Bollinger reaffirms support for Fisher
In light of criticism surrounding recent NCAA violations, University President Lee Bollinger and Athletic Director Joe Roberson issued a joint statement reaffirming their support for Michigan basketball coach Steve Fisher.
"We want it to be clear to everyone that Steve Fisher's career at Michigan, both as an assistant and as head coach, is a career that has demonstrated a commitment to principle, a passion for integrity and a loyalty to Michigan that represents in the finest possible way the Michigan tradition," Bollinger and Roberson said in a written statement.
Basketball player responds to allegations about car
Michigan center Robert Traylor responded yesterday to allegations that he may have improperly obtained a $47,906 customized Chevrolet Suburban last month.
Graduate reps move to sever ties with MSA
Leaders of the University's five graduate schools are looking to break off from the Michigan Student Assembly and form their own student government, taking with them the bulk of the money graduate students currently pay to MSA.
Students of each of the University's five graduate schools will be asked during the next two months to vote on a referendum that calls for a seccesion from MSA and the formation of a solely graduate student government, Rackham Rep. John Lopez announced at Tuesday night's MSA meeting.
Museum sells bones for cash
Looking for a unique gift to buy for that special someone? How about a whale bone?
Thanks to a collaborative effort between the University's Exhibit Museum and its Museum of Paleontology, the public now has the opportunity to "buy a bone" belonging to the Dorudonatrox, a whale that lived 38 million years ago.
MSA hopefuls address diversity
With a recent University admissions extension for potential minority student applicants, candidates running for the Michigan Student Assembly face challenges in increasing campus diversity.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions sent out 4,000 letters to high school minority students and top scholars encouraging them to apply.
New cigarette laws lighting up on campus
University students who have a nicotine craving face now may face an inconvenience when purchasing their favorite brand of cigarettes, due to a Food and Drug Administration ruling that took effect Feb. 28.
In a plan endorsed by President Clinton to prevent underage smoking, retailers must ask for photo identification from anyone purchasing cigarettes if they believe the customer appears to be less than 27-years-old.
Cadaver shortage faces medical students
The doctors of tomorrow may be missing experience they need, due to a shortage of cadavers around the nation.
William Burkel, director of the University's Anatomical Donations, said this shortage is a nationwide problem that affects the education of medical students.
'U' students recycle trees to make new buildings
Growing a thriving forest can be a messy process.
But two University students are taking small trees that usually go to waste and are using them to construct new buildings.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
NWROC holds panel on DS3 trial
After two years of protesting alleged racism in the firing of three black University Dental School workers, the National Women's Rights Organizing Coalition met last night to discuss future activism on campus.
Eighteen NWROC members and Ann Arbor residents joined former University employees Delano Isabell, Theresa Atkins and Dawn Mitchell for a forum in the Michigan League's Koessler Room.
College GOP group faces resignations
In response to last month's re-election of Nick Kirk as president of the campus College Republicans, three of the group's five officers resigned Tuesday night. They are Vice President Elias Xenos, Secretary Becky Beamish and Treasurer Jen Skomer.
Passengers give airlines bumpy reviews
Last year, as you may have heard, was a good year for the United States' passenger airlines. Industry figures show they filled 69.8 percent of their seats, up from 67.3 percent in the very profitable year before. They boosted the number of miles flown by paying passengers by 6.
Cloning debate continues
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Scottish scientist who cloned an adult sheep told Congress yesterday "it would be quite inhumane" to try the technology on people. A senator told him and a rapt hearing audience that human cloning is sure to come "and I don't fear it at all.
Report of fewer RSI cases leads to extensive debate
Newsday
The debate over how to prevent repetitive-stress injury in the workplace ratcheted up yesterday after the federal government released figures showing that in 1995, the number of cases declined for the first time in more than a decade.
Motorists craving fast food
The Hartford Courant
It isn't just speed that drives fast food anymore; it's how it handles.
UC regent suggests concealing applicants' names: Move pushed by same regent who lead fight against affirmative action
BERKELEY, Calif. - University of California Regent Ward Connerly, who pushed forward the university's affirmative action repeal two years ago, now wants to take names off UC applications before they are processed to mask applicants' race.
Japanese-American orphans lived in war camps
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Army took three-year-old Annie Shiraishi Sakamoto away in the summer of 1942.
Before the soldiers came, Annie lived at a Catholic orphanage in Los Angeles, the unwanted baby of a single mother and a married gardener.
First lady meets Arkansas educators
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A decade ago, angry teachers stared contemptuously at Arkansas' first lady as she walked through a packed schoolroom for a speech. Harsh whispers turned to grumbling. Then hissing.
"It's all right," Hillary Rodham Clinton assured a friend, a fellow Arkansan who was shocked by the reception. "Someday they'll understand.''
Ex-Beatle McCartney attains knighthood
LONDON (AP) - From backbeat to bended knee: Paul McCartney, teen idol of the hippie era, went to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday to receive that ultimate symbol of respectability - a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.
Togged out in tails, he showed how much he has changed since he first met the queen in 1965 - he and the other Beatles, sporting then-fashionable narrow lapels and skinny ties, prepped for that encounter by sharing a joint.
Census Bureau plans new methods for count in 2000: Sampling strategy looks to make count more 'user-friendly'
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Census Bureau still plans to question at least 90 percent of all households for the 2000 national count but has decided to change the sampling method it will use.
The result will be "a census that is accurate, fair and cost-effective," Commerce Secretary William Daley told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
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