-
March 15, 1993
Editors Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Why People Pay Taxes: Tax Compliance and Enforcement, edited by Joel Slemrod, director, Office of Tax Policy Research, School of Business Administration. Tax evasion has become a pervasive problem in all societies, contributing to fiscal deficits and undermining the fairness and efficiency of…
-
March 15, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle Daybreak at the southeastern Kentucky farm is accompanied by a clanging cowbell, rousing volunteers from their warm beds and to a hearty breakfast. A full day of physical labor awaits them, ranging from repairing fences and hauling manure to accompanying nurses on their visits to remote and impoverished homes. Seventeen U-M…
-
March 15, 1993
By Laurie Fenlason Office of Federal Relations It has a noble, if not catchy, name, widely-supported goals, a high-profile “czar,” its own White House office and considerable post-campaign momentum—and expectations—to drive it. All that’s missing from President Bill Clinton’s well-received national service plan are some of the particulars: who, where, when and, financially speaking, how…
-
March 8, 1993
From the University Musical Society A two-year national search has culminated in the appointment of Thomas Sheets as music director and conductor of the University Musical Society (UMS) Choral Union, effective Aug. 1. “We are very fortunate to have Thomas Sheets heading our choral program,” says UMS Executive Director Kenneth C. Fischer. “His considerable experience…
-
March 8, 1993
Nine candidates are running for four seats on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA). The election will be held at the March 15 Senate Assembly meeting. The top three vote-getters will succeed Ejner J. Jensen, Cynthia L. Marcelo and Roy Penchansky. The fourth-place winner will fill a one-year term resulting from the resignation…
-
March 8, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle A training session held this past weekend has readied six faculty members and approximately 25 students to hear complaints brought under the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities this term. The faculty members and students form a pool from which a panel of six students and a non-voting faculty chair will…
-
March 8, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M Press. Discourses of Sexuality: From Aristotle to AIDS, edited by Domna C. Stanton, professor of Romance languages and of women’s studies. This is the first volume in the series RATIO: Institute for the Humanities. In Discourses of Sexuality, 14 distinguished artists, critics and scholars…
-
March 8, 1993
Preliminary examinations for two male U-M students and their female roommate who are accused of stealing $20,000 in computer equipment and radios have been postponed until March 17 in Ann Arbor’s 15th District Court. The three, all 19 and from Macomb County, were arrested Feb. 22 and arraigned Feb. 23. The original preliminary exam was…
-
March 8, 1993
Accusations against three students under the student rights and responsibilities policy have been officially filed with the Office of Student Affairs. One student is accused of drug sales, another of physical harassment and a third of stalking, according to Mary Lou Antieau, who heads the Judicial Adviser’s Office. Once a complaint is received by Antieau,…
-
March 8, 1993
Family members of Robert D. Foster, 39, formerly of Texas, have identified his body, which was found about 2:30 p.m. March 1 by passersby in the Nichols Arboretum. The 123-acre botanical park borders the Huron River and is adjacent to the Medical Campus. Foster was found about halfway across the Arboretum from the river near…
