10 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 14, 2000
Offensive people
still have rights
TO THE DAILY:
School of Social Work student
Cameron Shultz in his letter to the
Daily ("SCC fights campus racism"
4/7/00) incorrectly stated that "Just as
the Arian (sic) Brotherhood, the -Neo-
Nazis, the KKK and any other group
that promotes ethnic and cultural
oppression would not be allowed to
exist within this public University ..."
Shultz, any group, no matter how
offensive to anyone, should be and will
be allowed to exist at this public univer-
sity because we are a public university,
and our rights to freedom of speech and
expression are guaranteed by the Bill of
Rights. Your argument that privileges
for certain student groups over others
are unjust, I believe, is valid. Your argu-
ment that any student or student group
should be silenced because of an
unpopular opinion is simply wrong.
While I don't believe the compari-
son of Michigamua to violent hate
groups a fair one, the "Tower Soci-
eties," the Aryan Nation, the Neo-
Nazis, the KKK and the SCC all reap
the benefits of free speech. If you try
to take away their rights, who will pro-
tect yours?
MICHAEL SIMON
MSA STUDENT RIGHTS COMMISSION
Naked Mile:
What's the fuss?
To THE DAILY:
What is the problem everyone has
with the Naked Mile? It's something
that has been going on as long as I can
remember. No oneis forced to partake
in the event, everyone involved makes
a decision to participate. Why is it that
this year, now everyone who for some
reason has a chip on their shoulder
about the run has been raising a ruckus
about it happening? As far as I can
recall, I've never heard of anyone
being arrested for participating in it.
Why does Ann Arbor believe that they
now need to arrest people for partici-
pating?
From what I know, those who want-
ed to run-in the mile ran in it, those that
didn't didn't, and those that couldn't
stand the idea of the run stayed home.
At what point was this not enough? At
what point was it the right of some peo-
ple to dictate what others chose to do
when it wasn't harmful to others?
GREG BUCZYNSKI
ENGINEERING FIRST-YEAR STUDENT
RA door defacing
radiates ignorance
TO THE DAILY:
I am writing to address the issue of
the anti-Arab display as of late. The
student who marked "Kill More" on
the door of South Quad Resident
Advisor Will Youmans is obviously
someone who is ignorant of the world
around them. Do people not realize
that race is perhaps the most petty
thing to discriminate, aside from social
class?
I find it pathetic that people are to
this day ignorant the reality the world.
each of us have the same chemical
make-up, the same features, the same
brains. What makes you think you are
better than anyone else? We are all the
same. Further, in ? University as
diverse as ours, how can someone
attend here who feels they can dis-
criminate against others? you're in the
wrong place if you feel you have
found a place to set yourself upon a
pedestal.
The message I am trying to relay is
that there is no need for such ignorant
acts. Acts such as this are all too com-
mon, to all minorities. Blacks, native
americans, and anyone who is consid-
ered a "minority" face this on a daily
basis, and it needs to stop. Is it so hard
to come to terms with oneself and
admit that you are equal to everyone
else?
BASHAR AL-MADANI
LSA JUNIOR
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Don't check
'optional' boxes
TO THE DAILY:
We need the removal of race, reli-
gion or sex from the admissions'forms,
so it can not be a consideration. Any-
thing less is discrimination. The fact
that "the University has reiterated that it
uses race as a 'broad array' of many
factors" confirms that they are discrimi-
nating against someone based on race.
Defending of Affirmative Action
as asked for by "BAMN," is request-
ing discrimination based on race! It is
unconstitutional to determine accep-
tance for employment or education
based on race. The fight for equality
will never be won as long as the ques-
tions are asked on applications of any
kind. The boxes to check are now
optional, so choose not to respond.
LAURA BRANCHEAU
UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
AIESEC, Delta
Gamma wronged
TO THE DAILY:
I think there might have been some
confusion about what two of this year's
"Best of Ann Arbor" winners, Delta
Gamma and AIESEC (Best Sorority to
Party with and Best Student Organiza-
tion on Campus respectively) are all
about. I happen to be a member of both.
The comment about the women of
Delta Gamma having less back hair
than the men of Pi Kappa Alpha was
almost funny, because although consid-
ered to be sexy in certain countries, to
my knowledge back hair is not an prob-
lem among members of either one of
those fraternities. As for AIESEC, I
was disappointed that after their 6th
win in a row, the Daily still has no clue
about the nature of the organization.
AIESEC provides students all over the
world with an opportunity to work and
live in a different country, thus promot-
ing an international and cultural experi-
ence to young people.
I wholeheartedly invite the staff of
the Daily to participate in Fall Member
Recruitment (Rush) and verify for
themselves the high standards of per-
sonal hygiene among the members of
Dee Gee and Pike. I also invite the staff
of the Daily to participate in one of
AIESEC's programs in hopes of bring-
ing back to their office some of
"foreign" culture: Tact.
AGNES BLASKO
LSA JUNIOR
In defense of
academic advisin
TO THE DAILY:
Last week's editorial "Advising
blues," (4/4/00) painted the advising
office as a typical example of imperson-
al Michigan bureaucracy. Long lines,
rushed meetings and distant advisors
were amongst the list of complaints.
The main criticism is that there is a
dearth of personal attention and rela-
tionships between students and advi-
sors.
Such complaints address a. funk
mental misconception about the role of
advising at a large university where stu-
dents are given the autonomy and
responsibility to devise their own life
plans.Academic advisors cannot and
should not determine a student's course
of study. Students also feel that LSA
advisors don't have the time or
resources to form close relationships
with their advisees. We have not fouS
this to be the case. In helping to deter-
mine the LSA academic advisor of the
year award, the Student Advisory Panel
to Academic Advising have received e-
mails about advisors who go above and
beyond the call of duty to help their stu-
dents.
There are many outlets for personal
attention on campus. Your concentra-
tion advisors, Career Planning and
Placement, your professors, Resident
Hall Advisors, and departmental s*
dent clubs can provide a personal rela-
tionship combined with valuable
advice. Unfortunately, we cannot
escape the fact that there are 16,000
students in the College of LSA, but the
University does not have to be the
bureaucratic nightmare that students
sometimes make it out to be. With a lit-
tle assertiveness, students can find the
guidance they are looking for.
If you want to help change things,
e-mail suggestions to the Student Advi-
sory Panel to Academic Advising sug-
gestions at Isasg.sapaa@uinich.edu.
RYAN BARREIT
VICTORIA DICARLO
LSA JUNIORS
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:
A TRIBUTE TO PAUL BOYLAN
Friday, April 14, 8:30 PM (pre-concert carillon at 8:00, Margo Halsted)
Hill Auditorium
A tribute to Paul Boylan, Dean School of Music & Vice Provost for the Arts, on the
occasion of his retirement.
Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
" Academic Festival Overture, Johannes Brahms
" Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Ralph Vaughan Williams
e Piano Concerto in G (1st Mvt.) (Josh Cullen, p .t Maurice Ravel
" Glitter and Be Gay (Jennifer Larson, soprano ard Bernstein
" Pines of Rome, Ottorino Respighi
DANCE DEPARTMENT:"yu see"
Thursday-Saturday, April 13-15, }00 PM
Betty Pease Studio Theatre
Senior Thesis Concert. $5 tickets at door.
Choreography by Lily Baldwin, Anna Gelirt, Eri gski, Amanda Price, Tamika
Washington, and Rishauna Zumberg.
RECITAL SERIES: The Compete Bach Organ Works;
James Kibbie, organ
Sunday, April 16, 4:00 PMi ...
Blanche Anderson Moof it-H
Program #9: The Complete:Ot: n-Works od|Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
presented in 18 recitals inberltvance ,a-t t E0th anniversary of the composer's
death. www.umich.edu/ .J1 e" -Fanr3iS . in C Minor, BWV 537 "
Chorales from the Neumgsier Colleot a'iidefurst, Herr Jesu Christ," BWV
1102: "Erhalt uns, Herr, t ideiner&(ort," BW V 1I0 Wenn dich Ungluck tut
greifen an," BWV 1104: ")eu, meei|f Freud k" BW15 " Prelude in A Minor,
RWV 569 " Individually Tr smitte|choral : "ValetWe ich dir geben," BWV 735;
"Valet will ich dir geben," chfralis :in dale tnd cho $LBWV 736 " Chorales for
Easter from the OrgelbOchle ."Christibg iri 'odes a len," BWV 625; "Jesus 4
Christus, unser Heiland, der de d TodIberwaid,",WV 626; "Christ ist erstanden"
[3 versus], BWV 627; "Erstanden isfdert firtg hist," BWV 628; "Erschienen ist
der herrliche Tag," BWV 629; "Heut triumphi et Gottes Sohn," BWV 630 " Fantasia
in C Major [incomplete], BWV 573 - Partite d fterse sopra: "Ach, was soil ich Sunder
machen," BWV 770 " Fugue ir t Minor, BW 578.
COMPOSER'S FORUM
Monday, April 17, 8:00:
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