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… left an uplifting work- shop at the Trotter House called the Arab Community Summit, which was sponsored by Multi Ethnic Student Affairs. The ses- sion foretold my experience with the group of drunk men…

…: It was about the prevalence of anti-Arab racism at the University. In the workshop, a Palestinian student told the story of being silenced and called an extremist in her classes, regardless of the…

… subject, after pro-Israel students realized her heritage and ganged up on her. Another Arab student described sitting in class behind two non-Arab students while they discussed how Israel should kill all…

… 4A - Friday, November 16, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily…

… Palestinians to make more room for Israel's economy. Make no mistake: Anti-Arab racism is alive and well in Ann Arbor. The day after the incident at the ATM, I told a friend about it. In turn, she relayed a…

… in Ann Arbor. I know from growing up here that this undercurrent of racism is deep, and it goes well beyond anti-Arab hatred. Beneath Ann Arbor's facade as a liberal safe haven, the police…

… the city allowed the Ku Klux Klan to demonstrate on the roof of City Hall. So how can these problems be addressed? The following are some of the solutions that were put forward by Arab Summit partici…

… 4 4A - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com L 4 MICdiian BaI*I Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor…

… Student Assem- bly and other campus governing bodies are doing a halfway decent job, you probably already know that student govern- ment elections start Thursday of this week. In case you don't already know…

… wish list for the election and for the next semester. Fellow students, the first two requests go out to you. Most impor- tant, you must vote. Unfortunately for us, from a utility-maximizingperspec- tive…

…, MSA elections are the most sen- sible election to vote in because costs are next to nil. Assuming you are a current University student, there is no registration required and you can vote from any…

… next responsibility is to put candidates on the hot seat. Many if not all of the candidates for student gov- ernment will be around campus cam- paigning, and they'll probably hand you a flyer with a…

… in case election time is the only time a mem- ber of student government ever takes your opinion seriously, make it count. Don't let them dupe you: Make candi- dates earn your vote. Candidates, the next…

… must hold yourself accountable for results. Text- book prices have been a student issue at least since Charles Woodson was a Heisman Trophy winner. Finish the job and keep us in the loop about what your…

… say that nobody knows what student gov- ernment does. Take one hour and pre- pare such a document once a semester, because it will help you lay out your goals and it will keep external stake- holders a…

… little more involved in what you're doing. It's a win-win. Five things that will revive student gov't Because I have about 75 words left, I will try to use the space to advocate for an unofficial proposal…

… way is Zionism a racist ideolo- gy. In Israel, Israeli-Arabs exercise full democratic privileges and have repre- sentatives in parliament. The country is rich with active civil society and a…

… Arabs join U.S. forces in RAND security agreement = E Nearly 6,000 Sunni Arab resi- dents joined a security pact with American forces yesterday in what U.S. officers described as a criti- cal step in…

… turned again al-Qaida and other groups. TULSA, Oklahoma Oral Roberts president says God told him to resign Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University yester- day that he did not want to…

… resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but he did so because God insisted. God told him on Thanksgiving To play: C that he should resign the next day, and eV Roberts told students…

… he has left in office. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Presi- dent Mahmoud Abbas, troubled leaders with fragile mandates for peace, told international backers and skeptical Arab…

…, the group had more mem- bers, including current MSA rep- resentatives, both Yost and Baker said. Neither student would name any other members ofthe group or say how manythere were. Hull, who found out…

…, period," he said. In March 2006, then-MSA Rep. Ari Liner had to resign after he sent an offensive e-mail to a student and the student's mother. Baker, who has been a mem- ber of the Facebook group since it…

… before student government elections. Baker is planning on starting a new student government party next semester. Although several MSA repre- sentatives said they were upset ELECTION From Page1A tee…

…,which oversees the assembly's funding of student groups. Last year's DAAP presidential candidate, LSA junior Maricruz Lopez, and vice presidential can- didate, LSA senior Sarah Bar- nard, are both running for LSA…

… year's elections, as well as echoing a few things from the previously dominant Students 4 Michigan. These include things .like expanding Entree Plus, longer library hours and more money for student…

… groups. The new MSA intern program, created this semester to famil- iarize new students with the ins and outs of the assembly, yielded a single candidate: freshman Joe Marshall, a candidate for an LSA…

…. Lebowitz-Nowak was one of the more vocal members of the assembly in calling for a Public Policy seat. He's currently an LSA representative. He was a student in the school until this semester, when he…

…) - The American Civil Liberties Union wants Central Michigan University to end its poli- cy barring a student from videotap- ing people on campus without their permission. The ACLU sent a letter to the…

… school's president yesterday say- ing the videotaping restriction is unconstitutional. Outspoken conservative student Dennis Lennox has followed assis- tant professor Gary Peters around the campus with a…

…I 4A - Monday, November 26, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com C I '* diitcga n 43atl Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. " 420 Msynsrd Sn. Ann Arbor…

… include Palestinians, Israelis, Americans and negotiators from several Arab states, as reported yesterday at CNN.com. Guns are for liberals, too 0 I fbthere is one issue that alien- ates me from my…

… Michigan athletics, is especially disappointing to me. I accommodate al fans Doug Cooper think and hope that as a university SAlumcommunity we can do better. STUDENTS ALLIED FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY The…

… fight for academic freedom Students Allied for Freedom and Equality applauds the University of Michigan Press for deciding to maintain its contractual arrangement with Pluto Press. Unfortunate- ly, open…

… senior. Ryah Aqel is an LSA sophomore. They are members of Students Allied for Freedom and Equality. TO TH E DAILY.: Reflecting upon his tenure as Homophol head football coach at the Univer- sity of…

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…. 20. A huge portion of the student body had no idea. I was hoping that this year's Day of Remembrance could be more visible on campus, with all the Awareness Week events that were planned lead- ing up…

… different perspective of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Students Allies for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) will present "Palestine through Art" at the Michigan League Hussey Room tonight at 8 p.m. The event will…

… translation of a Fr bleak reality into pow-Free erful art - hip hop has the capacity to reach past the boundaries of a single race, culture or country. In efforts to familiarize the student community with a…

… Arabic vocals and instruments, is a testament to hip hop's increasing universality. The event's centerpiece is a preview by the filmmaker and multimedia art- ist Jackie Salloum of excerpts from her…

… have the support of the student government and student body when planning an event like this." To incorporate student opinions into the process, LSA-SG posted a survey online earlier this fall. The…

…. LSA-SG and administration are now using the results of this survey to determine the specifics of this year's event. "It would be a great way to make students feel associated with LSA," Schepeler said…

…. "We feel we can make graduating more personal for students." upper quartile of the schools sur- veyed. Just 3 percent of the schools in the survey finished with an A average, while 28 percent received a…

… feat in the upcoming years. Members of existing student groups said they were enthusiastic about the networking opportuni- ties that the IHC provides. LSA junior Blase Kearney, a member of the IHC…

… organization Students Organizing for Labor Equality, said that similar attempts to form such an organization have failed in the past, but that the IHC seems to be doingthings right. "People want to bring progres…

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… students in Carol Tell's writing class will attempt to give a third life to the poems by writing their own interpretive poetry based on the plates. Koraichi, who grew up in the Sufi Muslim tradition, is a…

… native Algeri- an who speaks Algerian, French and Arabic - but not English. Luckily, a friend of the artist, Fatma Nedjari, who is also program coordinator in the School of Public Health, happened to…

… depict the spontaneous nature of raku. The Muslim tradition of Sufism places importance on knowl- edge and education through ¢ mysticism. By employing Arabic words and sym- bols, Koraichi brings his own…

… that way. These motional quirks charmed the audience, although Ma and Stottwere likely preaching to the choir (the event sold out six weeks in advance, and student tickets went in 90 seconds). Returning…

… the acquittal of Rabei Osman, an Egyptian already convicted and jailed in Italy for the Madrid bombings. Italian authorities said Osman bragged in tapped Arabic-lan- guage phone conversations that he…

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