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First-year enrollment hits new high
With the largest first-year class ever, University enrollment reached record levels this year, according to an official student count released Tuesday.
The class of 2001 has 5,534 students - 207 more than the fall 1996 entering class.
Fund memorializes incoming 'U' student
Early this year, Ashley Easterbrook gained admission into the University's School of Nursing. But today she's not eating in the dining hall or rushing back and forth to class.
In June, days before her graduation from Troy High School, Ashley and her two friends, Andrew Stindt and Michael Jamieson, were killed in a car accident when a drunken driver slammed into her Pontiac Grand Prix.
Clinton-Jiang meeting has positive tones: U.S.-Sino summit concludes with agreements on wide range of issues
WASHINGTON - President Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin concluded a summit meeting yesterday by reaching agreements on a broad range of security, economic, environmental and law-enforcement issues, even as they acknowledged stark and seemingly irreconcilable differences over human rights.
Looking for the 'real' thing: Students pack bar in search of MTV fame
Distance and long lines did not stop hundreds of would-be TV stars from swarming at Touchdown Cafe yesterday in hopes of making a splash on MTV.
An eclectic bunch gathered inside and outside the local bar as early as 8 a.m. to audition for "The Real World - Seattle" and "Road Rules." The popular MTV programs feature documentary-style footage of people living together and travelling cross-country.
Oesterling fined, license revoked
Former University Chief of Urology Joseph Oesterling, whose medical license was temporarily suspended in August, learned Tuesday that his license will be revoked for four months and that he will be fined $5,000.
The Michigan state Board of Medicine issued an order Tuesday imposing this penalty, along with a two-year probation.
Clinton, Jiang fail to bridge chasm on human rights
WASHINGTON - Halfway through their remarkable public dispute over human rights yesterday, Jiang Zemin, the Chinese Communist leader, told President Clinton that the two countries were "thousands of miles apart geographically."
Philosophically, he might have added, they seemed to be decades apart.
Students celebrate Diwali festival: More than 300 Indian American students pray in hall lounge
Shoes lay next to fallen jackets while University students dressed in traditional Indian costumes quietly sat before a small altar in Stockwell's Blue Lounge last night.
The Hindu Students Council sponsored a traditional Diwali puja, or prayer service, to commemorate the new year for Indian American students. More than 300 University students and community members celebrated the holiday referred to as "the festival of lights.
A2: Other college towns have districts geared toward students
Students voting in Ann Arbor are divided - literally.
The wards of Ann Arbor are distributed in a pie shape with points that connect at the center of town. The student-dominated areas of the city - the campus and the area directly surrounding it - do not fall all in one ward.
Charges dropped in EMU shooting: Assailant cleared in shooting, apparently acted in self defense
The charges against Maurice Blanks, who was accused of shooting an Eastern Michigan University student, were dismissed at a court hearing Tuesday.
Blanks allegedly shot Aaron Patterson twice in the chest on the afternoon of Oct. 10, outside Margaret Wise residence hall.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Student runs for leukemia charity: Engineering junior plans to run marathon in Disney World
Running 26 miles through Walt Disney World isn't your usual trip to the theme park.
But in efforts to raise funds for the Leukemia Society of America, one University student will go the distance.
Students march on Diag to support Clean Air Act
Student environmental activists held a rally on the Diag yesterday to encourage President Clinton and members of Congress to pass the Clean Air Act.
The rally, which was supported by ENACT (Environmental Action), the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor and the Environmental Information Center, involved about a dozen people and took place on the steps of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. Students attending the rally spoke about environmental issues, performed a skit and even sang to passersby.
UAAO fills two leadership positions: UAAO determines its stance on affirmative action
As members tossed M&M's and Starbursts to each other, the United Asian American Organizations prepared to vote two members into leadership positions yesterday.
The elections were the first in a two-part election process, and filled the posts of UAAO chair and program chair.
Ground broken for new stadium
DETROIT (AP) - The groundbreaking yesterday for the Detroit Tigers' new home pushed forward a project that observers say offers everything from longer foul lines to possibly better bottom lines for a franchise and city on the mend.
"This is a momentum builder for the city of Detroit," Gov. John Engler said moments before helping christen land on which the 40,000-seat, $260-million stadium is expected to open in 2000.
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