'U' mourns loss of theatre prof. in Comair crash
Bouquets of violet-colored daisies and delicate red roses adorned Betty Jean Jones' office door this weekend paying tribute to the accomplished 47-year-old associate Rackham dean and theatre professor who passed away in Thursday night's plane crash.
Jones was travelling from Cincinnati to Detroit Metropolitan Airport aboard Comair flight 3272 when the plane went down Thursday afternoon in Raisinville Township, about 30 miles south of Ann Arbor.
Service honors Sharangpani
Family and friends gathered together yesterday at the Bharatiya Temple in Troy to remember LSA senior Arati Sharangpani, whose life came to a tragic end Thursday afternoon when Comair flight 3272 crashed outside of Detroit.
Sharangpani's close friends and relatives said they were touched by her personality.
IASA forum promotes culture: Conference hosts sessions on gender roles, current events, biculturalism
Dressed in authentic Indian garb, students from all over the Midwest and the University community gathered at the Michigan League on Friday to kick off the first annual Indian American Student Conference put on by the Indian American Student Association.
'U' dean gives plan for Social Security
Students concerned about a Social Security system that economists say will go bankrupt in less than 35 years may see a ray of hope with the release of a new plan developed by a top University official.
School of Public Policy Dean Edward Gramlich chaired a 13-member social security advisory committee that released its report to Congress this month. The group, which has met for the past two years, divided and devised three different proposals designed to reinvent Social Security and save it from bankruptcy.
Bollinger returns home to A2, moves into residence
After a two-year absence and a 13-hour drive through snowy conditions, Lee Bollinger is finally home. Casually dressed in jeans, a white polo shirt and a pair of Nikes, the incoming University president spent his first weekend unpacking his volumes of books and getting acquainted with his new home at 815 S. University Ave.
Crash investigation uncovers irregularities
RAISINVILLE TOWNSHIP (AP) - Investigators of the crash of a Detroit-bound commuter plane said yesterday that three controls meant to shut off the right engine and activate a fire extinguisher were found in the on position in the plane's wreckage.
King Hussein moves to boost talks
JERUSALEM - Jordan's King Hussein, piloting his own helicopter from Amman to Gaza to Tel Aviv, staged a diplomatic rescue mission yesterday for the deadlocked talks between his Israeli and Palestinian neighbors.
Syverud tapped as Vanderbilt Law School dean: 'U' Law School associate dean to leave soon
Law School Associate Dean Kent Syverud will leave behind years of memories when he heads to Nashville, Tenn., to start his new job as dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School.
Syverud, who accepted the position Dec. 20, said he thought hard about leaving the University, where he earned his bachelor's and law degrees, but said it "ended up seeming like the right thing to do."
LSA sophomore allegedly raped during break
The Ann Arbor Police Department is investigating the sexual assault charges alleged by a female LSA sophomore against two University students - her friend's housemate and an acquaintance.
Stabenow and Rivers fight for microloans
As a welfare mother, Anna Combs Allen lived month-to-month and worried about being evicted - until she met with Michelle Richards Vasquez of the Ann Arbor Community Development Center.
AACDC arranged a microloan of $8,000 for Allen to open the Jackson Community Pre-school. Eight years later, Allen's pre-school employs 13 people, grosses more than $250,000 per year and allowed Allen to move into a three-story home and purchase two cars.
Brown President Gregorian leaving to head Carnegie Corp.: 'U' looked to Gregorian in '87 for presidency
Vartan Gregorian, who was once a serious contender for the University of Michigan presidency, will be leaving Brown University after 8 1/2 years as its president.
"He felt he did what he could," said Brown Prof. Sheila Blumstein, who was dean when Gregorian began his term there. "He did an extraordinary job."
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Insurance agents assess damage
DETROIT (AP) - No amount of money can bring back the 29 family members and friends who died when Comair flight 3272 nosedived into the ground on its way to Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
But insurance companies are on the scene trying to determine how much to compensate each victim's relatives in some way for their loss.
House Dems say GOP covered up Gingrich's actions
WASHINGTON - House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) yesterday waded into the partisan furor swirling around Newt Gingrich's ethics violations, accusing Republicans of engaging in a cover-up to prevent evidence against the House speaker from coming to light before all members decide on his punishment.
Soldier's suicide halts prosecution of rape case
WASHINGTON - Pvt. Alan May was already fighting charges that he had raped another private at the Army Ordnance Center at the Aberdeen Proving Ground last year when news of a sex scandal broke in November, rocking the Maryland base where he was training.
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