Untimely tests: Religious-academic policy helps students
The University final exam schedule promises to present a conflict this year to students planning to observe Passover with their families. Spanning from sundown on April 21 until April 29, the Jewish holiday coincides with the last days of classes and the final exam period, scheduled to begin on the 24th. In response to this problem, the University has established and publicized a March 31 deadline for students to notify their professors and graduate student instructors of an imminent conflict so that they may offer pupils reasonable alternatives for completing missed classwork.
Green House: State must approve environmental bills
Michigan's natural reserves are a source of beauty that pollution threatens to destroy - a calamity that the state should work better to prevent. On Monday, State Rep. Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor) announced her intentions to introduce three bills into the state House that would strengthen the state's environmental protection policies. The bills would improve the present system's effectiveness by establishing several programs to obtain better environmental data, evaluate the information more productively, and promote change.
An open letter to Michael Nagrant and Olga Savic
Dear Michael and Olga, Congratulations on your election as Michigan Student Assembly president and vice president.
The campaign appeared to be refreshingly clean compared to previous years - not only were there fewer campaign posters, but there were fewer ad hominem attacks. And, the voter turn-out rate increased to about 15 percent, which is a good sign.
03-27-97
should be sent to: daily.letters@umich.edu | should be sent to: online.daily@umich.edu |