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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 Visitors Center open house is Sept. 20 All members of the University community are invited to attend the dedication of the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Visitors Center and the Bruce L. Cook Atrium on the south side of the Student Activities Building. The ceremony will be held 1:15-2 p.m. Fri…
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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 POLICE BEAT By Rebecca A. Doyle Computer theft leads to arrest, trialA former consultant to the University was bound over to trial following his arraignment and preliminary hearing in 15th District Court on charges of theft. He was charged with breaking and entering in the alleged theft of three…
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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 Mega-mania University Photographer Bob Kalmbach snapped this perspective study of megaphones used by cheerleaders at Michigan’s season opener last month. Photo by Bob Kalmbach
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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 In Brief… Harrison will discuss affirmative action at meeting Walter Harrison, vice president for university relations, will speak on affirmative action at the first 1996-1997 general meeting of the Association of Black Professionals, Administrators, Faculty and Staff at 11:45 a.m. Wed. (Sept. 18). The meeting will be held in…
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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 U-M staff join in Day of Caring Nancy McKay, Information Technology Division (far left), Wendy Wilks, School of Art and Design (center), and Diane Steinman, radiation oncology, repainted buildings at YMCA Camp Birkett in Dexter as part of the Sept. 12 United Way Day of Caring. Staff members from…
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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 63.17 tons of paper recycled Move-In week at the U-M (Aug. 27-Sept. 2) marked the largest amount of paper recycled in one week since the University began its recycling program in 1989. Grounds and Waste Management Services collected a total of 63.17 tons of paper products for recycling, beating…
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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 Workshop on procrastination may help students finish dissertations The dissertation process is a very lonely one, clinical psychologist Mary McKinney says. McKinney has developed a workshop on procrastination to help doctoral students finish their thesis. By Rebecca A. Doyle If you are a procrastinator, according to clinical psychologist Mary…
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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 Antrim shale could hold bacterial answer to natural gas supply Anna Martini (left), a U-M graduate student in geological sciences, and assistant research scientist, Joyce Budai stand next to Michigan’s only natural outcrop of Antrim shale visible from the surface. The deposist was found in a cliff above the…
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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 Northwalk, Safewalk ready for new term The University’s student-initiated nighttime escort programs, Safewalk and Northwalk, are ready to step into another year of service to the University community. Students, staff and faculty are all welcome to participate in both services, either as volunteers or clients, note the student coordinators.…
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September 17, 1996
The University Record, September 17, 1996 Theater Department’s books benefit South Africa program Fredricksen (from left), Themba, Moody and Simmons survey some of the theater department’s 500 books being donated to South Africa’s previously segregated and underfunded University of Fort Hare. Fredricksen noted that Fort Hare alumnus Nelson Man dela “has broken a number of…
