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…'t speak for the University. If Pro-Arab students had some function, I'd be happy to take part as well," said Tanter. More than0 drawn to More than 100 protesters defend fetal rights BY TARA GRUZEN SPECIAL…

… person, See Fisher, Page 12 Students protest JNF dinner BY DIMA ZALATIMO About 150 angry pro-Palestinian protestors shouted "Shame! Shame!" at guests arriving at the Jewish Na- tional Fund's $150-a…

…-plate dinner last night. "We are protesting the JNF be- cause of its discriminatory land policies," said Nuha Khoury, a member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee and Rackham graduate student. Khoury said the…

…, protested University offi- cials' attendance outside the event, saying they were favoring one side of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Though President James Duderstadt's name is on the event's program as one of…

… Israel," said Khoury. About 150 people, mostly students, protested the JNF dinner. About 20 people counterprotested in sup- port of the JNF. "The protest that PSC is doing is unfair - it doesn't look at…

… all the facts. The JNF has no policy of favoring Jews over Arabs," said Tagar president, Keith Hope, a LSA se- nior and counterprotester. University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs…

…. Raymond Tanter, who teaches a class on the Arab-Israeli con- flict, said people came to the dinner as indi- viduals and not to represent the University. "I'm proud to take part of this enterprise. I don…

… junior Lisa Wallace, one of the large number of University students who participated in the march. "It's already happened in Michigan with Propositon A." "If we're not going to fight who will?" asked…

… Jackie Kadanoff, an RC senior. Two buses from the Ann Arbor NOW chapter and one bus from the Ann Arbor Tenants Union brought University students and Ann Arbor residents to the march, which started at noon…

… yesterday. Catherine Brighton, a student from Smith College in Massachusetts, said over eight busloads of students - most of the student body - came to the march. She asked, "How could we responsibly not be…

… Jr. Symposium Committee - organized by the University's vice-provost's office - is being criticized by students concerning their impact on the committee's decisions in observing the national holiday…

…. "Students were involved in the 'process', but there was a conflict," said graduate student Todd Shaw, a committee member. "The lack of communication [between students and faculty] didn't create a good…

… environment." The committee, which has organized the opening ceremony and closing events for "Diversity Day," is composed of 24 faculty decry. Diversity Day input members and two students. Prof. Homer Neal…

…, chair of the Department of Physics and co-chair of the symposium committee, said the committee was was responsive to students. He added that he was unaware of any conflict, saying "Diversity Day" is for…

… the students and they should get involved with the various activities. However Tracyc Matthews, also a student representative on the committee and a United Coalition Against Racist member, expressed…

…01 OPINION Page 4 Tuesday, January 10, 1989 The Michigan Daily Chemical warfare and U.S. foreign policy: 01 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol IC…

… :United States has relied on the racist stereotype that Arab peoples are irra- tional and violent to discredit the Libyan position of negotiations. Immediately after the attack on the alleged chemical…

… Student Assembly mately $245 million in 1988. (CBW costs are minimal in relation to other weapons systems since there is little equipment needed for their production.) The United States was also the last…

….) But if other countries follow the Soviet initiative, all these chemical and biological weapons may soon be obliterated from the planet. Letters tio the editor Daily trivializes student problems To the…

… Daily: Once again I am sickened by the shoddy way in which your paper (as a student I don't want to have to take responsibility for it) handles critical issues for students on this campus. Last night…

… while working at the 611 Church Street Computing Center I was approached by a Daily reporter asking questions about the wait at the center. She asked about common student problems and what students should…

… suggestions for alternative sites to the most well-known (611, Union, the UGLI), and hoped for an article that would increase student awareness about the computing centers and the problems involved with using…

… about) and to lighten what is, to most students, a very serious issue. I am not surprised at the Daily's failure to seize an opportunity to help the student community it supposedly represents, only…

… sickened that there is no opportunity to reach students with relevant facts about issues that are important to them. -Robb Lippitt December 13 Patrons I r I newspapers. It is with a great sense of…

… and median can change from term to term. However, because much of the information is useful for stu- dents, we decided to run the old data. A student may use the data to determine if one profes- sor is…

…-abortionists at the march. "I'm with my dad, and we're against abortion," she said.. Dinner Continued from Page 1 year student Sami Abdo said the protesters wanted to know why Duderstadt, "is mentioned as hon…

… shouted, "JNF is planting trees. They want Arabs on their knees. But we are here to make it known, Palestine is our home." The counter-protesters also shouted slogans and passed out "We are all Zionists…

… University students exercising their freedom of expression. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar- bor) also at the dinner, said, "I am here to honor (U.S. Rep.) Carl Pursell, who has raised tremendous amounts of money…

… officials met with police department and city officials as well as the mayor before Monday night. He said the merchants were con- cerned about the University's inabil- ity to control student drinking and the…

… use of controlled substances by students. Although no special meeting be- tween city officials and University administrators has been set to dis- cuss the issue, onesof the quarterly. policy meetings…

…-year students, it can be even more overwhelming. But often, getting advice from someone who has been through the same type of problems helps. Since 1985, the Comprehensive Studies Mentorship Program has employed…

… University alumni to help new students with classes and offer advice for their careers. During a presentation at the University's Alumni Center yesterday, alumni mentors received medallions and cer- tificates…

… for their work. The program was launched by CSP Counselor Lola Jones to help new University students establish a rapport with professionals working in their field of interest and to relieve the tensions…

… of being a new student. Although the program was set up for minority students, it is open to all students, said Jones. LSA sophomore Erika Diete- Spiff, who is interested in business administration…

… of existing is to prepare students for the future." Brabson said the program has been very rewarding for both men- tors and students. "I have been doing this since 1970 on my own - working with…

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… fifth Arab guerilla attack against El Al, Israel's national airline, in the past 30 months. Forty years ago... February 10, 1949 Actor Robert Mitchum trades in his Hollywood tweeds for jail denim as the…

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