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New bill aims to ease the lending crisis for students

The nation's current credit crunch has left college students uneasy as they try to find ways to finance their education. In response, last week the U.S. Congress sent legislation to President Bush to ease the burden families face as they try to procure student loans.
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High court bars same-sex benefits

Michael Falk, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, won't return to the University in the fall. He and his partner, Matthew Scott, are moving to Maryland because of "damage that's been done to state's constitution," he said. After Michigan's constitution was amended in 2004 to ban gay marriage and the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the amendment also prohibited public institutions from granting benefits to their employees' same-sex partners, Falk and Scott decided to leave the state.
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