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'M' faces old-time rival
When the talk turns to the Big Game, fans around the state of Michigan split their families.
Wives don't speak to husbands, brothers divide their allegiances and the state's very core splits over the fall Saturday when Michigan plays Michigan State (i.e. tomorrow at 12:10 p.m. at Michigan Stadium.)
Bill aims at punishing sports agents
Michigan safety Marcus Ray may never play in another Michigan football game because of his alleged dealings with an agent. The football team, the University and Ray himself will all be penalized if the allegations are proven true.
But the agent who contacted Ray suffers no consequences from his actions that are legal, but violate NCAA rules.
'U' keeps tradition of 'real' operators: Campus operators answer a variety of questions from the useful to the unthinkable
They've probably helped you dozens of times. But if you passed them on the street, you wouldn't recognize them.
They are the University's telephone operators.
House inquiry may expand
WASHINGTON - The House Republican who will preside over any hearings on the fate of President Clinton set a speedy timetable yesterday for opening a formal impeachment inquiry and announced that he may broaden his investigation to include matters beyond the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Asian students diminish
Due to the financial crisis that is ravaging Asian economies, many U.S. colleges and universities are experiencing a decline in the number of students from those struggling countries.
Campus officials from U.S. schools said they expect a sharp decline of students from Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand this semester.
Wrong digit creates phone confusion: Applicants reach pornography hotline
Some Flint area high school students and parents hoping to join the ranks of the Maize and Blue got a little surprise when they dialed a University of Michigan-Flint information hotline.
A one-digit error in a phone number that was printed in an information packet and distributed to prospective Flint campus students directed them to "a 1-800 gay hotline that was giving out 900 numbers," instead of the University's information hotline, said Donna Ullrich, director of University and alumni relations for the Flint campus.
Thousands evacuate as Georges nears Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Leaving nearly 200 people dead in its wake, Hurricane Georges stormed toward the Florida Keys with gathering speed yesterday, and three-quarters of a million people along the coast were warned to clear out.
Forecasters said Georges would probably slice through the Keys - the curving, whisker-like string of islands off the tip of Florida - with 105 mph winds early Friday and could be up to 125 mph by Sunday in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Around The Nation: Blacks lead rise in income, drop in poverty
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans living in poverty dropped for the third year in a row, led by a decline in black poverty to the lowest level on record, the Census Bureau reported yesterday.
The annual report found income up and poverty down across ages, races and regions last year, as a strong economy pushed American paychecks to levels not seen since before the recession of the early 1990s.
Around The World: Russia revives state monopoly on vodka
MOSCOW -Russia's new government announced a grab bag of fix-it measures yesterday for its broken-down economy, including a revival of the state monopoly on vodka and other spirits, a money-spinning scheme as old as the czars.
Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, speaking at the first meeting of the Cabinet, endeavored to reassure a population shell-shocked by a free-falling currency that his government will keep its interests close to heart.
Fraternity adds goodwill to bad-blood game
Tomorrow's gridiron match-up between Michigan and Michigan State may contain some less than gentlemanly conduct, but tonight's Sigma Nu and United Way Football Run may bring some goodwill and charity to the rivalry.
Members of the University's chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity will drive to East Lansing tonight to meet their brothers from Michigan State University. Joined by sorority women, the students will jog 77 miles back to Ann Arbor to raise money for the United Way.
Pre-med students find benefits in volunteering
LSA sophomore Christina Dikareza is just one of many pre-med students who volunteer at University Hospitals every year.
"I was sick of chem and math and all of those awful courses. I needed something to remind me of my goals," Dikareza said.
A2 radio station showcases student talents on, off air
WCBN, the campus radio station, has grown in the past 25 years from the 10-watt station that launched the careers of actress Gilda Radner and correspondent Mike Wallace to an organization based in diversity and spanning musical genres.
Crime Notes
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
New drunken driving bill sent to govenor
LANSING (AP) - Repeat offenders would face tougher, more inconvenient sanctions if they break drunken driving and other traffic laws under bills headed for Gov. John Engler's desk.
The Legislature yesterday overwhelmingly adopted final pieces of a 20-bill package that's been negotiated over the past two years with little debate.
Engler: State gets tough on violence
LANSING (AP) - Michigan's counties have tough, uniform standards to deal with the perpetrators of domestic violence, Gov. John Engler said yesterday.
"Around the country, people look at us as a model state for prevention and treatment of domestic violence," Engler said. "The long arm of the law is around the shoulders of those who are battered."
Stupak won't endorse Fieger
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak will not endorse fellow Democrat Geoffrey Fieger's candidacy for governor.
Stupak (D-Menominee) has sent Fieger a letter explaining his decision, spokesperson Bob Meissner said yesterday.
NATO prepares for air strikes on Yugoslavia
VILAMOURA, Portugal (AP) - NATO instructed its generals yesterday to begin preparing for air strikes on Yugoslavia
unless President Slobodan Milosevic ends his attacks on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
Diversity efforts struggle in TV biz
NEW YORK - Basche Warner doubted himself. While studying television production at St. John's University in New York, Warner wondered whether he had the talent to succeed in New York, one of the world's most competitive media markets.
Report touts science as economic key
WASHINGTON (AP) - Funding for scientific research must be a high priority for Congress if the nation is to maintain its economic strength and international competitiveness, according to a House report released yesterday.
The study - authored by Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.) at House Speaker Newt Gingrich's request - is intended to start a public dialogue on a new national science policy.
The 100-Years War
A lot has happened in the past 100 years. The Titanic sunk and returned as a blockbuster movie. Television and radio were born. Communism rose and fell in Russia. But through it all, there has been at least one constant: the heated rivalry between Michigan and Michigan State.
Rivalry means everything for diehard Blue and Green fans
More than 110,000 fans screaming and singing "Hail to the Victors" in Michigan Stadium can be daunting for an opposing team, especially when 12 months of bragging rights are at stake.
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