Zachary Marwil, an LSA sophomore, pleaded guilty yesterday to shooting a fraternity pledge with a BB gun in December.
While in Circuit Court Judge Ann Mattson's court today, Marwil reversed his previous plea of innocence, admitting to one
count of illegal discharge of a firearm without malicious intent - a misdemeanor.
First-year college students are facing records levels of stress, according to a recent study released by the Higher Education
Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Thirty percent of the 364,546 students responding to the 34th annual American Freshman Survey said they feel "frequently
overwhelmed by all I have to do."
Engineering first-year student Alissa Kass was hanging out with friends at a party when she heard a story that inspired her to
take up her pen and write.
The tale that emerged, which she titled "Keeping Anna," is the story of a young girl learning to live with the horrific scars
caused by running through a plate-glass window.
It's known by students and teachers as the foul-smelling, brown liquid on classroom and residence hall floors. But Ice-Ban, a
by-product of corn milled to produce alcohol, is being used by the University as an ecologically friendly substitute for salt to
free students from the hassle of slipping and sliding en route to class.
The Michigan Student Assembly spent most of its meeting last night in heated discussion concerning proposed amendments to
the University's Code of Student Conduct.
MSA was also awarded for its work in recent years for the Michigan Child Care Challenge
Nearly 120 representatives from companies and graduate schools filled the second floor of the Michigan Union yesterday for Career Planning & Placement's Multicultural Career Fair.
LANSING (AP) - Gov. John Engler is playing politics with education by tying an increase in school funding to passage of his
proposal for more charter schools, House Democrats said yesterday.
"It's either bribery or it's blackmail," said Rep. Rose Bogardus (D-Davison).
"And it's ridiculous that he will hold our children hostage to private management companies who want to make a profit off our
children," she added.
The Michigan Municipal League, which represents 550 towns and cities, wants to change the Michigan Constitution and require a two-thirds vote in the Senate and House to pass any bill that intervenes in municipal matters.
WASHINGTON - President Clinton said yesterday that his administration has no evidence implicating the Pakistani
government in last month's hijacking of an Indian Airlines jet despite the role apparently played by a notorious Kashmiri
guerrilla group that has received backing from Islamabad.
"We do not have evidence that the Pakistani government was in any way involved in that hijacking," Clinton told a White House
news conference.
LONDON - Elvis was still king, Chuck Berry still had rockin' pneumonia and American pop stars dominated the music
business on both sides of the Atlantic. Then, in the spring of 1962, a record studio on London's Abbey Road took a flyer on a
catchy little ditty called "Love Me Do."
WASHINGTON (AP) - Signaling a potential division within ranks that could complicate settlement talks and the next important phase of the Microsoft trial, some states active in the case believe the Justice Department's plan to break up one of the world's most successful companies may not be the best solution.
