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…' discuss the show's characterization of America's inner cities By VERONICA MENALDI Daily StaffReporter "Take it off," a crowd of 300 students shouted to Arab Student Association President Jad Ibrahim. "Your…

…-risk women prior to their scheduled delivery date to provide adequate gynecologic and obstetric care See DATE AUCTION, Page 3 TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER The five highest prices bid for dates tad Ibrahim, ArabStudent…

… Association, $625 2 Sabrina Shingwani, Michigan Student Assembly,$600 3 LatiftAl-Roumi, Arab Student Association, $430 4 MinaPirzadeh, Persian Student Association, $300 5 Ashwin Ramanath, Indian American…

… given a measures, one Department of Pub- trespass order due to an off-ice inci- lic Safety officer typically stood In third annual event, student groups raise $5,200 for charity Stars from 'The Wire…

… sweater, take it offt" Ibrahim was one of 18 students who participated in a date auction at the Michigan League Ballroom last night. Bringing in $625 for Project Suyana - a organization that aims to improve…

… health care and reduce poverty in Puno, Peru - a date with Ibrahim fetched the highest bid last night. The Hollywood-themed event was hosted by Comco, a student com- edy group. The University's Bhangra…

… team performed, along ~ with the Harmonettes a capella group and Groove, a percussion group. The auction raised $5,200. The second-highest bid went to Michi- gan Student Assembly President Sabrina…

… Student Association, $210 Audience members questioned panel on plot, season finale By MALLORY BEBERMAN For theDaily More than 250 students, pro- fessors and community members crammed into an Angell Hall…

… Allied for Freedom and Equality to c ome together with any other interested students and screen a documen- tary about Arabic and Jewish women coex- isting peacefully. This was a compromise resolution after…

…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4A - Monday, January 26, 2009 lie ffidiigan B&aiIy Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109…

… signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views ofttheir authors. Wasting students' time MSA should focus its attention on campus issues first fter two long, drawn-out meetings on January 13…

… and 21, the Michigan Student Assembly finally passed the reso- lution that it had debated for so long. This all-important, time-consuming resolution was a statement expressing regret for the…

… humanitarian crisis in Gaza. As the student government of the University, MSA is supposed to represent the students and work toward solving issues that concern them. But yet again, it has neglected its…

… responsibility to students and wasted time argu- ing about an issue over which it has no jurisdiction to address. If MSA wants to earn respect, it must mount a tangible effort to solve some of the issues that…

… pertain to campus life for students instead . NOTABLE QUOTABE Fun is not the first adjective that comes to mind:' - Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama's chief of staff, talking about his first week in…

… two meetings debating over resolutions about the crisis in Gaza. A Thursday night's meet- ing, the assembly finally settled on a resolu- tion calling for the American Movement for Israel and Students…

… with campus issues. There are plentyof issues that students are trusting MSA to hsandle. The assembly needs to follow through on its promise of better lighting across camuspus. It needs to improve its…

… website - including actually posting the minutes from its meetings - so that students have a way of checking up and seeing what's going on in MSA. Representatives need to confront campus crime. And, as the…

… other is home to a University satellite student organizations interested in campus, has one of the largest con- discussing the conflict. centrations of Arabs outside of the During the portion of the meet…

… engineering graduate student, researches yesterday in a lab involved with battery testing in the G.G. Brown Laboratories on North Campus. G,'U' joi to test batteries Two sororities and two fraternities in long…

… process to re-claim chapters By VERONICA MENALDI Daily StaffReporter Students interested in par- ticipating in Greek Life will soon have more options than in the past. Two sororities, Alpha Epsilon Phi and…

… communicator, which is an important part of surgeon gen- eral." Gupta is currently the senior Students disagreed about MSA.'s role in reaching a solution By MATT AARONSON and JENNA SKOLLER Daily Staff…

…Reporters In the Michigan Student Assem- bly's first meeting of the semester, a resolution regarding the ongo- ing conflict in Gaza monopolized the meeting's time, as more than a half dozen members of the Uni…

… President Sabrina Shingwani (white shirt) argues with one of the protestors. The proposal also referenced the for Israel, Students Allied for Free- fact that nearby Dearborn, which dom and Equality and any…

…- Middle East. ing allotted for public comment, a The resolution called for MSA number of students and Ann Arbor executives to meet with the student residents offered their take on the leaders of the…

… nose to the flu is high. So where can students and faculty have their prescriptions filled? There's always the Village Apothecary on South University Avenue, but the list pretty much ends there. Maggie…

…, because it is inconvenient for students to drive to buy the everyday necessities that a drugstore . offers. Though there still isn't a drugstore on State Street, stu- dents can get their prescrip- tions…

… organizations. About 60 to 65 organizations are expected to attend. WHO: The Career Center WHEN: Today from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: The Michigan Union Talk on Arab women and war WHAT: Anan Ameri, the director of…

… the Arab Ameri- can National Museum will discuss the exhibit, "In Times of War, Her Untold Story," which is on display at Lane Hall. WHO: Institute for Research on Women and Gender WHEN: Today at noon…

…. "Speed- balling" is the name given to mixing heroin and cocaine, a combination, which killed actors John Belushi and River Phoenix. The Discover Student Card offers students the chance to earn up to 1…

… 0 4A - Thursday, January 22, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C Ihe iic[ ig n ily 0 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann…

… season Michigan football just endured, improving the performance of student-athletes on the field might be fans' priority. However, many people tend to forget that the time student-athletes spend…

… of student-athletes, evidenced by a recent proposal put before the group last week. If the proposal passes, it would change the way students' athletic eligibility is determined, eliminating a dangerous…

… blank stares. is proficient in Arabic. The second response times, we give ourselves Here's a tip: on the first day of class, has lived in both Egypt and Israel the ability to say no to students who…

…0 lln 4A - Tuesday, January 20, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily…

… articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. FROM T HE DAILY Service comes first Students should give back to the community year-round Yesterday, the nation honored the legacy of…

… community service to one day a year..All peo- ple, especially the students who worked tirelessly to elect Barack Obama, should transition their efforts to activism and work toward a better community. King…

…. Students believed in the good that an Obama presi- dency could do for the nation, and they volunteered their time and energy to help elect him. Now that these efforts have been suc- cessful, the…

… honor King's call to make the country a better place for everyone. But we don't need to wait for next January to start vol- unteering again. Students must channel the spirit of activism that propelled…

…-language proficiency. boundaries between us and our stu- er difficult office hours meet- Department training sessions often dents. ing, a student told me that I are a term-long course. In addition, This focus is…

… important to under- wasn't qualified to any GSI who grades an upper-level stand. Because GSIs are students s teach political sci- writing course or teaches introducto- well, are close to the age of under…

…- ence because I was ry writing must go through semester- graduates and are something of a earning a Ph.D. in long training courses at the Center middleman between students and English. for Learning…

… political science. This par- organizers before they came to grad m ight surprise you. ticular student had school, which has influenced how definitely earned they think and teach about politi- the C- grade…

…, MSA Chief of Staff Ashley Schwedt and Business Rep. Jason Raymond. At around 12:15 a.m. last night, after five hours of community input and discussion, the amendment passed. "The Michigan Student…

… called for the reso- lution's authors and MSA executives to work with the American Move- ment for Israel and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality to plan a screening of a documentary about the…

… sisterhood of six Arab and six Jewish women entitled "Refusing to be Enemies: the Zeitouna Story." It also called for a copy of the resolution and a letter including the details of the screening to be sent to…

… up to its campaign in Gaza. "It makes no mention of Hamas or what's going on in southern Isra- Andrew Dalack, co-chair of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, speaks at last night's MSA meeting…

… international con- flict was also apoint of much debate last night. LSA-SG Rep. Adam London, who is not a member of MSA, said that as a student government representative himself, he does not think it is within…

… said. "Know when it's right not to get involved in something that is really more of an international concern." Stenvig disagreed with London, arguing that a student government hasthe responsibility…

… despite her group's early arrival, the city was already crowded when she arrived yesterday morning. "We were there at 4:30 a.m. and the streets were already getting packed," she said. In Ann Arbor, students…

… approximately 150 stu- dents gathered to watch the inauguration. Throughout the ceremony, the room was quiet, but students stood to cheer and applaud Obama when he was sworn in. When out- going President George W…

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…4A - Monday, January 12, 2009 4 n a 2The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com a 74c fittc4ig n + ily Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann…

…'s editorial boardAll other signedarticles and illustrations represent solelytheviews oftheir authors Room for research Pfizer property a good investment for the University While students were away on winter…

… "I Have a ,.- x fN II society could be united, Dream" speech could not whether black, Latina/o, be more pertinent: "This Arab, Asian, Native Amer- is no time to engage in the ican, white, woman, mat…

…'s historic achievement and make those hopes real. if we retreated now in the face of victory and returned to our daily lives as if our job was done. Kate Stenvig is a Michigan Student Assembly To the question…

… have been widely reviled overseas, by U.S. allies as well as in less-friendly Arab countries. President George W. Bush said the policies were nec- essary to protect the nation after the Sept. 11, 2001…

… importa student GOOGLE CO-FOUNDER TO goal issue RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE The regents approved a proposal y MALLORY JONES to award Larry Page, co-founder of For theDaily Google, Inc., an honorary doctor- ate…

… schools and col- "Celebrating the accomplish- will also allow students to ments of the class of 2009 will be into the School of Art & all the more special with Larry after their sophomore year. Page as our…

… turn to for the advice and counsel, the expertise and experience to make good on the promises of this new administration." "Because art funding has'been cut back at so many high schools, many students…

… enter the univer- sity without a portfolio and cannot apply to Art and Design," she said. "This program offers students the opportunity to build their portfolio (during) their freshman and sopho- more…

… to raise money for study abroad programs. May said money raised from the cam- paign will go toward "enriching the international opportunity for our students." Coleman will match donated funds. The…

…4 4 - Tuesday, January 27, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 74L e lWc4t'gan wily IL Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor…

… MSNBC last Fri- The final version that was eventually lights incertain campus areas. Every day when I stumbled across an passed by the assembly expressed election cycle, students are promised Associated…

… Jewish women ing and a host of other issues. of the article and six Arabic women who come MSA members may protest being was that CEOs of together peacefully. considered part of a culture of enti- banks and…

… many of these executives refused to of every student's tuition goes to MSA w ith MSA. take salary cuts or scale back their so that its members can administer luxurious lifestyles. The problem, the to…

… student's immediate needs, not so article insists, is: "a deeply ingrained that they can pretend to be ambassa- culture of entitlement at financial dors to the United Nations. no further than MSA's website…

…. The companies." MSA's continuing disregard for last project that the website lists as This had me thinking about how students' wishes is evidence that the being completed is Michael Moore's a culture of…

… everyone who is Wall Street CEOs, they have awarded MSA was accomplishing things that part of the gang automatically feels themselves the right to ignore their students care about, they wouldn't like they…

… deserve something, too. But actual jobs. They don't feel the need have a way to check and see what the when did these powerful people start to work on student issues, they don't assembly was doing. The fact…

…, as I reflected on We elected these representatives How long does this go on before we the actions of the Michigan Student to accomplish a job. Only nine per- have to stop questioning the actions…