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AMBASSADOR
From page IA
in its approach to the conflict in the
Middle East.
"If ever America aligns itself
with one player within a region of
conflict, it willalienate its own soci-
ety in addition to the other players
in the region," Safieh said.
After the presentation, Safieh
took questions from alargely sympa-
thetic audience. While some asked
him to elaborate on his ideas, none
overtly criticized his main points.
One group of women atthe speech
said they were hoping to bridge the
divide between the Israelis and Pal-
estinians by traveling to the Mid-
dle East in May. The group, called
Zeitouna, is made up of Arab and
Jewish women from Ann Arbor.
"I appreciated the ambassador's
intelligence and positive energy
because it is one of the things that is
lacking in this discourse," Zeitouna
member Laurie White said. "As a Jew,
I would have liked himto differentiate
between the Jewish community and
the Israeli government, however."
Aida McGugan, an Arab member
of the Zeitouna, said she appreci-
ated the way Safieh expressed sym-
pathy for the pain the conflict has
wrought on both sides.
"He articulated the thoughts
of the Palestinians very clearly,"
McGugan said. "We do understand
the suffering of the Jewish people
in the 20th century, but we don't
want to be alone in making amends
for what happened."
White said she was disappoint-
ed with the demographics of the
audience.
"I wish that more people from the
Jewish community would have taken
advantage of the opportunity to hear
the ambassador speak," White said.
Naber expressed her hope that
the lecture would help students to
understand that the conflict is real-
ly best explained in shades of gray,
not black and white.
"The reality is that there are
multiple Arab perspectives and
there are multiple Israeli per-
spectives," Naber said. "There
are not just two sides. It is useful
to hear differing views because
we may even find some common-
alities between Arab and Israeli
thought."
Safieh's stop at the Univer-
sity came amid a three-day trip to
Southeast Michigan, which is home
to one of the nation's largest Arab-
American populations.
Safieh previously served as Pal-
estinian ambassador to the United
Kingdom.
LSA-SG
From page IA
to change LSA.
LSA-SG already has an e-mail
address to which students can
send complaints about problems
with the college: thissucks@
umich.edu. Blouin said he wants
to complement that by creating
a blog that tells students exactly
what the government is doing and
how to contact representatives.
Since September, LSA-SG has
held a panel educating students
about Proposal 2, given$16,000 to
student groups and worked with
LSA administrators to create a
new minor in classical civiliza-
tions.
And LSA-SG has more plans for
the rest of the school year. Vice
President Justin Benson said one
of the key plans is making revi-
sions to the current course regis-
tration system.
He said the current system,
which places students in brack-
ets for registration dates based
on credits, is unfair to those who
are near the top of one of those
groups.
Because registration appoint-
ments are assigned randomly
within the groups, a student with
39 credits could end up register-
ing hours after a student with
25. Benson said LSA-SG wants to
make the brackets smaller. Cur-
rently, each bracket consists o
credits.
The government also wants
push for a new language profi-
ciency test.
If a student were to pass the
test, the result would appear on
his or her transcript. That would
allow the student to demonstrate
proficiency in a foreign language
to graduate schools or potential
employers without adding a lan-
guage minor.
The test could be based on the
^ficiency test administered in
.e Residential CollegeLSA-SG
President Joanna Slott said.
"It's to say, I've been tested and
I have this level of language profi-
ciency," Slott said.
REGENTS
From page IA
Olivia Maynard (D-Goodrich) and
vice-chair MartinTaylor(D-Grosse
Pointe Farms), University spokes-
woman Julie Peterson said.
Both Maynard and Taylor voted
for the plan when the regents first
considered it in May.
Peterson said the administration
didn't consider pushing the vote
back until Darlow takes office.
Typically, the regents go about
their business without regard to
personnel matters, she said.
"The board doesn't go on hia-
tus because one board member is
departing and another is joining,"
Peterson said. "This is the group of
board members who know the most
about this project, and I think they
feel equipped to make this decision
on Friday."
The regents vote to move for-
ward on major construction proj-
ects every six months or so, making
the stadium renovation plan due for
a vote, Peterson said.
Even if the regents approve the
plan on Friday, one additional vote
remains. They will still have to
approvedetailed architecturalplans
before construction can begin.
If Darlow, who hasn't yet taken a
position on the skyboxes, decides to
oppose them, the future of the plan
would be uncertain.
The board would be deadlocked
4 to 4 if all the other regents vote as
they did in May.
A tied vote would mean the pro-
posal fails.
Darlow said she will attend Fri-
day's meeting as a spectator but
isn't ready to make a decision yet.
"I get all these calls from all
these people asking speculative
questions, but I don't want to spec-
ulate on what the regents are doing
or going to do," Darlow said.
One person who hopes Darlow
decides to oppose luxury boxes is
John Pollack, founder of Save the
Big House. Save the Big House is a
group that is campaigning the Ath-
letic Department's renovation plan.
Pollack critcized the decision to
vote on the designs during a lame-
duck session.
"I think the defeat of Regent
Brandon, who is well known as the
leading proponent of luxury boxes
on the Board of Regents, offers the
University a valuable opportunit'y
to step back from a very divisiv
decision and take a fresh look ats
plan that could bring the Michiga
family together rather than drive'it
apart," he said.
Pollack said voting on the plan
during a lame-duck session is just
another example of the Universi -
ty's attempt to railroad the plan,
through the board in spite of pubtl.
opposition.
In May, when the regents firs
voted on the Athletic Department's
plan to renovate Michigan Stadium;-'
the proposal was added to the ageh-'
da after the deadline to register for
public comments had passed.
Then, in July, Save the Big House
member Bill Wilson was given an
incorrect date and time to sign up
for public comments at the Septenm'
ber regents meeting. By the time
Wilsonlearned the correctdate andl
time, all public speaking slots had
been filled. The University made
an exception and let him speak at
the meeting because of the mistake,
but other members of Save the Big
House weren't as lucky.
Pollack said the University
doesn't respect public input.
"If President Coleman persists in_
drivingthroughthisluxuryboxplan
over public opposition, she is going
to be known as the 'luxury box pre-
ident,' " Pollack said. "That's going
to be her legacy, and I don't think
that is the legacy she wants."
University Regent Kathy White,
has also been critical of Coleman's
handling of the approval process.
"It was rushed," said White, who
voted against the renovations in
May. "It wasn't done in public."
She also said May's vote shouldn'
have been held at the University's
campus in Dearborn.
"It wasn't in Ann Arbor," White
said. "It wasn't done where itshould
have been."
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Your energy might be low today. You
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don't want to do. These days occur for
all of us.
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(May 21 to June 20)
You feel overwhelmed at work today.
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(These feelings pass quickly.)
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(June 21to July 22)
Your responsibilities for children or
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you today. You also might feel discour-
aged about a romantic relationship. (The
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LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
Parents and family obligations press
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