Work-study plan to target illiteracy
When Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) was growing up, his older siblings and mother were available to teach him how to read.
"There is just no substitute for that," Levin said.
MSA committee reprimands Mehta
While Michigan Student Assembly Vice President Probir Mehta waited outside assembly chambers last night, his colleagues voted to take away Mehta's signing privileges for the remainder of his term.
The assembly also issued a reprimand based on the premise that Mehta did not immediately report a $500 allocation he signed in early September for the United Asian American Organization without assembly approval.
Fisher asks fans to fire up
For the first time in his career, Michigan men's basketball coach Steve Fisher is desperately appealing to fans for support.
The team is in the midst of a three-game losing streak and will be presented with another tough opponent tonight, when Minnesota, the nation's second-ranked team, visits Crisler Arena. A berth in the NCAA tournament, which once seemed a certainty for the 24th-ranked Wolverines, may also be at stake.
'U' professor chosen to head ACLS: D'Arms plans to strengthen ties between humanities and the public
Former Rackham Dean John D'Arms has been selected to lead one of the nation's most prestigious organizations for the humanities.
D'Arms, currently a history and classical studies professor, plans to leave the University in September to head the American Council of Learned Societies.
Amendment on brink of passage
WASHINGTON - Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) announced yesterday she will support the balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution despite numerous reservations, leaving the fate of the measure up to another first-term Democratic, Sen. Robert Torricelli of New Jersey.
Clinton involved in questioned fundraising
WASHINGTON - President Clinton and top aides were intimately involved in orchestrating a broad campaign fund-raising operation during his first term and explicitly authorized the use of the White House as a tool to woo or reward big donors, according to internal documents released yesterday.
Ballot issue may add more MSA members
Students will have the option of expanding the membership of the Michigan Student Assembly when they vote in MSA elections March 19-20.
The ballot question, which was approved by MSA members at last night's meeting, will ask students whether representatives from student groups with more than 400 members should be allowed to join MSA as ex-officio members.
AIDS ads spark anger, questions
DETROIT (AP) - An AIDS prevention group is hoping a new advertising campaign that includes images of a naked man impaled on a syringe and a gay couple kissing will get its message across.
But one billboard design has become the target of several gay-lesbian community groups, who say its message says violence against gays is acceptable.
Architecture students use exhibit to show off creations
Students in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning said they hope to captivate their visitors with a state-of-the-art architectural exhibition.
The show, titled "con.structs," includes the best of last year's projects from each studio level, as well as selected works from some master's thesis projects. The exhibit, which can be viewed in the Slusser Gallery at the Art and Architecture Building on North Campus, displays winning designs from a contest judged by the college's alumni.
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