8A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 20, 2004 NEWS HAZING Continued from page 1A among the IFC presidents, and they expressed outrage," he said. "Once the presidents are on line, it's just a matter of getting the general Greek population." Other members of fraternities and sororities would not com- ment on the allegations, including Panhel spokeswoman Lauren Herskovic. "I have no idea what's going on," she said. "That is a very touchy subject that shouldn't be discussed in a newspaper, it should be dealt with internally." Nobody has reported being seriously injured as a result of hazing to the University this year. During an incident that resulted in the permanent expulsion of fraternity Sigma Chi last fall, a pledge suf- fered kidney failure after having water withheld and being forced to perform physical endurance exercises. "Fortunately nobody has been seriously physically hurt at this point," Eklund said. "But it feels only lucky that there hasn't been physical harm." She said multiple organizations are investigating the inci- dents, including the University's Department of Public Safety, AAPD and OSCR, which investigates and determines appropri- ate responses for violations of the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities. The Greek system has its own disciplinary mechanisms and national fraternity and sorority organizations may also take action against local chapters. Other parts of the Division of Student Affairs such as Coun- seling and Psychological Services and the Sexual Abuse Preven- tion and Awareness Center are extending outreach and support for those involved in these incidents. A Michigan anti-hazing law that went into effect in August will also affect any person committing hazing activities. The law defines hazing as an intentional, knowing or reckless act that puts the individual's physical health and safety at risk and applies to any activity "done for the purpose of pledging, initiation, or to gain or maintain membership in an organization." Violations can result in misdemeanor charges when hazing results in physical injury or fel- ony charges if the outcome is serious bodily impairment or death. ARTWORK Continued from page 1A Ann Arbor resident Ivan Zamperla said, "My criticism is that Democrats attack and call people names. It is not good to call a sitting president dumb, especially when Democrats are concerned with political correctness." Many viewers also commented upon the visu- al depiction of the figures. Christina Morales- Hemenway, a filmmaker, said, "The use of light and dark colors, and shadows allows for the viewer to make up their mind." Sarah Soebbing, a senior at Eastern Michi- gan University, described the paintings as amazing and powerful. "Beautiful and sick- ening ... it exposes their flaws, especially Bush," she said. The exhibit was first displayed in New York City, coinciding with the Republican Nation- al Convention. After passing through Ann Arbor yesterday, the exhibit is now moving on to Chicago; Crawford, Texas; Little Rock, Ark.; Selma, Ala.; and finally culminating in Washington the weekend before Election Day on Nov. 2. "There were certain logistical places. We wanted to get to Texas and wanted to go to the Midwest and south," Wilson said. Wilson said he and Hollenshead were trying to get their art into rural and suburban com- munities in order to capture the sentiment that exists there. He added that he painted the specific figures because they "represent all the facets of for- eign policy" that have created a shift in the way America interacts with the world. CONFLICT Continued from page 1A is a major diversion from existing Amer- ican policy," Stockton said. "(We) have to work with the Israelis as well as the Palestinians, so I do think (Kerry) would be more active in engag- ing both sides," he said. Stockton added that Bush was too close to Sharon to enact policy satis- factory to both parties. "He basically endorsed Sharon's building of the barrier and his involvement in Gaza," he said. Kerry has been somewhat inconsis- tent in his proposals for resolving the Mideast conflict, especially with regard to the security wall. While he has voiced support for the security wall, he also told the Arab American Institute last year that the building of the wall was "coun- terproductive." "I know how disheartened Palestin- ians are by the Israeli government's decision to build a barrier off the 'Green Line,' cutting deeply into Palestinian areas," Kerry said last year. "We do not need another barrier to peace." For this reason and others, Evans said, "the best hope for the conflict is under Bush." While sensitive issues such as the ref- ugee problem, construction of the wall in the West Bank, the status of Jerusalem and Israel's pullout from the West Bank and Gaza remain to be solved, the pri- mary issue that must be settled is how negotiations will begin and proceed. Despite Kerry and Bush both express- ing pro-Israeli sentiments, support for the Security Wall as well as a need for new Palestinian leadership, Evans represents Republicans who fear that Kerry may take a Clinton-esque approach of getting Arafat on the negotiating table, sending mixed signals to "terrorists," and under- mining the importance of reforming Pal- estinian politics before embarking on the roadmap to peace. This roadmap is the official docu- ment approved by the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia in 2002 to implement peace within the region in three steps: trans- formation of Palestinian government, transition to democracy and finally Pal- estinian statehood. Although the original plan scheduled the third step to be underway by this year and completed by 2005, in reality the peace process has been stuck at step one with experts predicting that it will stay that way until Arafat is unseated, allow- ing more moderate politicians to rise to power and reform Palestinian politics. But opponents argue that the United States, along with th rest of the interna- tional community needs to play a more dominant role in transforming Palestin- ian politics. Another point on which Kerry will be strong is enlisting the help of other countries to deal with the problem, Stockton said. However, Bush supporters feel this may be a sign of weakness. "I've learned the only one thing that terrorists respect is power, and if you show signs of weakness they will use terrorism as a negotiating tool," Evans said. "I think Kerry will make terrorism a civil rights problem like Clinton did. Kerry's policy would jeopardize the war on terrorism and security of America by redefining the war on terrorism as a civil rights problem." Ray Tanter, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations as well as a former member of the National Security Coun- cil under President Ronald Reagan, added that the solution was to reform Palestinian institutions with the rise of new leaders after the death of Arafat. "Arafat stands in the face of reform," said Tanter, describing Arafat as "immovable." Tanter also criticized Kerry's plan, saying, "If Kerry were to become presi- dent, he would pay more attention to the peace process and the road map with less attention to reform of the Palestin- ian institutions. He would not make any progress and would eventually come around to the same policy as President Bush." Partisan fears that Democrats may take too loose an approach in dealing with Arafat or that Republicans may be too closely tied with Israel are height- ened by the two men who will be advis- ing Bush or Kerry on Israeli policies in the next four years. If Bush wins, Elliot Abrams will most likely continue to be senior direc- tor for Near East and North African Affairs. Abrams, a longtime supporter of Israel, who was appointed to the position in 2002, was an assistant Sec- retary of State in the Reagan admin- istration. Stockton said Abrams has little experience in the Middle East affairs and his "strange partisan" views and support for Israel's right wing Likud party make him unfit for the job. Arab American leaders have also pointed to the appointment of Abrams as a setback to Palestinian interests. President of the Arab American Institute James Zogby said Abram's appointment in 2002 was "a very dan- gerous message to the Arab world" and adds to the "lock that the neocon set now has on all the major instruments of decision-making..." But inside Israel, it seems that most citizens of Israel are happy with the policies put in place by Abrams and President Bush. Last week 10 news- papers from as many countries con- ducted "elections" to see whether their countrymen would vote for Bush or Kerry if they were voting in the Amer- ican election. Israelis were one of the two citizenries supporting a Bush win, with only 24 percent voting for Kerry. Evans, who has traveled many times to Israel and for the last 30 years has maintained personal relationships with Israeli prime ministers, said he attri- butes this to the fact that the Israeli people feel the war on terrorism - specifically, the war in Iraq - makes them safer in their country. 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