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Study finds racial preferences
The Center for Equal Opportunity, a Washington D.C.-based think-tank, published a report on the use of race as a factor in admissions procedures at Michigan public colleges and higher education institutions, stating that the University uses racial criteria more than any other state school.
Coalition may assist 'U' defense
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union and another national organization may form a coalition to intervene in two lawsuits challenging the University's admissions policies, according to a previously published Detroit newspaper report.
MSA still plans for student-run store
Students waited in long lines and dished out big bucks for coursepacks again this semester after the Michigan Student Assembly failed to make good on its promise to open a student-run coursepack store by January.
The coursepack store was first promised to students by MSA President Mike Nagrant during last year's campaign.
Gingrich backs Iraq policies
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) yesterday gave President Clinton an unequivocal pledge of support in the escalating showdown with Iraq, warning President Saddam Hussein not to be "confused by the difference between headlines and the national will.
E-mail use integral part of campus life
While home mailboxes may not receive more than five letters in a day, e-mail accounts are often flooded with five messages per hour.
"There's a rising use of e-mail as an instrumental resource on college campuses today," said Kenneth Green, visiting scholar at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, Calif. and director of the Campus Computing Project. "It provides easy access to people you may not be able to locate so easily, which is especially true on campuses as large as the University of Michigan.
Former regent hopes to win seat on board
Former University Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) announced he will attempt to reclaim the seat he held for 24 years, but lost in the 1996 election.
"It is an important institution and I feel I can contribute to its well being," Baker said.
Clinton denies rumors of affair
WASHINGTON - Clenching his jaw and pointing his finger for emphasis, President Clinton yesterday denied, in far more forceful terms than before, that he had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky and coached her to lie about it.
Faculty approves diversity statement
The University's Senate Assembly, the faculty's governing body, continued its support yesterday for maintaining a diverse campus by passing the third in a series of diversity statements.
The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the statement with 32 in favor, none against, and five abstaining from voting.
Environmental bill creates commission
In a unanimous vote, the state House passed state Rep. Liz Brater's bill last week to establish a comprehensive environmental report program that environmentalists are commending across the state.
Brater's bill creates a commission to produce one single report to account for the millions of dollars appropriated each year for environmental issues. This report will help legislators make more informed decisions for the future, said Brater (D-Ann Arbor), who considers the bill "fiscally conservative.
Service gives 'U' students direction
Amidst the onrush of papers, exams and post-undergraduate decisions, the Student Counseling Services office has become a haven for many stressed students.
But in recent years, with frequent room changes, the "haven" of Angell Hall has become overlooked.
Prosecution for Green setback
DETROIT (AP)-In a setback for prosecutors, a judge ruled yesterday that jurors in the retrial of a former police officer in a motorist's beating death won't be allowed to convict him for failing to defend the victim.
A jury pool of 200 is planned for the new murder trial of Walter Budzyn in the 1992 death of Malice Green, who was repeatedly bludgeoned with police flashlights. The trial is set to begin Feb. 10.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
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