Class of '00 leans right, frowns on casual sex
First-year students across the country are leaning more to the right, frowning on casual sex and spending their tuition dollars more carefully.
And students entering college think higher than ever of themselves, according to an annual survey released Monday by the University of California at Los Angeles.
'U' scientists find evidence of black holes: Detections to give insight into origin and evolution of galaxies
University researchers have found evidence of three previously undetected massive black holes centered in nearby galaxies, lending proof to theories that the holes exist in every galaxy.
The findings, announced yesterday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Toronto, are expected to provide insight into the origin and evolution of galaxies.
Powers inch toward Hebron withdrawal deal
JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinians inched closer yesterday to an accord on the Israeli redeployment from the West Bank city of Hebron as negotiators struggled to find language acceptable to both sides in a draft of the emerging agreement and an accompanying letter of guarantee from the United States.
Students hop on cigar bandwagon
Following a recent rise in cigarette smoking among young people, cigar sales have risen dramatically in recent years, leaving party store and cigar shop owners puzzled by the sudden jump in popularity and scrambling to keep store shelves stocked.
High court looks at Clinton vs. Jones case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices ended a frustrating hourlong argument yesterday in the case of Bill Clinton vs. Paula Jones sounding divided and uncertain over whether her sexual harassment lawsuit should go forward while he remains in office.
Bombs found at Arab paper
LONDON - A new wave of letter bombs struck the Arabic-language newspaper Al Hayat yesterday, and one of them exploded at the paper's headquarters here, injuring two security guards.
A2 reps. to push new bills in Dem. House
Two Ann Arbor lawmakers are proposing legislation to deal with environmental protection and public-school curriculum changes to the new Democrat-controlled state House of Representatives.
Rep. Mary Schroer (D-Ann Arbor) plans to propose a bill to integrate parenting skills and life-management lessons into K-12 curriculums.
Relations improve between provost's ofce, faculty govt.: SACUA leaders praise provost's openness, encouragement
Prof. Lou D'Alecy, a member of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, said he remembers when the relationship between past provosts and the faculty was not productive.
D'Alecy said two to three years ago the provost's Academic Affairs Advisory Committee - made up of faculty members - had deteriorated to the point that it was renamed the Academic Affairs Committee because it was no longer advising the provost.
Engler appeals liquor privatization block
LANSING (AP) - Gov. John Engler's attorneys used a Humpty Dumpty defense yesterday to urge the Michigan Court of Appeals to let the state go forward with dismantling the state's liquor wholesale distribution system. The state told the appeals court that the state system is in too many pieces to be put back together again.
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Lawyers say trial slowed by publicity
FLEMINGTON, N.J. (AP) - In her campaign for passage of Megan's Law, Maureen Kanka argued that she would have kept her daughter Megan away from a neighbor if only she had known of his past sex offenses.
Now, the defendant's lawyers say that because of the publicity over the 7-year-old's slaying and the laws enacted in her name, his past is so well known that he may not be able to get a fair trial.
FDA rules Seldane drug unsafe
WASHINGTON - The popular antihistamine Seldane is unsafe and should be taken off the market, the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday.
Since its introduction in 1985, the drug has been blamed for perhaps hundreds of deaths from unstable heart rhythms when taken with the common antibiotic erythromycin or with the antifungal drug ketoconozole, the FDA said. Patients with liver disease have also reported abnormal heart rhythms when taking Seldane alone.
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