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… 4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 24, 1996 atje 3b~a O ar 420 Maynard Ann Arbor, MI Street 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan MICHAEL ROSENBERG Editor…

… credit hours by workload T he predicament is a familiar one. Many LSA juniors and seniors face an unenvi- able choice: overload their schedules or de- lay graduation. A student can take five diffi- cult…

… resemble five-credit classes in workload. On the other hand, 100- and 200-level classes, generally four credits, take less time and effort. Students trying to cram 18 credits into a term must take six upper…

… general ~HOW TO CONTACT TmHM 3, too much for even a student with no job and no extracurricular activities. After a student registers for a three-credit class and discovers the heavy workload, the only way…

… out is to drop the class. Credits cannot change in the middle of the semester -but the professor can change requirements once students have registered. The solution: The curriculum committee must…

… standards--but also would create a more efficient system for students and professors alike. The commit- tee should recognize the goal, and work to- ward achieving it. Each term the credit problem resurfaces…

…, and students complain. But they have re- signed themselves to the inept credit system -moreover, so has the administration. This time the curriculum committee needs to take the ball and run with it. ie…

… toward achievement and progress." This is forgotten by those who distort and manipulate Israel's struggle to survive in the world's harshest neighborhood. .Throughout Arab countries, women face degradation…

… and op- pression. Female literacy reaches a mere 3 percent in the Arab state of Yemen, and women aren't al- Roche is a sophomore at the University of Minnesota. This column was published yesterday in…

… The Minnesota Daily. lowed to vote in several other Arab states. Some Arab states have yet to ratify even one of many conventions concerning women's rights in society. For example, Arab women do not…

… beliefs. LSA junior Asif Harsolina, president ofthe Muslim Student Association, said Ramadan is "a 30-day fast teaching discipline and self-restraint." But exactly when Detroit-area Mus- swill begin…

… moon was sighted in many Arab countries Saturday. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emir- ates, Yemen, Jordan and Egypt reported sightings of the moon yesterday. In Oman, the crescent could not be…

… of the Muslim's lunar calendar with a solar calendarand comes I 1 days later with each succeeding year. Jinnah El-Soloman a junior nursing student called Ramadan "an opportu- nity to gain spirituality…

… self-con- trol. Families and friends also gather together after sundown to share meals and many then retire to mosques for lectures and religious discussion. *"This is a month where students tend to go…

… to other people's homes for dinner," Harsolina said. "It's actually pretty fun." He said the Muslim Student Associa- tion holds dinners at different restau- rants in town where students gather to break…

… MEDSTART, Page 2A Mace forces residents to evacuate Barb our 0Y lnoityalliance By Katie Wang Daily Staff Reporter Declaring that the University has not done enough for students of color, the Alliance Four…

… the Members of the University Community "WE DEMAND That the Office of Academic and Multicultural Initiatives increase their focus on the retention of students of color The immediate establishment of…

… ethnic-specific cultural centers An increase in the number of faculty and students of color. 3 Guaranteed funding for student of color organizations Guaranteed autonomy of the Center for African and…

… went off and the entire build- ing was evacuated. First-year Engineering student An- drea Cox said she was in the stairwell on the second floor when she noticed the smell. "It was right there," Cox said…

… from students who would like to serve on the advisory committee. "I think they should be students who have been around fora couple of years," Wainess said. "Students who have a vision for this…

…, and at their fore- front the blacks, Arabs, Muslims and red Indians, for they play an important role in American political life and have a weight in the U.S. elections." The Libyan leader has been…

… branded a pariah in the West and in some parts of m U fi a a a the Arab world for his alleged role in sponsoring international terrorism. He long has cast himself as a champion of oppressed and Third…

…. Farrakhan was quoted by JANA as saying: "I am happy with the results of this meeting in order to unify Arabs, Muslims, blacks and persecuted groups in America to play a strong role not only in the American…

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… adults did not know his ideas," said Dr. Jihad Ahmad, a local civil rights leader. In Philadelphia, where retired Gen. Colin Powell led a ceremonial ringing ofthe Liberty Bell, some 70 high school students…

… of the oil revenues and the military muscle that fueled his dreams of becoming the paramount leader of the Arab world. Hussein has imposed austerity measures in an attempt to halt the econor@ decline…

… the Constitution deal- ing with private property," Seale said. This emphasis on education and knowledge of the law is particularly important for students, said Stephen Bates, an Engineering sophomore…

… situ- ations of last year's overcrowding, Miller said. PANEL Continued from Page 1A the subject, and Hewitt and Wainess said that they knew very few students who attended the MLK Day events. Still…

…- ments, extraordinary individuals pop up," Walton said. Matlock said that the college years are often times when students emerge as leaders. They are also times when students undergo the most change as…

… developing individuals, he said. Hewitt said that being the only mi- nority student at an all-white high school influenced him upon entering the Uni- versity. But after a positive experience with his white RA…

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