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S. African educator to give address
Mamphela Ramphele, vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, will deliver the keynote speech May 2 at the undergraduate Spring Commencement, University officials announced yesterday.
"She's a person who has had a lot of experience and gone through a lot of things fighting apartheid," Education professor emeritus Charles Moody said. "The students and faculty are very honored to have a chance to see her."
Seniors to get priority for Clinton tickets
Tickets for First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech commemorating the end of the University's 1997-98 Year of Humanities and Arts will be available beginning April 22.
The tickets will be available to University community members from April 22-24.
NCAA adjusts wrestling rules
Less than six months after the deaths of Michigan wrestler Jefferey Reese and two other collegiate wrestlers, members of two NCAA committees presented yesterday official recommendations to improve the safety of collegiate wrestling.
Professors sue 'U' for denial of tenure
The University has maintained a strong commitment to diversity despite two lawsuits that target affirmative action in the admissions policies of the College of Literature, Science and Arts and the Law School.
But two less-publicized lawsuits claim the University may not be practicing what it preaches.
Carr negotiates salary hike
From staff and wire reports
Riding the wave of the Michigan football team's first National Championship title in 50 years, head football coach Lloyd Carr is in negotiations with Athletic Director Tom Goss about a new contract.
Bank mergers transform industry
The aptly named NationsBank Corp. and BankAmerica Corp. took a giant leap for the banking industry yesterday in a $62.8 billion merger creating the country's first coast-to-coast bank.
In the heart of the new No. 1 American bank's territory, another giant also was born as Banc One Corp. and First Chicago NBD Corp. announced a $28.8 billion merger to create the Midwest's most dominant bank.
Archer announces Detroit's '98-'99 budget
DETROIT (AP) - Mayor Dennis Archer proposed a ''tight as a drum'' budget yesterday that included a surplus of just under $1 million and an upgrade of the city's antiquated computer system.
Archer's 1998-99 proposed budget is $2.461 billion, or $102 million more than the current budget - a 4 percent increase from 1997-98 levels.
House panel recommends bills to curb school violence
LANSING (AP) - Everyone from parents to prosecutors have a role to play in combating school violence, according to a report released yesterday.
A 13-bill package aimed at protecting students who want to learn while getting tougher with students who don't was outlined in the report. The bills summarize much of what a House education subcommittee heard during nine public hearings it held statewide on school violence earlier this year.
Report: Michigan children live longer
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - While more of Michigan's infants and children are living through their early years, they face a greater threat from lead poisoning and inadequate prenatal care.
Those are two of the conclusions from the ''Kids Count in Michigan'' report for 1997-98, a broad collection of data on Michigan's counties that found many signs of decline in children's well-being.
Crime Notes
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Famous dancer reunited with sister
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The deacon approached Patricia Coleman on Easter Sunday, the day of rebirth and resurrection. Had she seen the article about her brother?
No, it wasn't Tony, who had died of cancer 18 months earlier. And not Dale, the IBM executive in New York.
Clinton's focus turns abroad
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton is off this week to South America, just after visiting Africa and a few weeks before heading to Europe for an economic conference. Then comes China in June, with forays later to Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
Pulitzer entries are challenged
NEW YORK (AP) - At least five entries for Pulitzer Prizes this year were challenged for accuracy or fairness by outside parties during the judging process, the Pulitzer administrator said yesterday.
The number of such lobbying efforts was greater this year than any time since the board decided in 1994 to let Pulitzer juries see outside challenges, according to Seymour Topping, administrator of the prizes in journalism and the arts.
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