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…OPINION Page 4 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Vol. XCVII, No. 88 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial…

… foreign affairs PIRGIM has long been a voice for students and others concerned about issues related to the public interest. Tonight, MSA votes whether or not to endorse an effort to keep PIRGIM alive on…

….25 refusable fee for PIRGIM in addition to the mandatory fee each student already pays to MSA. The other report, supported by committee members Eric Schnaufer and MSA president Kurt Muenchow, rejects associating…

… promised to pay all of MSA's legal fees. Additionally, PIRGIM has said it will pay the salaries of any work- study students needed to provide the administrative help to allocate the money. The strongest…

… argument which can be made against the passage of the proposal is that a refusable fee takes advantage of students who may not support PIRGIM, but who do not take the time to refuse to pay. In the petition…

… to put PIRGIM on the SVF, the student majority endorsed a refusable fee in principle. It would be irresponsible for MSA not to add its voice to that of the majority of the students. MSA should support…

… the ballot proposal which allows students an opportunity to reject the MSA sponsored funding mechanism in the March election. If students have changed their minds either about PIRGIM or the concept of a…

… savages," said Amr El- Bayoumi, an Arab student. He concluded, "the issue always gets ignored." The INS charged the nine Los Angeles individuals with being affiliated with the Popular Front for the…

… "home lunch or play basketball. He said he never combat racism . without lectures to junior high school 'away from home." has visited Williams' home and his talking about it and pretending it students in…

… years, Williams has also participated in the University's athletic mentor program, which pairs faculty with student athletes for additional support and guidance. Williams, who played football in high…

… school, said being a mentor campus, but they are students who have the same concerns or problems as other students," he said. W I L L I A M S guides four football players: Pharmacy sophomore John…

… panel and has helped coordinate United Way Housing Division. Williams voices concerns about current issues which affect students' present and future lives, but he said, "Before we go out and preach…

… ;David Roland, a third year law student, speaks at a rally held by the November 29th Day Committee for Palestine, protesting the arrest of .nine Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine supporters in…

… Los Angeles. Students protest ,imigration law By CALEB SOUTHWORTH Approximately 30 students tallied on the Diag yesterday at (on to protest what they described as a discriminatory federal law. The…

… offense for any on-citizen to be affiliated with a Communist organization. Four student speakers said the arrests are attacks on civil rights and freedom of expression and members of the committee urged…

… demonstrators to lobby Congress to repeal McCarran-Walter through a letter-writing campaign. David Roland, a third year law student and a speaker at the rally, said the INS can use the law to persecute proponents…

… before the rally that "stereotyping of Arabs as terrorists or hostage-takers is prevalent in the media while it is their land which has been taken from them." "The media chooses to focus on terrorist…

… in 1995. For students in Prof. Raymond Tanter's Political Science 353 class - The Arab-Israeli Conflict - it's reality. For 11 weeks this semester, 185 students will take the roles of various world…

… HENRY CHO Students and professors in the } Soviet Union are deprived of their freedom not through blatant oppression, but through a carefully controlled academic system, according to Dr. Alexander Gold…

… universities. Science students must state their acceptance atheist doctrines in order to pass a required scientific atheism See SCIENTIST, PAGE 3 Kidnappers may trade with Israel BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Moslem…

… kidnappers were reported trying to strike a deal with Israel yesterday that would free 400 Arab prisoners in exchange for three Americans and an Indian held in Beirut and a captured Israeli airman. The…

… the United States takes military action. "The retaliation will be very cruel," it said in a statement delivered to the Beirut office of a Western news agency. Macwriters Students type away at the…

… drafting of a proposed code of student conduct, Rucknagel has extended his influence to some controversial and seemingly conflicting pursuits. "I don't understand how someone who believes so strongly in…

… involvement could want to limit political expression by imposing academic sanctions through a code," said Ken Weine, a Michigan Student Assembly and former University Council member. As Rucknagel leaves the…

… of a proposed code of non-academic student conduct. Serving as the co- chair of the University Council for the past two years, Rucknagel has repeatedly made it clear that he is committed to the…

… formation of an enforceable set of guidelines that would govern student behavior outside of the classroom. "I would not support putting any violations of guidelines on a stu - dent's transcript, but I think…

… go to the computing center, and suddenly you're no longer a University student, but PLO leader Yassir Arafat, attempting to retain the support of radical pro- Syrian factions while projecting the image…

… intended to initial plans a unveils project grams, rather than Petoskey). y at problems that Kurt Muenchow, president of the ;m to retention. Michigan Student Assembly, said, step in the right "As I see…

… the University becoming that we are getting more aware of the evident racism of this problem," here, I just hope that we just keep Paul Brown (D- See STUDENTS, Page 5 erracedemise BLUMENSTEIN ceful…

… University mnminent, Medical Center master plan. The ten-year-old plan mandates eventual destruction of the Uni - versity Terrace graduate student housing to make way for the hospital's growth, but Terrace…

… residents say they never knew of the plan. "All of the regents have been sympathetic to the students in the University Terrace, but our invest - ment in the hospital is just too See HOUSING, Page 5 Doily…

… Photo by Inteflex junior Anthony Varasis, a member of the United Coalition Against Racism, speaks yestei public comments at the Board of Regents meeting. About 200 students attended the meeting at t…

…4 OPINION Mpoay, February 16,)1987 Page 4 The Michigan Daily . . .... . ... ............. - - ---- et 1 Ctigan oil" Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Vol. XCVII, No…

… by the individual houses that try to initiate interaction between the two systems deserves applause. The Daily also lauds the students who are presently working on initiatives to foster interaction…

… administration has now taken Arab hostages. On January 26th, 1987, eight Palestinian residents of the Los Angeles area and one's Kenyan wife were arrested by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the…

… six charged with violating the McCarran-Walter Act, two are lawful Hilary Shadroui speaks for the November 29th Committee for Palestine and is a graduate student in history. [eporting permanent…

… residents of the U.S. The other four are not permanent residents and are also being charged with technical violations of their student or visitor visas. The remaining three are all being charged with…

… technical violations of their student or visitor visas. Two of the nine arrested individuals were finally released on bond, originally set at $25,000 apiece but, lowered to $3,000 and $5,000. The remaining…

… respected members of their community and have not engaged in any violent or illegal activites. Khader Hamide, singled out as a "leader" of the PFLP, participated in the work of the Arab American Institute…

… need to articulate their views on the war in Afghanistan, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and aid to the contras just to name a few. These are issues of student concern, to which active individuals will want…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Monday, February 9, 1987 The Michigan Daily j -1 I Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Vol. XCVII,.No. 92 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned…

… are the computers? THE CURRENT PETITION AFOOT To prevent the Michigan Student Assembly from passing resolutions regarding foreign affairs is misguided. Opponents argue that Assembly members are unable…

… to represent the students on foreign policy because these issues are not considered during the campaign process. In this case it is the campaigns, not the agenda of MSA meetings, that should change. It…

… would be irresponsible of MSA to eliminate the discussion of international issues to focus solely on University or students' rights issues. Matters of foreign policy are often areas of University…

… involvement and of concern to students. Students have the right to ask the Assembly to pass resolutions against University investment in South Africa or the United States involvement in Vietnam. The students…

… to use all means at their disposal. The core of the problem is the representativeness of the members of the Assembly. Along with student rights, foreign policy must become an issue during the campaigns…

…. MSA's legitimacy comes into question because only 15 percent or less of students vote in MSA elections. If candidates to the Assembly add issues to their campaign platforms and voter turn out increases…

…, Assembly needs to remain open to discuss all issues of student concern. Don't egg him on LAST WEDNESDAY, STUDENTS protested outside the Lawyers Club in response to Edwin Meese's prejudicial actions as…

… Attorney General. At the protest, students threw eggs and snow balls at the government officials. If the protest had remained more peaceful, the message would have been clearer. While hitting Meese with eggs…

… suicide victim could be the basis of the rumor that their roommates automatically receive a 4.0 grade point average. University officials say there is no such policy on the books, but students are familiar…

… get a 3.4." And Jim Villa, Law school senior and communication T.A., said, "I heard it was a 3.0, back in my time." The rumor has reached students in colleges throughout the state. Officials at Eastern…

… problem, such as divorce. According to Schaefer, special situations where academic performance is hurt by a crisis are handled on an individual basis. Loyer said the affected student often appeals to the…

… professor to work out an alternative, such as taking an incomplete in the class. Student Counseling Service is also available for such situations. Cheerleading coach quits under fire By BRIAN BONET…

… hostages for Arab prisoners BEIRUT, Lebanon - Newspapers in London and Israel said. yesterday secret talks were going on for a major swap that would free . foreign hostages in Lebanon in exchange for 400…

… Arab prisoners. Lebanese Shiite leader Nabih Berri said there were no talks yet but indications were positive. Berri, head of the mainstream Shiite movement Amal, made the original proposal on Saturday…

…, setting off a frenzy of rumors, reports, and speculation on the hostage crisis. Berri, who is also Lebanon's justice minister, proposed that Israel- free 400 Arab prisoners. In return, Amal would return a…

… campaign for literary billboards. And put America back on the road to literacy. This is one of the essays that earned Dov Cohen a Hopwood award. i Edited and managed by students at The University of…

… Palestinians and one Kenyan on January 26. The Daily condemns such police state tactics used by the FBI and the INS, and calls for students to join the rally to be held on the detainees' behalf on the Diag at…

…, the FBI is taking advantage of and promoting stereotypes of Arabs as terrorists., The FBI used another excuse to arrest the Palestinian sympathizerss-a law from the McCarthy era of anti-communist hype…

… number of students being forced out of the area: the number of commuting students has risen steadily from 2,561 in 1982 to 5,265 in 1986. Other statistics from the housing office show students living in…

… temporary dorm space, doubles convertedto triples, etc. Nor is the problem restricted to students, since increasing numbers of working people are being forced to move out of the area. The University is…

… responding to the situation, not by building more student housing but by tearing down existing housing. Two buildings at University Terrace (UT) are going to go to make room for additional hospital parking…

…, displacing 50 families in the process. The university administration knows that students are being forced out of the area. Last fall, Vice- President Brinkerhoff stated that planners were aware of the problem…

… priority units which are capable of attracting funds and maintaining high visibility. In effect, students and the poor are being asked to. lelp underwrite one of the richest units of the In fairness To the…

… discriminate against all women, most small/short men, handicapped students and for- eign students (everyone knows that football is an American sport, and therefore culturally biased against foreigners). If I…

…, and asked for suggestions on how the money might be used. Current plans to tear down student housing to build an unnecessary parking lot reflect badly, not only on the administration, but on the support…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Friday, February 6, 1987 The Michigan Dc il _ ^ , . 1 0,re Mt hdpganlatiglt Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan China is state Vol. XCVII, No. 91…

… clean, pro - jected figures on parking space de - ficiencies on the Medical Campus for the next eight years. These figures serve as a justification for the plan to raze student housing. It is true that…

… result, over forty students and their families are forced to seek new housing in an already overcrowded market. As opposed to some of the other University residences, the Uni - versity Terrace has…

… consideration of political issues in China, such as the recent student protests in China in favor of Western democracy. Anyone who reads the major newspapers or even most of the academic work done in the United…

…" and "bureaucrats" or "democrats" and "totalitarians" do not interest me. Although it is apparent that some people - e.g. students, intellectuals, and some peasants - want to move faster with the reforms…

…, we will examine what groups have benefited and which have lost out in China's capitalist social revolution. Women, not objects LAST WEDNESDAY 30 Ann Arbor residents andUniversity students. protested…

… extraneous purposes such as selling beer. Until Dooley's renounces the lingerie show, students should picket, not patronize, the bar. It is possible that sexist advertising is so widespread that nothing short…

…; Jews hate Arabs and everyone hates Jews; whites hate Asians or American Indians or almost anyone whom we have previously mistreated, and we grumble that we are tired of hearing about such…

… required intensive-training camp over the summer. Given this tremendous commitment to safety by the cheerleaders, the University should allow these athletes the same opportunity that is allowed to students…

… George Piranian taught his last math class in 1983. Piranian said although his students felt he was a capable teacher, he "taught a two hour class and then. went home and took a nap.- Piranian said…

… incapable professors ly' allow UM News in The Daily 764-0552 profs may be "inflicted" on students if forced retirement is banned. The state bill is similar to national legislation that became effective…

… killed if Israel fails to release 400 Arab prisoners within 24 hours. A videotape showing American Alann Steen was delivered to a Western news agency in the name of the Islamic Jihad for the Lib- eration…

… of Palestine, which kidnapped Steen and three others Jan. 24. Israel indicated yesterday it was willing to discuss the swap of an Israeli airman missing in Lebanon for the release of the 400 Arab…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Wednesday, February 4, 1987 The Michigan Daily 4 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan LETTERS: Criticize gov t, not peoples Vol. XCVII, No. 89 420…

… was the very first issue of the newsletter, and only a handful of students had an opportunity to read and evaluate the information before it vanished. In addition, the MSA Peace and Justice Committee…

… University. Such actions are abhorrent violations of the foremost right to freedom of expression. These actions rob not only the right to free speech, but also steal an inestimable amount of student time spent…

… University and members of the community should respect the right to express opposing opinions. Above all, each member of the University community, whether student, faculty, or staff, must respond to would…

… into concentration camps during World War II. Unfortunately Nelson is not an anomaly. There are many people in Israel and outside it who think like him and bring the Zionist-Arab conflict closer and…

….' about the escalating salaniesin professional sports, illegal' recruiting, the problems of beinga student-athelete, or drugs in sports. You could even write about something closer to home, such as the…

… child nutrition, Medicaid, student scholarships and the environment. This domestic miserliness leads to increased misery and is not a panacea for eliminating the deficit. Instead an increase in taxes is a…

… than placing it on the editorial page where it belongs. I had heard prior to arriving at the University that it had one of the better quality student newspapers and that its alumni work on the staff of…

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… a bar. "A lot of people ask for it," he said. "What we need here are students... Hopefully, the bar will help us," he said. Before Mennicotti can begin construction, the bar must secure a license…

… killing three American hostages and an Indian that they had extended it "until further notice." A handwritten statement in Arabic signed by the Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine described the…

… sign language LANSING - High school students who've been frustrated by French or stymied by Spanish ought to be able to learn sign language, a state senator said yesterday. Such an option could benefit…

… students who don't easily pick up foreign languages and help the hearing impaired communicate with classmates, said Sen. James Barcia (D-Bay City). Barcia has introduced a bill that would give local school…