By the numbers
Last week, U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Michigan Hospitals No. 12 in the nation. The University made the cut in 13 out of the 16 specialties ranked by the publication, with otolaryngology, geriatrics, gynecology, psychiatry, rehabilitation and rheumatology climbing up the ranks while cancer, neurology, orthopedics and urology took a drop in departmental placement.
Students should not take rankings as final say
On the air
The University is currently attempting to establish only the second deal between a national radio network and a college football team for nationwide coverage - Notre Dame being the first, broadcasting nationwide since 1968.
University should create national network
High flight
When Alan Shepard passed away last week at age 74, America lost one of its heroes. Shepard was the first American in space when he blasted off on May 5, 1961, in the tiny Mercury space capsule Freedom 7. Shepard's flight boosted the nation's confidence during the cold war and set the fledgling U.S. space program on its way.
America loses astronaut Alan Shepard at 74
Mountain biking is denitely not for the faint-hearted
I recently had the experience of mountain biking for the first time. Getting on one of these bikes has held a certain appeal for me since the first time one of them ran me down - near the Chemistry Building during my first week at the University. This practice still continues regularly today, as at any given moment while walking across campus, one can see bipedal students scatter from their bi-pedal counterparts. Finally, I got the opportunity to be a part of the predators rather than the prey.
In the dog days of summer, it's too late to do anything
Looking around my apartment living room, all I have accomplished this summer becomes clear to me. I know, I know. The summer's not over yet. We still have a good month left before Fall begins to blow its way into town, with its dreaded first semester. That's what you may be optimistically thinking. Sure, I'd like to think that way too. But I've seen it happen almost every summer of my life before now. So I don't see why it will change this year.
07-27-98
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