Page 2-The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, January 22, 1991 MLK 'ontinued from page 1 of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, discussed her tribe's battle with companies and government agen- cies over reservation land. Since the outbreak of war, the government has been "encouraging" Indian tribes to do their part "to help make America more energy efficient," by allow- ing reservation resources, espe- cially coal, to be mined, she added. Another panelist, Richard Moore of the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, broached the topic of racism within the environmental movement. Within the 10 largest groups, only 222 of 1,500 employ- ees in the 10 largest groups are people of color, he said. Following the annual Unity March, speakers in the Diag spoke of their continuing struggle against racism at the University. Molefi Kete Asante delivered the day's closing address, saying, "If Martin Luther King were alive today, he would have spoken out against the war in the Arabian peninsula," and other global problems. MLIK panel presents ethnic perspective on Gulf conflict Calvin and HobbeS by Bill Watterson ra1991 Waterson!O,,Isbute b Unversal Press Syndicate - x by Laura DePompolo During a Martin Luther King Day discussion yesterday, speakers representing three ethnic groups elaborated on their unique perspec- tives concerning the Gulf War. The discussion entitled "Race and International Affairs: The Im- pact of the Gulf Crisis on Ameri- can Inter-group Relations" exam- ined the views of an African Amer- ican, a Jewish American and an Arab American. Jack O'Dell, an African Ameri- can, is the director of International Affairs of the National Rainbow Coalition. His perspective on in- volvement in the Middle East stemmed from a basic understand- ing of the "ongoing continuum" of intervention in third world countries. "Bush's policies defend values and symbols of monarchy, wealth, corporate greed and traditions of western colonization," O'Dell said. He said such values, combined with the billions of dollars that the United States is spending on the war, make it difficult for many African Americans to support the war. Blacks are more concerned with the number of African Ameri- cans serving on the front lines, ne- glect of the homeless and poor and the accelerated rate of unemploy- ment in the United States, O'Dell added. Nabeel Abraham, an Arab American, is an associate profes- sor of social sciences at Henry Ford Community college in Dearborn. "What is all the fuss about?" he exclaimed as he listed numer- ous examples of intervention and occupation in the Middle East. Abraham also discussed the Bush administration's failure to negotiate with Saddam Hussein from the start. He explained Iraq's secret offer to cut a deal with the United States in which Hussein agreed to leave Kuwait. He also discussed Bush's ten- dency to discuss the war as a war with Hussein and not a war with Iraq. He said many U.S. citizens are under the impression that no Iraqi civilians are dying in the war. "These are things that make it very difficult for Arab Americans to sit and watch," he said. That makes it difficult for Arab Ameri- cans to understand "no negotia- 5. tion" and "no rewarding aggression in Kuwait," he said. Sarah Roy, a Jewish American and a visiting scholar from the Center for International Studies at MIT, said that mainstream Jewish ideology quietly but firmly sup- ports President George Bush's decisions. 'Cooperation is a vehicle of strength' - Sarah Roy Nuts and Bolts. RAND A ORNS ComoNG ~AT Yoi) WI'fl A 'RAYER : FMi ALL OF THOaSE WHO> ARE AT WAR. FR ALL OF THC6m WHO AE AT PEACE. by Judd Winick Re IT AL A" BE IT MOHAMMED, OR Be IT r1I57RENC,7-.T W rf4I N OUREWE .. . ty "' OFf-ME W'AR IN -EG~1j RALLY I I JOSTENS GOLD RING SALE IS COMING! WELCOME STDENTS "WE CUT HAIR TO PLEASE." *6 BARBERS - NO WAITING* THE DASCOLA STYLISTS for Men and Women 668-9329 opposite Jacobson's Continued from page 1 police. Rally speaker Devlin Ponte said, "The presence of Black folks attracted deputized police here." Ponte, an LSA junior, called on Black students to remember that "the government and the Univer- sity are the manifestation of white culture." STUDENTS Continued from page 1 devoting my day to studying also preparing for the Minority reer Conference tomorrow," said. and Ca- she Jewish opinion is formed by concern for Israel, Roy said. She added that her opinion reflects the Jewish left, which favors solving the problem by addressing larger regional issues first and using war* as a last resort. The speakers agreed that each cultural perspective developed from different ethnic circum- stances and each perspective pre- sents different problems at home. "Cooperation is a vehicle of strength," Roy said. She added that by talking, groups can build a bridge of basic understanding. important to "make little steps in our own fields as opposed to rally- ing ... I want to make strides for women especially in the engineer- ing sciences." Chaffers suggested in the future the University should use the MLK Day to begin a week of activities. "I think they need to incorporate this as an ongoing event ... so that@ more people will be exposed than would be exposed anyway." support of our troops, but I believe the majority of students do support our troops," Cosnowski said. The assembly's steering committee is composed of executive officers and committee chairs and approve all agenda items for general meetings with a majority vote. Hyslop added that many of her friends also weren't planning on at- tending the scheduled activities because the topics were of any in- terest to them. She said it's more RESOLUTION Continued from page 1 the "efforts" of the soldiers, to just supporting the soldiers. "By not supporting this resolu- tion, you're sending a clear state-. ment that the students at the University of Michigan are not in A ..y GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE Order your college ring NOW Stop by and see a Jostens representative, Monday, Jan. 21 thru Friday, Jan. 25, 11:00a.m. to 4:00p.m., to select from a complete line of gold rings. A $20.00 deposit is required. YEARS! 549 E. University (at East U and South U) Ann Arbor, MI 662-3201 MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY University of Rochester Medical School The Pharmacology Department offers students with backgrounds in chemistry or the biological sciences an outstanding program leading to the Ph.D. degree. 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Kuwait, allied pilots kept up day- Reporters and refugees arriving in and-night assaults, and a U.S. com- Jordan from Baghdad said they saw mander said the air war would last at no heavy damage to civilian areas. least another two weeks. Iraq re- Military analysts in Washington ported 14 raids late Sunday and early say allied air attacks must still take yesterday. out Iraqi roads, supply depots, com- There were wildly varying and munications links, missiles, and unsubstantiated claims on Iraqi casu- anti-aircraft sites before a land war alties. An anti-Saddam Kurdish resis- can be waged with minimal losses. tance group with an established net- And that may not happen until work in Iraq said the military suf- February, some say. Iraq has the fered almost 4,000 casualties in the fourth-largest army in the world, war's first three days. It did not dis- with 545,000 troops deeply en- tinguish between dead and wounded. trenched across the rugged Kuwaiti An anti-Saddam Iraqi religious leader and southern Iraqi landscape. even spoke of 70,000 military and "After the Soviets, fighting Iraq 30,000 civilian casualties. Neither has always been the worst case sce- offered evidence. nario," said one military source. The Iraqi government itself re- In their ongoing Scud-hunt, ported Sunday that 40 civilians and American fliers have run across 31 soldiers had been killed. phony launchers, the Pentagon said. vi Department of Pharmacology: Graduate Program University of Rochester School of Medicine 601 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, NY 14642 i 1 ,1 I GEO and the Gulf War Whereas, The US and countries around the globe are engaged in war in the Middle East; Whereas, students on this campus in the case of a draft will not be exempt and may die in1 conflict; 41,E i n:au Iail, The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates via U.S. mail for fall and winter $39 for two terms, $22 for one term. Campus delivery $28.00 for two terms. Prorated rates: Starting March 1, 1991, $11 for balance of term to 4/24/91. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and the College Press Service. 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Crol, Jennifer Dunetz, Amy Feldman, Michele Guy, Rob Kroenert.. 14 Therefore, be it Resolved, That the Graduate Employees Organization supports the Students Against US Intervention im 4.1-. Ai - A 1.-. n - " ..1 n. -,A a ,- r rc r Ti i rc A n-r 1T arx, , ' 17. i