The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 79 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. 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