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…Get out and vote. This is a pivotal time for MSA, and all informed students need to vote to show that they want MSA to change. Michael Daugherty's "Lex" will be at the McIntosh Theater Sunday. Keren Scweitzer takes a look at the comical composer's work and career. Awards all around - hockey players Patrick Neaton and Steve Shields won CCHA Honors, and basketball forward Chris Webber received All-America and All-Big Ten mention recently. EAT...…

…Does the University spend too much on legal fees? In the Daily's opinion, the exorbitant totals could have been saved - if the General Counsel's office was giving sound advice. Jody Frank previews the Ann Arbor Dance Works performance this weekend at the Power Center. The group will perform excerpts from "Mirage." The Michigan women's soccer team beat Windsor, 6-1, yesterday to raise its record to 7-1 on the season. Today Mixed clouds; Hig...…

… New 'Piano' tickles the ivories at the Michigan WEy aIF One hundred three years of editorial freedom Sheldon, Democrats tangle over 'U'land-transfer memos By JAMES NASH DAILY STAFF REPORTER LAnn Arbor Democrats are casting Mayor ngrid Sheldon as a lawbreaker in a six-month saga involving the University, secret meet- ings, leaked memos and a patch of oak trees. Democrats Monday night fired the latest salvo in the long-simmering dispute...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 17, 1999 NATION/WORLD Church shooter leaves flew clues for police FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)-- Police picked through Larry Gene Ashbrook's trashed home and old journals on yester- day, finding holes punched in walls, con- crete poured in toilets and family pho- tographs shredded - but no explanation for why he opened fire in a church, killing seven people and himself. The 47-year-old Ashbrook appeare...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 17, 1999 NATION/WORLD FORD Continued from Page I University," said Regent David Brandon (R-Ann Arbor). Maynard said she is looking forward to Ford's visit. "First we had a Nobei Prize winner, now we have a president coming," she said referring last month's visit by physics Prof. emeritus Martinus Veltman, who was awarded a Nobel Prize for Physics last month. Bollinger said the plan to rename the ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 17, 1998ORLD Fed chair says there's no plan for rate cuts AROUND THE NATION t1 7'F'.' 1110 VV ablUlJgTLUI1 rUSL nt nr nnr:trnl { nn r n 'inin o ttrtrtac*1 t}tot o rota tot tt + t WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairperson Alan Greenspan told Congress yesterday there is no current plan for a coordinated cut in interest rates by the central banks of major industrial countries to spur slowing world e...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 17, 1998 NATION/WORLD Netanyahu ceases troop withdrawal JERUSALEM (AP) - In yet another blow to the Mideast peace accord, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended a West Bank troop pullback yesterday and demanded that Yasser Arafat retract threats to use force to bring about a Palestinian state. Palestinian officials countered that Israel was mak- ing just as many inflammatory remarks and accused ...…

…2 The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 17, 1998 NATION/WORLD Plane crashes in Taiwan; 205 dead TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -A China Airlines jet trying to land in fog crashed into a country neighborhood yesterday, ripping the roofs off houses before skidding into a rice paddy and erupting in flames. Authorities said all 196 aboard and nine people on the ground were killed. Firefighters went house to house in the blackened neighborhood, putting ou...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 17, 1998 NATION/WORLD LOANS Continued from Page 1 dies from the government to offset some of their losses, some are still not satisfied with the profits they will receive under the proposed deal, Butts said. "They'll still receive a reduction in the amount of income guaranteed from the government," Butts said. Butts said the lack of a marketplace to decide loan rates has caused the political disputes o...…

… 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 17, 1998 4 Tornadoes kill five in Tennessee, Arkansas NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tornadoes tore through Tennessee and Arkansas yesterday, blowing out windows in hundreds of buildings and ripping off roofs in downtown Nashville and splintering mobile homes in rural areas. No deaths were reported in Nashville, but four peo- pie, including a little boy and his sister, were killed before dawn by tornadoes...…

…0 Thn RAinhirtnn llniltr Atnrlrtne rlntr CtAkrirarir 47 IOOCI z - i ne iviurigan Laily - vYeunesuay, reuruary i.t , NO NR NATIN oRLDr ermnany to co-mpensate wovr kes The Washington Post BERLIN - The German government announced yesterday that 12 of the country's largest banks and businesses will contribute money to a new fund designed to compensate hundreds of thousands of workers, mainly from Eastern Europe, who were enslaved by the Nazis d...…

…2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 17, 1999 N ATION/WORLD Dow Jones Industrial cracks 10,000 AROUND THE NATION a -.r__. rf y NEW YORK (AP) -The Dow broke 10,000 ever so briefly yesterday, a milestone credited to a record eight years of U.S. economic growth, a boom in high technology and investor enchantment with the Internet. Wall Street's best-known index burst into five fig- ures 20 minutes into the trading day, stayed there for ju...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 17, 1990 Bankruptcy effects may be widespread NEW YORK (AP) - Campeau- Corp. is keeping its coast-to-coast department store empire running, but the bankruptcy reorganization of its shattered finances could have far- reaching consequences beyond the retail business. Experts say its financial troubles eventually could endanger the jobs of some of the 100,000 employees at Campeau's 258 stores aroun...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 17, 1990 HARASSMENT Continued from page 1 rassment incidents reported to all University offices. The summary for 1989 has not been completed, how- * ever, due to the illness of the person in charge of compiling the statistics. According to SAPAC statistics, there were 12 cases of sexual ha- rassment last year. The Office of" Student Services reports that be- tween Aug. 1989 and Mar. 1990,h there wer...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, September 17, 1991 ISRAEL Continued from page 1 countered by saying in an editorial that "President Bush is NOT an anti-Semite," it said in an editorial. "We can manage without the loan guarantees. But without peace, we cannot." Baker earlier said "I am not dis- couraged at all" by the U.S.-Israeli rift. "We have always known there would be bumps along the way." Shortly before Baker's arrival, Shamir's top ...…

…9 Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, October 17, 1991 UNION Continued from page 1 he felt aspects of it were positive and that the management of the Union is working with the BGA. "In a way it does help us. There's less for us to worry about since we don't have to have someone checking IDs for the party. And I do under- stand the need for safety. "But the negative side is the way the security guards treat people on the way in, and the way ...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 17, 1990 SOVIETS Continued from page 1 for swift and dramatic reform sup- ported by legislators from the Rus- sian Republic. Gorbachev, however, has been criticized for not implementing mar- ket reforms sooner. Soviets face shortages of food and many other products; store shelves are bare. Yesterday's rally came a day after a leading reformer, Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov, said on national tele- vi...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, October 17,1990 Strange accent leads to language discovery I Overseas Office assists travellers NEW YORK (AP) - A Balti- more man suddenly began speaking with a Scandinavian accent after suf- fering a stroke, displaying a rare dis- order that may shed light on how the brain produces language, a study says. The man, who had no experience with foreign languages, sounded both Nordic and unfamiliar with ...…

… 0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-SaturdayEXTRA, November 17 1990 "I - - A -"' Twbr..a-,mo% "w - --,& a * 1d -. Conservative toalitioi ELE PJ Write.Inlndeaendent Abotionis vallable}: n 1 8 The Michigan Daily-SaturdayEXTRA Many st- feel apat about p1 G 0 Individual Winners (By School): LSA Julie Davies (CC) Elissa Silverman (Action) Kim Watson (Action) Greg Morrison (CC) Jay Goldberg (CC) James Green (CC) Megan Landers (Action) Brett...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, September 17, 1992 What it means The new sexual assault bill of rights includes: E The right to a full and prompt investigation and evidence collection by university personnel. * The right to mental health or other counseling services provided on campus. N The right to secure alternative housing or transfer of classes if requested by the victim to avoid unnecessary contact ~with the alleged assailant. 4 Th...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, November 17, 1992 RECOUNTS Continued from page 1 ness of each school," he said, adding that the process is currently subject to political considerations. . House members await recounts of several tight GOP victories - all with a margin of victory of fewer than 300 votes - to determine which party will control the body. One key tabulation is in the 29th District, where it appears that Demo- cratic incumbent...…

…2-The Michigan Daily- Wedtesday, May 17,1995 Alumnus donates $3M for Med School scholorship fund By Marisa Ma For the Daily Following the recent donations of a grateful University alumnus, the Medical School will be able to provide more op- portunities for faculty and students. Alumnus Dr. J. Griswold Ruth and his wife, Margery Hopkins Ruth, of Sun City, Ariz. have established a charitable remainder trust at the Medical School to endow a prof...…

…2 - The Mi higan Daily --,Monday,. 17 1999 AAPD Continued from Page 1 question this year by many students because of increased raids on fraternity and house parties. Chief Ent responded to these criti- cisms by stating the raids followed com- munity standards. "All of the actions were within policy;" Ent said. "We didn't do anything illegal or immoral" Many believe the death of LSA first- year student Courtney Cantor caused the AAPD to later ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily -- Wednesday, July 17, 1996 PROTESTERS Continued from Page 1 rug;' said Pastor Larry Davis. "The police can not take justice into their own hands; they're not vigilantes, they're peace officers." Protesters relayed their feelings on police misconduct, stating that if the conciel members did not launch an independent investigation, the citi- zens of Ann Arbor would do so them- selves. "We'll be continuing trying to expo...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily Summer Weekly-Wednesday, June17, 1992 percent of this year's budget is being REGENTS carried over to next year. Continued from page 1 He and others also pointed to a $7.05 rate in order to maintain the referendumincludedintheMarchMSA healthy operation of programs that suf- election in which amajority of students fered financialcuts during the 1991-92 who voted opted for a fee cap at the school year. current level. They a...…

…2- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 17, 1995 In irony of war, Serbs suffer at former prison OMARSKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP)-Once Muslims suffered here as prisoners in a Serb-tun camp. Now, fortunes have shifted and Serb refugees jam-the grounds of an old iron mine. "I feel like a walking shadow," said Davorka Kuzmanovic, fighting back tears as she breast-fed her 10-month- old daughter. Kuzmanovic, 25, and her baby are among some 50,0...…

…2-The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 17, 1995 Hillnears agreement on HUD, VA, EPA bi-s; White H The Washington Post WASHINGTON-House and Senate negotiators resolvedthdirdifferences yes- terday over an $80.3 billion bill funding veterans, housing, space and environ- mental agenciesemploying some 300,000 government workers. But even with Republicans dipping into a newfound $1.1 billion collection of money to add back some of the funds cut ...…

…Page 2--The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 17, 1991 s leading up to the U.S. i ' louncil votes to impose a ommits U.S. troops to Saudi tudents and community members attend the in on the Gulf crisis dents and community members form an anti- Nations authorizes the use of force against n Iraq's non-compliance with the U.N. SYRIA IRAQ IRAN Baghdad KUWAIT JORDANKwat City SAUDI / ARABIA Persian Gulf Andrew M.Levy/DAILY GRAPHIC itions Dec...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, April 17,1991 GEO Continued from page 1 hired in the fall, and; a review of the pay for TAs who teach classes that exceed the registrar's limitation. Zundel presented GEO's tenta- tive response to the University's package. The proposed package in- cludes: a 6 percent salary increase over the next two years; better summer health bene- fits; class size limits of 35 next year and 30 in the following year; a ...…

…2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 17, 1997 NATION/WORLD Israeli soldiers hand over power i*n Hebron The Washington Post HEBRON, West Bank - Toward the end, as the moment neared, the handing over of power in the West Bank city of Hebron became a strangely prosaic affair yesterday. After all the years of blood and routine violence, all the apocalyptic words, all the countless hours of bar- gaining and interventions of statesmen near and ...…

… 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 17, 1997NATEONWORLD Clinton puts pilots back into the skies NEW YORK (AP) - The word "strike" doesn't conjure up such scary images to the flying public any- more. That is the precedent set by President Clinton in ordering American Airlines pilots back to work with- in minutes after they declared a strike early Saturday, averting chaotic disruptions to hundreds of thousands of passengers. If pilot ne...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, A PA Continued from Page IA "It's not as much what I did but what it stood for," Bruce said. "It didn't mat- ter if we were the best group or the worst group. We were all out there because we are all proud of being APA." As Bruce's step-mom, Mariana, con- gratulated him on his performance, she Wc the show was something she never g a chance to experience during her college career. "What I liked was that it show...…

…- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 17, 1997 NATION/WORLD Tobacco companies may cut back on ads The Associated Press Leaders of two big cigarette compa- iies are ready to make a deal. Abandoning their all-out defense of cigarettes, the nation's two biggest tobacco companies now seem willing to cut their legal losses for up to $300 bil- lion and retire Joe Camel and the yarlboro Man if the government backs off its threat to regulate nico...…

…I 7 - Tha Mirhitsnn r1nihr Worlnacrlav Cantamhar 17 IQ07 - ' -r- me iviicnganati Liy - VVonUeIaUy, tpteImIr if , lN TNO NATiON/WORLD Cli~nton lobbi~es for f'ast-track legisato d' ARouND THE NATION WASHINGTON (AP) - Plunging into a difficult fight, President Clinton was confronted with a string of Democratic complaints yesterday about legislation he ,wants to promote future trade deals. Organized labor joined in the attack with a costly ad ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily -- Friday, October 17, 1997 NATION/WORLD SPONSORS Continued from Page 1 said LSA junior Karen Ginman. Most recently, controversy has sur- rounded Nike's labor practices in over- seas factories, which has given rise to a national anti-Nike day this Saturday. Member of "Just Don't Do It" plan to rally on the Diag at 10 a.m. Saturday and match to the stadium to disseminate anti- Nike fliers calling for the University to ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 17, 1997 NATION/WORLD CONFERENCE Continued from Page 1A of programs for the 675-member Association of American Colleges and Universities, said the IGRCC are necessary if colleges plan to achieve true diversity. "People are finally realizing that you can't just throw groups together and expect them to get along," she said. Representatives of five universities that have estab- lished programs similar...…

…2 -The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 17, 1996 Yeltsin fires one of last reform backers i:: .x:" .: , f, v .., % ryrA. ,:r . , :, w H The Washington Post MOSCOW - Continuing the purge of almost all top Kremlin advocates of reform, President Boris Yeltsin yester- day accepted the resignation of First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais, the driving force behind Russia's ambitious economic changes and the architect of its colossal ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 17, 1996 NATION/WORLD New attack launched on trapped Liberians !, w 0 MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -The plight of 10,000 people trapped in a barracks most sought out as a safe haven from Liberia's civil war grew more desperate yesterday under a fresh attack from one of the rival factions. From dozens of refugees who fled the buildings amid the new fighting came reports that many of those still inside...…

…- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 17, 1996 NATION/WORLD Early election returns show Muslim and Serb vying for Bosnia's top post . ' ,.. Top Muslim, Croat and Serb to comprise 3- member presidency SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Early election returns yester- day showed the leader of the Bosnian Muslims and a Serb nationalist vying to head a three-member presidency that aims to hold Bosnia together. The candidate who gets the...…

… 2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 17, 1996 0 03 0 0 0 'A Expo Highlights 1996 * Dozens of Exhibits from Campus Units " Door Prizes & Refreshments - Special Presentations, including: Quality in Daily Activities" with Farris W. Womack, Ph.D. "The New World of Work and How To Be Successful In It" with William Bridges, Ph.D. "M-Quality: A Brief Intellectual History" with Robert L Kahn, Ph.D. "Re-Engineering the Human Resource Processe...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 1995 HOOKS Continued from page 1 disintegration of families. Hooks spoke passionately about single-parent families. "This is some- thing that we must deal with," he said. "There's more to being a father than just conception." Although the status of Blacks looked" bleak during King's life, Hooks recalled King saying: "But I have seen the promised land." As a lawyer, preacher, businessman and civil ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 17, 1995 ws Yeltsin cites army for violations Los Angeles Times MOSCOW - An unapologetic President Boris N. Yeltsin yesterday defended Russia's use of force in Chechnya to eliminate what he called a "criminal dictatorship" as corrosive as the Medellin drug cartel. However, for the first time he ac- knowledged that the Russian military was not up to the job. Although Yeltsin had ordered troops into ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 17, 1995 BAKER Continued from page 1 has to ask itself whether or not it wants to suspend Jake now that the government does not perceive him as a threat to the student in his story," Cahill said. Duderstadt suspended Baker on Feb. 1 under the authority delegated to him by Regents' Bylaw 2.01. In the suspension letter, Duderstadt said the action was based on "the degrading, humiliating, and frighten- in...…

…2-The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 1995 Last-minute tax filing spawns postal parties The Associated Press For $1, taxpayers in Santa Rosa, Calif., will have the pleasure of throw- ing a pie in the face of an IRS agent. In Harrisburg, Pa., filers can - and no doubt, will - pay to dunk tax collectors in a tank. And in Manhattan's main post of- fice, tax day will be a circus - literally. It's all part of a trend by the U.S. Postal Service ...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, January 17,1992 ACTIVITIES Continued from page 1 adding that events related to the holiday began in November and will continue through March. Both Eastern Michigan Univer- sity (EMU) and the University of Montana have also expanded the number of the issues they will cover. "The focus is not just Afro- American," said Ray Carlisle, direc- tor of Montana's Education Oppor- tunity Program. Monday, the universit...…

…*1 Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Monday, February 17, 1992 FACULTY Continued frome page 1 "I think the faculty are involved in too many things. We have to re- duce involvement to the crucial points ... We need to make sure fac- ulty focus on issues that are essential to the faculty," Penchansky said. Faculty members have made an attempt to remedy the perceived rifts in communication by introducing a resolution to the Senate Assembly asking the ...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, March 17, 1992 Tsongas ispired' by Kennedy's 1960 speech PRIMARY. Continued from page 1 rels of the old order." "When wars are over, you bring the troops home," Buchanan said. "We are not an empire; we are a re- public." Meanwhile, candidates Brown and Tsongas brought, their cam- paigns to Ann Arbor yesterday, in a last-ditch effort to capture the stu- dent vote. Brown said fighting world hunger was of pa...…

…*1 Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, April 17, 1992 REGENTS Continued from page 1 "Some people in the legislature want to spread the funding cuts ... to all areas of the budget, including higher education," he said. "We have to make sure that higher educa- tion doesn't suffer as a result of this effort to fix Michigan's financial problems." University President James Duderstadt expressed gratitude to- ward Engler for sparing the University ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 17, 1994 HAITI Continued from page 1. day-to-day basis than the president, since he and his Cabinet set and ad- minister policy. If Aristide has selected someone from an original pool of six candi- dates, he has kept it a close secret, although many sources think it will be Smart Michele, a wealthy busi- nessman who has maintained links with the generally anti-Aristide in- dustrial sector.while strongl...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily -- Thursday, November 17, 1994 BISHOPS Continued from page 1. that has never been raised before," she said. However, other Catholics said the document was not enough. "The bishops are frail human be- ings just like the rest of us and if they are going to stop committing the sin of sexism they are going to have to have a concrete plan that is evaluated on a regular basis," said Frances Kissling, president of Catholics fo...…