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Michigan Theater returns to roots
By the time University students return from summer break, the Michigan Theater will be very different from when they left town.
The historic theater is undergoing a $4.4-million renovation that will peel off the current facade to restore the theater to its 1928 look.
Harrison up for Hartford presidency
Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison is one of three finalists for president at the University of Hartford.
"I'm very flattered to be asked and very excited to be learning about the university," said Harrison, who was informed he was a finalist about two weeks ago.
Clinton race forum focuses on sports
HOUSTON (AP) - Giving a sharper focus to his national dialogue on race, President Clinton yesterday urged Americans to look to the world of sports as an example of how individuals of different races can join in a common effort.
"It is important that people see that in athletics in America that the rules are fair, that people get their fair chance," Clinton said in leading off a 105-minute nationally televised discussion on the role of race in sports.
Student regent effort still faces challenges
Last month, 60 percent of students voting in the Michigan Student Assembly winter elections approved a fee increase designated to fund a campaign aimed at establishing a student seat on the University Board of Regents. Now MSA leaders are waiting for the day in June when the regents will decide the fate of the fee increase.
Bank mergers may affect job market
Three of the largest banking mergers in history were the buzz this week on Wall Street, but experts say the effects of the banking industry's consolidation will be felt in cities outside the nation's financial capital - including Ann Arbor.
Post ofces try to put fun into late tax filing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Last-minute tax filers in Pleasanton, Calif., might not be able to drown their sorrows at the post office tonight, but they can pretend to drown the tax man in a dunking booth set up near the mail boxes.
Other post offices around the country are also offering ways to cope with the final hours of the tax season, from back rubs for the overstressed in Boise, Idaho, to blues bands in Arlington, Va., for those who just want to whine and moan.
Citizens petition state to protect doves
Mourning doves, named for their bitter-sweet song, could be considered fair game for Michigan hunters for the first time in 93 years if potential legislation to reclassify the songbird as a game-bird becomes law.
Sen. David Jaye (R-Macomb), who chairs the newly formed Senate Hunting, Fishing and Forestry committee, said he will introduce such a bill as soon as he can get a majority vote in the House or Senate.
Task force to analyze state of living-learning programs
The Residence Hall Association will form a task force to evaluate the current state of living-learning programs in University residence halls and submit its findings to the Office of the Provost.
"Our report is to raise a student voice or student perspective within the living-learning programs," said Albert Garcia, RHA president-elect.
Former Attorney General discusses Iraq
About 200 people gathered last night at the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor to listen to former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark speak against the trade sanctions on Iraq and the effects they are having on the Iraqi people.
Higher Education Notes
The Fellows of Harvard University and the Trustees of Radcliffe College are planning to redefine the historically ambiguous role of Radcliffe College, the Harvard Crimson reported Monday.
Unnamed sources close to the discussions said Radcliffe, once the female counterpart to Harvard, may soon relinquish its 119-year-old title of undergraduate college and instead refocus itself as a women's research institution.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
STD rates high among Michigan teen-agers
DETROIT (AP) - The highest rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea in Michigan last year were found among those aged 15-19, even though state records show the overall rates for most sexually transmitted diseases fell statewide.
''It's a serious problem,'' said Mark Wilson, program director for sexually transmitted disease prevention at the Detroit Department of Health. ''You're dealing with attitudes in a lot of these cases. Young people of today have the attitude that they have the world ahead of them and it's not going to happen to me.
Student causes severe dorm fire at Northwestern Michigan College
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A student at Northwestern Michigan College has been charged with setting a fire that severely damaged a dormitory and injured nine residents; one resident of the dorm was injured critically.
Michael Sheffer of Royal Oak, was arraigned yesterday in District Court on a charge of arson of a dwelling house, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Owen proposes to take away drop-outs' driver's licenses
LANSING (AP) - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Larry Owen wants to give students a choice:
Stay in school, or hand over your car keys.
Brown 'U' passes code of conduct protecting laborers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - After several months of negotiations with the Student Labor Alliance, Brown University passed a code of conduct yesterday guaranteeing that all Brown apparel sold in the Brown Bookstore will be produced under safe labor conditions.
Minnesota college caters to elderly
NORTHFIELD, Minn. - Spring quarter at the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium began last week. Students made their way to classes rather slowly, but hardly anyone was late. Some came in wheelchairs, others used walkers. Some steadied themselves by leaning on friends, arriving arm-in-arm with a classmate.
Ford sued for racial prejudice
BALTIMORE (AP) - Black employees at a Maryland service center sued Ford Motor Credit Co. for $660 million, claiming racial discrimination in the hiring, evaluation and promotion of workers.
Ford officials said they had not seen the lawsuit, filed yesterday in federal court, but took such allegations seriously and would investigate the claims.
Chicago-based Ameritech to cut 5,000 jobs
CHICAGO (AP) - Ameritech Corp. said yesterday it plans to cut 5,000 jobs this year, or nearly 7 percent of its worldwide work force, as it begins a five-year cost-cutting program aimed at boosting profits.
The company, which earlier in the day announced it had taken charge of $64 million against its first-quarter earnings, said the workers would come from its cellular and home-security divisions. But spokesperson Jerrell Ross declined to elaborate on where the bulk of those workers are based or whether any of the cuts would come through attrition.
Herald, Times win Pulitzer prizes
NEW YORK (AP) - The Grand Forks Herald, which published through floods that devastated the North Dakota city and its own plant, won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for public service yesterday. The New York Times won three of journalism's most prestigious awards and the Los Angeles Times won two.
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