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Fieger seeks support, pushes activism
The University chapter of the College Democrats held their mass meeting for new members last night in the Modern Languages Building. Speakers and candidates passed the first hour discussing the importance of this year's elections and an increase in student activism.
MSA affirms suit appeal
The Michigan Student Assembly passed a resolution last night to support the appeal attempts of two coalitions trying to intervene in the lawsuits threatening the University's admissions policies. MSA representatives said the endorsement was not necessarily an issue of affirmative action.
Investigating the President cost $4.4M
WASHINGTON (AP) - Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr spent at least $4.4 million investigating the alleged cover-up of the Monica Lewinsky affair - a figure that became an instant political weapon in the debate over penalizing President Clinton.
Record store will close
After 22 years of attracting customers with rare pop and blues finds, the music will end on Monday for a fixture in the Ann Arbor music community, when Schoolkids Records and Tapes closes its doors.
Schoolkids Records opened its doors, on East Liberty Street, in 1976. Founder and owner of Schoolkids Records, Steve Bergman, said he decided to open up the store in Ann Arbor because "it is a college town and a great spot to do it."
Term limits bar 64 incumbents
When the gavel strikes and the 89th session of the Michigan state Legislature comes to a close at year-end, the era of the powerful incumbent politician will officially be over.
Sixty-four incumbent representatives, including Rep. Mary Schroer (D- Ann Arbor), are constitutionally barred from running for re-election in November.
Goldenberg must refuse UT appointment
Former LSA Dean Edie Goldenberg has withdrawn her appointment as provost at the University of Texas at Austin for health reasons.
Goldenberg, who could not be reached for comment, will stay at the University as an LSA faculty member, a position she has held throughout her nine-year tenure as the first woman to head the University's largest college.
UROP to include upper-classmen
Upper-level students will soon have the opportunity to partake in one of the University's most hands-on research programs to gain first-hand experience at of one of the country's largest research universities.
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, which gives students the opportunity to work with faculty members on various research projects while receiving course credit or work-study grants, is expanding this year to include third and fourth-year students.
Regents meet after month off
The University Board of Regents is scheduled to meet today and tomorrow morning for the first time since its business-heavy July meeting.
The board does not meet in the month of August.
Experts: job market still good for grads
The University's international students may be the only students who are feeling the effects of an unstable global economy, as some economics experts say the Asian economic crisis has little effect on the domestic job market.
Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Index's enormous plunges, the economies of Japan, Russia and other countries in Southeast Asia have experienced major economic downturns in the past months.
Engler: education key
RICHMOND, Mich. (AP) - Gov. John Engler told suburban business leaders on Monday that Detroit's high dropout rate is a serious problem in an era when education holds the key to individual and state success.
Engler has proposed giving Detroit parents the power to take over and run public schools if they believe they can be better managed. The so-called "freedom schools" plan would require legislative approval.
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Lewinsky scandal boosts G.O.P.
WASHINGTON - The White House sex scandal has weakened President Clinton's leverage for his end-of-the-session test of wills with Congress, spreading gloom among Democrats and giving Republicans a new edge in negotiating issues ranging from taxes and spending to health care, the environment and procedures for the next census.
Media holds Clinton to higher moral standards
WASHINGTON - For months now, many media commentators have been saying, in private and on television chat shows, that the public would come to share their outrage about President Clinton soon enough. Once ordinary Americans learned the steamy details of Clinton's conduct, once the independent counsel's findings became public, the president's poll ratings would surely plummet.
Iranian leader orders military, officials on alert
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - With tensions increasing with neighboring Afghanistan, Iran yesterday put its military and top civilian officials on full alert and called for nationwide demonstrations.
The government called on the public to turn out for protest rallies following Friday prayers, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Burglar climbs to notorious status
MIAMI (AP) - He is known as Spiderman, a burglar so daring and so strong that he can scale the sides of high-rise condos, so sure-footed that he sometimes wears sandals on the job, so discerning that he can tell costume jewelry from the real thing.
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