Editorial

Voices in the city

Ann Arbor's mayoral election may not be quite as tumultuous as the race for governor this November, but University students will have a different type of candidate to consider on the municipal level - another student. Architecture and Urban Planning junior Elizabeth Keslacy might not appear to be a politically powerful or intimidating candidate to incumbent Ingrid Sheldon, but her place in the election is nonetheless vital.

False sense

According to a report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control, the number of Americans dying from AIDS in 1997 dropped 47 percent from the previous year. The disease moved down from the nation's eighth largest killer to the 14th and is currently at its lowest death rate since 1987. Public health officials have attributed this significant decline to the impact of a wide range of new drugs that combat the HIV virus's ability to multiply.

Letters to the Editor

A return to hedonism begins at Studio 624

The University campus is notoriously clique-ish. Sororities and fraternities, athletes, minorities, Rackham students, engineers - we all belong somewhere, but definitely not everywhere.

10-13-98

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