News Stories for 10-4-2000

Candidates clash

BOSTON - Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush clashed sharply last night over tax cuts, prescription drugs and what to do with the projected budget surpluses, with Gore charging Bush with favoring the wealthy over the middle class and Bush claiming the vice president had failed for eight years to get things done in Washington.

Undecided voters tune in

Many undecided voters watching last night's presidential debate between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore were expecting to come away with a clear picture in their minds as to whom they would vote for.

Environmentalist presents 'Billion Acre Plan'

A billion acres may seem like a lot, but it's only a third of the amount of rainforest already destroyed in the world. That's how many acres Save the Rainforest President Bruce Calhoun is trying to bring back in his "Billion Acre Plan."

WRC convenes for second meeting

Eight months after the University joined the Worker Rights Consortium, the organization's governing board gathered this week in Washington, D.C., for its second meeting.

Panel discusses consequences for women who drink heavily

Remembering her own college days, Carol Boyd does not preach abstinence from drinking. But Boyd, the director of the University's Substance Abuse Center, says "moderation, moderation, moderation" is the key to avoid the harmful consequences that women could face after drinking.

Feature Photo: A guitar by any other name

Hideki pushes for online listings of textbooks

With the hopes of saving student costs, Michigan Student Assembly President Hideki Tsutsumi announced at last night's MSA meeting his goal to have textbook lists for each class posted on the Internet for students to access before the beginning of the semester.

Speech focuses on violence in media, society

"Be the change you want to see," concluded Lawrence Carter last night in a speech delivered as part of Victory Over Violence Week. Carter, dean of the Martin Luther King International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta, addressed the audience at the Michigan Union Ballroom in a 75-minute speech profiling among others Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. as the originators in the practice of non-violence.

Feature Photo II: Maize rage

Higher Ed Notes

The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today

Nader scores ticket but still can't get into debate

"It's already been decided that whether or not you have a ticket you are not welcome in the debate," John Bezeris, a representative of the debate commission, told Nader.

Barak, Arafat to meet in Paris

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10-4-2000

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