Word: michigan
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...from President Derek C. Bok and Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence to the executive director of an activist alumni group and the long-disenfranchised junior faculty of the History Department. One long-time figure, Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner, prepared her departure, and her successor, University of Michigan administrator Linda S. Wilson, was named. Committee chairs and department heads, vice presidents and academic deans continued, as always, to control the day-to-day functions of the University, sometimes answering, sometimes ignoring the host of demands for change...
This spring, "Racism 101," a movie about racial incidents at the University of Michigan, was shown at Winthrop House. Because more than 200 people attended that movie despite little advertising, Dowling said he believed students are aware of race relations issues and are interested in learning more about them...
LAST week, Radcliffe officially revealed its choice of Linda S. Wilson, a University of Michigan administrator, to succeed Matina S. Horner as Radcliffe's seventh president. The selection of Wilson for the post raises questions about both the future of the institution and its role in undergraduate life. The new president's primary challenge will be to distinguish herself from her predecessor while continuing Radcliffe's scholarly programs and further defining its relationship to undergraduate women. Although the choice of Wilson gives some indication of Radcliffe's agenda for the future, it is as yet too soon to judge...
...noncompete clause in their friendship contract -- so late Friday he was scrambling to get members' home phone numbers to campaign over the weekend. Georgia's Ed Jenkins, an ally of powerful Chicago Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, is another likely candidate. Former Budget Chairman Bill Gray, Arkansas' Beryl Anthony and Michigan's David Bonior will probably fight it out for Coelho's majority-whip slot...
Although Nagy said the decision was not common knowledge at the University of Michigan, he added that he had "recently heard some mumblings [around the office...