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February 1, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass “The modern research university is in a unique position to expand the horizons of artistic expression, and has a fundamental obligation to do just that,” says School of Music Dean Paul C. Boylan. “It should not only tolerate, it should exploit the tension and conflict that legitimately arise between research and…
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February 1, 1993
Columbia Cable (Ann Arbor) of Michigan will carry the University’s WFUM-TV 28, beginning March 1, U-M and Columbia Cable officials announced. WFUM, a PBS channel owned by and licensed to the U-M, is based in Flint. It will be on Columbia Cable for nine months at no cost to subscribers. “WFUM has a sound reputation…
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February 1, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The University has joined the Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP), a seven-university consortium whose goal is to bring about, over the next five years, “a 100 percent increase in minorities and women who enroll in and graduate from their universities’ science and engineering programs.” The initiative has received…
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February 1, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle From public safety to pest control, from roofing to recycling, the departments that comprise business and finance units are as diverse in the services they provide as they are in job families and in racial and ethnic composition. Recognizing that diversity, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Farris W. Womack decided…
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February 1, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass Help is at hand for parents of young children who find themselves in a bind when the children are ill, the day care provider is unable to work or some other emergency arises. Care in a Crunch, a program developed by the Family Care Resources Program, will provide parents with names…
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February 1, 1993
By Jane R. Elgass A moratorium on student admissions and faculty recruiting for the Department of Population Planning and International Health led to a protest by five speakers and student colleagues at the public comments session of the Regents’ meeting on Jan. 21. The students were told of the moratorium when they returned from the…
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February 1, 1993
A survey on alcohol and drug use on campus that may be the first of its type in the nation will be mailed on a staggered basis to 4,500 members of the University community beginning Feb. 8. The survey, supported by a grant from the Michigan Department of Public Health, will be used as a…
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January 25, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The civil rights movement of the 1990s must shift its focus to one of quiet reflection and emotional healing, says author Bebe Moore Campbell. “We must love ourselves back to emotional health first and economic well-being will follow,” Campbell told an audience of about 500 who attended her…
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January 25, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank Punishing incidents of racial insensitivity on college campuses makes moral sense, says philosopher Anita Allen. Allen, associate professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and a U-M alumna, discussed “Why Punish Demeaning Expression,” at a Department of Philosophy Martin Luther King Jr. Day program. Using a 1991 “Ugly Woman Contest”…
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January 25, 1993
By Kate Kellogg News and Information Services In the mid-1960s, the Parker family became one of the few African American families in Little Rock, Ark., to send most of its 11 children to college. “How can you afford to pay their tuitions and lose their help in the fields?” neighbors asked the Parkers, who were…
