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El as well as its members have
realized that there are some dif-
ferences of opinions and that
changes need to be made."
Those elected to serve one year
terms include the officers, John
Kamins, president; Frederick Si-
mon, first vice president;
Lawrence Epstein, second vice
president; Marion Freedman,
Students Expect Money
From Court Decision
JENNIFER FINER AND JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITERS
ith the U.S. Supreme
Court on its side, stu-
dents at Michigan State
University plan to ask
school administrators to help
fund an on-campus Jewish news-
paper.
Students involved with The
Jewish. Review, published twice
a year, say they rely on advertis-
ing as their only source of fund-
ing.
"We spend most of our time so-
liciting for ads," said Jason Zaks,
a member of the paper's adviso-
ry board and president of the Hil-
lel Student Board. "University
funds would help us offset some
of our costs."
Mr. Zaks bases his argument
on a 5-4 High Court ruling, stat-
ing a public university is required
to fund a religious publication if
it also funds nonreligious student
free-speech activities.
Julie Peterson, a spokesperson
/i for the University of Michigan,
says U-M will not be affected by
the June 29 decision because it
already funds a variety of groups,
including those that are religious
based. Publications, including the
Jewish magazine Consider and
other religious-based materials,
have been funded by the univer-
sity.
)
Other public universities in
Michigan do not have Jewish stu
dent publications.
Last week's High Court deci-
sion, which alters the wall sep-
arating church and state, marks
the first time the court has up-
held direct government funding
for religious activity.
The decision came from a case
involving a University ofVirginia
policy not to fund student reli-
gious organizations or activities
while providing funds to a range
of other activities.
The court held that a student-
published Christian journal is en-
titled to a subsidy, stating the
school had to be neutral once it
decided to subsidize student
speech.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, in
the majority opinion, wrote that
a university "may not silence the
expression of selected viewpoints"
on the grounds that the expres-
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treasurer; Alan May, secretary,
and Jeffrey Lipshaw, trustee.
Trustees Debra Bernstein-Siegel,
Dennis Frank, Lois Gerenraich,
Lucy Gersten, Gerald Levin, San-
ford Passer and Judith Schwartz
will serve three-year terms.
None of the 13 people elected
or re-elected could be reached for
comment. Cl
sion is religious in content, say-
ing "vital First Amendment
speech principles are at stake
here."
The opposition, led by Justice
David Souter, said another First
Amendment right is at stake due
to the court's decision allowing
the government to fund a reli-
gious activity.
Last week's decision gives
some voucher supporters hope for
government funding of a stu-
dent's private-school education.
Others don't see it as a vehicle for
vouchers.
MSU Jewish
students will
ask for funds.
David Kagan, of the Lubavitch
Foundation in Farmington Hills,
feels that the decision was not all
that remarkable in that the fed-
eral government has been pro-
viding money for students to go
to Christian colleges and univer-
sities for a long time through Pell
grants and other assistance.
In addition, he said, the dif-
ference between vouchers and
funding a Christian newspaper
on a college campus is that the
vouchers would deal with minors.
Minors, he said, are more apt to
be influenced in a religious envi-
ronment than a college student
reading a Christian newspaper.
"Every day the federal gov-
ernment gives money to Jewish,
Christian and Muslim colleges in
the form of student aid," he said.
As for Mr. Zaks, he is hopeful
The Jewish. Review will receive
support.
"If the university says no to us
but funds other student-run uni-
versity publications, we have the
Supreme Court on our side," Mr.
Zaks said. "There would be no
reason for them to deny us fund-
ing." I 11
Correction
A photo caption in the June 30 issue re-
ferred to the late Judge John Shepherd.
Judge Shepherd is not deceased.
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