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MSA meets Big Ten peers
EVANSTON, Ill. - Members of the Association of Big Ten Students gathered at Northwestern University this weekend to share ideas about combating problems such as alcohol abuse on college campuses.
About 70 delegates attended the two-day conference representing each Big Ten school's student government organization, with the exception of the University of Minnesota.
Housing looks at windows in Markley rooms
When George Cantor moved his daughter Courtney into her Mary Markley Residence Hall room at the beginning of the term, he thought her room offered a beautiful vista of the surrounding area.
"She had a nice view of North Campus ... the trees in the fall would be pretty," George Cantor remembers thinking to himself.
Greek funds go to Cantor
Despite the freeze on University Greek events out of respect for the tragic death of LSA first-year student Courtney Cantor, Sigma Chi's Derby Days and Sigma Alpha Epsilon's Mudbowl carried on and raised money for charities in her name.
Hudson's building clean-up begins
DETROIT (AP) - A layer of dust covered a wide area of the city's downtown yesterday as cleanup got under way from the demolition of the 25-story landmark Hudson's department store building.
The structure, vacant since Dayton Hudson Corp. pulled out in the early 1980s, imploded Saturday under the force of 2,728 pounds of explosives.
Comin' home
Members of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Delta Delta sororities take part in halftime of the annual Mudbowl. The event took place in front of the SIgma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house before Saturday's football game against Indiana. Alpha Tau Omega competed against SAE in the main Mudbowl game.
West Bank settlers protest accord
OFRA, West Bank (AP) - Jewish settlers demonstrated across the West Bank yesterday, vowing to scuttle a new Mideast peace deal that gives more land to Palestinians.
The protests came hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to Israel, hoping to convince hard-liners that the deal he made with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was the best possible. Netanyahu was expected to face a no-confidence motion today in parliament.
Author to lecture about Mideast
Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have signed a Mideast peace deal, Israelis and Palestinians continue to debate the treaty.
Such disagreement will be the focus of a lecture by noted lecturer and author Marc Ellis tonight in Angell Hall Aud. D at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, titled, "The Next 50 Years: Struggling Toward an Israel/Palestine Embracing Justice and Peace," will feature Ellis' thoughts on the peace process and what will follow Friday's signing.
Gore breaks ground for memorial
OKLAHOMA CITY - Thousands came to the site of the Oklahoma City bombing yesterday to break ground for a memorial to the 168 people who died, with Vice President Al Gore digging the first scoop of dirt.
"The people who died here were victims of one of the cruelest visitations of evil this nation has ever seen," Gore said. "But we offer them today not pity but honor, for as much as any soldier who ever fought in any war, they paid the price of our freedom.
Campus Notes: Shapiro Library to hold foreign book sale
The Shapiro Undergraduate Library is scheduled to hold its second annual foreign language book sale Friday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The library is expected to have hundreds of titles in German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Yiddish, Russian and Armenian and more than 10 other languages. Most prices will range from 50 cents to $1.
Long-time radio host relays experiences
Terry Gross, the popular host of National Public Radio's program "Fresh Air," spoke to a crowd of nearly 800 people last night at Rackham Auditorium.
During the event, sponsored by Hillel and Michigan Radio, Gross spoke extensively about her 25 years of radio experience, 23 of which she has spent hosting "Fresh Air," an interview and music program.
'U' senior handles crown, school
For Music senior Janeece Freeman, this month has deviated from the typical path of a University student.
Besides balancing the standard midterm overload of preparing for three exams and a paper, she had a more unique task on her schedule - to win a pageant.
10-26-98
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