September 19, 2002 (vol. 113, iss. 13) • Page Image 4
…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 19, 2002 OP/ED U be Aticgun &d4ig 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY…
… what your father ness is at the allows the University to admit students does or doesn't do for a living. core of almost every who are less qualified than others, giving We aren't all born at ground zero…
… promised Israel the land. Israel gained the other disputed pieces of land after they were attached by neighboring Arab countries that wanted to destroy Israel. In addition, Israel is not striking Palestinian…
… diversity, respect To THE DAILY: This is in regards to the Daily's article ('Webroomz' pairs roommates together, 09/18/02) While on the surface using detailed questionnaires or student profiles to assign…
… smoking or non-smoking, coed or single-sex halls, etc.) will, by pairing students with similar interests, tend to place students with very similar back- grounds in the same room. We meet people with similar…
… interests all the time, in classes and extracurriculars, thus pairing students who appear likely to become friends based on these similarities is unnecessary. Furthermore, sur- face-level similarities have…
… little relation to whether students will get along as roommates; yet once on campus, feeling at home with stu- dents from different social and racial groups can be difficult. There are certainly few…
… some semblance of harmony. Allowing students to choose roommates through on-line profiles or increasing the n'um- ber of parameters by which the system com- bines them is dangerous because it will…
… eliminate this head-on collision with diversity. Regardless of "innovation" elsewhere, the Uni- versity should preserve its current system. JOSIE CLOWNEY LSA junior Let students rush the field but don't hurt…
…'s game, I couldn't help but be jealous of the on-field celebration. The entire student sec- tion stormed onto the field, with security guards opening gates and aiding students down over the surrounding…








