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Student shot at EMU hall
An Eastern Michigan University student was shot late yesterday afternoon and remains in fair condition at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor.
Aaron Patterson, a 25-year-old EMU sophomore, was shot twice in the chest at 5:40 p.m in front of Margaret Wise Hall on EMU’s campus in Ypsilanti.
‘U’ broadcasts global summit
With record-setting high temperatures in Washington, D.C., President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore held a summit on global warming yesterday.
Ann Arbor was one of 100 cities to broadcast the speeches of Gore, Clinton and experts in fields related to climate change.
Students participate in Scream-In
Loud, passionate and liberating screams of students echoed through campus yesterday, as gatherers broke the silence and stigma of mental illness in the University’s first ever Scream-In.
About 30 students used their lung power to support mental illness awareness. The event was intended to show support for all types of mental illness — including depression, anorexia, manic depression and schizophrenia — that inflict individuals in the University and Ann Arbor communities.
Goss asks faculty to give athletes options
Two top administrators met with the University’s faculty governing body yesterday to discuss University policies.
At his first official meeting in front of the Senate Assembly Committee on University Affairs, Tom Goss, the new athletic director, outlined the University’s responsibility to its student athletes
Flames engulf house near Rackham
Witnesses said flames “poured out” of the third-floor window of a house directly across from Rackham Auditorium last night.
Sixteen emergency vehicles blocked off Huron Street between N. Ingalls and Fletcher streets due to the fire. A man staying at The Bed and Breakfast on Campus, which is located near the scene, called 911 to report the fire at 9:35 p.m.
Clinton uses special veto
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blow to both Democrats and Republicans, President Clinton used his line-item veto yesterday to kill 38 military construction projects that Congress had added to a huge spending bill at a cost of $287 million.
City council solidies parking structure plan
Ann Arbor City Council members set in motion the final destruction of two city parking structures and the restoration of the rest.
Last night, the council approved the Downtown Development Authority’s choice of an architectural firm to draw up plans for the demolition of the parking structure on Fourth and Washington streets and the upper level of the Forest Street structure.
OMA amendment aims to ensure open presidential searches
Public accessibility to university presidential searches and the state’s Open Meetings Act are again at the heart of a bill proposed by a state legislator.
The proposal, which broadens the applications of the OMA, was referred to the Colleges and Universities Committee by the state House.
Annual forum urges women to ‘get real’ about health issues
An intimate group of roughly 30 women gathered last night to explore how various issues, including HIV/AIDS, body image, breast cancer and eating disorders relate to women’s health.
Sponsored by the University’s Women’s Health Program and supported by the pharmaceutical company Wyeth-Ayerst, the second annual forum “Get Real: Women Talking about Women’s Health” took place in the Michigan League’s Henderson Room.
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Religious gift ban lifted for inmates
DETROIT (AP) — Under pressure from Congress and religious groups, federal prison officials yesterday lifted a ban on gifts of religious items that was imposed last month under a strict interpretation of new ethics rules.
The rule had threatened to prevent inmates from having the prayer books and other ritual items needed for their observances.
Truck accident rate declines
Statistics show that large trucks were involved in fewer accidents and caused fewer fatalities in 1995 — but that decline may have been only temporary.
According to newly released University research, the number of accidents involving heavy trucks declined slightly in 1995. Pending statistics for 1996 may not be as encouraging, researchers said.
Investigators search for chief suspect in triple murder case
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — The chief suspect in last week’s triple murder at a southwestern Michigan cottage is described as a man of the woods, a “survivalist” able to live off the land, authorities said yesterday.
White House continues search for fundraising videotapes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting on a tip, Senate investigators prodded the Clinton administration in early August to look for in-house videotapes that may have shown President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore at Democratic Party events inside the White House.
U.S. Supreme Court set to decide state-rights cases
The U.S. Supreme Court returned yesterday and its highest profile matter was the Piscataway, N.J., school board’s decision to retain a black high school teacher over an equally qualified white instructor in order to promote academic diversity. Although seen primarily as a civil-rights case, it also involves state and local rights, which, in recent years, have become one of the court’s primary concerns.
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