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… Shuttarl (left), member of the executive board of Muslim Student Association and LSA senior Salah Husseini, President of the Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee and Vice Chair of Students Allied for…

…, tapping of phone lines and access to personal records to better protect against future terrorist attacks. Many Muslim and Arab students claim the Patriot Act comes at the cost of every- one's civil rights…

… Freedom and Equality, have changed their views on President Bush. Renewal ofPatrot Act may cost Bush Arab, Muslim vote have been expanded under the new budget. Bush requested that the maxi- mum amount for…

… individual Federal Family Education Loans rises from $2,625 to $3,000, according to the White House website. Additionally, students would see increases over 2004 in the Teacher Loan Forgiveness program, an…

… initiative Bush proposed in 2002 that pardons college loans for students entering the teaching profession. More than $170 million "(Bush) is making a lot of Republicans angry; however, I think he's making do…

… the election. "The fact that he has spent so much in the past term will definitely harm By Farayha Arrine and Michael Kan Daily Staff Reporters As the election year begins, the Arab and Muslim…

… and particularly their own. Because the Sept. 11 attackers were of the Islamic faith, many Muslim students said they feel that U.S. officials have used the Patriot act to target Muslims. Last week…

…'s State of the Union address has only caused more frustration as Bush told Americans they must renew the Patriot act, alarming some Muslim student groups who were awaiting the expiration of certain parts…

… faces today," said Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), a leading presidential con- See BUDGET, Page 7 Students meet to discuss, oppose SAPAC changes By Aymar Jean Daily Staff Reporter As Southern primary…

… approaches, activist " stresses civil rights Responding to recently announced changes in the administration of sexual assault services, students and advo- cates met yesterday to voice opposition to the plan…

…Te. PATRIOT ACT Continued from Page 1 asked for," said Shuttari, who chairs the Political Committee of the Mus- lim Student Association. Shuttari was among the many Arabs and Muslims in the United States who…

… (presidential) debate he was all about getting rid of secret evi- dence," said Husseini, president of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee. Bush also promised to get rid of unfair airport security…

… targeting Arabs, he added. "I don't think he had the intention of doing any of that. ... It fooled a lot of people." But Steve MacGuidwin, the president of College Republicans, said he feels these security…

… specializes in the First Amendment, spoke to students last Wednesday in Hutchins Hall about the Patriot Act. "What actually happens on the ground is very clear, which is that you're much more likely to trigger…

… the state's interests simply by virtue of being Arab American," he said. He added that this was not the inten- tion of the act as originally written. Mike Phillips, vice president of College…

… Republicans, also empha- sized that the Patriot act was not written to target Arabs and Muslims, and he finds no reason for their dis- continued support of Bush due to the Patriot Act. "Some of the claims that…

… have been made about Arabs and Muslims are not as extreme as the media has made it out to be," Phillips said. The text of the act in one of its earlier sections ascertains, "The civil rights and civil…

… liberties of all Amer- icans, including Arab Americans, Muslim Americans and Americans from South Asia, must be protected, and ... every effort must be taken to preserve their safety." Husseini agrees that…

… the act was not specifically set out as a discriminato- ry policy but he said it has nonethe- less, perhaps unintentionally, led to the targeting of Muslims and Arabs. He said the case of Rabih Haddad…

… Shuttari said the Muslim community would not be supporting Bush in November. "I think most of the Arab and Muslim groups realize it was a huge mistake," said Husseini. They both said that they had not yet…

…-CIO's endorsement at a labor rally in Washington. Republican voters By Cianna Freeman Daily Staff Reporter The Michigan Student Assembly voted last night to sponsor their first concert - a perform- ance by Ben Folds…

… Chair Jesse Levine. "His music is good to relax to and chill with friends." LSA Student Government and University Hillel will also sponsor the show, along with the main organizer Big Ticket Productions, a…

… opportunity for the student govern- ment to fund something entertaining for the stu- dents, he added. The tickets for the Ben Folds concert went on sale Monday for $15 to $30 for students. Half of the tickets…

… have already been sold, Ngeh said. The assembly also voted to support the rental of accessory dwelling units for students in Ann Arbor. ADUs are additional living spaces that include additions to or…

…. Nabih Ayad is a member of the Arab-American Defense Council. in Ironically, an important student advocate on campus says he feels lost and unknown in the University bureaucracy. Robert Holmes, the…

…news@michigandaily.com NEWS The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 6, 2004 - 3 'U', By Melissa Benta Daily Staff Reporter ombudsman acts as student advocate * Prof to discuss religion in…

…, the double star Albireo, made up of a blue and an orange star, is expected to be visible. The event is free, and the Student Astronomical Society will be avail- able to answer questions. The roof can be…

… room 3308 of the Modern Lan- guages Building today from 4:10 to 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. Culture bus to send students to event at Detroit…

… museum The Arts at Michigan Culture Bus will take students to the Wright Museum of African American Histo- ry for a musical titled "Sarah, Ella & Pops" Sunday from 1:30 to 5 p.m. The musical, by the…

… show. The event is part of the Brown v. Board of Education Theme Semester. Students can purchase tickets for $11.50 on the University website. MLK panel focuses on American security policies Nabih Ayad…

… University ombudsman, provides students with confidential counseling service to get advice and settle disputes with the University. If students feel that they are being treated unfairly or that the University…

… has made an error, the Ombuds Office can assist them in resolving the issue, Holmes said. "Number one, I help - through information - to empower students to be good advocates for their position…

… story, and beliefs are often mutually exclusive and in opposition to one another," he said. Furthermore, confidentiality is guaranteed to students who choose to meet with the Ombudsman, Holmes said…

…. Students are not required to disclose any personal information - such as a name or student ID number - and the UVI II Ombuds Office will not. .. share any information 4VDFIO&s1fU without written permis…

… Brown suggests that students follow the same precautions as Bond and return to their homes if possible. "If students who are sick have parents or family members within driving distance who can pick them…

…," Brown said. An e-mail was sent to Markley residents late Wednesday night by University housing with resources for sick students fighting the virus, as well as tips for students who have not yet contracted…

… Arab Americans, were being profiled against. However, data also indicated that racial profiling against blacks was above 1.5 at the intersections of South University and Washtenaw, and at Hubbard Street…

… and Huron Parkway, and at Stadium Boulevard and Washtenaw Avenue. "At least for the first two, there may be a lot of African American students or persons of color going to and fro doing their business…

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… and an insult to the student body as a whole. SALAH HUSSEINI LSA senior The writer is the president of the University chapter of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee. Housing selection…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 17, 2004 OPINION 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 opinion. michigandaily.com tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE…

… student body, the University broadens the "market- place of ideas" available to campus and thus makes itself a richer educational institution. Furthermore, they argued that because race- conscious…

… academic freedom. Rather than fostering a "marketplace of ideas," BAMN was simply trying to yell out its political opponents, and in the process, kept every student in the reading room from getting any work…

… they keep up staging nasty protests outside the Union Reading Room, I just might be the next one. integrity? I find his comments concerning Students for a Democratic Society and Alan Haber not only…

… 1960s and '70s that have had profound positive effects on our lives? What this campus desperately needs right now is a student group such as SDS to harness the power of students en masse for positive and…

… creative change. Attitudes such as Segall's only serve to disempower and disconnect students from the everyday events that seriously affect our lives. ABDURRAHMAN PASHA LSA senior SDS member No link between…

… cause progressive is an insult to the term itself. Within the next five years, Israel will consist of a minority of Jews ruling over a majority of Palestinian Arabs. These Palestinians have every single…

… process needs to slow down To THE DAILY: Kudos to the Michigan Student Assembly for addressing off-campus housing problems (Students plan for housing advocacy, 02/12/04). When I began to work at the…

… University two years ago, I was appalled to learn that students began signing leases for the fol- lowing school year as early as October. When I was a student here in the late '80s, we didn't even begin to…

…4 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 13, 2004 I I OPINION 420 MAYNARD STREET UANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com opinion. michigandaily. com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS…

… glances equivalent to those received students felt that this wasn't the most unify- be very enlightening. when wearing a Taliban T-shirt. ing event or name and that these types of sit- My new lesson was in…

… least used to belong to - I think my What, in retrospect, may not have been Arab issues during 9/11 so how could I say black card has been revoked. Welcome to the the best way to go about addressing a…

… mass e- that about black people" because he obviously racial retardation that is the University of mail group, I not so kindly asked to be taken didn't realize that I wasn't Arab and from Michigan. It…

…, on campus. Our organization would appre- ciate it if the Daily would take five min- utes to contact student organizations in the future, before writing factually incorrect editorials against them…

…- doms wrapped in an Israeli flag and the mes- country that many student activists give their hearts and souls to support. While the intentions of this campaign may be good, supporters of Israel need to…

…4A -The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 16, 2004 OPINION 420 MAYNARD STREET UANN ARBOR, MI 48109 opinion .mchignaily.com tothedaily@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE…

… for now I'm left to ask, what happened to my country? Hoard can be reached at j.ho@umich.edu. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Language requirement comes too late to make a real difference for students TO THE…

…, college is simply too late to force the language burden on people. If someone hasn't learned a language by the time he is a first-year student, the odds he will learn it in subsequent years are not worth…

… the effort the University invests in attempting to teach him. While proponents of the requirement point out that other countries always teach their students English, they do so starting in ele- mentary…

… fairness. Every other requirement the University imposes on students is universal. No matter how much attention I paid to natural sciences in high school, I still have to take at least seven credits when I…

… arrive at the University. The same is true for every student in every requirement, except in language. Consequently, students who have learned a language early in life or had access to a high quality…

… language program in primary or secondary school have a diminished require- ment load compared to students without these advantages. Finally, there is the illogical nature of the claim by language requirement…

… at all, let alone the four semesters of language students are forced to take. All students should know how to use a computer, compute interest payments and speak effectively in public, but these issues…

… to end violence against women worldwide. ABBY HAUSLOHNER LSA junior SHOsH RUSKIN LSA senior Ruskin and Hauslohner are co-chairs of the Progressive Arab Jewish Alliance Article headline creates…

….MICHIGANDAILY.COM The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers…

…: martians umich.edu Middle East Documentary Series "UNDER ONE SKY: ARAB WOMEN IN NORTH AMERICA TALK ABOUT THE HIJAB" "I, TOO, SING AMERICA" "ARAB DIARIES: YOUTH" Thursday, February 19, 2004, 7:30 p.m. m…

… Commission-based pay Please pick up application at THE MICHIGAN DAILY Student Publications Building PARIS (AP) - France took a deci- sive step yesterday toward banning Islamic head scarves in public schools…

…, junior high schools and high schools, signs and dress that conspicuously show the religious affiliation of stu- dents are forbidden." It would not apply to students in private schools or to French schools…

… any sanctions are imposed -- another Socialist suggestion that helped the bill sail through with its enormous margin of victory. France has been widely condemned in the Arab and Muslim world for the…

….MiCHIGANDAILY.COM The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers…

… FREE PARKING. To make an appointment call: 913-5557 Anne Ta* Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy University of Michigan and Students of Color in Public Policy (SCPP) present an MLI(Symposium Panei…

… PATRIOTism and Fear Defining American Security Today Panelists: Nlablh Ayad,~ Esq, Nabih Ayad and Associates Arab-American Defense Council Kary Muss,' Esq. Executive director, ACLU of Michigan Brian D. Sliver…

…MIRLYN Continued from Page A Many students said the current MIRLYN is difficult to use, and that it could be greatly improved. "I think it's kind of confusing when you get to the first page to know…

… biggest complaints of students is the difficulty of searching for articles through all of the separate databases. "It's so hard to use. It's hard to find things if you want journal arti- cles as opposed to…

… research is the ability to display records in the ver- nacular of more than 20 languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic and Korean," she said. The Implementation Steering Com- mittee has been…

…, the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology and the University of California, she said. The Implementation Steering Com- mittee also wants to make the transi- tion as easy as possible for students and…

… student Marisa Uchin, co-pres- ident of Open For Business, a group for gay students in the Business School. "It's hard to say who would be a better candidate than Kerry because the only person who sup…

… person who supports total equality for the LGBT community is Kucinich, and he's not a realistic candidate.' - Marisa Uchin Co-president of Open for Business, a group for gay Business School students V…

… group of students involved in this year's V-Day Campaign. The show ran for the fourth year in a row at the Power Center. Ninety percent of the proceeds will go to SAFE House, a domestic violence shelter…

… live up to its dream of equality for all," said LSA junior Paul Spurgeon, a mem- ber of the University's Stonewall Democrats and chair of Students for Kerry. "Kerry has shown as a Viet- nam veteran that…

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