Emergency extension: 'U' must remedy applicant decline
The composition of the 1997-98 first-year student applicant pool fell considerably short of University expectations this year. Missing from the swarm of prospective Wolverines were the substantial numbers of minorities and high-achieving academic scholars sought by admissions personnel. In an emergency effort to secure applications from such students, the University extended the application deadline by one month. Admissions officers then messaged some 4,000 of these students who had requested applications or submitted test scores but had not yet completed the procedure, encouraging them to submit core applications by the extended deadline.
Automatic politicians: Ex-officio MSA seats defy democracy
If the students approve the Michigan Party's latest brainchild, the small Room 3909 in the Michigan Union could become a lot more crowded at every Michigan Student Assembly meeting. In its last meeting, the assembly approved a ballot question that would amend the All-Campus Constitution to give large student groups - of 400 members or more - direct ex-officio representation on the assembly. MSA works with student groups a great deal and their input is important.
Clinton's ticket to historical praise: The arts
Second-term presidents typically have three central, over-arching priorities: to secure a place in history as a great leader, to leave a legacy of good policy and to e
e their party continued control of the executive branch. Our current president is surely motivated by these ambitions and he should be concerned that he might fall short on all three. As things currently stand, Clinton is likely to be remembered for a never-ending supply of scandals, for destroying the social safety-net, for bringing poll-based politics to new and disturbing levels and for causing the Democrats to lose control of Congress - and these are things his supporters will recall.
03-11-97
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