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The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 3
* ON CAMPUS
Film on Holocaust
paperclip project
to be screened
In conjunction with the Daniel
Goldstein Film Festival, the Univer-
sity's Conference on the Holocaust
presents "Educating America: Paper-
clips" tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Michigan Theater.
The film screening will highlight
a documentary about a Tennessee
middle school that collected millions
of paperclips to symbolize the vic-
tims of the Holocaust. Tickets are $3
for students and $7 for non-students.
The event is sponsored in part by the
Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.
Health policy
analyst will
speak tonight
As part of the Health Sciences
Scholars program's Professional
Autobiography Series, Cleopatra
Caldwell will speak tonight from
7 to 8 p.m. in the West Lounge of
Alice Lloyd ResidenceHall.
Caldwell, who has served as a
health policy analyst for former
U.S.Rep. J. Roy Rowland (D-Ga.), in
addition to many other academic and
research positions, will discuss her
career experiences and offer advice
to students planning to follow in her
footsteps. Admission is free.
CRIME
NOTES
See n men
assault teens on
S. Forest Ave.
Three teens said they were walk-
ing down the 600 block of South
Forest Avenue at about 12:20 a.m.
yesterday when they passed a group
of six or seven men, according to the
Ann Arbor Police Department.
One of the victims said one man
punched him in the eye while the
others told him to empty his pockets.
The other two teens ran away, but
one said he was chased down. The
man who caught him punched him in
the face and demanded money. Both
teens suffered minor injuries. There
are currently no suspects.
Hospital worker
threatens to
assault coworker
A woman reported to the Depart-
ment of Public Safety that she was
having trouble with a coworker at
the University Hospital. The subject
said the coworker indicated that she
wanted to assault her.
TH I S DAY
In Daily History
Shapiro: 'U' needs
to improve minority
commitment
March 22, 1980 - The University
must use more imaginative means to reaf-
* firm its commitment to recruit and retain
minority students, University President
Harold Shapiro said yesterday.
Shapiro's address was part of a three-
day conference titled "The University
of Michigan: A Decade After the Black
Action Movement."
University officials have tried vari-
ous programs over the years to increase
minority enrollment but they have
expressed frustration at the inability of
any plan to resolve the problem.
According to Shapiro, the University
should work closely with administrators
in school districts with a large number of
Sminority students, such as Detroit.
CORRECTIONS
The editorial Suspended Justice
(03/14/2005), which stated that Dan-
iel Horton pleaded guilty to chok-
ing his girlfriend, should have read,
"after pleading guilty to a misde-
meanor domestic violence charge."
Horton pleaded guilty to domestic
violence. not choking his girlfriend.
Students, faculty worried about Lebanon
By Talia Selitsky
Daily Staff Reporter
Since the Feb. 14 assassination of Rafiq Hariri, former prime minis-
ter of Lebanon, University students of Lebanese background and pro-
fessors alike have held their breath as the political crisis in the country
risks spiraling into violence.
Hariri's murder sparked a public outcry against the Syrian
occupation of Lebanon, which has lasted since the Lebanese
Civil War that raged from 1975 to 1990. Hundreds of thousands
of people have taken to the street to protest the Syrian pres-
ence, which today amounts to approximately 14,000 troops. As
a result, Syria recently announced it would pull out its troops
in the near future, escalating hostilities between pro-Syrian and
anti-Syrian Lebanese factions.
"Every single Lebanese owes thanks to the role Syria had in
the civil war and, given the Israeli presence in southern Leba-
non and the volatile region, one could see some justification
for Syrian presence," said University alum Mahmoud Fadlallah.
"The Middle East is still volatile, but the fact that they are leav-
ing is also justified."
Israel entered the civil war in 1982 when hostilities with southern
Lebanon reached their peak, and its troops remained there for 12 years.
Hezbollah, the militant Islamic group residing in southern Lebanon, is
part of the pro-Syrian camp in Lebanon and has orchestrated protests
in favor of the Syrian presence.
One concern expressed by faculty members is that the United States
will use the current political crisis to lash out at Hezbollah, which is on
the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations for terrorist
attacks, including a suicide bombing at a U.S Marines barracks in 1983
that killed 241 soldiers.
President Bush recently urged Hezbollah to disarm but the
group has stated that it will not do so until the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict is over.
"Hezbollah must disarm, but the U.S. resorting to rhetoric
threatening to disarm Hezbollah is not helping and risks throwing
off the delicate balance of power between the different Lebanese
factions," said communication studies lecturer Lawrence Pintak.
"Hezbollah is a part of the system; Hezbollah remains part of the
political process."
"Hezbollah is, from what I know, is simply reactionary," said
Lebanese Student Association President Ryan Jaber, an LSA
sophomore. "It only retaliates after it's been provoked. I don't
consider it a terrorist organization. I think they work to keep the
peace in Lebanon."
LSA freshman Ameera David, expressed different views toward
Hezbollah. "I feel mixed about Hezbollah because they have liber-
ated south Lebanon from Israel and have set up schools. But they have
engaged in terrorists activities."
Hope that the factions would settle their disputes peacefully was
shattered Saturday when a bomb exploded in a Christian neighbor-
hood, injuring 11 people. The bombing was the first violent episode
since the explosion that killed Hariri.
"The outlook is looking more bleak, and violence is more a reality
than it was before the recent violent explosion just happened," Jaber
said. "Hopefully this doesn't lead to a retaliation. All it takes is one
violent act, and a series of retaliation, to cause a war."
Still, for faculty and students, the outlook for Lebanon remains
mixed. On the one hand, Lebanon's future is bright if the mostly peace-
ful nature of the protests is an indication of things to come. But some
students also added that Lebanon is a deeply divided country, and any
disturbance to the fragile status quo could escalate into another civil
war.
"Lebanon is a beautiful country that has done tremendous
building since the 1990s due to Rafiq Hariri. His assassination
comes as a shocking blow and is demoralizing for people who
had a lot of hope," said Marcia Inhorn, director of the Universi-
ty's Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, who
lived in Lebanon two years ago. .
"My hope is that there is no more violence. I honestly think that
Lebanon has had enough violence and people there are tired of the vio-
lence, and the fact that it stayed fairly peaceful is a positive sign, but no
one can predict what is going to happen," Inhorn added.
Jaber expressed optimism about the future of Lebanese self-rule.
"I hope for Lebanon to become the symbol of liberal and free
thought in the Arab world, because it's full of ... different religions and
different ethnic groups. And if Lebanon can continue to survive, other
countries in the area will follow its lead."
WISE
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"It's like driving around your campus trying to
find a parking spot and getting pissed at disabled
parking," Wise said. "That makes no damn sense."
In a previous interview with The Michigan
Daily, MCRI spokesman Chetly Zarko said that
affirmative action was unacceptable.
"Attempting to correct societal discrimination
with preferences is inappropriate. You end up
increasing ... the resentment," he said. "To end
societal discrimination, you have to end govern-
ment preferences," he added.
Wise said it is common for whites to have their
viewpoints heard while the voices of minorities are
muffled.
LSA-SG
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hard to get an international studies minor passed.
Butler said the minor will be ready some time dur-
ing next year, but she is unsure whether it will be
ready by Fall 2005 or Winter 2006
One project Yahkind said he has devoted great
time and energy to is expanding the amount of
credits offered for International Baccalaureate test
scores.
Yahkind said he hopes to continue to take on
Advanced Placement and IB credits next year.
Yahkind and Butler said they hope to improve
communications between LSA-SG and MSA, the
student body and the press during their term.
. Yahkind explained that one goal that he and But-
ler had was to increase the amount of things that
are available online, in order to help reach out to
students more.
The candidates have proposed to work with the
peer academic advising office to create an online
"White defenders of affirmative action have
this sick power to be taken seriously when you say
something," Wise said. "It's simply the aesthetic."
Wise also said a person's views on affirmative
action depend on whether he believes that racial
discrimination still exists. Wise used statistics
and studies to assert that such discrimination does
still exist.
"Racial preference is not new. Racial preference
is woven in to the very fabric of our nation's laws,"
Wise said. He argued that people from minority
groups are being punished for not having access
to all the resources and opportunities that white
people do, and that affirmative action was the only
remedy.
"It's about demanding similar standards,"
Wise said.
bank of old exams. No contact has been made so
far to PAAO to get this project started.
Yahkind also said he wants to develop commu-
nication and coordination with MSA. Yahkind said
they have proposed working with MSA in getting
Advice Online - a project that compiles course
evaluations and publishes them on a website - up
and running again.
Yahkind said that while MSA is working on
Advice Online, LSA-SG hopes to get course evalu-
ations published for LSA classes, but he said he was
reluctant to give a date for completion.
Students 4 Michigan is running nine candidates
for representative seats in LSA-SG.
In order to keep students more informed about
their representatives and their progress, Yahkind
said he hopes to have representatives publish their
plans periodically online.
Yahkind was a member of the Students First
party, which retired its name before last semester's
elections, and helped to found Students 4 Michigan
along with other former Students First members.
COME AND WRITE FOR THE DAILY!
The University of Michigan
Department of Dermatology
is currently offering a research study with an
FDA approved medication for Atopic Dermatitis.
Office visits and medication are provided free of charge to eligible participants.
Children must be at least 2 years old to qualify.
You may qualify if in good general health.
Patients will be compensated for their participation.
For more information, University of Michigan
please call: MedicaI Center
(734) 764-DERM_
You're invited to 4 L-i4.4 1I, a series of free, fun workshops sponsored by the
Alumni Association that are full of practical advice and tips to help you get ready
to enter the real world.
You'll get:
Helpful information from seasoned professionals in lively presentations geared
specifically to college students
Take-home materials that you can use for future reference
Free pizza, pop and a special gift
The chance to win a $50 Best Buy gift card at each session
Register in advance for two or more sessions and you'll be entered to win a
$250 Best Buy gift card (can you say new iPod?)
Tuesday, March 15
Good Credit: Bad Debt
Christine Riggenbach, Account
Executive, MBNA Business
Development
The importance of establish-
ing good credit
Effective tools to manage
debt
Thursday, March 24
Six Degrees of Separation:
Building Your Network
Through People You Know
Vickie Austin, Founder, CHOICES
Worldwide: Business, Executive
and Career Coaching
The importance of loving
what you do and doing what
you love
Tuesday, March 29
Investing in Your Future
Ronald Eppler, Senior Portfolio
Manager, Beacon Investment
Company
Investment options with
limited resources
Understanding stocks and
mutual funds
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