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Dancing again: Wolverines win Big Ten Tournament
CHICAGO - Yesterday, for the third time in the past 12 months, Robert Traylor sat at a press conference with a net around his neck and a smile on his face - and any Michigan fan could tell who the victors were.
Michigan, behind 24 points and 13 rebounds from its all-Big Ten center, had just captured the first Big Ten Tournament championship in the league's history. The Wolverines defeated Purdue in the championship game, 76-67, at the United Center.
'M' grabs No. 3 seed, will face Davidson
CHICAGO - In the Westin Hotel's Mayfair Room, Michigan players and coaches waited until the last possible moment to learn their NCAA Tournament fate, prompting Michigan guard Louis Bullock to state the unthinkable: "Maybe they forgot about us."
Coalition asserts right to intervene
Following a month of motions and legal debate, Detroit Federal Judge Patrick Duggan can now decide the fate of a coalition asking to become defendants in the first of two lawsuits challenging the University's use of race as a factor in the admissions process.
Pranks, parties, studies fill spring break days
Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don't.
One week after they completed classes and packed their suitcases to head out of town, University students returned to Ann Arbor with a mix of wild and mild spring break memories.
Memorial honors past president
Any student who walks past the graduate library sees evidence of former University President Harlan Hatcher's association with the University. But those who knew him - as a doting grandfather, as a lover of golf and English literature and as a champion of higher education- understand that the influence of his extraordinary life reaches much further.
Albright calls for action on violence
LONDON - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright pushed European allies yesterday to act decisively to end the explosion of violence in the Serbian province of Kosovo, but on the eve of a crucial six-nation meeting on the issue here, it was far from clear that she will win agreement on the kind of tough measures she seeks.
Cantor appointed to integrate military, gender
Upon U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's recommendation, Provost Nancy Cantor was appointed Feb. 27 to a national commission that will focus on gender-integrated military training and the relationships between men and women serving the country.
"I'm very, very interested and pleased to serve on it," Cantor said.
'U' quiz bowl team victorious at regionals, advances to nationals
A team of five University students out of the 20 members of the Michigan Academic Competition Program brought back the championship award after competing in the Region Seven College Bowl Incorporated Tournament last month.
Eighteen colleges and universities from Michigan and Ohio participated in the tournament.
Political talk features Stephanopoulos
Wearing an "I love Ypsilanti" button and cracking jokes, George Stephanopoulos, former senior adviser to President Clinton, spoke to the newly formed Washtenaw County Economic Club on Feb. 28 at Eastern Michigan University.
In front of a nearly full auditorium, Stephanopoulos reminisced fondly about Ypsilanti, a city he visited during the last presidential debate. Stephanopoulos spoke candidly about politics and the president. He also talked about his new positions as a visiting professor at Columbia University and an ABC news political analyst.
Campus Notes
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Suicide laws on state House agenda
LANSING (AP) - Two months into the second year of the 89th Legislature, the state House appears ready to push apathy aside and face the reality that a lot needs to get done before November elections.
The session could get a missing spark this week as assisted suicide finally comes to full House debate. And a Democratic plan to refund $1 billion of a catastrophic insurance claims fund surplus gets its first hearing in committee.
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