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… University students may find ob- taining financial aid more difficult if President Bush's budget cut propos- als for the 1991 fiscal year are im- plemented by Congress. The proposed cuts could result in a $4…

….8 million reduction in available financial aid for University students, said Thomas Butts, University gov- ernment relations officer. Bush proposed cuts or freezes on a variety of financial aid programs…

… supported by the federal budget. "President Bush has met nearly every student aid program with either a butcher's knife or a yawn," said Ju- lianne Marley, president of the United States Student Association…

…, a national student lobbying organiza- tion. The President's most drastic pro- posed cuts are the elimination of the Perkins Loan program and the State Student Incentive Grant program. The elimination…

… museum were awed by the sculptured ice decorations adorning the room. Afterwards, however, the sculpuures were left outside for the public's view. MAC calls for input in student services changes by Mark…

…. Reported U.S. AIDS cases rise 9 % in 1989 Soviet Progressives react to political change 'on Arab-Israeli issue by Jody Weinberg Students representing two sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict debated the…

… students no longer have to leave the Rackham building to find intimate conversation, coffee and pastries. A new cafe, "Horace and Mary's", which is limited to graduate students opened last Thursday on the…

… second floor of Rackham. "The cafe fits into our overall ob- jective to make graduate students feel a part of the University. If we don't do that no one will," said Associate Rackham Dean Susan Lipschutz…

…, who came up with the idea of having the cafe for graduate students. Students were involved in the process from start to finish. Third year Public Policy grad student Scott Hochfelder did a market survey…

…-year art student Carrie An- designed advertising posters Horace and Mary's" and pro- the banner system hanging the cafe's ceiling. Prince, who designed the cafe, ne reason he chose the 16 col- as because…

… graduate students requent the cafe come from dif- schools. ndrews and Prince decided to banner system because they d to bring the ceiling down and a sound buffer conducive to e cafe is open from 7…

…-10:30 Sunday-Thursday. Coffee, fruit and pasteries are served. by Cherie Curry Daily Staff Writer University alumnus Judge Myron Wahls spoke to students and faculty at South Quad's Ambatana Lounge last night…

… community." use a Currently the cafe has only five wante tables but Lipschutz said they will create expand if it is a success. If the cafe Th makes a profit the money will go to p.m., serve graduate students…

… :'MSTV forum Judge Wahis The new graduate student cafe, Horace and Mary's, opened last Thursday. The decor was designed by Ian Prince make arms control progress present. "We live in a world where we…

… issue yesterday for the Michigan Student Television Student Forum. The audience was very vocal and participatory on both the Palestinian and Israeli side. "I was really impressed with the audience; they…

… Daily Administration Reporter Rent increases for single student and family housing residents were approved by the University's Board of Regents Friday, but a request to transfer funding for the Talk to Us…

… student theater group from student services to the housing department was partially denied. The regents approved a 5.9 per- cent increase for single student resi- dence hall rates and a 6.3 percent in…

…- crease for family housing apartment rates. The increase in cost for students living in a traditional residence hall -- room and board included - will range from $178.80 for an economy double room to $253…

… their programs," he said. Banks said one of his goals for the University will be improved re- cruitment of minority students. "Personal contact is important," he said. One has to "identify people with…

… with the nties by this summer. President James Duderstadt oed Roach's concern, saying the versity has to develop "some d of place for (physical) See SHANTIES, page 2 . Survey shows college students as…

… age group as deeply concerned with environ- mental issues. "We are tremendously encouraged by these results," said NWF presi- dent Jay Hair. "College students are expressing a deep concern for the en…

…- vironment, and the overwhelming majority are clearly willing to do something about it." The survey questions were posed to 500 undergraduate students at 4- year colleges and universities. When asked what they…

… saw as the most urgent environmental problem facing the United States today, 54 percent identified air and atmospheric problems. Nine out of ten students are will- ing to pay more for products that are…

… New zone laws may students by Josh Mitnick Daily City Reporter Three proposals which would amend a controversial city zoning Erdinance that restricts the number of students living together in single…

…., who claims that the current ordinance unfairly dis- criminates against students. The three proposals to change the ~ity's ordinance are: keeping the current limitation of no more than four unrelated per…

… Bialecki, an LSA first-year student, retrieves his mail at Couzens. , ,s Counselor dedicates time to improving students' 'U life .' by Julie Foster Second in a four-part series For ten years, Gus…

… Pappas, a counselor at the Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP), has been helping students adjust to University life. Being a counselor in CSP is more than just doling out academic advice to students, he…

… said. Part of the objective of CSP counseling is to make the University more per- sonal for its students. "In such a large University where someone can feel lost and isolated, I think CSP is a wonderful…

… feature," Pappas added. CSP is a support organization primarily for minority students. which offers tutorial services, coun- seling, intensive courses, a mentor- ship program, and internships. Because each…

… student is assigned just one counselor for his or her en- tire college career, Pappas said, "(The students) get to know the counselor quite well, and we get to know the students well. It becomes a close and…

… ongoing relationship." Emory Johnson, one of Pappas's previous students and a graduate of the College of Engineering with a degree in nuclear engineering said, "I had a lot of problems when I was here. If…

… -_- Carolyn See will be reading from her work 5 p.m. Union Pendletorn: Room The Student Forum: "The Arab Israeli Conflict"- Students welcome to participate in this MSTV taped discussion 4:45 p.m. Schorling…

…r LSA dean The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 8, 1990 - Page 3 encourages faculty-student meals by Donna Woodwell Daily Faculty Reporter LSA Dean Edie Goldenberg is encouraging more…

… professors to ac- company students to meals in resi- dence hall cafeterias to promote fac- ulty-student relations. Earlier this term, Goldenberg sent a letter asking LSA faculty to tell their students to feel…

… free to invite their professors to meals in the resi- dence halls. The professors' meals are cour- tesy of University Housing Services. Goldenberg has already accepted several student invitations and…

… said her discussions with them have given her new insight into students' daily lives. Goldenberg has also re-, ceived positive feedback from several LSA professors about the program. Director of Food…

… faculty member accompanied by a student can obtain a guest meal ticket at the front desk of the residence hall. However, clerks at the East Quad, West Quad, and South Quad front desks were not yet aware of…

… $6.10 for dinner. Student reaction was generally positive about the idea. RC junior Ellen Klowder said, "It would de- mystify the faculty. After all, they are here to listen to our concerns." However…

…, some students feel un- comfortable inviting professors to meals. "I don't think I would take advantage of it. I don't know enough of my professors," said RC senior Martha Meyer. Meyer also said it is…

… more impo?- tant for faculty to have close contact with upperclass students, most of whom do not live in University housing. Of 22,000 University undergradu= ates, only 8,000 live in the residence halls…

… LISS/Daily Tune in Carl Freire, second year graduate student, broadcasts live from student radio station WCBN. The station begins its blIeventh annual fundraiser today. IEating disorders' counselors…

…Page 4-The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 5, 1990 (he d gnBal EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 NEWS 313 764 0552 ARTS 763…

… Issues Fo- rum is designed to provide space for discourse on a wide range of What's your c topics. Inaddition,the Daily wants to Daily has insti- Send or bring tuted a new let- Student Public tars policy…

… or bring yourletters to the ear rom you. Student Publica- ters to the tions Building, ons Building located at 420 Street. Or, Maynard Street. letr In addition, you letters on can bring in let- )r send…

… here on cam- pus ("UCAR demands action from 'U', 1/31/90). Many students, regardless of whether or not they agree with UCAR's politics, have benefitted from their activ- ity. Nevertheless, one of the…

… major con- cerns of minority students on this campus is of how representative UCAR is of the minority community. Doubtless, none of us would be against seeing appropriate numbers of minority students here…

…. The University's track record of recruitment of minority students has been, at best, embarrassing, regardless of how we compare to other universities. The same goes for retention of minority students…

… insight on these current events and the changes rock- ing Soviet politics. Petrov, speaking to an audience of about fifty faculty and students, *said the communist party is directly under fire because the…

… sorted at the Station on S. Industrial Ave. The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 7, 1990 - Page 3 Speaker to address Arab- Israeli conflict by Gabrielle Durocher Jerome Segal, founder of a Jew- ish…

…, Rackham graduate student and midwest coordinator of the Jewish Peace Lobby. Levin said Segal will explain the role American Jews can play in a so- lution to the crisis. Levin hopes to start a student…

… chapter of the Jewish Peace Lobby in Ann Arbor as one way students could contribute to the resolution of the struggle. Founder and president of the Jew- ish Peace Lobby, Segal created the organization last…

… Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland. The sponsors for this event in- clude the Progressive Zionist Cau- cus, the Union of Students for Israel, the Rackham Student…

… Government, the Office of Ethics and Religion, the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, and the Jewish Law Students Union. Recycle Ann Ar A curious University student Ecology Center's Recycling E RSDal…

… University student, was released on two counts of breaking and entering into student homes after posting ten percent of his $30,000 bond, Ann Arbor police said. At 4 a.m. Saturday, Johnson al- legedly broke…

… Caldwell said Johnson had also been involved in a similar inci- dent in Ypsilanti last week. Man burgles student house Two Ann Arbor residents were arrested Monday night after one of them broke into a…

… University student's home on South Fourth Ave., police reports said. The 34-year-old suspect entered the house by taking the screen off of one of the windows. The students, in another part of the house…

…, spotted the entry and subsequently locked themselves into one of the rooms, said Ann Arbor Police Staff Sergeant John King. When the suspect heard the students' voices coming from behind the locked door, he…

…Page 4-iThe Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 22, 1990 CItbe Airbigan iailt EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 ARTS NEWS…

… learning about the Arab-Israeli conflict through research and speaking with Israelis, I feel that Israel's reservations and reluctance to negotiate with the PLO are based on legitimate rea- sons. Aside from…

… leaders assure the Arab world. Re- sponding to a question on Viennese televi- sion only four days after his Dec. 15, 1988 renunciation of terrorism, Arafat replied, "I did not mean to renounce... Ac- tually…

… just assessme News The Student Association wants to tak Yale University the University student voice to the Legis- January 24 lature and lobby for changes on two bill Students should register to vote by…

… active and informed participation in the political process of the community. The ideal of ancient Athens should be applied in present-day Ann Arbor. As responsible adults, students (who make up one…

…. The local election this April 2 includes issues that are vitally important to students. But to exercise one's right as a citizen, one must register by Friday, March 2. Students are quick and creative…

… when it comes to making excuses about why they Hinte, a Rackham graduate student, is a member of Student Initiative. .e Is should not register to vote in Ann Arbor, here is a small sampling: "I am only…

… going to be here for a few years." First of all, some of you may be here longer than you think.Second of all, even the fraction of students who graduate in four years are profoundly effected by lo- cal…

… students and student organizations convicted on drug charges. The voice of college students across the state needs to be heard and this project is one of the best things the SA can do for its constituents…

… threat to the Daily To the Daily: In a letter to the Daily on Feb. 8, Pres- ident James Duderstadt, Regent Philip Power, and Amnon Rosenthal (chair of the Board for Student Publications), denied that they…

…, Rabbis, and directors of Hillel have a responsibility to help us cre- ate a framework for the next step. Those who do not, those who lie to themselves and to their students, are guilty of crimes against…

… - IQ Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan have to break that logic. The logic of the state has to be changed. Israel's challenge and the Palestinians I want to also stress that…

… refuse to walk that path then we look for solutions that are of course impossible to find because of them [Arabs]; not us, of course, no, not us, we [Jews] are innocent. We are no longer innocent; we are…

…. Student struggle Daily: What is the role of students on campuses? Ellis: I have been very impressed in my visit to the University because Palestini- ans and some Jewsare at least trying to speak about this…

… faithful. What they need is Jewish support from their elders of which they get very little. But that is for me the possibility of what students can be involved in as this new generation of Jews and this new…

…, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Time to pay up'U ON TUESDAY, students of color met with University administrators to de- mand immediate, tangible action to go along…

… with the pomp and circumstance of Duderstadt's Michigan Mandate and promises for the 21st Century. The six demands focus on increasing people of color representation in the student body to be…

… proportional to the number of people of color in the na- tion. Twenty years ago University Presi- dent Fleming promised the first Black Action Movement that the University would increase Black student enroll…

…- ment to equal the proportion of Blacks in the state, which was then ten per- cent. Twenty years later the University's Black student enrollment is only 6.4% while Michigan's Black population is 13%. The…

… promises the University adminis- tration made to students in 1970 are past due - twenty years past due. The least the University administration can do to make up for the damage done by twenty years of unmet…

… the four powers responsible for Germany' since World War II, it said. Ann Arbor Rep. 'discusses bills with students Japanese support their ruling party Despite scandals, Liberal Democrats maintain…

… students about pertinent issues fac- ing the University community. Rather than give a lecture, O'Connor explained the contents of several bills, and asked the students to vote whether they approved of each…

… Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry - weekly meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Hillel Women's Club Lacrosse - practice 4-6 p.m. at the Sports Coliseum (5th. and Hill) UM Cycling --- team meeting and rollers riding 6 p…

….m. in the Sports Coliseum Women's Rugby --- meeting and practice 8 p.m. in the Sports Coloseum Arab-American Anti- discrimination Committee --- meeting at 7 p.m. in the Union (check board for room) Asian…

… meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the Union Women's Issues Commission of MSA --- meeting at 6:30 p.m. in 3909 Union Students Concerned about Animal Rights (SCAR) --- meeting at' 7 p.m., animal rights philosophy…

… discussion at 8 p.m. in 124 E. Quad UM Collegiate Entrepeneurs -- - mass meeting at 7 p.m. in 0215 Business School Indian and Pakistani American Students' Council --- general body meeting at 7 p.m. in the p…

… Trip --- 3rd organizational meeting for those interested in spring break trip at 7 p.m. in St. Mary's Student Chapel (331 Thompson St.) UM Faculty and Staff Blood from space MOSCOW (AP) - Two cosmo…

…, providing new data about man's working abilities and functional state during different stages of the flight," Tass said. KENNETH SMOLLERIDaily" Spreading the word Chair of the Michigan Student Assembly 's…

…- vertisements in the Wayne State Univer- sity paper on Palestinian Independence Day warning students that all Palestinians are terrorists to B'nai Brith letters warning parents of the Arab money which is pour…

… Communications Department, the Chair of the Board for Student Publica- tions, a group of Sociology professors, the director of Hillel, the Conservative Coalition, pro-Zionist student groups, the Michigan Review…

…, and countless individ- ual students. Some of our critics have simply expressed a difference of opinion while others have maintained that we have "gone too fa, that our political positions are "too…

… administration, to student ac- tivism, to U.S. foreign policy, to the me- dia and to the belief in an independent stu- dent press. We have spoken from the per- spective of students, of activists, of inter…

…'s Wrong With the Michigan Daily?" and stated, "The center of the con- cern is the opinion page, which has be- come increasingly anti-Zionist and anti- Semitic." Comments from students who had participated…

… in a discussion with edi- tors from the Daily wrote their recommen- dations in an "open forum" in the same is- sue. Their comments included remarks like, "we are prepared to bring major student…

…'s present poli- cies ...I am also hopeful that the Washte- naw County Jewish community will con- tinue to monitor the situation and respond whenever necessary. Until then, the battle many Jewish students are…

… fighting against the Daily will not end..." Not long after this a press conference was held by "concerned Jewish students" claiming that in spite of their attempts to dialogue with the Daily, the Opinion…

… Page was still entrenched in its old attitudes and this could only indicate one thing: that the Daily didn't care about the collective con- cerns expressed by these students. Yet in spite of these claims…

… claimed to be on the side of honest and open debate. Referring specifically to some of the comments made by the students who par- ticipated in the forum, we have several questions..' Why should it be the…

…Page 4 -The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, February 28, 1990 EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 ARTS 763 0379 PHOTO 764 0552 NEWS…

… "genocide." They do not dispute the fact that Armenians died and were killed in Eastern Anatolia in 1915. The facts of the matter are that between 600,000 and 1.5 Ezal is a graduate student in Aerospace…

… Engineering and a member of the Turkish Students Association. million Armenians were either killed by Moslems or died as a result of famine. However, between 2.5 million and 3 mil- lion Moslems were also…

… the kind of open discourse that university should en- courage? While I believe that vandalism of the shanties has been the work of students who were intoxicated or high school stu- dents, it can be…

… should be preserved for future generations as they have been preserved for today's students, there would be some additional respect for our facilities and their condition and appearance. There are other…

… locations around the campus where the shanties could be lo- cated. How about in front of the Student Publications Building? Thomas A. Roach member of the Board of Regents Daily can't choose Palestinian…

… support claims to legitimacy for an organization that guns down the mayor of Nablus be-,. cause he is a popular moderate. We wonder; at how the Daily can. Israel has offered the Palestinian Arabs what no…

… Arab government, much less the PLO, has ever offered them: a chance to elect their own representatives and decide their own fate in negotiated settlements. We support this opportunity for democ- racy…

… "liquidating" the United States. I wish that I could say the same for Arafat's state- ments about Israel. It is sad to find the Daily plunging headlong into the issues surrounding the Arab-Israeli conflict…

…Michigan Student Television: *take one! by Ruth Lttmann Daily Staff Writer The television cameras started to roll yesterday as Michigan Student Television (MSTV), a new student- run cable show, taped…

… its first seg- ment of "Michigan Student Forum" in Schorling Auditorium. The first show tackles the abor- tion issue and will premiere on Feb. 11. It will air on cable channel nine as part of Community…

… segment will deal with the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 2, 1990 - Page 5 Journalist speaks on freedom of press in Chinese society by Mark Katz Daily Minority Issues…

…. During the hunger strike in May, one of the students' main demands was the retraction of this editorial, which, after two staff meetings, "very nearly happened." However, with the government's current…

… Diane Cook omen's Issues Reporter A booklet revealing the climate for women on campus will be pub- lished this April from questionnaire results collected by the Michigan Student Assembly Women's Issues…

… Commission. Nearly 800 questionnaires have already been gathered from Univer- sity students across campus. Commission Vice-Chair Nicole Carson, an LSA junior, said the commission will print the booklet to…

… evaluate and "raise awareness" of the campus' atmosphere for women. Carson said students' personal experiences will be published in es- say form - to humanize the study and to contrast typical statistical…

… it will be difficult tQ estimate printing and distribution costs until the commission has compiled the study. The booklet will be accessible to all students and facT ulty and will be funded by the…

… Active Latino Student Association - 7:30 p.m. in Angell Hall Rm. 221 Earth Day Organizing Com- mittee - 7 p.m. on Union 4th floor Michigan Video Yearbook -- - meeting at 7 p.m. in the Welker Room of the…

… the West Bank and in Gaza, where Palestinian Arabs are in the 27th month of an uprising against Israeli occupation, was described as "a source of deep concern." Assistant Secretary Richard Schifter, the…

… Mandela's hometown of Soweto, schools were deserted as thousands of students marched and danced in the streets, anticipating his return home. Believing Mandela was due back for an afternoon rally, tens of…

… Lesbian and Gay Males' Rights Organizing Com- mittee meets at 7:30 p.m. in Union 3000; 7 p.m. to set agenda Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry - weekly meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Hillel Women's Club Lacrosse…

… - practice 4-6 p.m. at the Sports Coloseum (5th. and Hill) UM Cycling --- team meeting and rollers riding 6 p.m. in the Sports Coloseum Indian and Pakistani- American Students' Council --- general body meeting…

… 7 p.m. in the West Quad Asubushi Lounge Women's Rugby --- meeting and practice 8 p.m. in the Sports Coloseum Society of Minority Engineering Students (SMES) --- membership meeting and speakers Karen…

… Goins and Paul Forte 6:30-8:30 p.m. in 1500 EECS UM Collegiate Entrepeneurs -- - meeting at 7 p.m. in 0215 Business School Arab-American Anti- discrimination Committee --- meeting at 7 p.m. in the Union…

… - the north-campus night-time walking service runs from 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. in Bursley 2333, or call 763-WALK Sociology Department --- faculty/student mixer at 4 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Lounge of LS…