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…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 4, 1998 NATION/WORLD More than 20 die in Italian ski lift accident TRENTO, Italy (AP) - A U.S. military plane on a low-level training flight over the snowy Alps sliced through a cable-car line yesterday, sending a gondola full of skiers crashing hundreds of feet to the ground. At least 20 people inside the car died. The car was flattened by the 240-to-300-foot drop. It "opened up like a cardboard...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 4, 1999 NATION/WORLD Y2K problem could affect missiles MOSCOW (AP) - Russia needs up to $3 billion, to tackle the Year 2000 computer glitch - six times the original estimate - a top official announced yes- terday as he appealed to the United States and NATO to help fix computers that control Russia's nuclear weapons. While many countries have been working on the so-called Y2K "millennium bug" pro...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 4,1990 Black activist holds on to ideals of BAM By Debbie Herz Darryl Gorman did not abandon his ideals after he graduated from col- lege. Twenty years after he helped or- ganize the first Black Action Move- ment (BAM) at the University, Gorman still dedicates his life to progress. "I've always tried to maintain my idealism, which wasn't always easy during the Reagan years," he said. He continues ...…

…01 Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, October 4, 1991 Yugoslav forces hit Adriatic coast, threaten Dubrovnik ZAGREB, Yugoslavia (AP) - Moving to consolidate its control over what remains of Yugoslavia, the republic of Serbia announced yesterday that it was taking over the federal parliament with three allies. Although the parliament is virtually defunct, the move appeared to represent Serbia's effort to ,usurp what remains of federal powe...…

… 0 'I I r IA. A \ 1 Dining and _ Drinking . - My Twentieth Century Beautiful comedy from Hungary about identical twins born just as the silent film is invented. (Ildiko Enyedi, 1991) Mich Th. 7:05 MONDAY The Miracle See Sunday. Mich Th. 7:00 1 - . . - 0 My Twentieth Century See Sunday. Mich Th. 9:05 T U E S D A Y Repulsion Psychological shocker and the first English-language film from the man who went on to direct Chinatown and other cl...…

…0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Monday, November 4, 1991 NOMINATION Continued from page 1 versity. "I think that it is a happy outcome. the other two finalists were men. We were not looking specifically for a woman," she said. At WSU, Anderson is responsi- ble for overseeing a student services department that includes a $35 mil- lion budget and 475 faculty members. Moreover, the department is re- sponsible for services including housing, stude...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, December 4, 1991 HOSTAGES Continued from page 1 Mich. "I told him I loved him.... I told him he's a grandfather, he didn't know that," she said. The United States welcomed the release, but White House spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater said the ordeal would not be over until all Westerners were freed. Besides Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, two Germans - Thomas Kemptner an...…

…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily -Thursday, October 4, 1990 0 Supreme Court considers awards for punitive damages WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court, in a case that could reshape how the American legal sys- tem penalizes wrongdoers in law- suits, wrestled yesterday with con- flicting theories and accounts of sky- rocketing punitive awards. The outcome of the Alabama case, in which an insurance company was ordered to pay $1 million dollars. fo...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 4,1990 Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson DEPUTIZED Continued from page 1 WHEN I GMc UP, IO! I'M GIW 0 C E0E MAN A1iq BUT I RATS. TN A.T WAt'S Wwt L ~EoRLSHPE 7J '{ov'RE GONG MWE THEN To BE PREM I CAN F INtSN LARUl LN THE MS BOOK. NUR51RG NOME. ti 2 O tul I Nuts and Bolts So wH-~r A E !=TALKI' " E-1:L1-51-nON CAMFAIG-N.? AIR. WHAr AR~E YOU &EFTrrIc, W45LL,YOU SAY GF-ORgcE Is COM tt"WNT ...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, November 4, 1992 2 0 D Y w 0 W -J 0 -J a CLINTON Continued from page 1 again. I ask you to look out not only for yourselves, but for others, too," Clinton said in his acceptance speech. "We're all in this together. This has been my attitude for the past 13 months of my campaign, and it will be my attitude for the next four years." Clinton said he felt "wonderful" as he wrapped up a campaign in which he c...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, December 4, 1992 CLARKS ON Continued from page 1 "I'm a lowly player in this but many people have worked for him since early spring," Clarkson said. "You have to be an exceptional per- son to have such a dedicated and loyal following." While at the university, Clarkson was responsible for developing rela- ti6nships between the Office of Stu- dent Affairs and students, faculty and staff in addition to buildin...…

…2 - he Wchigan Dafy -Tuesday My 4, 1999 MSA resolution supports Wisconsin in court case By Jewel Gopwani After a Wisconsin federal court sided with the stu- ernment by signing on to a brief along with about inform students about these programs. Daily Staff Reporter dents, the school's regents unsuccessfully appealed twenty student governments nationally. The goal of the EBSI, according to the resolu Standing behind its fellow university studen...…

…2 -TheMichigan Daily --Wednesday, une'4, 1997% 1997 graduates enter most generousjob market inyears- By Will Wissert Daily Staff Reporter A University senior sat intently working on an application shortly before graduation last month. Was he applying to graduate school or for a job in a far- away city? No, he was working on was an application for employment at The Mongolian Barbecue. For this senior, and the hundreds like him, glamorous jobs ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 4, 1994 ARCHER Continued from page 1 He added, "Speaking to a class of graduatingMichigan Wolverines, I'm definitely not a Spartan." Despite his busy schedule, Archer said in a cellular-phone interview he is honored to lend his time to speak at the graduation. To close his speech, Archer read a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which encouraged the graduates to look at different angles for success. "Congrat...…

…2 -The Mk ailSummerWeeddy-Wedsdy, August 1993 Workers await settlement Professor beams lectures By HMPE CALATfacts and figures in and we're hoping DAILY EETORH0IN CHEF the University is making a real con- o My The Unviersity offered the mem- sious effort to live up to its public tnr v e rSy State, County and Municipal Employ- James Thiry, assistant vice presi- ees (AFSCME) Union a 2.5 percent dent for personnel, said, "Thebargain- By MICHAEL ...…

…2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 4, 1995 Reunited Germany celebrates its 5th birthday BONN, Germany (AP) - Leftists protested and skirmished with police yesterday in Duesseldorf, as reunited Germany observed its fifth birthday by toasting its achievements and lament- ing the many ways the country remains divided. Speeches at Unity Day observances and a television address by Chancellor Helmut Kohl made it clear: West Ger- many and c...…

…2A --The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 4, 1995 /. . Palestinian police arrive in Bethlehem BEIT JALA, West Bank (AP)-The first Palestinian police who will take control of Bethlehem from Israeli troops by Christmas raised the Palestinian flag on a hill overlooking the biblical city yesterday. About 400 people turned out to wel- come the 12 officers who opened the Israel-Palestinian liaison office in this ,neighboring village. They raised...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 4, 1991 Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson Yellow ribbons abound in U.S. WECOMES TE GU\IT SNIP.' AI4WOOOoOc! , J14itk 6UT WI4ATh Is?! I4ES GONG JLL SPEED W~oUA WE tRN~sE\)S STRAIT,' e~M OZII o /.- 0 ' LCw*- WWMIT AT I6 T? T MADE, IoR8S. m, y N N N wIMT /s IT ? YWmA', lvsA MI(E BIRD) FooT! I'M4 GONG T PRESS 1VW WTH SNOW AR~D MAKE EVEYONE WR, WO-TON CAWOE I GUESS *ThME WEIGIAS McOE NPAV~tA...…

…01 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-- Monday, March 4, 1991 GULF Continued from page 1 must, among other things, rescind its annexation of Kuwait and accept liability for war damages in the emirate. About 12 hours after the meet- ing in Safwan, Baghdad Radio an- nounced that Iraq accepted the tougher U.N. conditions. That ac- ceptance could clear the way for a permanent cease-fire in the Per- sian Gulf War. In other developments: Iran's official ...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Thursday, April 4, 1991 Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson Toiletry collection benefits homeless, student volunteers WELL, IT'S THE 40, READ TE END OF CM2IER WOVE BOO.,OKZ? ONE .WE'LL STOP 4E . IRAQ Continued from page 1 "I do not want to see us get sucked into the internal struggle in Iraq," Bush told reporters in Florida, where he was vacationing. Iraq yesterday announced the capture of the northern city of Sul...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 4, 1997 NATION/WORLD CLINTON C&tinued from Page 1 spending cuts. The program put the government on a path toward four straight years of declining budget deficits. This year, however, it's expect- ed to resume climbing. In his first two years, after Clinton's pleas to Congress, lawmakers passed the Brady gun-control law, the family and medical leave act, a scaled-down national service program, the m...…

…"'- The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 4, 1997 NATION/WORLD i PROTEST Continued from Page 1 time and place we would have left," said LSA sophomore Melanie Lawrence, a LUCha member. "We were not asking for him to respond to all of the prob- lems. We were asking for a meeting." RC student Teofilo Reyes said that LUCha would not back down because LAtino/a students on campus are dis- d riminated against. "Latinos at this University are widely ,...…

…2A -- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 4, 1997 NATION/WORLD GRANT Continued from Page 1A examine patients, review x-rays and discuss treatment over phone lines with the aid of computers, said School of Medicine Prof. Daniel Teitelbaum. "The grant ... covers a unique niche of communication, which is to improve telemedicine links with regard to mater- nal/child (health)," Teitelbaum said Instead of driving eight hours from Michigan's ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 4, 1997 NATION/WORLD U. N. team tries to defuse Iraqi crisis - - -------------- OPP, AROUND THE NATIQN Supreme Court hears polygraph case UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Seeking to wrest concessions from the United Nations, Saddam Hussein agreed yesterday to let a three-member U.N. mission visit i'Iraq to try to defuse the crisis over .his plans to expel American arms inspectors. But the atmosphere of con...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 4, 1997 NATION/WORLD High court will hear same-sex cases V Supreme Court justices decided yesterday that same-sex harassment may violate federal law WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices, amid a lively argument yesterday, had no trouble agreeing on one point: Same-sex harassment on the job may sometimes violate the federal anti-discrimi- nation law. At one point, Chief Justice William Rehnquist...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 4, 1996 Complaining prisoners reCeive longer sentenCes NATION/WORLD f :."- . . BANGKOK (AP) - Twenty-one po- litical prisoners have been slapped with new sentences, apparently for trying to bring attention to their cruel conditions, Amnesty International said yesterday. The London-based human rights group saidthe prisoners were sentenced March 28 to additional jail terms of five to 12 years each:...…

…2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 4, 1996NATIONORLD Bitter customs, immigration officials patrol Chinese-Vietnamese border The Washington Post- FRIENDSHIP PASS, On the Chinese-Vietnamese Border - The surly Vietnamese customs agent in the ill-fitting olive-green uniform was taciturn as he inspected the two suitcases, unfolding each article of clothing, flipping intently through the pages of every book and magazine as he searched for...…

…2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 4, 1996 NATION/WORLD Trouble looming for Netanyahu The Washington Post JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned tri- umphant from the Washington summit conference yesterday, but disappointed Palestinians warned violence will explode again unless new talks yield swift progress in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The summit decision to hold further talks on Israeli withdrawal from the We...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 4, 1996 NATION/WORLD U.S. says missile attack was an error WASHINGTON (AP)-A U.S. F-16 pilot fired a missile Saturday when he thought he was being targeted by an Iraqi missile site, but no Iraqi radar attempted to lock on to the aircraft, the Pentagon said yesterday. The Pentagon defended the pilot's action, saying his cockpit instruments had indicated he was being targeted,X and under the rules o...…

…2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 4, 1996 Senate leader vows fund-raising probe Los Angeles Tnes WASHINGTON - Newly elected Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R- Miss.) pledged yesterday to cooperate with Democrats in the upcoming 105th Congress but immediately declared that the Republican-con- trolled body must first investigate allegations of illegal fund-raising by the White House. Appearing at a news conference to trumpet his r...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 5, 1995 R&E Continued from page 1 tive instructional review for faculty and be a legitimate response to student concerns." Sanchez said he would like to see more ongoing conversation about the requirement among faculty who are teaching courses and consistent atten- tion paid to the requirement." Another proposed change in the requirement's management is to "en- courage departments to see "generic" cours...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, February 4,1992 Removal of plastic bags from compost program expediated by Erin Einhorn and Travis McReynolds The council banned the use of Also, City Administrator Alfred Daily City Reporters plastic bags in the program Dec. 2, Gatta announced in a memo to the The City Council took steps to make Ann Arbor more environmen- tally sound last night by voting to hasten the elimination of plastic bags fron the...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, March 4, 1992 Reports of rising GNP, home sales suggest perk in economi WASHINGTON (AP) - The report also showed the leading the economy out of Reports of a big jump in the November and December drops recession with its spillover effec government's main economic were not as sharp as previously sales of appliances and other h barometer and a surge in new home thought. They were revised upward furnishings. ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 4, 1994 D'ARMS Continued from page 1. D' Arms said his years spent as dean werea "real education in mid-life." He said the position exposed him to intel-. lectual research in many different fields and provided him with close student and faculty contacts. "It's one of the greatest honors you can have to serve as graduate dean. I think itis the most wonderful adminis- trative position that you can have ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 4, 1994 BANKS Continued from page 1 Martin said that University Presi- dent James J. Duderstadt, as an Engi- neering faculty member and a former dean of the college, will probably have a major role in the search for a new dean But Whitaker downplayed Duderstadt's influence on the search. "He usually doesn't get involved until the end. The search, down until the very end, will be conducted by the provo...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 4, 1994 MALAMUTH Continued from page 1 of the University," Goldenberg said. Malamuth said he believes schol- arly activities should be a main focus of the department. "The scholarly vision in the gradu- ate and undergraduate programs is where the department's emphasis needs to be placed," he said. Rana Sadek, an LSA sophomore and communication concentrator, agreed that the focus of the depart- ment ne...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 4, 1994 DO WE HAVE EVERYONE? .vik* ' ''" "v Fourth-graders return to their buses after attending "Madame Butterfly" at the Power Center yesterday. - Approximately 2,000 Washtenaw County students attended the one-hour performance, ' produced by the New York City Operar Company. t: CHRIS WOLF/Daily - -- - -----------1 ---------- BOSNIA Continued from page 1 unless the Bosnian factions work out apeace sett...…

…2 -- The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 4, 1994 KOREA Continued from page 1 issue in Korea," Perry said yesterday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "But we will take a very firm stand and strong actions. It's conceivable where those actions might provoke the North Ko- reans into unleashing a war, and that is a risk that we're taking." Perry said the CIA believes that North Korea already has as many as two nuclear bombs. "I know they're lying when th...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, February 4, 1993 NORML Continued from page 1 during a meeting yesterday between Cianciola and several NORML members, is the latest development in a long-running conflict between the University and the group. The University has previously tried - unsuccessfully - to stop the 22-year-old tradition, in which thousands of people pour onto the Diag and surrounding courtyards to rally for marijuana legalization...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, March 4, 1993 SIGN Continued from page 1 Yeltzer said most patrons thought it was funny and wanted to see the ad, but he did receive some phone calls protesting the flyer. "It was upsetting the women, so we took it down," Yeltzer said. Six days after the article was printed, The Pit placed a full-page ad in The Lantern apologizing for the incident. The ad portrays a character re- sembling Bart Simpson wri...…

…I ;I 2- The Michan Daily - Monday, October 4, 1993 Conference explores concept.- of culture despite criticism By MICHELLE FRICKE and SOMA GUPTA DAILY STAFF REPORTERS Culture is definitely not an object. This weekend one of more than 200 students and faculty members came to this conclusion at the "Cul- ture Conference" held in the Michi- gan Union. The event was sponsored by the Program in the Comparative Study of Social Transformations (CS...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, !November 4, 1993 SWIPE Continued from page 2. The Diamondback quoted the title as "The Sales of Black Folks." "Because (Soyinka) had a thick accent, instead of investigating what he said, I think (the Diamondback) automatically thought the book per- tained to slavery because it was about Black people," she said. Diamondback Editor Drew Weaver did notreturn repeated phone calls for comment. Although Stephen...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 4, 1999 - 3A - In CArMPUS 'U' sponsors economic equality lecture The Institute for Research on Women and Gender is scheduled to hold a lecture *ntitled "Economic Equality in Marriage: More Independence for Women, Less for Men" on Friday. The lecturer is Annemette Sorenson, the director of the Henry A. Murray Research Center at Radcliffe College. The lecture will include topics such as social...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 4 1999 - 3A 4""""ARCH U' researchers tackle welfare reform in study *People with mental health problems and those who suffer from drug depen- dency are the subject of a population study that University researchers are conducting. This study is intended to provide new insight into a population some researchers believe has been over- looked by welfare. Assistant Public Health Prof. Harold Po...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 4, 1998 - 3 HIGHER EDUCATION PBI investigates Stanford e-mail break-in " The FBI is looking into an incident at Stanford University that occurred Monday in which 5,000 e-mail pass- words were stolen, The Stanford Daily reported. University officials said the incident Was the first major e-mail break-in to Stanford's system. j The incident occurred Oct. 11. Officials discovered a "sniffer"...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 4, 1998 - 3 tRIME Faculty member gets threatening ltter sfaculty member received numer- threatening letters from a former student, according to the Department of Public Safety reports. ghe graduate school faculty member told DPS officers he had been receiv- ing the letters postmarked from California for some time and that he had files of all of the letters. DPS reports state the faculty mem...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 4, 1998 - 3 . HIGHER EDUCATION Donors reveal their identities A couple identified themselves on Monday as the mysterious donors of a $70 million gift to Liberty University last fall, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported yesterday. Their donation left the private Christian university, located in Lynchburg, Va., almost completely free of all existing debts. Arthur Williams and his wi...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 4, 1999 - 3A ESEARCH Conference to fbcus on gender censorshi The Uniersiy' GniueI for Reseac thredyconference titled "Towards a Definition of Gender-Based Censorship" beginning tomorrow. The conference, to be held at the Rackham Amphitheatre will address the censorship against which women struggle in redefined terms: Censorship of women's ideas not only by the, state, but also by economic...…

…Earth Week forums Panelists discuss *environmental, economic issues The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 4, 1990 - Page 3 highlight global issues Engineering students stress importance of |g Earth Week activities by Michael Sullivan Daily Staff Writer The University's Earth Week or- ggnizers presented "Consumer Choices: Economics and the Envi- f onment," a panel discussion, last Fight in Schorling auditorium. Pan- elists offered three di...…

…The Michigan Daily- Friday, October 4, 1991 - Page 3 HouSe votes to, Iose own bank WASHINGTON (AP) - The Houise voted 390-8 yesterday to shut down a prized perk - its members' bank - following disclosure that Samakers, including Speaker omas Foley, wrote rubber checks. The resolution also ordered an ethics committee investigation of whether House members "routinely and repeatedly" wrote checks know- ing they had insufficient funds in their ac...…