…C*WIRW g eather Tonight: Partly cloudy, low around 10'. Tomorrow: Increasing cloudiness, high 32°. One hundredJfve years of editotiilfreedom Thursday February 29, 1996 jili 1!111 ' '. ,WILL CONCREFE FLOAT YOUR OAT Regents announce E ca e12 members ofrre S. of special ?zement. By Matt Buckley For the Daily Most people would laugh if chal- lenged to make a canoe out of con- crete. But a group of University stu- dents has tackled the chal...…
…Y.:... V : t i _ .. ;' p ; r.; .. The Michigan Daily - Wu.te.4+4 .. - Thursday, February 29, 1996 - 98 A weekly listing of who's where, what's happening and why you need to be there... F I L.M First-Run Films Angels and Insects What kind of combination is that? At Ann Arbor 1 & 2 12:15 and 2:35 (Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday only), 4:55, 7:20, 9:45. Ed Look! Joey from "Friends" meets Dunston on a baseball field. Huh? At Briarwood: 1:00, 3:1...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 29, 1996 NATION/WORLD GOP prepares for key S. Carolina primary os Angeles Times COLUMBIA, S.C.-Their race now deep in chaos, the Republican presi- dential candidates flocked here yester- day for Saturday's primary --a contest looming as a defining moment in their struggle for the nomination. News Analysis "The elimina- tion process is go- ing to begin in ear- nest in South Caro- lina," comment...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 29, 1996- 3A Car prices forecasted to ise 20 percent 'University researcher Jeff Davis pre- dicts a modest sales increase in new cars over the next 10 years, even though prices are expected to increase by almost 20 percent over the same time period. . "There has been a great deal of talk lately that vehicles are becoming too expensive and that the price of new cars and trucks is outstrippi...…
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 29, 1996 ~r~; £idi~rn ~ti 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan RONNIE GLASSBERG Editor in Chief ADRIENNE JANNEY ZACHARY M. RAIMI Editorial Page Editors ,f Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of a majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters and cartoons do not necessarily reflect t...…
… MSA dis gmad stud dis By Laurie Mayk Daily Staff Reporter One of the Michigan Student Assembly's four student nominees was ointed yesterday to serve on the versity's Presidential Search Advi- sory Committee. MSA President Flint Wainess pre- sented the names of two undergraduate and two graduate students to Provost J. Bernard Machen last month. Machen named one of those nominees, LSA junior Jennifer Norris, as his choice for the undergraduate ...…
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…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 29, 1996 - 7A IMMEDIATE SUBLET avail Share room, VCR - TV - AUDIO SERVICE good loc. Private shuttle avail. Call Ed at Immediate attention, pick-up & delivery LSA ACADEMIC PEER Advisor positions TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS needed for 668-1096 Price neg. available... Rentals of big screen TVs, available or summer orientation. ealie- public health research rojects. Office is l- LG. ROOM on Hill & Oakland. Fur., c...…
…SIk~uu ~uUg j iLakers face criminal charges Three Lake Superior State hockey players have been charged with malicious destruction of property in connection with a window-breaking incident earlier this month. Charged with the misdemeanor were freshman left wing George Kusculain Jr., senior defenseman Keith Aldridge and sophomore goalie John Grahame. If convicted, they could face up to 90 days in jail and a $100 fine. ii~s Thursday . February 29...…
…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 29, 1996 - 9A Women tumblers gear for ig Tens SNancy Berger Daily Sports Writer Professional baseball players won't be the only athletes participating in spring training in the month of March. Whilemajorleaguerspolishtheirskills for the regular season, the women's gym- nastics team will be doing some spring training for its postseason. The Wolver- ines hope to be in peak condition by the time Big Tens c...…
…10A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 29, 1996 Silverston Invitational last chance for women's track NCAA hopefuls' +::g;.s. EA SE K EP W L ?CUA 0 M UNIVERSIITY HOUSING $0 Down. 8-Month lease. Spring undt Summer Terms Optional. By Jiten Ghelani Daily Sports Writer Final call for the flight to Indianapolis. Grab your spot now or wait until next year. Step on the accelerator or you'll never get there in sufficient time. Some of the r...…
…EI~e ui ranu & ga MICHAEL ROSENBERG Roses Are Read The 4il thsigwe fer... Patrick Buchanan is gaining popularity by the day. He is one of the three or four most likely candidates to be the next leader of the free world. After finishing second in the New Hampshire Republican primary in 1992, Patrick Buchanan declared that "uchanan's brigades" were taking er the Republican party. Adolf Hitler's brigades murdered 6 million Jews between 1939 and ...…
…28 - The Michigan Daily - Wadsewletc. - Thursday, February 29, 1996 '1996 ander Rublian - \/ , .;o,,,>. s>r; Greg Parker opoulos, Carison, Chi nmrJoshua Rich Doog and Blair* QYafNo7 at0.. &LwAts ACa 8 iT(5T At .1 IVS 2V1'/95 c~ Q SS846 ~ 4S 0 by Mark lich 1. I I I q ' !S/Pr /AhXR TAR 01#0 0 1996 Mark Mich 3 i i ( as J1 q i '. Anni Arbor Guide EMERALD CITY Chinese Cuisine " Daily Lunch! Buffet " Exotic Drinks " Carry Out, Su...…
…The Michigan Daily - W/UWe4 a. - Thursday, February 29, 1996 - 3B Disney's'Pocahontas' exploits Native Americans EAN BAKOPOULOS Sound and Fury P~ d K, now we can be afraid. We can be very afraid. Pat Buchanan is for real. This week he said he can break "the winnability barrier" and go "all the way" for the Republican nomination. He's vowed to put Bob Dole's campaign "on life support." I'd never thought I'd say it, but I'm rooting for Bob Dol...…
…5 4B - The Michigan Daily -Wceeko, U. - Thursday, February 29, 1996 Alternative rockers Seven Mary Three have a 'handle' on success By Cofn Bartos Daily Arts Witer Itseems like the music industry's success stories are currently riding the wave ofgood old grassroots straightforward rock'n'roll. First came Hootie and the Blowfish, who turned their little bar band into a 14-million- recordseller. Nowgetready for Seven Mary Three, who, with a N...…
…The Michigan Daily - Wda44, 44 . - Thursday, February 29, 1996 - 5B Pharcyde's latest album a step away from group's'Bizarre' past By Kimberly Howltt Daily Arts Writer The Pharcyde, a group of charis- atic MCs with a sense of humor, ave been proving that their serious skills on the mic extend far beyond the studio. Slimkid 3, Fatlip, Imani and Romey (Bootie Brown) definitely know how to rock it live. Plus, these dudes can dance. The Pharcyde...…
…6B - The Michigan Daily - W e eA, 4t - Thursday, February 29, 1996 Brothers Grimm: Straight ahead local rock By Mark Carlson Daily Arts Writer What if I told you that there are a lot of-great rock'n'roll bands in Ann Ar- bor? You probably wouldn't believe me, huh? Whether it comes from some people you know down the hall bitching about how there's never anything to do on a Friday night, or my music writer colleagues shamelessly ripping the l...…
…The Michigan Daily - Wu$**/.4 e. - Thursday, February 29, 1996 - 7B A weekly listing of who's what's happening and why. where, you n Fi to be there . Ei : ' F I L First-Run Films DQwn Perisoope Kelsey Grammar makes the leap from televi- ,1on to the big screen. Lucky for us ... NOT! At Briarwood: 12:45, 2;50, 5:00, 7:40,9:45; at Showcase: 12:30, 2:45, 5:00,7:20, 9:35, 11:45. French Twist Check out this foreign film about a woman, a ba...…
…88 - The Michigan Daily - We4t tU. - Thursday, February 29, 1996 0 Mark O'Brien is curator of the University's Insect division at the Museum of Zoology. The University's collection ranks third nationally for universities nationwide, behind only Harvard and Cornell. 0 Float like a The entomology division at the University is home to more than 4 million preserved specimens. Africa, South America, Asia: these are the areas you will experienc...…
…Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVIII, No. 99 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, February 29, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Doily 'M' falls to Iowa, 95-87 By PETE STEINERT Special to the Daily IOWA CITY - Two weeks still remain in the Big Ten basketball season, but the race for the conference championship is all but over. Iowa's 95-87 victory over Michigan Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena made sure of that. The loss leaves the ...…
…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 29, 1988 Congress faces Contra aid debate WASHINGTON (AP) - Con- gress faces a confusing choice this week between two rival versions of a plan to help the Nicaraguan rebels. ,-A vote is scheduled for Thursday tir Ilecide whether the U.S.-backed Contras will get an aid package 4rAfted by House Democrats, a sim- 4lione drawn up by House Repub- 1igans, or nothing at all. CURRENT authority to aid the C...…
…The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 29, 1988- Pogt3 U U.N. resoluti~onsl- Die-in decry American Regents reject bylaw change, spur protest anti-PLO efforts By JIM PONIEWOZIK About 20 members of the Les- bian and Gay Rights Organizing Committee staged a "die-in" follow- ing the University Board of Regents' Feb. 19 meeting, after the regents refused to vote on a LaGROC pro- posal to amend an anti-discrimina- tion bylaw. The group had propos...…
…OPINION {.s s Page 4 Monday, February 29, 1988 The Michigan Daily - , i Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Institutional racism defined Vol. XCVIII No. 99 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. PLO eaceplan ignored IT HAS BEEN OVER A ...…
…The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 29,1988- Page 5 New Mexico reveals clues to the past Left - A cat suns itself in the Taos pueblo, the oldest continually inhabited structure in America. Right - Undated Native American rock painting decorates the walls of a remote canyon near Ocate, New Mexico. Below - A young Native American in the Taos pueblo uses a chain saw to craft a traditional wooden drum. ' Photos by Robin Loznak AN INTERNSH...…
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…The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 29, 1988- PagQ7 Fleming 'disappointed' with Blanchard's proposed budget .d 6 (Continued from Page 1) "The trend has been over this decade for the proportion of funding from the state to go down and the proportion of funding from tuition to go up," he said. In 1978-79, the state was responsible for 61 percent of the general fund, Fleming said. The state is only carrying 49 percent this year. Both univers...…
…9.- ARTS I. , fit: Lii --.. .. " +e Michigan Daily Monday, February 29, 1988 Page 8 Pae8 r3 f I-4 Spring Break: Fy Jennifer Kohn ; c a As Theatre Editor at the Daily I' re become a victimized observer. Xi It is almost impossible for me to fi1k to people without being aware of facets of their performances or cdticisms of their scripts. This spring break was no exception. I ttivelled in a car through towns I'd ever seen before and...…
…The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 29, 1988- Page 9 Records Steve Winwood Chronicle Island Records Also included is the recent born- again mega-hit, "Valerie," originally released in 1982, during which time it received airplay on only A.O.R. stations and "Talking Back To the The Spenser Davis Group, Blind Night of the same year. In a Faith, Traffic, The Jimi Hendrix =t;,Nighy therae eaInt a Experience - these are some of the the highly un...…
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…Men's Basketball vs. Northwestern Wednesday, 8 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Indoor Track Silverston Invitational Saturday Track and Tennis Building The Michigan Daily Monday, February 29, .1988 Page 11. Rush Delivey BY JEFF RUSH No need for Mr. Bill to lose his head now IOWA CITY - Oh no, Mr. Bill! That must have been what Michigan fans were thinking when coach Bill Frieder put Gary Grant back into the lineup with 1:06 left in the first ha...…
…Page 12 -The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 29, 1988 Swimmers successfullyl defend Big By STEVE ROEDER While much of the student body was enjoying the sun and surf at a southern locale of choice, the women's swimming and diving teams successfully de- fended their Big Ten title at Indianapolis. The Wolverines piled up 720.5 points, far outdis- tancing Ohio State (523), Northwestern (435), and Minnesota (379) in the fastest conference meet in...…
…The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 29, 1988- Page 13 CALGARY, Alba. (AP) - Brent Rushlaw, a four-time U.S. Olympic bobsledder, came within a tick of a clock of winning a medal Sunday as time ran out on America at the Winter Olympics. The United States won a paltry six medals, the same number taken by Netherlands and Finland. This was the worst American showing since 1936, when the U.S. took home only four of the available 51 medals. For the ...…
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…T H E M A I L a Student Burnout Your cover story on burnout (COLLEGE LIFE) is coincident with three recent sui- cides at MIT. Many students believe that unless they succeed here they are failures in life. But students should know that their intelligence and talents are gifts that should not be wasted-they can be used in another career or developed at another, less pressured college. EILEEN KROLIKOWSKI Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ca...…
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…E DS Colleges Chart a New Course of Study Scholars continue the never-ending search for the perfect curriculum 0 0 Cambridge, Mass. They sit at the bar, hunch over their drinks and ignore the bowl of salted peanuts between So, these two shaggy, intellectual types go into a tavern in them. The first one, Ralph Waldo Emerson, takes a long, slow sip of his blue Margarita and proclaims, "Harvard teaches all the branches of learning." The second...…
… So, what is happening out there to colleges and universities? Most of the revisions that have been and will be put into effect go straight to the heart of the mat- ter. That "heart" is general edu- cation-the profoundly impractical body of courses intended to broad- en one's knowledge and improve the intellect. Traditionally, this has meant study in the liberal arts-an emphasis that largely distinguishes colleges from vocational schools. In a...…
…E _ A T . T '.. 'rsJr e M .. '" J am. 40 . '-' f / 11 w 1 e AW the most open of colleges, dissatisfac- tion exists. At Brown, long a bastion of curricular freedom, a full-scale re- view of the curriculum is under way. The purpose, says Sheila Blumstein, dean of the undergraduate college, is "to look objectively where we are now and find the weak areas." But she denies wanting to counter the school's liberal, liberal-arts tradition. More than...…
… including Cognitive Science and Me- dieval / Renaissance Studies. "Stu- dents find it interesting to bridge and to cross specific disciplines," notes William Cain, director of American Studies, an interdepartmental major at Wellesley. "I think interdiscipli- nary work provides breadth, range, freedom, openness." There are other attempts to repair the fragmented curriculum. The Uni- versity of Washington has created the College Studies Program...…
…E 3 A T O 0 CC -r J -.'-- '~,,,..- Testing other recipes for knowledge: The experiments continue been added to the debate by Allan Bloom's best seller "The Closing of the American Mind." Bloom, a University of Chicago professor, hoped his book would convince selective institutions- he shows no interest in other institutions-to adopt the "Great Books" curriculum that he studied, and now teaches, at Chicago. He laments the changes in attitudes...…
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