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… See MICHIGAN, Page 11 Israeli heads debate peace offering Peres: Land should Doily Photo by KAREN HANDELMAN University employee Carl Levine addresses a group of students and workers picketing the…

…( Soldiers shot an Arab protester in Badah in the c the shoulder at Sebastiva, a West slammed him ag Bank town near Nablus, hospital of- wall. ficials in Nablus reported. A leaflet distributed by leaders of…

… -Dr. Yas what Arabs call "the uprising" - the violence that began Dec. 8 - urged Palestinians to intensify an economic Arab protesters hav boycott of Israel through strikes and tals as hiding places dui…

… back of aid, "get e hit D r. hest an d gainst the ssir Obeid e used hospi- ring 12 weeks d West Bank -e 1.5 million east 76 Arabs violence, ac- and hundreds e broken into times. Some bs stay away…

… [. ,Page 2 He said they d 10 and 11, other at the on confirmed Palestinians, showed both al's entrance. were beaten, By JIM PONIEWOZIK Thirty workers and students picketed yesterday in front of the…

…, as well as another supervisor who they claim prevented the worker from filing a grievance. The group, which called itself the Ad Hoc Worker and Student Committee Against Racism, also accused the…

… privately told two student officials three weeks ago that he would send the first draft of his anti-discrimination policy to the University Council for review. But when he released a second draft on Monday, a…

… proposal that might be adopted by the University's Board of Regents later this month, the council had not seen the document. Michigan Student Assembly President Ken Weine and Vice President Wendy Sharp said…

… Fleming told them three weeks ago that he Minority ~leadrs c larify stance By STEVE KNOPPER Several minority leaders on campus said yesterday they favor an anti-racism policy with sanctions for students…

… stance is still at odds with those of others students opposed to a code of non-academic conduct. Those would reconvene the council with a one-month deadlineto create a new policy that would deter student…

…A OPINION .Yoge 4 Friday, December 2, 1988 The Michigan Daily 4 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan .. . . . . . . . ..r. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . , . . r L…

….S. government supplies the arms, weapons of torture, and economic force which are breaking El Salvador. Tagar careless, not racist To the Daily; The Michigan Student As- sembly has exhibited a pro- found…

… can effectively publicize its views. In that the members of Tagar are students at this university, the have a right to voice their opinions regardless of who is offended. Originally, the slogan "Stop…

… Arab Terrorism" was painted on the bus. Some Arabs on campus took offense at this statement, and Tagar voluntar- ily complied with their wishes, changing the demonstration so that it read "Stop All…

… not racist. It is a fact that the terrorists who have been attacking Israel for years are Arabs. But per- haps, as some on campus feel, it is wrong to use such a broad term, since admittedly not all…

… Arabs are terrorists. Shall we then call the terrorists Pales- tinians? Well, not all Pales- tinians are terrorists, either. Tagar had to find some name to use, and "Arab" was the term they came up with…

… care into their wording. This does not mean that Tagar and its doctrines are racist. Those few Arabs who do kill Israelis, Americans and other people have given all other Arabs a bad name. It is the…

… fault of those Arabs that in to- day's society the word "Arab" is too frequently associated with terrorism. Tagar should not be punished for using a generalization which, though wrong and offensive to…

… some, was not intended to harm or discredit all Arabs. Racism is wrong and should be dealt with; Tagar's insensi- tivity is merely regrettable. The whole situation, unfortu- nately, has gotten out of…

… (Daily, 11/10/88) reads: "Such was the case of Grif- fith Neal, the student accused of raping a woman last year." I am sorry that I accused the Daily of calling him an accused rapist, I must have read it…

… send a message that it does not ap- prove of racism. "We just can't keep having these kinds of actions in a climate where there are no conse- quences for this kind of behavior," he said. BLACK Student…

… Timothy Jacobs had been taken into custody by FBI agents and would be transported to a jail outside Robeson County. Trapped Israelis attack Arabs ANABTA, Israeli-occupied West Bank - Israelis killed two…

… Arabs and wounded three others yesterday when they opened fire on a crowd of stone- throwing Palestinians who had trapped a convoy of soldiers and civilians, the Israeli army said. Soldiers wounded four…

… Arabs in two other clashes, a military spokes- person said. The Arab-owned Palestinian Press Service put the number of Arabs wounded by gunfire at 22. Troops battled Palestinians in protests throughout…

… the West Bank and Gaza Strip, leaving more than a dozen Arabs hospitalized with beating injuries and three soldiers injured by stones. The renewed violence caused the first deaths from gunfire since Jan…

…. 15 and brought to 41 the confirmed Arab death toll in the rioting that began Dec. 8. It came as the United States was exploring ways to revive the stalled Middle East peace process. Defense Minister…

… alumni network I 01Ibe Alirljtgan i t Vol. XCVIII- No.85 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan…

… National Student News Service. liditor in Chief...................REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN Photo Editors............KAREN HANDELMAN Managing Editor........................MARTHA SEVETSON JOHN MUNSON News Editor…

…0 OPINION Wednesday, November 2, 1988 3 Page 4 The Michigan Daily A. $beLirigan a Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol. IC, No.40 Ann Arbor, MI 48109…

… he would bring a Regents are the eight administrators, "fresh approach" to the University elected by state voters, who make the since he has never been a student or final decisions about University…

…, claiming that students Former President Robben Fleming's who advocated divestment were limitations on student protest and she engaging in "gross and crass attempts was the only regent absent from last to…

… intimidate the Regents." spring's meeting when the Further, Baker tried to prevent tuition discriminatory acts policy was funding of the Michigan Student discussed and approved. Assembly and succeeded in…

… limiting the East Lansing attorney Cliff Taylor scope of student legal services. received one of the Republican On these grounds and others, nominations at this fall's state con- numerous student groups…

… compelled to respond on a "linguistic level" to Sami W. Tabsh's letter (Daily, 10/4/88). In this letter, itself a response to an ACSI ad quoting passages from the Koran as evi- dence of Muslim Arab anti…

…-Semitism, Tabsh argues that Arabs cannot be anti- Semitic because they are themselves Semitic. To the extent that one cannot be anti-self, Tabsh is correct; to say "anti- Semitic Arab," and to mean it literally, is…

… to argue by extension that Arab anti-Zionism is en- tirely free from such ideology, Tabsh tries to expose what he sees as a Jewish, racist conspiracy working through the usage of the term "anti…

…-Jewish feeling in the Arab countries. That Arab anti-Semitism predates the I have attended, I have been stunned to hear the old patterns rehashed by seem ingly "progressive" and educated peoples Jewish conspiracy…

… 50, he said the state gov- ernment must solve those problems itself. VOTERS & POLLING: Any Israeli citizen over age 18 is eligible to vote; 2.9 million registered voters (including 350,000 Arabs). THE…

… campaigning throughout the state during the forum. Baker has sparked protest from student activists in recent years for his conservative stances on gay male and lesbian discrimination and stu- dent protest…

… guidelines. "I UNDERSTAND some of Regent Baker's concerns that he wouldn't be received well," said LSA junior and Michigan Student Assem- bly member Zach Kittrie, one of the forum's organizers. "I wish Deane…

… Baker would have come. (The candi- dates) made a sincere effort to create a better dialogue with students." Five candidates - Taylor, Lewand, incumbent Regent Nellie Varner (D-Detroit), and Libertarians…

… rebellion in the occupied lands and peace with the Arabs. For the deeply divided nation of 4.4 million, whose 40-year history is a calendar of war and violence, yes- terday's election was a crossroads in the…

… sons. Yesterday, Palestinians in Arab east Jerusalem hurled flaming bottles of gasoline into a car carrying Likud campaign workers, setting a woman's hair ablaze. Politicians from both left and right…

… student teaching assis- * tants owe taxes on their tuition ition waivers that expired last winter. Without those exemptions, TAs face the possibility of seeing their $560 average take-home pay drop $150 to…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Tuesday, February 2, 1988 The Michigan Daily Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Nicaragua made concessions 4 Vol. XCVIII, No. 85 420 Maynard St…

… day fought racism IN THE FACE OF RAMPANT institu- tional racism and racist attacks at the University, it is important to recog- nize the student groups responsible for the alternative classes and…

… these alternative educational events while the University administration largely ignored the spirit of the day. Although some people on the picket line around Angell Hall in- correctly labeled students…

… the Union on topics rarely discussed or presented at the University. These events were sensitive to student interest, as was evidenced by the large numbers in attendance at these teach-ins: at least…

…- ciently prepared for interacting with students attending classes. Also, more white students would have honored the boycott if UCAR had been able to spend more time edu- cating people as to its importance…

… importantly, those who criticize UCAR for not preparing adequately for the boycott should have helped to do just this. Those who didn't do anything to educate their fellow students about the im- portance of the…

… people must not be construed as reason to condemn the entire block- ade. The aim of protesters was simply to make students think about the tacit statement they were making by attending classes during the…

… boycott. UCAR reasoned that if students must go out of their way and use a side door, perhaps they would reconsider their decision to violate the boycott and begin to un- derstand the significance of that…

… of many students to the point of equating UCAR's efforts with the kind of intolerance the protest was designed to over- come. That such thoughts are mis- taken becomes painfully obvious when one…

… examines the motives be- hind the boycott in the first place. Students must realize what Dr. King stood for; that the injustice he fought is still prevalent in society; and that it is important to set aside…

… lecture room with about 200 students, Lee said. "It seems like he really cares about what he's saying. You can really see that. It's one of the better classes I've had," said another student, LSA senior…

… Mindy Freedman. Sociology Prof. Mayer Zald said Sfeir-Younis has a "marvelous 'He's unique because he's very personal to h i s students. He treats you on ihe same level that he is.' -LSA senior Kate…

… Ebershoff rapport with a large group of $tudents." t "He clearly knows how to organize a lecture so that students of all Sfeir-Younis said issues like the threat of nuclear war, hunger, and inequality…

… aspect of his life, "he teaches people things all the time," she said. "He opens you up to different things." See STUDENTS, Page 9 -Associated Press A Palestinian mother holds onto her son as he is…

… of the occupied territories were not negotiable, in- cluding Arab east Jerusalem, but added: "Is that a reason to remain in Gaza?" "People are saying, if you give up Nablus, you will have to give up…

…-grade science students are saying "rats" to junk food after a month of experiments in which they compared school-food and junk-food diets by feeding them to rodents. "It seems like children sort of know what they…

… bhe Mirigan Batiy Vol. XCVIII- No. 101 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-987) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription…

… Student News Service. Editor in Chief...................REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN Timothy Huet, Juliet James, Brian Jarvinen, Avra Managing Editor........................MARTHA SEVETSON Kouffnan, Preeti Malani…

… rating may be misleading be-, cause "it makes you look like you'rei beating your patients, which is not1 the case," she said. Rackham student Jenny Guranian Armenia. Vigil1 Continued from Page 1 nians…

… yesterday. The State Department denied the visa last Saturday on grounds that the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization was an accessory to ter- rorism. Arab diplomats said they would introduce a…

… LSA course curriculum if students are forced to take a course on racism because too few current courses meet the criteria. Jack Meiland, LSA assistant dean for curriculum and long range plan- ning, said…

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