November 4, 2002
By Mary Sue Coleman, president, University of Michigan and Peter McPherson, president, Michigan State University Tomorrow (Nov.5), voters will be asked to consider Proposal 4, called “Healthy Michigan” by its proponents. We believe, however, it is unhealthy Michigan government. We urge voters to reject it. This proposal seeks a constitutional amendment to permanently tie up…
November 4, 2002
CRLT celebrates its 40th anniversary on Friday, Nov. 8 from 2–6 p.m. in the Michigan Union Ballroom. 2–3:15 p.m. Remarks: President Mary Sue Coleman Provost Paul N. Courant Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Lester P. Monts Keynote Address Parker Palmer, widely-respected educator and author 3:15–4 p.m. CRLT Theater Presentation “Teaching at U-M: Inspirations and…
November 4, 2002
Clapping and laughter erupted several times during the annual Academic Freedom Lecture Oct. 31 as U-M Prof. Catharine MacKinnon built upon her premise that academic freedom is both under- and overused. During her talk titled, “From Powerlessness to Power: The Uses of Academic Freedom,” the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law said the concept of…
November 4, 2002
Office of the Vice President for Communications It was 1980 and Kailash Satyarthi had decided to forego a lucrative engineering career to fight for the thousands of voiceless, nameless children, as he put it, enslaved in bonded labor throughout South Asia. Satyarthi (Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services) Satyarthi had started a journal called…
November 4, 2002
Provost Paul N. Courant has appointed a campus-wide committee to examine how the University responds to e-mail messages that violate its policies for use of U-M computing resources. James Hilton, professor of psychology and associate provost for academic, information and instructional technology affairs, will chair the eight-member committee, which includes faculty, staff and students. “Over…
November 4, 2002
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, now a distinguished scholar with the William Davidson Institute, greets members of the Tozzi family (see related story, p. 20) before giving the keynote lecture Oct. 25 at the Annual Business Conference, part of Reunion 2002 at the Business School. Albright—shown here with Kathleen Splaine-Dolan, wife of Business School…
November 4, 2002
The Faculty Perspectives Page is an outlet for faculty expression provided by the Senate Assembly. Any member of the University Senate is eligible to submit a Faculty Perspectives essay. Prospective contributors are invited to contact the Faculty Perspectives Page Committee at faculty.perspectives.
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More than 300 students from the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action by Any Means Necessary (BAMN) rally on campus. The event was scheduled to coincide with the University’s filing of a response to a petition to have the U.S. Supreme Court hear two admissions lawsuits against U-M. BAMN wants the high court to hear…
November 4, 2002
Dividend Magazine When John R. Tozzi was a student and president of the Business School’s Finance Club in the late 1960s, he and his classmate, the late David Alger, conducted their first stock trades in a first-floor phone booth. “We were two of the original day traders,” says Tozzi, who graduated with distinction with an…
November 4, 2002
With close to a 50 percent increase in listenership in a year, and another successful fund drive that ended with a total of $914,843 in contributions, Michigan Radio now takes its place as one of the fastest growing National Public Radio (NPR) stations in the country. The most recent ratings book shows growth of more…
