The Michigan Daily-Friday, April 8, 1988-Page 5
Lameduck city council hears
opponents of N. Campus mall _
Prof. says exiled
Palestinians
lose identity
By PETER MOONEY
A proposed shopping center near
North Campus provoked an outcry.
from about 30 nearby residents at
last night's Ann Arbor City Council
meeting.
They spoke before a lame duck
council, four of whom will not be
ere when the council decides the
issue on April 18.
The . Plymouthview Project is
.slated to .be built on the corner of
Plymouth and Broadway roads. If
,approved by city council, the mall
would include a dry cleaning store, a
drug store, a sub shop, and a weight
doss center, neighborhood activists
said.
Opponents of the project are con-
cerned about the visual impact the
mall will have on their neighbor-
hood as well as the increased traffic
caused by the project.
"This proposed strip mall will
destroy our neighborhood," local
resident Ruth Mohr said.
Mohr added that a traffic impact
study included in the project's site
plan showed it would have a nega-
tive impact on Plymouth Road.
Currently, traffic going east on
Plymouth is at 99 percent of capac-
ity and westbound is at 94 percent. If
the project was built, eastbound
traffic would be 109 percent of ca-
pacity and westbound traffic would
be at 104 percent.
Another resident objected to the
destruction of a house on the mall's
proposed site.
Susan Wright complained that the
project would cause the destruction
of a house, which, because of the
165 surrounding trees, provides a
scenic entry into the neighborhood.
If the house is destroyed, "people
are going to ask where's the arbor in
Ann Arbor?" Wright said.
Councilmember Larry Hunter (D-
1st Ward), who represents the area
served by the proposed mall, said he
is leaning against the project.
But, he added, in order to reject
the mall, the council must have le-
gal justification.
"If you don't like something, you
have to change the zoning," Hunter
said.
Hunter
... questions traffic impact
Democratic party needs students' help, Kelley says
By EDDY MENG
There are problems within the
Democratic Party - old party
.bsses are gone, the traditional labor
svpport has been hurt by economic
problems, and money from special
interest groups sometimes forces the
party to abandon traditional
Pemocratic ideals, said Michigan
State Attorney General Frank Kelley
in a speech last night.
Kelley spoke to the University's
dollege Democrats at a fundraiser at
Oie Oxford Conference Center
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said Curtis Lim, the exhibit's coor-
dinator.
Although the festival is a minor-
ity event, it's meant to be enjoyed
by all people, said LSA junior Eddie
Chu, the performing arts coordinator
for the celebration.
t "(The festival) is another chance
for the minority organizations to of-
fer something to the whole Univer-
sity, it's not just for minority stu-
dents," he said.
Lim; who is displaying two of
his own paintings, said he hopes to
"allow all people, not only minori-
ties, to find a common ground"
Through the artwork.
because he wanted to "pass the
torch" to college students.
Kelley also added that the
Democratic Party needs student
idealism to help set policies that
combat the sophistry and greed of
the '80s. These policies must address
an economy that has been dominated
by "the rich get richer" theory under
the current administration, he said.
"Young people provide the
vitality not only for the upcoming
elections, but also for the future,"
Kelley said.
The festival opens with a recep-
tion at 7 p.m. tonight, featuring
Lim's art exhibit and a discussion
about minority artists, led by Art
School Prof. Jon Lockard.
The performing arts and fashion
segments will comprise tomorrow's
activities, which begin at 7 p.m.
The speech highlighted a year in
which the College Democrats have
tried to emphasize grass-roots
politics.
College Democrat Michail Curro,
an LSA senior, said the group is not
only interested in political
candidates, but also in exposing
members to the people who run the
party at the county and state levels.
Curro said the group's good
relations with county and state
officials allowed them to get have
access to people like Kelley. Also in
attendance were Congressional
candidate State Sen. Lana Pollack
(D-Ann Arbor) and newly elected
city councilmember Liz Brater.
Neal Stabler, a former state
Democratic party chair, agreed with
the College Democrats' approach to
emphasize practical political
experience because political science
classes do not always pay attention
to the political process itself.
Local Democrats also said they
appreciate the close relationship they
have with the campus group.
By LAWRENCE ROSENBERG
Highlighted by enthusiastic
audience participation, a speaker said
yesterday that Palestinians who live
outside of the occupied West Bank
lose some of their identity.
Prof. Bassam Tibi, a visiting
Professor of International Relations
from Germany's University o f
Gottingen, spoke on "Identity and
World View in a Changing World"
to about 40 people in the Kuenzel
Room of the Michigan Union last
night.
His discussion was the fourth in a
week-long series on Palestine and
the Middle East, sponsored by the
Palestinian Solidarity Committee.
"For at least the last 15-20 years,
there has been a debate on the
identity of the Palestinian," he said.
Tibi said he divides the world
Palestinian population into four
separate identity groups: Palestinians
who live in Israel with citizenship,
Palestinians who live in occupied
territories, Palestinians who are
living in Arab countries, and
Palestinians who live in the United
States and Europe.
"Identity is always related to
something that is real; culturally,
identity is based on a world view,"
he said.
Drawing a parallel between the
world Jewish population and the
world Palestinian population, Tibi
said that just as Jews who live
outside of Israel have a different
identity than Jews who live there,
Palestinians who live in exodus
necessarily lose some of their
Palestinian identity. One audience
member who asked not to be
identified said, "the Palestinians feel
like the Jews do. Identity can be
formed only inside of a Palestinian
state."
Audience members were vocal in
their disagreement with Tibi's
conclusion that Palestinians living
outside of the West Bank lost a great
amount of their Palestinian identity.
Tahani Abboushi, a Palestinian-
American who was born in the West
Bank but raised in the United States,
felt she had more in common with
Palestinians than Americans.
"You have a choice of either
maintaining the * culture or
assimilating. I think the reason the
Palestinians retain their identity is
because they don't have a homeland.
I think saying we're Palestinians is a
way of rejecting Israel's wishes for
us to assimilate," she said.
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tended the rally. "It's close to me
personally, but only in the last cou-
ple of years have I realized the im-
plications. If it's easy for me to for-
get, imagine how easy it is for ev-
eryone else."
A follow-up celebration will be
held in the Diag on May 7 in honor
of the proposed holiday.
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