Planting a seed
Once again, student organizations are proving that the spirit of community service is alive and well in Ann Arbor. For three years running, one of these organizations, Students Establishing Educational Dreams, has been hosting campus days for elementary school students in Detroit. Classroom Partnerships, another branch of the SEED program, helps various campus groups travel to the elementary schools themselves and teach lessons to students.
Smoked out
One of the most troubling problems facing the medical community and social scientists in the United States is teen smoking. Economists, psychologists and doctors cannot come to a definitive conclusion on how to combat the rising number of young smokers. Well-publicized information about the adverse effects of smoking, from lung cancer to heart disease, does not seem to be deterring people from picking up the habit at an early age.
Letters to the Editor
Jack Kevorkian and the '60 Minutes' face of death
A few years ago, a video series called "Faces of Death" became a quiet, straight-to-video hit in my hometown.
The tapes feature titillating deaths caught on videotape - executions, sudden falls and the like. They were packaged in boxes to appeal
to horror-movie fans. I never rented any of the "Faces of Death" tapes, but during my first two years of high school, they
infrequently surfaced in conversation.
12-03-98
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