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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 By Elizabeth H. HallBusiness Operations The Department of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH) is looking for laboratories and researchers to participate in pollution prevention and waste minimization efforts. According to OSEH Director Henry D. Baier, the wide array of initiatives being performed within the University’s Pollution Prevention (P2000)…
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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 By Kerry Colligan On Nov. 19, the Office of Academic and Multicultural Initiatives sponsored a viewing of “Race Relations in Higher Education: A Prescription for Empowerment and Progress,” a video teleconference broadcast to colleges and universities throughout the United States. In a friendly, but often one-sided discussion of the…
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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 From the Office of University Relations Rose Bowl game tickets and tour packages are being made available to U-M students, faculty, staff and alumni with the Wolverines¼ clinching of the Big Ten football championship. We want students to have priority with Rose Bowl tickets. This trip to Pasadena is…
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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 ‘No one would say NBA coaches are discriminating against short white players. If we use this in sports, why not in higher education?’ aksed John Furedy, University of Toronto psychology professor. Furedy voiced an anti-affirmative action viewpoint at Tuesday’s session. Photo by Bob Kalmbach Editor’s Note By Paula Saha…
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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 Simha Rotem, the University Wallenberg Lecturer. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Mary Jo FrankUniversity Relations One of Simha “Kazik” Rotem’s most painful memories is of the time he worked with other Jews to resist the Nazi invasion of his native Poland. While on patrol in the Warsaw ghetto, he…
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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 Faculty members (from left) Carl Cohen, Terrance Sandalow and Bunyan Bryant provided information on the background of affirmative action at the opening session of last week’s symposium. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Kerry Colligan “Our conduct is in flagrant violation of the principles set forth in the Bakke decision,”…
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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 By Deborah GilbertNews and Information Services Her face on the giant teleconference screen in the Union’s Anderson Room was blocked by scrambled pixels, but the female college student’s slurred words were distinct enough. “I am not drunk. Why are you giving me a ticket? Why? I’m not drunk. Really.”…
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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 Libertarian Tim O’Brien addresses students. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Paula Saha By far the most well-attended of the four evenings, Wednesday night’s segment of “Affirmative Action 101: Understanding the Controversy” turned into political baiting as Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith, Rep. Ted Wallace, Rep. David Jaye and Libertarian Party…
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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 Trouble-shooter, repairman and putt-putt golf course designer Bill Settles works on a stationary bike (above), and a stairmaster at Recreational Sports. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Kerry Colligan When I met Bill Settles, a machine mechanic for Recreational Sports, he was in the process of disassembling a stationary bike.…
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November 26, 1997
The University Record, November 26, 1997 Alok Agrawal (left) and William Youmans share their views on diversity at the U-M. Photo by Bob Kalmbach By Rebecca A. Doyle “Many people who look like me are sitting back in Detroit because they can’t believe they could ever succeed or be accepted at the University of Michigan,”…
