…Weather Today: Mostly cloudy. High 30. Low 8.erede g ys gf'ditonidfredm Tomorrow: Sunny. High 31.Oehnrde~tyas'o dtra reo Monday March 8, 1999 1 ..: Two found dead in home Police suspect fight ended in murder-suicide By Jaimle Winkler Daily Staff Reporter The bodies of a University student and her boyfriend were discovered in an apartment located on East Kingsley St. on Friday afternoon, according to Ann Arbor Police artment officials. oth ...…
…I 1 L j 1 uan su - -- weatner Today: Snow. igh 32. Low 22. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. igh 33. One hundred eightyears ofeditorzfreedom Tuesday March 9, 1999 Vol clx@x5/1 GEO fi alines plans forwaout By Nick Faizono Daily Staff Reporter After almost five months of negotiations - and less than 24 hours before the Graduate Employees Organization plans to hold a walkout in protest of what it believes is a mediocre con- tr with the Universit...…
…WE1 tti Weahehr UUW Today: Mostly cloudy. High 33. Low 19. Tomorrow: Cloudy. High 31. Low 12. One hundred ei'ht years o f editorzilfreedom Wednesday March 10, 1999 I --- ------ -------- ------- - - G I to walk out, picket today Protest begins, talks continue By Nick Faizone Daily Staff Reporter Os many professors and graduate student instructors have canceled their lectures and discussion sections to support of the -Graduate Em...…
…1£1V *rnt lAita+ il aar vv tuner Today: Mostly cloudy. High 32. Low 12. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 35. One hundred eight years f editorial fredom Thursday March 11, 1999 Friends remember Groesbeck By Jaimie Winkler Daily Staff Reporter Family and friends of University alum Christopher Groesbeck remember him as caring and always willing to help someone in need as they begin the healing process'fol- l ing his tragic death. oesbeck's l...…
…N ign W Ed00- wt *ail UflE... tLU. - weather Today: Sunny. High 37.Low 14. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 38. One hundred eight years of editorrzlfreedom Friday March 12, 1999 lia i y 94 -- --- - --- ---- Negotiations stuck GEO talks end in early morning with no agreement; strike deadline approaches By Nick Faizone honking their horns in support of GEO yes- After GEO members waited about 45 min- Daily Staff Reporter terday afternoon, hu...…
…WE tigtt ARM UWraf4kr Today: Partly cloudy. High 37. Low 14. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 45. One hundred eight year ofeditold freedom Monday March 15, 1999 11111ii illlllilillil --- ":C lK , !I! iiii I ww'Z &,A I" I i 7 ! r, t i 111W I:o GEO, By Nick Falzone Daily Staff Reporter After almost five months of negotiations and more than 100 hours of bargaining ses- sions, the Graduate Employees Organization Vg d the University signed a te...…
…I ItF" *ri Wesntittar Today: Partly cloudy. High 47. Low 25. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 46. One hundred eght years of editorglfreedom Tuesday March 16, 1999 fts cl ;ri t9," .:h (P. : .a v , 2&f2 L \ . Y 9 ,2 J2?Ye} LR . Blue party announces election platform By Jewel Gopwani Daily Staff Reporter Members of the newly-formed Blue Party want student voters to "go blue" in next week's Michigan Student Assembly elections because of the p...…
…Ell'Elan 1&ily [moday: Cloudy. igh 50. Low 32. romorrow: Partly cloudy. igh 46. One hundred eight years of editoralfreedom Wednesday March 17, 1999 BAAP plans Pd S roitical atform y Jewel Gopwan ~aily Staff Reporter Members of the Defend ffirmative Action Party have pre- ented a primarily politically-based latform to encourage students to ffer the party their support in next eek's Michigan Student Assembly 'l ons. Alished in the winter of...…
…WE ia 4400wr Nwrw It Weather Today: Flurries. High 39. Low Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. Hig '25. gh 37. One hundred eight years feditorhzlfreedom Thursday March 18, 1999 i Vol. CIX--,:N Mloigaft oally I S LE seizes Bollinger's office Students protest sweatshop labor itchae Grass Daily Staff Reporter More than 25 University students occupied University President Lee Bollinger's office in the Fleming Administration building yesterday ...…
… it t1 LAlaathar roday: Mostly cloudy. High 40. Low 21. romorrow: Partly cloudy. High 46. Low 15. One hundred eightyears of editoradfreedom Friday March 19, 1999 .OY cl tN .*1 , . m \ r~ 1)i t ^Y h w I Fleming, jiollinger exiled or 0 Michael Grass Daily Staff Reporter Discussions continued yesterday between University administrators and student activists who have occupied President Lee Bollinger's office in the Fleming Administration B...…
…IC& Air a JIM Weather today: Snow. Nigh 47. Low 2 Tomorrow: Partly Cloudy. igt 7. ;h 22. One hundred eight years of editoralfreedom Monday March 22, 1099 Att j,: Ichigangaily SOLE I vacates president's office By Michael Grass Daily Staff Reporter The 30 student anti-sweatshop activists who occupied University President Lee Bollinger's office ended their 51-hour sit-in Friday at noon, 'ting the media and a group of more t n 75 suppo...…
…V GI e rrran~ail Iftff vveater Today: Partly cloudy. High 51. Low 18. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. 'High 49. Low 28. One hundred eirhtyears ofeditorialfreedom Tuesday March 23, 1999 -O. 10 At . A M a 0999Te..l nOi On~in guide gets good j.views By Eny Barber Daily Staff Reporter "Welcome to the University of Michigan telephone registration sys- tem. Please press one now." Beginning April 5, University stu- dents will be greeted once again by...…
…it *rni We ,ft*Me r Today: Partly cloudy. High 50. Low 27. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 42. One hundred eight years ofeditorilf1reedom Wednesday March 24, 1999 'dN ..r 'Y n a S3:q.. -- -------------- ------------ Airs trik BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - NATO's secretary-general ordered airstrikes against Yugoslavia yesterday, after President Slobodan Milosevic rebuffed a last-ditch peace offer for Kosovo and revved up his war machine by e...…
…JE ar *ri Weather Today: Cloudy. High 44. Low Tomorrow: Sunny. igh 53. 22. One hundred eight years fedftoriadfreedorn Thursday March 25, 1999 ------------------------- I Bill would prohibit multiple ddrew By Nick Bunkley Daily Staff Reporter University students who are regis- tered to vote in Ann Arbor but have a residence elsewhere in Michigan will soon have to choose exactly where home is if a bill passed by the state ate is signed ...…
…Weather Today: Sunny. High 56. Low 21. One hundred ei ht years n editorialfreedom Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 60.6J Ve lk e Friday March 26, 1999 - ------ ----- NATO air offensive continues The Washington Post American and allied warplanes threw fresh waves of bombs and missiles against ,,slavia yesterday, concentrating again on alefenscs to clear the skies for manned striktes yet to come against the military forces in the field. For ...…
…Weather Today: Sunny. High 64. Low 41 One hundred egrht os editoriareedom Tomorrow: Sunny. High h 63. - n hnre ygtears o dtrileo Monday March 29, 1999 ------- 4p-',q hi oo H ~Stockweli was first to break *ex barrer By Yael Kohen Daily Staff Reporter To many students Madelon Stockwell is just the name of University residence hall on the Hill. But to the nearly all male student pop- ulation who attended the University more than 100 years ago ...…
…itL 'Today: Sunny. High 62. Low 30. Tomorrow: Sunny. High 65. Low 41. One hundred eight years ofedtonW freedom Tuesday March 30, 1999 ,,. A rstrikes hit Serb police sation PRISTINA, Yugoslavia - A pall of black smoke poured from police head- quarters in Kosovo's capital yesterday, and ethnic Albanians saw it as a sign to hide indoors or get out of town. They knew that by striking at the heart of the police operation that has tu ed much o...…
…I WEy Weather Today: Sunny and windy. High 69. Low 45. Toorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 69. Low 49. f Iditan One hnNde ezght ye feditori6/1dfreedom% *ri Wednesday March 31, 1999 Vtat. I C Iu; ;. Ann Arm, R ; : NATO The Washington Post The United States and its NATO allies yesterday agreed on an expansion of the bombing campaign in Yugoslavia that would target the center of Belgrade following the failure of diplomatic efforts to end the gnfli...…
…2A- The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 8, 1999 NATION/WORLD Battle in Iraq yields U.S. dividends AROUND THE NATION The Washington Post High above the featureless landscape of southern Iraq, a pilot from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson peered out of the cockpit of his F/A-18 strike plane recently and saw the telltale puff of smoke from the launch of an Iraqi surface-to-air missile streaking toward his jet. The pilot, a lieutenant comm...…
…2s- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 9, 1999 Court rejects McVeigh's appeal AROUND THE NATION . WASHINGTON (AP) - Timothy McVeigh, sentenced to die for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people and injured hundreds more, lost a Supreme Court appeal yesterday. he court refused to hear McVeigh's aruments that his trial was tainted by jury misconduct and news reports that ie confessed to the bombing, the worst such attack on U....…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 10, 1999 NATION!X ORLD Study: breast cancer, fat unrelated Newsday Doctors have long counseled women to lower their Intake of dietary fat to reduce the risk of breast cancer, arong other reasons, but a new study following tens of thousands of women for more than 14 years has found no relationship between fat consumed and breast cancer. But the controversial finding is hard to accept for some physicia...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 11, 1999 NATION/WORLD BUDGET Continued from Page JA it is in its preliminary stages and far from perfect. "It has some flaws," Jellema said. "But is it a good first step? Yes" Bollinger solicited a funding increase bf3.5 percent - more than the "woeful- ly.inadequate" amount currently pro- I jed but less than the 5 percent request- "6dby the University Board of Regents in November. "It is difficult ...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 12, 1999 - NATION/WORLD GEO Continued from Page 1 not a member of GEO's bargaining team, said she is especially concerned with the University's current fraction recalculation proposal. Under the University's fraction recalculation proposal, all GSIs with a .4 appointment - those who work approximately 40 percent of the hours of a full-time faculty member - would be given .5 appointments. Ritscherle said...…
…2A - The Michigan Uaily - Monday, March 15, 1999 NATION/WORLD RALLY Continued from Page 1A this boss that no one is going anywhere," adding that "if Gamble, Bollinger and Cantor think they can walk over every union on campus, I have one thing to say - 'Over my dead body!'" LSA sophomore Peter Romer- Friedman, a SOLE leader, told the crowd that the Nike Corporation on Thursday agreed to publicly disclose information about their factories. Wi...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 16, 1999 NATION/WORLD BRANDON Continued from Page 1 making newspaper inserts rather than pizzas -- Brandon said he thinks his experience will help him in liis position. "t's a company and industry I understand well," Brandon said. "This is a little bit of a different indus- try,-but Valassis was involved in franchisement." -Domino's, with sales totaling more than $3.1 bil- lin in 1997 and recently boa...…
…2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 17, 1999 N ATION/WORLD Dow Jones Industrial cracks 10,000 AROUND THE NATION a -.r__. rf y NEW YORK (AP) -The Dow broke 10,000 ever so briefly yesterday, a milestone credited to a record eight years of U.S. economic growth, a boom in high technology and investor enchantment with the Internet. Wall Street's best-known index burst into five fig- ures 20 minutes into the trading day, stayed there for ju...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 18, 1999 NATION/WORLD RESTAURANTS Continued from Page 1A cers will be posing undercover as servers, bartenders or managers when they enter restaurants to check for underage drinking. But the AAPD has sent letters to area restaurants such as Cottage Inn, Pizza House and Good Time Charley's informing them of the proposed program. "They are trying to turn the tables," Pizza House owner Dennis Tice said...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 19, 1999 NATION/WORLD MSA Continued from Page 1 The party said it would also like to reach out to student groups and gath- er their opinions on issues facing stu- dents. By holding another monthly MSA meeting - devoted exclusively to lis- tening to the needs of campus groups - Students' Party members said they would be able to interact with a variety of students and develop new ways to make student lif...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 22, 1999 ALCOHOL Continued from Page 1A are liable," Reich said. These internal reforms are independent of the IFC/Panhel Task Force's initiatives. "The task force isn't doing anything," Reich said. "The changes that need to be made are drastic. This isn't a polish job, this is drastic." Although they are not affiliated with the task force, Reich said the students proposing the internal reforms are curr...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 23, 1999 NATION/WORLD U.S. makes last bid for peace plan AROUND THE NATION czz~ BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - With NATO missiles and warplanes poised to strike, a U.S. envoy began a last bid yesterday to persuade Yugoslavia's president to accept a Kosovo peace plan and the thousands of foreign troops that would enforce it. Otherwise, American envoy Richard Holbrooke said, "we are on the brink of milita...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 NATION/WORLD ELECTIONS ContliedTr'oii Page 1 Pierpont Commons and in the Fishbowl in Angell Hall from 9:30 ,a. to 4:30 p.m. ', MSA President Trent Thompson "said he expects a high voter turnout .today and tomorrow not only because candidates have been posting fliers ,iih University buildings, but because -of the "grass roots" campaigning candidates have conducted, going "door-to-door in the...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 NATION/WORLD i ELECTION Continued from Page 1A Blue Party and the Defend Affirmative Action Party were also campaigning on the Diag. MSA Blue Party candidate Glen Roe said "people are very receptive of what the Blue Party stands for." DAAP candidate Courtney Rawls also said she received positive feedback from students. "A lot of people indicated that they were interested in DAAP," Rawls sai...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 26, 1999 ATHLETICS Continued from Page 1. "We considered a number of factors including revenues and costs, the existence of an NCAA championship, growth of the sport in the Midwest and community impact," Hanlon said. "This does not mean consideration of (women's lacrosse and women's ice hockey) is over. "We just found stronger cases for soccer and water polo," he said. The two new sports will have combin...…
…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 29, 1999 NATION/WORLD NATO expands targeting in Yugoslavia during 5th day ARMADA Continued from Page IA Cohen, speaking on TV talk shows yesterday, said the loss of the F-117A - one of the most sophisticated and secre- tive aircraft in the U.S. arsenal - would not affect NATO's air campaign against the Serbian government as the attacks widen to target Serb forces in Kosovo. "We are going to move into...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 30, 1999 NATION/WORLD DEAN Continued from Page 1 university procedure. She flung it on the floor and danced on it," he said. He referred to the policy and also Neuman's position on the SSHRC board of gover- nors, which he said should have been informed about the complaint because it helped fund the research. "She was in a conflict of interest." But Pavlich said, "the dean was authorized to take a matte...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 31, 1999 NATION/WORLD GAMBLING Continued from Page 1. "I think it goes further down the slippery slope than I'm comfortable with at this time." Schauer added that he supported the state resolution allowing casinos to operate on Native American reser- vations, but said he feels the type of gambling in Jaye's bill leaves too many possibilities open. "I think there could be some negative repercus- -sio...…
…'CAMPUS I -Ar/STThe Michigan Daily - Monday, March 8, 199 LOCAL/ScTATE House to debate school takeover bills 9 - 3A Henry Russel lecture, awards to be given Jack Dixon, professor of biological chemistry, is scheduled to deliver this fear's annual Henry Russel Lecture tomorrow. Being chosen as the speaker of the .lectureship is the highest honor the University bestows upon a senior facul- ty member. Titled "Playing Tag with Death: A Biochemi...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 9, 1999-3 *CRIME Man assaults 11- y .ear-old girl at Yost Ice Arena 4 'A Yost Ice Arena student manager t prted that he received a complaint Sunday from the parent of an Il-year- old girl, Department of Public Safety reports state. The mother said her daughter had been assaulted by a male subject while skating at the ice arena earlier that day. The incident allegedly occurred some- time betwee...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 10, 1999 -3 HIGHER EDUCATION s Wisconsin high court: officials lot responsible The Wisconsin State Supreme Court Voted last week to assert that University of Wisconsin at Madison officials, including Chancellor David Ward and Athletic Director Pat Richter, are not liable for any injuries students sus- tained during a 1993 stampede at Camp Randall Stadium after a football game against Michiga...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Dairy - Thursday, March 11, 1999 - 3A 4ESEARCH " 9 Computer model study elucidates oompetition For complex adaptive systems, in hich both animals foraging for food investors can benefit from making choices different from their competitors, there is an optimum amount of informa- ion that can lead to a maximum use of resources, a new University study found. Physics Prof. Robert Savit, who led th e study recently publi...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 12, 1999 - 3 .CRIME Unattended purse stolen from Kresge A purse was reported stolen from the resge Medical Research Building on 'Monday afternoon, according to Department of Public Safety reports. The owner had left her purse unattend- cd in the building. When she returned, she discovered that it was missing. DPS reports state that the purse was found abandoned at a later time in a stairwell at...…
… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 15, 1999 - 3A -CAMPUS LON= Literary magazine seeks submissions The University's newest creative writing journal, Redial, is looking for submissions for its spring 1999 issue. Limited to five poems and two short stories each, writers must submit their works before Wednesday to the Redial's box, located in Angell Hall room 3161. Redial will not return submis- siogs to writers. Those selected for...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 16, 1999 - 3 CRIME U' employee steals laptop computer * A University employee was arrested ,Thursday on a warrant for larceny charges stemming from an incident at *,he Clinical Facilities Office Building on Catherine Street, according to Department of Pblic Safety reports. Ar investigating officer determined that the thief was a housekeeping employee and had allegedly stolen a laptop computer ...…
…I LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 17, 1999-- 3 EJGUCATION L a Baseball Hall of Famer boycotts .C-Berkeley ;,Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan saidhe refuses to set foot on the campus of ,the University of California at Berkeley. His action, he said, is a protest of the UC system's ban on affirmative action. . Morgan was scheduled to speak in a joiMalism class Thursday about per- sonal experiences and how he had dealt xyi...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 18,1999 - 3A 'U'k ESACH0nit 1 'economists see slowdown 1for coming years 'University economists say the next wo years will see continued growth in the national economy, though at a slow- er pace than in the past, barring a large and prolonged stock market crash. Economics Prof. Saul Hymans and colleagues say they expect inflation and unemployment to rise slightly in their annual forecast upda...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 19, 1999 -- 3 -MINIM, 42RIME Student reports harassment from custodian An East Quad Residence Hall resi- nt called the Department of Public Safety on Wednesday afternoon to report an alleged harassment incident involving a custodian employed in the residence hall, according to DPS reports. The custodian allegedly came from behind the resident, put his hands around her waist, then tickled her, D...…
… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 22, 1999 - 3A , AMP LSA-SG candidates campaign on academics Architecture exhibit opens at Hatcher Library An exhibit on how modern theatre architecture and scenic design erives from the ancient texts of itruvius is now open at the ,University's Special Collections Library on the seventh floor of Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. Vitruvius was a Roman author who ,wrote guidelines used to design...…
… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 23, 1999 - 3 (RIME Stalker violates order, blocks einale student A subject violated an order of person- protection filed against him Thursday when he blocked the path of a female student in Stockwell Residence Hall, according to DPS reports. The subject, who has been allegedly stalking the victim, stood in front of the female student and blocked her path as she was trying to enter the dining ...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 - 3 1 HIGHER EDUCATION L UCLA GSIs vote to unionize as UAW affiat Joining the 18 other graduate student instructor unions at institutions across the nation, Graduate Student Instructors at the University of California at Los Angeles have voted to unionize. - The vote places the union in affiliation with the United Auto Workers and paves the way for UC's seven other campuses. The GSI...…
… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 - 3A ESEARCH ! MRI technology uses xenon to view heart, lung Doctors have long used magnetic res- onance imaging in many clinical appli- *tions. But now University scientists have put a new twist on the technology which currently polarizes water mol- ecules in a patient's body with a power- lful magnetic field - by substituting xenon gas for water. The implications of using xenon ins...…
