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…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 6, 1989 F1 er Fyers Continued from Page 1 taken to ensure the safety of office members," she said. Members of the Latin American Solidarity Committee were unavail- able for comment. However, in a statement released last night, the or- ganization condemned the act and called on. the University to take im- mediate action. "The racism and bigotry which thrive on this campus must not be tolerated. ...…

…I Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, October 6, 1987 MSA looks beyond PIGIM for work (Continued from Page 1) are viewed as the children," Phillips said. Whether MSA can accomplish these goals might be determined by the assembly's ability to focus their time on campus issues. Too much concern with non-campus issues has plagued previous assemblies. Former assembly president Kurt Muenchow, who presided from 1985 to 1986, was elected on a platf...…

…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Friday, November 6, 1987 Rackham has funding worriesIN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports (Connuedfrom Page 1) faculty- is not improving. "Once here, (graduate students) won't want to stay without funds. They will apply for the same pool of funds and funding is not increasing," D'Arms said about fellowships. The Rackham administration plans to take steps to determine enrollment due to the availability ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 6, 1984 To our readers Welcome to the 95th year of the Michigan Daily and our premier issue, the New Student Edition. The purpose of this much-larger- than-usual issue of the Daily is two-fold: To introduce newcomers to the University and environs; and to bring veteran students and faculty and staff members up to date on what's been happening around the campus. In many of our stories, we've tr...…

…41 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, October 6, 1984 NATO strengthens nuaclear missile sites WASHINGTON (Ap) - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is in- stalling improved protection around missile bases and other nuclear sites to thwart possible terrorist attacks in Western Europe, a senior defense of- ficial said yesterday. "Devices are being installed that are responsive to what we think we have learned about how the sites might...…

…0 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 6, 1984 Important Announcement for Students in LSA, Business, Public Policy, Law, Engineering ... You Have an Opportunity to Hear WILLIAM WEISS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AMERITECH CORPORATION Discuss and Comment on, The Roles Business, Education and Government Should Play - in Creating More Economic Opportunities and Jobs. Thursday, November 8 2:00 P.M. Modern Language Building Auditorium 4 AMER...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 6, 1984 Emigre speaks 0 ,0 about feminism in Soviet Union By AMY MINDELL Her blue t-shirt said it all: "Inter- national Sisterhood" and at the bottom "The Rise of Feminism in the Soviet Union." Tatyana Mamonova spoke yesterday in the University's Lane Hall about her role as a leader in the Russian Feminist movement. About 40 people attended each of her two lectures. Mamonova first became involv...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 6, 1983 Shamir forms new government from AP & UPI Prime Minister-designate Yitzhak Shamir formed a new government yesterday that will maintain the hardline policies of outgoing Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Israel's parliament, the Knesset, scheduled a special session Monday for a vote of confidence on Shamir's new cabinet. THAT COALITION, known as Likud, is dominated by the conservative Her...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Sunday, November 6, 1983 'RSsian madne By JODY BECKER When Carl Proffer first came to Ann Arbor in 1957, it was to play on the University's freshman basketball team. He never made it to the varsity squad but by the time he was a sophomore, it didn't matter. Proffer had discovered Russian. "I WAS PLAYING freshman ball and for some reason I don't even remember now, I enrolled in Russian I. Maybe it was the funny al...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 6, 1983 Soies Arabs condemn rai~d From AP and UPI The Soviet Union yesterday condemned U.S. retaliatory strikes on Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon and said it will aid Arab forces battling U.S. and Israeli troops in the Middle East. The denunciation came during a news conference on nuclear missiles in Europe. THE KREMLIN'S chief spokesman, Leonid Zamyatin, said the U.S. bombing was a "...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 6, 1984 ir) Sales increase for retailers, carmakers tin '83 IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports SEC files charges against resigning Pentagon official NEW YORK -- Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Thayer and a woman with whom he was said to have a "personal relationship" were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a civil suit yesterday...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 6, 1984 Senate looks at WASHINGTN (AP) - The Senate began consideration yesterday of a proposed school prayer amendment, with President Reagan pressing for approval and liberal opponents threatening to prolong the emotionally charged debate until June. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, (R-Tenn.), said that even though he was short of enough votes to halt a filibuster, "it's the best oppor- tu...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 6, 1984 Dem candidates meet head on PITTSBURGH (AP) - Democratic presidential, candidates, debating in steel country five days before the Pen- nsylvania primary, vowed to protect the poor and the elderly, saying the Reagan administration has been remiss. Walter Mondale also launched a new attack on the administration's in- tegrity. Seeking votes in a region with troubled industry, Mondale, Sen. Gar...…

…4 Page 2. - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 6, 1986 Daily Photo by PETE ROSS MichCon may give credit to customers By MELISSA BIRKS MichCon officials filed a request with the Michigan Public Service Commission Monday, seeking per- mission to give customers a $55.7 million credit this winter. If approved, the plan could affect the heating bills of students in off- campus housing, since MichCon ser- vices all of Ann Arbor. The typical ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 6, 1986 Inquiring Photographer By A ndi Schreiner "What comes to mind when you think about The Univer- sity of Michigan?" Interviews took place in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida INBRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS Aquino releases leftist leader MANILA, Philippines - The Aquino government released the im- prisoned founder of the Communist Party and three guerrill...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 6, 1985 Texas band to admit women IN BRIEF The Texas A & M University must begin accepting female members, ac- cording to a settlement accepted by a U.S. District judge in Houston. The agreement ends a 6-year sex discrimination suit filed by a former student who charged that excluding females from the band violated her rights. The student was later joined by the U.S. Department of Justic...…

…Pnnr 2 - Tha, AAcinnn Dain ly.i - __ eAIinrapclnv AA...... . £ ton ~I~~ IW I Y~ d ~.~y~IUIL , i I ru Student banned from career fair1 IN BRIEF A hotel, restaurant, and in- stitutional management senior at Michigan State University was denied access to the school's Career Expo because of his appearance, A. J. Ostezan, who wore a white, robelike garment and several strands of beads, claims that he was discriminated against because he did not...…

…I Page 2 - The Michigan Daily- Saturday, April 6, 1985 Photographer by Matt Petrie "Have you experienced racism op campus, and if so, in what way?" Il Joyce Wilson, junior nursing school: "Yes, today. I was running my workout and a guy pushed another guy into me and he yelled: 'I touched a nigger, now I've got to go wash!' An Ann Arbor policeman saw the whole thing but he turned his head." Dennis Battle, junior com- munications: "I haven'...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 6, 1987 s r i Student caucus chair resigns By REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN The newly formed Student Caucus on Strategic Planning has been plagued with yet another resignation. The caucus' chair- person announced yesterday that financial obligations were forcing him to resign from all voluntary University committees. Ex-Chairperson Paul Josephson will not terminate his involvement with the University, h...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily-- Friday, March 6, 1987 'U', MS1 By EDWARD KLEINE Special to the Daily LANSING - Cascading win - dows of water, sidewalk cafes, and a x riverfront theater are just a few of the things University of Michigan and Michigan State University students have in mind for the future of the state capital. The ideas came out of a project between the two schools and the Capital Park Subcommittee of the Capital Revitalization Ta...…

…5 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 6, 1987 Football team told to keep quiet IN BRIEF )1grdninom( Compiled from Associated Press reports The University also provides more funding for athletic scholar - ships than academic scholarships. Of the 594 athletes, 250 have scholarships, said Athletic Depart- ment Administrative Assistant Pat Perry. The budget for scholarships is about $2.4' million, with an average of $9,600 per scholars...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 6, 1986 First lady falls off stage at econcert WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Nancy Reagan took a tumble from the stage but was unhurt during a concert by pianist Vladimir Uorowitz at the White House yesterday. President Reagan, after deter - mining that his wife was all right, seized the occasion for a quip. The incident occurred after JNorowitz's program as the president was speaking. -The firs...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 6, 1986 Inquiring [*TPhotographer By Scott Lituchy Question: "Does the two-party system offer you a real choice?" :I f' , I ; Richard Banks, Ann Arbor resident: I've never seen any need in having Democrats and Re- publicans. A person should run for what he believes in, not for a party. Julia Anderson, bio- logy grad student: There is only a limited choice because there is so much party poli...…

…al Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 6, 1985 Fire is important to ecology, =RENO, Nev. (AP) - The managers of America's national parks and forests are gradually accepting forest and range fires, once viewed as a nMajor threat, as a vital part of the ecological cycle. The fires that have raged through the West might not have been so damaging had man not spent decades quenching every blaze, the experts say. Without occasional fir...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 6, 1985 Gen. Jaruzelski to resign today WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Gen. Wojciech "Jaruzelski plans to resign as prime minister today ,and will be replaced by deputy prime minister and jolitburo member Zbigniew Messner, Communist Party and diplomatic sources said yesterday. Jaruzelski, the four-star army general who declared martial law in 1981, will retain his title of 'Communist Party first secre...…

…4 -Page 2 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 6, 1985 Britain LONDON (AP) - Britain announ- -ced yesterday it was joining the United States in withdrawing from UNESCO, an agency it helped found 40 years ago, because of bad managment, overspending, and politicization of programs. The United States and Britain had long charged that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization had become a forum for 2 Soviet and radic...…

…Shanty attacks raise questions - By EUGENE PAK A wooden shanty at Johns Hopkins University was splashed with gasoline and set ablaze last Saturday, the latest of at least 35 violent attacks on the anti-apartheid symbols on cam- puses this year. The attacks raise questions. Why in the traditionally liberal atmosphere of the nation's, colleges, have the shanties - representing an apparen- tly moral cause - produced such violent reactions? Even ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 6, 1988 MSA prepares budget, response' to regents' anger about actions BY RYAN TUTAK pletely antagonistic this time because our presentation Michigan Student Assembly leaders have postponed could mean whether we get funded." submitting their budget request to the University's M Board of Regents to have time to gain the board's sup- MSA President Michael Phillips, an LSA senior, port, one MSA official s...…

…Few mm or ities write te news, WASHINGTON (AP) - At a time when blacks and other minorities play a bigger part in American society, almost all the news in almost all the nation's newspapers is written by staffs that are white. Of the 50,000 journalists on America's 1,700 daily newspapers, about 1,500 are black, 650 Hispanic, 430 are of Asian ancestry and 10 are American Indians. Ninety-seven percent -of newspapers executives are white. "ALMOS...…

…6 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday July 6, 1984 GET T GB! \b I t A, W Wc ©1@ q New blue mascot If LSA senior Vic Lacca has his way, Willie Wolverine will be the new Michigan mascot. Lacca said he plans to sell T-shirts with the new logo and put up posters before football games to boost school spirit. He is also trying to get permission to create a Willie Wolverine costume for a student to wear on the football field during the games. 'U' E...…

…Pdge 2 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, August 6, 1983 'U' tradesworkers ratify new By DAN GRANTHAM The University's skilled tradesworkers will be seeing a little more money in their paychecks following the'ratification of a new one- year contract Thursday. Members of the Washtenaw County Local Trades Board approved the con- tract by a "significant majority," ac- cording to University chief negotiator George Carter, who would not release the ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, June 6, 1985 'U' graduates continue to strengthen Peace Corps (ContinuedfromPage1) trades; home economics and com- signs and symptoms of various ministry of agriculture in developing agriculturalists. Baldwin said. "Someone who will be munity services, and energy and diseases. She also said that hospitals communication and technical Ann Arbor resident Tom Moore sensitive to the culture they will be fores...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, August 6, 1985 Officials raid marijuana crops on U.S. land From United Press International "What I have found here was that by Goverment 'agents raided starting the operation a little earlier marijuana fields across the country than anticipated, they have already yesterday to uproot illegal plants done a good job," Meese said. growing of federal lands, and At- Authorities did not immediately torney Gener...…

…Page 2-Wednesday, May 6, 1981--The Michigan Daily British 'Ripper' pleads insanity From AP and UPI The "Yorkshire Ripper" said he or convict him of murder, which carries bludgeoned, stabbed, strangled and a maximum penalty of life in prison. mutilated 13 women during a 5-year The prosecutor said Sutcliffe might reign of terror because God ordered have been trying to convince him to kill prostitutes, the prosecution psychiatrists he was insane ...…

…Page 2-Saturday, June 6, 1981-The Michigan Daily Computer age helps in quest for financkd aid (Continued from Page 1), has never happened that we have not matched a student with something," she said. The awards are not necessarily based on need, which is different from most scholarships, said Maxin. "The normal requirements of either having a cup in your hand or being a genius do not ap- ply here," she said. Because of the recent federal cut-...…

…Page 2-Thursday, August 6, 1981-The Michigan Daily Young shah plans Iranian revolution CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The elder son of the late shah of Iran announced from his Egyptian exile yesterday that he was engineering a "national uprising" to topple the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. There was no immediate reaction from Iran, where anti-regime violence is reported increasing daily. REZA II, who proclaimed himself successor to the Peacock ...…

…Page 2-Friday, June 6, 1980-The Michigan Daily Afghanrebels and Red Army units l ked in bloody struggle ILSAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Fierce fighting between Soviet paratroopers and Afghan rebels has taken scores of lives ina river valley in eastern Afghanistan where Red Army airborne units were dropped two weeks ago, a rebel group reported yesterday. The Soviet newspaper Pravda said, meanwhile, the insurgent forces were using the growing spring...…

…Page 2-Wednesday, August 6, 1980-The Michigan Daily Reagan talks to 'lukewarm Urban League in New York From AP and UPI NEW YORK - Ronald Reagan, taking his pitch for black votes to New York yesterday, got a lukewarm recep- tion from the National Urban League and then engaged in a heated shouting match with residents of the devastated South Bronx. The former California governor, seeking to broaden his base for the fall campaign ahead, told the...…

…Page 2-Thursday, May 6, 1982-The Michigan Daily New department heads to stress program quality By LOU FINTOR Retaining quality faculty members and maintaining high, academic stan- dards will become top priorities for political science administrators over the next year, chairman-elect John Kingdon said yesterday. Kingdon is one of two University professors recently approved by the Board of Regents to head departments with chairperson vacancies...…

…Page 2-Friday, August 6, 1982-The Michigan Daily Reagan gets stuck in White House elevator WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan was a bit late to a ceremony the state dining room yesterday - because he got stuck ina White House elevator. "I don't know just how to approach this and tell you why we are late," the president said, a little sheepisly, to representatives of the National Health Fair programs. "IN 18 MONTHS it never happened," he said....…

…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, September 6, 1980-Page 3 1p REPAIRS, REVENUE LOSSES ADD UP City sees cutbacks By PATRICIA HAGEN First it was unexpected summer storms that forced the city to spend thousands of dollars to clean up a mess they never thought would happen. Then the state and federal governments, faced with their Own budget problems, started proposing cuts in revenue sharing allocations that the city had been counting on. - It all m...…

…The Michigan Daily-Thursday, November 6, 1980-Page Panelists caution against strong Reagan support Daily Photo by DEBBIE LEWIS A "DAY-AFTER" panel discussion of the effects of President-elect Ronald Reagan's landslide victory over President Jimmy Carter was held at the University's Center for Afroamerican and African Studies yesterday. NO eha tCarter I From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - President-elect Ronald Reagan's advisers said yester- day the...…

…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, December 6, 1980-Page 3 ' U' senior to bid America 'cheerio' By DAVID SPAK Anna Nissen's wish to travel is about to be fulfilled. The Ann Arbor native, who has never traveled outside the area, will begin studying next fall at New Hall, Cam- bridge University, England, as part of her prize from the two-year 1980 Power Exchange Scholarship. "I'M A BIT overwhelmed," said the University senior after yesterday's an...…

…Program offers students foreign job internships. The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 6, 1982-Page 3. Tylenol pill poisons man on West Coast By JACKIE CORCORAN David Nygaard, a business school. penior, worked at the Munich, Germany stock exchange and took a $25.week- long trip to Berlin last summer. He was' one of 21 students sent overseas as part of a University business program. Nygaard is a member of AIESEC, an abbreviation for the Fren...…

…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, November 6, 1982-Page 3 Meese refuses to testify in draft resister's case LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. government yesterday refused to obey a court order directing White House counsel Edwin Meese III to testify in a draft resister's trial, and acknowledged that the refusal probably meant the charges would be dismissed. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Romero said he expected the case against David Alan Wayte to be...…

…r The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 6, 1980-Page 3 Pro-draft group stages rally Use Daily Classifieds By BETH PERSKY About 50 spectators gave a mixed response to a small pro-draft rally on he Diag early yesterday afternoon. The eight protesters, members of the Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP), said the draft is necessary to stop "Soviet imperialism" and ensure liberty for free people everywhere. "Millions o...…

…City ele By JOHN GOYER City voters will decide the fate of two ballot proposals tomorrow. Proposals A and B, if passed, would allow the city to borrow money in order to fund a storm Vewer project and a road improvement respectively. Approval of Proposal A - the Sister Lakes drainage proposal - would allow the city to borrow $575,000 through the sale of bonds to build a drainage system that would relieve flooding in the Lakewoods neighborhood n...…

… Judge strikes down creation-science law CLASSES MOVED FROM 102 ECON. BLDG. The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, January 6, 1982-Page 3 Econ. profs lose much more than a building LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPI) - A federal judge yesterday struck down Arkansas' creation-science law, saying it was a blafant attempt to force religious teaching in the public schools. "No group, no matter how large or small, may use the organs of gover- nment, of which the pub...…

…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, February 6, 1982-Page 3 Britain imposes sanctions against Poland, USSR LONDON (AP) - Britain yesterday became the first of America's NATO allies to join in imposing sanctions against Poland and the Soviet Union because of the Polish military crackdown Dec. 13. The Polish and Soviet ambassadors were summoned to the Foreign Office where an of- ficial announced the sanctions. There was no immediate comment from the e...…

…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, March 6, 1982-Page 3. Federal cuts (Continued from Page 1) number THE FEDERAL lab supports resear- said, "b ch at the University's GLMWC each out." year and the center will lose this "I thi assistance if the part of the budget research eliminating the lab is approved by Great L Congress. cy," h4 "It's just one more cutback," said the ministra director of the University's center, BUTC Alfred Beeton, who is also a p...…