A simple plan
The issue of sweatshop labor was again cast into the spotlight after Friday's mass rally on the Diag and march on the Fleming Administration Building. Led by Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality, concerned students continued to pressure the University to ensure that a more stringent code be adopted by the Collegiate Licensing Company. Protesters insist the code be modified to include two cardinal objectives - full disclosure to the public of factory locations and owners and a living wage requirement.
Sky high
Gov. John Engler is making a rare decision in the interests of his constituents, supporting a move that could save $1 million annually. Engler's idea comes after an internal audit review recommended the state scale back its current fleet of executive commuter aircrafts. With discussion and attention focusing on the recently proposed state budget, the governor's efforts to slash lavish and unnecessary spending on aircrafts should result in more money for education.
An elegy for graduation and plans for a barbecue
When other people tell you about their college days, it always sounds like a lot more fun than you're having, or had in some cases.
The '50s and early '60s had the varsity sweater and panty raid spirit; eating goldfish and cramming into phone booths. From there until the end of the '70s was the heyday of college hedonism, ask anyone who can still remember back that far. That brings us to the '80s and '90s, where coke and booze were kings, respectively.
New animated movie promotes stereotypes
The University's Thai Students Association is urging all Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan residents to boycott Warner Brothers' new animated film version of "The King and I," scheduled for release on March 19. The King and I has been banned in Thailand since 1956, when the original film was released.
Clinic bombings should be taken seriously
(U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Early Saturday morning in Asheville, N.C., another abortion clinic was bombed. Eric Rudolph, the serial bomber who is suspected in the bombings of other clinics and of Centennial Park at the 1996 Olympics, is a suspect in this explosion as well.
Scott Rothman Some Knuckleheads
03-17-99
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