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Four arrested at hearing on affirmative action
SHELBY TWP. - Pepper spray filled the Shelby Township city council chambers last night as police arrested four people protesting a hearing on the University's affirmative action policies.
About 20 protestors stormed the hearing, which was organized by state Reps. David Jaye (R-Macomb) and Greg Kaza (R- Rochester Hills), two of the four legislators who are attempting to organize a class action lawsuit challenging the University's affirmative action policies in admissions and financial aid.
Basketball ticket sales lagging
The "ring for service" bell at the Michigan Athletic Ticket Office is silent these days. Basketball ticket sales are at their lowest since the Fab Five arrived on campus in 1991.
The 2,100 student ticket applications received by the original application deadline on Sept. 19 were far below the 3,100 seats allotted in the student section, prompting the ticket office to extend the deadline indefinitely.
Task force asks for safety steps
New recommendations released by the University's Task Force on Campus Safety and Security pinpoint goals that may help the University improve the atmosphere of safety on campus.
The report suggests, among other improvements, creating an advisory committee comprised partially of students that would oversee Department of Public Safety activities.
Alcohol common for students under 21
Underage drinking is everywhere at the University.
Go to almost any social event - it's certain that someone under 21 will be slamming a frothy can of the beast, chugging a chilled St. Ides 40, or sipping Jim Bean straight from the bottle.
Israelis and Palestinians resume peace negotiations
NEW YORK (AP) - Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed yesterday to resume negotiations, ending a six-month stalemate and breaking what Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called "a downward spiral" in the Mideast.
Albright, who announced the agreement after meeting with both sides in New York, called the agreement "a medium step" toward peace in the region. The months since the last talks were broken off have been marked by violence and recrimination.
Transplant games highlight athletic donors
For 150 Americans, the Olympics are happening this week in Sydney, Australia.
The World Transplant Games features 43 teams from across the world, whose athletes all share a common trait - they have had an organ transplant.
Cases, judges reshuffle as city, state courts merge
DETROIT (AP) - More than 500,000 cases have been reassigned and more than 50 judges have had their duties shuffled as Detroit Recorder's Court and Wayne County Circuit Court merge this week.
Legislators voted last year to combine the Detroit courts, citing money savings and streamlined justice.
State to expand vocational training
DETROIT (AP) - Seeking to take the stigma off vocational education, Gov. John Engler announced yesterday a new initiative to teach high schoolers skills they can put to work as soon as they graduate.
Industry has become more complex and made traditional shop classes obsolete, Engler said. For students who don't attend college, vocational classes need to be more relevant to industry today, he said.
Students take to the dance floor
In just an hour, University students can exercise, meet people and relive an American tradition - ballroom dancing.
The University's Ballroom Dance Club, a student organization founded eight years ago, hosts classes every Sunday for interested dancers. The sport is gaining popularity, especially among college-age people.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
A2 to reform hiring policies
The city of Ann Arbor is updating its affirmative action policies.
In 1995, the Ann Arbor City Council ordered its Human Resources Department to update its affirmative action policies. The plan had not been updated since 1969. Last night, HRD made a presentation to city council to report on its progress.
Clinton considers apology for slavery
WASHINGTON (AP) - The debate over whether President Clinton should apologize for slavery is evolving into a call to apologize for another wrong: the rigid segregation endured by black Americans under Jim Crow laws.
That suggestion was offered in some of the 600 pieces of mail sent to the White House and the offices of Clinton's advisory board on race since June. The board, which Clinton charged with analyzing a slavery apology, will meet for the second time today.
AIDS drug fails in half of patients: Acclaimed new drug only stops virus' advance temporarily
TORONTO (AP) - Widely heralded new AIDS treatments that seemed to stop the virus' advance and revive patients from near death are now beginning to fail in about half of all those treated, doctors said yesterday.
The disappointing reports suggest the tough virus is coming back after being knocked briefly into submission, just as many experts feared it would.
Direction error caused Indonesian jet-liner crash
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) - The pilot said "right." The control tower thought "left." Seconds before an Indonesian jetliner crashed into a jungle, killing all 234 aboard in the country's worst air crash, it appeared no one knew which way the plane was supposed to turn.
Jury selection begins in Nichols bombing trial
DENVER (AP) - The trial of Terry Nichols got under way yesterday with the search for jurors unaffected by the tears and testimony of the first Oklahoma City bombing trial, which ended with his co-defendant sentenced to death.
Defense attorney Michael Tigar was turned down when he argued it was no longer possible to find an impartial jury in Colorado.
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