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Thompson, Chopp narrowly win MSA election
In one of the closest Michigan Student Assembly elections in recent years, Students' Party presidential and vice presidential candidates Trent Thompson and Sarah Chopp triumphed over independents Ryan Friedrichs and Al Garcia with a mere 85 votes separating the two slates.
Ellerbe to coach 'M' basketball
When Brian Ellerbe looks back on his Michigan coaching career - whenever it ends - and reminisces about his days in Ann Arbor, two remarkably similar Fridays should stand out: October 24, 1997 and March 20, 1998.
On the former date, Athletic Director Tom Goss named Ellerbe the interim coach of the Michigan men's basketball team. On the latter date, last Friday, Goss promoted the 34-year-old Ellerbe to full-time status and named him Michigan's 14th coach.
Survivor opens Conference on the Holocaust
Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor and subject of an Academy Award-winning documentary, spoke last night at Hillel to usher in the 19th annual Conference on the Holocaust.
"When my generation is gone, there will be no more witnesses to this darkest chapter of history," said Klein, urging more than 200 listeners to "erase hatred" and practice love and understanding.
Rally spotlights ecology
Heavy sleet did not deter students from gathering in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union Friday to take part in the Rally for the Environment and a pledge to be environmentally conscious.
As part of the Environmental Theme Semester, the event was a way of encouraging students to recognize their role as key players in the preservation and protection of the world's natural ecology. More than than 30 environmental organizations participated.
Stadium boards approved
The University Board of Regents approved a $7.9 million multimedia project proposed by the Athletic Department on Friday.
Two video scoreboards - comprised of a video screen and adjoining scoreboard - will be installed in Michigan Stadium for use this coming football season. Crisler Arena will receive a four-sided videoboard and a media production facility with Internet capabilities.
Corrido voices Mexican-American history
Interlacing song, free verse, harmonica, guitar and a background slideshow, Jesus "Chuy" Negrete traced 500 years of Mexican American history in the traditional corrido style in the Cesar Chavez lounge of Mosher-Jordan Residential Hall on Friday night.
Event covers multiracial issues
University alumnus Alysse Jordan drove from Rochester, N.Y. to Ann Arbor this weekend so she could attend the Mixed Initiative Conference on Saturday - the same conference she was involved with as a student at the University.
Attempting to address the needs and concerns of students who are multiracial, multi-ethnic, cross-cultural and transracially adopted, the Mixed Initiative hosted the second-annual Conference on the Mixed Experience.
Markley residents hold 'Arb Fest'
American poet Robert Frost once wrote, "two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference," but few realize he was recalling the Nichols Arboretum, which has served as a place of inspiration and serenity for many.
'U' displays interest in Japanese culture
The two sumo wrestlers faced off, awaiting the referee's command to start the match. Each glared at the other, while setting themselves behind their respective starting lines. A voice cut through the air ... "begin!"
The two goliaths crashed into each other with astonishing speed and ferocity - then one of their heads fell off.
Campus Notes
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
03-23-98
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