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Action packed: Activists continue legacy of civil rights
For Tom Powell, a Social Work professor, the fight for social integration and equality brings back memories of the Civil Rights Movement.
He described the teach-ins, marches and letter writing campaigns that captivated the University community a few decades ago.
Survey: Binge drinking popular
Although many University students may "knock back a few" as a way to relax and have fun, the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center released a survey yesterday indicating that the good times are coming at the cost of binge drinking and negative consequences.
Deitch named Bradley state campaign chair
With Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley steadily gaining ground in many recent polls, one University regent has joined the former basketball star's Michigan campaign as a steering committee coordinator.
Regent Lawrence Deitch (D-Bloomfield Hills) is helping to build support for Bradley in a state whose nomination initially looked to be a foregone conclusion for Vice President Al Gore on March 11.
Regents vote to replace tunnel
FLINT, Mich. - The University Board of Regents, University President Lee Bollinger and his executive officers spent nearly half of yesterday's regents meeting in recess, waiting for the arrival of Michigan Student Assembly President Bram Elias, and two persons scheduled to speak during public comments.
Support for affirmative action spans the nation
Events encouraging the support of affirmative action not only caught the attention of students at the University, but attracted the student interest at universities across the nation who also participated in yesterday's Day of Action.
EMU student falls ill from meningitis
An Eastern Michigan University student was admitted to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital with bacterial meningitis, said Ward Mullen, an EMU spokesperson.
The student's disease is treatable, Mullen said. Hospital treatment includes the administration of antibiotics.
Photo Feature: Go fish
Indonesia appoints vice president
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Megawati Sukarnoputri, the popular political icon who suffered a humiliating defeat in her bid for the presidency Wednesday, was named Indonesia's new vice-president yesterday, a consolation prize that leaders here hoped would calm her angry supporters and give the country a broad-based national unity government.
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Ave Maria to open temporary campus
Ave Maria Law School, the next institution with plans to move into Ann Arbor, expects to open its temporary campus on Aug. 28, 2000, pending clearance from the Ann Arbor Planning Commission.
The temporary facility formerly housed the National Sanitation Foundation and is zoned as a research facility, which could pose problems for the infant school.
Survey looks at students preferences in workforce
Every year students spend at the University brings them one step closer to choosing their first employer - and sometimes the choices can seem endless in an economy with low unemployment and a multitude of job openings for college-educated adults.
Tribe seeks injunction to stop Detroit casinos
DETROIT (AP) - An Upper Peninsula American Indian tribe filed for a federal injunction yesterday to halt Detroit's planned casinos until its lawsuit challenging the city's process for choosing three casino developers is decided.
The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians called the injunction sought in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids "necessary because (the tribe) continues to suffer irreparable harm" by Detroit's foray into gaming.
Photo Feature II:Jazzin' it up
Crime Notes
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Services find students dates
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (U-WIRE) - Looking to date someone who knows that the Uncertainty Principle is not about first date etiquette, or that the Shanghai Communique is not a takeout food order?
Several dating agencies specialize in bringing heterosexual graduates of Ivy League schools and other prestigious colleges together.
Bo beats Buckeyes, sparks program
The year was 1969. One of the most turbulent decades in U.S. history, marked by assassinations, moon landings, riots and the Vietnam war was drawing to close.
Like everything else that decade, the Michigan athletic department had to handle some turbulence, specifically a new football coach. To replace Bump Elliot, Michigan selected the Miami (Ohio) coach who had also played and coached under legendary Ohio State coach Woody Hayes.
Mr. Ed, witch give escape
Images of napalmed Vietnamese children, American cities in flames, college campuses erupting in protest and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., John and Robert Kennedy and Malcolm X were emblazoned on the screens on television sets in the 1960s.
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