…Ninety-Three Years of Editorial Freedom C I tic Sir tga ~Iai i Plunging Winter returns with a chance of snow flurries and a high around 41. ol. XCIII, No. 123 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, March 9, 1983 Ten Cents Eight Pages x Student leaps lrom third floor in Law Quad blaze By HALLE CZECHOWSKI A University law student suffered second-degree burns and a broken vertebra when he was forced to ju...…
…Page 2-Wednesday, March 9, 1983-The Michigan Daily Senate to vote on nomination of nun to top post LANSING (UPI) - The nomination of state welfare director Sister Agnes Mansour - a "symbol" in a church ver- sus state battle over government-paid abortions.. . became a matter for the full Michigan Senate yesterday. The Roman Catholic nun, ordered last month by Detroit Archbishop Edmund Szoka to relinquish her post, strongly reiterated that she...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, March9, 1983-Page 3 'U', MSU share minority woes By SHARON SILBAR While minority enrollment figures bhae edged upward in recent years, the . total number of black students on cam- pus has dropped steadily. Statistics recently released in East Lansing show that Michigan State University is ex- :periencing the same problem. MSU lost 12 black students this year over last - far fewer than the Unvier- sity of Michig...…
…4 OPINION Page 4 Wednesday, March 9, 1983 The 'U, and change in The Michigan Daily South Africa By Patrick Mason The University's attitude toward the issue of divestment from South Africa must be publicly labelled for what it is - a cruel and callous farce bred in arrogance, ignorance, and greed. The administration would have us believe that because they have begun to con- sider divestment from four firms operating in South Africa tha...…
…ARTS The Michigan Daily Wednesday, March 9, 1983 Page 5 'Big Brother watches over '1984' lecture By Jim Boyd I N 1948 George Orwell wrote a novel about the relatively distant future of mankind. His book, entitled 1984, will be examined this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 10-12, as the Univer- sity hosts a conference termed "The Future of 1984." This conference will tr- y to come to grips with Orwell's prophetic vision at a time tha...…
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…4 SPORTS The Michigan Daily Wednesday, March 9, 1983 Page 8 LONG JUMPS TO NCAAS Harper launches to new lengths KERRSE WORDS BY JOHN KERR By CHRIS GERBASI .DerekHarper is a familiar name in Big Ten circles. He scores 15 points and shoots 60 percent from the field for the Illinois basket- ball team. But less commonly known is that Derek Harper can long jump over 25 feet and run the 60-yard dash in 6.47 seconds. Of course, the latter ...…
