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… supporting Palestinian youth in Lebanon, along with the Lebanese Student Association, Arab Student Association and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality. LSA sophomore Nada Eldawy, who is a…

… the auto industry and can contaminate drinking water. In light of the continuing Palestinian refugee crisis, leaders from various Arab culture organizations convened for a teach-in Tuesday…

… copy editor and Michigan in Color editor for The Daily, and Jenna, a LEAP volunteer who asked to be identified by only her first name, led the presentation to a group of more than 30 students…

…. Since the adoption of United Nations Resolution 181, which partitioned the Palestinian territory into Jewish and Arab states in 1947, around 5 million refugees qualify for aid from the United…

… Nations Relief and Works Agency, a UN program that assists Palestinians displaced by the Arab-Israeli conflict. Most of these displaced people settle in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza…

… schools fail,” Jenna said. “A lot of the kids don’t want to go, a lot of them work in the middle of the day, and it’s one teacher with 50 students. They were recently criticized because the kids…

… Minority Floor Leader Yousef Rabhi introduces bill to discontinue session BEN ROSENFELD Daily Staff Reporter DARBY STIPE/ DAILY LSA student Jenna speaks to her experiences volunteering in a Palestinian…

… refugee camp in Lebanon and the difficul- ties Palestinians face in East Quad Tuesday. LEAP volunteers talk experience of Palestinian refugees in camps Students review time spent preparing children in…

… University students may find ob- taining financial aid more difficult if President Bush's budget cut propos- als for the 1991 fiscal year are im- plemented by Congress. The proposed cuts could result in a $4…

….8 million reduction in available financial aid for University students, said Thomas Butts, University gov- ernment relations officer. Bush proposed cuts or freezes on a variety of financial aid programs…

… supported by the federal budget. "President Bush has met nearly every student aid program with either a butcher's knife or a yawn," said Ju- lianne Marley, president of the United States Student Association…

…, a national student lobbying organiza- tion. The President's most drastic pro- posed cuts are the elimination of the Perkins Loan program and the State Student Incentive Grant program. The elimination…

… museum were awed by the sculptured ice decorations adorning the room. Afterwards, however, the sculpuures were left outside for the public's view. MAC calls for input in student services changes by Mark…

…- tivities Center are concerned over the possibility 'of a clash between Arab and Israel students over the use of political material in their respective booths at the Univer- sity's World's Fair. The fair…

…LSA STUDENT UNION: LASTING COMMITMENT See editorial page C L Y 5k4 3flU& Daij DINGY High - 30 Low -- 10 Cloudy and cold; little chance of snow Vol. LXXIX, No. 107 Ann Arbor, Michigan…

… of France, the United Kingdom and the United States jwithin the framework of the UN Security Council" to discuss ways of settling the Arab-Israeli d i s- pute. Robert J. McCloskey, State De- partment…

… agrees with his predecessor that diplomatic efforts to promote an Arab-Israeli settlement should not By SHARON WEINER The University will offer a concentra- tion program in Afro-American studies next fall…

…, if implementation of present proposals occur on schedule. An 11-man student-faculty subcommit- tee of the LSA curriculum committee has been working on the formulation of the program since last semester…

…- mester, it will be ready for printing by this fall. Interested students will have to add the courses in the fall. The program will be interdisciplinary. but it won't be similar to the current spec- ial…

… course for the program which, he says, would serve as an elective for any interested student but would also be a prerequisite for concentration in the pro- gram. This sequence is still in the planning…

…. Nabih Ayad is a member of the Arab-American Defense Council. in Ironically, an important student advocate on campus says he feels lost and unknown in the University bureaucracy. Robert Holmes, the…

…news@michigandaily.com NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 6, 2004 - 3 'U', By Melissa Benta Daily Staff Reporter ombudsman acts as student advocate * Prof to discuss religion in…

…, the double star Albireo, made up of a blue and an orange star, is expected to be visible. The event is free, and the Student Astronomical Society will be avail- able to answer questions. The roof can be…

… room 3308 of the Modern Lan- guages Building today from 4:10 to 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. Culture bus to send students to event at Detroit…

… museum The Arts at Michigan Culture Bus will take students to the Wright Museum of African American Histo- ry for a musical titled "Sarah, Ella & Pops" Sunday from 1:30 to 5 p.m. The musical, by the…

… show. The event is part of the Brown v. Board of Education Theme Semester. Students can purchase tickets for $11.50 on the University website. MLK panel focuses on American security policies Nabih Ayad…

… University ombudsman, provides students with confidential counseling service to get advice and settle disputes with the University. If students feel that they are being treated unfairly or that the University…

… has made an error, the Ombuds Office can assist them in resolving the issue, Holmes said. "Number one, I help - through information - to empower students to be good advocates for their position…

… story, and beliefs are often mutually exclusive and in opposition to one another," he said. Furthermore, confidentiality is guaranteed to students who choose to meet with the Ombudsman, Holmes said…

…. Students are not required to disclose any personal information - such as a name or student ID number - and the UVI II Ombuds Office will not. .. share any information 4VDFIO&s1fU without written permis…

… testing questions. Connie Escobar, a University Law School Student. The intervenors are not sure when they will finish their case presentation and each side is entitled to call rebuttal witnesses before…

… making their closing arguments. Students keep eye on vote outco-me By Elizabeth Kassab Daily Staff Reporter Profs. question timing of Bush tax cut plan With conservative hard-liner Ariel Sharon…

… seemingly poised to defeat Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak in day's elections, many students are keeping close tabs on the political events unfolding half a world away. Whether they are from the Middle East…

… themselves or have relatives there, opinions among students and local residents abound. Rabbi Alter Goldstein said he feels Israelis lost faith in Barak after his numerous unsuccessful attempts to secure a…

… to believe that picking Sharon would mean starting a war and while Sharon does not seem to be the happy face that the Arabs want to see in the Middle East, where political windschange faster than the…

… Israeli troops. At the Rafah cross- ing between Gaza and Egypt, an Israeli tank fired 20 shells, apparently in response to Palestinian gunfire that killed Israeli soldier Rujia Salameh, 23, a Bedouin Arab…

… challenger Ariel Sharon by about 20 points in the polls, tightened a ban on Palestinian travel, ordering most Palestinians in the West Bank confined to their communities. Far out Students mixed on Napster…

… research done by Jupiter Media Metrix, a new economy research firm, that suggests Napster users are 45 per- cent more likely to increase their spending on music than non-Napster users. Students, meanwhile…

… current student code of con- duct says the (Standard Practice Guide) would cover students and fac- ulty but we would like that to cover visitors as well," Cantor said. To obtain a un-free ordinance, the I…

…. Chapman is a Daily Opinion Page editor. *1 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Weasel By Robert Lence Vol. XCII, No. 105 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Editorials…

… campaign against an Arab resolution which con- demns Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights. The resolution, expected to pass by a large margin, recommends severing economic, cultural, political, and…

… military ties with Israel. U.S. of- ficials fear that the resolution may be preliminary groundwork for an Arab move to bar Israel from the U.N. General Assembly. Israel's controversial move to annex the…

… Golan Heights, an area already substantially settled by Israelis, sparked more than just the Arab's criticism. The Reagan administration added its condemnation of the an- nexation, claiming the Israeli…

… move would anger the Arab world, and thus damage Mideast peace efforts. Israel, lashing out at Reagan's chastisement, warned the United States to stay out of what it considered to be an Israeli domestic…

… affair. This political rift threatened existing cooperation treaties between Israel and America, and marked a low point in a close, longstanding relationship. By blocking the Arab U.N. resolution, the…

… United States is helping to improve its Israeli relations at an especially crucial time for this hard- pressed Middle Eastern state. Arab in- transigence toward Mideast" peace remains as vehement as ever…

… violence of the Arab states. Only by protecting Israel's bargaining position with its often hostile Arab neighbors can the United States foster a lasting solution to tie Mideast problem. LETTERS TO THE…

… English competence. Occasionally, student demand for Chemistry courses has exceeded our capacity to supply teaching assistants whose English is at the colloquial level, but this happens very- seldom and…

…, even if 'something gets by us, we like to know about it. It is a delicate question when a foreign born teaching assistant passes the limit between expectation by the student for a "home town ac- cent…

… Brown suggests that students follow the same precautions as Bond and return to their homes if possible. "If students who are sick have parents or family members within driving distance who can pick them…

…," Brown said. An e-mail was sent to Markley residents late Wednesday night by University housing with resources for sick students fighting the virus, as well as tips for students who have not yet contracted…

… Arab Americans, were being profiled against. However, data also indicated that racial profiling against blacks was above 1.5 at the intersections of South University and Washtenaw, and at Hubbard Street…

… and Huron Parkway, and at Stadium Boulevard and Washtenaw Avenue. "At least for the first two, there may be a lot of African American students or persons of color going to and fro doing their business…

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… 31, 1979) supposedly attempted "to set the record straight" about the demonstration against former Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon in December, which was endorsed by LSA-Student Government…

… "vocal Zionists". No evidence, of cour- se, is cited because there is none. The only University course dealing directly with the Arab-Israeli conflict is a cour- se by the same name in the Political…

… pressures from the Zionist com- Union of Students for Israel munity is a mere lie. Such rhetoric ser- ves only to continue the archaic myth of some sort of Jewish or Zionist con- spiracy which anti…

… Gaza Strip. This plan had no precedent; it was Israel which suggested Palestinian self-rule for the first time since the Arabs rejected the United Nations Partition Plan in 1948. The Camp David…

… agreements of Sep- tember 1978 followed through with the basic- theme of the autonomy plan. Camp David set up a framework in which Palestinian Arabs of the West Bank and Gaza Strip will participate in…

… gan 0a t 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Eighty-Nine Years of Editorial Freedom Vol. LXXXIX, No. 106 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Pot holes in…

… city politics: The making of an issue,. Let the students evaluate NO ORGANIZATION can improve without welcoming constructive comment and criticism, and the University is no exception. Since, student…

… evaluation of teachers and courses are the best way for students to comment. on the quality of their education, we feel that all professors should be required to hand out such evaluations in their classes, and…

… that all results should be released to students for perusal. But the effectiveness of these evaluations has been seriotsly ham- pered here due to the attitudes of many faculty members and department…

… chairmen. Some instructors currently refuse to hand out evaluations in their classes, claiming that students - who are paying large amounts of money to fund faculty salaries - are incapable of accurately…

… independent states, one for Israelis and one for Palestinians. That requires concessions on both sides, Tessler said. But even in Michigan, attitudes are difficult to negotiate. "Arab students on campus ... com…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 6, 2001- 7 4APSTER ontinued from Page 1 Napster is, better than the other models out there, I'd consider using it." Other students have taken a differ- ent…

… sophomore Sabir Ibrahim said. The election will only determine the face of "the next one who will confiscate land, the next one who will deny the rights of all Arabs in the land of Palestine," said Engineer…

… bank," said ElKhatib. "Palestinians in the West Bank do not have the feeling of one entity" The Palestinians insist on the right of return for Palestinians who have been living in neighboring Arab states…

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… to obtain a gun as protection. 'w"1 the SPG it clearly says that excep- tions can be made by the chief of police," Cantor said. Still, SACUA members say they do not want faculty, students or visitors…

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… Department's fiscal 1981 budget, but he was drawn into the burning topic of interest on Capitol Hill-allegations that one senator and seven representatives have been implicated in the FBI's "Arab Scam…

…" operation. The investigators posed as rich Arabs with lots of money to distribute in return for immigration and business favors. No indictments have been returned in the case, but the eight names were…

… more jobs for men than for women. -Congressional approval is needed to register women. By JOHN GOYER Mud has begun to fly in the city's Second Ward as two Democrats - incumbent Earl Greene and student…

… will be more productive on council. Stephanopoulos began campaigning in late October saying that Greene has been an ineffective council member and that a student should represent a ward made up mostly of…

… students. SHE GAINED the support of two City Council members, Leslie Morris (D-Second Ward) and Ken Latta (D-First Ward), and the mud began to fly. Elected officials traditionally withhold endorsements…

… student and advisor to Stephanopoulos' campaign. "We've registered God knows how many new voters and we have a huge core of volunteers - and we have them out there working," Abrams said. But, according to…

…. Women between the ages of 25 and-29 currently account for 12.5 per cent of the nation's college population, and, they comprise four per cent of the University student body, according to Census Bureau…

… statistics. Among students pursuing a master's degree, the level of returning women is 17 per cent. Although the figure for University professional students dipped to an average of three per cent, the…

…. McKinney went on to say that ad- mission standards for older students are the same as those used for the traditional undergrad. High school or former college GPA and exposure to a college preparatory…

… three, was cited as a "shining example" of the EONS (Educational Opportunity for Nontraditional Students) program by the program's director, Marilyn McKinney. Through EONS, Waterman was accepted into the…

…4 -Tuesday, February 6, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ely Mid'gan al Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104…

… More competent parties would improve student government t's the dawn of a new student government election season. As with any other year, our hopes are high for competi- tive elections and multiple…

…, ideologically diverse parties to ensure that competent and creative individuals run our student government next year. But last week, when the catch-all Michi- gan Action Party announced its major candidates and…

…, no way to know how committed the newly nominated are to the platforms of their parties or, more impor- tantly, to the productive role of the Michi- gan Student Assembly. But in past years, the…

… domination of the electoral process by one major, broad-based party has done little to encourage responsible governance or inspire creative change. Before the Michigan Action Party there was Students 4…

… association. the Indian Arne Student Association and the Arab VP announces new administrative pos By Jennifer Yachnin Daily Staff Reporter In his second annual address to Sigma Xi, a national society for the…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 6, 1998 - 3 YRIME0 Female student stuck In South uad room female resident of South Quad resi- ce hall called the Department of ublic Safety on…

… officers responded, finding that pennies had been stuck in the door, pre- venting it from opening. The door was pot damaged. Student rescued From suicide A student living in South Quad resi- *de hall…

… contacted DPS on Tuesday to report that his friend was close to suicide due to extreme depression and drug con- sumption, DPS reports state. The student received an e-mail from the suicidal friend, which…

… stated that he was depressed and was going to kill him- self using chemicals. The caller told DPS the threat was valid, as the student admitted to taking an uidentified drug. PS responded to the call and…

… are fraudulently giv- ing out diplomas to clueless students. In return, the institutions usually ask for some sort of paper or written exercise - not nearly enough to gauge intellectual ability - and…

… try to entice students with a prestigious name. "One ploy is that the school will adopt a name that is very similar to an accred- ited institution," said John Bear, co- author of "Bears' Guide to…

… of a celebration last night as Muslim students observed Eid, the end of Ramadan - a reli- gious month of fasting. About 250 students took part in last night's celebrations. Although the majority were…

… University students, stu- dents from other colleges and universi- ties, faculty members and parents of students were also present. Itgives us a great opportunity as a Muslim community to get together as a…

… purpose of Ramadan is to achieve piety and closeness to God," said Muslim Students Association President Mohammad Sa'id Shukairy, an LSA senior. "It is a time in which we gain an appreciation for the many…

… mounted that refusal might deadlock the Israeli Arab peace talks. Diplomatic sources at U.N. headquarters in New York where the talks are being held through special envoy Gunnar Jarring said the main…

… in West- ern Europe." l The Labor paper Omer saw the move as a response to Soviet de- sire to expand into the Indian ocean. In the Arab world, there was mixed reaction to Egypt's new pro- posals. Only…

… reports of shooting incidents. Israeli military officials said their troops were on the alert along the Suez Canal. The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students atythe University of Michigan. News…

…/Daily) 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University…

… will speak about Arab architecture. WHO: Taubman College of Architecture and Planning WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. WHERE: Art and Architecture Building Please report any error in the Daily to corrections…

…” with U-M alum Carol Jantsch, principal tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium LSA student government hosts discussion…

… on entrepreneurship Six alumni speak on their experiences building and sustaining startups By TANAZ AHMED Daily Staff Reporter The LSA Student Govern- ment hosted an alumni connec- tions…

… event on entrepreneurship and the liberal arts Thursday night in the Michigan Union Pond Room. The event, called “Inno- vate Your Future,” featured six alumni guests. Members of the Student…

… relationships between students and alumni. “It’s a great way for students with specific interests to meet with the right people rather than just having a general group of alumni so that students can…

… students and spent approximately 10 minutes talk- ing with each group. Students were encouraged to approach individual alumni after the round robin discussions fin- ished. The speakers told students…

… about their reasons for becom- ing entrepreneurs and how they got to where they are today. “I was frustrated with the fact that so many students would come up with awesome ideas in classes I was in…

… a new program in data science, beginning in the fall semester of 2015. According to an e-mail sent to informatics students last month, the new Data Science program will ultimately take over…

… the Data Mining and Information Analy- sis track within the informatics major. All students already pur- suing the latter track can still finish it, or choose to switch over to a major in data…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 6, 1995 (The £IkictUn ?&zivg R. CHo BENEATH THE PALIMPSEST 420 Maynard Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan…

… to grant tax deductions of up to $5,000 per year to college students on their tuition at state schools promises to make college education more ac- cessible to thousands of Michiganders. Unfor- tunately…

… linguistics sophomore who was suspended last week for using the name of a female University student in what some people consider a prurient and patently offensive tale of rape and murder and then posting the…

… its embers in the lawsuit challenging the ersity's admissions policies, a coalition at includes high school students and sever- independent organizations filed a motion intervene and act as defendants…

… Heest ily Staff Reporter Quite a few University students will have sor nday afternoon after participating in this week dance marathon. oney raised by the event, scheduled to take place d Sunday at the…

… Business senior tic, one of the more than 400 volunteer ent. Each dancer has raised at least $230 to parti is student-run event. All proceeds will go to en's center at William Beaumont Hospital in R N…

…. The coalition is comprised of 17 Detroit-area students, their / parents, local attorneys, the American Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Mexican American Legal…

… University's interests in furthering a diverse student body ... differs from African American and Latino students' more focused interest in preserving their access to an edu- cation at the University," states…

… make its interest in "I just want everybody (who is a) minority to be able to get an education" said Rueben Martinez, a junior at Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Mich. The students - most of whom…

… inspectors "could be either inspected or visited - there is a discussion on the terms and on the practical consequences." France, Turkey, the Arab League and Russia, which oppose the use of force against Iraq…

… of education and entertainment to promote awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered issues at the University this month. Several student groups are sponsoring events that will run from…

… Queer Unity Project, said the goal of the week is to reach out to students of all sexual orientations. "It's about outreach really," Marker said. "A dialogue within the University community." Marker said…

… of a female student forced to remove her hijab, provoking large student protests — though AAPD later determined the incident did not occur. A similar crime alert labeled as “ethnic intimidation…

…’t want to talk to anybody. The caring and support seemed unreal.” Ross sophomore Mariam Doudi, a first-generation Sudanese-American from Dearborn, said growing up as a Black-Arab Muslim, she…

… struggled to fit in with either Black or Arab communities. “My whole life I have been defined by my physical attributes, contributing to a lifetime of insecurity in terms of not belonging,” Doudi…

… said. “On top of all my struggles that I have as a Black Arab, comes the fact that I am a hijabi. I am fighting two battles.” Doudi said President Donald Trump’s recent immigration ban on seven…

… meaning of hijab, and to hear the stories of University students striving for social change through their activism. Hong said she was appreciative that the event coordinators were able to…

… night’s incident was followed by a robbery on Saturday night and two armed robberies on Jan. 25. Lige said the consistent pattern of the crimes should be worrisome to students. “They have all…

… occurred downtown near campus,” Lige said. “They all involve a U of M student. They all involve a student walking by himself or herself and in each case, a firearm has been produced with robbery being…

…. Lige echoed the victim and said no physical possessions you own are worth risking your life over. “If any student or member of the community is accosted in a way that we are seeing with these…

… sort of core coordination over that makes it so that whatever it is that we’re producing is going to have the greater potential of being useful.” Kristine Auwers, a Information master’s student…

… by his role as Taj Mahal Badalandabad, the oral-sex crazed exchange student in "National Lampoon's Van Wilder," Gupta, a Michigan alum, is the chief medical correspondent for CNN and a White House…

… conflict and there could be no way that the group could be exclusively on their side. Some of them claimed that I hate Arabs because of my position. I did the same thing with the Israel kids, and now I'm a…

… perfectly just for a Jew from Russia to live on the land that was taken out beneath the feet of an Arab. That is no way to win friends and influence people,.Mort. It is perhaps symbolic that I was alone in…

… build my resume. Other actors not of color have access to larger and ethnic neutral roles. I took these roles in order to open others doors. I do not think we will ever get LSA STUDENTS & MAY 2003 GRADS…

… is a yoga mat? Nobody in India uses a yoga mat. What the hell is that? TMD: How should students actively combat these stereotypes? KP: The easiest way for people to be heard is if they write a letter…

…-am Indian, I am also credible. They had to see that there were people of my ethnicity standing behind the coun- try and condemning these events. TMD: How would you cure the apathy that most students face? SG…

… Tickets: 734-764-2538 Adults $17.00 Students: $7.00 Major credit cards accepted Tickets available at the League ticket office and at the door made possible with the support of the Michigan Counil for the…

…’s drinking water in the fall of 2018 showed a rise in PFAS levels since 2016, prompting responses from local elected representatives. Public Health student Andrea Winne, who attended Park’s talk…

…. Public Health students and other attendees said they hope to use Park’s seminar to advance their own research and discover exactly how PFAS in its different forms affects people’s health. Public…

… Health student Jarrod Eaton is conducting a capstone project on PFAS’s relation to metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Eaton said the seminar presented by Park spurred ideas to apply to…

… day.” During a student panel portion of the event, when student couples engaged with Jones and Kempster on ideas surrounding relation- ships, LSA Junior Mike Zlonchev- ich discussed how his…

… cultural sites and lesson planning. Jenna said while her students were passionate about their future careers, they knew Palestinian refugees are barred from working in about 20 professions and…

… both Palestinians and Lebanese identify as Arabs. “To see inside of Lebanon is so different than inside of the West Bank,” Alabed said. “It was really surprising to me to see how Palestinians…

… were treated inside of Lebanon. I thought that, ‘Oh, Arabs would be there for each other,’ but I feel like it’s just as bad as in the West Bank.” LSA sophomore Maya Chamra said hearing about the…

…-doctoral students, graduate students and undergraduates, totaling about 40 members altogether. Each of these members stem from an array of different fields, including history, linguistics, literature…

… — Tuesday, February 6, 2018 DAYTON HARE Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. ALEXA…

… Kevin Sweitzer Tara Jayaram Ashley Zhang Ellery Rosenzweig Elena Hubbell A new kind of grading system is gaining traction at the University of Michigan. About 8,000 students at the…

… Business takes a completely non-self-determined approach to students’ grades: It assesses each and every class on a bell curve, irrespective of learning material, types of assignments or student…

… LSA typically use an absolute grading system to assess students — in my own experience taking a number of upper-level courses in 12 different departments, I have only been graded on a curve in…

… the Economics Department. Students in business courses, however, are perpetually sorted on a bell curve that doesn’t necessarily raise their raw scores. This places them in a state similar to…

… students in “weeder” LSA classes in the sense that one student’s gain is inherently another’s loss. The curve is as follows: Grades for all core classes in the Business School are distributed with less…

… than 40 percent of students receiving an A- or above, less than 90 percent receive a B or above, and over 10 percent receiving a B- or below. The problem with this grading system isn’t in…

… numerical outcomes — the Business School’s curve doesn’t impact students’ overall GPAs significantly. The average sophomore transfer to the program comes in with a 3.7 GPA and the Business School…

… Iraq were analyzed and dissected by panelists in a heated debate last night that prompted both applause and criticism. Law student Amer Zahr, a member of the Arab- American Anti-Discrimination Committee…

…, and LSA sophomore Eric Singer, a representative from Students Against Terror, participated in the debate. The two panelists presented opposing viewpoints on the need for an attack on Iraq. Zahr said the…

… again. "I can tell you with 100 percent confidence what's best for the Iraqi people - get rid of Saddam Hus- sein," Singer said. "Iraqis have no freedom. Students pursue various business ventures at U By…

… Adhiraj Dutt Daily Staff Reporter The University's presence makes Ann Arbor a fertile place to start a company, and some students have taken advantage of the resources offered to them. Business School…

…, creating an environment conducive to entre- preneurship. "The Michigan Entrepreneurs Club educates students about how to start businesses and provides workshops and coffee hours where we bring in speakers to…

… help students work on particular business skills," Leykind said. "We also provide a forum where students can net- work and make contacts and create strong business plans." Among the students taking…

… advantage of their resources is Business School junior Rob Salter who, along with his brother and a friend, helped create Schlepper's, a company that helps students move in dur- ing welcome week by laying…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Friday, February 6, 1987 The Michigan Dc il _ ^ , . 1 0,re Mt hdpganlatiglt Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan China is state Vol. XCVII, No. 91…

… clean, pro - jected figures on parking space de - ficiencies on the Medical Campus for the next eight years. These figures serve as a justification for the plan to raze student housing. It is true that…

… result, over forty students and their families are forced to seek new housing in an already overcrowded market. As opposed to some of the other University residences, the Uni - versity Terrace has…

… consideration of political issues in China, such as the recent student protests in China in favor of Western democracy. Anyone who reads the major newspapers or even most of the academic work done in the United…

…" and "bureaucrats" or "democrats" and "totalitarians" do not interest me. Although it is apparent that some people - e.g. students, intellectuals, and some peasants - want to move faster with the reforms…

…, we will examine what groups have benefited and which have lost out in China's capitalist social revolution. Women, not objects LAST WEDNESDAY 30 Ann Arbor residents andUniversity students. protested…

… extraneous purposes such as selling beer. Until Dooley's renounces the lingerie show, students should picket, not patronize, the bar. It is possible that sexist advertising is so widespread that nothing short…

…; Jews hate Arabs and everyone hates Jews; whites hate Asians or American Indians or almost anyone whom we have previously mistreated, and we grumble that we are tired of hearing about such…

… required intensive-training camp over the summer. Given this tremendous commitment to safety by the cheerleaders, the University should allow these athletes the same opportunity that is allowed to students…

… water were rushed to the city within 72 hours most residents would THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXV, No. 106 Thursday, February 6, 1975 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News…

…, based on body tervention by the United Na- counts of rebels and civilians tions and the Arab League to at hospitals, rose to about 200, stop atrocities allegedly com- but impartial sources said there…

… here." Joe Willis, director of the office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, said he at- tended the forum to observe the Alliance. "I understand some of the concerns and I am hoping the Alliance will sit…

… down to talk," Willis said. He added that one of their demands, the creation of a Minority Student Ser- vice student advisory board, is already underway. Students who attended the forum ex- pressed…

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… long, is poised to call early elections in May that would amount to a decisive test of Israel's course toward reconciliation with its Arab neighbors. The prospect has unnerved an oppo- sition still…

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… Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Thursday, February 6, 1975 News Phone: 764-0552 Man is making life so inhos- pitable that hundreds of ani- mals and tens of thousands of…

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… Palestinians, I feel another group is totally ignored by the world. That group is the Jewish people who dwell in Arab countries, especially those living in Syria. In Syria gun- slinging secret police break into…

…'re all Arabs. Why that should upset us is not clear. The home-grown ownership of our largest corporations does not exactly inspire us to go out and buy shares in ITT to finance military coups and CIA opera…

… Public Service Commission Monday, seeking per- mission to give customers a $55.7 million credit this winter. If approved, the plan could affect the heating bills of students in off- campus housing, since…

… student tuition," Matz said. "They would probably get maybe $1 lower." "The total amount represents a one- time gain for Mich Con from the sale of our former headquarters building, and two years of…

… eight people, three of them seriously. A group calling itself the Committee of Solidarity with Arab and Middle East Political Prisoners claimed responsibility for the bombing at the shopping arcade on the…

… may continue its educational, research and advocacy activities at the University of Michigan. The PIRGIM fee should be assessed by each student who then has the option of not paying by refusing or…

… waiving the fee." )ns for support Although the petition clearly said that PIRGIM was im- plementing a refusable fee, some students, such as LSA sophomore Faith Newman, signed the petition without…

…Eighty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Sunday; February 6, 1977 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Rhodes and…

… has also failed to show adequate concern for student partici- pation in University decisions. He commissioned a study of access to confidential student files without ap- pointing a single student to the…

… pan- el. He took no measures to involve LSA students in the search for a per- son who would eventually become their dean. Finally, Rhodes has demonstrated a tendency to withdraw into secrecy on…

…, alumni, staff and students - needs to evaluate the to- tal record of the candidate it selects for the top position there. The Daily hopes that it. will consider all as- pects of Rhodes' record - good and…

… committee unanimity is no guarantee of anything. Increase number .. THERE ARE apparently three things from which no Uni- versity student can escape: time, tide, and an increase in dorm rents. The Housing Rate…

…," said Judy DiMattia, the Housing Of- fice's associate director for ad- ministration and finance. But the students didn't, and though the Rate Study Committee has the final word, passage of the transfer…

… plan is unlikely. Students objected to several by-products of the consolidation, all acknowledged by housing ad- ministrators: - Crowding in the three host dorms would be more trouble than the $12 per…

… faces for free. It was a publicity ginmk, started by a couple of Univer- sity students who were working at Albert's. Photocopying faces s h o u 1 d not be taken lightly, eit'er. It is a serious art form…

…. like so many other Amer- icans, is either indifferent or hostile toward Arabs." Your criticism of Carter is uncalled for.(Although members of the Federal Trade Commis- sion are appointed by the Presi…

… - won last year in a landslide victory over Rackham student Kate Stenvig and LSA senior Monica Smith from the Defend Affirmative Action Party. 5 Levine and Benavides received 2,008 votes, beating the…

… DAAP can- didates by 1,356 votes. S4M will focus this semester's campaign strategy around a three- pronged platform. The first goal is to strengthen MSA's connection with students on campus. This effort…

… money to stay out of debt and execute their events. Stallings said her personal cam- paign efforts will focus on talking with student groups and individual students. "You can flyer campus all you want, it…

…'s not the same," she said. During last fall's elections, S4M - formed from the remnants of the previously dominant Students First - took control of almost 70 percent of the available MSA seats. Last week…

…, the script, direction and acting hinge together well, said Josh Lefkowitz, a junior Theater student who portrays the vagabond. The overall effect keeps the pro- duction moving at a fast pace and…

… student who portrays the tavern wench. She said it was important to find a balance between having fun as a cast and concentrating on the acting. "You have to surrender yourself to some big choices and not…

… occur. The hate of the vho turns out to be of Arab 'the town, shows that hate only affect the victim. The evance to the times and not the viewer guessing until the eaches tolerance through nt. Dick Van…

…) followed by her second, "White C By Joshua Palay' Daily Arts Writer This Thursday, University students will lead the University Symphony Orchestra in a concert devoted solely to the music of University…

… student composers. An annual event, this concert has consistently been an excellent showcase for young talent. Michigan is known for producing some of the best young composers in the field, ones who are…

…-out response to the shoot- students at Kent State - have Young and Co. - anguished, confused, messy and pissed off as it may be. In fact, notably Young and Stills have an even longer track record of spitting…

… ROMANIAN SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PEACE CQRPS t LEARN HOW PRIOR STUDY OF ROMANCE LANGUA&ES CAN BE USEFUL IN THE PEACE COPRS. The Office of Student Conflict Resolution is hosting an Open House at its…

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… ~e l ti n at Eighty years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich Editorials printed in The Michigan or the editors. T…

… guidelines - that the event "If we are to prepare students to li be "clearly educational -in nature and in a free and open society where con directed at people who have professional troversy in the pursuit of…

…s to finance a 40.- 000-man army for Ethiopia. U-2 flights have been replaced by sa- tellites but Kagnew station is still in operation. It is now threatened by Arab-supported Eritrean guer- rillas…

… na nd ce. ib- an ce .s- as ug d- .d Id el or he ld n- ey rd B. an n. to ng ,rd e Jer en al od eir ng he he he Foot soldiers for the empire LETTERS TO THE DAILY Students International won 't give re…

… fund, To the Daily:. ON OCTOBER 29. 1970 we signed up and paid for three seats on a charted flight with Students International, scheduled to leave on December 20. We paid a total of $747.00. This flight…

… t h e charter flight was canceled. We have continued asking for o u r money, without success. It seems highly unfair to us, a student family. that Students In- ternational claims to be a non- real…

… son and a military funer- al at dusk. In the Oasis of Peace, as this Jewish- Arab community is called - and in cities, towns and kibbutzim across the country - hundreds of Israelis gath- ered yesterday…

… Milosevic's wife demanded yesterday that the oppo- sition immediately end its protests. On the 78th straigh ,day of marches, students and opposition supporters vowed to continue pressing for democ- racy. A…

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… University student Malcolm Burnley hadn't stumbled across a reference to it in an old student newspaper. He found the recording of the little- remembered visit gathering dust in the university archives. In the…

… May 11, 1961, speech delivered to a mostly white audience of students and some residents, Malcolm X combines blistering humor and reason to argue that blacks should not look to integrate into white…

… when the weather's colder," Lawyer said. "I don't like having to stand out here and wait for 10, 15, 20 min- utes." Other students expressed frustration with faulty computer terminals thatdisplay the…

… Magic- Bus map. Though the kiosks are intended to allow students to navigate bus routes with a touch Monday, February 6, 2012 - 3A screen, the devices are rarely turned on and screens often appear frozen…

…- rity Council resolution raises the potential for Syria's turmoil to move into even a more dan- gerous new phase that could degenerate into outright civil war. The uprising inspired by other Arab Spring…

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… health care. "Nobody else can judge for you ... Abortion and contraceptive services are ethical." Student reactions to the speakers varied dramatically. LSA sophomore Rebecca Mark was receptive to the…

… view came from Louise Conlon, LSA senior and presi- dent of Students for Life. "In contrast to Students for Choice, we feel that every life is valuable: the life of the woman, the life of the child; they…

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…, Professor of Arabic, University of Chicago, will lecture on the subject, "The Arabian Nights and Classical Literature" at 4:15 p. m., Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the Rackham Amphitheatre; auspices of the De…

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