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News Stories for 10-20-2000

Action-packed: Jackson rallies supporters

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says there are only three important issues in the upcoming presidential election: "The Supreme Court, the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court."

2,000 march on Day of Action

With two lawsuits challenging the University's use of race in admissions ready to go to trial early next year, more than 2,000 students and other activists fighting for the preservation of affirmative action crowded the Diag yesterday.

Bush makes appeal to young voters

"You deserve a government of the 21st Century, a government that reflects your values, community spirit, your trust in individual choice and ambition," the Texas governor told a crowd of about 400 supporters at a Macomb County auto and aerospace parts company. "I believe when I take office, we will reform to give the rising generation real control over their futures."

Students recall memories of Mayes

LSA junior Christian Clouston remembers when he and Shannon Mayes went ice skating last week and she asked the employees working at the snack bar what she would have to do to be allowed to drive the Zamboni machine.

UHS will not offer abortion pill to students

While the University Health Service is still planning on not offering the controversial "abortion pill" RU-486, there are still local options for obtaining the drug.

Reform Party kept off ballot

Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush has nothing to fear from Reform Party candidate Patrick Buchanan - in Michigan anyway.

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'U' researchers find gene for breast cancer

In the midst of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a recently published study in the journal Cancer Research sheds some light on the genetics of inflammatory breast cancer.

Regents hear class complaints

FLINT - Although it was a short agenda, there were some surprises at yesterday's meeting of the University Board of Regents at the University's Flint campus, with more criticism for the English course "How to Be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation."

Women's work issues discussed in honor of Lane Hall

As part of this month's celebration of the newly refurbished Lane Hall, a building devoted entirely to women's studies, a group of Michigan faculty met yesterday to take part in a panel discussion about the working conditions and opportunities for women in today's work place.