Movin' on up: State Senate approves larger allocation for 'U'
It is tax time for the entire nation, but filing before April 15 isn't the financial pressure facing Michigan's state government. The annual budget is once again making headlines. Last week, the state Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a proposal that would increase funding to state colleges and universities by 3 percent. This increase is double the amount that Gov. John Engler suggested in his January budget proposal.
Silent dialogue: ESPN forum could help race initiative
When one thinks of Sportscenter, Game Day and the NBA, politicians and the White House rarely come to mind. Trying to revitalize a defunct race-division dialogue, President Bill Clinton recently announced a town hall meeting dealing with racial issues to be broadcast on the cable sports network ESPN in early April.
Forget that old Heisman; I'm set for an Oscar
My high school yearbook included predictions that the editor wrote about each graduating senior's fate 30 years later. For some, the prognostication was simple and obvious: "still shopping at Saks," "president of the Absolut Vodka company," "dead." Mine was decidedly more cryptic: "amazed by his own greatness."
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