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GOP continues leadership changes
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Bob Livingston of Louisiana, House speaker-in-waiting, met with Newt Gingrich to discuss a transition to power on yesterday as competition for other Republican leadership posts swirled around him.
Livingston told reporters he would be "taking notes," but otherwise made no comment as he arrived for his first meeting with Gingrich since his emergence as the next leader of House Republicans.
Party cooperation could impact higher education
With Republicans holding a razor-thin, six-seat majority in the U.S. House of Representatives next term, the fate of higher education issues will lie in the ability of Congress members to work with their colleagues across the aisle.
'U,' studies examine alternative medicine
With the soothing chants of monks in the background, Elena Gillespie runs her hands over her patients' still bodies.
Like practitioners of the ancient Indian practice of Reiki thousands of years earlier, Gillespie attempts to alter her patients' energy fields to ease pain and treat disease.
La Niña expected to bring changing weather patterns
University students battled high winds, sheets of rain and temperamental umbrellas as bad weather moved into Ann Arbor yesterday.
"The weather was very depressing," said LSA senior Angela Moore. "I've been here for four years and I know that you have to buy a secure umbrella."
U of California teaching assistants threaten strike
For the administration at the University of California system, time is running out.
Administrators at the universities have until Dec. 17 to recognize their graduate student instructors as an organized union or the GSIs at eight of the nine campuses plan to strike.
MSA votes to reject divestment proposal
The Michigan Student Assembly voted last night not to support tobacco divestment at the University, but instead passed a resolution to gain more information about University investments.
"Instead of discouraging divestment, we're saying we want more information," MSA Communications Chair Joe Bernstein said.
State GOP picks new leaders
LANSING (AP) - Rep. Chuck Perricone was elected speaker of the state House yesterday in a closed-door session of the 58-member Republican caucus.
Perricone, a second-term Republican from Kalamazoo Township, campaigned for the top spot for more than a year, working vigorously for GOP candidates in tight races throughout the state and contributing $4,500 to each.
Gates in 1995: Suit will "blow over"
WASHINGTON - Microsoft Chair Bill Gates, now fighting a government antitrust case built partly on e-mail evidence, told Intel executives in 1995 that he might change his company's policy about how often to destroy internal e-mail.
According to notes from the meeting made public yesterday, Gates also dismissed scrutiny by federal regulators at the time.
O.J. to face new custody hearing
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - An appeals court yesterday overturned a ruling giving O.J. Simpson custody of his two younger children, saying a lower court should have given more consideration to the possibility he killed his ex-wife and a friend.
'U' lecturer studies veteran memorial
With Veterans' Day upon us, the recent publication of Kristin Ann Hass' new book, "Carried to the Wall: American Memory and the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial," is timely.
Hass, a lecturer in the department of American culture, explores the offerings left at the historic wall and tries to explain the impulses behind this gift-giving phenomenon.
Gargoyle plans to start up after shutting down last year
The Michigan Gargoyle, the campus' humor magazine, is planning its return after shutting down last spring.
The Gargoyle, overseen by the Board for Student Publications along with The Michigan Daily and The Michagensian, ceased publication after a disagreement during a meeting last spring between the Board for Student Publications and Gargoyle staff members.
Puerto Rican week celebration to honor
A campus group is inviting students to get a taste of Puerto Rican culture.
Celebrating the 16th annual Puerto Rican Week, the Puerto Rican Association and the Latino Task Force, along with numerous other campus organizations, are planning educational events that tell the story of the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States during the past 100 years.
Smoking may cause impotence
Are you willing to give up your sex life for cigarettes?
For years, scientists have been warning that smoking can contribute to impotence as well as fertility problems in men. Now anti-smoking forces have seized on that finding as a potentially powerful new way to get people to kick the habit.
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