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… One hundred ten years ofeditoriafreedom i NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASIFIED: 764,0557 wwwmkicgandaily.com Wednesday November 1, 2000 Dems seek ,majority in State house By Hanna LoPatin Daily Staff Reporter After losing control in 1998, Democrats are trying to regain a majority in the House of Representatives in the W coming election. But Inside Michigan Politics Editor Bill Ballenger doesn't think that's likely to happen. "The odds are against the...…

…One hundred ten years ofeditorialfreedom NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 7640557 WWWmichigandaily comn Thursday November 2, 2000 I f t t t. t. ! kF ! Yi 1 S I lb cited for drug sales C By David Enders Daily Staff Reporter Washtenaw County narcotics inves- tigators yesterday continued to serve 13 warrants issued this week in con- nection with alleged sales of the drug ecstasy at the Nectarine Ballroom, a popular Ann Arbor dance club. Respond...…

…One hundred ten years of editorialfreedom NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmichigandaily.com Friday November 3, 2000 F Pi ie '. L a3 ¢ ¢ : earing moved up in LSA Jawsuit Oral arguments for summary judgement rescheduled for Nov. 16 By Jen Fish Daily Staff Reporter * Oral arguments have been moved ,p to Nov. 16 for the summary judg- ment in the lawsuit challenging the use of race as a factor in admission to the College of Literature, ...…

…NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmmichigandai ycom One hundred ten years ofeditorarlfreedom Monda November 6, 2000 K -' i A5 Senate hopefuls optimistic oof victory By Jeremy W. Peters Daily Staf Reporter NOVI - With the polls in Michi- gan's U.S. Senate race still showing no clear favorite, candidates Spence Abra- ham and Debbie Stabenow spent the weekend before Election Day greeting voters at stores, churches and bowling alleys thro...…

… _..e_ --. .,..,.,,, a I- 4 4V &III YEWS: 76-DAILY LASSIFiED: 764-0557 vww michigandaily.com Tuesday November 7, 2000 M4LI ,Bush looks to Tenn. ,for votes From staff and wire reports CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - In a last bit of psycho- logical warfare, Texas Gov. George W. Bush charged into Vice President Al Gore's home state on the final day of the presidential campaign, radiating such confidence that he extolled the mandate he plans to pre...…

… I 'Er One hundred ten years of editoria,,freedom ,rI IEWS: 76-DAILY '"LASSIIED: 764-0557 n vwmichigandaily. com Wednesday November 8, 2000 Recount in Florida to determine who wins White House From staff and wire reports After an apparent victory for Texas Gov. George W. Bush early this morning, Vice President Al Gore retracted his concession around 3:30 a.m. when the results in Florida nar- rowed to a less than 1 percent margin and De...…

… w4 One hundred ten years of editoriil freedom *rni NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmichigandaily.com Thursday November 9, 2000 6tabenow victorious, GOP still Jas Senate By Jeremy W. Peters Daily Staff Reporter p r{ F i b s a4 w a l o~ i ' . I RECOUNTING When Debbie Stabenow was official- ly declared the winner of Michigan's Senate race at 10 a.m. yesterday, she became one of three new Democratic enators, giving Democrats a tota...…

…MMM" One hundred ten years af'editoril freedom 4v Ili "i 1 EWS: 76-DAILY LASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwmichigandaily.com Friday November 10, 2000 I larper to lead dent ffairs ... and still counting Jon Fish aily Staff Reporter After an embattled term as Interim ice President for Student Affairs, E. oyster Harper has been recommend- by University President Lee linger to assume permanent control the office. "I'm very excited and thrilled,"...…

…N N One hundred ten years ofeditorialfreedom f NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 www.michigandaily.com Monday November 13, 2000 q I@B W -4 II 'r nu 'a cantor to remain as 'U' provost Wisconsin names John iley new chancellor of Madison campus By Jen Fish Daily Staff Reporter After a six-month search, the regents of the University of Wis- consin system have chosen Madi- on campus Provost John Wiley as the new chancellor of the institu- t...…

…Ct One hundred ten years of editorial freedom a tf4 WS: 76-DAILY LASSI FIED: 764-0557 twwmichigandaily.com Tuesday November 14, 2000 F.'r% ,.,. .. L..T. T .a . ,. >. , ua .. f RY A .,. o>z it. .. Y ae SM1. Courts refuse injunction; Fla. keeps 5 p.m. deadline Student dies after binge dninking Fight for votes tumbles into court The Associated Press The fight for the White House tumbled into the courts yesterday as a transfixed nation witn...…

…One hundred ten years ofeditorfdlfreedom r Y CL" " NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 7640557 wwwmichigandaily.com Wednesday November 15, 2000 m CXJ,4 NO. a ... ,:" , ., ,w.. " ?i .. .. .:.~ t >~" ' ,. s. .°" z..xriAd^&,a, e'er 'eCS . ?<" r3 ,sd: . N" io;,..,, ", s. ^,F.t +39a E .t ,sr,5; POO Admission trial to gt started in ODetroit By Jon Fish and Usa Koivu Daily Staff Reporters Bush by 300 1 Florida The wait may soon be over. After thr...…

…NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 www.michigandally.com One hundred ten yearsf di~trfreedom UnY Thursday November 16, 2000 .- < .: . « .n8 « ,:K S ; > wa¢ka s a :> .' e .>,> , a. , a t ^ "_-; s n .,e< . : t ... v: .a. e: i". 2r I Absentee ecount requests t The Associated Press State Katherine recounts "pending In dueling televised appearances, Al Gore the process was p ade a surprise proposal for a statewide hand Bush's camp recount o...…

… One hundred ten years ofeditoriafreedom EWS: 76-DAILY LASSIIED: 764-0557 wwmichigandailyxcom Friday November 17, 2000 ..... . ..... I ecounts esume ter court 05 n ecision ,e Associated Press Al Gore won his fight yesterday to pand manual recounts in Florida as struggled to trim George W Bush's 0-vote lead before the Republican cretary of state certifies the arathon White House race tomorrow. OP lawyers asked courts to stop the unting a...…

…One hundred ten years of editorialfreedom r Monday November 20, 2000 .,, ,, ; ., Y. mbigm Dail,.. 'U ' By David Enders Daily Staff Reporter to pay for bus driver's defense Washtenaw County prosecutors have filed charges against the student who was at the wheel of a University commuter bus when it struck and killed a woman in September. Daryl Cain, 22, could face up to two years in prison if convicted of negligent manslaugh- ter in the Se...…

…One hundred ten years of edioralfreedom NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 www.michigandaily.com Tuesday November 21, 2000 F Allk l Justices hear case TALL Court ju the stat would 1 long as t Electora The c tion - long? - APPHOTO weeks a Chief Justice Charles Wells asks a question during a hearing in the Florida Ther Supreme Court in Tallahassee, Fla. expect ichigan ewis, headled t Orlando for Citrus Tickets available today for New Ye...…

…One hundred ten years of editon lfreedom t tt NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 7640557 www michigandail y. com Wed nesday November 22, 2000 1 f 9'1 :. R _ ' Sc g4 I U U U The Associated Press In a dispiriting blow to George W. Bush, the Florida Supreme Court granted Al Gore's request to keep the presidential recounts grinding away last night, even as vote-coun- ters plowed through bal- lots and shrunk Bush's minuscule advantage in the cl...…

…NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-055 wwwmichlgandaly.co 7 r One hundred ten yeah ofediondfreedom Monday November 27, 2000 f+3 86A D Uda goes Bush I Gore plans to challenge certification The Associated Press Florida's secretary of state certified George W Bush the winner over Al Gore last night in the state's near-dead- locked presidential vote - but court contests left in doubt which man will be the ultimate victor and 43rd president of t...…

… Oe r t !WS: 76-DAILY .ASSIFIED: 764-0557 ww.michigandaily.com November E8, 2000 MIM' !findings 1how U' G re AS% e-nges resu Its durnshot y Soviets staff and wire reports Raoul Wallenberg, a 1935 Universi- alumnus and the Swedish diplomat ho disappeared after helping thou- nds of Jews escape Nazi-occupied ungary, undoubtedly was shot and lied by the Soviets, the head of a ussian presidential commission said rday. The statement by Ale...…

…t ian IWI One hundred ten years feditorlaieedom ti EWS: 76-DAILY LASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwmichigandaily.com Wednesday November 29, 2000 4., 42, sore seeks speedy recount e Associated Press Al Gore sought a speedy hand recount of lorida's contested ballots yesterday to sure "no question, no cloud" hangs over nation's 43rd president. A judge rejected is timetable, Democratic lawyers vowed to ppeal and Republicans demanded, "It's me to wrap t...…

…One hundred ten years ofeditorialdfreedom NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 www.michigandaily.com Thursday November 30, 2000 I --4 ~ -K I *Minority rates p for class f 2004 By Usa Koivu Daily Staff Reporter Although underrepresented minority numbers in this years freshmen class have risen, according inumbers released by the University yesterday, the overall percentage of minorities at the Uni- versity has decreased. This year's f...…

…2 - TheMichigan Daily -- Wednesday, November 1, 2000 NATION/WORLD --. EFFECT Continued from Page 1 want Nader campaigning in swing states. "We would encourage him not to take votes away from Gore up to and including his dropping out of the race," she said. "If you look at Al Gore's record, it is the clear record of an environmental champion." While appreciating the ideals that Nader stands for, Sease said, the unlikelihood of his victory ma...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily -Thursday, November 2, 2000 I NATiON Crews search or ca Los Angeles Tines TAIPEI, Taiwan - As a violent typhoon continued, investigators of a deadly Singapore Airlines crash were trying yesterday to determine whether the jumbo jet struck a mystery object on the runway seconds before shearing apart and bursting into flames. Reports circulated Taipei that the Boeing 747-400 bound for Los Angeles may have hit a wheel o...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 3, 2000 NATION/WORLD Car bomb escalates tensions in Mideast JERUSALEM (AP) - A thunder- ous car bomb killed two Israelis near a crowded Jerusalem market yesterday, escalating tensions as Israeli and Palestinian leaders put off a truce announcement meant to end five weeks of fighting. Islamic militants claimed responsi- bility for the blast, which killed the daughter of a right-wing Israeli politi- ...…

… 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 6, 2000 NATION/WORLD Clinton to meet with Barak, Arafat JERUSALEM (AP) - Scattered clashes yesterday across the Gaza Strip and West Bank left two Pales- tinians dead, 17 injured and tensions high despite a truce agreement and plans for upcoming meetings in Washington. President Clinton, who has been try- ing to restore calm to the region, will play host to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Thur...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 7, 2000 NATION!WORLD .1 Mideast leaders argue over truce agreement Teenagers killed on West Bank as Israeli, Palestinian leaders accuse each other of failing to adhere to truce JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister yesterday accused the Palestinians of failing to implement a truce agreement, while Palestinian leaders called for expanded foreign mediation. As the rhetoric ran hot, street clashes...…

…NATION/WORLD~-------- 2 --The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 8, 2000 Crane cited in jet crash TAOYUAN, Taiwan (AP) - One week after the deadly crash of a Singapore Airlines jetliner, the airport runway remains an eerie memorial: Melted suitcases, crumpled shirts, a Hello Kitty doll, scattered pink and purple socks and a mangled construction crane. Investigators confirmed for the first time yesterday that it was the crane that ripped o...…

…2A- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 9, 2000 NATION/WORLD-- VNS Continued from Page 1A follow suit because they were criti- cized for being slow. Achen said the networks made this call before a single vote was counted. University communications studies Prof. Mike Traugott, who worked with retrieving exit poll information in Michigan for the Detroit radio station WJR, attributed some of the exit poll miscalculation to human errors when...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily -- Friday, November 10, 2000 NATION/WORLD .1 Clinton holds meeting with Arafat I AcROSS THE NATiON 1 Pr- v, WASHINGTON (AP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said yesterday he would be willing to attend another Middle East summit, with President Clinton as host, provided it was well-prepared "to ensure its success." "This is why I am here," Arafat said after a two- hour meeting with Clinton at the White House and ...…

…2A -The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 13, 2000 NATION/WORLD DEBATE Continued from Page 1A the strange turn of events on Elec- tion Day and the actions of the can- didates in the aftermath. On the topic of the ballot in Palm Beach County, Fla., the partisan lines between Rivers and Schwarz were clearly drawn as each defended their own candidate. Many residents in the traditionally liberal county have claimed they mistakenly voted for Ref...…

…2 -The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, November 14, 2000 NATION/WORLD Cost of stamps to raise a penny WASHINGTON - The cost of mailing a letter will be going up a "-penny, probably in January. The independent Postal Rate Com- mission acted yesterday on a request by the Postal Service for a rate increase to offset rising costs. Under the commission's action, the 'price of a first-class stamp will rise to 34 cents. But the 22-cent cost of a sec- on...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily -- Wednesday, November 15, 2000 N ATION! WORLD- I REGENTS Continued from Page 1 .doctor of, Scienice, ad J.ohniTislh- mlan. CI;{() of-'I sh nan Reality anid l'onstruction, for ia doctor of'cngi- uacering degree. Other items on the regents iagenda include it number of con- structioni projects. herregents will consider giving aluthorization to appoint an aci arh-c for the building of' the new Science Instruction ( ente...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 16, 2000 NATION/WORLD 8 Palestinians killed in fighting GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli soldiers killed eight Palestinians in bitter clashes yesterday, the highest death toll in nearly a month. There were no celebrations to mark what Palestinians see as their symbolic independence day -- only more funer- als and more violence. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who had promised his people in...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 17, 2000 NATION/WOR Israel JERUSALEM (AP) - Afte command centers, Israel ann freezing millions of dollars1 Palestinian Authority in an att er Arafat to abide by truce agr An envoy for President Clin Arafat and Israeli Prime Min failed to nudge them toward Instead, more angry words o seven weeks of violence flew b attempts to pres er rocketing Palestinian Two Palestinians were killed yesterday by I...…

…2A - The Michigan Daiy -- Monaay, November 20. 2000 NATION ORLD 6 etained in USS Cole bng P Suspects say they have never net but communicated through a third party ADEN, Yemen (AP) -- In one portrait emerging from Yemen, the plotters who attacked a U.S. war- ship in the port of Aden came from across the region, inspired by hatred, hardened by war and determined enough to try again and again until they were able to strike a mighty target. Y...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 21, 2000 NATION/WORLD - - -- Judge denies revote in Palm Beach The Washington Post WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A handful of vot- ers calling for a do-over of the presidential election in Palm Beach County because they said they were confused by the butterfly ballot won't get a second shot at Election Day. In a 17-page order yesterday, Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Jorge Labarga said the U.S. Co...…

…-2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 22, 2000 NATION/WORLD Peru lawmakers attack Fujimori LIMA, Peru (AP) - Outraged lawmakers dis-, missed President Alberto Fujimori in a raucous ses- slon of Congress late last night, refusing to accept his resignation and declaring him morally unfit for office. Though a political humiliation for the once-power- ful leader, the move did nothing to alter the course of presidential succession with C...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 27, 2000 NATION/WORLD Four killed tring to cross border I ACROSS THE NATioN, '7W KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP)- Israel - still engaged in violence with the Palestinians faced fresh security problems yesterday in Lebanon, where it rained missiles and machine gun fire in retaliation for a Hezbollah bombing that killed one soldier. The assault was Israel's first cross-border retaliatory attack since pu...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 28, 2000 NATION/WORLD I Barak tries tosustain governmient JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians opened fire on the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in east Jerusalem after nightfall yesterday, shattering what had been a relatively quiet day, while Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak scrambled to rescue his government from collapse. Barak made a last-minute appeal to the hard-line opposition to join him in a nati...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 29, 2000 NATION WORLD New elections to be held in Israel ACROSS THE NATm ff r-- --....,.- t1 JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's parliament voted overwhelmingly yesterday to hold new elections, after Prime Minister Ehud Barak - his government shaken by two months of street bat- ties with the Palestinians - reluctantly agreed to hard-liners' demands for an early vote. Polls have shown elections would be ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 30, 2000 NATION/WORLD Israeli election may influence peace talks JERUSALEM (AP) - A senior Palestinian negotiator said yesterday that he doubted a final peace accord with Israel could be reached before Israel's new elections, ten- tatively set for spring. But other Palestinian officials indicated that Ehud Barak appeared determined to speed up the process, say- ing privately that the Israeli pri...…

…LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 1, 2000 - 3 MSA accepts committee nominations Texas A&M to end 93 year old bonfire tradition Texas A&M students will not build a bonfire this year, a tradition dating back to 1907. Keep the Fire Burning announced last Friday it would not build an off-campus bonfire because of time restraints and insurance prob- lems. KTFB formed after Texas A&M President Ray Bowen banned the Aggie Bonfire...…

…4 LoCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday. November 2, 2000-- 3A RESEARCH Researchers look to potatoes for hepatitis vaccine Researchers have completed pre- iminary research on the development of a potato that would serve as a vac- , cine for Hepatitis B. The team, led by Hugh Mason at Cornell University's Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, developed a genetically modified potato with spe- cific proteins that stimulates the pro...…

…Thcp fAhioin Daily, - Irirkjv Nnvr hp")_AflA - SC R I M E L O C A L /S T A T E Tw o w a y s .4 r o n e e wo wa Sor one: State Street debated Woman finds Scott posters harrassing A female student reported Monday afternoon that her ex-fiance, against whom she has filed a personal protec- tion order, was harassing her, Depart- ment of Public Safety reports state. The student told officers that she thinks her ex-fiance has been harass- ing her...…

…CAMPUS Business School to host European economy forum A public conference, sponsored by the School of Business Administra- tion on European business is sched- uled for Thursday and Friday at Hale Auditorium. 1 More than two dozen business executives will be featured at the con- ference, titled "Business Transforma- tions in the European Economy," which start at 4 p.m. on Thursday. Discussions and lectures will end at 7 im. on Thursday, and con...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 7, 2000-- 3 R I M E ennies in lock lock student's xit from room A student living in South Quad esidence Hall was unable to leave heir room Friday morning after pen- ies were placed in the lock of the oom's door, according to DPS -eports. DPS did not report having any sus- ects in the incident. letcher residents ceive MIPs Three students in Fletcher Hall eceived minor in possession of alc...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 8, 2000 - 3 bGHER ED: TAs prepared to strike if union ot recognized University of Washington teaching assistants voted last week to strike if the administration does not acknowl- edge their union. The four-day vote included 1,100 graduate teaching assistants and resulted in an 86 percent majority win. Since 1998, the Graduate Student Employment Action Coalition and the nited Auto Workers...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 9, 2000 - 3A Students prepare for White Ribbon week 'U' health system and M- CARE receive grant The Partnerships for Quaity Edu- cation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have given ti University Health System and M-CARE a S150,000 one-year planning grant. The grant will be used to develop an innovative curriculum for trainees in interna' medicine, nursing, pharma- cy and social work....…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 10, 2000 - 3 C I M E Students join Bollinger to discuss By Anna Clark University Housing falls under the authority campus community are living farther and farther niz Car keyed, Daily Staff Reporter of newly-appointed Vice President of Student away. They're practically commuter students'" spa Affairs Royster Harper, who was also at the He added that "having upperclass students vandalized in...…

…LOCAL/STATE TheMichigan Daily - Monday,_November 13, 2000 - 3A CAMPUS Candidates rise above platform agendas Engineering prof. emeritus dies at age 94 Emeritus Electrical Engineering Prof. Raymond Mosher died last Wednesday at the age of 94. Mosher taught classes in power sys- tems from 1957 to 1976 at the School of Engineering following his teaching positions at the University of Vermont and the Dartmouth College Thayer School of Engineer...…

… LOCAL/S'TATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 14, 2000,- 3 'CRIME Kasdin speaks to SACUA on finances i.4 Football game leads to many crime incidents The Department of Public Safety, along with assisting law enforcement agencies, registered 31 incidents at Michigan Stadium on Saturday during Saturday's Michigan-Penn State foot- ball game, DPS spokeswoman Diane Brown said. The breakdown is as follows: Six minor in possession of alcoh...…