Low minority applications raise concerns: Numbers down about 15 percent
The University's incoming class may be more ethnically homogeneous than last year's class if the current trend in minority applications remains steady.
Provost J. Bernard Machen announced yesterday to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs that the number of minority applications has dropped significantly since last year - a decrease of about 15 percent, according to Ted Spencer, the University's director of admissions.
First 'Diversity Day' explores role of religion
The opening event of Diversity Days featured deep introspection, unique role-playing and a chance to learn about different religions.
Legg's goal scores ESPY
NEW YORK - While the trophy told a tale, the smile was the story.
Michigan hockey center Mike Legg's grin last night stretched from ear to ear as he won an ESPY for Outrageous Play of the Year at ESPN's annual ESPY awards ceremony held at Radio City Music Hall. His visage accurately displayed the pride shown by a college student trapped in the public eye.
Jury orders Simpson to pay $25M in damages
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - In a stunning financial punishment that exceeded even the plaintiffs' expectations, the civil trial jury that last week blamed O.J. Simpson for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend yesterday ordered him to pay the victims' families $25 million in punitive damages.
Event's timing raises questions
Ten students who attended the University-sponsored Leadershape training seminar last August discussed the many cultures and ideals that make up the student population. But the timing of Diversity Days, their plan of action for examining the University's different communities, is raising the eyebrows of some student leaders.
Man faces life sentence for 1991 slaying
NEW YORK (AP) - A black man who was acquitted by a state jury of murdering a Jewish scholar during a 1991 riot in Brooklyn was convicted in federal court yesterday of violating the victim's civil rights in the stabbing.
Lemrick Nelson Jr., 21, cried and put his head on the table as he heard the verdict that could bring him life in jail. As he was led out of court, his supporters angrily chanted: "No justice! No peace!"
MacDougal changes testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) - Convicted Whitewater partner Jim McDougal is now telling independent counsel Kenneth Starr that then-Gov. Bill Clinton knew about an illegal 1986 loan issued to McDougal's wife at the time, according to The New Yorker magazine.
Engler campaigns for new employment plan: Engler proposes plan to raise employment level to 100%
In a campaign to reduce the state's welfare recipients to zero and lift the employment rate to 100 percent, Gov. John Engler has proposed to double funding to one of his trademark programs - Project Zero.
Ann Arbor City Council looks at income tax proposal: Tax would affect out-of-town University employees
The Ann Arbor City Council is considering a revenue-generating income tax that will affect University employees who do not call Ann Arbor home.
However, the proposal is not expected to boost students' taxes.
State ordered to renovate prison
LANSING (AP) - Gov. John Engler's administration is going ahead with $29.5 million in construction at the State Prison of Southern Michigan after arguing in federal court against being ordered to do the work.
A spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Corrections said the state intended to go ahead with part of the project even as it asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court's order requiring it to break up the prison into smaller units.
"We asked to halt the breakup of Jackson after Phase I, but we knew at the time, the two (phases) would function together.
Clinton pushes educational standards
ANNAPOLIS, Md - President Clinton tried to head off grassroots resistance to his education initiatives yesterday, saying that America's children will be hurt and "the rest of the country will pay the price" unless schools begin administering nationwide tests of student performance.
U.S. admits blunder in shooting uranium bullets near Okinawa
TOKYO (AP) - Stirring up new ill will with authorities on Okinawa, the U.S. military acknowledged yesterday that its jets mistakenly fired 1,520 uranium bullets during shooting practice near the island, then waited a year before notifying Japan.
02-11-97