…Oue Ekbiiaukig One hundred seven vears of'edi'nrkal reedom News: 76-DAILY Display: 764-0554 Cl a.ied 76 ,55 Monday Group to *ocus on sciences By Erin Holmes Daily News Editor University President Lee Bollinger nounced last week the creation of the Life Sciences Commission, which will assess the status of life science programs at the University and the potential for new achievements in these studies. "From the start, I've been saying that bu...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 18, 1998 ARB Continued from Page 1 Hass also addressed the ongoing struggle to improve envi- ronmental policy. "Recent environmental politics can be compared to 19th cen- tury government policy with Native Americans," Hass said. He described both policies as consisting of a series of retractions and broken promises. Once in the Arboretum, the group divided into smaller teams to brainstorm ways to bring mor...…
…Monday, May 18, 1998 - The Michigan Daily - 3 Tenure candidates put emphasis on teaching By Susan T. Port Daily News Editor Last week, the University Board of Regents emphasized teaching ability as well as research success when they announced their professorship promotions. Each year, individual schools and colleges of e University recommend a number of professors for tenure and University Provost Nancy Cantor reviews the list of names. Promo...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 18, 1998 Edited and managed by CHRIs FARAH DAVID WALLACE students at the +art Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor University of Michigan 420 Cydss oterwisenoted,. isigied .itrials reflet1the opinion of tie 420 Maynard Street rrOljoritn fre aiy 'ehirial hoarrld.1 ofr articles leteran s Ann Arbor, MI 48109 cartoons 11( not ressarllrerlt the opinion ol ie uielri an Daiur A s a young driver prepares to turn ...…
… Monday. May 18. 1998 - The Michigan Daily - 5 ., N~ , ,.r ...,, ,..,., ~ ,..,,... Q,,... ...., NOTABLE QUOTABLE "Even Kroger needs computer people." - Ann Ford, University lecturer and computer science concentration advisor; on the large number of job openings available for computer science majors. LETTERS TO O KKK rally raises serious questions TO THE DAILY: I was disturbed at the fram- ing of the rally against the KKK in Ann Arbor. As a...…
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…10 -The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 18, 1998 'E. R.' doesn't 'X-Files' leaves fans anticipatin film . By Gabe Smith Daily Arts Writer After five seasons of the award-winning show "The X- Files," fans have come to expect a lot out of each episode. And week after week, they haven't been disappoiunted. The stories keep flowing and keep begging the question, "what if?" This is in large part due to the writing and producing of creator C h r i s ^...…
…Monday, May 18, 1998 - The Michigan Daily - 11 Sinatra still loved by fans PALM SPRINGS (AP) Dan the Beachcomber's and other Sinatra haunts are gone. But Sorrentino's is still thriving. A message on the side of the building speaks for many in this desert resort that Frank Sinatra called ome for much of his life: "Frank Lives Our Hearts." Here and around the world, fans old and young celebrated on Saturday the life of the skinny singer who be...…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 18, 1998 'Horse Whisperer' is wonderful By Neal Carruth For the Daily Robert Redford's "The Horse Whisperer" is a stirring and passion- ately made film that definitively establishes Redford as one of today's most able directors. "The Horse Whisperer," based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Evans, chronicles the psychological turmoil of the affluent, urban MacLean family. An equestrian accident, beau...…
…Monday, May 18, 1998-- The Michigan Daily -13 SOFTBALL Oklahoma lookin' OK for 'M' By Rick Freeman Daily Sports Editor One thing missing from Oklahoma City might be the huge hometown crowd that cheered the Wolverines on at the NCAA Regionals this past week- *d. But that might be OK with them. Michigan coach Carol Hutchins said ................. that the Alumni sofftb Field record crowd of 1,452 Commentary made her team a - ---- little nervou...…
…14 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 18, 1998 rows toward national title shot By Josh Kkeinbaum Daily Sports Editor In the year of the national champi- onship, one team is going by virtually unnoticed. Football and hockey? Check. Softball? Could be a week away. Rowing? Could happen in two weeks. In just two years as a varsity program, the Wolverines cemented themselves among the nation's elite Saturday by winning the varisity-eight race at t...…
…Monday, May 18, 1998 -- The Michigan Daily - 15 .What happened? By Jacob Wheeler Daily Sports Writer The front cover of the 1998 Michigan baseball media guide presented this year's Wolverines with a daunting task from the very beginning. It shows a group of celebrating, upstart victors who had just clinched Michigan's first regular-season Big Ten championship in eight year. It was supposed to serve as a bench- mark for Zahn's '98 club - view...…
… $ t the best..thisyear Kevin Sullivan's victory in the 1,500- meters Friday with a Ferry Field record time of 3:36.62 qualified him for the NCAA's and is a 1998 American best. SNOkTS Monday 1 Ill 1111 1111 ollgollioll 111111010 11 - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11111 10 0 glo 1111111 :1111111111111 IN I 111 Okla-homer! Purdue eliminates men's tennis By Stephanie Offen Raily Sports Writer Purdue has bee...…
…SUMMER WEEKLY Eie £~idiipanDaig One hundred three years of editorial freedom LGMPO changes name to include bisexuals in group By Julie Becker Jim Toy, past co-coordinator of LGMPO, "There was not so much attention paid 20 Student reaction to the forthcoming name DAILY STAFF REPORTER said the informal name change came in re- years ago to bisexual concerns," Toy said. change was mostly positive, though many rec- What's in a name? sponse to years...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 18, 1994 CROWFOOT Continued from page 1 However, one of the reasons Crow- foot cited for his resignation included disgruntlement with the limited fund- ing available to a school growing due to environmental concerns.. "I think the University has changed. Its sources of public fund- ing have diminished. There is more reliance on research funding, private grants, and a heavier reliance on tu- ition," Crow...…
…Wednesday, May 18, 1994 - The Michigan Daily - 3 8f'U' to switch e-mail systems Unix to replace MTS for new first- year students By Julie Becker DAILY STAFF REPORTER This fall, students at the University will be introduced to a whole new system of electronic communication. For the first time, incoming stu- dents will not be encouraged to set up MichiganTerminal System (MTS)ac- counts for e-mail and other computer needs. Rather, they will be g...…
… OPIN ION Pa ge 4 W ed nesd ay, May 18,1994 EDITOR IN CHIEF James M. Nash EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS Patrick Javid Jason S. Lichtstein 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. 0 Unsigned editorials present the opinion of a majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other cartoons, signed articles and letters do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Daily. O n Saturday,...…
…:Nuclear Energy: a Tragic Waste 3y Christa Williams Dec. 25, 1993 - The nearby Fermi II iuclear power plantbore arather undesir- ble gift unto the world: 1.5 million gallons if radioactive water, the result of a "minor ncident." The accident and the silence urrounding it are not unusual. The Nuclear gulatory Commission (NRC)docu- nented 30,000 mishaps at U.S. nuclear >ower plants from 1979 to 1987, and hardly nyoneever heardabout the partial ...…
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…8 -The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, May 18, 1994 5 candidates vie for Pollack's Senate seat By Andrew Taylor Smith, who served on the Sot DAILY STAFF REPORTER Lyon school board for eight yea The race for the 18th district state criticized Gov. John Engler for rec Senate seat is heating up as the pri- reforms in the state's property 1 mary draws nearer. structure and school finance syste Republicans have thrown three "There just isn't a lot of v...…
…ARTS Page 9 dWednesday; May 18, 1994 'If he thinks he can get away from me like that, he can forget it. I'll follow him through hell.' - Courtney Love, widow of Kurt Cobain, one month before her husband's suicide Lee flies in 'Crow' Eerie film makes fitting epitaph By Matt Carlson Love is stronger than death. That is the message of "The Crow," a dark action film starring the late Brandon Lee, son of the late Bruce Lee. The movie, based on t...…
…. - The Michigan Dily - Wednes'day, May 18, 1994 Prostitution play is pretty promising By Melissa Rose Bernardo Let's get it out in the open. / Isn't this the age of telling it like it is? ! Well here goes, and God forgive me. Birmingham has a Whorehouse in it. (Lord have mercy on our souls.) - - Worth Gardener's The Best Little production Whorehouse in Texas Best Little Birmingham Theatre house in May13, 1994 Texas," which is playing at the...…
…Wednesday, May 18, 1894,- The MichiganDaily- H Therapy? Gy Ted Watts Therapy? Not a question, but a proper name that causes some prob- lems with its odd punctuation. This hard-hitting Dublin band also seems to have a misnomer, as their music is not so much therapeutic as it is cathar- tic. At any rate, the band is deserving of attention, and they are coming for the second time in the space of a *onth, opening for a larger band. "Wejust likepl...…
…12 -The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, May 18, 1994 'West Side,'the musical everyone is dying over6 my Melissa Rose Bernardo yet she can't stop talking about "West the announcement of "West Side Linda Spriggs is too excited to Side" long enough to take a sip. Story" was made public, she jumped drink her Cafe Latte. The Ann Arbor You see, Spriggs has been waiting at the chance to direct. Civic Theatre (AACT) production of 30 years to direct this s...…
…*SPORaTS Q: Who was the skipper of the Michigan baseball team the last time it qualified for the Big Ten tournament? 's6nepp!W png :V Baseball earns first playoff berth since 1989 cott Burton LV BASEBALL WRITER There probably was no more sus- enseful way for the Michigan base- all team (26-27 overall, 13-15 Big en) to qualify for postseason play ian its four-game series split, 13-12, -8, 1-4, 8-6, with Illinois (26-26, 12- 6). The Wolverine...…
…14 - The MiChigari Daily - Wednesday; May 18x 1994 Women's water polo sixth at nationals By Glenn Motelson FOR THE DAILY LastweekendMichiganhostedthe Women's Water Polo Collegiate Na- tional Championships at Canham Na- tatorium. Itwasthe firsttimeithadever been held in the Midwest. Michigan, the Midwest champion and No.6 seed, faced a tough first day of competition, meeting up with No. 3 Cal-Davis, and No. 2 Cal-San Di- ego, winner of three ...…
…Wednesday, May 18, 1994 - The Michigan Daily -15 SOFTBALL hosted MichiganMState in back-to-back doubehedersMay10-11. Continued from page 13 The outcome of that series was the during the regular season qualify to exact opposite of last weekend's play for the playoff championship games in Indiana. The Wolverines and an automatic bid to the NCAA took three out of the four games and tournament. kept open their hopes for a tourna- Indiana claimed ...…
…16 -The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 18, 1994 ] Men's track ready for Big Ten r meet after hosting invitational By Eugene Bowen DAILY SPORTS WRITER WhatoneworddescribestheMichi- gan men's trackteam'sperformance at last Saturday's Len Paddock Invita- tional track meet at Ferry Field? It's "tune-up" according to coach Jack Harvey. This unscored meet, which Michigan hosted, precedes the Big Ten outdoor Championships to be held this coming Sa...…
