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Spark of Life: Neidhardt to leave post after 30 years at 'U'
In less than one month, one of the University's top researchers and administrators will hang up his lab coat and clear his desk in one of the University's highest offices.
With dozens of academic accolades and research honors under his belt, Vice President for Research Frederick Neidhardt - who has spent 30 of his 43 years as a scientist at the University - will retire from his administrative position at the end of December.
WSU Prof. shot during exam
DETROIT (AP) - A Wayne State University professor giving a final exam last night was fatally shot by a rifle-armed man who entered the classroom, opened fire, reloaded and fired again before fleeing, police said.
Police Chief Benny Napoleon identified the victim as Andrzej Olbrot, a 52-year-old engineering professor who died at a hospital shortly after the shooting about 7 p.m.
Hearings move to dramatic end
WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee moved yesterday into the final and most dramatic stage of its impeachment inquiry against President Clinton after hearing daylong, passionate closing arguments from lawyers who queued up video clips of the president's own words to push their respective cases for impeachment and a lesser penalty of censure.
Former 'M' player's sentence commuted
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - A former Michigan football player sentenced to life in prison for selling 13 pounds of cocaine is back home, thanks to the governor's mercy.
"I feel great being here with my mother and father," Michael Smith told the Kalamazoo Gazette from his parents' Kalamazoo home yesterday. "As each passing moment goes by, it's great. It feels good."
Book buyback begins
As classes come to an end and students scrape money together for post-stress parties, the great book buyback begins.
LSA first-year student Kim Adams said she wants to sell back her books "to get the money."
Notre Dame faculty supports joining CIC
The University of Notre Dame Faculty Senate voted Tuesday to support a resolution to join the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a higher education body composed of the Big Ten constituents and the University of Chicago.
"The recommendation is that we enter negotiations to join the CIC," said Gregory Sterling, chair of the Notre Dame academic affairs committee, in a report in The Detroit News. "We didn't address the issue of the Big Ten, but the two are inseparable."
Scientists complete map of worm genes
WASHINGTON - Scientists for the first time have mapped the entire gene pattern of an animal, a tiny worm that already is providing clues to human problems such as cancer, aging and Alzheimer's disease.
Experts called the achievement an important advance in the ambitious effort to map the human gene structure and to someday use that knowledge to find the causes and cures of human disease.
E-mail message upsets student group
An e-mail consisting mostly of a repeated swear word that was sent last week to the Chinese Students and Scholars Association has prompted emotional reactions from members of the group.
The message, sent from a Hotmail account, went out in response to an e-mail car advertisement. It included five printed pages of the phrase "fuck you" and warned the sender "you better stop using this means as an advertising agency or you'll be sorry.
'U' curators travel south to aid in museum clean-up
When Hurricane Georges hit the Carribean with destructive force in late September, island inhabitants were not the only ones left without shelter. Much of the Dominican Republic's natural history and plant collections were damaged.
As part of the clean-up effort, two University curators traveled to Santo Domingo to assess the losses accumulated by the National Botanical Gardens and the National Museum of Natural History.
Human rights advocates speak on the Diag
Set against a clear blue sky, the American flag waved in the cool December breeze by the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library yesterday.
Beginning at about noon on the steps of the Grad, several human rights activists spoke to passersby and a crowd of about 30.
Crime Notes: Smelly boxes found in custodians' cart
Custodians in the Medical Science Unit I building found boxes labeled "vertebrates" in a custodian's cart Wednesday evening, Department of Public Safety reports state.
The Custodian Services supervisor said he found the two "extremely smelly" boxes in his custodian's cleaning cart. The supervisor said he did not know if the boxes were a biohazard. Occupational Safety and Environmental Health officials responded to the scene.
'U' student overcomes disease to walk again
She was 16 years old when a doctor looked her squarely in the face and told her she would never walk again without the assistance of a cane or a brace.
But this Sunday, Therese Franco, Rackham student of ergonomics and industrial hygiene, plans to run in the Festival of Lights 5K Run/Walk at Domino's Farms.
Friday Focus: Leaning Tower
The members seldom disclose their afliation and they keep
business under wraps,shrouded in the shadows of the
Michigan Union. The history of the Tower Society - the
University's version of the "secret" societies that inhabit
campuses nationwide - is seldom openly discussed. Outside
scrutiny has challenged the group to make changes. Now,
the ociety must make a decision that will change years of
traditions.
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