July 12, 2004 (vol. 113, iss. 149) • Page Image 5
… the lives of all Israeli citizens from the Palestinian terror that has been destroying the country for its entire existence. The security fence saves innocent Israeli lives, whether they are Arab…
… readers. Letters from University students, faculty, staff and administrators will be given priority over others. Letters should include the writer's name, college and school year or other University…
… harmless little enclave that deals with harmless little issues. Why should we, as students with busy schedules and no intentions of staying here after graduating,. care one damn about what they do? We have…
… its name provokes). I'd venture to guess that most students here don't even know who our mayor is, let alone how to pronounce his name. Local government is for the aged, the feeble, the trivial and the…
… dull. The sad fact is, City Council members take advantage of this student apathy by passing legislation that negatively affects students without fear of reprisal. The recent proposal banning porch…
… couches is one example of how the Ann Arbor City Coun- cil pushes an anti-student agenda with rela- tive impunity. The voting districts of Ann Arbor are gerrymandered to ensure that students will never get…
… a seat on the City Council. The city is split into pie-shaped wedges, with each containing a sliver of the student- dominated downtown and a much larger chunk of the surrounding homeowner strongholds…
…. Each wedge elects a City Council member, meaning students never have enough numbers in any individual wedge to field a pro-student candidate. A homeowner's most valuable asset is his home, and he will…
… fight anything that could potentially lower the value of that asset (like living close to rowdy, unkempt stu- dents). Members of the Council all favor the more permanent homeowners over transient students…
…, leading to legislation like the ludicrous couch porch ban. The idea that students can't even get their own City Council member suggests that they are but a small minority, and this simply is not true. Of…





