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Bollinger creates 3 VP positions
University President Lee Bollinger announced yesterday he will increase the number of key executive officers at the University by splitting one major position into three vice presidential posts.
Under Bollinger's new plan, the multi-dimensional post of vice president for University relations will be divided into three more focused jobs: government relations, media relations and University secretary.
Bollinger picks 'U' lawyers
As the University faces two admissions lawsuits, University President Lee Bollinger recommended Marvin Krislov as vice president and general counsel and Elizabeth Barry as associate vice president and deputy general counsel.
As vice president and general counsel, Krislov will take responsibility for the University's legal affairs, which include establishing legal strategies and goals.
A presidential jog: Bollinger leads 5K jog across campus
As he crossed the 50-yard line inside the newly remodeled Big House yesterday, Pharmacy Prof. and avid runner George Garcia leapt to touch the famous "Go Blue" banner.
"I did it because I have been watching the team touch it for years," Garcia said as he slowed to a walk following the completion of the Second Annual Presidential Fun Run.
Report: Clinton lied under oath
WASHINGTON (AP) - Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's referral to Congress accuses President Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice and provides a damaging portrayal of his contacts with Monica Lewinsky and Oval Office secretary Betty Currie, legal sources say.
Clinton report may be posted on Net
WASHINGTON - When the 445-page summary of independent counsel Kenneth Starr lands on the Internet - possibly this afternoon - it will hardly be the start of any online dissection of President Clinton.
Despite what Congress or party leaders might decide, hundreds of thousands of people have been conducting "impeachment hearings" on Clinton in newsgroups and on Websites for months.
Northwest strike coming to an end
WASHINGTON (AP) - Negotiators for Northwest Airlines and its pilots reached agreement yesterday on a deal that would end a strike that has grounded the airline for 13 days.
"I think the strike is over," President Clinton announced at the White House after speaking by phone with leaders from the pilots' union and the company.
Lawsuit accuses WSU of racial bias
DETROIT (AP) - A suburban Detroit man has sued Wayne State University's School of Medicineaiming it violates state civil rights law by offering an admissions program that unfairly favors black students.
Nicolas Lorenzini, a United States citizen whose parents were born in Argentina, argues that the medical school's Post Baccalaureate Program discriminates against minority applicants who are not black.
Yeltsin appoints Primakov
MOSCOW (AP) - Boris Yeltsin stepped back from confrontation yesterday and named a compromise candidate for prime minister, defusing a power struggle that stalled efforts to rescue Russia's economy. His choice: Yevgeny Primakov, Russia's tough-talking foreign minister and a former spy chief.
Around the Nation: Washington turmoil drives stocks down
NEW YORK - Blue-chip stocks fell sharply yesterday as buyers avoided securities markets increasingly shaken by growing economic turmoil overseas and President's Clinton's precarious political situation.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 249.48 points, or 3.2 percent, to 7,613.73, eliminating the last of Tuesday's historic 380-point advance in a second day of steep declines. There were sharp sell-offs in markets around the globe, most ominimously in Brazil, considered by analysts and U.
Around the World: Swissair plane had faulty recordings
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - The sophisticated avionics computers on Swissair Flight 111 apparently began generating faulty information to the plane's flight data recorder about five minutes before the recorder cut off and radar contact with the jumbo jet was lost.
'U' professor advising Clinton
While most University professors traversed the Diag to get to work this morning, Kenneth Lieberthal strolled across the White House grounds to meet President Bill Clinton and introduce a new set of Asian ambassadors to the president .
Woman escapes assault attempt: Assailant attempted to remove clothing of woman on Diag
A female student was able to escape from an alleged sexual assault Wednesday night after the man grabbed her from behind on the Diag, according to the Department of Public Safety.
The man approached the student at 10:20 p.m., outside the Dana Natural Resources Building, and attempted to remove part of her clothing.
Session settles most issues in breast implant case
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - Lawyers for Dow Corning Corp. and women claiming silicone breast implants made them sick agreed on most issues to reach a settlement during a marathon session that ended yesterday, a mediator said.
The 21-hour session was to settle details of a $3.2 billion settlement between the women and the company that once was the nation's leading maker of silicone breast implants.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Conservative Clinton critic admits affair: Idaho Rep. Chenoweth admits to extramarital affair
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - For the second time in a week, a right-wing Republican critic of President Clinton has admitted to an affair, in what may be the beginning of a stream of confessions prompted by the Monica Lewinsky case.
The confession came from Rep. Helen Chenoweth, who was forced to go public by The Idaho Statesman after she committed what proved to be a tactical error: demanding Clinton's resignation and declaring in a campaign commercial, "I believe that personal conduct and integrity does matter.
What constitutes impeachment?
WASHINGTON - Abuse of power is such a legally vague term that almost no one could be convicted of it in court. Yet abuse of power was the basis of an article of impeachment against President Nixon and is believed to be a charge leveled against President Clinton in the not-yet-released report by independent counsel Kenneth Starr.
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