WSU bar scores top 'U' Law
University Law students did not fare nearly as well as Wayne State University students on last summer's Michigan Bar Examination, according to figures released by the State Board of Law Examiners.
Blasts shock Atlanta clinic
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - A pair of explosions shook a suburban Atlanta abortion clinic yesterday, knocking out its windows, littering the parking lot with debris and sending panicked workers from nearby office buildings screaming into the frigid morning air.
Prof. asks for $10K in suit
A former University professor is asking for more than $10,000 in a lawsuit that alleges that he was mistreated after speaking out against a "racist" atmosphere at the School of Medicine.
Gov. signs FOIA bill
A comprehensive bill intended to improve public access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act could actually have the opposite effect.
Michigan House Bill 4849, which amended the state's Freedom of Information Act, contains a provision that completely denies public access to letters of reference or recommendation about candidates for presidents of public universities.
MSU officials surprised by OMA ruling
University and state officials said yesterday they were surprised and disappointed by a ruling this week of the Michigan Court of Appeals, which found that Michigan State University's selection of current President M. Peter McPherson was illegal.
Israeli soldiers hand over power in Hebron
HEBRON, West Bank - Toward the end, as the moment neared, the handing over of power in the West Bank city of Hebron became a strangely prosaic affair yesterday.
Latino/a, Native American enrollment drops: Despite two-year trend, overall minority enrollment still on the rise
For the second year in a row, fewer Latino/a, and Native American students enrolled at the University, according to recently released figures.
This decrease differs from recent University figures, which shows a rise in the overall number of incoming minority students this year and last.
Red Cross to hold emergency blood drive at 'U' today
The American Red Cross is appealing to the Ann Arbor community today to donate blood at an emergency drive following low holiday collections that have left a shortage throughout Washtenaw County.
The blood drive is being held at the University's Plant Building Services from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. - 9 p.m. The drive is open to the public.
Mich. workers attack liquor privatization
LANSING (AP) - State employees yesterday launched a fresh legal attack on Gov. John Engler's plan to privatize liquor distribution in Michigan.
Meanwhile, the main question for most was whether liquor supplies on party store shelves and in bars and restaurants were getting thin. The answer appeared, at least for the time being, that they were not.
County's jobless rate lowest in state: November rates show economic stability, mayor says
Along with a Dow Jones average that soared past 6,000, Ann Arbor residents received another holiday economic present - the lowest unemployment rate in the state.
According to figures released by the Michigan Employment Security Agency, unemployment in Washtenaw County was 1.9 percent for November 1996.
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Collier leaves teaching position: Former Golden Apple winner stepped out after 'disagreement'
Students expecting to see Thomas Collier behind the podium at the first meeting of History 366: 20th Century American Wars encountered a different face last Thursday afternoon.
Instead of Collier, who was voted by students to receive the Golden Apple Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching in 1995, history lecturer Bil Kerrigan stood before the class.
Investigators give tour of wreckage reconstruction
RAISINVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - One week after it was supposed to land in Detroit, Comair Flight 3272 has arrived, for now, at a cold, abandoned nursery warehouse about 20 miles short of its destination.
Here, investigators will clean off and lay out the crushed and charred pieces of the Embraer Brasilia 120. And it's where the pieces will stay until federal investigators decide they hold no more clues about why the plane crashed, killing 29 people.
The wreckage is in the hands of Richard Rodriguez, the chief investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.
Senate committee debates wage jump
LANSING (AP) - Michigan business and organized labor locked horns again yesterday over a bill to increase the state minimum wage. But this time, the outcome may be different.
The chair of the Senate committee reviewing the bill said "something" will win the panel's approval. And the measure is sponsored by a member of the Republican majority in the Senate, where such legislation died last year.
Board of Ed. faces scrutiny: Engler looks to limit state panel's power
LANSING (AP) - Gov. John Engler might as well have been peddling ice cubes door-to-door in Michigan yesterday when he talked with the State Board of Education about his orders stripping away the panel's authority.
Few were in the mood to buy what Engler was pushing.
Ebonics: Study skill or slavery setback?
For some, it's a backward reference to the days of slavery.
For others, it's a successful way of teaching children how to speak English.
For now, it's a controversy over "Ebonics," "African American Vernacular English" or "Vernacular Black English."
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