October 11, 2007 (vol. 118, iss. 28) • Page Image 7
… Macomb. "The Michigan counties rep- resent a fairly good cross section demographically of the whole state," Keating said. BENJI DELL/ One hundred students are enrolled in the introductory modern Arabic…
… what they want to do." Michael Bonner, acting chair of the department of Near Eastern Studies, said students who study Arabic for more than two years usually have a career goal in mind. Many of those are…
… language course this fal. CROWNING CAMPUS ROYALTY ARABIC From page 1A Near Eastern Studies and reli- gious studies professor at Univer- sity of Illinois, said the Sept. 11 attacks and the resulting…
… increase in media coverage of Arab nations encouraged more people to study Arabic. "It made the Arab world and the Muslim world front and center in a lot of people's minds," Khalil said. "Before 9/11, people…
…'s knowledge of Arab nations was really quite limited." Khalil, who started studying Arabic at the University as an undergraduate in 1997, said there has been a shift in the motivations for many of those taking…
… Arabic language courses. "(Before 2001) there was a good chance of having classmates who were generally interested in the language for its own sake," he said. "Now many people see it as a requirement for…
… looking for jobs in government, military or jour- nalism. But Bonner said students' career goals don't shape the pro- gram. "We're not just producing peo- ple for the intelligence agencies," members. At…
… Zeta Psi fraternity, sopho- more Michael Weist said he saw a larger number of students take interest in his fraternity this fall than did last fall. As part of the rush committee, he said Zeta Psi took…
… Michigan Union last night. The ceremony is part of the Michigan Student Assembly's attempted revival of Homecoming week. The pair will take part in the Homecoming parade tomorrow. The parade starts at 3 p…
… Education - an organization that represents 1,800 universities - said college students often do not know enough about money to fully understand credit card offers. "Colleges know that students come to our…

















































