Dragon Fest '98
On Friday night, 8-year-old Teddy Eyster and his 10-year-old sister, Athina, saw first-hand what they had learned about China in history class.
GEO unhappy with contract negotiations
In the first three meetings for contract negotiations between the University and the Graduate Employees Organization, both sides had difficulty coming to a consensus.
Questions linger as case closes
Despite remaining questions, investigators will close the case of Chris Giacherio, who died last month from an overdose of cocaine and alcohol.
Conference brings focus to 'U' APA studies
Combining literary readings, a concert and workshops, more than 200 students and professors from around the nation came to Ann Arbor for the eighth annual East of California
Conference.
GOP predicts modest pickups
Republicans and Democrats alike have abandoned their extravagant expectations for tomorrow's midterm House races. Early Democratic hopes of regaining
the chamber and more recent suggestions of huge GOP gains have largely evaporated.
Study:Jefferson father of slave's son
President Thomas Jefferson, one of the country's founding fathers, apparently fathered a child with his biracial slave Sally Hemings, according to a newly released study in this
Thursday's issue of Nature.
Clinton aides discuss Iraq inspections
President Clinton's national-security team met for a second day yesterday to assess diplomatic and military room for maneuver against Iraqi efforts to complete
the shutdown of United Nations arms inspections there.
Campus Notes
Study: Race in admissions benefits blacks
Speaker addresses Puerto Rican issues
In response to the 100th anniversary of the United States' colonization of Puerto Rico, two campus and Ann Arbor groups sponsored a talk Friday night to support Puerto Rican
independence.
Dance Marathon Diag rally raises interest, recruits helpers
The crowd in the Diag did the electric slide while the DJ spun some tunes on the steps of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library.
Mexican students celebrate El Dia de los Muertos
The idea was to remember the dead, and they did - with music, food and laughter.
11-02-98
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