2 - Tuesday, December 4, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, December 4, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom IN AWE OF ART 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN RACHEL GREINETZ Editor in Chief easiness Manager 734-410-4115 ext. 1202 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 tichterman@michigandaily.com rmgrein@michigandaity.com Newsroom News Tips To fight genocide, some go without 50 years ago this week (December 8,1962): After returning from a trip to East Asia, then-University Presi- dent Harlan Hatcher urged the use of English as the language of international communication, the Daily reported. At a public reception in Hill Auditorium, Hatcher said the first objective of American universities should be keeping English as an international language. He report- ed the decreasing use of English in the nations he visited and cited the University's English Language Institute in Thailand as an impor- tant project combating this trend. 25 years ago this week CRIME NOTES (December 4,1987): Then-Vice President George H. W. Bush visited Oakland and urged Michigan Senate Republicans to ratify the intermediate nuclear arms treaty that was to be signed by President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the Daily reported. At an "Ask George Bush Town Meeting," Bush addressed about 300 people on the elimination of weapons, urging attendees to dem- onstrate their support. "We're about to get a deal where the Soviets take out all 1,600 (weapons) and we take out our 400, and for the first time in histo- ry eliminate a whole class of weap- ons," he said. 5 years ago thisweek (December 6,2007): A campaign organized by the national anti-genocide student organization STAND encouraged students to give up one luxury item from their daily lives to help pro- tect displaced Sudanese civilians in Daifur, according to the Daily. Instead of buying her daily latte, LSA senior Alice Mishkin chose to give $3 to victims of the genocide in Darfur. "If you only spend $3, then you could protect a woman in Darfur for a day - that's pretty ridicu- lous," said LSA freshman Joe Pieroni. - ANGELA SON 734-418-411s opt.3 Corrections correctionsamichigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sports Section sports@michigandaily.om Display Sales display@mihoigandaily.om Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com news@michigandaily.com letters tothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com PhotographylSection photo@michigandaihy.com Classitied Sales classifed@michigandaily.com Finance finance@michigandaily.com Michigan Law student Tao Li discusses her experience of working with children and photography in Cambodia during her exhibit on Monday at the International Institute. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Purse problems WHERE: West Quad WHEN: Sunday at about 5:35 p.m. WHAT: A West Quad resident reported that cash has been stolen from her purse throughout the semester, University Police reported. The resident's roommate is a possible suspect. Sleeping, creeping WHERE: Chrysler Center WHEN: Monday at about 1:30 a.m. WHAT: A subject who is not affiliated with the University was discovered sleeping in a lounge, University Police reported. Officers escorted him out. Cuban poetry Lebanon talk reading WHAT: Melani Cammet an associate professor of WHAT: Nancy Morejon, political science at Brown one of the most famous liv- University, will discuss w ing Cuban poets, will read fare, politics and sectaria W ho stole the some of her work as part of ism in Lebanon. the Cuba on Campus pro- WHO: Center for Middle cooki ?gramming.Eastern and North Africa WHO: Center for Global and Studies Intercultural Study WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: North Quad WHEN: Tonight at 5:30 p.m. WHERE: School of Socia Residence Hall WHERE: UMMA Work, Room 1636 A, vel- in- an al WHEN: Saturday at about 2:30 p.m. WHAT: Food items were missing from a staff refrigerator. The incident is suspected to have occurred between 6p.m. on Friday and 4:15 a.m. on Saturday. Gay topics discussion WHAT: A panel of Univer- sity professors and national experts will discuss overlooked LBGT issues, including homelessness, immigration and HIV/ AIDS. WHO: The Coalition for Queer People of Color WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Hutchins Hall, Room 132 CORRECTIONS " An article in the Dec. 3 edition of The Michi- gan Daily ("Students to discuss sustainability issues with Coleman") misstated the name of Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise. It is the Erb Institute, not the Herb Institute. " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. The rate of domestic auto sales this November rose 6.5 percent to their high- est levels since January 2008, the Washington Post truck sales drove the total increase. Ford's pickup sales increased by 18 percent. Daily Arts Columnist, Elliot Alpern, dishes on the effect of theme songs for his favorite TV pro- grams. >> FOR MORE, SEE ARTS, PAGE 5 3Software pioneer John McAfee, who is wanted for questioning in the murder of a neighbor in Belize, blogged yesterday he left the country, CBS News reported. McAfee wrote in the blog he escaped Belize by tricking Mexican authorities with an elaborate ruse. 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One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fail term, starting in September, via U.s. mail are $110. Winter term (Januarythrough April) is $115, yearlong (september through April) is $195. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscriptionrate.On-ampussubscriptionsforfalltermares3s.Subscriptionsmustbeprepaid. The MichisanDai y is amember of.The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. Egypt crisis widens with strikes, planned march 4 New constitution, Morsi power decree cause unrest CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's politi- cal crisis is widening, with plans for a huge march and a general strike Tuesday to protest the hurried drafting of a new consti- tution and decrees by President Mohammed Morsi that gave him nearly unrestricted powers. Morsi also faces the prospect of wider civil disobedience as media, the tourism industry and law professors pondered moves that would build on a strike by the nation's judges. The planned strikes and march raise new fears of unrest, threatening to derail the coun- try's transition to democratic rule. "Egypt is a big ship in high seas, and no one should stop its captain from taking it to the shore," said Morsi's legal adviser, Mohammed Gaballah, defending his boss. "The ship must keep moving under any conditions," he told The Associated Press on Mon- day. The country's judges have already gone on strike over Mor- si's Nov. 22 decrees that placed him above oversight of any kind, including the courts. Following those decrees, a panel dominated by the president's Islamist sup- porters rushed through a draft constitution without the partici- pation of representatives of lib- erals and Christians. Only four women, all Islamists, attended the marathon, all-night session. Morsi has called for a Dec. 15 national referendum to approve the constitution. An opposition coalition domi- nated by the liberal and leftist groups that led last year's upris- ing had already called for a gen- eral strike Tuesday and a large S IUIDIOIK.IUI demonstration against the con- stitutional process and Morsi's decrees. Newspapers plan to suspend publication, and privately owned TV networks will blacken their screens all day. Monday's front pages of Egypt's most prominent news- papers said, "No to dictator- ship" on a black background, with a picture of a man wrapped in newspaper and with his feet shackled while he squatted in a prison cell. Hotels and restaurants are considering turning off their lights for a half-hour to protest against Morsi, according to the Supporting Tourism Coalition, an independent body represent- ing industry employees. Cairo University law profes- sors petitioned their dean to let them stop teaching. "The professors believe they must not teach law under a regime that doesn't respect the law," said one of the professors, Khaled Abu Bakr. The staff of the Internet edition of the al-Ahram daily marched Monday to the jour- nalists' union in central Cairo to protest what they said was the absence from the draft constitu- tion of guarantees against jailing reporters in defamation cases. Protests over the draft consti- tution also spread to state televi- sion. On Sunday, presenter Hala Fahmy carried a white shroud while hosting a current affairs program, according to footage posted on the Internet. She was taken off the air, but not before she told viewers: "We have to tell the truth whatever the price is. We have to carry our shroud in our hands." She told the independent al- Masri al-Youm daily newspaper that she planned to sue the sta- tion. Morsi's moves have plunged an already polarized Egypt in the worst political crisis since the uprising that ousted authori- tarian President Hosni Mubarak. A Palestinian man works ata new housing development in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, near Jerusalem on Sunday. Israel feels heat fromallies over approval of seftlements U.N. decision on Palestinian state fuels rift JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel rejected a wave of American and European condemnations Mon- day over plans to build thousands of new homes in West Bank set- tlements, vowing to press for- ward with the construction in the face of widespread interna- tional opposition. The announcement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- yahu's office was likely to deepen a rift that has emerged between Israel and some of its closest allies following the U.N.'s recog- nition of a Palestinian state last week. The U.N. decision appears to be fueling a tougher interna- tional line against Israeli settle- ments in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Israeli ambassadorswere sum- moned for consultations in five European capitals, and European officials warned of other poten- tial measures against Israel. In Washington, the' U.S. said the Israeli actions were "especially damaging" to peace prospects. Italian Premier Mario Monti and French President Francois Hollande issued a joint state- ment saying they were "deeply worried" by Israel's settlement plans. The two men, meeting in Lyon, France, called the Israeli decisions "serious and illegal" and a "serious obstacle" to Mid- east peace. Netanyahu, however, showed no signs of bending. His office said Israel would continue' to stand up for its interests "even in the face of international pres- sure, and there will be no change in the decision taken." Europe could potentially play a strong role in any international action against the settlements. Europe is Israel's largest trade partner, and Israel has a part- nership with the EU giving its exports preferential status. But divisions within Europe could make it difficult to take any concerted action. Germany, Europe's largest economy, has a close relationship with Israel, and given its history as the per- petrator of the Holocaust, it is unlikely to take anystrong action against the Jewish state. In last week's decision, the United Nations General Assem- bly overwhelmingly recognized a Palestinian state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. Netanyahu rejects a return to the 1967 lines. His government also fears the Palestinians will use their upgraded status to join 4 the U.N.'s International Crimi- nal Court and pursue war crimes charges against Israel. But Israel was joined by only eight other countries in oppos- ing the bid, which was seen as a resounding international rejec- tion of Israeli settlements in occupied territories. In a slap to Israel, its closest European allies - Britain, Germany, Italy and France - all abstained or voted with the Palestinians. Israel has angrily condemned the vote as an attempt by the Palestinians to bypass negotia- tions. In particular, Netanyahu's government says it undermines any chance of negotiations over future border arrangements by endorsing the Palestinians' ter- ritorial demands. The Israeli response to the U.N. decision was swift and strong. Just hours after Thurs- day's vote, Israel announced plans to build 3,000 new homes in the West Bank and east Jeru- salem. It also said it would begin plans to develop a sensitive part of the West Bank just outside of Jerusalem. 4 4