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Judges deny interventions
Detroit courts last week denied the motions of two coalitions of students seeking intervention in the two lawsuits challenging the University's use of race in its admissions policy.
In a ruling handed down last Monday, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman denied the motion of 41 students to become co-defendants in the lawsuit challenging the University's Law School. The request was filed on March 26 to enter the second lawsuit against the Law School.
'U' admits fewer students
In an attempt to avoid the strains a large incoming class would present, the University admitted fewer students this year.
Of the 21,025 applications it received this year, the University accepted 12,351 students, according to records from June 15. Last year, the University received 18,784 applications and admitted 12,826 students.
Northwest uses lab to visualize terminal designs
Detroit Metro Airport, the Northwest Airlines hub, will soon undergo a massive change. Northwest is currently working on its Midfield Terminal project, a $1-billion creation which will introduce two new concourses with a total of 74 gates, a 12,000-space parking garage, an intricate system of roads and a power plant.
LSA student to face riot charge
LSA senior Jessica Curtin, a leader of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary, will face charges of rioting and malicious destruction of property for acts that allegedly took place May 9 when demonstrators protested a rally held by the Ku Klux Klan at City Hall.
LGBT director brings fresh ideas
E. Frederic Dennis will start as the new director of the Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Affairs this month.
"I think it's important for me to let my actions follow my words," Dennis said. "I believe in certain principles in human rights and equity, particularly with regards to students."
Art Fair expected to draw 500,000
Five-hundred thousand people are expected to crowd the streets of Ann Arbor this week, and it's not even football season. Fine arts and crafts will be the object of an exhaustive and exhilarating sidewalk sale as the Ann Arbor Art Fair rages on Wednesday through Saturday.
Crime down across state
With strong prevention efforts, rigorous enforcement of laws and new bills being written to make the state tougher on crime, which in Michigan has dropped to lowest level since 1969.
"Violent criminals are now staying in prison longer," said John Truscott, press secretary for Governor Engler. "It is a small number of people who commit those crimes, and when they are behind bars those crimes won't happen."
Students fight against sweatshop apparel
University students joined participants from 30 universities across the United States in travelling to New York last weekend to exchange information and ideas on collegiate anti-sweatshop movements.
After sharing success stories of anti-sweatshop efforts at their own universities, students are attempting to found a national student organization and create a more collective front for future activism.
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