Med school to fund $10.6M upgrade
Since its founding in 1817, the University has grown from a meager six-building campus to a bustling community with three times as many libraries as it once had buildings.
But many University buildings, ranging in age from just more than a year to multiple decades, are in desperate need of renovations and improvements - something the University Board of Regents considers at nearly every meeting.
Thieves gobble up electronics during break
Several students found themselves victims of theft after returning from the Thanksgiving break this weekend.
Department of Public Safety reports list several break-ins at rooms in both West Quad and Mary Markley residence halls.
California teachers to stage strike
Teaching assistants at eight University of California campuses have plans to go on strike this morning and withhold their labor until the end of the fall quarter unless the university's administration agrees to recognize their right to collectively bargain.
Group calls for an end to Clinton inquiry
In a concentrated effort to curb the lengthy impeachment proceedings of President Clinton, a group of citizens concerned with the waste of their money and time plans to flood Washington D.C. with postcards expressing their sentiments this week.
Census ruling could affect aid, districts
WASHINGTON (AP) - With money and votes across the nation at stake, the Clinton administration asked the Supreme Court yesterday to reject a Republican challenge and let it adjust the 2000 census results to make up for an expected misrepresentation of minorities.
Around the Nation and World
WASHINGTON - The United States and 42 other nations pledged more than $3 billion yesterday to help alleviate Palestinian poverty. Yasser Arafat declared himself satisfied, and stepped up his rancorous exchanges with Israel by declaring Jerusalem "occupied territory" that should be turned over to the Arabs.
Crime Notes: Man attempts to steal cleaning supplies
A male suspect was stopped while stealing cleaning supplies Wednesday from the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, according to DPS reports.
Library staff "challenged" the man as he attempted to walk out of the library with cleaning supplies and a box of garbage bags. The man then left the building without the property.
Teens arrested in murders of family
DALTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The prosecutor calls it a "most brutal" scene: a man dead in a pool of blood on the driveway, four more bodies inside the house.
Investigators yesterday arrested two teen-agers - one related to four of the dead - and continued trying to figure out what led to the execution-style gunshot slayings at the Muskegon County home in western Michigan.
Muslim students help keep Kosovo refugees warm
People in Kosovo need help.
As Kosovo's winter gains fury, the refugees are being forced to flee their homes because of outside aggressors.
AIDS patient speaks to students
Composer and AIDS patient Steve Schalchlin has been on the brink of death three times.
His off-Broadway musical, "The Last Session," explores the lessons he has learned through his personal struggle with AIDS.
Program unites elementary schools with the University
Three years ago, a Detroit public school teacher called the University to set up a campus visitation day for her students. That call blossomed into a continuously expanding program.
Students Establishing Educational Dreams was created by LSA senior Sara Saylor to unite Detroit elementary schools and the University.
Merger threatens job cuts at filling stations
NEW YORK (AP) - A merger between Exxon and Mobil could prompt government antitrust watchdogs to insist the new company sell off numerous gas stations and refineries, putting thousands of jobs in jeopardy.
"Everyone is kind of scared," Richard Hidalgo, a 26-year veteran of Mobil's 1,200-employee refinery in Beaumont, Texas, said yesterday. "No one really knows what's going to happen."
Russia takes shot at vodka sales
PUSHKINO, Russia - With evident satisfaction, Alexander Vartanov strained to be heard over the din of clanking bottles.
"There are three things a man can watch forever without growing bored," said the factory foreman with the air of someone unburdening himself of an ancient Russian proverb. "A fire burning, water flowing ... and other people working."
Pinochet looking for a new domicile
LONDON - He may be wanted in three countries for trial on criminal charges, but Augusto Pinochet is no longer wanted in the luxurious private clinic where he has been waiting out his period of house arrest pending extradition proceedings.
Arctic researchers trapped by blizzard for several weeks
TOKYO - In a cold hut on a remote Russian island above the Arctic Circle, three men filming polar bears have been marooned in a blizzard for a month and a half, keeping in contact with colleagues in Tokyo and New Zealand by e-mail even as they are down to their last rations of food.
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