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Meningitis scare drains vaccine supply
The vaccination department at University Health Services has been unusually busy this week due to a sudden concern with Meningococcal Meningitis, a contagious and deadly infectious disease.
After the ABC news magazine 20/20 aired a special on the disease, UHS became bombarded by phone calls and visits by students wanting vaccinations.
Day celebrates bisexuality, dispels myths
Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with "Bi Pride" in large red letters Ann Arbor resident Susan Hope, along with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community members, gathered last night at the Aut Bar for the inaugural Celebrate Bisexuality Day.
Financial aid could suffer $99M loss
Federal funding of student financial aid could take a $99 million hit in the next fiscal year under the higher education appropriations bill reported out of a House of Representatives subcommittee yesterday.
If the bill was implemented as currently written, said a spokesperson for committee member U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a 6 percent drop in federal work-study funding would mean 62,000 fewer students could participate in the program during the 2000-01 academic year.
Law School gains 8 new professors
Eight new professors joined the staff of the University's Law School in one of the most significant faculty increases in its 140-year history.
"There are so many new faculty members this year partly because we just found lots of people we were interested in and we were very successful in recruiting them," said Christina Whitman, Law School associate dean for academic affairs.
Contact lenses give fans 'go blue' eyes
Look a Michigan fan straight in the eye and you could see maize and blue.
"Emblem Eyes" a new line of novelty contact lenses were recently introduced by Wesley Jessen, the manufacturer of "Wild Eyes."
Clinton vetoes GOP tax bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton vetoed the Republicans' $792 billion tax cut bill yesterday as "too big, too bloated" - apparently dooming chances for any sweeping tax reduction this year. Republicans mentioned that Clinton "has stolen this tax cut from working American families.
Senator's bill comes back to haunt him
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - In 1994, as the sexual harassment scandal that forced Bob Packwood from the Senate heated up, Sen. Max Baucus stepped forward to endorse a bill that would make Congress subject to the same workplace laws as businesses.
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Latino/a student population increases
While debates centering on the benefits of diversity are heating up on campus, the U.S. Census Bureau reported dramatic changes in American minority demographics in the 1990s.
According to a report released last week, the Latino/a population has increased more than 35 percent to 30.3 million people, and the Asian American population has grown more than 40 percent, to 10.5 million people.
MDent aims to keep 'U' students smiling
University students can keep their pearly whites intact under the new MDent Student Dental Plan developed by the co-operative efforts of the Michigan Student Assembly and the School of Dentistry.
"This has been in the pipelines for awhile," said School of Dentistry spokesperson Jerry Mastey. "The MSA contacting us led to the creation of this plan."
Musical Society offers discount tickets Saturday
Students low on cash can still find musical entertainment - if they take advantage of the University Musical Society's Student Half-Price Ticket Sale.
"We have classic, symphonic, choral, jazz, world dance and music, contemporary or modern dance, dance theater and opera," said Aubry Alter, UMS marketing coordinator.
Photo Feature:The buck stops here
Crime Notes
Bomb threats plague Florida universities
TAMPA, Fla. (U-WIRE) - Campus police around Florida got a taste of unwelcome deja vu Wednesday.
At University of South Florida, a bomb threat on the library was made Wednesday morning, just two weeks after a similar threat.
Thieves use tunnel to steal computers
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (U-WIRE) - Five men are still awaiting trial after allegedly burglarizing several New Mexico State University buildings by way of an underground tunnel system on campus.
Former NMSU student David Burgess along with Las Cruces residents Rick Sarracino; Joseph Washburn, and Peter Gonzalez have been charged with several counts of burglary, said Lt. Dominic King of the NMSU Police Department.
MSU police identify body found in basement
EAST LANSING (U-WIRE) - The body of a former Michigan State University student was discovered at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the basement of South Wonders Residence Hall. A hall employee found the body while investigating the source of a strong odor.
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Democrats introduce gun control bills
LANSING (AP) - House Democrats rolled out their gun control package yesterday, refusing to give up the debate despite Republican leaders' refusal to allow the issues to come up for a vote.
The package includes provisions that would ban guns from schools, churches, day care centers, libraries, hospitals, sports arenas, bars, theaters, courthouses and universities. A state law that prevents local governments from passing gun safety ordinances also would be repealed.
Judge dismisses federal death penalty charges
DETROIT (AP) - A U.S. district judge has dropped a federal death penalty charge against a reputed gang member accused in five slayings, saying Michigan, not the United States, has jurisdiction.
The ruling short-circuits a prosecution that could have led to the first execution in the state in 150 years. The Michigan Constitution bans the death penalty.
NASA Mars orbiter disappears in space
NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft swept in at a dangerously low altitude upon arrival at the Red Planet early yesterday and probably burned or broke up in the atmosphere, stunned and exhausted mission managers reported.
"I am sorry to report that we have a very serious problem with the Mars Climate Orbiter. We may be facing a loss of mission," Carl Pilcher, NASA's chief of solar system exploration, told reporters yesterday.
China rejects U.S. bombing explanation
NEW YORK (AP) - Even as the Clinton administration sought to improve relations, China yesterday condemned a widening U.S. inquiry into allegations of nuclear espionage and insisted anew that NATO intentionally bombed the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia.
Kentucky community worries about radiation from government plant
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - The way the employees tell it, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant sometimes operated as if Homer Simpson were running the place. Except that what happened there wasn't funny.
Workers used to wipe "green salt" off the plant lunch tables, fully aware it was a radioactive byproduct of the plant's main task - enriching uranium for use as fuel in nuclear reactors.
Recent alums far well after graduation, in job market
Many of the University's 24,000 undergraduate students come to the University in hopes that upon graduation their internationally recognized diploma will make them more marketable in the real world.
Are they right?
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