September 24, 1998 (vol. 108, iss. 131)

…I' One hundred seven years' f ed7toarz1fireeom News: 76-DAILY Display Ads: 76440554 Classified Ads: 764-0557 Thursday September 24, 1998 Hockey student ticket sales plummet I By Erin Holmes Daily Staff Reporter Students trying to cram into the Big House ,r Michigan-Michigan State the game this eekend may find more open seats if they wait until the two rivals suit up for hockey at Yost Ice Arena. Athletic ticket office officials said yest...…

…:2A -- The Michigan Dailv -- Thuirsdav.Sentembe~r 2. 903 NATION/WORLD Mandela receives medal of honor AROUND THE NATION " . ' WASHINGTON (AP) -- To cheers and standing ovations from America's leaders, retiring South African President Nelson Mandela received the Congressional Gold Medal on yesterday, becoming the first African awarded the honor. "No medal, no award, no fortune, nothing we could give him could possibly compare to the gifts...…

…w- ., g LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 - 3A RESEARCH 'U' Prof. rates exercise machines Elliptical fitness machines are the * hottest item in the home exercise mar- ket, according to Kinesiology Prof. Charles Kuntzleman. Kuntzlenman, who has written more than 70 books and 150 articles about fitness, recently published his findings in Consumers Digest. Elliptical machines, or cross trainers, were invented in 199...…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 Ulew £irIign anIig 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan LAURIE MAYK Editor in Chief JACK SCHILLACI Editorial Page Editor 'Where Is it in the Constitution where we gave away our bodies away to the government?' - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Geoffrey Fieger; on the issue of banning assisted suicide THOMAS KULJURGIS TENT...…

… STATE/NATIONAL Fieger, Engler *address workers LANSING (AP) - About 8,000 building trades workers gathered at the Capitol yesterday to cheer for IDemocratic gubernatorial candidate Geoffrey Fieger and criticize Gov. John Engler's record on worker safe- ty. Senate Democratic Leader John Cherry of Clio said the number of workers killed on the job is rising as the number of state workplace inspections falls. le cited statistics showing that the...…

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… NATION WORLD The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 - 74 S. Afncan peace efforts look more like war MASTRU.J, Lesotho (AP) -Their peacekeeping operation in sham- bles, South African military leaders gave their troops shoot-to-kill orders yesterday to suppress muti- neers in Lesotho, where looters and arsonists rampaged through the capital. Smoke plumes rose above Maseru from arson fires set Tuesday when 600 South African soldie...…

…8A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 NATION/WORLD Perjury is usually hard to prove The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Last year, feder- al prosecutors launched nearly 50,000 criminal cases. Eighty-seven of them were perjury cases. Lying, and what the law should do about it, are among the core issues in the case against President Clinton. Perjury allegations are central to five of the i grounds for impeachment in Independent ...…

… NATION/WORLD The Michigan Daily - Thursday. September 24, 1998 - 9A Hurricane Georges Two new planets found outside of solar system w a f ..,.::'t,. The Washington Post Astronomers aided by a precocious young amateur have found two new planets orbiting Sun-like stars, includ- ing one with the most Earth-like orbit of any of the worlds detected outside the solar system so far. The discovery brings the total num- ber of confirmed extra-sol...…

…IOA - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 Germany shows angst over chanoincr sciPt NATION/WORLD a MUNICH, Germany (AP) - He's only 14 years old, a burly kid with a violent streak. Yet, he has come to sym- bolize one of the prickliest campaign issues in this year's German elections: foreigners and what to do with them. The Turkish teen-ager, who has a long history of fights, vandalism and petty thefts, was turned into a pos...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 - 11A You Make it Happen Asia Pacific Career Opportunities You've seen the headlines...now read the small print. In June 1998, Union Bank of Switzerland merged with Swiss Bank Corporation to create the new UBS AG. The investment banking businesses of both banks came together to form Warburg Dillon Read - one of the world's most signifi- cant investment banks. We operate a true meritocracy....…

…r 12A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 0 I rt -. ':_. University of Michigan Presentation Monday, September 28th, 4:30pm Hale Auditorium CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON www.csfb.com 4 I …

…uard E "r an E acking 'M' teams ERICAN Chicago at Houston 7, Get an early start on your Spartan-bashing. Check out N E NRK 'JMINESOTA , inc. ST anISa NEW YORKA 8, Teas at Atlanta 1, ~the Mcia field hockey team this afternoon. The Cleveland 4 ANAHEIM, inc. FLORIDA 0 Woomen face Michigan State at 4 p.m. at Ocker Field. TORONTO 6, NATIONAL Montreal 3I Baltimore 3 LEAGUE NEW YORK 0 BOSTON 5, MILWAUKEE 8, Philadelphia 4, Tampa Bay 4 Chicago 7 CINCI...…

…14A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 Past behind Colletto; 'M's Howard signs loplipilliplilliMm ........ . . .. . SOUTH BEND (AP) --- Notre Dame offensive coordinator Jim Colletto says he's forgotten all about the catcalls thrown his way by Purdue fans after his former team beat up on the Irish last year. Colletto's players haven't. "Coach Colletto is a great coach, and het's stuck by us through thick and thin," offensive...…

…' The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 - 15A SOSA Continued from Page 13A me, Sosa said Iesday. "You have to remember, my situation is different. I have to go out there and try to win the last five games. (Plus,) He's swinging much better than me" Sosa had not gotten a hit and had struck out eight times since hitting a grand slam last Wednesday in San Dicgo tOr No. 63. He walked his first two times up against Roque, then sent a 1...…

…16A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday. September 24, 1998 1 First weekend of Big Ten play opens with a whimper By Michael Shafrir Neither is III For the Daily won a game si The Big Ien has defined the word par- September, a sp ity' this year. Minnesota and Wisconsin a long time. Lot are entrenched at the top of the Big en little trysts wi standings, right next to stalwarts Ohio Office. Coach State and Penn State. before a grand But if history ...…

…I The Michigan daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 - 1.7A Irvin ready for battle of unranked combatants IRVIN Continued from Page 17A The freshman scored 18 touchdowns - another freshman record - and averaged 4.5 yards per carry. le was also the second leading receiver on the team. After that breakout freshman campaign, the Miami native didn't slow down a bit. In fact, he got even better and finished with 1,270 yards rushing in his sophomor...…

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…I The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 - 19A Mortimer plans for repeat victory By Jeff Druchniak For the Daily Michigan has been waiting for this weekend all year. *'he Wolverines been practicing for weeks. But the season will finally begin for the Michigan men's cross country team this Saturday west of the Mississippi. Friday morning, the defending Big Ten champions will loard a plane for Missoula, Mont., the site of the Mounta...…

…20A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 24, 1998 Bill would impede agent dealings * By Rachell Y. Julien The State News (U-WIRE) EAST LANSING - Agents who court college athletes may face stricter penalties if a set of bills makes it through the Michigan state Legislature. Legislation slated to be discussed in the Ilouse this week would make it a crime for athletic agents to enter on a college or university campus without per- mission...…

…16B -- Thlichigan Daily Weekenrgagazine - Thursday, Sept er 24 1998 * a w W a. E1 Weekend etc. Column : , a-y THE DISMAL SOUND OF WEDDING BELLS Several weeks ago, I had the distinction of ing witness to one of the more bizarre events of my life. A friend of mine marched, or rather, lurched unsteadily to the altar and said 'I do.' No, wait, I take that back: I think he said, 'Yes,' in response to the priest's questions, but in either c...…

… 26 The Michigan Daily Welend Magazine Thursday, September 24; 1998 0 0 The, Mighigan Daiy Weekend Di ouknow? Proof that Pr dential blood is thicker than water is not hard to find. The following is a list of U.S. 'l' Presidents known to be related to other U.S. presidents and just how many they were related to. MUSIC mUSic Franklin Roosevelt 16 George Bush 15 William H. Taft 14 Calvin Coolidge 14 Gerald Ford 14 Millard Fillmore I1 Ric...…

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…I 108- The chigan Daily Weekend fgazine - ThUtsdeay, Septem~r 24, 1998 ®. . , .e0.- 0 0 0* 0 The Michigan Daily Weekend Magazi Flurry of campus fairy tales usually leaves truth snowed Rising popularity of Welsh pop revives Bri By WIIam Nash Daily Staff Reporter Fact or fiction? The University has myths and fairy tales riddled all over campus from the horrors of gracing the Diag's M to the romantic persuasions of the West Hall Arch. ...…

… 88 - The Michigan Daily Weekend Magazine - Thursday, February 26, 1998 0 The Michigan Daily Weeketfd et u sventure t< o((y rove, Where no96Le InigIi maifens rove. hEacIk8 'c~ Eachguest can 6e 'ie chiiren dtanc esters sing. e or e ourselves nd reveflin the is tale. ae roam. tAnd'adken withiggo utw- I our way (wine. Clockwise from left: Seven-year-old Chantel Talbot from Lake Orion poses as a fair maiden at the Michigan Renaissance Festival...…