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Court will not hear Prop. 209
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday removed the last significant legal hurdle to California's statewide ban on affirmative action, rejecting a challenge by civil rights groups who had argued that the law was unconstitutional.
Campaigns to eliminate preferences based on race and sex are underway in several states, and people on both sides of the issue predicted the court's action would reinvigorate those efforts. Voters in Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city, are deciding today whether the local government should abandon such long-standing preferences in the area of public contracting.
'U' lawsuit may not be affected
While many legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case challenging California's Proposition 209 will not affect the lawsuit challenging the University's admissions policies, some contend the decision is a breakthrough in the case against affirmative action.
'U' holds less class days than other colleges nationwide
When Jordan Toplitzky came to Ann Arbor this September, he unpacked, adjusted and familiarized himself with the University. But it took him two months to fully realize the benefits of the University's academic calendar - short, intense and flexible.
Student turnout low for A2 elections
Habitually low turnout among the student body population in local elections is expected to continue in today's Ann Arbor City Council elections.
"In off years, it's way, way down. We would benefit a lot more if a lot of students who considered themselves Democrats would come out and vote," said Douglas Scott, chair of the Ann Arbor Democratic Party.
'U' prof. faces trial on charges of improperly interviewing a child
A nationally recognized University professor and sexual abuse expert faced the first day of trial yesterday on charges that she and her staff emotionally abused a child during a 1992 interview.
The lawyers for defendant Kathleen Coulborn Faller, who heads the University's Family Assessment Clinic, faced Judge Donald Shelton in a Washtenaw County courtroom yesterday.
Intertribal songs celebrate heritage
Members of the University community formed a circle last night as intertribal songs rang through Trotter House for a drum social.
The Treetown Singers and the Blue Lake Singers performed at the drum social, one of several events planned for Native American Heritage Month, titled "Woven by Traditions."
U.N. team tries to defuse Iraqi crisis
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Seeking to wrest concessions from the United Nations, Saddam Hussein agreed yesterday to let a three-member U.N. mission visit Iraq to try to defuse the crisis over his plans to expel American arms inspectors.
But the atmosphere of conciliation dissipated over an alleged Iraqi threat to fire on U.S. surveillance planes that patrol Iraq in support of U.N. weapons monitoring.
Programs target alcohol awareness, risks
Recent alcohol-related deaths on college campuses across the country make this year's Alcohol Awareness Week especially relevant for University students.
Marsha Benz, University Health Service health education coordinator, said the death of two college students from excessive alcohol use at Louisiana State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall should be an eye-opener for college students.
Rep. holds environment forum
The flora isn't the only thing that attract crowds to the University's Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
About 20 environmental supporters attended a public forum last night with Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-Ann Arbor) to voice concerns about national, state and local environmental laws.
SACUA members seek new benefits
Members of the faculty's governing body are looking for benefits and compensation comparable to their peers who serve on similar boards at other universities.
Several members of the nine-person Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs discussed the salary discrepancy at yesterday's meeting.
Fewer candidates, parties file for MSA fall elections
This fall's list of would-be members of the Michigan Student Assembly is shorter than usual.
Fewer parties and candidates filed by Friday's 5 p.m. deadline than in recent MSA election seasons. Three parties - the Michigan Party, the Students' Party and the Pissed Off at Korrupt Executives Party (POKE) - and a host of independent candidates filed for a total of 39 representative candidates.
The Calendar
Students design 16 posters for MLK symposium
Though the 11th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium is two months away, students can pick the event's central image today.
Sixteen posters designed by students in a senior graphic design class stand on display in the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives for the perusal of members of the University community.
Anthropology profs. debate origin of humans
Perhaps the most contentious issue of biological anthropology dominated a lecture given by two University anthropoligists last night.
For many years, anthropologists agreed that modern human populations resulted from a gigantic march of people out of Africa, which culminated in the establishment of different races of Homo sapiens.
MSA to debate affirmative action
The Michigan Student Assembly plans to take a stand on one of the University's most controversial issues - affirmative action - at tonight's meeting.
Three resolutions pertaining to affirmative action are scheduled for debate, including a proposed ballot question about student opinion on affirmative action for the spring MSA elections.
Nichols shown as terrorist, family man
DENVER (AP) - Terry Nichols helped mastermind the Oklahoma City bombing and arranged to be "at a very safe distance" at home in Kansas when the deadly explosion went off, a prosecutor said in opening statements yesterday.
Nichols and Timothy McVeigh left a trail of evidence from Arizona to Oklahoma, lead prosecutor Larry Mackey said, emphasizing Nichols "was there at the beginning and there at the end."
Albright cuts peace talks short
WASHINGTON - The long-awaited resumption of Middle East peace talks stumbled yesterday when U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright cut short the first meeting, complaining that the Palestinian delegation does not include the technical experts needed for detailed negotiations with Israelis.
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