'U,' MSA examine Code implementation
In January - three years after the University Board of Regents adopted the Code of Student Conduct - the board will be handed a report detailing how well the procedures of the University-wide policy are working.
The Code is the University's internal disciplinary system, based on a set of values - including dignity, diversity, safety and honesty - the University enforces to create a scholarly environment.
NCAA: Ray to miss two more games
Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr announced Friday that Marcus Ray will return to the Wolverines immediately after serving a three-week suspension for improper contact with an agent, but the senior still must sit out two more games to appease the NCAA.
Gandhi's message: 200 students celebrate Gandhi day of Service
Focusing on community service, more than 200 University students and others participated in the second annual Gandhi Day of Service on Saturday.
Sponsored by the Indian American Student Association and Project SERVE, the event commemorated the life of India's late Mahatma Gandhi and carried on his legacy of non-violent political expression and community activism.
U.S. ready for airstrike
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - U.S. bombers moved into position for possible NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia and a U.S. envoy accelerated talks with President Slobodan Milosevic yesterday after reporting no change in the leader's tough stand on Kosovo.
Students to rally for indigenous people
Today, as the nation recognizes Christopher Columbus' voyage to America, University students plan to walk out of class at 11:45 a.m. and gather on the Diag at noon to celebrate Indigenous People's Day.
Student groups such as the Native American Students Association and Alianza hope to use the event as a springboard for advancing awareness of Native American issues on campus.
Budget negotiated
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton called for a budget "that is worthy of our children" yesterday, as White House and congressional bargainers sought a truce for their spending battle that would let lawmakers go home to campaign for re-election.
Gay college student injured in attack
LARAMIE, Wyo. - A gay college student was clinging to life yesterday as residents - gay and straight - condemned his brutal beating but defended Wyoming as a safe, fair-minded place to live.
Matthew Shepard, who was found savagely pistol-whipped and tied to a fence outside town last week, left Wyoming as a teen, finishing high school in Switzerland. He overcame worries about coming back to attend the University of Wyoming here, but friends said he was happy with his initial experiences.
Public forum to address assisted suicide, Prop. B
The University's Office of Equity and Diversity is scheduled to host a forum on assisted suicide and disability today from 1:15 to 3:30 p.m. in the Michigan Union Ballroom. It will be free and open to the public.
The forum will focus on Proposal B, the proposal on the November state ballot to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Speaking at the event will be Diane Coleman, founder of Not Dead Yet - a group that opposes assisted suicide. Also speaking will be Edward Pierce, chair of Merian's Friends, a group that advocates the legalization of assisted suicide, and Bob Liston of the Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy.
Rivalry ignites Fight between fraternities
A fight between the campus chapters of two fraternities - Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Delta Theta - transpired early Saturday morning, leaving both groups looking for a way to end a long-standing rivalry.
According to the Ann Arbor Police Department, four lanes of Washtenaw Avenue on the corner of South University Avenue were blocked by between 100 and 150 people fighting in the street at about 1 a.m. Saturday.
Memorial honors former Latin prof.
Friends, family, colleagues and students gathered to reminisce about former Latin Prof. Glenn Knudsvig during a memorial service Saturday afternoon.
Knudsvig died in a boating accident in Key Largo, Fla. on July 24. He was 57 years old.
Survey: Ann Arbor best place for women
The time has come for the rest of the country to know what the women of Ann Arbor have known all along. Ann Arbor is a great place to live.
A Ladies' Home Journal survey released Thursday ranked Ann Arbor as the best city for women.
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$100-a-plate Fieger fundraiser fails to draw crowd
YPSILANTI - Geoffrey Fieger alienates, insults and chides members of his own Democratic party - not to mention his opposition in the governor's race.
And a visibly tired, but nevertheless energetic Fieger continued his path to election day Friday morning when he addressed a scantily attended, $100-per-plate fundraiser at the Washtenaw Country Club.
Chinook salmon slim down
PORT SANILAC, Mich. (AP) - Lake Huron's chinook salmon are getting skinnier.
"The length is there, but the weight is not," fisher Lance Larson told the Times Herald of Port Huron for a story yesterday.
Clinton turns to voters for support
WASHINGTON - Embroiled in a budget fight with an impeachment-minded Congress, President Clinton yesterday urged voters to turn the upcoming midterm election into a national referendum on his presidency, clearly hoping they will send Washington the message that they care more about pocketbook issues than the Monica S.
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