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MSA: lift Iraqi sanctions
After more than two hours of arguments and debate, the Michigan Student Assembly passed a resolution to "Condone the lift of sanctions on Iraq" by one vote last night.
Out of this world: 'U' Prof. speaks about experience in astronomy
Tony England - an electrical engineering and computer science professor. at the University - may be better known for having put a square peg in a round hole during the Apollo 13 space mission.
England was part of the team that helped create a solution to fix the Apollo 13 spacecraft.
Workshop tackles eating disorders
It began as simply getting in shape for a high school basketball season.
First-year Public Health student Michelle Bolek remembered feeling that she was doing something really good for her body.
Senate debates subpoenas
WASHINGTON (AP) - House prosecutors pleaded with the Senate yesterday to issue subpoenas for "a pitiful three" impeachment trial witnesses - Monica Lewinsky and two others - and to request that President Clinton answer questions under oath.
House members make plans for tax cuts
Frustrated by years of minority status in the state House of Representatives, Republican members are taking steps to propose and pass legislation previously blocked in the by Democratic-controlled house.
With Republicans now possessing the majority of seats, many representatives said now is the perfect time to push their agenda.
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01-27-99
Colombian earthquake death toll tops 1,000
The death toll from the worst earthquake to hit Colombia in more than a century surpassed 1,000 yesterday as survivors anxiously awaited relief supplies and prayed for signs of life under the rubble.
Those hopes were dashed again and again.Clinton, Pope avoid sensitive issues Louis
ST. LOUIS - President Clinton welcomed a frail Pope John Paul II with a steadying hand yesterday and said he hoped he would find, in his seventh pilgrimage on U.S. soil, "an America working harder to be what you have asked us to be."GEO hopes for settlement by Feb. 1: GEO hoped to compromise with the University by reducing its wage increase proposal
Only five days remain until the Graduate Employees Organization's contract with the University expires on Feb. 1. But as January draws to a close, many issues remain unsettled between the two debating sides, including GEO's 27 percent wage increase request.Vigil to commemorate lives of two LSA rst-year students
Friends of two LSA first-year students who died in a car accident last week near Traverse City are planning a candlelight vigil on the Diag tonight at 10:30.
Following the candle lighting, participants will proceed to the Michigan League Ballroom for a ceremony to remember Sarah Metzger and Celia Zwerdling.Prof. explores Native American portrayals
The stereotypical images of Native Americans and the use of their traditions in Michigamua, an honor society at the University, were the focus of a speech given by University alum and Michigan State University Prof. Patrick LeBeau last night at Angell Hall.The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Notes in Higher Education: UCLA survey looks at student Internet use
"The American Freshman," an annual survey sponsored by the University of California at Los Angeles Higher Education Research Institute, attempts to gage the attitudes and behaviors of first-year college students.
UCLA Prof. Alexander Astin, first began conducting this survey in 1966, in an attempt to track the trends of college students. The survey, released yesterday, confirmed that the Internet has grown in popularity among students.Correction:
The Michigan Union Bookstore was misidentified in a photo in yesterday's Daily.
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