2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 13, 2000 SCCplans to conclude JURC Continued fro occupation of tower MICHIGAMUA Continued from Page :IA said the issue is a concern of Michiga- mua's. "We've always agreed that the objects need to be removed. The whole reason we are here tonight is because we're saying 'let's remove everything and put it in a neutral location ... so Michigamua and SCC have no contact with it until Michigamua has a chance to meet with the Native American community,"' Michigamua member Bryan Ackerman said. Ackerman said after having Universi- ty faculty and staff take an inventory of all the cultural material in the tower, Michigamua hoped to have a dialogue with the Native community to not only promote healing, but to understand which objects are offensive and why they are offensive. "We aren't going to understand any- thing about the Native community until we speak with them," Ackerman said, Jurgreis'4 out her sp phrased as broke it dov that Jews m be in touch appreciatio accountabili She spoke from a spi "afluenza.' independen their parents itude was ea tuality Jurgr "So it is e to a clerk o say 'Thank means som mother or y cult," Jurgrei The stren toward her behind her ing presenc controversia questions. Jurgreis s hazing and the Univers LOUIS BROWN/Daily Native American artifacts like this one located in Michigamua's meeting space will be sent to the Bentley Historical library. "The reason the whole group is here is to see everything that the University has been seeing because we haven't been able to go into the tower;' he said. NATION/WORLD - REIS went as far as to describe atheists :s I I~.I ~Jews who were going through a fewv m Page 1A issues. central theme through- And as ready as she was to tackl e peech was what she issues regarding the Universi ty ;"Jewish DNA." She community, Jurgreis was ready, wn to a few key points willing and able to tackle mu( h ust embrace in order to larger issues regarding her Jewi sh with God - humility, faith. She spoke against interfajith n, responsibility and marriages among several other ty. issues. of how people suffered "The very fact that Michael is iritual disease called marrying Mary tells you that his People wanted to be connection to Judaism is not stro rig nt of everything from or he would not be marrying a ncsn- s to God and that ingrat- Jew," Jurgreis said. ating away at their spiri- Although she did not speak cout eis said. against Jewish converts marryi rig easy to say, 'Thank you' into the Jewish faith, she said it eras r a cab driver, but it to only acceptable if their faith was you' to someone who true. Jurgreis stated that conversimns ething to you like your for the sake of marriage have no our father is more diffi- validity in the Torah. ,is said.Fidelia Freidman, an Ann Arbor igth of her convictions resident and Jewish convert, said r Jewish faith echoed she agreed with Jurgreis' stance on small stature but tower- interfaith marriages and land-ftor- e even though she took peace negotiations in Israel. Li stances as she fielded "The fact that we gave away lanid was wrong," Freidman said. "We poke against on-campus shouldn't give anything to anybody." apathy among Jews in Jurgreis said she is very strong in ity community. She even her convictions that land should , ot be returned to the Palestinians, evien going as far as saying there is '"no such entity" as the Palestinian state. "It is the Arab nations that :ore abusing Israel, not the Jewish p eo- ting Students ple," Jurgreis said. a lucrative career in "The Jewish people have girten al real estate sales. more than 120 percent to them," she said. "That land is Jewish land, not al company, looking to Arab. It was given to us by the If-starting, business- lihy od" graduate with a good Almighty Lord." gr.duae 33tyarsid Jurgreis also spoke out on the nor. I have 33 years in Pope John Paul's confession for the yet keep an open mind forgiveness of sins committed by ytufor aentss ound the Roman Catholic Church, inclind- y Call Gary or visit our ing those against Jews. Jurgreis said ich is being rebuilt after she'd rather see actions like the ical problem fried it). recognition of Israel by the Vatic:an. "I don't want them to say they are lie & Associates sorry for killing the Jews," Jurgreis said. Realtors "I'd like them to see them say that i c're 4) 663-6694 going to live. 'We recognize Israel,' but .garyfillie.com so far they're not recognizing Israel." ACROSS THE NATION $$ Clinton, NRA contest gun safety laws WASHINGTON - Charges of dishonesty and scare tactics flew yesterday in a brawl between President Clinton and the National Rifle Associationover tougher gun laws. In a mocking broadside, Clinton tore into the group for its "knee-jerk reaction to any gun safety measure." Clinton's accusations brought an incendiary rebuttal from NRA executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre, who said the president exploits gun deaths for political purposes. "I've come to believe that he needs a certain level of violence in this country," LaPierre said. "He's willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda and his vice president, too." At issue was a new advertising campaign in which NRA president Charlton Heston all but accuses the president of lying in his characterizations of the group as an impediment to sensible laws and public safety. 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The airline has been the target of at least two civil rights suits by ex- employees alleging racial harassment at American's Los Angeles mainte- nance facility. In the current Los Angeles case, Harold Archuleta charges that he was fired illegally two years ago. Ameri- can attorneys said in court papers that Archuleta had been fired because he "signed an inspection report falsely stating that he had inspected the pas- senger life vests on a Boeing 767." The firing was sustained by a neutral arbitrator, American attorneys Gary Siniscalco and Oswald Cousins said. But Archuleta, who worked for American for nine years, contends AROUND THE' 80 bodies uncovered in mine explosion KRASNODON, Ukraine - Ashen- faced relatives stood in silence beneath a light snow yesterday, watch- ing rescuers coated in coal dust drag up the bodies of 81 people killed in a Ukrainian mine explosion and load them onto refrigerator trucks. Survivors of the former Soviet republic's worst mine disaster in decades described a confusing burst, a suffocating cloud of coal dust and the sickening smell of smoke before they were brought to the surface. A preliminary investigation sug- gested that Saturday's accident was a methane explosion caused by a viola- tion of safety regulations, the Interfax news agency quoted President Leonid Kuchma as saying. Ukraine's mine accidents are often caused by methane, a naturally occur- ring, odorless and highly explosive gas that seeps out of coal seams and can build up ih poorly ventilated mine shafts. that in reality he was fired in retalia- tion for complaints he made about safety violations at American and because he attempted to assist Charles Walker, another former American mechanic, in a racial-dis- crimination suit he filed against the company. Gas prices increase to record levels LOS ANGELES - Gasoline prices soared a record 12 cents per gallon in the past two weeks as rising crude oil costs hit Americans hard at the pump, the Lundberg Survey reported yesterday. The average retail price of gas line nationwide, including all grade and taxes, was about $1.59 per-gal- lon on Friday, up 11.99 cents from Feb. 25, according to survey of 10,000 stations. "The word 'increase' kind of pales," analyst Trilby Lundberg said: The costliest gas, premium at full- service stations, even flirted with the $2-per-gallon mark. But union officials said it could-have been a coal dust explosion ignited by welding equipment at the Barakova mine near the eastern town of Krasnodon, about 425 miles east of Kiev. Officials said 80 of the 277 min*, who were underground at the time of the explosion died on the spot. Pope apologizes for Catholic wrongs Many Roman Catholic worshippers and clergy in the United States met: Pope John Paul II's historic gesture;. atonement with enthusiasm yesterday, calling apologies for their brethren's stumblings and sins needed and "much overdue." Addressing wrongs that touched on groups from gays to Gypsies, the pon- tiff's centuries-spanning apology res- onated among the church's 48 million U.S. members. Most said they wel- comed his prayers with reflective relief. - Compiled from Daily wire repori .1 SEN IORS Join your fellow classmates in this effort to help support the annual fund in your school or college! U of M Telefund students will be calling you starting March 12 To commemorate your special graduation year here's an idea! Graduation year = 2000 A gift of $20.00 now, and A pledge of $20.00 (or more) in the fall. To thank you, well send you a U of M yo-yo! 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