Foreign students 'gather BV BARRIE BERSON On March 17, MSA's Interna- tinal Student Commission held a conference on campus for interna- tional student association presidents. Nations such as Indonesia, Israel, Thailand, Hong Kong, India, Ger- many, the Netherlands, and the United States were represented. , The ultimate purpose was "to get community members to get to know one another and discuss concerns of international students particularly at the University of Michigan," said Paul White, the chairperson of the commission. The conference was just a part of the effort MSA has been putting forth this year. White, along with 1 his committee, are still working on ideas to improve international stu- dent life at the University. At the end of August students will be vol- unteering time at the international student orientation run by the Inter- national Center. In addition, the MSA steering committee hosted a reception for visiting Philippine University Stu- dent Government Presidents. During their visit, the students attended a lecture by Geraldine Ferraro and were given the opportunity to meet her as well. "We have taken the international student program and rejuvenated it," said White. "In the past it was not as regular," he added. "The main goal of our commis- sion is to draw into a sharper focus problems that exist for international students. I think that the interna- tional students on campus are not as visible as they would like to be and there is some sentiment toward changing that a bit," stated the commission chair. PASS IT AROUND Share the news, WHERE CAN YOU ORDER A BIRTHDAY CAKE ON CAMPUS? Imagine a Strawberry Shortcake filled with sliced, fresh berries and real whipped cream ... or a chocolate and raspberry filled Sacher Torte. Basil's has I all these and more! Stop in and -i zaeu - A ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily r in their Spring concert The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 31, 1989 - Page 3 West Bank trip 11 *1 it They're amazing Members of Amazin' Blue sing as they give the diag a taste of what they will offe this Saturday in the Union Ballroom. splits BY DIMA ZALATIMO A Michigan Student Assembly funded trip to the Israeli occupied territories has stirred controversy among assembly representatives and left them divided. This month, MSA passed a pro- posal, presented by the Palestine Solidarity Committee, to send two University students to the occupied territories to discuss the establish- ment of a sister university relation- ship with Bir Zeit University, simi- lar to the one between the University and the University of El Salvador. The three week trip is also de- signed to gather first hand informa- tion about conditions in the occupied territories. Upon returning from their trip, students will share their experi- ences through informal lectures. The resolution, passed by an eleven to nine margin, has been met with opposition. Efforts to have the motion rescinded at this week's meeting failed. "I don't think anything productive will come of the trip," said LSA representative Gretchen Walter who strongly opposes the allocation of MSA funds for the trip. "There is a need for eyewitnesses on campus because of the media bias toward Israel. Palestinians are dying everyday", said Luis Vazquez, repre- sentative from the School of Public Health. "We need to get the straight story." Gene Kavnatsky, a Rackham representative, said that he didn't be- lieve in spending student money outside the University, and espe- Changing issues cause protests to wane ISA cially outside the country. "MSA is waging foreign policy which is not their job." Kavnatsky added that since the trip was sponsored by the PSC, the chosen students would be biased. The selection process for the trip will be administered by a panel of two MSA members and two PSC members. One of the students cho- sen will be an MSA member; the other will be from the general cam- pus community. One panel member, Engineering representative Dan Tobocman, said he would be looking for an unbiased person."Having me, a Jew, on the committee lends to the impartiality of the selection," he said. "This is not a hate-Israel trip. The two people who go will experience the situation first hand and bring back a balanced view," he said. MSA president-elect Aaron Williams said he opposed the trip because the money allocated for it could have been put to better use on campus. But PSC member Rashid Taher who is also on the selection com- mittee said, "The assertion that the money can be better spent on cam- pus is not applicable because the campus community will be directly benefiting from the insight these students bring back." Taher stressed the fact that this was not a free vacation. "Whoever is sent will be expected to work for their trip when they get back by en- gaging in informal lectures." BY NOELLE SHADWICK This time two years ago, protesters decriedwthe University's proposal to remove restrictions on classified research saying the University would be opening its doors to more military and weapons projects. On April 20, 1987, the Univer- sity's regents voted 5-2 to remove the "end-use" clause prohibiting re- searchers for almost 20 years from conducting classified research that could be used to kill or maim human life. Supporters of the "end-use" clause vowed to fight for its readoption even if, as then Michigan Student Assembly military research adviser Tamara Waggoner said, "it means sitting in on every goddam lab that performs military research." But now, the issue of University classified research - research in which the principal investigator has access to federally classified docu- ments - seems to have disappeared from the public eye. Only one demonstration, which was staged last October by Univer- sity alumni members of the Progressive Student's Network, has recalled the struggle between the ad- ministration and anti-military re- search activists. The demonstrators, occupying the laboratory of University Prof. Thomas Senior, protested the Uni- versity's acceptance of $6,000,000 from the Pentagon during academic year 1987-88. Beyond the PSN protest, there has been little anti-military research Resume Service For high quality resumes, matching cover sheets and envelopes, depend on Kinko's, the copy center. kinko's the copy center 540 East Uberty Open 24 Hours 1220 S. University Open 24 Hours Michigan Union Open Earfy - Open Late activism on campus. "It's been going on so long that people have gotten used to it...," said LSA junior Sarah Cooley of Women's Action for Nuclear Disar- mament. "It's not the big issue for a lot of people," she said. Issues of racism, discrimination, and anti-Semitism are more of a concern for students now, said Prof. Theodore Birdsall, principle investi- gator of the only official classified research project on campus spon- sored by the Office of Naval Re- search. Birdsall, who investigates the transmitance of underwater sound signals and who has been accused by opponents of military research of developing technology that could be used in submarine warfare, said: "The PSN used to visit me once a week," but now "I don't know who their successors are." "Issues change; people change," said Gaia Kile, University graduate and former member of the PSN. One of the problems of working on political issues at a University, Kile said, is that "there is a tremen- dous turnover of students while the administration remains the same. The administration doesn't necessar- ily have to be responsive to the stu- dents." While the opposition has waned, the University has continued to re- cruit and accept Pentagon dollars. According to a report by Michi- gan Student Assembly military re- search investigator Arlin Wasser- man, the University has doubled its intake of Pentagon dollars over the past four years, and the Department of Defense accounted for 5.1 percent of the University's total research ex- penditures in fiscal year 1988. The University ranks 216th in the Pentagon's Research and Develop- ment list of the top 500 institutions and companies who receive Pentagon money. Though the main focus of the is- sues has changed, Cooley said "they are hitting at the same thing." The U.S. sends its military into third world countries, but they wouldn't do the same in European white countries, and poor people in the underdeveloped nations are often forced to go into the army, she said. A greater threat than classified re- search right now is the increasing tendency for the University to accept proprietary research contracts, said George Carignan, assistant engineering dean and chair of the Research Policies Committee. TT WT -jp s"q """ 0 LLXXXXXTXXTixx XU7" coUPON With this entire ad- FREE 12 oz drink expires COUPON Li_ . the wqmwk. BRING IN THIS AD FOR A GREAT MOVIE DEAL! (ONE TICKET PER COUPON) c Pelle Conqueror New York Stories b4l-r biv w w W-W-A'w Z Z Z Z Z U U ZUZU Z7 rI U UU UU DETROIT-TOKYO ROUND-TRIP from $799.00 (Non-Stop) DAI-ICHI TRAVEL 353-8999 353-9089 (Japanese Desk) ATTENTION! Michigan Daily subscribers and university departments: i Spring/Summer subscriptions start May 5th to August 11th. 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