Volume XXII, Number 9 - Friday, March 29, 1996
NEWS
Federal budged impasse delays financial aid awards
About 65 percent of Yalies apply for financial aid, some of which comes from Federal funding. Although the ongoing federal budged debate does not affect Yale College for now, further government shutdowns and backlog may have a profound impact on returning students.
Yale researchers pioneer neurological genetic therapy
The procedure may be the first step to finding a cure for a host of degenerative neural diseases.
Yale study may yield drug to help coke addicts
Investigation leads to increased understanding of how cocaine affects the brain.
World News in Brief
China and Taiwan ease tension with talks; Rabin assassin sentenced to life, plus six; Europeans ban Britain's Mad Cow beef; Financial Woes take a bite out of Apple
Police Blotter
Car thief steals dad, Interior Minister not immune from car thief, Beer
and taxes, Sometimes it's better to drown.
Around the Globe
Japanese rule that geese cannot sue; Court rules that dog is not person; Snowing coke in California; Camel bids farewell to old lady