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… T N J 4 U L LETTERS: Arabs can overthrow Zionist apartheid To the Daily I have followed with great in- terest the debate over Israel and Palestine taking place in the pages of the Daily. I want…

… Arabs were forced off their land in order to create a "Zionist state in Palestine. 2) The expelled Palestinians and the Palestinians remaining in Israeli-controlled territory are oppressed by Zionist…

… Palestinians follow the PLO and Arab- leaders who support terrorism, the government is right to refuse to deal with them." Changing a few words, we get exactly Botha's argument for apartheid. "South Africa is…

… Jewish state of Israel is based on the nonexistence of an Arab state of Palestine. The national rights of the Palestinians cannot be realized without the abolition of Israel as a Zionist state. Abolition…

…44 OPINION Page 4 Monday, February 3, 1986 The Michigan Daily 01 be :tchgt ai Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Vol. XCVI, No. 87 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109…

…, ".. . the Israelis took the best far- mland from the Palestinians in 1948," she is ignoring British government statistics. Accor- ding to these statistice, 19.8% of the land in Israel was owned by the Arabs…

… remained owned by Arabs. Israel did not take any land away from the Palestinians. Another misrepresentation of the truth regarding her version of Israeli land acquisition is where she states that…

… theaday that the armies of five Arab nations entered Israel's border on the provocation that Israel had become an indepen- dent state, the Secretary General of the Arab League, Assan Pasha, said, "This will…

… 100,000 Egyptian troops had ammassed them- selves on the Israeli border. In less than a week, Israel was ringed in by a quarter of a million Arab troops. On May 27, 1967, President Gamal Abdel Nasser of…

… Egypt said, "Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel." I believe that the intentions of the Arabs were made rather clear to the "Israeli invaders." Nine days later, Israel made a pre…

… personal one and was regretted by the depar- tment. We believe that it might have been different, however, if the administration had con- sidered more fully the needs of students for a teacher of Becker…

…-perfect leaving pad. Smoke-but that's expected. Wait it curls-Sprouts fingers. The impossible has happened. ture, those of us on campus as well as future students have lost the opportunity to study with him and to…

… be a part of the community he created through his classes. Although this letter is written by graduate students from outside the Linguistics ; department, these students also regret his departure but…

… feel unable to speak out on his behalf. In his courses, Professor Becker offered readings intended primarily for students from linguistics and anthropology. Yet he took seriously the respon- sibility of…

….25 percent next year, if a recommendation from a student and staff housing rate studies committee is accepted. "Basically, it's an inflation driven increase," ;said David Foulke, associate director for…

… to rise 19 percent next year. THE recommendation has been passed to Robert Hughes, the director of housing, and to Henry Johnson, vice president in charge of student services. It will face the…

… workplace policy, af- ter deciding not to wait for the state to LSA junior James Jackson, one of four students on the rate study com- mittee, said the committee was recep- tive to student input. The rate…

… Navy pulled out its ships, leaving only four Coast Guard vessels, four fixed wing planes and two helicopters. There had been 10 aircraft and 15 ships on Monday. Arab groups threaten U.S. TRIPOLI, Libya…

… - Hard-line Arab groups threatened yesterday to send suicide and commando squads on raids inside the United States if it attacks Libya or any other Arab nation. Israel sent up warplanes that intercepted an…

… Revolutionary Forces of the Arab Nation issued its threat of terrorist at- tacks on the United States. It said only that a Libyan aircraft was "captured over the Mediterranean" and forced to land at an unknown…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 14, 1986 Two vie for RSG presidency By MICHAEL LUSTIG With two presidential and vice- presidential candidates for this year's Rackham Student…

… Government elec- tions, officials are hoping to attract a .larger number of voters. Two students from the Institute of Public Policy, Peggy Kuhn and Bart Edes, are running together as a challenge to current…

… six representatives were elected, only 91 of over 3600 eligible students voted. Kuhn and Edes decided to run because they object to the "radical nature" of the current RSG. They do not approve of RSG…

… prioritizing national and international affairs ahead of student concerns. Edes sees the current RSG as a "clique" who represents the opinions of a small minority of Rackham stud- ents. If elected, Kuhn and Edes…

… will commission a poll of Rackham students to lc rn what the students want to have done. RESPONDING to Kuhn and Edes' charges of radicalism, Baker said that RSG "represents a distinct viewpoint - that of…

… budget cuts made in Federal programs for education, contrasted by an increase in the defense budget, should be of concern to graduate students because many of them receive some kind of financial aid and…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Monday, February 17, 1986 The Michigan Daily Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Vol. XCVI, No. 97 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials…

… represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board Zionism and apartheid similar Don't pay MSA T HE MICHIGAN Student Assembly will vote tomorrow night on whether to make the of- fices of president, vice…

…-president, and committee chair paid positions. If the proposal is ap- proved by the Assembly, it will go on the March ballot for approval by the student body. This proposal is a case of MSA wasting time on…

… something which has little chance of being approved by the students. University students feel firancially .drained as it is by the University and are not going to vote pay more, even the estimated five extra…

… cents a year this plan will cost. MSA President Paul Josephson claims this plan will make the of- fices available to financially disad- vantaged students and encourage officers to devote more time to…

… their duties. While the proposal may open positions to financially disadvantaged students, the problems it creates outweigh this expected reform. Because only these positions will be paid, it will create…

…I The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 11, 1986 - Page 3 MSA considers paying officers I I What's happening around Ann Arbor By MARY CHRIS JAKLEVIC The Michigan Student Assembly is expected to…

…-consuming positions of president, vice president, treasurer and committee chair, would make them more accessible to financially disad- vantaged students, and would encourage officers to put in more time on assembly…

… matters. JOSEPHSON said MSA's approval of the idea tonight would prompt a referendum on the ballot of assembly elections in March. If the majority of the student body approves, the plan will go ahead. Under…

… the College Work-Study program, federal funds would supply 75 percent of the officers' salaries. The other 25 percent would come from MSA coffers, which consist primarily of student tuition fee…

… assessments. Josephson estimated that the policy would cost MSA up to $3,000 annually. Josephson said MSA officers regularly work from 20 to 40 hours per week. "That's a lot of time to ask a student to put in…

… irrational" because a student who really needed to earn money would not run for MSA office to do it. "Any money MSA gives to students is going to be a token amount. It would only enhance the lifestyles of a…

…-"Infrared Chemiluminescence from Auroral Reactions," Chemistry, 4 p.m., room '1300, Chemistry Bldg. Amnon Cohen-"Palestine-Arab Nationalism and the P.L.O.," 1 p.m., MLB Auditorium. Mildred M. Seltzer-"A New Vision of Older…

… Israeli,-s intercept jet in effort to nab terrorists MSA urges By MARY CHRIS JALEVIC The Michigan Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution last night urging the University to bestow an honorary…

… said that the action would be a morale booster for black students on campus. Also at last night's meeting, the assembly agreed to place a referen- dum on the MSA elections ballot this spring asking…

… students to vote on a proposal requiring firms to pledge that they are "not directly engaged in supporting terrorist activity" before they are allowed to recruit on cam- pus: The referendum also asks whether…

… a committee be appointed to review the activities of the firms in the case that a portion of the student body petitions to have the firm's activities reviewed after they have accepted the pledge. "We…

… guerrilla' leaders but winding up in- stead with Syrian politicians, officials said. The plane was en route to Syria from a conference of Arab revolutionary groups in Libya, the officals said. THE AERIAL…

… Arab Airlines plane was forced by Jewish air pirates to land in occupied Palestine," the Libyan news media's term for Israel. The radio said U.S. naval units in the Mediterranean "provided full in…

… terrorism?" Jim Wirtanen, graduate student: I don't think it is an effective move on our part. Our supposed allies won't get behind what Reagan has proposed. It has to be a united effort between our allies…

… sanctions then I think it can work, but if only the United States is involved I don't think it will work. Rose Purrelli, visiting student: No because when you are dealing with terrorists they won't react…

… terrorism. An- ti-American sentiment is bringing the Arab states together. These people are angry at President Reagan and I thing they will continue to fight. John Stein, LSA junior: I think they are pretty…

… not for study but for research." However, in view of the security STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OWNED & OPERATED FAMILY HOUSING APARTM ENTS & TOWNHOUSES BEST BARGAIN are the in town problem, "It was agreed…

… that so long as the services paid for their cost through vending machines, there could be a lounge," Tonsor said. Housing my evict student (Continued from Page 1) elaborate. Other Couzens residents have…

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… Public Service Commission Monday, seeking per- mission to give customers a $55.7 million credit this winter. If approved, the plan could affect the heating bills of students in off- campus housing, since…

… student tuition," Matz said. "They would probably get maybe $1 lower." "The total amount represents a one- time gain for Mich Con from the sale of our former headquarters building, and two years of…

… eight people, three of them seriously. A group calling itself the Committee of Solidarity with Arab and Middle East Political Prisoners claimed responsibility for the bombing at the shopping arcade on the…

… may continue its educational, research and advocacy activities at the University of Michigan. The PIRGIM fee should be assessed by each student who then has the option of not paying by refusing or…

… waiving the fee." )ns for support Although the petition clearly said that PIRGIM was im- plementing a refusable fee, some students, such as LSA sophomore Faith Newman, signed the petition without…

…," according to school district superintendent Richard Ben- jamin. Benjamin refused to elaborate, ex- cept to say, "I can reassure the community that the safety and rights of the students have been, and will…

…. Profs, students fear violent Philippine elections (Continued from Page 1) mate Salvador Laurel belong, the non- violent sectoral opposition, that wishes to bring about political change through methods…

… police investigators believe Arab terrorists may be behind three bomb explosions this week, as well as the planting of a bomb on the Eiffel Tower that was safely defused. Child gives AIDS to mother ATLANTA…