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…* 4 Page 2-Wednesday, December 1, 1982-The- Michigan Daily In the land of the giants Two elderly Chicago women shiver against the cold as they pass by a storefront window displaying the tanned legs of summer. MSA urged against proposed Changes in U research policy Girl gets gift of d disease resistence BOSTON (AP) - Doctors have cured a baby girl born without resistance to disease and say the treatment offers hope for other children like h...…

…0 Page 2-Thursday, December 2, 1982-The Michigan Daily Debate over gas tax intensifies From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - Despite bipartisan support, problems began cropping up yesterday for the Reagan ad- ministration's proposed gasoline tax increase. Some legislators said their states will not get a fair share of the 5-cent-a- gallon hike in the federal gasoline tax, now at 4 cents, to finance $5.5 billion worth of highway, bridge and mass tran...…

…Page 2-Friday, December 3, 1982-The Michigan Daily 'U' teaches kids how to operate computers By AMY KORMAN Next, Andre tells the children to pun- No one can dispute that today is the ch in any characters or command they age of computers, and the University is want so they can discover what the preparing for it in a unique way- computer can do. teaching children to run the machines. Andre teaches the class in three Steve Andre, of the Universit...…

…al Page 2-Saturday, December 4, 1982-The Michigan Daily Heart attack kilL MEXICO CITY (AP)- British comedian Marty Feldman, whose bulging blue eyes and wacky style brought laughter to millions of moviegoers, has died of a massive heart attack, his agent said yesterday. Michael Maslansky, manager and agent of the 49-year-old comedian, said in Los Angeles that Feldman died Thursday night at about 9:30 p.m. in his Mexico City hotel room hours a...…

…al JEWISH CHRISTMAS??? Everything you always wanted to know about CHANUKAH But were afraid to ask! DATE: MON., DEC. 6 TIME: 5:00 P.M. PLACE: 1429 Hill St. Discussion led by: Rabbi Avraham Jacobowitz Director, Torah Center of Metro Detroit Page 2-Sunday, December 5, 1982-The Michigan Daily j w w e, ' ..: 'Jt._ r %f NN FULL SERVICE PHOTO LAB Hoping for snow Daily Photo by LISA CHRISTIE Jimmy Spearow tries some boots on for size in ant...…

…6 . The MSA UMN/ is now accepting applications for the position of Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer Requirements: - 0 Class of '84 or '85 " Two semesters of College Accounting to be completed by May '83 * Previous work experience Applications are being accepted at the MSA offices-3909 Michigan Union The Application Deadline is January 5, 1933 FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 763-3241 HOUSING DIVISION FOR WINTER TERM 1983 POSITION OPENING: RESIDE...…

…Page 2-Wednesday, December 8, 1982-The Michigan Daily Cruise missiles ready for action WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Air Force announced yesterday the first squadron of B-52G bombers equipped with 12 nuclear-tipped cruise missiles will go on daily alert status beginning next week, ushering in a new era of strategic atomic weaponry. The air-launched cruise missile is the first. weapon of its kind to become operational in the U.S. armed forces, with t...…

…a Page 2--Thursday, December 9, 1982-The Michigan Daily sPorn peddlers turn to computers ,)WASHINGTON (UPI)- Child pornographers are increasingly turning to such tools of technology as home computers and video recorders in a bid to make their business more sophisticated, an FBI expert said yesterday. of But the machines can be used against them by police trained to look for the right evidence, super- Visory special agent Kenneth Lanning told...…

…61 Page 2-Friday, December 10, 1982-The Michigan Daily 4 State House approves unemployment bill IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports LANSING (UPI)- A plan to straighten out Michigan's debt-plagued unemployment compen- sation system by taxing employers and curbing benefits cleared the House yesterday by a comfor- table margin. The 74-28 vote came a few hours after the measure cleared the House Labo...…

…Page 2-Tuesday, December 1, 1981-The Michigan Daily Supreme Court to decide drug smuggling case BOWL TOURS and FLIGHTS Call: Kings Productions Auditions UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room Dec. I1; 2-6 p.m. KINGS ISLAND American Heritage Music Half Jan. 23 &24; 1&6 p.m. Productions feature professionally designed scen- ery, costumes, staging and choreography in fully. equipped theatres and outdoor stages. Singers " Dance...…

…Page 2--Wednesday, December 2, 1981-The Michigan Daily Kentucky's black college fights to survive FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - When the federal government ordered Kentucky to develop a plan to desegregate its public colleges, did it want to turn Kentucky State University, the state's only traditionally black school, into a two-year com-. munity college? A decision this week on the school's status by Ken- tucky's Council on Higher Education could lea...…

…Page 2-Thursday, December 3, 1981--The Michigan Daily Nicaragua to receive Soviet jets,official says WASHINGTON (AP)- A senior U.S. official said yesterday that Nicaragua is preparing to bolster its air force with Soviet-made MiG jets and is "on the verge of becoming a superpower in Central American terms." The official, who spoke on condition his name and position not be identified, disclosed that the revolutionary government in Nicaragua re...…

…'P"ge 2-Friday, December 4, 1981-The Michigan Daily House OKs worker's comp bills LANSING (UPI)- The House passed *piajor six-bill package of worker's cpmpensation reform measures last night after nearly seven hours of caucuses and floor debate. -,Gov. William Milliken immediately ,labeled the bills "a deliberate and premeditated step backwards which would seriously damage our attempts i6 turn the Michigan economy around." THE BILLS, aimed at...…

…Page 2-Saturday, December 5, 1981-The Michigan Daily Haig says Nicaragua l'eads en Soviet subversion CASTRIES, St. Lucia (UPI) - Secretary of State Alexander Haig charged yesterday Nicaragua had become the headquarters of the Cuban and Soviet-backed subversion of Cen- tral America and said the United States would do "whatever is necessary" to stop it: With Nicaragua's foreign minister seated only a few feet away, Haig told a meeting of the Or...…

…Page 2-Sunday, December 6, 1981-The Michigan Daily r dara Solidarity e From AP and UPI Walesa sought A WARSAW, Poland - Warning that Glemp's help on t solidarity must "do or die," a hardline yesterday as union a. 'action of the Solidarity labor union perts prepared for a opened a key regional conference economy.. Iesterday by calling for a confrontation A WARSAW newsp with Poland's Communist government, said that to carry Zbigniew Bujak, chair...…

…Page 2-Tuesday, December 8, 1981-The Michigan Daily MSA to review proposed 'U' hazing policy (Continued from Page 1) because it is difficult to say how far the University can go in punishing mem- bers of groups that aren't legally tied to It. -(NON-INTERFERENCE) has historically been the University prac- tice," Johnson said. "Thus far, we take the position that it's not our business." Some hazing practices fall under sanctions listed in the R...…

…Page 2-Wednesday, December 9, 1981-The Michigan Daily Libyan hijackers head for Iran IN BRIEF By AP and UPI BEIRUT, Lebanon - Three hijacked Venezuelan planes with 102 hostages landed in Cuba to end a two- day drama but Islamic extremists holding 41 hostages aboard a Libyan jetliner continued their multi-nation odyssey, taking off for Iran early this morning. The three Moslems, after stops in Athens, Rome, and Beirut Tuesday, forced Lebanese...…

…Page 2-Thursday, December 10, 1981-The Michigan Daily Sakharov in-law w1s exit visa, MOSCOW (AP)-The Soviet KGB' secret police told the daughter-in-law of Andrei Sakharov yesterday the Nobel laureate had ended his 17day hunger strike in exile and that she would be allowed to go to the United States to join her husband. Liza Alexeyeva, 26, said she was summoned to KBG headquarters yesterday afternoon and told that Sakharov and his wife, Yelena...…

…Page 2-F D ivided H WASHINGTON (AP)- A deeply divided House pased 218 to 197 yesterday a Republican-backed plan to gve President Reagan $4 billion in additional spengding cuts from domestic programs this fiscal year. The final vote came only moments after the cham- ber, on a tally of 2 2 to 194, dumped an alternative Democratic proposal that would have made $3 billion in cuts in the huge, catch-all bill to keep the federal government from runn...…

…0 Page 2--Saturday, December 12, 1981-The Michigan Daily From AP and UPI Hai sys Amertican removal a minor step BRUSSELS, Belgium- Secretary of State Alexander Haig yesterday disregarded allied skeptisicm over U.S. actions against Libya, declaring that the decision to call Americans home and ban travel to Libya were "rhinor steps" designed to save American lives. He said Washington has a special' problem with Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy b...…

…I Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 1, 1989 Diag rally will call attention to AIDS by Josephine Ballenger Today marks the celebration of World AIDS Day. Under the slogan, "Our Lives, Our World, Let's Take Care of Each Other" 166 countries across the globe will honor the event with rallies and. Locally, a rally will be held at noon on the diag featuring: an AIDS patient speaking about the disease, call-and-response songs, and Elis...…

…4 Page 2- The Michigan Daily- Monday, December 4, 1989 U.S., Soviet leaders to curb arms races MARSALOX BAY, Malta (AP) - President Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev moved closer to- gether at their Mediterranean summit to curb the nuclear and conventional arms races to drop the curtain on the Cold War. But they also discovered that the pace of events, especially in Eastern Europe, is rapidly outstripping the capacity of the most powe...…

…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, December 5, 1989 Shelling continues Cars ablaze in a street of south Lebanon's town of Nabatiyeh yesterday. Israeli-backed south market town with heavy artillery, killing four people and wounding 18 others. AP Photo Lebanon army militia pounded the shiite Moslem EXIT Continued from page 1 versity should be highly panicked about the disproportionate numbers. In 1987 Black students repre- sented more than ...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 6, 1989 Bush, Qua yle differ on summi~t IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Fighting persists in Lebanon BEIRUT - Israel's jets raided Palestinian guerrilla bases yesterday, its surrogate militia shelled towns in south Lebanon, and fighting betwech rival Shiite Moslem militias spread to Beirut. President Elias Hrawi said he would ask Syria to withdraw the 40,000 soldie...…

…01 Page 2- The Michigan Daily -Thursday, December 7, 1989 CZECH Continued from page 1 t to get professionals the opposition wants in the government to join the Cabinet. If the situation does not calm down,tand the government doesn't win public confidence, Adamec said he would have no choice but to step' down. "If the government does not have these conditions, I cannot take any responsibility for what happens,"y Adamec said. f' Havel said Comm...…

…Pago 2-The Michigan Daily -Friday, December 8, 1989 Governor urges help for drug w: eDETROIT (AP) - Governor he said. James Blanchard said yesterday he Blanchard said compani wants business, labor, school and Big Three automakers 1 law enforcement leaders to jointly ployce assistance progran fight drug and alcohol abuse. drug and alcohol abuse, bu The battle begins in school and at needs to help smaller b work, Blanchard said, "trying to witho...…

…I Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Monday, December 11, 1989 i all for reform -About 5,000 people gathered yesterday in Moscow to hear parliamentarians two days before the Congress of People's Deputies opens its second session. Police did not disturb the peaceful rally and march. :rx, r,, The University of Michigan SCHOOL OF MUSIC I, Tues. Dec. 12 - University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra & Chamber Choir Gustav Meier & Theodore Morris...…

…A Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 12, 1989 Mountain bikes may endanger Arb by Beth Johnson The Arb, that peaceful retreat .from the pressures of college life, lias been invaded by bicycles - specifically mountain bikes. With little other terrain to ride on, many students have turned to the Arb, for off-road riding. Traditionally, bijkgrs have been encouraged to use the Arb, but as the popularity of mountain biking has grown, th...…

…a p Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 1, 1988 pposition head speaks on Chile BY KRISTIN HOFFMAN Carlos Dupre, a Chilean leader of the opposition campaign that defeated General Augusto Pinochet in Oc- tober, will address Chile's current polical situation tonight. Dupre will highlight the changes his party, the Christian Democrats, will seek after next December's election - the first election to be held since parliament was dis...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 2, 1988 Study: nursing homes are poor 4 WASHINGTON - Inspectors found unsanitary food service or poor provision for personal hygiene in about one-fifth of Michigan's full- service nursing homes visited as part of a federal study released yesterday. However, Michigan nursing hales provided better care than the national average in nearly all of the categories used to assess the quality of their pe...…

…I Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 5, 1988 Panel: End U.S. aid to El Salvador BY JONATHAN SCOTT The $550 million in military and pMpnomic aid the United States gives to El Salvador annually goes to sopport a regime responsible for the death of over 70,000 Salvadorans in the past five years, a panel of four told reporters at a press conference Friday. Although the Reagan administra- tion refers to El Salvador as a "fledgling dem...…

…E Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 6, 1988 'President Ford rarely came to the Washington area that he didn't come by to spend an hour, or may-be a couple of hours, with me in the Oval Office.' - Jimmy Carter, former President Forum Continued from Page 1 Bernard Muna, a lawyer from Cameroon, concurred with Boeninger. Participants disagreed on the economic system in which democracy grows best. Jorge Otera Lathrop of Chile said...…

…0 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 7, 1988 'U' standards continue to rise BY JESSICA STRICK The influx of applicants for the class of 1993 has allowed the University to be more selective, but at the same time is forcing the admissions office to "overbook." "The rules of the game have changed a little bit as some schools have become more selec- tive," said University Director of Admissions Donald Swain. The University accep...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 1988 Paths to democracy debated Leaders to issue final statements today BY KRISTIN HOFFMAN Final statements will be issued today to close the All-Democracies Conference, an international gather- ing of politicians and private citizens being held at the University. The 43 nations participating in the conference differ in the methods they support to promote international democracies. The gr...…

…0 Pogo 2 - The Michigan Doily - Friday, December 9, 1988 Israeli speaks about uprisings By KRISTIN HOFFMAN Israeli journalist Gideon Remez opened his speech to a small gathering at Hillel last night by by saying he was grateful to have attended the international conference of democracy held this week, as there were "no attacks on Israel." "There was no Arab delegation, as Israel is the only democracy in the area," he added. Remez spoke at ...…

…0 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 12, 1988 Breakfast in bed hits the spot BY ALEX GORDON I was a deprived child. For years I watched the Brady Brunch, and it seemed that every morning," before Greg, Marcia, and company headed off to Millard Fillmore Jr. High, Alice would be up cheerfully cooking them a nice hearty breakfast.' 'The breakfast I usually got was a bowl of Coco-Krispies, and I had to pour the milk myself. However, ...…

…I Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 13, 1988 Nation shivers under record cold IN BRIEF Ry TUR A slCTAT n PDRS S -nnitai1 cl d h ynnriencA the eac TTni;.A ,.ntee cm un., T nna1 mor te n ..,caw ham7 Comilemidfromm Asscriated Pre ss and staff rnarts Du I 1E t u..'.,'.-.- A IAn" IF= r~ * nVNFLLi., .satu.* 1Cr UAUI."'-' Luc U.)L LJIILLU JLaLL..S, )aiU 1U5 I L USUUII CLS WUI~.. Wi.Ln tsier-cUU aUan a u lanw-tuu much of the nation ye...…

…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, December 1, 1987 Inqu.ring Photographer By DAVID LUBLINER IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Would you support a mandatory University course on racism and sexism? Why or why not? Mark VanOsdol, LSA senior: "No, I don't feel that a University course will Mange people's racist ipinions, and the presence b? a mandatory course will serve only to anger some people... who object to ,being told to ...…

…I Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, December 2, 1987 Court rejects moment of s11ence In schools WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court yesterday refused to let New Jersey provide moments of silence for public school students, but gave no hint whether similar laws in other states impermissibly promote school prayer. The court ruled unanimously that the New Jersey legislators w h o sought to press the controversy in court no longer have the p...…

…I Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Thursday, December 3, 1987 Improved Soviet human rights record may affect accord I MOSCOW(AP) - The Soviet Union is embarking on t h e superpower summit with its best human rights record in recent memory. But while Westerners applaud the looser restraints o n emigration and dissent, it remains unclear why the Soviets have changed their practices or whether they will continue. Some diplomats who monitor humanitar...…

…E Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Friday, December 4, 1987 'U' study: American kids lack math skills By JIM PONIEWOZIK American elementary schoolchildren trail their counterparts in China, Japan and Taiwan in math skills, finds a Uni- versity psychology department study. Psychology Prof. Harold Stevenson, who led the research team, faulted parents and the American educational system for students' inability to perform up to their potential. Steven...…

…4 Pdge 2 -The Michigan Daily-Monday, December 7, 1987 Students bus, fly to attend demonstration INBRIEF (Continued from Page 1) LSA first-year student Beth Rudner said, "I have a feeling this will be a very important part of moderm Jewish history and I want to be able to say I was a part of it." "Rudner was one of 37 students who traveled to Washington on a Grayhound bus rented by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. The students slept in ...…

…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...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, December 9, 1987 Wayman, LaGRO( (Continued fromPage 1) people willing to participate on a limited basis. Wayman said that she learned to deal with her homosexuality at a relatively early age. She had been attracted exclusively to females since the age of four, and by the time she was 11 years old, she "realized it Wasn't going to change." She admitted her lesbianism to her family at the age of 14. Wayman'...…

…4 Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Thursday, December 10, 1987 usy students shop for holiday season (Continued from Page 1) are selling during the holiday season, he said, although the football season reates the most sales for the store. "I'm looking for little bits of Michigan paraphernalia," said Kelly Eccleston, an LSA junior. Borders Book Store has sold a lot of copies of best sellers, which are Read and U68 Daitq Cetogiiedo not holiday gif...…

…I Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Friday, December 11, 1987 Official (Continued from Page 1) quality. And he talked about the percent- age of minority students at the Uni- versity. "Minority enrollment is clearly one of the most important concerns," he said in 1980, "but it does not stand above all others." He also talked about research - he encouraged professors to more actively solicit national funding - and undergraduate education, saying "pe...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, December 1, 1984 Photographer By Dan Habib "What do you expect from President Reagan's next four years?" Charles Heckstall, engineering fresh- Catherine Gillespie, LSA junior: "He'll man: "Probably a nuclear war." make our relationship with Russia and other countries worse than what they are now because he cares too much about political prosperity and too little about the general welfare of everyon...…

…0 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Sunday, December 2, 1984 Lebanon scorns Israeli plans IN BRIEF BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) - Lebanese leaders accused Israel yesterday of trying to sabotage peace efforts and President Amin Gemayel sought ways to break an impasse with Israel in troop withdrawal talks. The strongest criticism came from Nabih Berri, the Shiite Moslem leader and Cabinet minister of state for Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon. BERRI SA...…

…6 Page 2 The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, December 4, 1984 U.S. ev oy toreturnUo idas IN BRIEF WASHINGTON (AP) - Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy will return to the Middle East this week to try to break a negotiating logjam over arranging an Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon, U.S. officials said yesterday. One State Department official, who spoke only on condition that he not be identified, said the trip reflects in- cre...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 5, 1984 High court debates WASHINGTON (AP) - The legitimacy of setting laws, but not all of them mention prayer. aside daily moments of silence for student prayer or BATON ROUGE, La., lawyer John B meditation in the nation's public schools was debated ding the Alabama law for Gov. GeorgeP yesterday before a sharply divided Supreme Court. it does not coerce students to pray. In a case as politic...…