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…Eije tripanailg Weather Today: Cloudy. High 43. Low 25. One hundred ek ht years of editoruleedom Monday February 1, 1999 77 Is 11 , I III 11 11 1 11 1-1 ji. jvm' ilv -, . - .- I I r jap s ate debates Starr's itentions lsss Angeles Times WASHINGTON - President Clinton's impeachment trial, although in recess, became embroiled anew in partisan controversy yesterday as Senate Democrats bitterly accused independent counsel Kenneth Starr of attem...…

…WE4 oday: Mostly cloudy. High 45. Low 25. oniorrow: Cloudy. igh 44. tate to fund One hundred eikht years ofeditongleedom drinkiing education Wednesday February 3, 1999 DRINKING More than $600,000 in state funding has been allocated toward alcohol awareness education. A media blitz is planned by state officials to inform college students of the dangers of alcohol. n State Director of Community Health James Haveman calls for more alcoho...…

….d2b Weather Today: Cloudy. High 44. Low; Tomorrow: Cloudy, High 44. 31. One hundred eight years o editorz dfteedom Thursday February 4, 1999 r V J lil °l, / F " {: t/ d 4hF /'f4T 1 ,9 1 R .h. i' tt'Pi 9'/'Ni I Granger intends to reapply to 'U' By lawon Stffer Daily Staff Reporter After serving four months for sexual misconduct, Daniel Granger was released from Dickerson Detention Facility in Hamtramck yesterday. His f ther, Rick Grang...…

…It0 'cla i Today: Partly cloudy. High 37. Low 18. Tomorrow: Rain. High 43. One hundred ei/ght years fedtofl-reedom Friday February 5, 1999 : C rt t 'EL y~j >\ 4i !y Z.v s 4Q" 'y+, CEO to work without contract By Nick Faizone Daily Staff Reporter Today, for the first time in three years, members of the Graduate Employees Organization will be working without a cr act. The organization's three-year agreement with the versity expired ye...…

…Ita w F , , : ,: . n s. ,d ', ^ ta _...i _.. weather Today: Partly cloudy. High 41. Low 26. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 54. One hundred eight years ofeditorfreedom Monday February 8, 1999 ,( 1 lly,.' fl fi"^^M , n _llif I i JOrdan i4 H. Usseii The Washington Post7 AMMAN, Jordan - King' Hussein died yesterday after a r: long battle with cancer, end- ing a reign of nearly 46 years and prompting an outpouring of emotion both here and ...…

…in t 38U -.iL... weatner Today: Cloudy. High 47. Low 32. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 48. One hundred eight years of editorlaifreedom Tuesday February 9, 1999 VO#. C1Xx Na: 76r lnr, ihn al"g i t wily --------- ------- --- ----- - GEO meeting fails to yield agreement By Nick Falzone Daily Staff Reporter After three days of working without a con- tract, members of the Graduate Employees Organization met with University officials y terd...…

…IC1bf Ieather 'oday: Sunny. High 45. Low 'omorrow: Showers. High 60 20. I. One hundred eight years of edit Ilfreedom Wednesday February 10, 1999 voklit "9a 4Y4 N 37'4'a - \ ~' - Y 1 C y t q v . a>R . 4 x . , . 4. v f Phi Delt leads gilty, 9 ait trial yNick Bunkly hily Staff Reporter One Phi Delta Theta fraternity mem- er pleaded guilty to at least one alco- iol-related misdemeanor charge and cut deal with prosecutors Friday, while ine ...…

…Weather Today: Windy. High 61. Low Tomorrow: Snow. High 40. WE t t ti 42. One hundred eight yeas7 feditorzBfreedom Thursday February 11, 1999 VpU ..-.TA 7tE i1"t tl I Medical By Adam Brian Cohen Daily Staff Reporter When the new University Hospitals facilities opened in 1986, patients could s_ e in their rooms. But starting Sunday,, tI1 entire medical campus, which includes University Hospitals, the Nursing and Medical Schools and all...…

…Weather Today; Rain and snow. High 39. Low 37. One hundred eight er f Tomorrow: Snow showers. High 25. .7 Friday February 12, 1999 i" . >. .n. " rr . n .c . .' State Ib By Nick Bunkloy Daily Staff Reporter LANSING - Gov. John Engler's fiscal year 2000 Executive Budget recommendation includes a 4 percent overall increase for high- er education spending, but a new method of funding means not all universities - includ- i e University - will se...…

…2yr One hundred eight yearn ofedzrtoralfiedm *rti The Trial of President lm Jefferson Clinton Friday February 12 1999 Senators acquit Clinton on both articles; censure still possible WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate today acquitted William Jefferson Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice, ending a 13-month drama that catapulted an affair with a White House intern into only the second presidential impeachment trial in history. Permitted ...…

…Weather Today: Cloudy. High 52.1 Tomorrow: Cloudy. High! By Lauren Gibbs and Nika Schulte Daily Staff Reporters A member of the t System Board of Regen I that would repeal t that banned all use ing and admissions at th If the UC board repe the move would be stric California's Proposition months after the board' 209, approved by Califo *H LGBTI Visibi itv4Ian 444V lwplw It Low 24. 53. One hundred eight years of editorAfiredom Monday Febru...…

…I41v 74rnI Weather Today: Cloudy. High 53. Low Tomorrow: Showers. High 57. 31. One hundred eight years of edzi'o lfreedom Tuesday February 16, 1999 [Vol. C19C1 fto. s > _ The NUch4mDally Regents co sider Code change By Jewel Gopwani Daily Staff Reporter In the midst of Code of Student Conduct negotiations between Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford and members of Michigan Student Assembly's Student Rights (t1mission,...…

…C ig' *ar mMN... s --. veatner Today: cloudy. igh 44. Low 25. Fomorrow: Mostly cloudy. Nigh 44. One hundred eight years ofeditori l freedom Wednesday February 17, 1999 wnv WOWMIM a Law firr By Jaimie Winkier Daily Staff Reporter Team oJ Behind all of the University statements of intents, quotes from offi- cial spokespeople and stacks of legal documents is a team of lawyers dedicated to halting an attack on the University's use of race i...…

…it AIe. Msr veumnr today: Partly sunny. High 33. Low 22. Tomorrow: Cloudy. High 30. One hundred eght yews of editorlfredom Thursday February 18, 1999 ti. u~ Y"'r, rb ';h - .a: w. S ~k ': kr " r Clinton addresses Social Security Clinton talks to college students about budget surplus By Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud Daily Staff Reporter Following his acquittal last week P two impeachment charges, sident Clinton took his campaign to bolster Social...…

…wl tit! Ilku _. _JI Weather Today: Mostly cloudy. High 43. Low 15. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 41. Low 14. One hundred eight years f editorialfreedom Friday February 19, 1999 Phi Delts await March pre-trial By Yael Kohen Daily Staff Reporter Seven of 10 Phi Delta Theta fraternity m hbers charged with alcohol-related mis- dWanors were at the Washtenaw County Courthouse yesterday for their pre-trial pro- ceedings. The misdemeanor charge...…

…1£ *rnt Weather Today: Partly cloudy. High 37. Tomorrow: Cloudy. High 39. Lc Low 7. ow 14. One hundred eight years of editonWlfreedom Monday February 22, 1999 _, _ .. :, . a1'rial dates change for lawsuits facing 'U' By Jaimie Winkler Daily Staff Reporter Detroit judges have pushed back the trial dates for both lawsuits challenging the University's use of race in admis- sions at the request of legal counsels on both sides. The Universi...…

… wkgn AW ""a"nr Today: Cloudy. High 41. Low 16. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 48. Low 26. One hundred eight year of editori freedom Tuesday February 23, 1999 J )(Dj$" The MChjgA$j Daily 'A question of life or death *Experts give media coverage failing grade "- - By Kelly O'Connor Daily Staff Reporter Intense emotional discussion filled the Michigan Union Ballroom yester- ey as nationally renowned journalists d experts gathered before a...…

….i .e t h. ati Wn- +"r nreaine' Today: Mostly cloudy. High 42. Low 20. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. igh 41. One hundred eight years of editorlfreedom Wednesday February 24, 1999 voil ojxf OILSlb9'lb MitMgoo OaRy ?kgent's appeal to be heard April 8 Daily Sports Editor Michigan football player Marcus Ray's punishment was to miss six games of his senior season. But James Gould, the agent Ray was involved with, won't learn his punishment until ...…

…One hu ig anrf re One hundred eikht years of edit r freedom Weather Today: Cloudy. High 38. Low 31. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 40. Thursday February 25, 1999 GEO plans walk-out following break Lack of contract could provoke GSI strike By Nick Faizon Daily Staff Reporter After four months of contract negotiations th the University, members of the aduate Employees Organization voted to stage a walkout early next month at their membership ...…

…I It C411V bUn Weather Today Partly Cloudy. High Tomorrow: Rain. High 50. 40. Low 24. One hundred eigfht year of editorzlifredom Friday February 26, 1999 ITD buys computers Students will see more than $2 million in new and upgraded computer equipment after break By Kelly O'Connor Daily Staff Reporter When students return from spring break, they will find all new computers in the Angell Hall Computing Site. The efforts are a part of ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 1, 1999 NATION/WORLD AIPAC Continued from Page 1A power of people in government. As a student at Swarthmore College in the 1950s, Levin partici- pated in a petition drive to collect signatures in support of the censure of former Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R- Wisconsin). McCarthy lead a vigor- ous search to expose U.S. citizens who he presumed to be communists, but was later was censured for acts unbecom...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 3, 1999 N ATION/\VORLD UC Berkeley sued over admissions SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Civil rights groups lacks "educational iustification" the suit said equal nnrtinitv" i sued the University of California at Berkeley yes- terday on behalf of high-achieving minorities who were rejected, saying the university system's flag- ship campus overemphasizes test scores and advanced courses in admissions. "This i...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 4, 1999 NATION/WORLD Y2K problem could affect missiles MOSCOW (AP) - Russia needs up to $3 billion, to tackle the Year 2000 computer glitch - six times the original estimate - a top official announced yes- terday as he appealed to the United States and NATO to help fix computers that control Russia's nuclear weapons. While many countries have been working on the so-called Y2K "millennium bug" pro...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 5, 1999 NATION/WORLD PAGEANT Continued from Page 1 "I enjoy performing, so this was a chance to perform and maybe make some money," Quaye said. The Black and Gold pageant is similar to fash- ions shows Quaye has participated in before, but "when you add the com- petition it adds a new twist," she said. z Because event organizers worked with the contestants, Quaye said knew what to expect. One membe...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 8, 1999 NATION/WORLD World remember HUSSEIN Continued from Page 1A vious experience in politics. "May the man rest in peace. . The soul of King Hussein will remain with us and be with us and won't disappear from our hearts and our souls." In a testament to Hussein's ability to build bridges in a region that often seems intent on destroying them, his funer- al reportedly will be attended not only by...…

…2,- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 9, 1999 NATION/WORLD Kosovo rebels cAl for forma cease fire RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) - Ethnic Albanians pressed for a formal cease-fire for Kosovo while Serbs sought a pledge to keep Yugoslavia's bor- ders unchanged as the two sides held peace talks yes- terday at a French chateau. At the same time, international mediators wanted to drop what they called these "side issues" and move on to details of...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 10, 1999 NATION/WORLD GREEK Continued from Page 1. the Greek system's policy enforcement. "Our goal is to self-regulate," Scharg said. The task force suggested an IFC executive board member accompany SRC to parties to ensure all vio- Lations are reported. .Task force members consulted Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford on issues surround- ing the Greek system's alcohol policy. Ha...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 11, 1999 NATION/WORLD Policy forbids smoking near 'U'buildings SMOKING Continued from Page 1A as close to a smoke-free environment as practicable ... The right of a non- smoker to protect his or her health and comfort will take precedence over another's desire to smoke." For the most part, the policy says, smoking is prohibited in all University buildings and "smokers are expected to stay a reas...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 12, 1999 NATION/WORLD BUDGET Continued from Page 1 committee's minority vice chair, told Lannoye after her presen- tation. Engler spokesperson John Truscott said past increases toward prison spending have been much larger and corrections are a necessary evil."As long as people commit crimes, we're going to lock them up,' Truscott said. Lannoye said prisons are so overcrowded that "we have no choice....…

…Ii - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 12, 1999 TRIAL OF THE PRESIDENT i "He should be removed from office but he won't be because he's a liar and because there's too many dirty politics on Capitol Hill." - Sarah Cover, LSA junior "I agree with the verdict, but I deplore the fact that there wasn't a censure." - Mike Wallace, correspondent, 60 Minutes and University alum "A lot of people make those kind of mistakes." - Miguel Perez, Co...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 15, 1999 UC Continued from Page 1A posed a 4 percent plan that would allow the top 4 percent of California high school seniors to gain automatic admission to one of the UC branch schools. Davis, inaugurated in January, holds the power to appoint several members to the University of California System's Board of Regents -composed of 25 members - in the coming months. Nearly two weeks ago, the Associate...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 16, 1999 G FO 'U'talks remain stag GEO Continued from Page IA. negotiations, they should not be included in GEO's contract. While GEO spokesperson Chip Smith insisted these issues - integral to GEO's membership - should be included in the contract, he also asked why the University refused to move in their wage and fraction recalcula- :4ion proposals. "It's odd that they're sticking out over somet...…

…0 Thn RAinhirtnn llniltr Atnrlrtne rlntr CtAkrirarir 47 IOOCI z - i ne iviurigan Laily - vYeunesuay, reuruary i.t , NO NR NATIN oRLDr ermnany to co-mpensate wovr kes The Washington Post BERLIN - The German government announced yesterday that 12 of the country's largest banks and businesses will contribute money to a new fund designed to compensate hundreds of thousands of workers, mainly from Eastern Europe, who were enslaved by the Nazis d...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 18, 1999 NATION Foreign ministers detect sso movement in Kosovo peac RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) - Despite Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's defiant "no" to the chief mediator at the Kosovo peace talks, the British and French foreign ministers said yester- day they detected some progress. With less than three days to go to the Saturday noon deadline for reaching a three-year interim agreement ...…

…2 -- The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 19, 1999 NATION/WORLD Yeltsin vows to stop force in Kosovo- The Washington Post respond. MOSCOW - President Boris Yeltsin vowed yester- But soon after the ailing Russian leader spoke, the day not to permit the use of force by NATO warplanes White House denied that he had been in touch with if the Kosovo peace talks - which have a deadline Clinton lately, either by telephone or letter. The last tom...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 22, 1999 NATION/WORLD Albanians, Serbs still holding back settlement RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) - Secretary of 'State Madeleine Albright, making scant headway toward a Kosovo peace settlement, said yesterday that ;"if neither Serbs nor ethnic Albanians accept the six- nation plan, NATO cannot carry through on its threat to attack Serb targets. With a new deadline set for tomorrow, Serb nego- tiators ...…

…2,- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 23, 1999 NATIONnmORLD judgej finds officials in conltem-pt WASHINGTON (AP) - Saying he was fed up with lies and delays, a fed- eral judge held two Clinton Cabinet secretaries in contempt of court yester- day in a dispute about $500 million in Indian trust funds. The judge said he had "never seen more egregious mis- conduct" by the government. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Treasury Secretary R...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 24, 1999 NATION/WORLD INCINERATOR Continued from Page 2. "Currently, the University is burning almost everything," said Tracie Easthope, director of the Environmental leealth Project at the Ecology Center. 'They don't have to do this." :Leavitt-Gruberger also argued that the university has failed to engage in more ijnovative methods of waste disposal. "I think there's a lot they could do to bas e...…

…2A- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 25, 1999 NATION/WORLD Military receives pay increase WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted over- whelmingly yesterday to give the nation's military the biggest benefits increase since the early 1980s, includ- ing an across-the-board 4.8 percent pay increase with further boosts in future years. The pay raise for the nation's 1.4 million active-duty military is half a percentage point more generous than...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 26, 1999 NATION/WORLD King sentenced to death penalty AROUND THE NATION John King, accused of killing a black man, was sentenced to death by lethal injection The Washington Post JASPER, Texas - John William King, an avowed white supremacist, was sentenced to death yesterday for the racial murder of James Byrd Jr., a black man who was chained to a pickup truck in the predawn darkness and dragged o...…

…LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 1, 1999 - 3A CAMPUS au RC art gallery to feature work of hotographer A one-person exhibit is scheduled to open Feb. 5 to display the photographic =work of LSA graduate Mary Berridge, .a former Residential College student. The display will feature photographs of women with HIV, appearing in the book "'A Positive Life: Portraits of Women Living with HIV" Berridge co- authored the book with awar...…

…Thcs MrA~hioin Daily -- W cnecsdav.Februarv 3. 1999 - 3 MMEFW INV*F, *HIGHER EDUCATION Governor asked to intervene at u of Arizona Attorneys for Arizona Gov. Jane Dee Hull reviewed a letter last week from four University of Arizona faculty members pleading that "something desperately needs .to be done" to end the University's hostile environment for black women and other minorities. Th letter asked for outside help remove the acting direct...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 4, 1999 - 3A ESEARCH Conference to fbcus on gender censorshi The Uniersiy' GniueI for Reseac thredyconference titled "Towards a Definition of Gender-Based Censorship" beginning tomorrow. The conference, to be held at the Rackham Amphitheatre will address the censorship against which women struggle in redefined terms: Censorship of women's ideas not only by the, state, but also by economic...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 5, 1999 - 3 CRIME Bunk bed falls on top of hill area resident The top bunk of a Mosher-Jordan Residence Hall bunk-bed landed squdrely on top of the resident lying underneath Tuesday, according to Department of Public Safety reports. DPS officials stated that the student was not injured in the accident. Instead of filing a report, DPS contacted the maintenance department to remedy the problem...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 8, 1999 - 3A Artist to present work on gender construction Marilyn Zimmerman is scheduled to give a presentation titled "Photo-Active Feminist Artists" on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in Room 2104 of the Art and Architecture Building on North Campus. Zimmerman's works deal with the construction of gender and her projects have included scenes of Woodward Avenue in Detroit. The presentation is free to th...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 9, 1999 - 3 CRIME UT student calls police following domestic dispute 0 University student called the Ann Arbor Police Department -on Sunday during an altercation with his girl- friend, according to Department of Public Safety reports. Officers were sent to the location at 100 E. Madison Street, where they were informed by the student that he and his girlfriend had previously been involved i...…

… -- - LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 3 IGHER EDUCATION Northwestern student fights to express himself Northwestern University student's artwork generates debate over students' rights to express themselves while liv- ing in campus housing units. Earlier this school year, Ryan Du Val, a music sophomore at Northwestern University, replicated a mural of Michaelangelo's Sistine hapel on the ceiling of his residenc...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 11, 1999 - 3A (ESEARCH New or c substance to help disolve oil spills A researcher at Louisiana State aiversity developed an organic sub- " stance designed to dissolve the oil from spills and then disappear with the oil. Gary Breitenbeck, a soil microbiologist and environmental researcher, began working on the project out of a concern for Louisiana's wildlife and waterways that were being h...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 12, 1999 - 3 CR'IMES Man ogles oman in West Quad shower n unidentified male entered the en's bathroom on the third floor of est-Quad Residence Hall on ednesday morning, according to epartment of Public Safety reports. He proceeded to open the shower oorj while a resident was bathing nside, DPS reports state. The suspect ogled the female stu- ent; then fled the scene when she cried ut, DPS o...…

… TRIAL OF THE PRESIDENT The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 12, 1999 - III "There was no way it should ue gone this far. I'm not ing he's right, but this should be just between him and Hikry."' - Amani Brown, former vice president, Black Greek Association "I feel they have spent too much money on this trial. We need to get on with the busi- ness of running this country." - Sharon Newtonglenn, president, Ypsilanti -Willow Run branch, NAACP...…