The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 17, 2007 - 7A Protesters propose co-op boycott Israel Michigan saves some face with win CO-OP From page 1A according to the co-op's website. During the summer, the pro- boycott group collected enough signatures from the 6,000 co- op members to force a vote. The board refused, but under the co- op's bylaws, any vote by the eight- person board can be overruled if 7 percent of co-op members disagree with the board's decision. Martha Federbush was outside the co-op on Saturday morning with a "Vote Yes to Boycott Israeli Goods." "I've been out here for about an hour and a half," she said. "But it feels more like two and a half." Most passersby ignore Feder- bush and the two other protesters, hat occasionally someone will stop or say something. "You think you're helping Pal- estinians by boycotting an organ- ic food store?" a man said as he walked by with his son. Federbush yelled back that boycotts like hers are how people fought the South African apart- heid. The man kept walking. The dozen or so Israeli products make up one-one hundredth of 1 percent of the store's annual rev- enue. This summer, members of Boy- cott Israeli Goods went before the co-op's board with a proposal that the store stop selling Israeli goods, according to the co-op's website. Members of the boycott group another Boycott Israeli Goods say they're not trying to stir up member who unsuccessfully ran trouble, they're just trying to help last year for a seat on the Univer- the Palestinians. sity Board of Regents on the Green "I'm Jewish, and I've been to Party ticket. Palestine, and it was really dis- Ann Arborites for Mid-East turbing," said Sol Metz, a member Peace was founded this summer to of Boycott Israeli Goods. "What I fight the boycott. saw was that in the name of Jews City Council member Joan everywhere, the Palestinians were Lowenstein (D-Ward 2), a mem- being treated almost asbadly as we ber of the opposition group, said were by the Nazis." Boycott Israeli Goods members But they have stirred up some should just not buy Israeli goods trouble. rather than ask the co-op to stop "Our opposition, when they selling them. called or e-mailed, would con- "It's more that it's singling out stantly tire us with things like, Israel which I think is improper," our bad characters or assume that Lownestein said. "I think it's just we were anti-Semitic because we a purely anti-Israel move and is criticize Israel," said Ed Morin, unwarranted." College Democrats get ready for 2008 race FOOTBALL From page 1A "There's nothing more. What you saw last week and the week before that was just a bunch of guys not playing to their ability. What you saw today, that's Michigan defense. I can guarantee you you'll see it from here on out." Defensive end Brandon Graham recorded three sacks in his first extended playing time of the sea- son. He missed large portions of the first two games with injury prob- lems, but made his presence felt Saturday. Senior linebacker Shawn Crable - who played defensive end for much of the game - tallied two- and-a-half sacks, and four of his five tackles were hehind the lineof scrimmage. The defense held Notre Dame to negative six rushing yards and 79 total yards. Until late in the game, the Irish had managed negative 52 yards rushing, due in large part to 48 yards lost on eight sacks. Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen rarely had time to find an open receiver because of the tenac- ity of Michigan's defensive line, and the Wolverines disguised their cov- erages to confuse the freshman. "It was our first time disguising (Saturday) - walking up and show- ing them different things," line- backer Chris Graham said.;"It was a young quarterback, so he can't read defenses that well. We tried to get him out of his mindset, make him think that it was one-on-one all the time. We'd come up on different plays and mix up his mind. Once we did that he didn't know what to do." Michigan freshman quarterback Ryan Mallett played well in his first career start, tossing three of his seven completions for touchdowns. The Wolverines didn't allow him to do too much, though, call- ing for him to throw on just 15 of 77 total plays. Running back Mike Hart backed up his victory guar- antee of a week ago with 187 yards and two touchdowns on 35 carries, and backupBrandon Minor added 12 yards on 17 carries. Michigan totaled 289 rushing yards and scored touchdowns on six of its first nine drives. It was the defense that most impressed. Notre Dame's first three drives each totaled negative yard- age, and Michigan forced turnovers on three of the Fighting Irish's first five drives. Contrary to their nickname, Notre Dame didn't put up much of a fight. "I feel I got punched in thg mouth with a pretty good right cross," Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said. Makes sense. Both gladiators and boxers hit pretty hard. DEMS From page 1A forbid all states except South Car- olina, Nevada, New Hampshire and Iowa from staging a primary before Feb. 5. Some Republicans have said they will continue campaigning in the state. While the Democratic National Committee threatened to strip Michigan of all of its del- egates from the party's nominat- ing convention if the primary is held on Jan. 15, the Republican National Committee has said it will only remove half of the state's delegates... Harper said the group is work- ing to bring a Democratic candi- date to the University, though. "If we can't get a candidate to come to campus, hopefully a high- profile spokesperson will come in their place," Harper said. Harper said the group's primary goal is to work toward a Democrat- ic victory in the presidential elec- tion in November 2008. "People think that it's easy for the Democrats to win the elec- tion," Harper said. "It's not a sure thing. We need to build a strong coalition on campus to achieve our goals." The College Democrats have several events planned this year to mobilize students on campus. They will head a rally in Lansing on Sept. 26 to lobby for an increase in state funding for the University. The group also plans to register students to vote before the Jan. 15 primary. Stabenow spent most of her speech talking about the impor- tance of electing a Democrat to the White House in the 2008 presiden- tial election. Although Stabenow endorsed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday for the Dem- ocratic nomination, she said she would support any Democrat in the general election. "Anyone on our side is head and shoulders above what happened in the last six and a half years," she said. Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress, concurred. "I hope the next time I come here we can say 'By golly, we did it. We gave them the licking of their life,'"Dingell said. In addition to discussing the upcoming presidential election, speakers at the meeting addressed the rising cost of tuition. Brewer spoke about yesterday's state House session in Lansing, where lawmakers grappled to set- tle the state's budget crisis by the time the 2008 fiscal yearbegins on Oct. 1. "The Democrats are fighting there right now to make sure insti- tutions like this are properly fund- ed," Brewer said. Stabenow also stressed the need for an increase in federal funding to public universities. Congress approved earlier this month a Stabenqw-sponsored bill that would increase funding for college aid by $20 billion nation- wide. Stabenow said the bill is the largest legislative investment in higher education since the G.I. Bill. OFFICE From page 1A for "The Stranger," a Seattle-area alternative weekly newspaper. "My God, think of all the Ls, Gs, Bs, Ts, Qs, Is, Ts, etc., that are going to have to get their degrees and leave Michigan before the name is finally changed," wrote Savage, who is gay. "If folks are feeling oppressed by LGBT, how can UM justify taking three years to process its way toward an inclusive name for the group?" Andrew Sullivan, a columnist for "The Atlantic" magazine, also criticized the office's efforts at inclusiveness. "I was a gay advisor on campus and I know the pain and issues involved. I know they need to exist," Sullivan said. "But the p.c. crapola gets you down." School of Education junior Ashley Fotieo said, she didn't understand why the office needed to change its name. "If it's going to make a sig- nificantdifference inthe orga- nization, then by all means they should change it, but I was sur- prised when I heard they were considering a name change, because I didn't really see much wrong with it before," she said. "It's a name that everyone already recognizes." LSA senior Andrew McBride, an employee of the LGBT Affairs office, said the group won't pick a new name until it gets a wide range of suggestions from mem- bers of the University community. "We will be holding three forums for anyone who wants to reveal that they are invested in the name change," McBride said. "Students, staff, faculty, and the greater community are welcome to come. We also have our blog, and we'll be taking suggestions there as well." AMERICAN VETERANS: BECOME A NEW LEGIONNAIRE Learn what the American Legion stands for and what it can do for you. For details, request free brochure by Writing to American Legion, Post 46, PO Box 2192, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 or WWW.americanlegionannarbor.org For more information, phone (734) 663-3920 or email Derek Blumke at dblumke@umich.edu THE CEN T E R Sofas . Chairs SLuggage Lamps Records f;Stereos y Hardware Bikes Appliances tTVs Electronics - _ Collectibles t a Building Materials Exercise Equipment MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE NAME CHANGE: Noonto1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept.26 3909 Michigan Union 5 to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday,Oct. 10 r 3909 Michigan Union 5 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov.8 North Campus (Location to be determined) Shutdown would have dire results Information Meeting Monday, September 17, 6:00 PM Michigan Union, Anderson D Room for more information visit our website www.peacecorps.gov or call 800.424.8580 LANSING (AP) - If Michigan lawmakers don't agree on how to fix state government's budget problems by the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1, it's not clear exactly what might happen next. But the list of possibilities is short: shutting down nonessential government services, or putting in place a bare-bones budget that continues current spending lev- els. It's unlikely the state will have enough money to fund a continua- tion budget that lasts for months, however, and even a partial shut- down could mean hardship for many and a further black eye on the state's reputation. The person with the best idea of what a shutdown might actual- ly look like, Democratic Gov. Jen- nifer Granholm, isn't giving any details. Her administration has been studying possible options department by department, as well as reviewing the state con- stitution, to craft a plan it hopes it never has to implement. "It's only prudent for state gov- ernmentcto know what our options are," Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd said. "But we are not focused on a shutdown." If state leaders don't get their act together in the next two weeks, some key employees and contrac- tors may have to agree to put off getting paychecks while they stay on the job running prisons, emer- gency medical care services, state police posts and other essential services. State universities should be able to remain open for at least for a short period during a shutdown, since they have money coming in from tuition and other sources to support operations.