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…The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2002- 21 Warning: Activism at large Amnesty 9nternational By Hiba Ghalib, Daily Staff Reporter Students Allied for 3reedom A mnesty International is a g ra s…

… helping these prisoners, The main objective of SAFE is to educate the Amnesty International helps by "gaining fair tri- Vastly diverse populations of students contribute to a wide variety of activist campus…

… community on the Arab-Israeli conflict als for political prisoners, ending torture, political while advocating for Palestine rights and protesting killings and "disappearances," and abolishing the groups…

…. Many students on campus have a direct stake in issues such as affirmative the Israeli violations of human rights and interna- death penalty throughout the world," she said. tional law, Kiblawi said. The…

… of rallies in support of peace in cia said. coalitions with student groups, Equatit Yf y Any Means Afghanistan, anti-sanctions in Iraq lectures, . unions, faith-based and human ecessary mock Israeli…

… undergraduate 1995, BAMN grew to expand to the University of Arbor) and ACLU Civil Liberties Union, students for the SOLE Gradu- Michigan in 1997. Agnes Aleobua, an Education Michigan Legal a century-old civil…

… ate Student Union. junior and BAMN member said BAMN was Director Michael rights advocacy group In early April, SOLE also founded "in response the start of the resegrega- Steinberg to sup- that focuses…

… in Ann Arbor Muslim rights. The University's a 360-foot banner as part of 1997 in response to lawsuit filed against the law leader Rabih Had- chapter, which consists National Student Labor Day school…

…. "Our main focus on campus is the defense of Fhe American Students Organizing for the rights of students. It Means Necessary leads a rally in February. "In both 1999 and 2000, affirmative action and…

… action as our Israel, found- earlier this year in an ing Michigan Student Assembly and social justice dent's Office and the second one in the dean's generation's opportunity to realize the promises of ed…

… appropriate way to achieve orchestrated the green armband campaign political goals, their ultimate vision of vio- to show solidarity with Arab-American lence and their present intimidation of students, but the…

… group failed to consult opponents is unacceptable. with or seek the support of any Arab- If BAMN were willing to thoroughly American student groups. These irrespon- reevaluate its methods and use its vast…

… STUDENTS AT THE Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other pieces do not SINCE 1890 necessarily reflect…

… committees president of the University had the sole Legislature's education budget cuts. uine student-athletes. Consistent inequality University must address chronic gender pay gap T he unsurprising findings…

… of the students from working with the most tal- Report on Faculty Salary and ented faculty and receiving the best pos- Composition released by the sible education. Committee on the Economic Status of…

… prevents University pay gap from continuing unabated. An opiate for the few Trotskyite group has yet to change its tactics 4 T he Coalition to Defend Affirmative actual University students. BAMN's go…

…-it- Action and Integration and Fight for alone attitude has prevented collaboration Equality By Any Means Necessary with student groups and drawn away popu- has not changed. The group, which has a lar support…

… from their causes. long history on campus of alienating would- The group's unwillingness to accept be allies, working against student groups contrary positions has been one of the pri- and usurping…

… issues, held its most recent mary causes for the stagnant debate on affir- event this weekend in Ann Arbor, the mative action at the University. Students on Student/Youth Conference of the New Civil both…

…, organized the confer- accept contrary University are extremely rare, ence which brought a large num- positions has been instead attempts at discussion bers of high school students from one of the primary…

…0 4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 3, 2002 OP/ED GIbe £irb~wu i~rnjg 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE…

… growing number of Israeli Jews that "Ann Arbor' Hispanic, black or mixed. Only when I say, have spoken out against the racist policies of "No, I mean where "Arab" I get this shocking look as if to say, the…

… Israeli government. There are organiza- are you from-from." "There's no way you're an Arab." tions growing at an exponential rate that s There's something to Certain classifications can be used against…

…. around aimlessly. However, there is a line in Probably a sorority chick. That dude in the On this campus, there are students that which cliched labels become bigoted and hate- beret: Shady. That EECS kid…

…: What a dork. have attempted to associate students that sup- ful nametags. To be labeled anti-Semitic is not Either way, these methods of identifying port Palestine as anti-Semitic. This is obvious- a…

… associate the individual with hate and racism, All labels are harmful in one way or anoth- say that I am a Semite (and yes, Arabs are thus nullifying and diminishing their views. er. No one likes to be called…

… South Africa to be anti-white? Obviously Brenda Abdelall can be reached around us. Being Arab-American, I could tell not. One can be critical of their govern- at babdelal@umich.edu. An open letter to Paul…

… 10 LETTERS POLICY The Michigan Daily welcomes letters from all of its readers. Letters from University students, faculty, staff and administrators will be given priority over others. Letters should…

… so much attention focused on our campus, what University students would like to see is intelli- gent activism. With one of the largest Jewish and Arab student populations in the country, the Umversity…

…I 8B - The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition The regents hit ... Finally, a fall break Failing grade Pass/fail deadline too early The University Board of Regents, after years of requests from…

… students, passed a fall break at their December meeting. The break will begin this year and classes will not be held on Oct. 14 or 15 of the fall 2002 semester. The regents' major concern had been that the…

… fall break would become essentially an, excuse for students to part y. The regents were sufficiently convinced by former Michigan Student Assembly President Matt Nolan that such problems would not be…

… seen an d that the fall break would be academi- cally beneficial to the student body. While this concern is only partially valid - it is true that some students will use the long weekend as an excuse to…

… party, others will surely use the extra time to catch up in class- es and stud yas the fall break is designed to allow - that students have a few extra days in the fall to blow off some steam is not the…

… end of the world. Indeed, former interim provost Lisa Tedesco's remark that she feared a fall break would lead to "more free time and more partying" on the part of the students leads us to ask: "What…

…'s wrong with that?" While Nolan's political maneuvering was admirable (and appreciated), it is hopeful that he, as leader of the student body, recognizes that a healthy dose of partying is not only safe…

… instead are labeled "break." The very name implies more than Just academics. The fa 1 break can, should and will be used as an excuse to party by some members of the student body. At the same time, other…

… members of the student body will use the fall break as a time to study; others will catch up on lost sleep, still others may visit family or friends. We thank the regents for giving us a fall break, and we…

…The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition - 3B a VIEWPOINT , Israel:-Democracy's last stand in the Middle East BY YULIA DERNOVSKY Fall 2002, the first day of another school year at the…

…, I notice that sadly most, though not all, of the participants in this campus war are Jews with the pro-Israel views and Arabs fighting for the pro-Palestine side. The rest of the University stu- dent…

… body is either apathetic about the issue or is irritated at the contin- uing propaganda war on the Middle East. Most troubling are the attempts by pro-Palestinian advocates to mis- lead students who are…

… uneducated and disinterested in the conflict with. their fallacious and demagogic argu- ments. They hope that the liberal- m i n d e d always-ready-to-right-a-wrong col- lege student will give in to the pleas…

… organizations and the threat of destruction that Israel faces on a daily basis are conveniently left out of the pro-Palestine discourse in an effort to mislead students. Similarly left unmentioned are human…

… rights abuses of the Palestinian Authority under the corrupt and dictatorial leadership of Yassir Arafat. I believe it is time that college students realize why Israel needs and deserves their support…

…, regardless of how tear-drawing the demagogic speeches of the pro-Palestinian activists are. It is time that students take a stand for the values in which this liberal campus takes so much pride: The values of…

…- tradict every moral value on which America is based? These are the questions that as students we must address. How much do we value democracy and what are we willing to do to preserve it? 1 he current focus…

… is not. Israel promotes rule of law, the Palestinian Authority promotes terrorism. The students of this University want social justice and moral satis- faction. It is impossible to support these ideals…

… while supporting a morally and politically corrupt Palestinian regime. If students at this University want to promote demo- cratic values, they should support the only lasting democracy in the Middle East…

… never knew existed. JEREMY CHASSEN LSA graduate Harassment of Arab, Muslims students must end TO THE DAILY: It has been brought to our attention that in response to Sept. 11's tragic terrorist attacks…

…, Muslim and Arab students have been harassed and subject to threatening remarks. As of right now, we do not know the per- petrators of these heinous acts and ask the community not to jump to conclusions. We…

…The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition - 7B And now a word from you*.. Daily picture did more to advertise for Nike than SOLE's golf balls To THE DAILY: I have been asked numerous times, "what…

… was up with the golf balls" - in reference to The Daily's ditorial Feb. 12, SOLE Sporting Nike? which commented on the factthat Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality used Nike golf balls…

… opportunity and responsibility to be apart of the change that is to come, as does this editorial page. JACKIE BRAY LSA junior Bray is a member of Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality and the…

… United StudentsAgainst Sweat- shops Coordinating Committee. 'I like myself' mentality leads overweight people to 'Loser Denial Syndrome' TO THE DAILY: I would like to comment on Aubrey Henretty's column…

… celebrat- ing the attacks on the U.S. is not represen- tative and very dangerous. It will only fuel the backlash and attacks that Arab-Ameri- cans are sure to face and have already been facing in the States…

… and it is most irre- sponsible. My prayers are with the victims, their families and all my fellow Americans dur- ing this most difficult time. Tragedy hits home for many 'U' students TO THE DAILY…

… urge everyone to keep an open mind and not to lash out at students who neither condone nor were in any way involved with these ter- rorists attacks. Furthermore, we urge students and com- munity members…

… Osama bin Laden wants? Michigan and Michigan State students need to put aside the differences that might normally cause us to loathe one another. Once we have engaged in this exercise in mutual…

…LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Monday, June 3, 2002 - The Michigan Daily- An interview with one of the "White Faces" 5 0 Incoming University president will be strongly pro-student To THE DAILY: I was a…

… familiar with Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality in Ann Arbor, Students Against Sweatshops did get their way. The Daily article did not give the whole story. Coleman did agree to the…

… Committee, Laraine Nelson, the Nursing School Student Services director and the chairwoman of the Rights committee, and Marcella David, a Ut professor of law, would represent Ut. SAS found this unsatisfactory…

… with student groups. JASON GARDNER Student, University ofIowa Civil liberties are central to a robust democratic society To THE DAILY: Thank you to Daily staffer Megan Hayes for covering the…

… justify the existence of a slanted playing field for students seeking admission "60 Minutes" reported that the University awards a racial minority 20 points toward admission, while giving only 12 points for…

… Palestin- ian Christians of their rights. The highest flight rate from Israeli occupied lands, espe- cially Arab East Jerusalem, has been among the Palestinian Christian community. One would hope that…

… mainstream American Christians would not be duped by the Chris- tian Right and instead announce their sup- port for the Palestinians in the face of injustice and oppression. Zahr is a Rackham student. …

… can see that robberies and break-ins cluster in student-occu- pied areas. Though official statistics are not available, crime maps from recent weeks show that areas mostly occupied by stu- dents…

… regularly have more burglaries and attempted burgla- ries than non-student neighborhoods. Those areas include the roads between Main Street, McKinley Avenue, Oxford Road, and Kingsley Street - a relatively…

… area between M-14, US-23 and I- 94, much of which is highly populated. For example, between Aug. 25 and Sept. 1 when many students were moving into their new residences, the people living in the campus…

… Arbor had 37. Crime maps for the week of Sept. 21 to 27 are not yet available. Because their residents are constantly changing, student residential areas don't participate in the Neighborhood Block Watch…

… Program that is popular in the rest of the city. The lack of security and awareness in student neighbor- hoods has made them a successful target for criminals for "We don't think our doors were unlocked…

… students, they can't realize that we are all poor college students and there is no reason-for them to come in and take our entertainment away." DAVID KATZ/Daily Rackham student Monica Tutschka walks by an…

…; I can't remember his name ... Coulter: "Their names are too com- plicated. There's a reason they use num- bers at Guantanamo." (Sept. 19 2002, "So Three Arabs Walk into a Bar") ,Paul: I don't know why…

… racial profiling of Arabs because he secretly hates America." (Feb. 28, 2002, "Mineta's Bataan Death March") Paul: Hey! I just gave you props for not being a racist. What kind of ... Coulter: "The old…

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…-line contest on college campuses around the country. a major credit What we're looking for is two reps from your school to distribute handouts to fellow students over a two-day period before April 20th. Here…

…'s the lowdown: - 2 students from each school (1 male - 1 female - perfect for friends!!!) - Dressed as rock stars (we'll provide the outfit), it will be your job to distribute our client's literature to…

… of anonymity. He said most of the foreigners are Arabs - Saudis, Libyans and Syri- ans - but "a few" are Afghans. All admitted they had entered Pakistan after the collapse of Taliban rule in…

… reports. 6 ill I coo I I The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term…

… humiliate and occupy Palestinians I think we are in for more, I am sorry to say" - Steve Sosebee Founder, Palestinian Children's Relief Fund mise at the recent Arab summit, but it seems that this proposal has…

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… Israel's claim to the entire city and would challenge Pales- tinian aspirations to set up the capital in the Arab part of the city as part of a future state. "It can't be accepted at all, for the…

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… currently seeking non-Muslim Arabic members, one-armed Pakistani members, over-weight South Africans and Asians, Asians, Asians. A lot of students come to college feeling frightened and overwhelmed by the…

… into some maize-'n-blue shorts toot sweet. Sports, of course, are reserved only for our most gifted and intelligent students (as proven by their hard-earned grades), but the rest of us certainly have…

… assault (hey, can't make an omelet without breaking a few bigots) people who attempt to thwart our God-given constitutional right to give students points based on their ethnic/religious back- ground and the…

… talking with the BAMN High Council, I have learned that they are not cur- rently accepting any more brainless faux-hippy Anglo-Sax- ons or angry black students from affluent Detroit suburbs. They are…

…, though, the only way to go is to join MSA. As our student government, MSA pass- es many important resolutions each year that affect our cul- ture and the very fabric of our society. Last year alone, MSA…

… job they do. If you're lucky, they may even allow you to join. If politics aren't your bag, you can partake in one of the many community opportunities available to students. Giving money to the…

…." Regarding the search process, Deitch called. the search "focused, thorough and thoughtful." Deitch also addressed the contributions of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee, composed of faculty, students…

… By Maria Sprow Daily Staff Reporter Members of the Graduate Employees Organization and Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality joined forces March 11 in a walk-out to stop stu- dents from…

… past University walls to undergraduate students at Michigan State University, some of whom chose not to attend.classes to show support for their graduate employee union, which formed last year but has…

… negotia- tions, a one-day walk-out and GEO's threat of an indefinite strike. Rackham student and GEO member Rachel Meyer said the vote was close to unanimity because the bar- gaining team addressed the…

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