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…- leased a report last week supporting the officers' decision to use weapons "In the Angell Hall incident the officer knew there was a cement wall behind the perpetrator and there were no students or passers…

… weapon, then (Tate) would proba- See POLICE, Page 2 Arabs spurn invitation to talk in Israel MADRID, Spain (AP) - Arab delegates spurned an invitation yes- terday from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak…

… Shamir to go to Israel to negotiate. In their first exchanges on the floor of the historic conference, Arab and Israeli leaders traded re- criminations and clung to familiar positions. The Arabs demanded…

…. Shamir called it a "garden of thorns." The Arabs argued that peace was conditional on Israeli willingness to give up the captured territories. "Every inch," insisted Syria's for- eign minister, Farouk al…

… Kamel Abu-Jaber. "We are willing to live side by side on the land," said Haidar Abdul-Shafi, representing the Palestinians. Shamir began his speech with a simple "Shalom." Although the Arab and Israeli…

…-to-face bargaining be- gins. "There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a de- nial of the purpose of the negotia- tions," Shamir said. The Arabs want to talk on neu…

…, the Days of the Dead celebration that takes place Nov. 1 and 2. Foreign students experience by Gwen Shaffer Daily Higher Education Reporter While approximately 1,000 University of Michigan students…

…, cost, and academic ranking, several for- eign student counselors said. Once here, foreign students often must overcome not only problems faced by domestic students, such as adjusting to a new environment…

…, but the added stresses of language barri- ers and a strange culture. Language is the main obstacle for foreign students, said Louise Bald- win, program coordinator at the University of Michigan Interna…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, November 1, 1991 FOREIGN Continued from page 1 At the University of Pennsylva- nia, 26 percent of foreign students are TAs, said Foreign Student Advi- sor Diane…

… Haydon. Baldwin said foreign students have less flexibility with their job options than American students. "Because they are here on visas to study, there are restrictions on how much and where they can…

… Association for Foreign Stu- denit Affairs, which handles gov- drdinent grants and directs students to resources. "I will try to find a job here," said Hovey Lee, a graduate student from Hong Kong in the School…

… few years. "I want to go back and help my country. Also, I miss my friends and family," he said. Engineering and computer sci- ence programs are the areas in which most foreign students are concen…

…- trated, many counselors said. In ad- dition, the United States is one of the few countries offering degrees in business administration, which appeals to many students. Universi- ties that are strong in…

… these three ar- eas are most popular with overseas students. mouth plays an important role in attracting students. "Indians come to us because we have a long association with India. People who have had a…

… question is where the substantive bilateral talks will take place. Shamir saw Israel as the victim of sustained Arab "boycott, block- ade, terrorism and outright war." Syria's al-Sharaa said that but for…

… Israel, "millions of Arabs would not have been uprooted from their homes." Jordan's Abu-Jaber said "the Palestinians and Jordan have paid the price" of the Nazi Holocaust that drove the Jews to seek new…

… article ("War causes fear, tension among Arab students" (1/23/'91) - includ- ing myself. Quoting portions of these interviews and deliberately (or undeliberately) neglect- ing other portions related to the…

… dealt with among the Arab countries. I am also opposed to the occupation of Kuwait since it is as wrong and illegiti- Harold Hilborn LSA junior Why so much hot air from students? repeat itself mate as…

…Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 1, 1991 GSbe Sirbigau &idy EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Viewpoint NOAH…

… citizens. Even as University students mobi- lize against the war in the Gulf, they cannot forget to oppose the war being waged at home against this nation's poor. Even as students with widely disparate…

… home. In this context, students are encour- aged to broaden their anti-war efforts by attending the Homeless Action Committee's (HAC) 2 p.m. protest tomorrow at the house on116 W. William, where illegal…

… a student who favors war or finds any honor in it. I am not happy that anyone is dying and wish that this war will come to a close soon. I do believe, however, in peace through strength. For only in…

… Daily: The student group Support Our Sol- diers (S.O.S.) claims to be neutral toward the war in the Middle East. Members have asserted that the organization takes no stand on whether U.S. military…

… danger. Amanda Rogers Second-year Rackham graduate student Daily again fails in interpreting opinion To the Daily: The Daily has again misinterpreted the opinions posed by students interviewed for an…

… of MSA's Students' so to speak. So there's nothing Rights Commission. really to stop him from taking the But some believe Saddam 10% in Abu-Dhabi [in the United would have invaded Saudi Arabia Arab…

… people of Kuwait, many people see the conflict as a war caused by the existence of extensive oil reserves in the Middle East. Many students are asking what role oil actually plays in the Gulf conflict…

… concerned students. Others walking to class casually passed by. Last weekend, however, an estimated 500 university students boarded nine buses bound for Washington, D.C., to join a national protest against…

… the Middle East, and we can survive very well without that oil," said Jennifer Van Valey, President of the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) and member of Student Against United States Intervention in the…

…-producers in the region, Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia Iraq United Arab Emirates Kuwait Iran Venezuela Soviet Union Mexico United States China Ubya Nigeria Indonesia Algeria Norway Canada Egypt Qatar Oman…

… China Mexico United Arab Emirates Venezuela United Kingdom Nigeria Kuwait Norway Canada Libya 3.1 .2.9 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 ~~1A Everyday,the oil-p extract60.3 million USSR and the Un…

…) United Arab Emirates 4.3% Saudi Arabia 18.9% Kuwait 1.0% Iraq 8.0% Other Persian ----_ Gulf 0.2% ° Japan's Net Oil Im (in percentag Iraq 4.7% Kuwait 9.1% ui 11.5% Other Net Imports 48.1% Iraq 11…

… Professor interested in theater, a Palestinian American student studying Economics, a nurs- ing student in her second term, and a student from Hebrew University who grew up in Jerusalem and is now Visiting…

… Arab Emirates, the Gaza Strip, and Israel. Zalatimo said when he was able to speak to his mother last week she sounded "very nervous." There had been a 24-hour military curfew im- posed on her town…

…, meaning that she could not leave her house. "She's not really sure what's going on," Za- latimo said. A member of Students Against U.S. Intervention in the Middle East (SAUSI), Zalatimo questioned why the U…

… dozen campuses and com- munity groups, sponsored the event. "George Bush is the most hon- est President," said Near Eastern Studies graduate student and teach-in speaker Stephen Sheehi. "He's not ashamed…

…Auley, a gradu- ate student in political science, in- tended to address inconsistencies in U.S. foreign policy, but in his research he said he discovered that policy has been consistent. "War is so much a…

… that they will leave with their dead in bats and coffins," Iraqi radio warned. An Iraqi newspaper forecast "a thunderous storm blowing on the Arab desert." During the battle for Khafji, an- other battle…

… October 1988 asked all universities and high schools to change Native Ameri- can symbols and logos. At EMU, we established a committee com- prised of faculty, students, and alumni to look into the prospect…

… Students at the University of Michigan STEPHEN HENDERSON Opinion Editor Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not…

… ad S 0 PVderal judge was right to axe The problem of repressive speech codes is not unique to the University of Michigan. Students 4tthe University of Wisconsin recently fought and won a battle…

… as "death to all'Arabs" and comments about a woman's breasts over their electronic mail network. 'Because any electronic-mail system (like the MTS system used here at the University of Michi- gan) can…

… be used as public forum for communica- tion, the judge's decision that the students' sanc- tions were an infringement on their rights to free speech was proper. At the same time, electronic mail…

… students to undergo mandatory psychiatric and alcoholic counseling. This step is clearly beyond the authority of the University and obviously infringes on the rights of every student attending Wisconsin. The…

… university is not a court of law and has no business sentencing students who merely exercised their freedoms to terms of psychiatric care. Speech codes plague many American universi- ties. The case atthe…

… remains diverse and honest, students need to be allowed to discuss their ideas with frankness. The University of Michigan should take heed to the battle won in Wisconsin. Speech codes have no place on…

… was on the back page of the Daily. Fred Dobb and Amy Simon Brandeis University students To the Daily: The way the Daily has handled the recent controversy over their printing of "The Holocaust…

… Arabs or anyone else - must be confronted with equal condemna- tion and halted with equal determination. Unless we Jews learn and implement the inevitable lessons of our own sufferings, we cannot profess…

… classical dances and desserts made from the recipes of ancient Rome. Michigan League Ballroom. 9 pm. 763- 3559. $10 for students, $25 for Kelsey Associates and $30 for non-members (with a four-month trial…

…, reggae, Latin, and funk. Sponsored by Hillel. Irwin Green Auditorium. 8 pm. 769- 0500. $18, $10 (students). Starbound Talent Show. Sponsored by UAC. Mendelssohn Theater. 763-1107. University Javanese…

… (tentative) at UAC Laughtrack. 10 pm. 763-1107. $3. Student ID Required. Life on a Curve. The Residence Hall Repertory Theatre Troupe. A Show About Education. Alice Lloyd. 10 pm. Ann Pardo 764-8678. THURSDAY…

… a Country/Western bar. (Walter Hill, 1982) MLB 3 8:00 & 10:00 All-Fear Eats the Soul Brigitte Mira plays 60-year old widow who falls for 30-year old Arab in this Rainer Werner Fassbinder comedy from…