After several nationally publicized allegations of fraternity hazing on campus, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs E. Royster Harper said she now is working with students to "put more teeth" into the University's anti-hazing policy.
A fire on the sixth floor of Mary Markley Residence Hall on Friday night forced the evacuation of the entire building and caused extensive damage to one room in Blagdon House.
After nearly a year of campaigning across the country, Republican and Democratic presidential candidates will see their efforts finally translate into votes when Iowans meet at the Republican and Democratic caucuses today to elect their choices for the presidential nomination.
The National Endowment for the Arts will award a $65,000 grant to the University's Museum of Art to fund an exhibit titled "Women At The Top: Images Of Female Power, 1500-1650."
The University Board of Regents on Friday unanimously approved a 5 percent pay increase for University President Lee Bollinger, making him the seventh-highest paid employee on campus with a $311,000 salary.
Nine months of intense preparation and anticipation came down to just three short days for members of the Indian American Student Association as they hosted the fourth annual Midwestern Indian American Student Conference, the largest event of its kind in the nation.
The Kresge Research Complex may be replaced with a new facility in conjunction with the Life Sciences Institute, pending approval from the University Board of Regents.
With the announcement last week that Albion College plans to become the second college in the state to host a presidential debate, many have been left asking themselves why the University of Michigan has never been host to such a prestigious event.
University President Lee Bollinger announced plans last week to create a commission focusing on the University's
undergraduate program.
"Over the past decade, much has been done to improve what we offer to undergraduates," he said in a written statement. "But
there is still much to be thought about, and we have justifiably high aspirations."
LANSING (AP) - The Legislature eases into the 2000 session this week with light activity on the House and Senate floors and more news likely to come out of the committees.
BERLIN (AP) - The web of secret money transfers trapping Germany's conservatives in a financing scandal widened yesterday with allegations that the French government of Francois Mitterrand funneled millions of dollars to support former Chancellor Helmut Kohl's 1994 re-election.
