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…, Bridge the Gap aims to week in the Michigan find a mutual understanding ue. On Monday, a pro- between Arab and Jewish 1 group hosted a speak- students on campus through controversial that the moderate…

… dialogue and events. rtment of Public Safety Members of the group's exec- utive board, which is made up of half Arab and half Jew- ish students, said they hope students will eventually be able to debate the…

… seemed little differ- ent than any other. "Welcome" was written on the chalkboard - albeit in Hebrew and Arabic as well as English. During an icebreaker, students talked about their favorite meals, road…

…~ hpa hug Ann Arbor, Mi. www.michigandaily.com "I trust (my students) to really think about the issues and to talk to each other. Out of this emerges people who take charge." - ENGLISH PROF. BUZZ…

… the past, the new system will guaran- tee admission to any student with a certain GPA and LSAT score. It will also make special exceptions for students who fall below the threshold but meet certain…

… criteria. One of the more controversial excep- tions is for students who live in a geographic area centered on the city of Detroit, which is over 80 percentblack. There will also be an excep- tion for…

… students who have lived abroad or on a Native American reservation, a rough substitute for explicitly granting preference to Native American students. The new admissions policy also includes exceptions those…

… for students who were dis- criminated against, overcame adversity and attended disad- vantaged high schools. But the new admissions policy did not come with- out controversy. The initial plan presented…

… to the faculty proposed maintaining racial preferences for Native Ameri- can applicants and granting exceptions only to students who live in Detroit. Wayne State Law Professor Laura Bartell told The…

… handcuffed to other students in the middle of the Diag atla demonstration for prison reform yesterday afternoon. She is wearing a tally of the number of days she has spent fasting in solidarity with a hunger…

… wished the representation the Palestinian Student Associa- was more even. There were many tion, said she wouldn't work with more Jewish students than Arab Bridge the Gap. students at the meeting. "I find…

… bombed on a daily basis," she said. .from both sides, but there are many Foty said dialogue does not work more Jewish students at the Univer- in the Israeli- Palestinian conflict sity than students of Arab…

…. ian Student Association. Bridge "We're trying to keep in mind the Gap members include Fatima that there are going to be people Makhzoum, president of the Arab against it and try to stay away from…

… takes students into Michigan pris- ons to work with inmates on art projects. Demonstration organizerAdrian Griffin said the group on the Diag orchestrated the display to draw students' attention to an…

… issue often ignored in Michigan because the state does not use capital punish- ment. Alexander's students organized another demonstration on the Diag yesterday in which they hand- cuffed themselves…

… appropriately. Sunday, I was part of the How, then, can someone over- Community Council's del- come the two greatest barriers to of high school students, understanding genocide - prop- students and Detroit…

…? ich lies in western Sudan, Addressing the problem of quan- e local Arab and non-Arab tifying large numbers was docu- vith the aid of the Sudanese mented in the 2004 film "Paper nent have collaborated in…

… of my parents' generation, but when I tried to think of similar assemblies in my years, I came up short. These days, it takes a great deal more to motivate a college student to march in pro- test…

….Political activismis no longer sexy. Even with the recent bout of nationwide marches, students have largely stayed home. For the 21st century's 20-somethings, the passion for political activism has been usurped by the…

… 2005 said they had done community service at least once a week in high school, according to an annual sur- vey by the University of California at Los Angeles. College students do everything from cleaning…

… step instead into service, will this help our generation make a bigger mark on the world than our parents? Don't get me wrong - the service efforts of students are much needed, and the new wave of…

… of concerned citizens. This is precisely why students' conspicu- ous absence from recent rallies is troubling. Political movements need young adultseto be loud,to prove to those in power that the resis…

…- tance won't go away in future generations. But it seems we students aren't even slightly interested. The same UCLA sur- vey showed that only one-third of entering freshmen feel it's important to even keep…

… students who dedi- cate their college careers to service are cer- tainly not wasting their time. But we cannot divorce ourselves from our political respon- sibilities, and we must not be naive when it comes…

… (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University oftMichigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be…

… (Enjoying the arts) on page 7A yesterday mis- identified the photographer. The Associated Press shot the photograph. I I Tape shows bin Laden with 9/11 plotters A CAIRO, Egypt(AP) - An Arab television…