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'U' to get $79M for renovations
The state legislature approved a bill last week that will ultimately allocate $79 million to the University for building renovations.
The bill, sponsored by state Sen. John Schwarz (R-Battle Creek), raises the total amount of bonds the state can sell from $2 billion to $2.7 billion. Most of the extra $700 million will be allocated to building renovations for state universities.
Corporate sponsors invest in 'U'
A simple blue hat with a yellow swoosh symbol across the front may seem to have little meaning.
But when you wear one to a Michigan football game, fellow fans can identify you as a Wolverine supporter.
Art display planned for Williams
A silhouette bearing the story of LSA senior Tamara Williams, who was stabbed to death by her boyfriend Sept. 23, will join the Junior League's Silent Witness collection.
"Silent Witnesses are life-size figures of women that have been murdered at the hands of their partners," said Barbara Scott, an Ann Arbor Junior League officer.
Search for new coach continues
The world of college basketball is not entirely pleased with the University of Michigan right now.
Michigan Athletic Director Tom Goss started a chain reaction of commotion and annoyance throughout college athletic and media-relation departments when he fired coach Steve Fisher on Saturday and announced he would immediately embark on a national search for a successor, just days before most teams start practice.
'U' prepares for Parents Weekend
Student-parent reunions, family stories and tales of college life.
These will all be familiar scenes this weekend, as parents of University students arrive on campus for Parents Weekend, offering them three days of scheduled events and time spent with their college kids.
Senior suffocates from inhaling carbon dioxide
LSA senior Joseph Schulz suffocated to death last weekend in his 10th floor University Towers bedroom after inhaling carbon dioxide that was transferred from a canister to a plastic bag.
According to the Ann Arbor Police Department, Schulz's roommate found him lying in his bedroom with a plastic bag over his head either late Monday or early Tuesday when he returned to their apartment after being gone for the weekend.
Artistic book covers on display at 'U': Exhibit of elaborate 'fine bindings' at Art and Architecture Building.
The book covers on display in an unusual University exhibit are a far cry from the textbooks students carry around campus. Elaborately designed book bindings are featured in an exhibit titled "Contemporary Fine Bindings from the Collection of Jan van der Marck.
Online group allows students to 'confer,' exchange thoughts
Confer, an on-line group interaction system that allows students to join electronic conferences with more than 1,000 people, has managed to build a kind of cult following during its two decades of existence.
It has also managed to be remain unknown to almost everyone else.
Acapulco struggles to stay hydrated
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - Standing in huge, snaking lines along Acapulco's sweltering, dust-caked streets, thousands of people pleaded Thursday for one of life's most basic necessities: Water.
The shortage of clean water has become critical since Hurricane Pauline tore through southern Mexico last week, killing at least 230 people. Officials are trucking in tens of thousands of gallons a day, but it is not enough to quench the thirst of an increasingly desperate population of 1.
Reunited triplets part of health study: 19-year-olds meet in surprise reunion, only to learn they were part of a behavioral experiment
It seemed almost a miracle - three young men, strangers who had grown up in separate families, discovering by accident that they were identical triplets.
The public devoured their inspiring story as it made headlines around the country in 1980. The trio, who had grown up in the New York area, appeared on "Good Morning America," "Today," "Donohue" and "Geraldo Rivera." A movie of their lives was in the works.
Social security boost at nearly a 10-year low
WASHINGTON (AP) - Along with 44 million other Americans who receive Social Security benefits, Rufus Clayton will see his monthly check grow next year by just 2.1 percent - in his case, $10.50 - the lowest cost-of-living raise in a decade.
Friday Focus: Researchers say marijuana use on the rise; users embrace drug as easy high
Sarah Bricker broke a pact with herself more than a year ago.
"I was so mad at myself," said the RC sophomore, of her struggle to stay off marijuana and other drugs. "I was clean, and then I broke being clean, and I felt stupid for smoking the last joint."
Drug is at center of health, legalization debates
Unlike 20 years ago when marijuana was embraced by the hippie generation, today's version is more potent due to technological adaptations used with the drug.
Despite the push for legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes, "the American Medical Association says that other drugs are more efficient and safer," said Stephen Strobbe, nurse coordinator at Chelsea Arbor Treatment Center, a chemical-addiction center.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
10-17-97
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