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Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - 7A
In some Israeli towns,
. dodging danger the norm
Three key players
likely leaving program
Many angered by
ceremony change
Many areas plan to
upgrade technology
for protection
By STEVEN ERLANGER
The New York Times
SDEROT, Israel - Less than two
months ago, Raziel Sasson emerged
from his rocket-proof closet, will-
ing now to sleep just outside it, with
the rest of his family, on mattresses
circled on the living room floor. But
Razi, 13, still wakes his father up
three times a night, afraid to walk
alone to the bathroom.
Four years ago, Razi was climb-
ing a tree when a Qassam rocket,
fired from nearby Gaza, flew over
his head and exploded nearby. He
remembers the spinning contrail
of the crude rocket and its fierce
whistle. The blast blew him eight
yards to the ground.
Sderot (pronounced stay-ROTE),
a working-class town of mainly
NorthAfricanimmigrantslessthan
two miles from Gaza, has been hit
over the past four years with some
2,000 rockets of improving range
and explosive power -- 22 in the
last eight days. Eight Sderot civil-
ians have been killed by the rock-
ets; Razi has seen 15 therapists.
"He wouldn't leave the house
to go to school for a year," said his
mother, Shula. One of his older
brothers, Rafi, 22, used his army
exit pay to build Razi a bomb shel-
ter in the living room, a concrete
cocoonwith a steel door.
Across the border in Gaza, life is
wretched for ordinary Palestinians.
But as President Bush prepares to
arrive in Jerusalem on Wednesday
for the first time since taking office,
to spur peace talks between Israel
and the Palestinian president, he
will hear a lot about the Qassams.
For many Israelis, Sderot embod-
ies the fears of what happens when
they pulled back from occupied
land, as they did from all of Gaza
more than two years ago -- it turns
into a staging ground for attacks by
extremist Palestinians that a peace
treatywill not stop.
"When Bush comes, he should
come to Sderot," said Razi's father,
Moshe, 49, who works as a prison
warden in Beersheba.
The problems of Sderot - and of
a Gaza run by Hamas, considered
a terrorist group by Israel and the
United States -- are at the heart of
Israel's security concerns. But those
concerns, like Hamas itself, are
present only in the abstract in the
U.S.-led peace process, which fea-
tures negotiations between Israel
and the Palestinian president, Mah-
moud Abbas of Fatah, who has no
control over Hamas or Gaza.
The Israeli army has installed a
system to warn of incoming rock-
ets. Suddenly, throughout a placid,
sunny Sderot, a woman's tinny voice
echoes on loudspeakers, intoning,
"Tseva Adom, Tseva Adom," or
"Color Red."
The lives of people here now
revolve around that .alert, which
gives them 15 to 20 seconds to find
shelter. Sderotseems at firstlike any
other southern Israeli town - the
same shawarma and falafel shops,
the same supermarkets, the same
traffic circles, the same palms and
Royal Poinciana, or flame trees, the
same little market twice a week.
But already quiet, with the popu-
lation down unofficially to perhaps
17,000 from 24,000, the people
of Sderot live in a most un-Israeli
hush, so they can hear the alerts.
The vendor in the market who sits
on a stool and yells out the prices of
his cheap underwear has been told
to stop using a megaphone. People
sleep with the heating system off
and a window open on the coldest
night. There is no Muzak in the gro-
cery store, and people keep their car
windows open and their radios and
televisions on low volume, even in
the town's few bars or pubs.
LEAVING From Page 1A
to be the most likely destination for
the former five-star recruit.
Mallett's departure could help'
persuade another five-star recruit:
dual-threat quarterback Terrelle
Pryor, the nation's No.1 high school
recruit according to Rivals.com.
The Jeannette, Penn., native may
find the Wolverines more intriguing
with an opening at the quarterback
position. Many believe Pryor will
eventually choose between Michi-
gan and Ohio State.
The recruiting dead period for-
bidding coaches from contacting
high school players ends this week,
and Rodriguez said he and his staff
hope to get on the road this Sunday.
Michigan intends to fill 25 scholar-
ship slots, meaning the team can
pick up about 10 more commit-
ments in the next month.
Rodriguez expressed the desire
to sign "a couple" quarterbacks in
this class. But the only signal-call-
er to commit so far - three-star
recruit John Weinke - rescind-
ed his pledge after Lloyd Carr
announced his retirement and com-
mitted to Iowa.
High school seniors have until
the first week of February to make
their college decisions.
Last season, defensive tackle Alan
Branch elected to leave Michigan a
year early to test the NFL waters.
Once expected to be a top-10
pick, Branch ended up falling to
the second round of the draft and
struggled through an injury-ridden
rookie season.
- Ian Robinson contributed
to this report.
Fink takes new MSA role
CEREMONY From Page 1A
Rynearson Stadium, which has a
seating capacity of 30,200 for foot-
ball games, sits about 6.5 miles east
of Michigan Stadium in Ypsilanti.
Ceremonies for the University's
individual schools and colleges will
still take place on campus, Harper
said.
Over 65,000 people attended
the university-wide spring com-
mencement ceremony in 2007. But
the star power of former President
Bill Clinton drew about 19,000
more people than usual to that
event.
University officials said the Uni-
versity would provide commence-
ment attendees with bus shuttles
that will transport them to and
from campus for the ceremony.
Although University officials
didn't cite specific ideas, they said
they would like students - espe-
cially seniors - to submit ideas
and suggestions for how to "create
a maize-and-blue feel" inside the
stadium.
Some felt the $226 million sta-
dium renovations were unwise in
the first place.
In April, the Michigan Para-
lyzed Veterans' of America filed a
suit against the University, chal-
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lenging whether Michigan Sta-
dium meets federal accessibility
standards - a suit that the U.S.
Department of Justice would later
join.
Many students, particularly
graduating seniors, said they were
disappointed with the news.
Kinesiology senior Allison Sch-
neider said she was frustrated with
the decision because so many of
her most memorable experiences at
the University took place at the Big
House.
"The Big House is symbolic of all
the Saturdays and football games
and the camaraderie of students
and alumni," Schneider said.
LSA senior John Friedman criti-
cized the University for continuing
construction to the stadium, which
ultimately forced it to move the cer-
emony off-campus.
"This is another unfortunate
effect of an already bad decision,"
Friedman said.
LSA senior Cassandra P apenfuse
said she would have liked to have
graduated on campus, consider-
ing how much she's invested in the
University.
"I've spent so much money and
worked so hard to geta degree here,
and I have to graduate at a building
at Eastern," Papenfuse said.
COME TO ONE OF OUR
MASS MEETINGS
420 Maynard St., just
northwest of the Union
. Tonight
" Tuesday, Jan. 15
* Thursday, Jan. 17
* Sunday, Jan. 27
7 p.m.
MSA From Page 1A
able to be a lot more proactive on
external projects."
After the meeting, Fink said he
sees his appointment as an oppor-
tunity to increase the effectiveness
of MSA by improving its image.
"My top priority will be to work
with Mohammad and the rest of the
assemblyto build stronger relation-
ships with administrators, as well
as build confidence with students
at large," Fink said.
Dar said six representatives
applied for the vice president posi-
tion. After reviewing their applica-
tions and conducting interviews,
Dar decided Fink was the best can-
didate.
"Nate came on with a very strong
interview, and he had a very strong
grasp of how the assembly needs to
move and what it needs right now,"
Dar said. "The VP must, like the
president, be very self-motivated,
but also be able to motivate others.
He excels at both."
The assembly took a hit in
November when it was revealed
that Yost had created a private
Facebook group mocking an MSA
representative's mild form of
autism. After an outcry from stu-
dents and administrators alike,
Yost resigned.
Fink said he thinks the assem-
bly's efforts to improve the qual-
ity of life on campus will reverse
those sentiments, citing continued
work on changing the academic
calendar, lowering the price of
textbooks and improving campus
lighting.
"I think accomplishments speak
for themselves," Fink said. "I hope
to be able to meet with adminis-
trators alongside Mohammad, and
hopefully in the last few months get
a lot of things done."
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