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Housing fair draws crowd
Candy! Balloons! Popcorn! And bigger crowds.
Thousands of students came to the Off-Campus Housing Fair yesterday in the Michigan League to browse more than 40 displays for local off-campus rental agencies and cooperatives.
Media attention may increase 'U' applications
An upsurge nationwide in University-related news - about both the national football championship and two lawsuits over the admissions policies - may have an effect on the number of undergraduate applicants for the Fall 1998 incoming class.
Fraternity adopts a mom
Providing guidance, stability and midnight snacks, Beta Theta Pi's Anne Patrick is the only fraternity house mother on the University's campus.
"It's a great experience," Patrick said. "You become a family in a house like this."
Diversity remains in Texas after suit
While the University of Michigan confronts a high-profile lawsuit challenging its affirmative-action policies, officials in Texas are acting to mitigate the impact of 1996's historic case of Hopwood vs. The University of Texas School of Law.
Plan would create 'U' legal firm
University President Lee Bollinger addressed faculty tenure concerns yesterday, when he met with the faculty's governing body. He also detailed a plan to form a central legal "firm" for the University.
The plan, which Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs chair Louis D'Alecy described as, "well on its way," would consolidate the University's legal staff into one collective unit. Although each individual school at the University currently has its own legal representatives, the new plan is designed to facilitate interaction between the staffs.
Digital age poses preservation problems
School of Information Prof. Margaret Hedstrom makes her television debut tonight on PBS. She's not the lead in the movie of the week, but she is a leading educator in a field not yet in the limelight - digital preservation.
Hedstrom, the soon-to-be author of a digital preservation book, is seen briefly on the documentary, "Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age," which will air tonight at 10 p.m. on Channel 56 in Detroit.
Thieves have a profitable break
Students aren't the only ones who look forward to winter break. As students pack their bags, lock their doors and head home for the holidays, thieves often seize the opportunity to break into vacant residences.
In the two-week period following Christmas, Ann Arbor Police Department reports indicate 15 break-ins took place in off-campus neighborhoods populated by students. AAPD Sgt. Larry Jerue said many of the thefts occurred in the Hill Street vicinity.
Student groups try to entice new members at Winterfest
Brightly colored balloons adorned the entranceway of the Michigan Union Ballroom yesterday, making up for the dark indoor location of Winterfest '98.
Organized by Student Activities and Leadership, Winterfest '98 was held yesterday afternoon as a cold-weather equivalent to Festifall, which is held annually on the Diag in early autumn.
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State house looks to ban human cloning
LANSING (AP) - Two state lawmakers are pushing bills that would make it illegal in Michigan to clone human beings.
But U.S. Rep. Vernon Ehlers, a former state senator from Grand Rapids, said the issue really should be dealt with at the federal level.
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