'U' study finds students feel safer on campus
Members of the University community feel safer on campus now than they did in 1989, but women feel significantly less safe than men.
That's the finding of a follow-up survey that the Institute for Social Research conducted at the request of the University Task Force on Campus Safety and Security. The task force hoped the survey would trace the community's attitude toward campus safety during the past eight years to see whether progress has been made.
State classrooms to get technology funds
The federal government is helping Michigan prepare future generations for the information age with new funds for technology education.
On March 6, President Clinton announced to a joint session of the Michigan state Legislature that the federal Department of Education will give Michigan public schools $8.6 billion this year as part of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund.
3 new members to join SACUA
With only a little more than half of its members present, the faculty Senate Assembly elected three new members to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs yesterday.
About 40 faculty senate members voted to elect biology Prof. Lewis Kleinsmith, astronomy Prof. Gordon MacAlpine and Education and Information Services Library Head Barbara MacAdam to the nine-member committee that represents the faculty.
Playboy takes off on campus amid protest
LSA junior Lauree Sugar has been waiting for many years to pose for Playboy.
But other women on campus aren't ready to take their clothes off in the presence of Playboy photographers on campus.
Online ballot convenient for students
Students can no longer blame cold weather or long lines as reasons not to cast a ballot in the Michigan Student Assembly elections.
With a computer and a few keyboard strokes, students can now vote online for an MSA presidential and vice presidential team as well as for individual school representatives in the assembly's election, which begins today.
Israel clears land for settlement
JERUSALEM - The Israeli government dispatched heavy earthmovers to break ground for a new Jewish neighborhood on a disputed hillside in the traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem yesterday, setting a collision course with its Palestinian peace-negotiating partners.
White House to find new nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) - Reeling from Anthony Lake's sudden withdrawal, the White House considered a quick move yesterday to name acting CIA Director George Tenet as a substitute nominee to head the nation's spy agency.
Task force seeks solution for local homeless
Ann Arbor may be on its way to solving the ongoing local homelessness problem.
The countywide Task Force on Homelessness convened yesterday in a packed public meeting at the Washtenaw County Library to present the findings of its subcommittees' investigative reports.
Drunken drivers may lose vehicles
DETROIT - Beginning next month, convicted drunken drivers could lose not only their licenses but also their vehicles.
A law taking effect April 1 allows judges to order the seizure of drunken drivers' vehicles, including those of first-time offenders, the Detroit Free Press reported in yesterday's editions. Those convicted of a second or subsequent driving while impaired charge, a lesser offense, also may lose their vehicles.
Thrifty shop sells donated bargains
Students who are looking for a variety of cheap trinkets and want to support a good cause can pay a visit to the Ann Arbor Parent Teacher Organization's Thrift Shop.
The Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop, located within the Bargain Books building at 1621 South State St., donates profits from the sale of jewelry, household items and used clothing to Ann Arbor public schools.
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Students face 4 ballot questions
Students voting in the Michigan Student Assembly elections today and tomorrow will see more than a list of names vying for assembly seats and executive officer positions - they also will encounter four ballot questions.
Students will be asked to either support or deny $6.50 in fee increases - $1 that will fund community service efforts, and a two-term $5.50 increase to finance a drive to create a University student regent.
State considering vote-by-mail system
LANSING - Forget those long lines at the voting booth that eat into precious time away from work - and your patience.
Michigan lawmakers are considering letting citizens vote by mail. If it passes, voters would fill out election ballots at their leisure, drop them in the mailbox and check one civic duty off their list.
Original Kermit the Frog on view
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kermit the Frog began life looking more like a lizard - made of an old spring coat and a split pingpong ball. Now, his original incarnation is back in an exhibit that traces Kermit's 42-year journey to stardom.
Hillary Clinton talks in South Africa
SOWETO, South Africa (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton spent her first day in South Africa yesterday talking about two issues troubling post-apartheid society - violent crime and the need to improve education for blacks.
Internet pornography put to test against decency laws
Today, the Supreme Court hears a challenge to the Communications Decency Act, the 1996 law that Congress passed as part of the massive telecommunications reform bill. The case throws a spotlight on Internet erotica - one of the few moneymakers in the so-far-disappointing world of Internet commerce, and one of the most closely watched segments of the online world by companies that hope that some day they, too, will profit from their substantial investment in the online world.
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