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Representatives from colleges and universities nationwide will meet with members of the clothing industry and government labor officials today to discuss the use of sweat shops in college athletics apparel production. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman announced yesterday the beginning of a forum examining the $2.5-billion industry that will kick off with a forum today in Washington, D.C. that is sponsored in part by the University.
Clinton inquiry approved: Committee votes to consider impeachment
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided House Judiciary Committee voted last night to recommend the start of a formal inquiry into whether President Clinton should be impeached for obstructing justice and lying about his sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Study finds depression hard to detect
Conservative estimates say 5 percent of the population is affected. More inclusive surveys put it at around 20 percent. But whatever the prevalence, psychologists and social workers agree that major depression is an important problem on campus and across the nation.
With toxicology reports in the suspected drug-related death of a University student still incomplete and a suspected deadly heroin overdose in Ann Arbor this weekend, Ann Arbor Police Department officials said heroin use may be on the rise in Ann Arbor.
Top 'U' execs update SACUA: Cantor addresses group on tenure, tobacco stocks
At a meeting of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs yesterday, Provost Nancy Cantor addressed the faculty's executive governing body on tenure concerns.
Cantor said she is a strong advocate of tenure.
IMF discusses financial crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) - The policy-setting committee for the International Monetary Fund said Sunday that the global economic outlook has "worsened considerably," but ended a day of discussions on the subject by papering over disagreements on how to halt the widening financial crisis.
Court action may spur more drug tests
WASHINGTON - Public schools nationwide may be encouraged to require more students to take drug tests after the Supreme Court allowed an Indiana district to continue such tests.
Rejecting an appeal by teen-agers and their parents yesterday, the court let a rural school district conduct random drug tests for all students in extracurricular activities - from sports teams to the library club - even if they are not individually suspected of using drugs.
MSA reports year's goals to City Council: "We want to give students as much information as possible ..."
Michigan Student Assembly President
MSA reports year's goals to City Council:: "We want to give students as much information as possible ..."
The Michigan Student Assembly reported once again that it is hard at work on issues affecting students.
The first person to take the podium at last night's Ann Arbor City Council meeting, MSA President Trent Thompson addressed the council on upcoming events on this year's MSA agenda.
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. will name G. Richard Wagoner Jr. to lead a newly consolidated North American and international automotive operations, putting him in line eventually to succeed Chair Jack Smith, a company source said late yesterday.
Man pleads guilty to having sex with girl he met on Internet
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) - A Windsor, Ontario, man pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in having sex with a 13-year-old girl he allegedly met with his father over the Internet.
Damon Rivait pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sexual misconduct and agreed to testify against his father, Adrian Rivait, also of Windsor.
Fourth teen accepts plea bargain in Grosse Pointe rape case
DETROIT (AP) - The fourth former Grosse Pointe North High School student accused of having sex with underage girls pleaded guilty yesterday to a reduced charge.
Robert Cooper pleaded guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court to a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He admitted he had sex with the girl and gave her alcohol. Under the deal, Cooper will serve 60 to 90 days in jail. He will be sentenced Oct.
Lecturers honor alumnus, discuss status of women
Two stolen 'U' golf carts recovered: Three suspects trespass in construction site
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
New round of rhetoric launched
WASHINGTON - It took all of three minutes after the sun rose over a gray and damp nation's capital yesterday for Democrats and Republicans to begin lobbing their opening salvos in the fiercely partisan battle over the fate of Bill Clinton's presidency.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Michigan Democrat on the congressional committee deciding whether to open an impeachment inquiry of President Clinton said yesterday that the evidence did not support Clinton's removal from office.
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