…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 10, 1998 NATION/WORLD Researchers discover oldest complete skeleton AROUND THE NATION * JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Researchers announced yesterday that they had dis- covered the oldest complete skeleton of a human ancestor, a four-foot-tall ape-human dating back 3.2 to 3.6 million years. The find could shed light on a pivotal debate about human origins: Did early human ancestors live on...…
…68 - Thelichigan Daily Weekeno tagazine.-Thgesday, Decemer 10, 1998 S. 0 The Michigan Dfy Weekend Ms Warmer weather doesn't affect bike theft rates Candlebox lending helping hand to local charity's efforts By Sasha Higgns Daily Arts Writer As temperatures were m April than December last University bikers came out o nation and hit the streets wit don. Unfortunately, bike might have gotten word "spring fever" as well. Warmer weather ease...…
…2 The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 11, 1998 NATION/WORLD NEIDHARDT Continued from Page 1 see the breadth of the University in its richness that I think few people outside the administration can do," Neidhardt said, adding that he was constantly excited to see researchers from all levels and disciplines work- ing together. Neidhardt said that closing his lab will allow him to return to a society that has always supported him along the w...…
…0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Monday, December 2, 1991 Investigations continue into dead opossum left at Daily by Renee Huckle and Christine Kloostra Daily Staff Reporters The University Department of Safety (DPS) is continuing an inves- tigation on the anti-Semitic note left on the front stairs of the Stu- dent Publications Building last Monday morning. The note read: "Liberal Jewish bastards feast upon your brethren. Foul associates of Sa...…
…0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, December 3, 1991 HOSTAGES Continued from page 1 Two Germans relief workers also are held. Their release is be- lieved to hinge on freedom for two Lebanese brothers imprisoned in Germany for terrorism. The broth- ers' elder sibling is security chief in 'I have to learn everything all over again' - Joseph Cicippio, freed hostage Beirut for Hezbollah, the Shiite fac- tion believed to be an umbrella group f...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, December 4, 1991 HOSTAGES Continued from page 1 Mich. "I told him I loved him.... I told him he's a grandfather, he didn't know that," she said. The United States welcomed the release, but White House spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater said the ordeal would not be over until all Westerners were freed. Besides Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, two Germans - Thomas Kemptner an...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, December 5, 1991 Ton Vernon Brent House Brian Kight Chris Teeley Aaron Williams Kinesilou~y Charles Smith Law Michael Warren Library Science Christopher Thiry LSA Ken Bartlette Tom Cunningham Scott Gast Core Hill Heather Johnston Priti Marwah John McCloskey 4odd Ochoa Melissa Saari Steve Stark Rob Van Houweling Natural Resources Nena Shaw Nursingw Nicole upe Rackham Ro er De Roo j]efT Hinte eilani Nishime ...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, December 6, 1991 TELLERS Continued from page 1 easier," said LSA first-year student Katherine Jablonski, who used a Comerica ATM machine yesterday. "Right now, I don't need to go to the cashier's office, but I could in the future ... I think this would be a good idea." Susan Vance, a program assis- tant at the Seminole Access Center at Florida State University, said FSU students have been very recep- tive t...…
… .) 0 The Prince of Tides (R) A sneak preview of Barbra Streisand's latest directorial effort, an adaptation of the Pat Conroy novel. We're sure everybody who's read the novel will love her adaptation. (At Briarwood: Saturday at 9:40 only; at Showcase: Saturday at 7:30 only) Ramblin Rose (R) Laura Dern and Robert Duvall star in a fine coming-of-age-in-the-South drama by Martha1 Coolidge, director of Valley Girl. (At Showcase: 7:25, 9:50,12:...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Monday, December 9, 1991 SOCIOLOGY Continued from page 1 also. I'm not just teaching a theory, I also change and learn through the courses - it affects my personal life." In addition, Sfeir-Younis said he was not in line for a tenure-track faculty position. This is the result of an unwritten University policy not to hire its doctoral graduates into tenure-track positions. "If they had offered an associate professors...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, December 10, 1991 SOVIET Continued from page 1 viet Parliament should decide whether the commonwealth would supplant his proposed Union Treaty to keep the country together. -.The breakup of the Soviet Union hag prompted deep concern about its -nuclear arsenal. Most of the weapons are stored in Russia, but some are based in the Ukraine, Byelorussia and Kazakhstan. "We do not want to see a pro- liferation of ...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, December 11, 1991 Kennedy testifies that accuser seduced him, then 'cried rape I '7 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A tense William Kennedy Smith took the stand yesterday and paifted his accuser as a sexually voracious woman who seduced him into sex twice in a half hour, then cried rape for reasons he can't explain. '.What are you, some kind of sex machine here?" the prosecutor asked Smith sarcastically. ...…
…Page 2-The Michigan ity-December 15,1991-EX EXTRA-December 1q91- Desmond s Picturesque Season Si s { t.:. They H ..3IIrI:~ILeod l Howard caught at east one touchdown pass in210 of this season s 1 games, games in1 a seasonwit. atqutcdown catch. Houston's Manny Ha"*d ( 09 and V~ti the onl3' y other6aEin NCAA history.to have caught a tuchdow..pass in 10:.e""lg * Howardsasnst3ea of lestataeith eTohd respto n htndedig lrecordfor consecutive reg...…
…0 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 3, 1990 Calvin and HC QUt'TE A SA. RtD E. O b V . -a. bbes by Bill Watterson I'VE tNEE, SEEN WERE Lucm A SLED CATc -NE Po ON AD VX- 19 U I c1990 Universal Press Syndicate 91IM12 r 0 Calvin and Hobbes LEM~ONA.DE !GET OUR ICE- OLD LEMONAD4E ! JUT IE OLS N GLSWW2TLSS J 47SN+ t-oWAE TRRBL SALES? I t tT. IT SURE is EP. SE, RI COLD O'UT. LEMONADE HVAS 'AL- NA\)RAV WmAT o e A GLASS by Bill Wat...…
…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 4,1990 Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson DEPUTIZED Continued from page 1 WHEN I GMc UP, IO! I'M GIW 0 C E0E MAN A1iq BUT I RATS. TN A.T WAt'S Wwt L ~EoRLSHPE 7J '{ov'RE GONG MWE THEN To BE PREM I CAN F INtSN LARUl LN THE MS BOOK. NUR51RG NOME. ti 2 O tul I Nuts and Bolts So wH-~r A E !=TALKI' " E-1:L1-51-nON CAMFAIG-N.? AIR. WHAr AR~E YOU &EFTrrIc, W45LL,YOU SAY GF-ORgcE Is COM tt"WNT ...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, December 5,1990 Calvin and Hobbes WANT T VER 1E A JOKE I MADE Up chi1990 UniversalPress Syndicate WWTtDo (OQ GVEUP. GET WHEN I'(M CANTAILOU ' ?j WtTN LASSI A KA~LMA - QCa BABPt.' GET WT?a - X1 A - ? IA INa by Bill Watterson "4E 3)ST poEN mT To DAEUP Tt E FCT- THAT IU. 8E TW E F-OF EER {PART c'{ . Awk Nuts and Bolts _9 oYou -THINK IHELL YL%! VR--af tT 206MN 2 NOW H.E IS RIC,4-r ON Mi ISN'T powc; COU...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Thursday, December 6, 1990 Calvin pad Hobbes by Bill Waterson National board continues. r 1 I 41j1 Jr .------- - CLU r,: You UST ANT E ER Too CAREsUL. IP o i~ 196 1990 Universal Press Syndcate I Nuts and Bolts Au. z'M AI N& IS AT ..^'* ISN'T &ONCFNTAT1N& SON " -REAL. FR C.S. WE (NAND OUT OF lK3v'A1T LKE CORN fl-IROL*HA COo5~,1 - BUT WE CAN'T Ce T THa NG6TAGF-S ouT OF THORE? STOP FOUTI GAL - WHAT... " .?...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily -Friday, December 7, 1990 Calvin and Hobbes HwNVE () SENMy GLAS~SES? I ANTFZ N ,,,, SE Et1E14 d j n , 00 GAA 4WA, GO BEING MISEABLE BUI~tLV by Bill Watterson DARN SAR.CASTIC KID 'AVPRAISING. 'g~ '27 r 4 VIk Nuts and Bolts _ THtf4K W M GOIN& EASY ON 6wpR, u5I -77.1I WEENIE S7?. L. WAN T o R~UN 1f4E C Oa'r1y . i~'uLg OFINtO.. I-4AIPCHIgCES, ARE 2')(ACTLY 7HAT, HA1Rp. Y(O - WHAT? YfOUt4C, ReI'USLI CANS ARE URI...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Monday, December 10, 1990 Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson WATCHING A~ 11 LOVE AD PEACE WTEg~W.D CoMMEPMS EXTLLIRG- 1 I"*A T TO o t 4 1 S; LI ThTSE CH-ILD a !Y60 VW~GLW7- 1 EPF. SUckA A 4STE ( ,.. .J N ~L p, , face tough job market Survey blames faltering economy for large drop in college graduate hiring quotas %JJ °C)- EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Employers are indicating the sharpest drop in hiri...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, December 11, 1990 Calvin and Hobbes I'M APMG izkT LIST, 1*86ES I t2-11 NMM... I CA NO7I/NG.a, "M\NK of DoLT? T"ING AT ALL AND A~ EST FRIEND.V MOE COULD N 'TIGE.R WAT? 40 by Bill Watterson IT MUST BE SAD BEING A SPECIES VIN So LITL IAITO Tearful families greet returning U.S. hostages ' ." , a ,. Nuts and Bolts I CAN SMELL WHAT? IT MAN. A WAR IN THE cUL.' A DRAFT. THE V.S. Z DON'?T TINK' THE C70VEFN...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, December 12, 1990 Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson Workers fear cuts in budget THAKs VoRIT SU.RE W's SAtA. KI Tho$E BIG I OE SWNTA £ENAPStS -t# Th c*4 O OtA NAU)i5 BAKOUT A PLE o\.PJ N GETS IT. PACS.T4 ps r N E ~AL I CN SMvt5, 77I/S REM S$!RkNG ~ r- AVER ~IA G ! M4u !IV 1 EAP? I DPRID t't Nuts and Bolts di COMA 1~ALLY"' SFA1RFIJL.. \" f 7 1rf ON I4ANNUKAH- OH I IANNUKAH CAME LJ&IT -HE MENOR4...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, December 1, 1992 I SHOPPING Continued from page 1 business was active over the week- end and even better than last year. Rusty Ortiz of Van Boven Shoes said that business was "about the same" this past weekend, adding that many of the store's customers were regulars who shopped with their children home from school for the holiday. Free parking may have helped State Street businesses Friday, Clark said. Bec...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, December 2,1992 EMU regents revamp student conduct code to fit Supreme Court ruling by Shelley Morrison Daily Higher Education Reporter The Eastern Michigan University (EMU) Board of Regents unani- mously amended the school's stu- dent conduct code last night to com- ply with a Supreme Court decision earlier this year that redefined col- leges' ability to restrict discriminatory behavior. The court, in R...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, December 3,1992 BILLS Continued from page 1 wait until the next legislative session to find out the fate of a related bill. Originally conceived by MCC and introduced by Rep. Lynn Jondahl (D-Okemos) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing), the Work Study amendment passed the House in April and is now in the Senate Education Committee. Sen. Michael Bouchard (R- Birmingham), chair of the Education Committee, sa...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, December 4, 1992 CLARKS ON Continued from page 1 "I'm a lowly player in this but many people have worked for him since early spring," Clarkson said. "You have to be an exceptional per- son to have such a dedicated and loyal following." While at the university, Clarkson was responsible for developing rela- ti6nships between the Office of Stu- dent Affairs and students, faculty and staff in addition to buildin...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Monday, December 7, 1992 FILM Conitued from page 1 closed down when the parties could not reach a compromise. Many students said that, although they enjoyed the documentary, they found the section on pornography disturbing. "The piece about pornography was hideous. It showed clips from porno films for no apparent reason and they were simply disgusting," said John Schnef, an Engineering senior. Margo St. James - a pr...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 8,1992 CLINTON Continued from page 1 Environmental Protection Agency. Another EPA prospect is Carol Browner, a former top aide to Vice President-elect Al Gore who now is Florida's top environmental official. Clinton devoted early attention to environmental-related posts, with former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt considered the leading contender to head the Interior Department and outgoing Colorado Se...…
…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, December9,1992 Public challenges pay raise for state officials TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Dorothy Matzinger waved a newspaper article about the Legislature's recent decision to let some lawmakers collect their pen- sions years earlier than before. "Things like this sour people," Matzinger told members of the State Officers Compensation Commission at a public hearing yesterday. "With all these cuts at Ge...…
…':QN, Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, December 10, 1992 WILT Continued from page 1 Madej added he is confident tick- ets will sell out once they are available to the public. Executive Director of the U-M Alumni Association Robert Forman agreed. "The foremost reason for the decrease in participation is the re- cession. It's very difficult to have the resources to take a trip like this, and that has been reflected in ticket sales," Forman...…
…;, p. Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, December 11, 1992 I CLINTON Continued from Page 1 Office of Financial Aid, said he is optimistic about Clinton's loan re- payment proposal - a plan that will allow students to repay loans with a portion of their income or perform two years of community service. "The number of students in debt with loans has grown at a fast rate and, therefore, there is a sense that this could bring some real economic...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 1, 1995 Nwrlom/wowa.,..) Clinton urges unity in troubled N. Ireland BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - President Clinton visited violence- scarred neighborhoods on both sides of Northern Ireland's long conflict yester- day, celebrating a successful 15-month cease-fire and declaring, "Surely there can be no turning back." The first American President ever to come to the troubled province, Clinton impl...…
…2A --The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 4, 1995 /. . Palestinian police arrive in Bethlehem BEIT JALA, West Bank (AP)-The first Palestinian police who will take control of Bethlehem from Israeli troops by Christmas raised the Palestinian flag on a hill overlooking the biblical city yesterday. About 400 people turned out to wel- come the 12 officers who opened the Israel-Palestinian liaison office in this ,neighboring village. They raised...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 5, 1995 BOSNIA Continued from Page 1. of ourselves ... once our ammo gets here," said Chipman, one of the two Americans who flew here. In addition to the pair who flew into Sarajevo with NATO communications specialists, 10 command staff repre- sentatives from the U.S. 1st Armored Division were en route to Tuzla, in northern Bosnia, by armored convoy from Zagreb, Croatia, headed by Brig. Gen. Stanley...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 6, 1995 EMU Co'ntlnued from Page 1. rising concern voiced by students. "We have had a number of meetings addressing the issue and other concerns that people may have," Jolley said. "The allegations of an institutional racism at the university are going way overboard. "Whether or not there was any racial motivation involved in Johnson's arrest is being looked at," said Jolley, who is black. "Persona...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 7, 1995 NAIrlot4/wolmo EMU Continued from Page :A brutality and some have said the al- leged brutality was racially motivated. Hardesty is white; Johnson is black. EMU junior Willie Green said Johnson hit Hardesty inadvertently after being sprayed with the chemical irritant. Johnson'sgirlfirend, YanishaGreenwas present at the fight and shares permament Pontiac address with Willie Green. Some stu...…
…13mo 2A - The Michigan Daily - Friday; December 8, 1995 EMU Continued from Page 1A administration's position. "The admin- istration is more interested in threaten- ingto expel studentsinvolved in a peace- ful protest than in working with the students to deal with the problem at hand," EMU junior Lavalle Lewis said at a Student Government meeting Tues- day night. Monday's demonstration was the latest in a series of protests in re- sponse to J...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 1, 1997 NATION/WORLD ART Continued from Page 1A coffee or packs of cigarettes." Later on, through connections with art shows and gal- leries on the East Coast, Materson met his wife, Melanie, who initially helped him display his works in stores in Albany, N.Y. Materson's work later turned from sports logos and classic pieces to personal, autobiographical art depicting his life. Materson said this a...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 2, 1997 NATION/WORLD HISTORY Continued from Page refused to go to their classes because they were pres- .sured by protesters, she was unimpressed by BAM protests. "I can remember feeling that people were try- ing to intimidate me," she said. "I remember I went in a back door so I could avoid the picket lines." BAM I In 1975, emotions ran high once again, as debates still centered around minority re...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 3, 1997 Reno declares no need or special investigation NATION/WORLD SAROUND THENTb FDA allows meat iradiation to kill genns WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration approved the irradiation of meat to kill disease-causing microorganisms, a move designed to improvethe safety of the nation's food supply. The technology is generally considered safe and highly effective against food- borne pathog...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 4, 1997 NATION/WORLD High court will hear same-sex cases V Supreme Court justices decided yesterday that same-sex harassment may violate federal law WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices, amid a lively argument yesterday, had no trouble agreeing on one point: Same-sex harassment on the job may sometimes violate the federal anti-discrimi- nation law. At one point, Chief Justice William Rehnquist...…
…c-- r rm 1 T u"gmnuarmy -- rTvuny, u tirir z , i"7r NATION/WORLD TICKETS Continua orn Page 1 "It does not appear that we are going to have to gp to a lottery system, which means that every legitimate faculty and staff member that filled out a ticket appli- cation will receive tickets," Molin said. ;"inesiolgy junior Doug Gnodtke, Who works at the ticket office, said the faculty and staff ticket requests are low because of the University's d...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 8, 1997 NATION/WORLD BOLLINGER Continued from Page IA Students in his class who attended his office hours said that Bollinger manages to squeeze in time for them between phone calls and formal dinners. Law School Dean Jeffrey Lehman, who chaired the search advisory committee that ultimately led to Bollinger's selection, said Bollinger learns and devel- ops his vision by deliberating and talking wit...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 9, 1997 NATION/WORLD BRYAN MCLELLAN/Daily La tThird-year student Zach Ratzman, a member of the campus chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, speaks about affirmative action on campus yesterday. ' { " eed." 1 S I "If class/cultural biases, or inequali- Continued from Page 1 ties in education and opportunity, the eventual practice of law,' Ratzman account for the disparity in test scores, said "I wou...…
…2 -- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 1997 NATION/WO RLD i ROSE BOWL Continued from Page 1. "My family is really superstitious," Lanxner said. "I watched this Middle Eastern movie when I was little, where this little boy kept having nightmares. The little boy's grand- mother poured salt around the boy's bed and put a knife in the mattress to get rid of bad spirits. I guess I kind of picked up on that." University alumnus Mark Gr...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 2, 1996 NATION/WORLD BOLLINGER Continued from Page i Bollinger will move into the president's residence on South University Avenue. The final plans for Bollinger's inau- guration are also undetermined. "We're deciding between late in the winter term or in the fall," Harrison said. At the very least, the inaugural season will consist of a formal ceremony, probably in Hill Auditorium, and an open cele...…
…2- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 3, 1996 NATION/WORiLD FBI helped Marshall wthCommunists _. *:' Y:..;". Yti . ti~ WASHINGTON (AP) - Civil rights leader Thurgood Marshall was so worried in the 1950s about Communist Party efforts to infiltrate and influence the -NAACP that he turned to the FBI for advice, newly released agency files indicate. "The matter which is worrying him more than any- thing else right at the moment is the Co...…
…2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 4, 1996 Senate leader vows fund-raising probe Los Angeles Tnes WASHINGTON - Newly elected Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R- Miss.) pledged yesterday to cooperate with Democrats in the upcoming 105th Congress but immediately declared that the Republican-con- trolled body must first investigate allegations of illegal fund-raising by the White House. Appearing at a news conference to trumpet his r...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 5, 1996 NATION/WORLD I NASA launches $196 million probe to Mars APE CANAVERAL., Fla. (AP) - NASA launched a spacecraft to Mars early yesterday carrying the 1rst-ever interplanetary rover, a six- wheeled cart that will roam the frigid Martian surface in search of rocks. The Mars Pathfinder began its 310 million-mile journey atop an unmanned rocket that lifted off at 1:58 a.m. It was the third try...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 6, 1996 -NATION/WORLD Rockefeller Center hit by explosion in Christm ru NEW YORK (AP) - An explosion at Time Warner's headquarters building in Rockefeller Center yesterday rattled windows and startled pedestrians crowding the area to view the famous Christmas tree. Three people were injured in the blast, which appeared to have originat- ed in a restaurant on the building's sec- ond floor. They were ...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 9, 1996 NATION/WORLD - I Prop. 209 throws a wrench into UC admissions AP PHOTO Students carrying signs and flags march through Belgrade while protesting Saturday against the ruling presidential regime of Slobodan Milosevic. More than 80,000 people protested for the 19th consecutive day against the government's policies. BALKANS Continued from Page 1A in his party whose titles seem impor- tant bu...…
