Accords 'step closer' to peace: Netanyahu, Arafat agree to Israeli troop withdrawls
JERUSALEM - After prolonged and painful labor, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat completed a long-awaited accord early this morning to pull back Israeli forces from the city of Hebron and the rural West Bank.
Initialed about 2 a.m. Jerusalem time at a stark concrete border post, the agreement was a historic turning point in Israeli politics and in the tortuous efforts of Israelis and Palestinians to reach territorial compromise. The unlikely partners, distrustful to the end and accompanied by U.S. special envoy Dennis Ross, emerged and shook hands coolly after more than two hours of talks.
'U' study shows national rise in teen drug use : Largest increase seen in 10th graders
A study by three University professors found that drug use in teen-agers nationwide is steadily increasing.
The largest increase found in the Monitoring the Future study is in the use of marijuana by 10th graders, a number that doubled in one year to 34 percent. But Lloyd Johnston, who conducted the study with Patrick O'Malley and Jerald Bachman, said marijuana is not the only drug increasing in use among teen-agers.
Services scheduled for prof. killed in Comair plane crash
Students and faculty will celebrate the life of Prof. Betty Jean Jones next week during a memorial service incorporating elements of her passion and personality.
Jones, who was both a Rackham associate dean and a professor in the theatre department, was killed in the crash of Comair Flight 3272 last Thursday.
Plane got new engine 5 days before crash
DETROIT (AP) - The right engine of the Comair twin-engine turboprop that crashed during a snowstorm on the way to Detroit had been replaced five days earlier in regularly scheduled maintenance, the company said yesterday.
Asked whether the company believes that was a factor in the crash, Comair Inc. spokesperson Meghan Glynn said: "No. But I can't comment further."
State law leaves bars, stores almost dry
Bar-hopping students may be disappointed if Gov. John Engler and the State Court of Appeals do not come to an agreement soon.
Last month, Engler ordered the abolishment of the Liquor Control Commission, the state-run alcohol distributor, and planned to switch alcohol distribution to private companies.
Magazine takes off from A2 Start
A whimsical idea three girls in Bursley Residence Hall had a few years ago has turned into much more.
Sitting together six years ago, then-Art sophomores Tali and Ophira Edut and then-LSA first-year student Dyann Logwood were talking about women's issues when one had the idea of starting a magazine for teen- and college-aged girls that would re-enforce women's self-esteem, not diminish it.
Serbian president concedes election returns' validity: Milosevic ends eightweek struggle
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic made a major concession yesterday in his eight-week struggle with his political opponents, validating disputed election returns that would give the opposition control of Belgrade's city government and could seriously weaken his 9-year-old grip on power.
Allies and foes alike cautioned, however, against declaring an end to the standoff between Milosevic and an opposition movement that has staged daily protests since the Serbian leader annulled its victories in more than a dozen municipal elections held on Nov. 17.
Winters' charges reduced at pre-trial hearing
Former Michigan football player Charles Winters was back in court yesterday for a pre-trial hearing on the alleged assault of his ex-stepfather Horace Davis.
The assault-with-the-intent-to-murder charge was reduced to the original charge of assault with the intent to do great bodily harm and malicious destruction of property in Wayne County's 36th District Court at the request of the prosecution.
MSA votes to keep parties for March election season
During the November 1996 Michigan Student Assembly elections, only two parties, the Michigan Party and the Crush the Purple Dinosaur party, won seats on the assembly.
Yet last night, MSA voted that parties were important enough to remain a part of MSA campaigns.
Citadel warns against hazing female cadets
Clifton Poole, president of the Citadel, cautioned the 1,700 cadets there that severe penalties would be enforced if any were found behaving in an "inappropriate" manner toward female cadets, according to The New York Times. Poole also repeated the Citadel's willingness to integrate female cadets.
'U' delivers speedier mail service
For students who excitedly check their mailboxes only to find nothing, it can seem that the mail has been sucked into a postal black hole.
But the problem is not with the campus mail system - there is never a shortage of University notices or scrawled-over yellow envelopes.
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