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Breaking new ground
Doctors have long known the best weapon against disease is the patient's own body.
University gene therapy researchers, like Polio and small pox vaccine researchers before them, are reaffirming this doctor's lore by attempting to trigger the body's defenses to attack serious diseases like arthritis, AIDS and cancer.
Milosevic plans to pull troops: NATO's airstrike threat may trigger desired response
Facing imminent attack from NATO's bombers, fighters and cruise missiles, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic agreed to withdraw troops from violence-wracked Kosovo province and allow wide-ranging international verification, a last-minute compromise that could end the threat of airstrikes.
Gay student dies after beating
LARAMIE, Wyo. - Students at the University of Wyoming, already shocked by the savage beating of a gay student last week, returned to school yesterday to find flags on the leafy campus riding at half mast. The flags snapping in a cool fall breeze sent a silent signal of more horrid news to the student body.
Campus to honor Shepard
The memory of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, who died yesterday after being beaten this past weekend, will resonate with students as the University celebrates National Coming Out Week.
A rally on the Diag this Friday at noon, scheduled before Shepard's death, will provide an opportunity for the community to come together to honor Shepard, said Frederic Dennis, director of the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs.
Indigenous Peoples' Day encourages diversity in education
Hoisting orange neon signs proclaiming "Genocide No More" and "Murderers Don't Deserve Holidays," about 100 University students and community members gathered on the Diag yesterday afternoon to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day.
The rally, sponsored by student groups including Native American Student Association and the Black Students Union, began as a walkout. It served as a way for students to express frustration with the national celebration of Christopher Columbus' voyage to America and voice issues Native Americans and students of color face on campus.
Leak forces East Quad evacuation
Natural gas leaked out of an underground distributing main on Willard Street yesterday, and its fumes permeated the ground through fourth floors of Tyler and Greene Houses in East Quad residence hall.
Residents, Residential College students and staff were displaced from the building between 10:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. in a precautionary move.
Deal will keep agencies open
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and congressional leaders are near a budget deal, Republicans said yesterday as lawmakers voted to keep the government open through tomorrow while the agreement is completed.
After more than five hours of negotiating between White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles and GOP leaders, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that while differences remain, a deal could be completed by evening. Lott said a package could be on the Senate floor as early as tonight, while Gingrich predicted House action for tomorrow.
Blood work wins 3 Nobel Prize
Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for discovering that the body uses nitric oxide gas to make blood vessels relax and widen - a finding that helped lead to Viagra and could also pay off in treatments for heart disease.
PACs enjoying fundraising success
WASHINGTON - With campaign finance reformers at bay, political action committees are enjoying a banner election cycle, raising $359.4 million from Jan. 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998, according to figures compiled by the Federal Election Commission.
CFO talks on data management, parking
Robert Kasdin, chief financial officer of the University, discussed faculty members' concerns in the areas of data management and parking at yesterday's Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs meeting.
Although Kasdin was unable to answer all of the questions posed by the faculty's governing body, he outlined the issue of the troubled M-Pathways system of data management.
LSA interim dean makes time for students
At a University boasting nearly 24,000 undergraduate students, the chance of deans having the time to lend an ear to students may seem slim.
But LSA interim Dean Patricia Gurin is making the time to do it. Gurin is inviting students to meet with faculty and administrators to discuss issues important to students and relevant to University policies.
Film attempts to raise interest
Last night the Palestine Catastrophe Committee hosted a viewing and discussion of the film "Checkpoint" for an audience of about 100 people in Auditorium D of Angell Hall.
The committee wants "to raise awareness on the current situation in Palestine and the numerous human rights abuses and oppression that is taking place there," said SNRE senior Deana Talal Rabiah, a committee member. "We hope to educate the campus and community body on the issue and encourage a constructive dialogue on the subject.
Notes: Two taken to hospital after ingesting LSD ingestion
Two people, including a University student, were hospitalized Saturday after ingesting LSD, Department of Public Safety reports state. A third LSD user traveled to the hospital but was not admitted.
DPS Housing officers restrained the student who was "extremely combative" around 2:35 a.m.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Elected 14 times, the Detroit Democrat was chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee when he died suddenly of a heart attack last Wednesday. He was 64. Lawmakers, lobbyists, staff, family and friends strolled by his coffin, some quiet, some crying and others hugging. They say they will most remember Hood as a passionate man with integrity whose word meant something.
Kolb gains support from unions
Democratic mayoral candidate Christopher Kolb gained new supporters last week after receiving the approval of some of Washtenaw County's largest unions.
The United Autoworkers Union-Washtenaw County CAP Council, the Ann Arbor Fire Fighters Association-Local 1733 and other unions announced Kolb's endorsement Oct. 2.
LSA to hold information fair
Tomorrow, for the first time, a Concentration and Advising Fair for the College of Literature, Science and the Arts will be held in the Michigan Union. LSA students will be able to get information from almost all LSA departments about concentrations.
10-13-98
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