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…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 26, 1990 Professor voices opinions on Israel, Palestinian conflict Ji n IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports . by Heather Fee Daily Staff Writer. Before Professor Marc Ellis began speaking last night in Hutchins Hall the audience was in- formed of a bomb threat called in to U of M public safety. Audience members decided against evacuation and Ellis continued his speech as pl...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 29, 1990 Democrats assail budget plan WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) - President Bush yesterday prepared to send Congress a $1.23 trillion 1991 spending plan that his budget direc- tor said contains no general tax in- crease and which he predicted will be "criticized unfairly" on Capitol Hill. With many details already known about the budget, which will be re- leased today, Democratic lawmakers are complai...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 30, 1990 Donahue takes show to Flint FLINT (AP) - Phil Donahue's boisterous audience took turns blast- ing the General Motors Corp. and filmmaker Michael Moore yesterday as they talked about the quirky doc- umentary, Roger and Me. About 2,000 people jammed Whiting Auditorium for a segment of Donahue's nationally syndicated show that was devoted to Moore's film. The crowd included auto workers, who ...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 31, 1990 MSA appointments fill SPB vacancies by Daniel Poux Daily MSA Reporter The Michigan Student Assembly completed making appointments to the Board for Student Publications last night, filling the two undergraduate positions on the board. The assembly appointed LSA junior Elisabeth Wilson and LSA senior Alan Woronoff to fill the two positions. First-year Law School student Peter Mooney was...…

…0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Thursday, February 1,1990 Students to hold model U.N. by Ian Hoffman Daily Staff Writer American, Chilean, Ivorian, Libyan, and Vietnamese ambassadors will debate the major issues facing their countries in the assembly halls, backrooms, and corridors of Hutchins Hall this weekend. And they all go to Milford High School. Talk about diversity. More than 350 high school students will participate in the second annua...…

…. Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 2, 1990 Chicago, Wisconsin hurl insults MILWAUKEE (AP) - Forget regional pride. Scrap neighborly co- operation. Wisconsin and Illinois have each accused the other of besmirching its reputation, and the weapon of choice has been selected: Saber-edged wit. The two Midwestern neighbors - which for years have squabbled over pollution, traffic, tourists, sports teams, and bragging rights for best ch...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 5, 1990 Michigan Student Assembly Rules & Elections Committee Chair: Bruce Frank, law Vice Chair: Mike Donovan, epgineering senior The Rules and Elections Com- mittee is reviewing several proposed changes in the MSA Constitution and Compiled Code. Areas of change being looked at are the Assembly's elections procedures and its discrimi- nation policy. Communications Committee Chair: Melissa Burke,...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, February 6, 1990 Bubble, bubble, boil and... Within the confines of the new chemistry building, hundreds of chemicals student, here works on an experiment in her Chemistry 216 class. are mixed and matched every day. Stacy MacDonald, a first-year LSA CUTS Continued from Page 1 "During the 80s we have seen a gradual erosion of federal financial aid for students. It's a very worri- some pattern where feder...…

…Page 2 --The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 7, 1990 House simplifies voter registration Bill requires Senate approval Washington (AP) - The House passed legislation yesterday making it easier for Americans to register to vote by establishing automatic regis- tration for people obtaining drivers' licenses and procedures to register by mail. Originally sculpted as a biparti- san measure, a party-line dispute erupted last week after the B...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily -Thursday, February 8, 1990 Hleileman I ,oa Brewing Co. sells reweries LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - G. Heileman Brewing Co. announced yesterday it plans to sell two smaller breweries in Minnesota and Michi- gan as part of its long-range plan to concentrate on its major brands. Heileman president Murray Cut- bush said the Jacob Schmidt Brewery in St. Paul, Minn., and another brewery in Frankenmuth, Mich., are for sale. The...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 9, 1990 Women L - - - - - -- - --- IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports i athletes honored by Diane Cook Daily Women's Issues Reporter The University's intercollegiate sports programs will be celebrating Girls and Women in Sports Day with half-time ceremonies at the Michigan and Ohio State women's basketball game on Sunday. Gov. James Blanchard, Senator Lana Pollack and Un...…

…0 Page 2 -The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 12,1990 Bush invites Mandela to U.S. WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) - President George Bush telephoned Nelson Mandela from the White House yesterday and told him all Americans "were rejoicing at his re- lease" after 27 years in South Africa's prisons and personally in- vited him to the White House. "I stated to him our desire to see a peaceful evolution towards a to- tally racially free South Africa, a...…

…Puge 2-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, February 13, 1990 U.S. rep. denies selling his vote WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Bob Carr said yesterday his feud with airline pilots involves legislative tactics - not contributions from two companies chaired by Frank Lorenzo, who has clashed repeatedly with organized labor. "My vote's not for sale," said Carr, D-East Lansing, a member of the House appropriations subcom- mittee that handles transportations fundin...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 14, 1990 VALENTINE Continued from page 1 ven basket filled with champagne, chocolate kisses, heart-shaped bal- loons, hot fudge sauce, red hots, and two pairs of edible underwear. The basket costs $47.50. While this a popular seller, only a few University students order the "sinful" gift because "students may not know each other well enough to be comfortable giving that basket," said Beth Kaplan, ...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 15,1990 Campus Day welcomes H.S. by Tom Kent "What's the partying like?" Heather Martinson, a senior from Crystal Falls, Michigan, taking a tour of the University during Cam- pus Day, said this was one of the popular questions from prospective students who were trying last week to decide whether to come to the University. Campus Day, a University welcome for high school seniors admitted on first ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 16, 1990 DAVID LUBLINER/Daily Winter Wonderland Bob Hooven blows snow off the parking lot of the First Congregational Church on Maynard St. BODIES Continued from page 1 may not have much muscular mate- rial, "every body has its quirks. The bigger ones smell bad," said Kenny Karp, a third year Inteflex student. The second day of class, U-M students take the skin off of the back. "I was just nu...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 19,1990 DEAN Continued from Page 1 ter at Michigan. It's a lot of work, but it pays enormous dividends," he said. Along with the title of dean, Banks will assume the titles: profes- sor of atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences with tenure, and pro- fessor of electrical engineering and computer science without tenure. Banks will be in Ann Arbor next' week to meet with University ad- ministrators an...…

…rage 2- The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, February 20, 1990 Romania opposes protests of gov't BUCHAREST, Romania (AP)- The interim president said yesterday the army and police should have more power to curb protests because violent anti-government demonstra- tions could lead to anarchy and a new dictatorship. Yesterday evening, more than 300 people staged another rally, but this one was well away from gov- ernment headquarters - Sunday's target - ...…

…0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, February 21, 1990 Pittston miners ratify contract CASTLEWOOD, Va. (AP) - Appalachian miners ratified a con- tract with Pittston Coal Group after striking for nearly 11 months and were credited by labor leaders yes- terday with helping to rejuvenate the trade union movement. Striking and laid-off United Mine Workers (UMW) from Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky voted 1,247 to 734 Monday to accept a co...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily -Thursday, February 22, 1990 Too much to shovel A snow plow moves huge masses of ice and snow on North Universityi STEVEN SZUCH/Daily in front of Angell Hall. MEDICAID Continued from Page 1 end of these policies, . In "A Guide to Substandard Care," one of several reports the DSA presented to the U.S. Congress last year, the organization pointed out that under the Michigan's Medi- caid program, a Medicaid recipien...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 23, 1990 1st Lady I' ' p L;\L comes to Ypsilanti YPSILANTI (AP) - Longtime literacy advocate Barbara Bush en- couraged adult education classes yes- terday at Ford Motor Co. to press on with training and set examples for their children. "You ought to be very proud of yourself," Bush told a group of stu- dents gathered around her at the Ford Ypsilanti Plant. "You can't legislate family... you can cer...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 26, 1990 a Honorary degree recipient President George Bush receives an academic hood representing his honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Johns Hopkins president Steven Muller during ceremonies at the university in Baltimore. Mandela tells warring factions to fight for racial equality, not against each other DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Nelson Mandela, seeking to end four years of fight...…

…0 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 27, 1990 CHAMORRO Continued from 1 was accused by the United States of trying to foment a communist revo- lution in neighboring EL Salvador. Former President Jimmy Carter was among the thousands of interna- tional election observers who moni- tored the voting. Defense Minister Humberto Ortega, the president's brother, and Interior Minister Tomas, who con- trols the police, had suggested they m...…

…Pqgp 2- The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, February 28, 1990 I -I Ortega discusses loss with cabmnet MANAGUA (AP) - The top Sandinista leadership met yesterday amid signs of growing unrest among the rank and file over President Daniel Ortega's stunning election' loss to newspaper publisher Violeta Chamorro. 1Sunday's landslide victory by Chamorro's United national Opposi- tion, a disparate coalition of 14 par- ties, signaled the end of for the...…

…Page 2-- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 1, 1990 ..u : .' . S :r!_______}____________________.._. Man admits to fabricating alleged crime Robert Chanyi, a 27-year-old Domino's Pizza employee who told police last week that he was robbed by a knife-wielding man as he was making a $1,200 deposit at a branch of Comerica bank, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of filing a false police report. Ann Arbor Police Staff Sergeant Thomas Cadwell sai...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 2, 1990 -The Seabrook nuclear power plant, completed in 1986, received a full power license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday. The plant overlooks this residential area from less than two miles away. SEABROOK ting down in the driveway. When had helped stall the nuclear pow er Continued from page 1 Massachusetts officials along with New Hamphire anti-nuclear groups have coordinated t...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 12,1990 Greyhound expands small city service DALLAS (AP) - Gunshots fired at a bus run by strike-beset Greyhound Lines Inc. in Florida injured eight people %yesterday, a company spokesperson said. Two people were seriously hurt and six others, possibly hit by flying glass, suffered less serious injuries, said George Gravlev, spokeperson at Greyhound's Dallas headquarters. Greyhound Lines Inc. said bus...…

…Ppe 2-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 13, 1990 ., AP Pnoto Highway tragedy Rescue personnel work at a 40 car crash in Green Bay, Wisconsin yesterday morning. The accident, which occurred during heavy fog, claimed at least three lives. USSR continued from page 1 Progressive Moscow deputy Alexei Yablokov said legislators from Georgia, Moldavia, Azerbaijan, Estonia and Latvia are expected to boycott today's vote on the constitu- tional ame...…

…01 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 14, 1990 LEGISLATION Co)tinued from Page 1 she added that the Neil case set a raping her at a fraternity party for precedent. Another sexual assault de- defamation of character. fendant, a visiting professor who had Steiner said while civil suits heard of the case, tried to use the often follow criminal rape trials, it same tactic against his accuser after was the first time a defendant tried t...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 16, 1990 BYLAW Continued from page 1 students," Frank said. He said the bylaw was most likely intended to be used only in emergency situa- tions, when no University system existed to handle a problem, and when there was no time for the re- gents to act. "I don't want to belittle a serious problem that should be addressed," Frank said. "But I don't know that iC's the president's role to do this." But ...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Monday, March 19, 1990 Invitation to communist sparks controversy in campus groups By Bruce Shapiro The National Worker's League is circulating a petition of condemna- tion in protest of a decision by the Undergraduate Political Science As- sociation (UPSA) to withdraw David North's invitation to the Annual Po- litical Affairs Conference next week- end. North is a communist. The Workers League claims many of the poli...…

…0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 20, 1990 Dress rehearsal South West Africa Peoples Organization (SWAPO) supporters take part in dress rehearsals yesterday to prepare ceremony marking the end of South African rule over Namibia. for tonight's independence COURSE Continued from page 1 ing a course on diversity. "A lot of faculty are interested in how they (course criteria) apply in their field," ELECTIONS Continued from page 1 Pos...…

…Page, 2-The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, March 21, 1990 ROBERTS Continued from page 1 you have in that election -- a large cross-over of women, and of men too, .who are choice voters," she said, "ut because abortion is not a PAS- S ,PASS big issue at the federal level, it is not, in my view, going to be a huge issue in these Congressional cam- paigns, where you will see it come up," Roberts added. Roberts said the abortion issue has created di...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 22, 1990 Cokely film sparks controversy 9 IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports " b fi i by Ruth Littmann Daily Staff Writer One month after Steve Cokely's visit caused heated student debate on campus, a video-tape featuring the Black activist sparked controversy in East Quad. The tape, titled "A Discussion on Political Zionism," covered a lecture by Cokely, an independent Bl...…

…*I Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, March 23, 1990 E. Quad Women's Weekend begins by Diane Cook Daily Women's Issues Reporter "I feel like I'm in a strange time warp," Nancy Hawley, founding member of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, told an au- dience of about 150 people in the East Quad/Residential College Audi- torium yesterday. Hawley was the keynote speaker of the 23rd Annual Women's Week- end at East Quad, a four-day series...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Monday, March 26, 1990 Panelists diSCUSS women'S health by Diane Cook Daily Women's Issues Reporter " Research has shown that women make 50 percent fewer comments during class discussions than men, said Jane Hirsch, a former counselor at the University, during a panel dis- cussion about women and mental health Saturday at East Quad. Hirsh was one of five panelists who spoke with about. 40 people as part of the 23rd ...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 27, 1990 Contras agree to disarm WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department welcomed yester- day an agreement providing for the demobilization of the Nicaraguan Contras and called on the United Na- tions to take steps to ensure the pro- cess is carried out quickly and peace- fully. Under the agreement, reached Fri- day, rebel forces based in Honduras would be disarmed by April 20 while those in Nicaragua ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 28, 1990 GroupsL3H p celebrate Land x by Amy QuickN Daily Staff Writer Members of the Palestinian Soli- darity Committee, the General Union of Palestinian Students and other student groups rallied in the Diag yesterday at noon to celebrate the 14th anniversary of Land Day and the third anniversary of Land Day within the Intifada. Land Day commemorates the March 30, 1976 expropriation of land from...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 29, 1990 SPEAKERS Continued from page 1 selection from the top three candi- dates, said Judith Goodman, assistant dean for admissions and student ser- vices at the Business School. In place of a guest speaker, the College of Architecture and Urban Planning will hear three of the col- lege's students, said Andrew Noble, an architecture and urban planning senior on the college's commence- ment commit...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 30, 1990 IFC, by Tim Gammons 'U' Pres. discuss stereotypes I The common stereotype of drunken, rowdy fraternity activity is a misconception, said members of the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) to University President James Duderstadt, interim Vice-President Mary Ann Swain and Shirley Clarkson, special assistant to Duderstadt, in a meeting Wednesday. The greek system has been criticized by the admi...…

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…0 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 3, 1990 Come fly away Soaring with the U=-MI by Sandhya Rao As I stepped into the Cessna 172 four-seater, I said to myself, "What am I doing? I don't even like rollercoasters and I'm about tofly a plane?" Sitting next to me in front of a reassuring duplicate set of brakes and control yoke (that's flight lingo for steering wheel) was Finlay Beaton, president of the Michigan Flyers. The Univ...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 4,1990 Black activist holds on to ideals of BAM By Debbie Herz Darryl Gorman did not abandon his ideals after he graduated from col- lege. Twenty years after he helped or- ganize the first Black Action Move- ment (BAM) at the University, Gorman still dedicates his life to progress. "I've always tried to maintain my idealism, which wasn't always easy during the Reagan years," he said. He continues ...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Thursday, April 5,1990 'U' to offer optional course on racism by Elisabeth Weinin Daily Staff Writer After years of fighting for a mandatory course on racism, minor- ity students and faculty have created an optional course to deal with the subject. The class will be offered in the fall term of 1990. University Course 299, titled "Race, Racism and Ethnicity," was created as a response to the racial in- cidentshon cam...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 6,. 1990 Business /.: speakers converge on 'U' by Dan Lichtenstein Stew Leonard, a finalist for the 1989 National Entrepreneur of the Year award, will speak at 1 p.m. to- day at Rackham Auditorium, as part of the 7th annual Creativity Innova- tion & Entrepreneurship Conference. Leonard, who is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the U.S., is the keynote speaker for the event which runs April ...…

…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 9, 1990 Greeks Go M.A.D. Resultsfrom Greek Week.1990 Place Team 1 AAfX, <DKT. 2.;:........ ... .. 3 AXQ, DFA, AX. 5 A ,dDKKT nA 7 ZTA, ATA 8 A 8 OfA4 i~ '. 9 AZ, HK(D, XTP 11 ZB(, TrN, AY S13 _A , 'Y, Evans Scholars 15 XAT, EXAccacia 17 KKr-K, EAM 19 KA O, X(D, ZT President votes Peruvian President Alan Garcias casts his vote to choose his successor during Sunday's presidential elections. VOTERS Con...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, April 10, 1990 Ecotopia Second year law student Ken Rudofski checks out the "Ecotopia" constructed by landscape architecture students outside the Natural Resources building. The display explains ways to conserve energy and preserve the environment. VAN VALEY Continued from page 1 "The current MSA president did not enforce meeting attendance all year," she said. "Assembly reps have to be responsible and re...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, April 11, 1990 Shuttle launch delayed by last minute j CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (AP) A runaway power plant on the space shuttle Discovery forced NASA to scrub its launch Tuesday with the Hubble Space Telescope, and offi- cials said it will be a week or two before they try again. The countdown was down to the four-minutes-to-go mark when sen- sors detected that one of three auxil- iary power units was running to...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 12, 1990 W.VA. MIDDA Continued from p drug bust recalled MORGANTOWN, W.VA. (AP - Just before dawn a year ago, more than 100 federal, state and local agents armed with automatic weapons and a long list of suspects began making arrests in West Vir- ginia's largest single drug bust. Middaugh The raid capped a 15-month probe into cocaine distribution in the area team in his first y and eradicated a dru...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, April 13,1990 J ,NNIN ,U , L II /ImL In search of the perfect poncho After Anthropology class, first-year LSA student Caroline Hong takes a break to browse through the collection of.Baja shirts being sold in the Union yesterday. - - Nuts and Bolts 7o 1-iO$E WHRO CARE ONCE AGA N,-I'M ABOUT TH!wS'COMIC CSHIP- SORRY 13JTT WA41T IZHAVET4O ARi SOGILE iTHE BLAME... FOR 111S WEEK.PDUE ALO, 5CE OTHE IJ~ F;5 TO CI...…