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… BY JOSHUA MITNICK AND ANNA SENKEVITCH Four University students were ar- raigned in 15th district court yester- day on charges of harassing two women on campus earlier this month. The women filed the…

…- fendant does not admit guilt. Ann Arbor Police Det. Mark Parin, who investigated the case, said each student will likely be placed on six-months probation, during which time they would serve 50 hours of…

… students have no further violations during the next six months and fulfill their probation requirements, the crime will be erased from their records. Senior Associate Athletic Direc- tor Jack Weidenbach said…

… 2 Report accuses Meese Former Attorney General's actions found unethical JESSICA GREENE/Daily Hands on LSA sophomore Heather Wolf and Vassar University student Zoey TV monitor at the Ann Arbor…

…-year students won Hopwood Awards, totalling $2925, in essay, fiction, and poetry categories. Three other awards were also presented yesterday by the English Department: The Academy of American Poets Prize, The…

… civilians and three of the 280 police officers called to the scene were injured. DETROIT (AP) - Yasser Arafat's acceptance of a Detroit at- torney's invitation to speak at a gathering of Arab-Americans in…

…," said Jeff Allen, an RC senior on the search committee, which consists of nine faculty and three students. "Blake has awakened in us the original visions the founders of the RC had," said Marty Richardson…

…, a sophomore on the search committee. "He was motivational and exemplary and uplifted the people who heard him speak." When Blake visited the RC last month, several University graduate students who had…

… teach even the most non-traditional student." In a six-hour meeting on Dec. 18, the search committee read all of the evaluations and rankings before de- ciding upon Blake. "We talked a lot about Blake ver…

… Cynthia Halse. The sculpture is part of an exhi- bition in the Hospital courtyard. MLK Day celebrations BY VERA SONGWE When classes are cancelled Mon- day, University students will be able to choose…

… from a long list of activi- ties planned by the administration and students to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. But many students across the country don't have the day off, while others find few…

… opportunities to cel- ebrate on campus. "That is the difference between Michigan State and the University of Michigan," said MSU student Joe Lamport, who must attend class on Monday. "University of Michigan…

… American Lecture Series in con- junctipn with the Asian American Law Students Association. While the Tony is Hwang's most prestigious award, it is not his first. In 1980, he won off- Broadway's Obie award…

… Author voices conflict of Arab in Israel BY JAY PINKA AUTHOR Anton Shammas leaves behind him a type of Dead Sea Scroll turned modernist in his latest novel Arabesques. Bridging the gap between two…

… conflicting cultures, and crossing to our continent, Shammas rivals James Michener in his saga of his family's fortunes from the 1830s to the 1980s. Shammas, a Christian and an Arab, lyrically interweaves his…

… experiences in an Arab village with fiction in the biblically allusive He- brew of Arabesques. The book be- came a best-seller after its 1986 de- but in Israel. Shammas' sardonic tone, reflec- tive of his…

… the terrorism of Arabs by Jews to the 1948 Declaration of In- dependence, which claims "the Jew- ish State in the Land of Israel... will maintain the complete social and political equality for all its…

… mononational Jewish State will result in destruc- tion of democracy. But through his mastery of both Arabic and Hebrew, Shammas demonstrates his desire to integrate the two cultures. He has published several…

… performances. Tickets are $5 each, Two-for-one (2 tickets for $5) for Thursday performances. Group rates are available. A WANTED: STUDENT PHONATHON CALLERS Part Time Employment The School of Education will…

… interview students by phone who will be hired to call alumni nationwide for an alumni fundraising phonathon. . Phonathon held Sunday through Thursday, February 14 - March 24, excluding Spring Break . Callers…

… Ann Arbor, Michigan.- Friday, January 20, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Regents may cut MSA funds ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily Students demand more University AIDS research in front of the…

…'task force to study costs BY FRAN OBEID The Michigan Student Assembly will lose its University funds if work relations do not improve be- tween MSA officers and the administration consultant, members of the…

… University's Board of Regents said yesterday during their monthly meeting. Last spring, the regents passed an amendment in response to what Re- gent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) called "student criticism of MSA…

…" requiring that the assembly "engage in a consultative way with Student Organization Development Center (SODC)," and decreased MSA funds by 37 cents per student. But yesterday, Vice President for Student…

… their annual fee request in June. MSA holds student-wide elections for officers in March. But MSA officials say the SODC criticism is undue. "I believe it's in- appropriate for MSA to rely on someone from…

… the administration to provide input or advice," said Vice President Susan Overdorf, an LSA junior. "I don't feel that SODC knows as much as the students working at MSA. MSA is a student organization…

… - we're supposed to be autonomous from the administra- tion." Overdorf said SODC officials wanted to meet with the student leaders on a weekly basis and the student officers, who are volunteers, simply…

… think. I'm a volunteer student. The SODC is 4 useless administrative branch. The regents don't know what's going on." During yesterday's meeting, Roach suggested that Student Legal Services, ADVICE…

…Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. I CNo. 72 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, January 11, 1989 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Students criticize *Soc. 303 prof. BY DAVID SCHWARTZ…

… Students upset with Sociology Prof. Reynolds Farley - who was accused last term of being insensi- tive to issues of racism and sexism * by some of his Sociology 303 stu- dents - will meet with the Sociol…

… University. A common student complaint was that Farley treated questions from minority students in a condescend- ing, sarcastic manner. In addition, "(The class) perpetu- ates a racism that is in the…

… University as a whole," Hodge said. "Now we feel that we've come together as students and will be able to do something about this." Hodge said she wanted "someone who's sensitive - preferably a per- son of…

… color, but not necessarily," to teach the course in the future. Sociology Department Chair James House said the Executive Committee would meet with con- 9 cerned students sometime next week, but said a…

… precise time has not yet been determined. "We listen to input from students, we listen to input from faculty, we listen to input from everyone, and then we try to make the best deci- sion," he said…

…. Sociology Prof. Mary Jackman is chairing a task force on diversity and discrimination in the Sociology De- * partment, and encourages students with concerns about Sociology 303,. or any other Sociology…

…. Since the conference opened Sat- urday, Arab states demanded linkage between nuclear and chemical weapons bans. These Arab States want to retain chemical weapons to offset what they claim is Israel…

… Jr. Symposium Committee - organized by the University's vice-provost's office - is being criticized by students concerning their impact on the committee's decisions in observing the national holiday…

…. "Students were involved in the 'process', but there was a conflict," said graduate student Todd Shaw, a committee member. "The lack of communication [between students and faculty] didn't create a good…

… environment." The committee, which has organized the opening ceremony and closing events for "Diversity Day," is composed of 24 faculty decry. Diversity Day input members and two students. Prof. Homer Neal…

…, chair of the Department of Physics and co-chair of the symposium committee, said the committee was was responsive to students. He added that he was unaware of any conflict, saying "Diversity Day" is for…

… the students and they should get involved with the various activities. However Tracyc Matthews, also a student representative on the committee and a United Coalition Against Racist member, expressed…

… great impact on Michigan. Federal funding for criminal * justice assistance, student financial aid, school nutrition programs and services to seniors would all be reduced should Congress accept the Reagan…

… spending plan, Solomon said. MSA to i: BY ALEX GORDON The Michigan Student Assembly approved a resolution last night to form an investigative committee to look into alleged conduct violations of LSA Rep…

…- leged Palestinian collaborator was killed, reportedly by other Arabs, and 10 Palestinians were reported wounded in clashes with Israeli troops. Shamir told representatives of the European Parliament that…

… Israel would accept U.N. involvement in Middle East peace negotiations. The Parliament has been pressing Israel to negotiate with the PLO. Shamir said any peace talks must be held directly with Arab…

… forum would be biased against Israel and force' concessions from the Jewish state. The Arab states want an interna tional conference attended by the five permanent Security Council mem bers - the United…

… graduating students to sign. This pledge would ask students to "use their talents for humane and ecological reasons" and "consider all social and environmental conse- quences of their actions" when they…

… -.--... --------...-- - -..----- .I LII L SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED MONEY FOR COLLEGE Every Student is Eligible for Some Type of Financial Aid Regardless of Grades or Parental income. We have a data bank of over…

… 200,000 listings of scholarships, fellow- ships, grants, and loans, representing over $10 billion in private sector 1 fnding Many scholarships are given to students based on their academic I ainterests…

… career plans. family heritage and place of residence " There's money available for students who have been newspaper carriers, grocery clerks, cheerleaders, non smokers etc " - Results GUARANTEED. CALL For…

… role. About 250 psychologists, coun- selors, law enforcement officers,! students and others attended this week's Third National Conference on Campus Violence here. The confer- ence began Tuesday and…

… students have been raped or have been victims of attempted rape by the time they reach the age of 21, according to a survey conducted on 32 campuses by Ms. Magazine, the National Institute for Mental Health…

… speaks on non- violence last night at Hutchins Hall. Speaker promotes Arab non-violence BY KRISTIN HOFFMAN Violence against gay men and lesbians may be seen as isolated incidents of ignorance and hatred…

… vio- lence" Awad told a crowd of about 100 people at Hutchins Hall. "For those of you who do not know Islam, you think it is a violent religion," he said. "The Arabs never even invented a weapon. They…

… products and taxes, and destroy Israeli fences and power lines built across Arab land. Awad also encour- ages a boycott of Hebrew, the lan- guage of Israel. "We should not support the Israeli economy by…

… eating or drinking any Israeli product. We should produce our own food. If the Israeli gov- ernment sends a Palestinian a letter in Hebrew, he should not respond to it. Arabic is the language of the…

… expel him from the place of his birth. Schools give shelter to homeless HOUSTON (AP) - Public school officials, concerned that students may be living on the streets, opened homeless shelters in two…

…: 6-8 p.m. KENT, OHIO: Monday, Jan. 30 Kent State University Student Center - Third Floor Registration: 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. PITTSBURGH, PA.: Tuesday, Jan. 31 University Inn Forbes at McKee Place…

… Registration: 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. AKRON, OHIO: Wednesday, Feb. 1 University of Akron Gardner Student Center Registration: 2-5p.m. SANDUSKY, OHIO: Thursday, Feb. 2 Cedar Point Park Attractions Office Rehearsal…

…01 OPINION Page 4 Tuesday, January 10, 1989 The Michigan Daily Chemical warfare and U.S. foreign policy: 01 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol IC…

… :United States has relied on the racist stereotype that Arab peoples are irra- tional and violent to discredit the Libyan position of negotiations. Immediately after the attack on the alleged chemical…

… Student Assembly mately $245 million in 1988. (CBW costs are minimal in relation to other weapons systems since there is little equipment needed for their production.) The United States was also the last…

….) But if other countries follow the Soviet initiative, all these chemical and biological weapons may soon be obliterated from the planet. Letters tio the editor Daily trivializes student problems To the…

… Daily: Once again I am sickened by the shoddy way in which your paper (as a student I don't want to have to take responsibility for it) handles critical issues for students on this campus. Last night…

… while working at the 611 Church Street Computing Center I was approached by a Daily reporter asking questions about the wait at the center. She asked about common student problems and what students should…

… suggestions for alternative sites to the most well-known (611, Union, the UGLI), and hoped for an article that would increase student awareness about the computing centers and the problems involved with using…

… about) and to lighten what is, to most students, a very serious issue. I am not surprised at the Daily's failure to seize an opportunity to help the student community it supposedly represents, only…

… sickened that there is no opportunity to reach students with relevant facts about issues that are important to them. -Robb Lippitt December 13 Patrons I r I newspapers. It is with a great sense of…

… and median can change from term to term. However, because much of the information is useful for stu- dents, we decided to run the old data. A student may use the data to determine if one profes- sor is…

… their arraign- ment, the students had delivered to the Daily a letter of apology to the women and the University commu- nity. In it they wrote, "We had no intention to frighten or harass any- one, but we…

… used the building as a short pass to a bus shelter on N. University St, Vail said. The police report did not indicate whether the men were University students, Vail said, adding that po- l ice are…

… impress you. " Graduate degrees are avail- . Various fellowships and work pro able for those with undergrad de- grams are available for student grees in the sciences or engineer- support, ing and earn…

… a tougher policy against Arab stone throwers yesterday, blowing up the homes of three suspects and saying soldiers could fire more freely to quell violent protests in the Palestinian uprising. Three…

… Palestinians died yesterday and 16 were wounded in clashes with troops in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Arab reports said. Army officials confirmed the deaths. Some Israeli reserve soldiers confronted…

… and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates: for fall and winter (2 semesters) $25.00 in-town and $35 out-of-town, for fall only $15.00 in-town and $20.00 out…

…-of-town. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and the Student News Service. PHONE NUMBERS: News (313) 764-0552, Opinion 747-2814, Arts 763-0379, Sports 747-3336, Cir- culation 764…

… Zionism to Nazism carried over to the Arab world in the '60s and '70s, when the Soviet Union formed alliances there, En- delman said. The culmination of this attitude, he said, was the passage in 1975 of…

… the event to protest the classes that were held yesterday. Another panelist, Lawerence Snowden, President of Black Busi- ness Students Association, spoke on the racial and sexist slurs commonly heard on…

…. Ron Wheeler, a current Law School student, described how het- erosexism, prevalent in the Univer- sity and in society, inhibits gay males and lesbians from living their normals lives. Wheeler added that…

… derecognize two student groups-Cornerstone Chris- tian Fellowship (CCF) and Tagar (the Tagar decision was later reversed)-for their discriminatory conduct toward people who are gay and people of Arab descent…

…OPINION Monday, January 23, 1989 Page 4 The Michigan Daily'1* Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Sanctioned sexual violence: A view from Vol. IC, No. 80 420…

… Daily. thiopians exploi*ted THE PLIGHT OF Ethiopian Jews has recently become a campus issue, with students from the American Association for Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ) soliciting donations earmarked for…

… a student at the University and is incarcerated at Florence Crane Women's Correctional Facility. Male guards are employed at all women's prisons in Michigan. At Crane Prison, approximately 80 percent…

… the public demanded that it be stopped. This piece was originally published by AGENDA. S 0 No funds for bigots A By Linda Kurtz Recently, the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) decided to…

… place posters on campus; to recruit stu- dents and others to its group; and to hold meetings. These groups are not being de- nied the right to speak or associate, only the right to use student funds to…

… being what they inherently and unchangeably are - female or male; heterosexual, gay, or bisexual; Arab, Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, or white - or who advocate the represssion of an ethnic or…

… cartoon of Ronald Reagan wearing a keffiyeh (Arab headscarf) and saying, "I know a terrorist 61 'MSA would not fund a group that supported the policies of the white supremacist South African government…

…OPINION Page 4 Thursday, January 26, 1989 The Michigan Daily Kittrie should apologize By Bruce Belcher Last semester Student Body President, Mike Phillips, asked me to prepare a report on the…

… example, MSA has supported sanctions against Bruce Belcher is the computer consutant to Advice magazine. student organizations which organized an attack on the diag shanties. This year MSA has passed…

… resolutions against Cornerstone Christian Fellowship for their attack on gays and lesbians and on Tagar for their attack on Arabs. Within MSA, there has been an attempt to put minorities in positions of…

… undermining the authority of Mike Phillips and Vir- ginia Chang. Kittrie went to a meeting of the Civil Liberties Board (CLB) and stated that he had been appointed to the Board as a student representative by…

… Virginia Chang. Again, Kittrie was undermining the authority of Phillips and Chang. Kittrie went to the Board of Student Publications and said that he was ap- pointed to fill a student seat on the Board. In…

… minority interests. This group was able to rescind the resolution which imposed sanctions on Tagar for its attack on Arabs, and MSA representative, John Coleman, has stated that he will try to get MSA to…

… rescind the resolution which imposed sanctions on student organizations which had organized an attack on the free South Africa shanties. Kittrie has not denied -that any of the facts stated here are true…

…, Kittrie chose to publicly question the integrity of Phillips as well as the integrity of Liu, Scarneccia, 0i 4bz £irb wu &dlg Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Focus: Black F…

… it is beyond reproach and must be stopped immediately by Congress. By The Black Student Union, Linda Stafford, The Diamond Club, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Kappa Alpha Psi…

… embarrassed two fellow students, and the University as a whole. We regret that we embarrassed our teammates and our coach. Our only explanation is that we are young and acted impulsively. It was an isolated…

… Student As- sembly's (MSA) recent attempts to derecognize the Christian Cornerstone Fellowship (CCF) and Tagar as a serious threat to freedom of expression on cam- .'pus. Although there is certainly room…

… silence symptomatic of a culture where social si- lencing and domination characterizes its institutions. (As a Tagar member aptly noted at the MSA hearing, in using the expression "Arab terrorism," Tagar…

…- lence rather than freedom and individuality. Freedom of speech becomes, ironically, the freedom to silence. ' sOf course, defenders of First Amend- activities of Students for a Democratic Society, is an…

… violent speech acts from everything else, perhaps this is e £irIiu i ftjj Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Snapshots from Zion 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Vol. IC…

… student Emily Smith, a native Utahn. Visiting both temples and arsenals, we tried to understand how this double pa- triarchy of Church and military operates in the lives of women there. Salt Lake City What…

… Letters.." totedto Buy books, help AIDS rP r We are a new non-profit, MSA-recognized organization on campus. Our purpose is simple: to provide used text- books for students at prices lower than those of…

… the book- furthering AIDS research. The way we work is really quite simple. We will be sell- ing books for students on con- signment. Students determine the nrice oF the hooks they carry this out, we…

… need student support. Our book drive will be heldat the Michigan League from January 6th to January 15th. If you are interested in becoming one of the charter …

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 24, 1989 Groups unit for Israeli tree project BY ANDREW KAPLAN Trces, say three Jewish student groups on campus, should not have to suffer because of…

… human differences in the Middle East. So, said Union of Students for Israel member Danya Hoffman, members of the three groups are working to replant Israeli trees they said were razed by arsonists…

… much as 150, which would be won- derful." Although the groups: TAGAR, the Union of Jewish Students, and the Progressive Zionist Caucus, usually differ in their political posi- tions, this cause has…

… with the surrealist movement." EMU student "Although I think planting trees in Israel is important, to cite the arson- ists as the reason to do so is wrong. We should remember that the Israeli army…

… is presently carrying out a pol- icy of uprooting trees in Arab vil- lages in the occupied territories." The groups will sell trees at Mosher Jordan tomorrow night from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The drives…

…. "I've had a lot of good dogs in my time, but never like this one." The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University…

… Associated Press and the Student News Service. PHONE NUMBERS: News (313) 764-0552, Opinion 747-2814, Arts 763-0379, Sports 747-3336, Cir- culation 764-0558, Classified advertising 764-0557, Display advertising…

… Union 120S.Ui the cop center 662-1222 747-9070 cp I~ceI Eli Lilly and Company (A Research Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturer) Will be on Campus Conducting Interviews for Students Interested in Careers as…

… Club is a private club for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and their accompanied guests. Only members who are of legal drinking age may purchase alcohol. Sponsored by Doritos-Cool Ranch Certs UAC The…

… University Club is a private club for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and their accompanied guests. Only members who are of legal drinking age may purchase alcohol. _ Sponsored by Doritos-Cool Ranch Certs…

… MY AOPi SISTERS- OLD & NEW. LATELY MEN SUCK- THEY'VE BEEN BAD LUCK. MRB4 I COMMIT I FIND I MUST LOBOTOMIZE MY MIND. BUT THROUGH IT ALL MY SISTERS HAVE BEEN TRUE. I LOVE YOU! -JEANY. STUDENT SERVICES…

… * LAUGH TRACK * Stand Up Comedy U.S. College Comedy Competition with Carl Guerra Wednesday, January 25 $3.00 * U-Club* The University Club is a private club for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and their…

…0 OPINION Page 4 $br £k4~rauidj Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Wednesday, January 18, 1989 Free The Michigan Daily speech for all Vol. IC, No.77 420 Maynard St…

… "showcase and accentuate the talent and accomplishments of Black women on campus." However, as Perlita Muiruri, a first-year student, said, "It should be Black women celebrating Black women, not just Black…

… subject Black women to sexism. By Jesse Walker In his column defending the Michigan Student Assembly's recent decision to derecognize Tagar and the Campus Chris- tian Fellowship, "1st Amendment: right to…

…? Similar to its initiatives for nuclear dis- armament, the Soviet Union presented a plan for CBW disarmament which the United States generally ignored. Arab bloc countries also called for a linkage of CBWs…

… use CBWs covertly or through proxy forces throughout the world. The Arab bloc countries calling for linkage with nuclear weapons know very well how CBWs fit into U.S. strategy for escalation dominance…