NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 24, 2006 - 7 100-yard RAP Northwes Continued from page 1 Smith games du Jackson refused to comment. gan. Jordan and Smith could not be Jordan reached. The U But friends of the players said the Student R rap was created, in part, as a response which all to Xanga.com journal posts that follow, pi some have construed as threats by ing anoth the woman who is the song's subject. or harassi The friends said the song stemmed A simi from personal conflicts between the versity of two parties. headlines The song, titled "Measly Penny," Miami was brought to the athletic depart- tation wh ment's attention sometime this 7th Floor week. The. Michigan Daily has also eral memb obtained a copy of the rap, which football t alludes to threats against the female one player student. The 7th The group calls itself the "Mean tained mu Team." about wor Jackson is a three-year letter as referen winner for the team. He scored demeanin the ,game-winning touchdown in overtime against Iowa last October - Jac before recording his only career the michigan daily rushing game, against tern. has seen action in three ring his career at Michi- has played in one. Jniversity's Statement of ights and Responsibilities, students are expected to rohibits "sexually harass- er person" and "stalking, ng another person." ilar incident at the Uni- f Miami grabbed national last fall. suffered a blow to its repu- en a song surfaced by the Crew, which included sev- bers of the 2004 Hurricane eam, along with at least r still on the team. I Floor Crew's song con- ultiple offensive comments men and minorities, as well ces to group sex and other g topics. k Herman and Karl Stampfl contributed to this report. APPLE Continued from page 1 Rubadeau last year. Students in Rabkin's class applaud- ed and cheered as he accepted the award. "He loves what he does, and that's infectious," said LSA sophomore Samantha Force, a former Daily Arts writer. Rabkin said he was surprised to win the award because he thought that as the age gap between him- self and his students grew, winning became less of a possibility. "Of course it's an enormous honor," Rabkin said. "It's the stu- dents you teach for, not your col- leagues, so it's an incredible honor. But to be candid, I had gotten to the point of thinking 'it's just not going to happen.' " English department chair Sido- nie Smith said it is Rabkin's treatment of .his students, both in research and the classroom, which helps to engage them in learning. "I think that Eric is motivated by a profound respect for students as inquirers and scholars," she said. As part of the award, Rabkin will deliver his "ideal last lecture" on April 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium. Rabkin plans to keep the topic of the lecture secret until then. He said that although his first focus when teaching a course is the specific material, he also works to give students universal tools for learning. "It would be wrong to say that I design my courses so that people will become better at constructing ideas and communicating them, because that's not the first thing I'm thinking of - but I'm always thinking of that," he said. In his courses, Rabkin draws the line between homework and "real work" to engage his students in collaborative projects. His efforts include a research project on the evolution of literary genres with economics Prof. Carl Simon. VISAS' Continued from page 1 allowed her to resume her teaching position and provided compensation for her absence. Biddinger said Cruz-Sojo's situ- ation is not unique, but could not name other specific incidents. She said there is a general lack of similar documented cases at the Univer- sity because of the absence of an orga- nized system to handle visa issues. 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To receive in- formation or apply please visit www.summerfun.com or 800-645-6611. JOURNAL Continued from page 1 her article fulfills the goal of the journal - to intellectually examine the State of Israel and its people. She wanted to examine what it means to be a Zionist as well as gay or lesbian. Some Palestinian students were invited to contribute to the journal but refused because she said the title of the journal betrays its bias. LSA senior Rama Salhi, president of Students Allied for Freedom and Equal- ity, a pro-Palestinian group, said she and other Palestinian students declined the journal's invitation to contribute articles after meeting with the editors. "Its ownership has a problem," Salhi said, adding that she didn't think the word "Michigan" should be part of the journal's title because the publica- tion does not represent the views of all Michigan students. Salhi said by using the word "Israel" in the title, the journal acknowledges Israel's rights to exist, a key contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict. "It lacks a sense of legitimacy," she said. "It's hard to claim to be neutral, if it's already dismissing a particular per- spective." In addition, Salhi said she declined to contribute for fear that her articles would be tokenized as the Arab perspective. "I didn't feel my views would be respected," she said. "I wasn't very trustworthy of the undertone that would be assigned with my perspective." Salhi said that she agrees the jour- nal focuses on the society of Israel as a whole rather than magnifying the con- flict. But she said the journal won't be the forum of discussion what the editors hope for. "I would not submit anything that I have written, (but) I'm not particularly offended by this," she said. 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(Fingers crossed.) VIRGO SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Even if you don't know why, you're happier today. All your conversations with others are sweet and rewarding. Some of you can make money from your writing or your communicating style today. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is an excellent day for business and commerce. If you shop, you'll buy something beautiful or attractive and get a good value. In fact, buying art could be profitable. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Today both the Moon and Venus are lined up in your sign. This gives you a balanced outlook on things. It also makes you appreciate beauty. It's a good day to buy -wardrobe items. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You feel gentle with yourself today. You see that if you can't love yourself, how can you love anyone else? PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Because you're unusually sensitive to others, your conversations with friends and groups will be very winning and very pleasant. People want to be in your company today. YOU BORN TODAY Because you're always willing to give up things for oth-