped, could soon get much worse.
As part of the Ann Arbor City Council meeting last night, councilmembers held a public hearing on a proposal to raise the cost of street parking to help pay for city parking structure renovations. The proposal calls for meter rates to increase from 60 cents to $1 per hour.
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Juveniles threatened with jail sentence
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A judge yesterday told two 10-year-old girls to stop taunting each other at school and in other public places - and threatened to send them to jail if they don't obey.
Judge Michael Schwartz cracked down on both girls in amending another judge's order that at the request of one girl's mother had required the other to leave her daughter alone.
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