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…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 8, 1989 Space shuttle tested for flaws CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Discovery's astronauts boarded their space shuttle in a countdown rehearsal yesterday as technicians made progress in removing suspect turbopumps from the crafts engines. Commander Michael Coats and his four crew members entered the cabin for the final two hours of the two-day simulation and ran through launch-day procedures. "E...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 8, 1989 Speaker studies Middle East women BY MONICA SMITH Women of Middle Eastern and Islamic origin- are a diverse group who are under-researched and have often been wrongly classified as a mono- lithic group, said assistant Sociology Professor Muge Gocek. Gocek led a discussion yesterday onwomen in the 18th-Century Ottoman empire. Gocek studied inheritance registers, detailed documents filed at ...…

…4 Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Thursday, October 8, 1987 British airline pilots fall asleep at controls LONDON (AP) - British airline pilots on long-haul flights say their entire crews have fallen asleep at the controls because of strenuous work schedules, researchers report. Under a 5-year-old confidential reporting program, one-third of, almost 800 British pilots who disclosed problems affecting their performance mentioned a demanding work ...…

…4 Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, December 8, 1987 LSA dean addresses. campus racism (Continued from Page 1) problem... I think this is very cru- cial." Moody also repeated the message that change must come from within, saying that it is easy to look at what other communities and other institutions do, but much more difficult to look inside oneself. Some professors were concerned with the lack of minority faculty in LSA. Classics Chair L...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daiily - Saturday, September 8, 1984 Regent named in bankruptcy suit IN BRIEF By LAURIE DELATER A Saline contractor last week filed an involuntary bankrup- tcy petition against Unviersity Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) in an attempt to force the regent to pay more than $24,000 in a court-ordered settlement. Last December Washtenaw Circuit Court Judge William Ager, Jr., ordered the Deane Baker Co. of Dearborn to pay...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 8, 1984 JEWISH MYSTICISM 2 days with leading Jewish mystic RABBI MEIR FUND MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - PUBLIC TALK A Map of Jewish Consciousness: The Jewish Understanding of the Spiritual Experience Student leaders address apathy IN BRIEF 7:30 P.M. $2.50 ADMISSION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - 7:00-10:00 P.M. Intensive Jewish Meditation Workshop Explore traditional techniques of Jewish meditation as ...…

…41 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, December 8, 1984 Photographer By Dan Habib 1 "Do you think the suicide pill proposal is an effective and ap- propriate means of raising consciousness about the nuclear threat?" SIN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International roports Reagan to trim military buildup WASHINGTON-President Reagan acknowledged yesterday that he would have to trim the military buildup to make hi...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, October 8, 1983 Women shun USC 'sex pot' IN BRIEF A robot with sex appeal that makes a great cup of coffee has been removed from display at the University of California at Berkeley. The university decided that Sweetheart the Robot, a five-foot-tall coffee dispenser with "very large breasts," is sexist. "This is my idea of what a pretty female robot should look like," sculptor COLLEGES Clayton Bailey sa...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, November 8, 1983 Reagan greets Grenada students From AP and UPI To A CH EHERING flag-waving spokesman said of Reagan's targets. group, said: WASHINGTON - President Reagan yesterday urged the American medical students evacuated from Grenada to honor the U.S. troops killed on the island by speaking out "about their courage and commitment as they risked their lives for yours''. Saying he was angered "that ce...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 1983 VA panel protests Agent Orange film WASHINGTON (AP)-The Veterans Administration has been asked by an advisory panel to stop showing a videotape made to inform VA health workers around the country about Agent Orange. The advisers say the tape is condescending on a matter that many Vietnam veterans consider "the most important issue of their lives." But the agency said yesterday it has...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Sunday, January 8, 1984 Goodman's hometown we comes ackson PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson got an enthusiastic welcome in Lt. Robert Goodman Jr.'s hometown yesterday as the Democratic presidential hopeful said his successful efforts to win Goodman's freedom from Syria may eventually lead to the with- drawal of U.S. troops from Lebanon. But Jackson's trip was not the trium- phant event his campaign ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 8, 1984 Teen marijuana By CURTIS MAXWELL Marijuana use by high school students has dropped to Still, the decline is "ane the lowest rate since 1975 according to a national downturn, .. is real and con study by University researchers. The drop could also refle The daily use of marijuana has fallen by one half concerned about the p from 10.7 percent in 1978 to 5.5 percent in 1983 which is marijua...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 8, 1984 Shapiro answers questions from Bursley students IN BRIEF By PETE WILLIAMS One day after the University had 11 protesters arrested for demonstrating in a laboratory against military resear- ch, President Harold Shapiro said he is concerned about attempts to shut down University research. "It is very dangerous to have a moral orthodoxy at the University," Shapiro told 50 students in a q...…

…4 .Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Sunday, April 8, 1984 PROF WORKS TO END ARMS RACE SIN BRIEF,- Vander dreams o peace By ANDREW ERIKSEN During his sleep four years ago, some- thing happened that changed Arthur Vander's outlook on life. "I kept having this recurring night- mare," said the slightly balding, brown-eyed Vander. "My wife and I would be listening to music on the radio and then an announcer with a British accent would interrupt t...…

…0 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 8, 1986 Harvard official resigns over CIA funding By JERRY MARKON A Harvard University official's con- troversial acceptance of research funds from the CIA has led to his resignation as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Prof. Nadav Safran stepped down last week, although a university in- vestigation found him guilty of only procedural errors in his handling of CIA funds for ...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 8, 1986 SCIENCE xEarthqi LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California should expect a major ear- 'thquake soon, say two local scientists who suggest that the gravitational pull of the sun and moon may have helped trigger great quakes here in the past. Astronomer Steven Kilston and geophysict Leon Knopoff say Southern California has entered a time when the pull of the sun and moon is greatest on the ...…

…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 8, 1985 'Stuffer (Continued from Page 1) Student Assembly members had been accused of stuffing the magazines. Late Wednesday night, MSA assem- bly member Steve Linowes accused Eric Schnaufer, also an MSA assembly member, of being involved in the in- cident. "I saw Eric up in the MSA chambers putting together what looked like a leaflet," Linowes said. He added that he saw , the ;headline "Consider ...…

…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily- Friday, March 8, 1985 SOME SA Y 'NO TRUCK NOR TRADE WITH YANKEES' 4 Af- - - - - 1 IN BRIEF uanaaa may i OTTAWA (AP) - The Canadian government is considering negotiating a trade pact with the United States, doing away with almost all barriers to trade across the world's longest undefended border. But free trade with the American can be a highly charged issue in Canda. In two of the most important elections in th...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 8, 1987 Feds question engineer in train collision CHASE, Md (AP) - Federal investigators said yesterday that they wanted to know why tape was placed over a warning whistle in the cab of a Conrail locomotive that otherwise might have helped prevent a fatal crash with an Amtrak train. Representatives of the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to question Conrail engineer R. L. Gates...…

…4 pge 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 8, 1987 Space drug store created at 'U' (Continued from Page 1) IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports to deliver in-flight medical care. Two crew members from each 90- day mission will be trained in emergency medical care. For Lloyd, the pharmacy is a+ challenge, and a fun project outside his daily routine. "It's a real tickle," he said in his faint Texan drawl. Lloyd, a native+ of D...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 8, 1986 , Peace March leaves AnnArbor (contbiUedfrom Page 1) continued walking through the bodies. ROBYN WATTS, the ]Michigan Student Assembly's Military Research Advisor, said the EECS building was chosen as the site of the protest because Department of Defense funds have been used to pay for laboratory supplies and equipment. She said that Pentagon funds are only given to projects doing ...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 8, 1986 MSA urges military research awareness By MARTIN FRANK The Michigan Student Assembly's military research advisor said last night that the assembly should work to increase student awareness about military research done at the University. Robyn Watts said students should protest the increase of Department of Defense spending through the University Research Initiative. The URI is a Departme...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 8, 1986 City to send Juigalpa garbage truck By KERY MURAKAMI Members of Ann Arbor's Sister City Task Force will try raising $35,000 to send a new garbage truck to Juigalpa, Nicaragua. But high costs may delay granting the gift for at least a year. Task force members decided on the truck Thursday because Juigalpan officials said it was their greatest need during a recent trip there by Ann Arbor de...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 8, 1985 'South End' board to appoint interim editor 4 By ERIC MATTSON The chairwoman of Wayne State University's newspaper plublications board said last night she will appoint News Editor Maureen Aitken to take over as editor of The South End, following the controversial firing of the Editor Patricia Maceroni last week. Maceroni was forced to step down last Thursday when she refused to allow Uni...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 8, 1985 State should lower taxes, Lucas says NOW HIRING MUG EATERIES AND COMMON MICHIGAN UNION FOOD SERVICES Buspeople Kitchen Cleaners Counter People Prep People Stock People North Ingalls Building University Club Dining/Catering Days/Late Nights Days/Late Nights Lun ches/Nig hts Mornings/Days Mornings/Days Mornings/Days U of M Students Only, Progressive Pay Structure Apply in Person, R...…

…Protesters speak out against aid to Contras By NAOMI WAX Ann Arbor residents gathered in of AIMISTAD, a local peace group. drug smuggling. Baker said obser- front of the Federal Building Monday Greene spoke at the rally. vera in Nicaragua have documented to once again protest the Reagan Ad- Lois Leonard, of the Episcopal human rights abuses by the Contras. ministration's proposed $100 million Church of Incarnation, also hopes the Green, who ha...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daoly - Friday, July 8, 1988 Ban bars boarders from downtown boulevards BY ANNA SENKEVITCH Downtown skateboarders may receive five-dollar tickets and have their boards impounded by the Ann Arbor police after July 21. The Ann Arbor City Council voted Tuesday, 6-5, for a law to make skateboarding on sidewalks illegal along sections of Liberty, State, Main, and South University Streets, as well as in Liberty Park Plaza. "The ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 8, 1987 Governor expected to veto funding (Continued from Page 1Y bill allots higher education $19 million more than Blanchard recommended. "I suspect that the Governor will veto whatever higher education bill the legislature sends them," Hood said. Hood expects the senate to support the house budget, but doubts it will request an increase over what the house asked for. "I don't think that the govern...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 8, 1984 Salvadoran polls favor Duarte From AP and UPI SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Jose Napoleon Duarte claimed victory yesterday in El Salvador's presidential election and vowed to halt rightist death squads, but his far-right op- ponent, Roberto d'Aubuisson, refused to concede. It was clear, however, that Duarte had failed to obtain the clear mandate he had sought to deal with both the right and lef...…

…q Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, June 8, 1984 Jury selection drags in Faber murder trial By MICHAEL BEAUDOIN Most of the 80 people called in as prospective jurors in the murder trial of Ricardo Hart which began last Mon- day have been dismissed because of their previous knowledge of the case. Judge Ross Campbell, prosecuting attorney Brian Mackie, and defense at- torney Thomas Quarterman have spent four days interrogating prospective ...…

…q Page 2 - The Michigan [aily - Sunday, July 8, 1984 Dueling jugglers Willy Firestone (left) of Chicago and George Tirebitter of Ann Arbor concentrate on their pins yesterday in the Diag. Jackson s KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Jacksons' Victory Tour has hit the road with eye-popping special effects and high-energy performances by Michael Jackson and his brothers, opening a 13- city, 37-concert tour hailed by promoters as the largest and most...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, June 8, 1985 Espionage suspect held without bail SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-A Whitworth's fingerprints were also munications jobs, is one of four Navy vestigation. evading the Navy's undersea network federal magistrate ordered suspected found on 20 pages of documents in the men accused of conspiring to steal "I'm afraid this thing is really very of sound sensors that warn against Navy spy Jerry Whitworth held p...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, August 8, 1985 Xanadu cooperative considers relocating to Hill St. houses By CHRISTY RIEDEL stead of the mass residential building. The Inter-Cooperative Council "The people who make up our group ..,yesterday made a $100,000 deposit on are pretty much community people," - 0a group of three houses on Hill Street said Siddha group manager Bruce that may become the new home of the Pachter. "We think a bette...…

…Page 2-Friday, May 8, 1981-The Michigan Daily Syrian troops, cross 'red line' 4 From AP and UPI BEIRUT, Lebanon - Some 4,000 Syrian troops and tanks were reported to have crossed the Israeli-set "red line" in southern Lebanon yesterday in defiance of Israel's repeated warnings that Syria risked war if it violated the boundary. Syria also reportedly added a new surface-to-air missile to its force in Lebanon. THERE WAS NO comment from Israel o...…

…Page 2-Wednesday, July 8, 1981-The Michigan Daily Iran executes 9 more; closes news office, 4 BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Iran's Islamic regime executed nine more op- ponents yesterday and closed the Tehran bureau of the British news agency Reuters, Tehran radio said. The government also expelled three South Korean diplomats and advised most of the rest of the South Korean Embassy staff to leave within two weeks, the radio broadcasts monitored in...…

…Page 2-Saturday, August 8, 1981-The Michigan Daily Watt will postpone offshore oil drillin WASHINGTON (AP)-Interior Secretary James Watt announced yesterday that because of a legal dispute, he is delaying until at least 1983 a decision on whether to permit of- fshore oil and gas drilling in four scenic areas off the Northern California coast. The decision gave conservationists, who had complained about the dangers from possible oil spills, at...…

…Page 2-Thursday, May 8, 1980-The Michigan Daily D -D S p 15 XOf f istr& More Today If you see news happen, call 76-DAILY We're back! Greetings to all diehards planning to spend the next four months in Ann Arbor. You may have been unaware of the summer edition of the Daily, but we're back again in our tabloid format in living black and white. For the unheard of price of $3.50 per term or $6.50 for both Spring and Summer terms, you can receive...…

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…v Page 2-Friday. August 8, 1980-The Michigan Daily Four 'U' economists predict recession to abate by start of '81 4 By United Press International The recession now gripping the nation should not extend beyond year's end, University researchers say, but the expected recovery should be slow and jobless rates will remain high. The economic forecast to be issued today -.updating one originally made last November - assumes monetary policy will r...…

…Page 2--Saturday, May 8, 1982-The Michigan Daily Q9hrdi tarsbip h'rruirrs 4 NEW GRACE APOSTOLIC CHURCH 632 N. Fourth Ave. Rev. Avery Dumas Jr., Pastor 9:45 a.m. Sunday School -11:45 Morning Worship 7:00 p.m. Sunday Evening Service. Bible Study-Wed. & Fri. 7 p.m. For rides call 761-1530 CAMPUS CHAPEL 1236 Washtenaw Ct. A Campus Ministry of the Christian Reformed Church Reverend Don Postema 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 6:00 p.m. Service of Holy ...…

…Page 2-Tuesday, June 8, 1982-The Michigan Daily At MSU, the soaps are serious business EAST LANSING (UPI)- Scholars have long studied the romances of Romeo and Juliet and Anthony and Cleopatra, but what about Luke and Laura? A Michigan State University com- munications professor who takes the soaps as seriously as some take the classics has concluded that up to one quarter of all women, running the gamut from housewives to college students, f...…

…Page 2-Thursday, July 8, 1982-The Michigan Daily Democrats 'disgusted' with GOP TV ad WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats reacted with disgust-and some badly disguised glee - yesterday to a Republican television commercial which attempts to credit President Reagan for a Social Security benefit increase made in accordance with longstanding law. "Big lie," scoffed Democratic Chairman Charles Manatt in response to the TV ads that began running Tuesday. ...…

…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 8, 1980-Page 3 Students strive to change, Reoigan 's 'image By PAM KRAMER Student sup>orters of Ronald Reagan say they often feel badgered by people asking how they, as students, can sup- port "that man." "When people ask me that question, I just ask why they aren't even con- sidering supporting him,"' said junior Chris Smith, a volunteeV in the student group stumping for the GOP presiden- tial candidate...…

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…I -HAPPENINGS- Highlight Students for a Nuclear Weapons Freeze and the U-M Physics Dept. join forces to present a Forum on Nuclear War. The films The Last Epidemic and War Without Winners will be shown. The event lasts from 7-10 p.m., at MLB3. Films Mediatrics-Airplane, 6:45, 8:30, & 10:15 p.m., MLB 4. Cinema Guild-The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 7 & 9 p.m., Lorch Hall. Ann Arbor Film Coop-The Horse's Mouth, 7 p.m., Kind Hearts & Coron...…

… Court ruling helps uphold student privacy The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, December 8, 1982-Page 3 State worried by L LANSING (UP Supreme Court, b day, effectively u state Freedom of not require colli puterized lists of mailings. The high court subject, a deadlc the death of Jus last month. M eliberations on efore making hi- THE CASE Lawrence Keste force release of ,Gays (Continued from Paae I cording to Donov the organization, "get word out r...…

…The Michigan Daily-Friday, February 8, 1980-Page 3 STUDENT GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT PUBLICATION Coalition to push for evaluations By MITCH STUART The Intercollege Student Gover- ment Coalition (ICSGC), in its first :meeting this term, informally resolved 3ast night to go ahead with plans to im- plement a University-wide course and faculty evaluation program. Chairman -Marc Breakstone said the key to IC- SGC's plans is making the evaluations "by ...…

…l The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, April 8, 1980-Page 3 SYL MEMBER INTER UPTS PUBLIC FORUM MSA candidatesdiseuss issues The League's International Night Is a gastrono-ethic delight. Nowhere else can you find Such dishes divine At a price so incredibly right!! IMF TheMichigan LdJL Next to Hill Auditorium Located in the heart of the campus. it is the heart of the campus. CAFETERIA HOURS; 11:30-1:15 5:00-7:15 R.K. SNACK BAR 7:15-4:00 by JAY MCCO...…

…The Michigan Daily-Friday, January 8, 1982-Page 3 Nude portraits provoke closing of local art show By JULIE HINDS Two nude portraits apiearing at a recent Power Center art exhibit prom- pted enough controversy to close the show, and a local gallery owner and a Royal Oak artist are accusing the of- ficials involved of unfair censorship. The nudes appeared in a Curtis Gallery exhibit commissioned by the University's Professional Theater Program...…

….... I -HAPPENINGS- HIGHLIGHT The Creativity Ensemble Company; a theatre company consisting of University students and recent graduates proudly announces their spring 'production of "Wine in the Wilderness," a one-act play by Alice Childress directed by Evelyn Collins. The drama opens tonight at 8 p.m., at the Can- terbury Loft, 332 S. State. Tickets are available at the door. FILMS MED-The Desk Set, 7 p.m. only; Bringing Up Baby, 9 p.m., o...…