`It Was All Worth It'

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niversity of Michigan
students Dan Fried-
enzohn, of West
Bloomfield, and Rach-
el Blum, of Philadelphia,
couldn't stand the thought of
thir rival school, Michigan
State University, getting so
much attention for hosting
the last of three presidential
debates on Oct. 19.

So they opted to steal a bit
of the limelight during a post
debate rally on Ann Arbor
campus featuring Arkansas
Gov. Bill Clinton.
The two students are co-
chairs of the Michigan
Democrats, and they had
been talking with Clinton-
Gore campaign officials for
months about Mr. Clinton
coming to campus as a guest
of the group.
Before an estimated crowd
of 15,000, Mr. Friedenzohn
introduced the program and
the first speaker, Arm Arbor
Mayor Liz Brater. Soon

after, Ms. Blum took center
stage, welcoming Hillary
Clinton — who introduced
the presidential candidate.
"We wanted to bring him
in on the anniversary of
John F. Kennedy's famous
Peace Corps speech (which
JFK delivered at U-M on
Oct. 14, 1960), but there was
another debate scheduled
that evening," Mr. Frieden-
zohn said. "He likes an-
niversaries."
Mr. Clinton highlighted
the Peace Corps speech, and
he spoke of one his own pet
programs — the domestic GI
bill — which proposes stu-
dent loans that could be paid
back through community
service.
After the speech was over,
several of the University of
Michigan Democrats, in-
cluding the two co-chairs,
had their photographs taken
with Mr. Clinton.
"It was all worth it when I
met him. He makes you feel

AIPAC's Dine
Makes Analysis

Curious about the elec-
tion's impact on U.S.-Israel
relations?
Tom Dine, executive direc-
tor for the American-Israel
Public Affairs Committee,
will give an insider's analy-
sis during a $100-a-person
breakfast meeting at 7:30
a.m. on Nov. 6 at Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek.
Mr. Dine, a specialist on
American foreign and
defense policy, has served as
AIPAC's chief since 1980.

Washingtonian Magazine

describes him as "one of the
100 most influential in-
dividuals in Washington,
D.C."
The breakfast is open to
the public.

Tom Dine

Phone-A-Thon
Volunteers

The Jewish Community
Council needs 50 volunteers
on Sunday, Nov. 1, to remind
Jewish voters to go to the
polls on Tuesday.
Volunteers will be asked to
work one-hour shifts bet-
ween 4 and 8 p.m. at the
Max M. Fisher Building on

Telegraph Road. Just 12
callers are needed per hour,
so please call the office at
642-5393 to confirm spaces.
On Tuesday, polls open at
7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Absentee ballots must be
received by the day of the
election.

On board to another campaign stop, Bill Clinton chats with campaign manager
Mickey Kantor and Kantor's wife, Heidi Schulman.

good. He is warm and very
approachable," Mr. Frieden-
zohn said. "I was nervous.
The last few weeks have
been very stressful. For a
while, I didn't think I'd get
to meet him because there
were so many others
around."
The political season has
created a hectic pace for

these young activists. This
week, the group hosted
Texas Gov. Ann Richards for
a campus rally. And now,
members are concentrating
on get-out-to-vote phone
calls on the eve of mid-term
examinations.
"As if there is not enough
for students to do," Mr.
Friedenzohn said.

Whose Sign
Is It Anyway?

What do you get when you
put a staunch Republican in
a building with a Democrat-
ic landlord? Confusion over
political signs.
The sign in question sits
prominently along Franklin
Road, just south of the cider
mill, home to GOP activist
Harriett Rotter's law prac-
tice. The landlord is lawyer
Marvin Shwedel, a Democrat.
And the sign — rather
noticeable with large red
letters — is Mr. Shwedel's
endorsement of Democrat
Steve Kaplan, running
against Richard Thompson
for Oakland County Pros-
ecutor.
"The sign is as big as the
Empire State Building," Ms.
Rotter says.
Or so it seems. Republican
friends have been phoning
Ms. Rotter, questioning her
choice of political state-
ments. Yet throughout it all,
she has been a good sport.
She even called Mr.
Thompson, assuring him the
sign was not her own.
Mr. Shwedel has no prob-

Harriett Rotter

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lem with the sign. It's his
building.
"We basically disagree,
but we respect each other's
views," Mr. Shwedel says of
Ms. Rotter. "We've been this
way for years. I guess it (the
sign) does catch people's at-
tention. It is probably the
biggest sign the village of
Franklin has ever seen."

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