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  1. September 28, 1992

    Guest Artist Series brings 3 dance companies here

    From the Dance Department The Dance Department’s Fifth Annual Guest Artist Series will feature three visiting companies in October. The series leads off Sunday (Oct. 4) with “Dance & Film,” an evening of movement and film animation, created and performed by choreographer/dancer Lorn MacDougal and cinematographer/composer/dancer Alain Le Razer. The program offers an unusual and…
  2. September 28, 1992

    Three alumnae share their triumphs in Campaign kickoff panel

    By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services In 1977, Sara Duvall, U-M alumna and executive producer of the acclaimed film Fried Green Tomatoes, was a media specialist laboring in the workrooms of the Lincoln School district. “Then one day, I decided to make movies rather than show them,” she said, “and headed for the London…
  3. September 28, 1992

    Federal support key element in U’s financial resources

    By Laurie Fenlason Office of University Relations With federal funding significantly outpacing state support for the University, the direct impact of federal legislation on U-M programs and students is increasingly evident. A critical legislative milestone was reached in July when Congress passed the Higher Education Act of 1992, a compromise House-Senate bill crafted largely under…
  4. September 28, 1992

    Medical, Central campuses linked by Vines network

    Banyan Vines users on Central Campus and the Medical Campus now will be able to share resources, data and mail, according to local area network analyst Gale Boyajian. The two large local area networks have been combined. Before Sept. 15, the Central Campus Vines Network (CVN) and the Medical Campus Vines Network (MCVN) existed independently…
  5. September 28, 1992

    Press Club meeting focuses on privacy of public figures

    By Janet Nellis Mendler News and Information Services Should politicians and public figures ever expect to keep their private lives private? Should their families and friends, too, give up their rights to privacy? In an improvisational drama, Under the Rock, a cast of Michigan journalists and politicians will argue those questions and the use of…
  6. September 28, 1992

    Multiple factors affect budget

    Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. last week told Senate Assembly members that the University must make better use of existing resources for a number of reasons, including: —Appropriations from the state are flat due to a sluggish economy and may decrease. Passage of Proposal C in November would reduce property taxes by 30 percent and…
  7. September 28, 1992

    International environmentalists here for year of intense study

    By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services Six environmental managers from around the world recently arrived on campus for a year of intense study and training that may produce some solutions to problems of sustainable development in their countries. The visiting students—from India, the Philippines, Czechoslovakia, Columbia, Sri Lanka and Costa Rica—will take courses and…
  8. September 28, 1992

    Student apparently committed suicide

    A 41-year-old master’s degree student was found dead by U-M Police and housing officials shortly before noon Sept. 22 in his student housing apartment at 1657 University Terrace. Police Lt. James Smiley said Kenneth Karl Kovacs had been dead for approximately 36 hours. Preliminary investigation indicates he died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to…
  9. September 28, 1992

    Moscow TV director to speak

    Mikhail Nikolaevich Selikhov, who currently is directing a series for Russian television involving mock re-trials of actual court cases, will speak on “Soviet Television in the Gorbachev Era” at 4 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 1) in Lane Hall Commons Room. The lecture will be in Russian, with English translation provided. Selikhov has held various positions with…
  10. September 28, 1992

    Change necessary if U.S. to compete successfully

    By Kathy Hulik School of Business Administration Change is the order of the day if the United States is to continue as a successful competitor, according to two speakers at the School of Business Administration’s Campaign for Michigan kickoff program on Sept. 18. Marina Whitman, Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, called…