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Iraq discussion hits campuses
Raw sewage spills into the streets, disease runs rampant, children die and a nation waits.
This is the reality of present-day Iraq.
Congress considers attack
WASHINGTON (AP) - Opposition to bombing Iraq is gaining ground as Congress struggles over how far it should go in supporting military action. Catholic cardinals, former military and intelligence officers, longtime anti-war groups and Arab Americans say air attacks would do little more than kill Iraqis.
Detroit airport ranks last
Detroit Metro Airport ranks lowest overall among 36 other metropolitan airports, according to a survey published by a Los Angeles-based research firm, Plog Research, Inc.
University students said they use the airport on a regular basis and many said they agreed with the survey's findings.
Students offended by LGBT vandalism
A rainbow sticker, a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride, was found with the words "die" written across it on a wall of Mason Hall on Thursday, outraging members of the University community.
"Behavior like that is a violation of what we consider to be our values at a university," said Ken Blochowski, interim director of the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. "It's also behavior that can't be prevented or censored. We're concerned about the widest possible expression of free speech, and hateful as that was, that was speech.
'U' student wins big on game show
"Adam Silver, come on down!"
These words of game show host Bob Barker fulfilled the life-long dream of Engineering sophomore Adam Silver by making him the next contestant on "The Price is Right."
Maude's closes after 21 years
To the dismay of many students and Ann Arbor residents, Maude's restaurant closed its doors permanently on Sunday night.
"I am saddened that it closed," said LSA senior Binh An Phan. "I like Maude's. It was a nice place. The service was good and the food was good."
Plane crashes in Taiwan; 205 dead
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A China Airlines jet trying to land in fog crashed into a country neighborhood yesterday, ripping the roofs off houses before skidding into a rice paddy and erupting in flames. Authorities said all 196 aboard and nine people on the ground were killed.
Students praise 'U' professor
Before graduation, LSA students must meet certain course requirements, but an unwritten one that many students have made a priority is taking a course with English and religion Prof. Ralph Williams.
Before a lecture to his Shakespeare class last week, his love for his job and his students was expressed in a statement that drew an "Awww" from his students.
MSA supports proposed lecture mentorship plan
The Michigan Student Assembly passed a resolution last week to establish a lecture mentorship program designed to advise first-year students enrolled in large introductory-level courses.
If the resolution is approved by University administrators and faculty, professors and graduate student instructors from these courses would select five juniors or seniors who took the courses the previous semester and "seem to know how to get an 'A'," said LSA Rep.
State business grows
DETROIT (AP) - A magazine that tracks states' success in attracting new businesses said yesterday that Michigan topped the nation last year with 1,285 new enterprises investing at least $17.4 billion.
Site Selection magazine announced the results at a news conference in Lansing, attended by Gov. John Engler and other state officials.
Students share poetry, prose at Cafe Shapiro in UGLI
The usual buzz in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library was amplified by the prose and poetry of University students last night as the front atrium was transformed into Cafe Shapiro, an event that is part of the University's celebration of the Year of Humanities and Arts.
Notes: Man throws beer at student
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Michigan legislators make high marks on environmental card
Michigan has long been a site of conflict over environmental issues, and its members of congress present the varied opinions of the state's residents.
While most of Michigan's national legislators scored high on the National Environmental Scorecard, an indicator of support for environmental issues sponsored by the League of Conservation Voters, others showed clear support for other interests.
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