MichiganDaily.com

News Stories for 9-11-2000

47 booted from ZBT for hazing

Interfraternity Council officials confirmed yesterday that the University chapter of Zeta Beta Tau will continue to be recognized by IFC, despite the expulsion of 47 members handed down this summer by the fraternity's national organization.

Ford, Kissinger to attend ceremony

Almost a year after the University Board of Regents voted to rename the School of Public Policy in honor Former President and University alum Gerald R. Ford, administrators are holding a celebration tomorrow that will include campus visits by the former President and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Knight out at Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana University fired coach Bob Knight, ending three tumultuous decades at a school where he was one of basketball's best coaches but also one of its most volatile. Knight's temper finally did him in last week when he grabbed a student by the arm to lecture him about manners. The coach had been under a "zero-tolerance" school policy that included no "inappropriate" physical contact with students.

Run for it

LSA sophomore Stephen Gotfredson had one goal in mind Friday - outrun University President Lee Bollinger. Gotfredson's plan had been simmering in the back of his head since last year's Fun Run, in which he claims Bollinger cut him off to beat him by a few precious seconds.

Senate showdown has familiar feel

DETROIT - In many ways, the U.S. Senate race in Michigan is beginning to look more and more like the presidential race. Republican incumbent Sen. Spence Abraham and Democratic challenger Rep. Debbie Stabenow are battling over the same issues as Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore: Prescription drugs for the elderly, tax cuts and even a debate over debates.

Judge: Student records not relevant to lawsuit

A judge ruled Friday that the University is not obligated to turn over records of students who have violated its alcohol policy in the wrongful death suit involving University student Courtney Cantor, who died two years ago after falling from her sixth-floor Mary Markley Residence Hall window.

Photo Feature: Are you ready for some football?

British free Sierra Leone hostages

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Launching a dawn strike on a swampy base belonging to a maverick army gang, British troops ended a two-week hostage drama yesterday and freed all six British officers and a Sierra Leonean soldier held captive. One British paratrooper was killed.

Across the Nation

Around the World

Students petition for suit to move to A2

If some graduate students have their way, all eyes will turn to Ann Arbor rather than Detroit to watch the lawsuit challenging the use of race as a factor in admissions in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts.

EMU administrators, profs fail to resolve 6-day strike

Weekend talks between Eastern Michigan University administrators and the professors' union failed to end the educators' six-day strike.

State voters concerned about safety nets for poor, poll shows

LANSING (AP) - Michigan voters are optimistic about the country's future, but they're also worried about social safety nets for the poor and for seniors, according to a recent poll.

Hideki addresses state of campus

Hideki Tsutsumi, the first independent candidate and international student to preside over the Michigan Student Assembly, added to his list of firsts by delivering a "State of the Campus" address Friday on the Diag. While students stopped to enjoy the free pizza and music accompanying the speech, most paused only briefly to listen to the message.

Campus Notes

The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today

'U' prof launches experimental space mechanism

Aeronautical space and engineering department Chairman Prof. David Hyland is experimenting with a project to reduce the number of "baby-sitters" needed to watch over spacecraft.

OPEC agrees to boost production to avoid crisis

VIENNA, Austria - Responding to global fears about a looming energy crisis, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed today to raise production by 800,000 barrels a day in the hope of curtailing a surge in crude oil prices and lessening the possibility of a heating fuel shortage this winter.

Marchers remember coup, demand trial for Pinochet

Amid a heavy police presence, demonstrators walked two-and-a-half miles from downtown Santiago to the cemetery where Salvador Allende, the Marxist president who committed suicide during the coup against him, lies buried.

Photo Feature II: Down on the corner ...

Palestinian leaders delay plans to declare statehood

GAZA CITY - Under concerted Israeli and international pressure, the Palestinian leadership yesterday abandoned plans to declare the establishment of an independent state on Wednesday.

Nuclear scientist to plead guilty in Los Alamos case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee, who was fired and jailed on charges of mishandling nuclear weapons secrets, has agreed to plead guilty to one charge and will cooperate with federal investigators, Justice Department sources said yesterday.

9-11-2000