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…Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 16, 1991 EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 I NOAH FINKEL Editor in Chief…

… the national agenda. If we had learned from the gas lines of the early '80s, perhaps we would not feel obliged to risk American lives over someone else's gas. 01 War creates a backlash against Arab…

…-Americans By Richard Kysia Anti-Arab sentiment has increased sharply since the onset of the Persian Gulf crisis. The American public's frustration with events in the Middle East has again manifested itself in…

… denigration and scape- goating of Arab-Americans. Rhetorical ex- changes between George Bush and Saddam Hussein, particularly the "Hitlerization" of Hussein, has augmented already-existing anti-Arab feelings…

…, helping to create an atmosphere of open Arab bashing. Following the invasion, the American- Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has registered a number of hate crimes. Incidents of harassment include…

… the beatings of Arab-Americans, hate mail, death threats, vandalism, and harassment from landlords. Further escalation of the crisis in the Gulf will undoubtedly worsen the backlash against Arabs. The…

… killing and maiming of Arabs is not uncommon in popular culture. ADC reports that "Bomb Iraq" has been a recur- ring theme among radio DJs and on but- tons, T-shirts and bumper stickers. In fact, "bomb Iraq…

… confrontation; elements of American pop culture seem to view this with joy rather than shock. A recent T-shirt portrayed an Arab (in traditional garb, riding a camel) in the crosshairs of a gun; the caption reads…

…: "I'd Fly 10,000 Miles to Smoke a Camel." Another T-shirt depicts a U.S. Marine pointing a rifle at an Arab laying at his feet. The caption is: "How much is the oil now?" Institutional racism against…

… Arabs has Kysia is an LSA junior and a member of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee. been a long-standing U.S. policy. In 1972, the Nixon administration instituted Operation Boulder, which…

… today, but I'm hurt and disappointed. I'm almost ashamed." See 60s, page 7 DMVID LUBIUNER/aily Rackham student Anthony Henderson, a speaker at the Annual Martin Luther King Day Unity March, told a crowd…

… of about 2,000 that Blacks cannot allow other people to define who the Black leaders are or who Blacks should listen to. Prof: Arab by Taraneh Shafii Daily Staff Writer Arab stereotypes in the mass…

… ArabF culture to thec the Modern La As consun inundated wit] cial and ethnic Stereotypes dren at a veryf toons, comic literature, andc listed a numb Arabs were por villains killing Exposure continue to b…

… stereotypes a portraits in American cans through comedians, computer crowd of over 125 in games, music videos, and television nguages Building. programs. Arabs are portrayed as ei- mers of media we are ther…

…- ble, Arab terrorists backed by an strips, comic books, Arab government tried to take over dolls, he said. Shaheen American wheat fields. Shaheen er of examples where pointed out that in the movies…

…, rtrayed as low-lifes and Arabs hijack airplanes, kill unarmed Americans. families, and torture Americans. to Arab stereotypes "Culture teaches us that an Arab ombard adult Ameri- is a terrorist, a terrorist…

…, a terrorist, bound in media until it becomes one word, Arab-ter- rorist," he said. Shaheen explained that often Arabs are incorrectly associated with other religious, racial or ethn'c groups. In an…

… issue of a Batman comic book, the Joker was described as an Iranian-Arab. Though Iran is located in the Middle East, its geography does not make it an Arab nation. Another common error is assum- ing that…

… all Arabs are Muslims and all Muslims are Arabs, said LSA sophomore Maherin Gangat who at- tended yesterday's discussion. "When people say Arab, the ma- jority assume Muslim," she said. An issue…

… addressed during the question and answer period suggested the possibility that there is a ten- dency for Arabs to be portrayed nega- tively in the news because some producers are pro-Israel and anti- Arab…

… residents of Dheisheh village, the Arab refugee town outside Bethlehem I mentioned in this space last week. The seven students and leaders I spoke with at Dheisheh are more negatively disposed toward Israel…

… its physical comfo Obliquity "By Joshua Peck votes for beautiful He has made a personal crusade of per- .d stately suading the Arabs to keep their ancient and d for its distinctive architectural styles…

… intact, even as houses a they begin to modernize their living and ts culture working places. He is concerned that the hosted a Arabs, in hopes of emulating the more attracted technologically advanced…

… societies of Europe, all over will abandon Arabic forms for the monotonous building styles adopted by the Jews of Tel Aviv, ut Dalya, for instance.. rts, or its . In pursuit of his quest, he spends much of…

… his time traveling to Arab towns around the coun- try, meeting with Arab civic and religious leaders, and explaining how modern roads, of- fices and homes can be designed around traditional Arab modes…

… of construction. THE PARTICULARS of Yom-tov's work are clearly unimportant from the point of view of establishing peace; who cares whether the en- trace to some little Arab town is bedecked with a…

… blocky underpass or a gracefully rounded Islamic-style arch? The important thing about hitheatre. the architect's efforts are his motivations, s unosten- especially as interpreted by his Arab vance the…

… colleagues. ny Israeli It is clear that he cares that the non-Jewish tov, which residents of the country sustain their rich He chose traditions. He has respect and deep under- Romania standing for Arab…

… conceptions of beauty, par- rfectly his ticularly (but not exclusively) with regard to architecture. His enthusiasm for things ture - a Islamic and Arab must sit well with the Arabs; ted with here is one…

… Zionist, at least, who clearly wants way he has a harmonious relationship with his Semitic and trust brothers, and not the dominator-and- l borders, dominated arrangement the Arabs generally lated Oc…

…: They'll say I'm paranoid and I say paranoid Jews live longer. Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan "We don't drive Arabs out. Not because I don't want to drive Arabs out, I…

…OPINION Page 4 Friday, January 30, 1987 The Michigan DoIu Kahane wants Arabs out of Israel This continues yesterday's interview of Rabbi Meir Kahane by Daily staffer Steve Blonder. Kahane…

… would love to drive Arabs out. But we can't do it yet." -Rabbi Meir Kahane Is Israel ready to take in the large number of American Jews? They have no choice. Israel wasn't made as a country which can…

…, dwarfs, small dwarfs. The, Arab population growth threatens the existence of a Jewish state within -ten to fifteen years. D: Do you have problems with controlled allotments of Arabs living in Israel? K: If…

… the Arabs of Israel are prepared to accept non-citizenship status, then they could live there. If they were willing to have personal rights, economic rights, social rights, cultural rights, and…

… voted in a law of return which allows the Jews in, they could do the same thing and invite the Arabs in. They can change the name of the country to Palestine. They can start calling them Palestine bonds…

…. We'll have the UAA- The United Arab Appeal. The Palestine National Fund will. be planting trees all over Palestine. That's what I don't want. D: How many Arab Knesset members are there now? K: Nine…

…, but don't kid yourself. Let me tell you the difference between now and what was. For twenty-five years, the Jews were able to deal with the heads of the Arab clans or villages. These "were old guys, who…

… for money, you could buy them. Today, there is a new Arab in Israel. He's an educated one and they are taking over now. Among the great mistakes Israel has made, has been the educating of Arabs. The…

… most dangerous Arab is the educated Arab because the revolution doesn't come from the numb and the dumb. It comes from the intellectual. We train the future leaders of the PLO at this moment at Hebrew…

… Iraq and back to Syria. When nevertheless now Egpytian President Sadat mentions "peace with Israel" we do not know whe- ther to trust him. We trust more the words of Arab students on this campus…

…Eighty-three years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan __ __ The INTER VIE W: Once (gulp) more 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mi. 48104 News Phone…

… education of high school students in the county, especially those who do not plan to go to college. Various studies of high school gradu- ates throughout the nation and locally have concluded that many, if…

… not most, high school students not planning on college graduate with few saleable skills. It is just such training, in a number of areas from business to transportation, that the center would have…

… state and federal governments to meet these needs. THOSE MOST HURT by yesterday's vote are those students who find that the emphasis on academic subjects in traditional high schools does not ade- quately…

… for their products, and write them a letter explaining why. It's OOL REFLECTION is required in the face of the controversy elicited by the advertisement "Arab Racism, Anti-Semitism" and the "Response…

… principle he sought to condemn in the ad, for his own re- ference to "Arabs as a people and collectively" confirms the proprie- ty of speaking about collectivities in history without being racist. The ad…

… the ad had generalized its statements to include Arab be- havior vis-a-vis other nations, or if it had spoken in terms of broad ethnic activity, that would indeed have been racism. But the ad merely…

… foreigners By Layla J. Merritt For the Daily Citizens of some foreign coun- tries who are in the United States, including University students, could face deportation if they do not register with the…

… registration date, but most were released within three days, the Associated Press reported. Slim Mchela, a finance student who is permitted to study at Eastern Michigan University on educational visa, registered…

… extra attention he received in the airport. "At first, it bothered me because I was the only one. The whole plane was waiting for me because I have an Arab name." Mchela said. See INS, Page 7 BRETT…

… ed, funds ISR plans survey of local Arab values By Emily Kraack Daily Staff Reporter The University's Institute for Social Research has an ambitious New Year's resolution. This spring, the ISR is…

… set to launch a study investigating social val- ues within the Detroit-area Arab American and Chaldean community. In addition, investigators hope the study will begin to break down stereotypes held by…

… many non-Arabs. The principal investigators are Profs. Wayne Baker and Ron Stockton of the University's Dear- born campus. Stockton said he believes the study will show the Arab American community shares…

… many of the traits valued by non-Arabs. "I think you'll find a lot of convergence," Stockton said. "I think we'll find that Arabs and non-Arabs are very similar on a whole variety of things…

…." Specifically, Stockton cited that - like other Americans - members of the Arab community are very family-oriented. He said the Arab-Ameri- can community is also diverse, something com- monly associated with…

… American society but often overlooked when referring to Arab Americans. "(There are) wealthy and poor Arabs, Christians, Muslims and different groups within those cate- gories," Stockton said. LSA senior…

… Ehab El Sharkawy said tha, in his experience, values within the Arab community are much the same as values in other American groups. "For the most part, the values are similar," he said. "It's not like…

… the Americans decide to go to war with an Arab country. They expected more patience and restraint," he added. A group of approximately 50 students calling themselves the Ad Hoc Coalition of People of…

… A group of students join the other protestors at the SOS (Support Our Soldiers) rally on Saturday. JENNIFER UUNET: £Weekend The Great Schism One week of war splinters While opposition to Saddam…

… Hussein was prevalent, many questioned why the U.S. would so easily send forces to fight an Arab leader and his country when similar aggressions have been virtually ignored in the past. "My initial reaction…

… are nothing new to the world. Most Arabs think of the West Bank as well as the Golan Heights and Lebanon when they think of aggression. The U.S. can wait, dawdle about those occupations, the violation…

… of humanities, and the dismantling of those governments... What's different?" he asked. University Public Health Prof. Rashid Bashshur, a Syrian- American, summarized the dismay many Arab…

…-Americans felt when the U.S. bombed Iraq. "Although I never liked Saddam Hussein and was completely against his occupation of Kuwait, I hate to see an Arab country being decimated in the way Iraq is being…

… decimated. They are totally overwhelmed by the technology of the U.S.," he said. "Arab-Americans are stunned... They are stunned because of the extent of the humiliation of the Iraqis and the ease with which…

… Color Against the War in the Gulf and Racism at Home called the Persian Gulf War racist. They condemned its "anti-Arab" nature and pointed out the numbers of minorities in the military are…

… two sisters serving in the Gulf, first-year Engineering student Africa Freeman explained her opposition to the war. "People have to Students f Support Lu KELN SMOLLERi/eekenld Mike Richardson, a…

… Vietnam veteran from Detroit argues with a pro-war student in the Diag last Thursday. students' views on Two days before the United States bombed Iraq, reporters flooded The Daily with calls, asking how…

…, whether Arab guerrillas or mili- tary-minded Israeli. In some form or another this must involve a federated co-exist- w w 01 Faculty meetings and the student will The author is a member of the Radical…

… Seventy-eight years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under authority of Board in Control of Student Publications New wways to view the Middle…

… success a victory? D ead ideals ABOUT EIGHT years ago, a group of students concerned about what they perceived as a decline in the quality and freedom of American life formed Stu- dents for a Democratic…

… Michigan chapter decided to close its meetings to the press. At the same time when most university student groups were fighting for open meetings and student participation in decision making on all levels of…

… Vietnam that his advisor Walt Rostow could muster about the war were that we did not start fight- ing a couple years earlier. 'M- _ 4-U - - - _ 1- ?- A 4- 1- - r trl * Somehow the Arab and Israeli fences…

… days of the Romans and centuries later of the great Arab empires in North Africa and Spain, it took slow and arduous months for Jewish pilgrims and poets to reach the Holy Land. To- day only a few hours…

… birth 20 years ago. THE NEW TARGET of the Arab guerrillas is that lifeline. It is as vulnerable as a man's jugular vein. Israel's national ! airline, El Al, owns seven jets. When one was hi-jacked in Rome…

… early last year and another attacked in Athens a few weeks ago, the Arab guer- rillas hit Israel's most sensitive point. This was no sporadic shell- ing of a border settlement or even the bombing of a…

… unsuccess- ful attacks to frighten away much of its business; what the Arab guerrillas could not do at Israel's well-guarded main airport in Lyd- da, they might do abroad. The next step would be attacks on…

…- liated against Lebanon, its one moderate Arab neighbor and the only one which has done litte or no fighting against it, the only neighboring Arab State which has protected its own Jewish minority from…

… University communi- ty members, the Arab-American Anti- Discrimination Committee will sponsor the National Arab-American Student Conference. The event will coincide with the celebration of Martin Luther King…

… Jr. Day. Organizers expect about 200 Arab-American students from across the coun- try to attend the event, "Marching into the Millennium." A small group of ADC members, who are also university students…

… weekend. "The issues are seen within both groups alike. It is "'Education and activism go hand in hand. This conference accomplishes both things."I - Norah Rabiah National Arab-American Student Conference…

… Violations of Personal Privacy and Student Records Begins" has been awarded a $37,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Digital Government Section. The project is designed to study and develop a…

… plan for colleges and universities to deal with the issues of electronic logging and monitor- irng activities and privacy issues regarding student records. The results will highlight these issues and…

… DNA or in converting methane into methanal. * Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Lindsey Alpert. Conference to unite Arab -Americans By Tiffany Maggard Daily Staff Reporter In an effort to join together…

…, initiated the conference last year. The idea was presented to ADC's executive board where members worked with other Arab-American committees in Detroit and supporters in Washington, D.C. The ADC members said…

… they hope to make the conference a traveling event hosted by a different university each year. Members plan to celebrate issues and concerns shared by black students and other ethnic groups during the…

… cultural show fea- turing Arab-American music, dancing and poetry. Participants of the conference will tackle issues including the media's portrayal of Arab- Americans, politics and its potential use in Arab…

…a OPINION Page 4 Monday, January 27, 1986 The Michigan Daily 41 bre 3ui4jCian 4ai, Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Israel sets own parameters Vol. XCVI, No. 82…

… 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, M! 48109 Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily's Editorial Board Student verification THE PUBLIC Interest Resear- ch Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) needs student…

… support. Beginning February 5, the group will be scattered around campus gathering signatures - about 17,000 they hope - to return their contribution plea to the student verification form. From 1972 to 1985…

…, the SVF carried a section which, when signed by the student, pledged a two dollar donation to be collected with tuition bills. The sec- tion was added when PIRGIM's popularity convinced the Regents that…

… the group merited special at- tention, and, after 13 years, it was dropped when student interest seemed to fizzle. Now PIRGIM is struggling to regain its position on the form by raising student…

… awareness and gathering signatures. Many students will wonder what PIRGIM is, what it does, and what makes -it different from any other student organization. PIRGIM is a state-wide student administered group…

…, however, has been criticized for its treatment of student workers. The real impact of its programs on the community has been questioned. PIRGIM isn't unique among student groups which have organized…

… successful and important measures over the years. But, PIRGIM is making an effort to clean up its act and reach the student population. When it has sufficiently demonstrated a con- tinued commitment to…

… Ger- man representative submitted one called "Introduction to the Methodology in the Study of the Dodo." The Arab League representative submitted "The Zionist Con- spiracy and the Dodo," and the Soviet…

…-apar- theid movement. The Arab League, Third World, and Soviet-bloc propensity to con- stantly denounce Zionism is not limited to international conferences. The anti-apar- theid movement in the United States…

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….o n.v, ;,c- ...., .i...o< s~ . WASHINGTON (AP) - De- troit-area lawmakers yesterday ac- cused the FBI of harassing Arab- Americans by asking them about potential Iraqi terrorism, saying the interviews…

… 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…

… policies of the On natio Law School and College of Literature, Sci- the Unive Unprepared students get extra help In summer By Tomislav Ladika Daily Staff Reporter he Arts, will be heard back-to-back 3ush…

… Comprehensive Studies Program help such students catch up to classmates from more rigorous high schools. For 27 years, CSP has sponsored Summer Bridge classes tailored primarily for minority students in the…

… that students who cannot handle the University's academic rigors disenroll. Collins said if a student fails one of the Summer Bridge courses, "then we have a chat with them and tell them they should go…

… to school somewhere else." Although many Summer Bridge students received a sig- See CSP, Page 7 about the IsraelI-alestinlan conflict last night in the Michigan Union. debate provokes heated…

… discussion By Rahwa Ghebre-Ab Daily Staff Reporter Chants, jeers and cheers filled the Michigan Union Ballroom during an Arab-Israeli public forum and debate featuring speakers Ali Abunimah, vice president of…

… the Arab-American Action Network, and Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America. The two men focused much of the discussion on debating the merits of establishing a…

…9 Page 4--The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, January 29, 1991 U, fe icign atij EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Viewpoint NOAH…

… the opinion of the Daily. :.From heDaily. Shanty destruction Students must not censor differing opinions on Diag 7-~ - --". --',., ,,te -K- / 0- T4 ---- --- - - ---- --- A E TO OgPM IM A T316 MA…

… good or bad, play an important role in campus dialogue, and provide a voice for dif- ferent sectors of the student body on issues that matter to them. The Gulf War has elicited extreme emotions from…

… students across the po- litical spectrum. The destruction of the anti-war wall and the S.O.S. shanty in support of our troops demonstrates a censorship of ideas, and does nothing to further campus debate…

… about the U.S. presence in the Gulf. No matter how much a student may disagree with a certain point of view, reacting violently is not a viable alternative, and, in fact, lowers the validity of one's own…

… place. In this time of desperation and con- fusion, it is important that students be able to express themselves fully, and explore their own feelings and opin- ions. The shanty demolitions lie counter to…

… acceptable, and even necessary, but senseless vandal- ism is neither. SP F 'U' should work to protect Arab-Americans By Alita J. Mitchell There are many of us here at the Uni- versity and in the Ann Arbor…

… ignored. It is heartening that finally the Pales- tinian people are seen as a valid cause. But as a group, Arabs and, by extension, Arab-Americans continue to be suspect - a stereotype perpetrated in films…

… EARLE AMITAVA MAZUMDAR Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and…

…. Students here at the University fought tire- lessly to make King's birthday a holiday. The day would be a time when University students dis- cussed, debated, and generally pondered the state of race…

… "clean of Arabs" or - in the words of ex-Minister of Interior Israel Koenig - "the Judiazation of the land." Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion explained hon- estly what the establishment of an…

… exclusive Jewish state must mean for the Arab population when he said 45 years ago: "We will say to the Arabs 'move over.' If they are not in agreement, if they resist, we will push them by force." This rac…

… act of deporta- tion must be understood as part of a historical process, begun years ago, to remove as many Arabs from Pal- estine as possible. This policy of exclusion has been referred to by Israeli…

… leaders variously as "cleans- ing the land," making the land Abowd is a Rackham graduate student. The dark history of Israeli ex- pulsion implicates current Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin directly in the…

… removal of hundreds of thou- sands of Palestinians from their homes since the late 1940s. Rabin was one of the men who oversaw the campaign in 1948 that removed more than 700,000 Arabs by Jewish forces and…

… Israeli attack on Egypt in 1956. This fact was re- vealed by Rabin, himself, who at the time was commander of the region where these expulsions took place. He estimates that 3,000-to- 5,000 Arabs were…

…0 Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 18, 1991 Ebr 3~irb4an 1aiIj EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Viewpoint NOAH…

… the opinion of the Daily. " Arab-Americans FBI should protect, not harass American citizens IN RECENT WEEKS THE ARAB- American community has drawn at- tention to, and voiced opposition against, the…

… Federal Bureau of Investi- gation's (FBI) surveillance and inter- rogation of its citizens. Now that a shooting war has begun and anti-Arab sentiment is growing in many areas, American citizens of Arab…

… descent need greater police and FBI protection. However, the FBI has conflicting responsibilities; it assumes the role of protectorate of our citizens, but sus- pects Arab-Americans have informa- tion about…

…, or are party to, wrongdoing. The result has been a large-scale ques- tioning of Arab-Americans, especially in the Detroit area, where the largest Arab population lives outside the Middle East, about…

… in World War II. In addition, their prejudiced interrogation sets a poor precedent for how American citi- zens should treat one another. When Arab-Americans are being held ac- countable for Iraq…

…'s foreign policy, the American government has a responsi- bility to dispel such myths, not to fuel them. Strong parallels can be drawn be- tween the FBI's efforts aimed at Arab- Americans and FBI activity…

… to imply links to "terrorism." Secondly, Arab-American and civil rights organizations recently exposed a planned internment camp for Arab- Americans in Oakdale, Louisiana. It is frightening that almost…

… rising discrimination against Americans of Arab decent, and fight to dispel the myths that perpetuate it. Whether or not we support war with Iraq, we must promote the protection of these peo- ple's most…

… are LSA senior Ken-Polski, graduate student Sarah Messer, and LSA junior David Bryce. Conflicting loyalties in the Gulf crisis Safe sex University should make condoms more available By Stephen…

… The All-American Hamburger Test EIhe Sltan 1E1t33 Egt y-three years of editorial freedom Edited and mnanaged by students at the University of Michigan 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mi. 48104 News…

… Phone: 764-0552 SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1974 Anunielyesgnaio LEE GILL'S UNEXPECTED resignation as president of the Student Govern- ment Council comes at a very unfortu- nate time for students on this…

… more than one council per- son has seen academics slide due to the heavy time commitment involved. THE REAL LOSS of course, will be to the students, as replacement leadership of the caliber offered by…

… infestation, dirty b a t h- Lettrs: ustie for Palestinians Tfo The Daily: FOR THE SECOND time in two months an anti-Arab racist state- ment appears on the pages of The Daily, this time in the form of a…

… Palestinians are descendants of the original inhabitants (Canaanites, Amorites, Arameans, Arabs and .Jews!); this was 1300 years be- fore Moses led the Hebrews to Palestine. Second, in 1948, over 700…

… constituted only 7 per cent of the total population of Pales- tine Third, the Palestinians of today are part of the Arab nation, shar- ing a common long history, a common language, and a common destiny. Their…

… status was and con- tinues to be no different than the Lebanese, Syrians, Iraqis, Egyp- tians, or other fellow Arabs. Before Israel, they lived in thriving cities, had prosperous and productive farms, and…

… enjoyed the highest standard of living in the Arab World. They agree with the nationally syndicated columnist, Jenkin Lloyd Jones (Ann Arbor News, May 12, '73) that "the in- gathering of the exiles to the…

… finally, the facts are that the Zionist occupation of Palestine which led to the forced dispersal of the Palestinian Arabs cannot annull the Palestinian personality, and that there ill be no true po…

…- litical to the Arab-Israeli conflict until the rights and demands of more than one million Palentin- ians, now livig in exile, are taken -t osideaher Mohammed Jan. 11 l,'riawli A robs To The Daily: WITH ALL…

…4 THE MICHIGAN DAILY New U.S. policy could alter Ar By The Associated Press President Anwar Sadat of Egypt indicated yesterday that the Arabs should alter their oil embargo of the United States…

… conference that the unrestricted flow of Arab oil to the United States may resume in less than two months as a result of the Egyptian-Israeli troop agreement. Sadat said he can "now sin- cerely say that the…

… United States has adopted a new policy, that there is a significant, though not total, change." Asked if the Arab embargo of oil to the United States should be modified, Sadat replied: "FOR EVERY change in…

… the American position, it is neces- AP Photo sary for the Arabs to make an identical change toward the United States." .uin Sadat said three months ago Rouge i- that the U.S. position in the is mouth…

…. Middle East was "fundamentally pro-Israeli, under pretext of a balance of forces in the region." Arab newspapers have said recently that Sadat, now on a touir of Arab nations, is support- ing a U.S. plea…

…OPINION 'Page 4 Wednesday, January 20, 1988 The Michigan Daily LETTERS: 4 E0e mtu atTenity Mil Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Israel's rights violated Vol…

… will also consist of two students appointed from a list compiled by the Michigan Student Assembly. This should create a pool of potential honorees that will more closely resemble the sympathies of the…

… following logos: it takestwo to tango; there are two sides to every story, and(even in the West Bank) it is ta two-way street. The Daily has failed to provide its readers with an accurate history of the Arab…

… is. still determined to silence the oppressed with gunfire and more oppression. What the Israelis fail to realize is the fact that their occupation of Arab territories has reached its end. The fact of…

… twenty years ago remain the saihe despite Israel's attempts to slowly expel indigenous Arab populations while confiscating their lands. In the case of the Palestinian people, their struggle has been…

… aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict do not exist. These distortions are preposterous and irritating. Reading the Daily has become analogous to having a single eye: one is only able to see half of his…

… Member of Tager January 19 one too far of hundreds of Arab youths and the deportation of Palestinians in defiance to the Geneva convention accords. At this critical stage in the Palestinian struggle we…

… each occasion. In 1948, and 1956, the surrounding Arab nations attacked Israel with the intent of "driving the Jews into the sea." Then, in 1967, when Israel saw its sea lanes illegally blockaded and the…

… their Arab allies and attacked Israel. Then and only then did Israel retaliate against Jordan and gain control of what today known as the West Bank. Between 1947 and 1967 Jordan had control of the West…

… Bank region which was part of the land designated as a Palestinian homeland. Why didn't Jordan give control of the land to the Palestinians during those twenty years? How can the Arabs now turn around…

… 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…

… overall resolution passed 20-11 after See MSA, Page 2 War causes fear tension among Arab students by Matthew Pulliam As apprehensions mounted last week because of the escalating war in the Persian Gulf…

… war. I think what (Saddam Hussein) did is wrong, and I condemn the occupation of Kuwait," said Civil Engineering graduate student Fadi Alkhairi. Many Arab-Americans support the U.S., MSA condemns…

… See GULF, Page 2 Students a sit-in to protest research by Marc Ciagne .g.. ~ DRDA discloses "4>s ~research tied to, funded b by Ronan Lynch Daily Research Reporter y Army Thirty-five students…

… statement released by the group. The occupation, scheduled to last 24 hours and organized by U of M Students Against U.S. Inter- vention in the Middle East (SAUSI), began at noon when the protesters entered…

… their plans, to assure them of their non-violent inten- tions. The group did not release the time and location of the sit-in un- til Daniel Kohns, publicity chair JOSE JUARE2 Students sit-in in the…

… graduate students dis- closed the University had con- ducted research as part of an Army project to develop solid fuel-air explosives (SFAEs). A week ago today, the Daily reported that University Aero- space…

…, Kauf- fman denied that he was con- ducting military research, saying "All of our research involves safety in the workplace." Yesterday morning, as part of the Students Against U.S. Inter- vention in the…

… Persian Gulf (SAUSI) protest at the Division of Research Development and Administration (DRDA), two physics graduate students, Matt Green and Mike Massey, re- quested that they be allowed to review…

… information at a press conference at the Cube moments after students entered the building. The aims of the sit-in include the following: To encourage the Univer- sity not to aid in the prosecution of student…

… education to people of color and the economically disen- franchised. To gain access to informa- tion regarding the extent of the University's involvement in mili- tary research and development. The students…

…'s immediate problems are two- fold-improving its economy and its rela- tions with its Arab neighbors. Israel needs money to realize extensive industrial schemes with which it hopes to raise the country's living…

…, the biggest block to Israel's economic welfare still lies in the fact that Israel cannot trade with its Arab neigh- bors. The members of the Arab League have maintained a fairly effective embar- go on…

… states cannot be resumed until a peace treaty is signed. Central to the entire situation and ren- dering it particularly difficult of solution is the problem of the 800,000 Palestinian Arabs displaced by…

… the Israelis during the war of independence. These Arabs, after fleeing Israel, created a severe problem in the Arab states and are now living in camps where they have proved fruitful pickings for…

… future be used to kill human beings.' - Matt Green Physics graduate student "The force of the FAE explo- sion detonates the dust explo- sive, increasing the destructive power," Green said yesterday. "This…

… of force at every exposed portion of his body si- multaneously." Unidentified University students peer out of the ISR director's office. About 35 students participated in the sit-in. 01 I Calvin…

…HIR&C EVRYONr POaS IN "ME 6AflE LANXAb. " '0r~9 0Q~9 ?09 -C- by Judd Winick "x CAN $sm BY? Yo .,R C 4- MY F7RlENPV CQFE P-c* JI fONE. 7#4Nb Gc.'T0 KWNC#*4 N 'y PLEASE- .J WH - /N STUDENTS Continued…

… violence against those of Arab-American descent now living in the United States. Reports of bomb threats, racial slurs, and physical violence against citizens in the Detroit area have height- ened tensions…

… among all. "I saw a sign in Dearborn that said 'The only good Arab is a dead Arab,"' said Khalil. LSA senior Timothy White, who is not an Arab-American, lives in a predominantly Arab- American…

… neighborhood in Detroit. "Some Arabs were pulled over in Detroit just because they were Arab and were suspected of trying to poison the water supply. Ameri- cans have the idea that this (terrorism) will never…

… unique po- sition of living among Arab-Amer- icans, not relying on the media for images of 'the enemy.' I think we should try to see the situation of the Arab-Americans from their point of view, and not…

… label then with the demonic image seen in the media." "One thing that I think is a key' element is... the American public needs to understand that this group (Arab-Americans) has assimilated into American…

…. "Students are justifiably con- cerned about the war and frus- trated because they do not have a way to influence American pol- icy," Harrison said. In response to the accusations made by SAUSI, Harrison…

… protesting the soldiers?", Goeke asked. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates…

… the American-Arab Anti-Dis- crimination Committee, "It's not correct. They're giving terrorism a religion. Terrorism is a concept, you can't put a face or a religion on it." - Kamelya Youssef, co…

…-founder of the Arab Unity Movement he is worried about the effect this event will have on the public impression of Islam. "We can't take terrorists and put them through rehab and make them role models," Hamad…

… ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURS Public Health graduate student Nastassia Gurganus calls Bursley Hall res dents to rem od them aout the start of the M-FLU study yesterday. I BY THE NUMBERS T~H F R S NN THE PAPER…

… MASK Fl st [u prevention Anatomy extras as surgical facemasks and hand sanitiz- udy kicks off er were doled out yesterday afternoon. in dorms The students were prepar- ing for their first day in the k…

… students participat- tion, began when University ing in the M-FL study Health Services reported the season's first diagnosis of influenza. One group of stu- dent participants is required to wear masks in the…

…. The College of Engineering hosted an open forumon entrepreneurship last night for all engineering students interested in the business aspects ofttheir fields. The newly-created Committee on…

… Entrepreneurial Environment and Pro- grams for Students got feedback from students about how to incorporate busi- ness into the engineering curriculum. "It's about the marriageof technology and marketing…

… aims to transformstudent ideas and innovations into opportunities for busi- ness growth. "A lot of engineers have the good ideas but don't know what to do with them," Vicars said. Students proposed…

… Committee will be heilding a conference beginning tonight and lasting through the weekend. -Conference Coordinator and Treasurer of AAADC Amer Ardati cribed the event as "Arab-American students' activism…

… events unraveled, including the formation ofa human chain across South University Avenue to block the driver's path. Members of the Deadwings League B University intramural hockey team - the eight students…

… various stops. According to a Department of Public Safety incident log, the bus driver said she could not pick up students at the first Nite Owl stop because of bad road conditions, and when she approached…

… another stop, the students began to hit the bus with their hockey sticks. At that point, the bus driver refused to let the team members on the bus, the DPS log states. After the team's I I p.m. hockey game…

… at Yost Ice Arena, LSA first-year student Kevin Bettsteller said "all we wanted to do was to get back to (Mary) Markley" Residence Hall. After their game ended around mid- night, the Deadwings waited…

… for the Nite Owl at the Yost stop on Hoover Street with bags and their hockey equipment, members said. Nite Owl bus 702 soon approached but stopped about 15 seconds after passing the students, allowing…

… snow squabble. One of the two students who got on the bus, team manager Chris Fortunato, an Engineering first-year student, and the bus driver asked if he was getting on the bus and Fortunato asked her…

… second time hit the bus with their. hockey sticks. "We were just trying to get her to stop'" LSA first-year student Ben Erickson said. Deadwings member Nate Greenberg, an Engineering first-year student…

… the authority to ban people from the Nite Owl. DPS spokesperson Beth Hall said the students involved were banned from the Nite Owl that night and no police report was filed. After their meeting…

… offurther educating the University Community. w a Superbowi Sunday 't0 1O"'C h "' ec firee lvery AAADC to host conference By YaeI Kohen Daily Staff Reporter -The Arab-American Anti- Discrimination…

…8-A.- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 21, 1997_ . MLK DAY 1997 Panel reviews cultural tensions By Heather Kamins Daily Staff Reporter For centuries, the African American, Jewish and Arab…

… that exist within these communities. "For us to deal with a possible future prospect of working together with the Arab community, as with the Jewish community, the issue of justice must be forefront…

…." Abdurrahman said the relationship between African Americans and Arabs is more recent but more confrontation- al than the tensions with the Jews. "In Detroit, 90 percent of stores are owned by Arabs. One owner…

… told me that the relationship between the two communities is one of intense hatred," Abdurrahman said. The explanation of this hatred stems from the Arab struggle to be recog- nized as white in this…

… country, Abdurrahman said. "In the Arab racial etymology of people, blackness is considered pretty much a curse;" Abdurrahman said. "(Being an Arab that is considered white in the United States) means relat…

… important to promoting diversity By Susan Port For the Daily Attempting to apply the far reach- es of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, a small cluster of professors and graduate students gathered in Rackham…

… approach problems from different perspectives. Demond added that many women and students of color come to her for guid- ance. Nola Pender, associate dean for Academic Affairs of Research, said panelists…

… discussed salient points. Pender said a large part of promotir9 diversity is "honoring learning styles of- diverse students." Speakers emphasized that points of view change after students interact with others…

… from different backgrounds. They also said that professors have an influence on their students that allows them to conform students' views. LSA first-year student Nicole Rushivoch said her professors ha…

… the relationship between professors and students. Each person takes their own experi-' ences along with them and develop their own style of learning, "allowi students to go about approaching prob- lems…

… Church St.-769-1222 r ' * U S RedUCed Rates fr:i BILLIARDS Everyday to 6 pm at the UNION OPEN 10 am' I I . I AHMED, a member of the Organi- zation of Arab Students, said most Arab students here feel that…

… Arab critics and gain back some lost prestige." Added Ahmed: "Maybe he's hop- ing that after this show of force, the concessions will seem less harsh." JOHN DIRECTOR* coordinator for the Student Union…

…Page 2-Thursday, January 19, 1978-The Michigan Daily SRegents topics: student housing. minority drop By BRIAN BLANCHARD 506 ('73) to a low of 349 ('74). The Regents face two gloomy After more than a…

… decade of inac- reports at this afternoon's meeting in tivity, the University has begun to the Administration Building - one consider the possibilities of more noting a sharp drop in minority student…

… MINORITY status report have held 769 students but the shows a decline in minority enroll- building was "not in good physical ment in the Literary College to the repair" and already houses some stu- 1972…

… level of 6.6 per cent of total en- dents. rollment - a drop of 0.6 per cent in " St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, re- the last two years. The number of cently purchased by the University minority students has…

… fallen to 424, after a great deal of repair, might from last year's figure of 488. Over have served 700 students. the last five years, the minority " University Towers, on South population has ranged from…

… a high of University, already has 700 students livinginde . "nr ......rnrn..... ..j The January meeting will continue W Htomorrow morning beginning at 9 UWATCH FOR .m. JIM REMPE----- February 2nd The…

… lowest retail price on record in i ma the United States for potatoes was 12 Pocket Billiard I cents for 10 pounds in 1896, reports the U.S. Census Bureau. SExhibition -- : E h ioMore than 2,000 students…

…-determination, but said Arabs "have self-determination in 21 sover- eign Arab states." . Begin went on to compare Palestin- ian self-government with Hitler's expansionist policies during the 1930's. KAMEL, TAKEN aback…

… response to stones lobbed over the university's surrounding wall. Several unarmed students werewounded in the incident. At Dheisheh refugee camp, I spoke to Arab students and leaders who clearly wanted not…

…; the Jews of Israel have a state they can call their own; the Arabs of Palestine, Obiquit y By Joshua Peck lasting and memorable an impression as the brief time I spent in the-Arab city of Ramallah, a…

…, Ar- menians, British, a handful of Christian sects, and of course, the Jews, both ancient and modern. RAMALLAH, HOWEVER, is strictly an Arab city, and it looks the part. Unlike most cities within…

… Israel's borders, Ramallah's street signs and advertisements are written only in the Arabic alphabet. Shopkeepers, often as not, have a minimal or non-existent knowledge of any language other than their…

… native one; they don't need any other. The music one hears blaring forth from storefronts is no mix of East and West either: just that largely monotonal drone exclusive to the Arab world. The faces one…

… sees in the throngs that cover the streets in the hot midday are Arab faces-I think my hazel eyes might have been the only ones lighter than dark brown on the en- tire main street of Ramallah. Perhaps…

… grudgingly takes its orders. Standing in the central square of town, the thorough injustice of the current Palestinian plight struck me as never before. Here is an Arab city populated by Arabs, living an Arab…

… life graced with centuries-old Arab culture, yet bound by the rule of a government peopled with a culture and lifestyle more European than Asian, and catering primarily to the interests of its own. THE…

… Arabs I met in the West Bank convinced me that Ramallah will one day again be an Arab city with regard to sovereignty as well as with regard to population, and that that will happen long before the…

… Israeli military government unilaterally shut it down. The faculty and students had planned and begun celebrating an event they called "Palestine Week," meant primarily to celebrate Palestinian arts and…

… 2010, two University students decided to develop a club on campus to get students more involved with the organization. Club president and LSA senior Andrea Gregorka and LSA senior Mackenzie Lebeis said…

… Student United Way currently has about 30 members that help provide support for community members in need through volunteer activities throughout the year. Gregorka said while United Way of Washtenaw County…

… is more fundraising-based, Student United Way focuses on volunteer events in the community. Specifically, the club aims to provide students with volunteer opportunities outside of the United Way Day…

… of Action - a nationwide day of non-stop service events in June, which many students are unable to attend because it takes place after winter semester is over. Gregorka said the club's presence on…

… Way of Washtenaw County offered last semester. Gregorka added it's an easy way for students to get involved in the community because there is no ty service specific time commitment, and students can…

… Syria BEIRT dent Ni Syrian l "barbart day and down, sa sacring i Sarko be allow own futn "Ther ted by t arouse d Arab wo and ever Sarkozy: addressa veoc-Pou "The leave po of the Fr In Wa spokesm the viol…

… stopped. rkozy urges that if the Arab League initiative is not implemented, the interna- in leader Assad tional community will have to consider new measures to corm- to resign pel a halt to the regime…

…- sands of summer jobs in federal agencies available to students across the nation, the Washing- ton Post reported recently. Last summer, about 80 per cent of the estibmated 10,000 jobs were filled by…

… students from the Wash- ington area. But a bill introduced by Rep. Lindley K. Beckworth (D- Tex) would allot summer jobs to each state on the basis of its population. But, Civil Service Commission Chairman…

… John W. Macy said that he feels that a strict apportion- ment law is not the answer to "the difficulties experienced by members of Congress in attempt- ing to counsel high school and college stu'dents…

… rating, Macy added. The competitors would then be split into three groups according to their test scores and govern- mental agencies would be permit- ted to select employes from the high-scoring students…

…-An Arab sum-pLaely theeest-a mit meeting in Cairo, considering line has been the 49-mi ways to stop Israel from diverting. tier between Israel and the Jordan River to irrigate its Problems there have c…

… Southland, places more attention largely of the return of I on the small, but effective United By contrast the Israe Nations truce team. border, though only 45 mi The Arabs heard from their is the most…

… fearing Arab retaliation. all the other three armist No Talks together. The project has been consider- Israel Protest ed for 10 years, but the Arabs In August, Israel prot and Israelis refused to agree on a…

… the same moni which has been patrolling a gen- U THANT was a brief but violent e erally quiet border. Only Syrian of gunfire between Isra firing near the water project has When the Israeli-Arab armis…

… of equal the two countries have wo down on the size and cost of the numbers of representatives of Is- gether through the Mixed 5000-man UN Emergency Force raelis, the various Arab countries tice…

… overall report on the Is- rael-Arab armistice situation. The request was made of Nor- wegian Gen. Odd Bull, who is { a, ; a ff° ' ' chief of staff of the United Na- tions Truce Observation Organiza-to I e…

… so we'll hear from many more." To try and locate students who have not yet responded to the University's e-mail, the Dean of Students Office and the International Center are taking further steps such…

… as contacting the residence halls to find out if anyone has seen these students, Eklund added. Eklund said although she has only received responses from students who were safe from the tsunami, many of…

… destroyed," Eklund added. The University has prepared psychological sup- port for any student who has been either directly or indirectly affected by the disaster, Eklund said. Counseling and Psychological…

… Services has opened extra walk-in hours, and the University Hospital is prepared to help. The Dean of Students Office is also available for assistance. Eklund also said the University is currently…

… identifying funds to financially assist interna- tional students in serious need of aid because of the tsunami. Students attending the meetings last night were affected by the disaster in a number of different…

… hundreds of cargo bags filled with food and supplies. You couldn't even walk," he said. Beth Bovair, a RC senior and RC Student Govern- ment member, said she was heartened by the large turnout at the meeting…

… anxiety adds up to problems for some students Jan. 31, 1981 - Mathematics may not be as easy as "1-2-3." Some students, especially women, suffer from what psychologists call "math anxiety." One female…

… self-fulfilling prophecy" that stems from problems students face when they are forced to take math in college and perform poorly, giving them a sense of apprehension. In hope of remedying the problem…

… and group restriction features. Archivists at the Bentley Library hope to preserve some of the postings in order to document student and academic life for future generations. Students may opt to put…

… chance to talk more informally," she said. While students may be well aware of blogging , Folger said she hopes the blog service will open up more lines of communication between students and professors…

…. Other users include LSA's academic advising office, which often posts announcements and reminders for students. The popularity of the site among the student population still needs to be tested, Hollar…

… said. She added that the site's success depends heavily on students' first impres- sions and word-of-mouth advertising. Education senior Trevor Angood, who began a Face- book.com group for students with…

… over 500 Facebook friends, said he would use the site as another way of pass- ing on information about the University, but added that many students may still find other existing sites such as Xanga…

… Arbor native, weeping and veiled, appeared on a new videotape aired yesterday by Al-Jazeera, and the Arab television station said she appealed for the release of all Iraqi women prisoners. The video was…

… GEOFFREY EARLE AMITAVA MAZUMDAR Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles…

… tensions between Arabs and Israelis persist in the Middle East, members of the Jewish and Muslim communities here at the Uni- versity are attempting to put their differences behind them and promote greater…

… understanding. By cooperating to form Jews and Muslims for Better Understanding (JAM), students are taking an important step in bridging the perceived cul- tural chasm between the two groups. JAM was formed when…

… the University's Is- lamic Circle contacted Hillel, the University's Jewish student organization, and expressed its concern about the recent anti-Semitic vandalism at the Hillel building. The two groups…

… called JAM Session, and even and attend each other's religious services. Various field trips, such as one to an Ann Arbor mosque, have also been considered. The Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East has…

… naturally been the central cause of continued ten- sion between the Jewish and Muslim communities (recognizing, of course, that not all Arabs are Mus- lim, and not all Muslims are Arabs). The perpetual…

… ' cultures have common ground. The immigrant experience inAmerica ofthe two communities have striking similarities. Both Jews and Arabs have faced oppression and discrimina- tion in the United States. It is…

… disappointing to see the Arab-Israeli conflict -although, certainly a serious issue - create enemies of potential allies. The ideals enacted by those who formed JAM is a model worthy of examination by other…

… game. We hope that in the future Michigan will exercise greater care in hiring competent officiat- ing personnel. Brian Blanchette Engineering first-year student Brett Cooper LSA first-year student David…

… Scott LSA first-year student Deportations violate international law To the Daily: Thanks to the Daily for the editorial ("Deportations endanger peace," 1/13/93) about Israel's deportation of 415…

… students at the University of advocate Ralph Nader, Comptrol- Michigan. News phone: 764-0562. Second ler General Elmer Staats, repre- Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- sentatives of citizen groups and…

… joint'strategy against Israel I I i r CAIRO (Reuters) - Foreign and Arab lands, informed sources say; defense ministers f r o m the 18 it will be submitted to an ArabI member states of the Arab De…

…- summit conference for ratification.i fense Council met here yesterday The secretary-general of the to draw up a unified military stra- Arab league, Mahmoud Riad,1 tegy against Israel. blamed Arab…

… foreign ity items to be discussed during minister, told Arab defense and the three-day council. foreign ministers: "Arab negli- If the council agrees on a joint gence has led to our failure to lib- military…

… plan to regain captured erate the Arab territories.'' seniority system- attacked "We have committed many mis-: takes in the past and are still mak- ing mistakes with the result that we are now incapable…

… by ther bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong in which thousands of civilians were claimed killed or injured. The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students at the University of Michiaan. News phone: 764…

….m. 341 South Main 769-5960 By Reuters Syrian and Israeli forces fought a series of air and ground battles over the Golan Heights Monday and. Syria called on other Arab rmiies to move immediately to…

… called on other Arab states and armies to move immediately to take their place along the bat- tle line with Israel. The appeal, broadcast in an official commentary over Dama- scus radio, said Syria hoped…

… that the Arab states' attitude would not be confined to moral support and "statements from a dis- tance." Arab silence would give the Israelis the opportunity to pre- pare for a new "expansionist leap…

…" which would lead to the loss of additional Arab territory, it said. "The voice of the Arab masses . calls for all Arab states and armies to take their normal place along the confrontation line against…

… Israel in order to accom- plish the 'historical and sacred mission of liberating Arab terri- tory," the statement added. i _._ - - - ---- --- OVERBECK BOOKSTORE WILL BE OPEN Join The Daily CIRCULATION…

… attacks on Kuwait, Arab Crfrdiplomatic sources said yesterday. The Syrian initiative could mark a breakthrough in attempts to end the seven-year Iran-Iraq war, which has threatened to engulf other na- tions…

… in the strategic, oil-rich region. As Iran's main Arab friend and only significant ally, Syria is uniquely placed to mediate between Tehran and the Arab states, most of whom support Iraq. There was no…

… off mom's home dication how long the Iranians might hold off unleashing a new push. Lighter safety examined New Year's resolutions Students crowd the Central Campus Recreation Building's indoor track…

…-shirts for 1988 and worn by U of M Seniors everywerel Be creative and turn in your design to the Student Alumni % . Council, 200 Fletcher St., by January 25, before 5pm. ytX fWinner will be announced on…

… violence erupts RAMALLAH, Israeli occupied West Bank - A fight with rocks and tear gas between young Arabs and Israeli troops drove a visiting U.S. senator from a refugee camp yesterday, the end of a month…

… of rioting that cost at least 24 Arab lives. Seven Palestinians were reported wounded Thursday. Soldiers used rubber bullets and tear gas, some of it dropped from helicopters, against protesters in the…

… October through De- cember, a traditionally slow auto sales season. EXTRAS' Sprinkler surprises bookstore Some students at the semi-annual book rush at the Michigan Book and Supply store had to wade through…

… - No. 68 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates: January through April - $15…

… in Ann Arbor, $22 outside the city. 1988 spring, summer, and fall term rates not yet available. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and the National Student News Service. Editor in…

…THE MICHIGAN AILY Students Will Meet .Today In International Center To Found Organization Arab students of the University will gather at 5 p.m. today in the Inter- national Center to organize the…

… first Arabic Culture Society ever to exist on campus, Ismail Khalidi, Grad., ex- vhange student from the American University in Beirut, Lebanon, an- nounced yesterday. Following the example of other na…

…- tional and racial groups, the Arab students intend to establish an organ- ization in which all students and faculty members interested in the study of Arabic culture and language are invited to join…

…. Khalidi empha- ized the fact that not only Arabs are eligible to join. 'Thr will be no politicalor economi issues discussed at the group's meetings, he com- mented. The new society, the name of which in…

… Arabic is Al-Thaqfa, will pursue its study of Arabic culture through debates, lectures, discussions and pub- lications, Khalidi said. There are at present on campus about 25 Arabs, coming from Syria…

…, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq. The interest in Arabic culturerhere has been increased by the University's establishment of exchange scholar- ships with the American University.- Miners Are Trapped HUNTINGTON…

…Sixty-Ninth Year EDITED AND NIANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICII. * Phone NO 2…

… members default the proposed rebirth of the student exchange program with the Free University of Berlin? Can it be that SGC cannot af- ford the relatively small sum it would cost to send two of our students…

… to Berlin In exchange for one German student? Certainly the cost cannot be too great for a University of our size and repu- tation, or is it? Could it be that our student body is indifferent to the…

… distributed from Mon., i 1 INTERPRETING THE NEWS: 'Reds Gan in Near East i By WILTON WYNN Associated Press Correspondent CAIRO - It is clear that the Arab world is more gravely threatened today by Com…

… students at the University of Michigan Letters to The Daily Thursday, January 30, 1975 News Phone: 764-0552 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mi. 48104 Frank reappraisal needed TN THE LIGHT of the budget…

… buildings of its ilk, the adminis- tration can do the same. WHY IS IT THAT budget cuts al- ways threaten students in the form of increased education costs, TA's in the form of reduced compen- sation…

… policy against the Arab people, both in the Arab states adjacent to Israel and in the Arab-Persian Gulf area. The power of the Israeli state is currently directed against peaceful Lebanese vil- lagers and…

…- tinian refugee camp at Naba- tiva, the death and maiming of hundreds of Arab civilians, the destruction by explosives of scores of civilipn homes and the laving to waste of large tracts of agricultural…

… destroyed homes and more de- nuded fields. It has been in reaction *o suh large-scale destruction of Arab life, property, and even nation- hod for the last 25-30 years that the Palestinian liberation move…

…- ment has developed, with the backing of the Arab people, and has engaged in resistance, so piously decried by Israel as "terror". ISRAEL HOPES, apparently, to continue the process of de- populating…

…, not only to Palestinians and Lebanese villagers, but to all the Arab peoples and thus must be counteracted by all the resources available to the Arabs as a whole. Such aggressive activity by Israel…

… against southern Leonnon must be seen within the general context of imperialist policy in the Arab world, led in the main by the United States. The Unit- ed States is moving more and more into the Arab…

…-Persian Cuiff area in a number of guises in hopes of consolidating its dom-- ination of the oil resources of the Arab people. GUNBOATS are now making their appearance in the Arab- Persian Gulf, as well as en…

… number of which will now likely increase. THE PURPOSE of these mov- es in the Gulf by the United States is to maintain its dom- ination over the oil resources of the Arab people. What the U.S. government…

…S ri .. _I err.. '. - e fr4iian Dait1 Eighty-three years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan All ethics aside for Mayor Jim 420 Maynard St:, Ann…

… imagination. Paul O'Donnell is a Univer- sity student in foreign lan- guages and journalism. He has spent most of his college career studying in France and Spain. Gen. Francisco. Franco Le Perthus on the Fren…

… pre-occupied with Nix- on's sanity and his character flaws." -Steven McClure '72 Jan. 29 Regeneration To The Daily: LEE GILL'S resignation as SGC President paves the way for the regeneration of student…

… govern- ment at Michigan. As an observer or participant in student govern- ment since 1969 perhaps my per- spectives are of a little interest. Until early 1972 SGC had its ups and downs but on the whole it…

… was a reasonably representative and sometimes influential body. I t s supportive role in the 1970 BAM strike was quite important, and its attainment of student control over the present Office of Special…

… Ser- vices and Programs was an ad- pretense of restoring democratic student government. There remains no excuse for the corporate University to meddle in student affairs. SGC ought to en- act a…

… workable new constitution - perhaps as a federation of school and college governments - b u t whatever form it takes, all students should repudiate continued Admin- istrative/Regental usurpation of student…

… self-determination. -Bob Black '73 Jan. 10 obfuscation To The Daily: ON DECEMBER 6, an advercise- ment on Arab racism and anti- Semitism was published in t h e Michigan Daily. Even if We as- sume that…

… all of the examples of racism and persecution of minori- ties by the Arabs are correct, the article still did not clarity t h e issues directly relating io the Arab-Israeli conflict and diI not…

… contribute to producing an atmos- phere in which these problems might be rationally discussed. For years Arab propagardists have tried to argue that the on y- solution to the Arab-Israeli con- flict was the…

…, saying it is "obvious" that students next year will face higher tuition. Duderstadt pointed to the fact the state finances only about half of the University's general fund, so tuition increases have to…

… make up for the rest. The cost of education rises every year, and the University will have to charge students to compensate, Duderstadt said. "We will get a tuition increase of some kind," he said…

… by JOHN MUNSON Rabbi Meir Kahane, a member of Knesset, the IsraeliParliament, speaks last night to about 200 at the Ramada Hotel in Southfield. Conttroversial rabbi wants to expel Arabs from Israel…

… 200 last night of the "threat" Arabs pose to Israel and the "problems" with American Jewry today. About 20 protesters picketed the speech outside the Southfield Ramada Hotel and local Jewish and Arab…

…. Kahane believes all Arabs should relocate outside the state of Israel. See RABBI, Page 3 14 win spring break vacation in Jamaica calendar contest By LOUIS STANCATO The female model finalists for the…

… scenes for a calendar for the 1987-88 academic year. As of press time last night, the names of the winners had not been announced. The judges, who include a professor, students, and a professional…

… photographer, will select the student winners. Both men and women will be featured in the calendar, with men's final interviews tomorrow afternoon. Each student contestant must model both formal and casual…

… several men shouted "Hurt me!" and "We want flesh!" four women strutted through Dooley's bar last night, modeling lingerie. Outside, 30 University students protested the event. Calling the show sexist and…

… entering the bar. "Maybe we won't buy the alcohol, Israeli Knesset Member speaks out against Arabs, despite criticism. OPINION, PAGE 6. The Michigan Theater is planning a "massive" production to celebrate…

… s. eroup $100,000 other gifts," he said. BUSTAMANTE said the second Arab League con- tribution turned up when Jackson asked him- to review the records of several of the PUSH groups. "I don't think he…

… of the PUSH groups has gone to Jackson's presidential campaign. President Ronald Reag Room at the White H second term as preside didates, but his camps from other Republican Arab donors give Jackson…

… MEETING FOR ALL INTERESTED STUDENTS: FEBRUARY 2, 1984 3050 Frieze Bldg. - 4:00 p.m. STUDY ABROAD 764-4489 HEBREW PROGRAM 764-3016 Recall election may I I E !1 alter Sen at LANSING, Mich. (UPI) - Voters…

… the region. (DIe Iir igan aily Tuesday. January 31, 1984 Vol. XC! V-No. 100 (ISSN 0745-967X) The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday…

… Editor .....................JANET RAE Levy. Tim Mokinen, Adam Martin. Mike McGraw. News Editor...................... GEORGE ADAMS Scott McKinley, Barb McQuade, Liso Nofen, Phil Student Affairs Editor…

…-generation college student and an Arab- Muslim woman, I quickly realized that, as I sank into my seat in the corner of that auditorium in the Chemistry Building, the odds weren’t really in my favor…

… Safawi Ashley Zhang Sam Weinberger FINN STORER Managing Editor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since…

… signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors. EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS What the Empowered Arab Sisterhood has done for me MARIA ULAYYET | COLUMN C ulture shock. For…

… school, a moment I had been waiting for for years, had been so discreetly stolen away from me. As both the oldest child and oldest girl in my Arab immigrant family, going away for college had…

… been out of the question until my junior year. My parents told me if I could get into a good school, I could move out for college. Seeing my hard work as a student go to waste was my greatest…

… — better known as the Empowered Arab Sisterhood — the first and only nationally recognized predominantly- Arab sorority. Nearly a year and a half later, with my 14 sisters by my side, I can…

… the space I never knew I needed, but in reality, I was drowning without it. As Arab women, many of us the daughters of immigrants, our presence of simply being at the University of Michigan…

… is stigmatized. For me, a lot of Arab women from my hometown either didn’t go to college or went to local schools. Going away was almost always out of the question. Simply being at Michigan…

…: the network. One of EAS’s many purposes is to fill this gap. By bringing together the most ambitious and passionate Arab women leaders on campus, it is creating a network of young…

… other up and helping each other reach their academic and professional goals. We want to break the stigma against Arab women in leadership roles. Throughout my life as an Arab woman, I…

… focus more on the natural sciences, and another semester centered to break n the view ddle East ithic - all Arab, n -even )meone e abroad." Christine Fergus Rackham student upon the social sciences…

… a.m. to 9 p.m. MSA sponsors website for cheaper books To provide textbooks at a cheaper price, the Michigan Student Assembly sponsors DogEars.net, a website that allows stu- dents to exchange their…

… textbooks with other students across the nation. Currently, 2,883 students are regis- tered under the website and 1,61 text- books are listed, ready for sale. There are no advertisements on the site and the…

… website also includes books from 43 other colleges. Students can go to www.dogears.net to register and begin browsing for books to buy and sell. CRIME NOTES Trespasser escorted out of restricted area On…

… department had to reschedule its courses. But despite the damage, faculty and students said the University had handled the disaster well as most classes were not canceled. The fire occurred on Dec. 24 at 10 p…

…. The article should have said Brown Theme semester focuses on Middle East New semester aims to educate students more on the region By Melissa Ackerman For the Daily For students who have been curious…

… about the Middle East, the School of Literature, Science and the Arts is here to lift the veil. Students will have a number of opportunities to learn about the Middle East, from mastering the art of Ara…

… the University Musical Society's Arab World Music Festival Series. Marcia Inhorn, director of the Center for Mid- dle Eastern and North African Studies, said the theme semester is "all-inclusive" in…

… terms of how it encompasses region, time-span and medium. It strives to include as many Middle Eastern coun- tries as possible. "We tried to make this very inclusive and broader than just the Arab world…

…I "Yeah - I'm Still In" Sixty-Eighth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVE~RSITY OF MICHIGAN When Opinions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICAONS Truth ,Wii…

…I Preval"' STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. " Phone NO 2-3241 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This ius t be noted in all…

… considered by the Commission. Foreign students from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have long faced the problem of finding living quarters in Ann Arbor. -JAMES BOW 4 QXrN i - nAS 4 LCrO Pm"G WASHINGTON…

… at all between meetings, could fail to know the time of the symposium. But because they, at least, were not there, two of the legislators most sympathetic to students' problems could not help but be…

…-scale inquiry into United States monetary policies since the Aldrich Commission of 1908, which laid the foundation of the Federal it I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Arab-Israel Debate Continues DAILY OFFICIAL…

…. LXVIII, NO. 82 General Notices The next "Polio Shot" Clinic for stu- dents will be held Thurs., Jan. 16, only from 8:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 1:00, p.m. to 4:45 p.m., in the Health Service. All students…

… whose 2nd or 3rd shots' are due around this time are urged to take advantage of this special clinic. Students are reminded that it is not necessary to obtain their regular clinib cards. Proceed to Room 58…

… women guests must remain open during the hours of the Hop. and the chaperone- in-residence mustbe at the house. Regulations for Parties 17) Student groups wishing to have parties during the J-Hop period…

… are instructed to seek approval from the Office /of Student Affairs following usual procedures. Requests for approv- al for specific social events should be filed on or before Friday, January 17…

… said. But LSA sophomore Rama Salhi, who represented the"Arab culture, said it was important for students to also be aware of the current politi- cal situations of their cultures, since other cultures…

…. " Students can spend their lunch breaks listening to Plocki share her coach- ing experiences from noon to 1 p.m. in the Henderson Room of the Michigan League. There will also be an opportu- nity to interact…

… with the coach during a Q & A session. Career Center to hold internship fair for students The Internship Fair, today from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Michigan Union, offers students an opportunity to con- nect…

… with numerous organizations and employers. Registration is free and will take place at the event. For more information on the fair, go to the Career Center website at cpp. umich.edu. Grad student to make…

… music from * various appliances School of Music graduate student Jeff Myers will present a day-long sonic event consisting df nothing more than the amplification of.lectrically powered machines in the…

… Safety reports. The indi- vidual later returned. Student's birthday celebration comes to painful end A University student reported that he was hit by a car Saturday morning at 2:30 a.m. as he walked home…

… from cel- ebrating his 21st birthday. The student said he spent the night in University Hospital, but had no serious injuries. THIS DAY In Daily History Hockey players plead no contest to assault charges…

… escapes," he said about the department's administration. South Quad hosts first cultural carnival' By Eboni Mack For the Daily Students wishing to gain a better understanding of different cultures could…

… might not be familiar. Booths were set up by students to represent various cultural groups. Many of the booths used poster boards, ethnic foods and games to educate viewers on their cultures. LSA…

… informational ses- sion," he said. At the Israeli booth, LSA junior Roy Braid commented on the impor- tance of events to educate students about different cultures. Braid added that it is important to have…

… have instilled me with anger, moved me with passion and inspired me to become an active part of the stories around me. Being a part of the Michigan Community Scholars Program and the Arab Student…

… through college as an Arab-American, Muslim woman. Coming to the University from my predominantly Arab/Muslim city of Dearborn has been an awakening experience. I have been challenged and changed…

… more confident in doing so. Hopes of learning the stories and struggles of other brave and bright students of color, all with unique experiences and stories waiting to be heard. Hopes of helping to…

…. Shows like “Family Matters” proved there was a market for loving a non-white history. However, it never seemed like Arab history was profitable enough to make the cut. Though my family went…

… was never white, so I still faced problems with being a person of color. Growing up, I felt that being Arab or American were two mutually exclusive concepts because we act like they are. That is…

… what lead me to Michigan in Color. The Arab culture that I have been surrounded by my entire life is important to me, and I wanted to express its significance while helping others do the…

… same. This is my first step to creating my own quilt which I lost many years ago, or maybe it’s finding the blanket I never knew existed. For me, I may not be actively involved in the Arab…

… community, but I am still Arab and American. Every day, I used to watch Nick at Nite and see people of varied skin tones, but none of those skin tones were mine. Even today, I don’t think I have any…

… Arab-American idols that are represented in media. It’s easy to sell your culture in exchange for a job, to buy that fancy VCR or social acceptance. However, it starts with me to pick up the thread…

… Palestinian Solidarity Committee (PSC), formerly called The Nov. 29th Committee for Palestine; the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS); and the Association of Arab-American University Graduates (AAUG…

…Council opposes PIRGIM fee) (Connedrom PageD ) Engineering students support the idea of a group like PIRGIM, but do not respect the fact that PIRGIM wants to rely on student apathy to get money." But…

… Judy Hyslop, LSA senior and chair of PIRGIM's Board of dir- ectors, maintains that students over- whelmingly supported the fee. "We, as students, put it on the ballot and over 69 percent (of the students…

… who voted) wanted the fee," Hyslop said. L. J. Stock, a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering and exe- cutive vice-president of the council, said, the Engineering students passed the resolution for…

… two reasons. } First, several Engineering stu- dents feel they were tricked intc signing petitions last year that 34 helped support the present PIRGIM x" fee. Many students thought they I were…

… supporting a positive checkoff .! system for the fee, which means that F- a student has the option on the . student verification form of giving s money to PIRGIM. Under the new system, students automatically…

… have the 75 cent PIRGIM fee tacked onto their tuition t unless they fill out a form at the end of CRISP and put it in a drop box at v the exit. PIRGIM then sends the i+ students a check for the 75 cents…

…. +n The council also supports the petition because its members feel that PIRGIM has an unfair oppor- 'v tunity over other student organ- ,t..izations. Stock said that no other P student group can tack a…

… fee on to students' tuition The resolution calls for the present funding contract between the student government and PIRGIM to be ended immediately. However, it 6 states that the termination shall in no…

… way affect PIRGIM's right to apply for money from MSA's General Fund. Students can also give PIRGIM money on their own, the council notes in the resolution. The petition, co-sponsored by Steve Angelotti…

… grew out of a query posed Publicity Seminar for Student Organizations An introduction to the fundamen- tals of Publicity, covering a broad range of topics. WHEN: Wed., Jan. 25-2-5 p.m. WHERE: Conference…

… Rooms 1 & 2 Michigan Union CONTACT: Mandy Gordon Student Organizations Coord. 763-0077 * * *NO CHARGE* * * ngay ministers: by the New York City presbytery, the may take divergent courses on the local…

… forced out of Arab lan- ds shortly after the 1948 War of Inde- pendence. "They were never put into refugee camps for 19 years," he said. He also said 41 per cent of Israel's present day population 'is made…

… up of Jewish refugees from Arab countries who were "absorbed into the econo- my." GRAUEL ALSO defended the Israeli settlements in the Sinai desert which has been one of many barriers plaguing the…

… an accident, as Sadat offered to come to Israel and Begin accepted," said Grauel. Grauel, however, pointed out that Israel has recognized the existence of the Arab states for three decades and has…

… continuously offered to negotiate did notdirectly with the Arabs. did not d Israel has been saying for years it c body would meet with Arab leaders any- tifying where and suddenly Sadat comes along retaryand…

…. Conference Room FRIDAY, January 27 4-6 p.m. Office of Minority Affairs Rackhom Student Government TEST ANXIOUS? Does test anxiety cause you to -Freeze on exams? -Have trouble studying? -Do more poorly in…

… program for students specifically in- terested in the reduction of Math anxiety. (sta- tistics, economics.) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL at Centicore 2-3 p.m. 764-6311 K-117 W. Quad Institute for Human…

…. S. oil compa- nies cut off supplies of Arab oil to U. S. military forces last No- vember. Business Week magazine reported Dec. 1 that Saudi Arabia warned it would fight any flow of oil by tightening…

… con- taxes that oil companies can cre- trols." oir ion Applied in areas as a Tool nal Change" Rm. 2059 MKRI Mi., Rm. 1057 MHRI S ad at returns after touring Arab capitals N q SONY." STR-6036A…

…. A XI 336 South State 769-4980 Open unt see COED Frat! 761-6133 0 _ . , POSITIONS NOW OPEN FOR, Central Student Judiciary (All-Campus Supreme Court) WHO CAN APPLY? Any student at the University…