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… the administration, rather than a huge endorsement for Kerry," he said As for Arab students, LSA junior Rama Salhi said the endorsements don't hold enough power to be the main determinant of how the…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 22, 2004 - 3 ON CAMPUS NAACP holds bash to inform students on issues, voting The University's chapter of the National Association for the Advance- ment of…

… Colored People will have a Voter Education Bash on Sunday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the William Monroe Trotter House. The event aims to edu- cate students about everything that will appear on the Nov. 2 election…

… provides info on housing options The University's fifth annual Hous- ing Fair will be Monday from 1 to 5:30 p.m. in the Michigan Union. The fair will give students the opportunity to learn about many on- and…

… off-campus housing options for the 2005-06 school year. Landlords and representatives of University Housing will be on hand to answer student questions, and city lead- ers will also provide information…

… for Greek foods and samples will be provided at this free event, which is sponsored by the Hellenic Student Association. Religious group to monitor Detroit polls By Mary DeYoe Daily Staff Reporter The…

… polling booths. Students, with the help of national and local organizations, are working to ensure that citi- zens' rights at polling sites in the city are not threatened. The groups are collaborating to…

… legal remedies," Bates said. Student volunteers are needed to ensure a fair election process, Bates said. The training work- shop will be held tomorrow at East Quad from 1 to 3 p.m.. General information…

… Wednesday evening at the hospital's park- ing lot. DPS officers made an arrest and took the suspect to the police station. THIS DAY In Daily History Student charged with sexual assault Oct. 22, 1992 - A 15th…

… January 2006. Regardless of endorsements, Rackham student Haroon Ullah said their impact will be minimal as he says Muslim voters at the University will still remain in the category of undecided voters…

… the student protests last year, the office is seeking to incorporate new ethnic communities and considering. creating positions for Arab American or Middle Eastern and biracial students. "I have to keep…

….things at an interim basis," said Aqui Pacania, adding that the office might increase in size next year. Accommodating Arab American students is important to evolve with the changing student composition, she…

…." Chaws fervent crowd By Aymar Jean Daily Staff Reporter After students protested vigorously last winter over the University's handling of diversity, the Office of Multi-Ethnic Stu- dent Affairs is now…

… reconsidering how it should be organized. This term, after hiring three new interim coordinators, MESA is forming student advi- sory groups for feedback on how to improve the organization, which promotes a sense…

… of community among minority students. Earlier this year, students formed a broad coalition called Student Voices in Action criti- In respons cizing the administra- tion. One of the issues student pr on…

… its long list of claims last year, t concerned MESA: At the time the office had nOW seeks not hired a coordinator for Latino student affairs incorporal for almost a year. ethnic cor In response, the…

… office hired coordinator Angela Munoz over the summer, along with Steve Moon and Lydia Middleton to replace the coordinators for African American and Asian Pacific student affairs, both of whom took a…

… office Sto te new nmunities. refocuses next year. "It's about talking with students, finding out who they are, where are they coming from, what are their dreams," said Munoz, whose pre- vious job was as…

… chosen based on a final inter- view with faculty, staff and students. As the office looks to get feedback from students, each new coordinator will conduct student caucuses - an offshoot of the advi- sory…

… council on the Trotter Multicultural Center in the Division of Student Affairs. Each caucus will be composed of students from various ethnic communities and will offer recommendations on MESA. These…

… the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities. The Greek system has its own disciplinary mechanisms and national fraternity and sorority organizations may also take action against local chapters…

…. Other parts of the Division of Student Affairs such as Coun- seling and Psychological Services and the Sexual Abuse Preven- tion and Awareness Center are extending outreach and support for those involved…

… Arab American Institute last year that the building of the wall was "coun- terproductive." "I know how disheartened Palestin- ians are by the Israeli government's decision to build a barrier off the…

… said Abrams has little experience in the Middle East affairs and his "strange partisan" views and support for Israel's right wing Likud party make him unfit for the job. Arab American leaders have also…

… pointed to the appointment of Abrams as a setback to Palestinian interests. President of the Arab American Institute James Zogby said Abram's appointment in 2002 was "a very dan- gerous message to the Arab…

…. The Arab Student Association and the Jordanian Student Association are co-sponsoring the event. Nader's running mate to speak in Michigan Union Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader's running…

… Silence" at noon today on the Diag. Students who wish to participate are encouraged to wear all black and stand in silence on the Diag in honor of those who stay silent because of homophobia and anti…

…-gay violence. Middle Eastern cultures to be AMPlified on Diag The Lebanese Students Association is holding an "AMPlify Your Culture" event today on the Diag from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The goal of the event is to…

… educate people about Arab and Middle Eastern cultures in an interactive manner. Par- ticipants will learn facts about the Arab world, receive henna tattoos, learn to write names in Arabic and eat baklava…

… because it is specifically aimed at overturning voting roadblocks that both Asian and Arab Americans face. "People are paying attention to the voting rights of students and other minorities, but not a lot…

… of people are paying attention to the barriers Asians and Arabs face," she said. "When we do this we are trying to bring it in a new direction by focusing it on them." But as the defense fund and its…

… polling site issues. Chang said in addition to providing guidance to voters, the 60 to 70 student volunteers from the University will monitor polling sites in Detroit, Hamtramck, Dearborn and Ann Arbor by…

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… begins at 7:30 a.m. For more information, call the Make-A-Wish Foundation at (800) 622-9474. Arabic music to feature traditional, jazz overtones The Arab World Music Festival, featuring Marcel Khalife and…

… the Al Mayadtne Ensemble, will take place tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Audito- rium. Khalife specializes in the Leba- nese oud, a lutelike Arabic instrument. He performs traditional Arabic music but…

… bumped heads with another player. The injured person was transported to the emergency room of the University Hospital. THIS DAY In Daily History Off-campus alcohol taken out of Student Code Oct. 15, 1992…

… - University admin- istrators decided to remove a clause concerning illegal use of alcohol off- campus from the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities. The clause had prohibited the illegal use, sale…

…- tions from blacks decreased because of last year's strained campus climate. Last semester, dozens of University students staged protests and demon- strations, citing that the University did not take…

… diversity seriously. Several students claimed that the University was not hospitable to minorities. One of their main concerns was the William Monroe Trotter House, whose dilapidated condition spurred the Uni…

…- versity to provide some initial funding to renovate it. "A lot of people decided to go to Michigan State because of the climate," Education graduate student Kate Stenvig said, who works regular- ly with…

… black high school students in Detroit through BAMN. "I definitely hold the University responsible for it, because they just haven't done enough to make it clear that students on the campus do want an…

… that moves beyond the University of Michigan," Monts said. Since more students decided to go to the University this year, despite fewer people applying, the University may need to lower its enrollment…

…. Even though the high yield rate sug- gests that more students are willing to come to the University when accepted, Monts stressed that this is only one year's set of data, and that the admis- sions…

… installing of the auto- matic locks on student rooms, combined with effective patrolling by DPS and hous- ing security," Levy said. He added that none of the DPS reports of home invasion occurred in any…

… students to always use an Mcard to enter a residence hall. In the statement released yesterday, DPS Director William Bess also attribut- ed the drop in reported crime to increased DPS patrolling. "In…

… forcible sexual offenses also did. 1B BA TTLCONTWUBS.. Medication tied to student death By Melissa Benton Daily Staff Reporter The Washtenaw County Medical Examiner's Office released the autop- sy results…

… said Saddam Hussein "had established relationships with" the terrorist organization sometime during his dictatorship, which ended following U.S. forces' invasion of Iraq in 2002. University students and…

… questions of one another, they nonetheless entered See DEBATE, Page 5 Many students will have their first experience voting for a president on Nov. 2, and they will play a vastly different role than young…

… - or anyone - else do it for them. Abdullah added that although the media often portray Muslims in America as being Arabs, 33 percent of Ameri- can Muslims are South Asian, 30 percent are black and 25…

… percent are actually Arabs. With leaders like Muhammad Ali and even more con- troversial figures such Malcolm X converting to the reli- gion, black Muslims have become a growing and prominent population in…

… pre- scription drugs to financial aid for students, but its efforts focus mainly on money for research grants. "The University has a big research portfo- lio with the federal government. We apply for…

… power outage By Melissa Benton Daily Staff Reporter Many students' plans were ruined last night when they suddenly lost electric- ity from around 6 p.m. until about 9:10 p.m. A power line failure knocked…

…- erties off campus seemed to be most affected. Business School student David Bick- el said at first he thought that only his house lost power, but when he went to check the fuse box, he couldn't find any…

… European and Arab nations would help convince them to augment the coalition. He would also invite NATO to assist in the training of Iraqi security forces within Iraq as well as in NATO countries. "We can do…

… today from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Various landlord and housing advocacy groups will be represented. However, some students said they have not found the fair to be beneficial in the past. "The housing fair was not…

… they plan on staying on North Campus in order to be closer to their classes. Regardless of where students want to live, they need to start looking early if they want their top housing choice, and there…

… are many resources avail- able to students looking for housing information. Rent.com, an independent nation-wide housing website, holds advertisements for those seeking to lease property. Another site…

…4 4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 21, 2004 OPINION 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily. com r An y ?u t yftzr"h ?gc EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE…

… powerful and Arab world. And they're right on all counts. followers pledged their allegiance to Osama awe-inspiring as a globe-spanning empire But we're so set in our ways that we could bin Laden. succumb to…

… things done with support understandably sparked some worries of remove the break for any reason, but mere- from the student body increased drinking, hospital visits, etc., but ly as an insurance policy, we…

… hope that this the regents' trust in our proposal and claims letter and other voicing by students to the has been shown to be well founded. Regents and administration of our approval TO THE DAILY: After…

… treat- traveling home for the extended break, and especially for first-year students trying to ed to the first Friday and Saturday nights of we wouldn't doubt that our collective mental get home during a…

… correspondingly. change for campus. Thanks to all of our fel- that silence wasn't a random occurrence. We write this letter to note this fact today low students for backing up our claims to It was fall break…

… say that the fears (despite their the Michigan Student Assembly and the Nolan is a student in the University's Law 8-0 vote in passing the fall break) held by student body failed to keep pressure on the…

… repu- was appreciated and utilized. Not that we Student Assembly from 2001 to 2002. VIEWPOINT Following through I 4 4 BY WALID EL-ASMAR In the last two weeks, more than 140 companies visited the…

… merit. Merit. Not much observation is needed to see that the international community at the University is far from being academically inferior to the U.S. community. Also, many foreign students are native…

…OPINION 4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 6, 2004 1e £k uu a 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITED ANDTMANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF…

… especially problematic when it was Bush who called for the Palestinian people to elect a new leader. While America claims to hold a mission of democratizing the Arab world, it does little to address the…

… Chirumamilla can be reached at schiruma@umich.edu. Family feud JORDAN SCHRADER PORT HURON STATEMENT he University learned three years ago that its graduate student instructors were willing to fight for their…

… students went on strike, stopping classes for a day. Within a week, the University had given them a contract that included an additional half-million dol- lars for child care. That contract will expire early…

… graduate students and their fami- lies. Their appearance in Family Housing, located in the Northwood apartments on North Campus, has angered graduate stu- dents accustomed to their own community. "We were…

… guaranteed a certain environ- ment in Family Housing," said Heather Albee-Scott, who lives in Northwood IV with her husband, a graduate student. "Our leases have been violated." Albee-Scott contends that the…

… Univer- sity allowed graduate students to sign their leases during spring term while not telling them about the undergraduates who would invade in fall. "The University, it seems, held out as long as it…

…, though not this soon. With renovations set to shut down Mosher-Jordan and Stockwell halls for a year each, starting in 2006, the University will need a place to catch the student overflow, and it's eyeing…

… Northwood. Levy said the Northwood IV and V town- houses, with 800 families, will continue to be used exclusively for student families. But the other three buildings have become fair game, and some portion of…

… them will be thrown open to younger students. "What we are evaluating is how much of the rest, of Northwood I, II and III, are still available for Family Housing," he said. Of course, it's unlikely that…

…~ens~ia) Policies leave room for stereotypes Students aim to repair public view of Islam in weekiong program By Michael Kan Daily Staff Reporter It can be a look, an expression or their entire attitude, but…

… turned from a regular American citizen to a sus- pected terrorist. "I was going to Saudi Arabia and I had an Arab name. Fit two and two together and you can figure it out," he said. Waiting in line among…

…, the event lin- gers in his mind and reminds him how difficult it is to be a Muslim in the United States. Starting today, the Muslim Students' Associa- tion hopes to counteract those difficulties with…

… years have seen the importance of that goal increase dramatically as the stereotypes have multiplied. Since Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, many Muslim students at the University like Tarsin say they have…

…. "There's even a bit of arrogance toward me." But to Johnson, the reason for this uneasiness is not that he lacks the "We know tha lot of students diversity, but it does not mean won't be sterec Director…

… promote diversity in the country's education sys- Stheretem and affording edu- cational opportunities to Otyping. disadvantaged minority groups. John Matlock, Yet for students like ffice of Academic Johnson…

…, the admis- sions policies have had cultural Initiatives an unspoken side effect - causing some non- minority students to believe minorities are getting a free pass into one of the nation's top…

… DIVERSITY, Page 7A qualifications, but rather the fact that he is black, making him a target of a stereotype that labels some minority college students as unworthy to attend the University. The stereotype…

… volunteer day By Ekjyot Saini and Katie Schaufelberger Daily Staff Reporters Saturdaymorn ings in collegearetra- ditional ly reserved for sleeping late but this Saturday, 180 students rolled out of bed…

… universities and 2,000 students nationwide, and by last year grew to 200 universities and organizations and more than 7,000 volunteers. IASA Community Service co- chairs Heeral Sheth and Ryan Ham- PETER…

… or Arab Student As I and the other passers-by gathered more to the left, while the United States keeps a Associations sponsor it. They were there as part around the crying child, and her sister brushed…

…4 4A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 11, 2004 OPINION .u 4140 NMAY\\C) STREET I e ltcbtguu ad1 thedazly@rnichigaridaily . co EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT TlE UNIVERSITY OF…

… affirmative action, wouldn't he be willing to give up his seat in the Law School in the interest of "diversity?" The Law School, coincidentally, recently sent an e-mail to its students explaining that the only…

… two little Israel would diminish. The ADL and similar pro- of the Persian Students Association, so I did help girls exiting a ballet studio. The mother was Israel groups have the lobbying funds to sway…

… excited little children. anti-Semitic." This is a false understanding of why and the Persian Students Association along with As the children danced circles around their the United States supports Israel…

… on the policy on a Palestin- The Lebanese Students Association did not host skittered across the sidewalk to my feet. ian state. Some are more to the right and some are the event, nor did the Jordanian…

… students worked on chatting. Even as I reached the corner of vative post-colonialist policies that dictate that the night and day to bring this wonderful event to us, South University Avenue, she was still…

… as student population is, we do not need observed that the United States maintains a one- First, on reporting on campus events, you had incorrect facts reported to us on top of it all. sided policy on…

… for mosques and tasty kebabs into a symbol of Arab pride and defiance of the United States throughout the Islamic world. A videotape obtained yesterday by Associated Press Television News fea- tured a…

… terrorists. Although Fallujah leaders insist there are no more than a few foreign fighters in the city, Arab journalists who have visited say they heard non-Iraqi accents at some checkpoints. U.S. and Iraqi…

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… true for students and full time residents alike. We're getting less for more from city government. Guided by sound business principles - competition, benchmarking and partnerships - I will drive the…

… student who was killed by her boyfriend in 1997, while also raising awareness of domestic violence issues and increasing interest among faculty and students in research and training oppor- tunities in the…

…. parole: l t r r i r 7 r Residents clash over black busmess distnct at hearing DETROIT (AP) - Hispanic, Asian American, Arab Ameri- can and black activists yesterday appealed to the City Council to…

…- ery, we were 40 acres e. We never at least give acres" ic American Chamber of Commerce, the American Arab Chamber of Commerce and Black Chamber of Commerce also asked u the council to rescind the…

… from the party zone I often like to refer to as the "crunka- lation epicenter." Okay so for those of you that aren't squealing, "Oh, but whatever will my roommate say! He/She is such a diligent student…

…- tional student from Russia, Uri. Play your cards right and soon enough that totally fit guy/girl of your choice will be cold lampin' in your crib to the sweet strains of D'Angelo or possibly Young Buck…

… yes. All night, they've been sitting at a table with their literature laid out and their bumper stickers that say "Vote for the Arab." They want to let everyone here know that there's an option besides…

… stations not only are eyesores, but also are envi- ronmental hazards as well, the may- or's office said. Nasser Beydoun, executive direc- tor of the Arab American Chamber of Commerce, whose members own many…

…. Dioxin is an ingredient in Agent Orange and a byproduct of Dow man- ufacturing and incineration practices dating back a century. Commitment. It sets us apart. School of Information master's students serve…

… communities in Ann Arbor, in other states, and on other continents. More than 50 of our students participated in Alternative Spring Break in Washington, D.C., and New York City. Others have organized community…

…'s orientation programs were run by 41 volunteers, including students, retired faculty and members of the Ann Arbor community. Altamirano said many of the volunteers were international students, who were…

… Altamirano. International students are required to attend orientation at the start of the term. They receive practical informa- tion and advice on how to manage their finances, find employment on campus and…

… smoke," Frajun told The Associated Press after crossing into the nearby Israeli resort of Eilat. "We were hysterically looking for the child. In the end we found him sitting outside with an Arab guest of…

… caused by a car bomb outside the reception area. Some witnesses reported seeing the wreckage of a car. laws, culture and the academic environ- ment at the University. For many international students…

… transi- tion for international students, such as last week's Re-Orientation, where ses- sions were held on topics such as time management and students were given an opportunity to ask questions. Nina…

… Metodieva, a student who trans- fered from Bulgaria, said the Interna- tional Center could help students from the same countries meet each other. "I know there's another student from Bul- garia here, but I…

… don't know who he is or how to contact him," she said. For now, no new cuts to the center 's budet are in sight. Thomas All, direc- tor of finance and human resources for the Division of Student…

…." Altamirano echoed All, saying, "we deal with issues as we go, but there have not been a lot of changes. Our main issue is to serve our students as best as we can. Things look encouraging." - Esther Fang…

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… in the state House, and he received 78 percent of the vote in the August primaries against Sheagren. Because a large part of his constituency is made of University students, faculty and staff, Kolb has…

… University. Kolb supports a mass transit system from Ann Arbor to Detroit, particularly for out-of- state students who have trouble finding trans- portation to Detroit Metro Airport. Kolb has also been…

… States will bear the costs of the war, the occupation and the reconstruction of Iraq alone," he said. But Dingell added that Americans should support its troops. His stance on the Arab-Israeli con- flict…

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…-hosted presidential debate, Debate airs views of all candidates (10/27/04), made a critical error in stating that the debate included student representatives from the Socialist Party. Joseph Tanniru, who the article…

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… many times a civilian, and then I went in with them, wearing a flack jacket with the soldiers. You know, because, on the one hand, I can pass for Iraqi. I can speak enough Iraqi Arabic to get in and out…

… of a taxi, ask questions. But then the minute I'm a sol- dier, I'm very evidently American. But then I can say things in Arabic and ask them to talk to this guy. They'd been tearing down posters of one…