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…4 Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C, he WicbiganDailu KATE TRUESDELL An indiscriminate infection Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since…

… off 4 Dearborn was recently host to the Radius of Arab-American Writers, Inc., a seminar discuss- ing current issues pertaining to their community. One of the prominent guests at the event was Ray…

… that the Arab-American com- munity encounters increasing amounts of prejudice because the media portrays its populace through an Orientalist, pop-cul- ture approach. This same media also omits or down…

… plays its suf- fering in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the war in Iraq. The biased depiction of Arabs within the media places Arab- American writers in a delicate predicament - they are faced with…

… the dilemma that what they write willreflect their entire pop- ulace.Arab-Americanwriters are forced to evaluate how they seek to portray their community and if they should attempt to directly counter…

… the stereotypical image of Arabs in their works. But Hanania presents an interesting response to this phe- nomenon. He is on an Israeli- Palestinian comedy circuit that counters this image with the…

… seemingly disarming venue of humor. Using this approach, the group reaches an audience that would otherwise resist a cri- tique of the American media. Until Arab-American writers can write in a free stream of…

… Macomb. "The Michigan counties rep- resent a fairly good cross section demographically of the whole state," Keating said. BENJI DELL/ One hundred students are enrolled in the introductory modern Arabic…

… what they want to do." Michael Bonner, acting chair of the department of Near Eastern Studies, said students who study Arabic for more than two years usually have a career goal in mind. Many of those are…

… language course this fal. CROWNING CAMPUS ROYALTY ARABIC From page 1A Near Eastern Studies and reli- gious studies professor at Univer- sity of Illinois, said the Sept. 11 attacks and the resulting…

… increase in media coverage of Arab nations encouraged more people to study Arabic. "It made the Arab world and the Muslim world front and center in a lot of people's minds," Khalil said. "Before 9/11, people…

…'s knowledge of Arab nations was really quite limited." Khalil, who started studying Arabic at the University as an undergraduate in 1997, said there has been a shift in the motivations for many of those taking…

… Arabic language courses. "(Before 2001) there was a good chance of having classmates who were generally interested in the language for its own sake," he said. "Now many people see it as a requirement for…

… looking for jobs in government, military or jour- nalism. But Bonner said students' career goals don't shape the pro- gram. "We're not just producing peo- ple for the intelligence agencies," members. At…

… Zeta Psi fraternity, sopho- more Michael Weist said he saw a larger number of students take interest in his fraternity this fall than did last fall. As part of the rush committee, he said Zeta Psi took…

… Michigan Union last night. The ceremony is part of the Michigan Student Assembly's attempted revival of Homecoming week. The pair will take part in the Homecoming parade tomorrow. The parade starts at 3 p…

… Education - an organization that represents 1,800 universities - said college students often do not know enough about money to fully understand credit card offers. "Colleges know that students come to our…

… 4A - Thursday, October 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily = michigandaily.com --------- -- -- -- ---- - -- - --- -- 4 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard…

… same consideration. Enrolling in college to live out the promise of the GI Bill shouldn't add to the burden. However, the recently founded Student Veterans Association of the University of Michigan has…

… with the Hispanics they refuse to speak to, that's almost 75 million Americans that apparently don't matter. Tuesday's debate in Dearborn - a Detroit suburb home to the highest concentration of Arabs…

… antagonistically hawkish outlook. Even in Dearborn, a city where its common to find street signs trans- lated to Arabic, they saw no harm in implying continuing strikes and strife in the Middle East. There may be 30…

…,000 Arabs in Dearborn, but inside the confines of the Ford Com- munity Center, the candidates could conveniently remain oblivious. Hav- ing overlooked Hispanic and Black Americans, they could hardly have been…

… expected to offer anything more to Arab-Americans. So why come to Dearborn at all? To speak to the common American, of course. Michigan has the highest unemployment rate in the country. Dearborn, once the…

… only Northwestern University. The Student vet- erans Association, founded this year by Air Force veteran. Derek Blumke, is determined to increase that number. The group recently met with Lester Monts…

…, the University's senior vice provost for academic affairs; about creating a special Office for Student veterans' Affairs to make the process of applying easier for veterans. Monts, how- ever, glossed…

… not. Having been out of high school for so long, veterans may not have valid test scores, current transcripts or teachers recom- mendations. Without a specialized Office of Student veterans' Affairs…

… 598 and 224 student veterans respec- tively. The state of Wisconsin allows all of its vets to attend either a University of Wiscon- sin affiliate or Wisconsin Technical College for free. This may be…

… culture and society only offered in winter - increased from winter 2001's,63 students to 85 students in winter 2002. Enrollment in the first-year modern Arabic language course - only offered in fall…

… - jumped from 46 students in the fall of 2001 to 72 students in fall 2002. By the winter 2007 semester, 149 students were enrolled in the cul- ARABIC ENROLLMENT Sstudents enrolled in either "AAPTIS 331…

… a small dip in both 2005 semesters, but the enrollment in both- Arabic classes has held steady since then. Mohammad Khalil, a former graduate student instructor sin the University's Department of See…

… ARABIC, Page 7A Numbernof students whowere enrolled in either"AAPTIS 331: Introductionfto Arabic Cul- ture and Language,"inthe winter of 2007, or "AAPTIS 101, Introduction to Modern Arabic," in the fall of…

…/11, twice as many take Arabic U.S. PIRG alleges deceptive marketing practices By DANIEL STRAUSS Daily StaffReporter Credit card companies -might have less of an incentive to hawk their cards at the…

… that trick students into signingup for credit cards and then charge them unreasonably high fees. At 40 major colleges, - not including the University of Michi- gan - campaigners will work to educate…

… students about the dan- gers of credit cards with seminars and informational pamphlets. Campaign staffers will also try to convince the universities to adopt strict policies against credit card companies…

…, Page 7A w-{-F-, Largest spike came after invasion of Iraq in 2003 By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN Daily StaffReporter Since the Sept: 11 terrorist attacks, enrollment in Arabic lan- guage and culture courses at…

…Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 7 Student bikes across America TO THE DAILY: I bring to your attention an exceptional undertaking by Engi- neering sophomore Xiaoyu Shi…

… friends. (His I am sure Michigan Daily friends have set up a Facebook readers will be amazed by this group of 153 members devoted exceptional citizen student after to his journey.) We should all do visiting…

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… missing a few chapters when it comes to racial discrimination in the state 6B STUDENTS OF THE YEAR These 10 students made a name for them- selves on campus this year. THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with WALTER…

… to earn his first bachelors degree and become a com- missioned officer. Last year, while taking over 18 credits a semester towards his Arabic Armenian, Persian and Turkish studies major, and waking up…

… Iraq after he graduates next December, studies his Arabic and Farsi diligently. He believes that one daythose language skills might save his life. Childs, who said she transferred from the Navy ROTC to…

… her attention. Now an LSA junior, member of The Order of Angell's class of 2008 and chair of the Michigan Student Assembly's Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Commission, Hsu recalls the impact that…

… Dem- ocrats and the Student Affairs Advisory Board run by E. Royster Harper, the vice president for stu- dent affairs. "I thrive on problems that need to be fixed and issues that need to be addressed…