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Women march to take back night
"What do we want? Safe streets! When do we want it? Now!"
More than 400 women marched through the streets of Ann Arbor at the 19th annual Take Back the Night march and rally held Saturday night shouting, chanting and carrying signs declaring, "Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide."
Voting effort moves to 'U' housing
Upon opening their mailboxes today, about 11,000 students living in residence halls will find a voter registration card and a letter from Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford urging students to consider registering to vote in Ann Arbor.
Naked Mile exposed on Web
For less than $30, viewers can "see everything from pre-race interviews, the strip down and the post-race report."
Advertisements at www.sex-fun.com boast that their Naked Mile video is "Rated R, but very bushy. Unbelieveable!!!"
Car wash benefits 'M' wrestler memorial scholarship fund
A little bit of rain did not dampen the spirits of student athletes who helped wash cars yesterday to raise money to help fund a scholarship in memory of Michigan wrestler Jefferey Reese, who died this past December.
"We wanted to do something special to make sure his name is remembered," said Dwayne Fuqua, Student Athlete Advisory Committee president, who organized the event.
Chinese dissident released, flies to Detroit
DETROIT (AP) - Wang Dan, a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in Beijing, arrived in the United States yesterday after being freed from a Chinese jail.
Wang's flight from Beijing arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport shortly before 10 a.m. EDT, He was immediately taken to Henry Ford Hospital where doctors said he was in stable condition.
Western leaders set date for start of trade
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Leaders of the Western Hemisphere's 34 democracies overlooked political and economic uncertainties yesterday and forged ahead with a bold plan for hemispheric duty-free trade by 2005. They directed negotiations to begin in September.
Around the Nation: One dead, six wounded in shootout
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Police traded shots with a gunman early yesterday on a street crowded with young people visiting this beach community for Black College Reunion weekend. The gunman was killed and four officers and two bystanders were injured.
Around the World: Wife of former Beatle dies at age 56
LONDON - Linda McCartney, the American photographer wife of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has died from cancer, the star's publicist said yesterday. She was 56.
McCartney died on Friday in Santa Barbara, Calif., Geoff Baker said. Her husband and children were with her.
Seeger discusses effects of copyright laws
Anthony Seeger described a person walking in the woods who suddenly understands the music of forest animals when he spoke about copyright laws in Rackham this past Friday.
Imagine this walker, Seeger said, shares the music with four other people, one who records it.
Kinesiology charity run raised $500
Not even the lore of sleeping in on a Sunday morning could stop more than 150 students and Michigan residents from participating in the 5th annual Run Around the Diag for charity yesterday.
The run, which consisted of a 5K, 10K, 2-mile walk and a relay of 4 by 1 miles, helped raise more than $500 for the Division of Kinesiology Emergency Scholarship Fund and the Peace Neighborhood Center.
Plane crashes in Detroit following chase with officials
DETROIT (AP) - A small plane carrying more than 300 pounds of marijuana crashed in Detroit yesterday evening, killing the pilot but injuring no one on the ground.
Detroit Fire Chief Lee Moore said three U.S. Customs planes had been chasing the plane since El Paso, Texas. Moore said he believed the pilot ran low on fuel before crashing into an empty baseball field at around 6:10 p.m.
Workers alerted to hearing loss
A University researcher wants construction workers to hear her warning before it's too late: without proper precautions, the tools of their trade can damage their hearing.
Noise is the most common hazard facing American workers, and continuous exposure to the noise from power tools and other equipment puts construction workers at particular risk of hearing loss, according to Sally Lusk, a Nursing professor.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Fieger announcement a circus; Engler's to be same
LANSING (AP) - The flock of reporters and television cameras outnumbered Geoffrey Fieger's supporters Thursday as the flamboyant attorney stood on the Capitol steps and announced he was running for governor.
But while Jack Kevorkian's lawyer may have studied drama and have a flair for publicity, his one-day play in the political headlines is hardly a match for the media blitz Gov. John Engler has in mind - a 10-day campaign swing marking the official start of his drive for a third term.
Ceremony honors latino/a graduates
Dressed elegantly in suits and gowns, nearly 100 members of the University latino/a community gathered in the League Ballroom on Friday night for the 9th annual Latino Leadership Award and Graduation Ceremony, sponsored by the Latino/a Task Force.
Senate takes up cloning ban
LANSING (AP) - Alarmed by the cloning of the sheep Dolly, the Michigan Senate is slated this week to shepherd through a bill to forbid the cookie-cutter process from being used on people.
The chamber is slated to open debate on four bills to prohibit human cloning while - supporters hope - not discouraging potentially valuable medical research.
Views of Peres, Shamir differ
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - It all comes down to a simple formula. But whose?
Former prime minister Shimon Peres believes peace is Israel's most pressing need and a price must be paid in land to attain it.
Northern Ireland will not welcome Clinton
DUBLIN - Some have been downright rude about it and some have been respectful, but Irish politicians of all stripes seem to have reached consensus on the idea of a presidential visit here this spring: Clinton, stay home.
With the electorate in the Republic of Ireland and in the British province of Northern Ireland scheduled to vote May 22 on the historic peace plan settled on Good Friday, there has been speculation that President Clinton will visit this misty green island to campaign for approval of the plan.
Highway pork on the menu in both houses
WASHINGTON - While Senate leaders say they disapprove of the sort of rampant pork-barrel spending that marks the House-passed version of new federal highway and mass-transit legislation, Republican and Democratic senators will bring plenty of pork of their own to the table when the two sides begin negotiating a compromise bill this week.
Democrats see chance for House gains amid GOP split
WASHINGTON - Democrats are salivating over the possibility of turning deep divisions among Republicans into toppling the majority party from its precarious perch atop the House of Representatives.
But while Republicans are showing ideological splits over everything from whether to change the nation's campaign finance laws to how to use the budget surplus, history and statistics say they are likely to hold on to the House majority they wrested from the Democrats in 1994.
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