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… former director of the Michigan Anti-Defa- mation League, to an audence of students at University Hillel last night. Chaldeans, Arabs clash over belly dancing By Andy Tsang For the Daily DEARBORN…

… cultural presentations were enjoyed by everyone. The Chaldean American Student Association drew the ire of some Arab American students - who make up a large demographic on the Dearborn cam- "I feel it d+ pus…

… Muslims in the Mid- dle East speak Arabic as their pri- mary language. CASA's similar presentation last year featured belly dancers that many Arab students said they felt were inap- propriately dressed and…

… played on a ste- reotype of Arab culture. "I feel it degrades women, as a Muslim and a woman," said Student Government representative Dyania Macki. Fellow representative Jamil Khui- ja echoed her…

… NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 3 * ON CAMPUS 'U' to host panel on Bill Cosby The Detroit Project, the National Association of Black Journalists and . Michigan Student…

… for a Univer- sity student and $4 for the general pub- lic. For more information on the event, contact Susan Pile at 763-3202. CRIME NOTES Damaged chair found in Markley A housing officer on a routine…

… currently no suspects. Students trapped in elevator Several people were stuck on an ele- vator last night in South Quad Residence Hall, according to DPS. The people got out of the elevator after a short time…

… compelling stories with a gathering of students and local residents. Lobenthal's hope was to convey the relevance of these experiences to the current struggle against intolerance. Lobenthal said there is still…

… - Students and faculty at the University's Dearborn campus joined together Monday for the 12th year in a row to celebrate Ethnic Diversity Day in Kochoff Hall at the University Center - but not all the…

… - who said they felt that the wOmen, o two female belly dancers perform- Muslim a ing during CASA's a segment of the pro- a woman gram misrepresent- ed Arab culture: Chaldeans, who Stu are historically…

… Israeli for- eign minister said other Arab countries might follow. The Palestinian militant group Hamas immediately called the deal into ques- tion, saying it would not be bound by the cease…

… recommended that the state improve access to higher education and create an attitude among parents and students that higher education is neces- sary to get a job. To achieve both goals, Granholm said she plans…

… to create a new college merit award to replace the current award given to students who perform well on state See GRANHOLM, Page 7 Gov. Jennifer Granholm gives her State of the State address in Lansing…

… students and those facing trouble with landlords By Jeremy Davidson Daily Staff Reporter Student Legal Services plans to add two lawyers to the current staff of four in the coming year - one to deal with…

… international law and another to deal with housing affairs - once the University's Board of Regents has approved funding for the proposal. If the plan is approved, the fee that students pay to the Michigan…

… Student Assembly would increase by $1.03 per student, each semester, to pay the law- yers each about $50,000 per year. SLS Director Doug Lewis said this is a good investment for the University that will be…

… a service to students. The housing lawyer will be brought in to assist students with landlord problems, while the immigration lawyer would focus on international students. According to Lewis, adding…

… an immigration law specialist will be financially beneficial for interna- tional students who are burdened with high costs if they find themselves with a legal problem. Lewis said that most of the time…

…, hiring an attorney to handle a single immigration issue would cost more than $2,000 to $3,000. But the new lawyer could provide international students with the same service for about $7. The cost is much…

… SLS one of the three largest student legal services in the country. There has been an increased demand for legal representation for international students because of stricter legislation after the Sept…

… govt. pushes for Israel divestment Arab Student Union wants committee to study moral implications of investments in Israel By Michael Kan Daily News Editor While campaigns to divest from Israel at the…

…." Sponsored by the Dearborn campus's Arab Student Union, the resolution was introduced to SG yesterday through a pre- sentation detailing the human rights vio- lations and illegal practices of the Israeli…

… professors the Uni- versity plans to pursue. Although the donation will not affect many students directly, as visiting pro- fessors will primarily be concerned with conducting research, Connell said students…

… Jewish studies," said Todd Endelman, director of the center. According to the University, more than 1,000 students take courses offered through the Judaic Studies center every semester. LSA junior Jessica…

…'t know what to do, because it's terrible. We can't live with it." Shaulis added that Vindicator Gen- eral Manager Mark Brown is bringing in See SCAB, Page 7A ELEVENTH TIME'S A CHARM Dearborn student…

… University's Ann Arbor campus have so far gone nowhere, an outside initiative aims to ignite the movement once again. The student gov- ernment of the University's Dearborn campus voted yesterday to recommend…

… illegal under international law, the Student Govern- ment Senate unanimously passed the resolution. The resolution urges the University's Board of Regents - which presides over the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and…

… occupation. The divestment issue will be on the student government's agenda in its town-hall meeting on March 10, where the body will seek student and faculty input. Members of SG and ASU declined to comment…

… passed, in the Michigan Student Assembly. Most recently, the pro-Palestinian group Students Allied for Freedom and Economic Equality spon- sored a resolution at an MSA meeting in 2003, but the assembly…

… voted against it. MSA President Jason Mironov said he would not comment on SG's initiative until he had seen the resolution. Israeli Students Organization Presi- dent and LSA freshman Or Shotan said the…

… where most of the Arabs are Sunni Muslims. But the Shiites also know they must move care- fully, particularly if they want to extend a hand to the minority Sunni Arabs to form an inclu- sive government…

… and tame a virulent insurgency. Many Sunni Arabs, who make up about 20 per- cent of the population, stayed home on election day, either out of fear of violence or to support a boycott call by radical…

… in the Arab world have whispered warn- ings that if democracy ever came to this region, Islamic fundamentalists would sweep to power. Now, with votes counted in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, it's clear there…

…. With their charity networks and their history of opposing the region's dicta- tors, Islamic parties are sometimes all that Arab voters know or trust. "They are more organized, and they invested a lot of…

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…," Redha Taqi, a top official in one of the coalition factions, told The Associated Press. The presidency is a largely ceremo- nial post, currently held by a Sunni Arab, Ghazi al-Yawer. Kurdish leader Jalal…

… from much of Baghdad and from heavily Sunni Arab or Kurd- ish provinces. But many Sunnis apparently stayed at home on election day, heeding boy- cott calls by hard-line clerics or fearing insurgent…

… students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional , copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in…

… AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE We have clearly told the Europeans to tell the…

… spearhead of the ground offensive that liberated Kuwait? It also doesn't mean that Israel doesn't need quality weapons. In both 1967 and 1973, its survival against Arab aggression hinged on the availabil- ity…

… latter that should be weakened and eliminated. Although Students Allied for Freedom and Equality condemns terrorism, it is unclear why it's targeting the army that fights against it. Occupation of the…

…'s sole purpose is to explode in coffee shops and hide behind innocent children, roam free. Support peace. Oppose divestment! Or Shotan LSA freshman Chair, Israeli Students Organization Orrin Pail LSA…

… sophomore Vice chair, Israeli Students Organization Philip Azachi LSA sophomore Vice chair, Israeli Students Organization EXPRESS YOURSEL. JOIN THE DAiLY'S EDITORIALBOARDI MONDAYS, TIURSDAYS 6 P.M. 420…

…LS/DlO~lyO Rackham students David Dick and Dan Rose and Architecture graduate student Andre Wilson participate in a negotiating session with the University for increased protection of transgendered graduates. GEO…

… swept to victory in Iraq's landmark elections, propelling to power the groups that suffered most under Saddam Hussein and forcing Sunni Arabs to the margins for the first time in modern history, according…

… contract By Carissa Miller and Justin Miller Daily Staff Reporters If a University department required a female graduate student instructor to wear a skirt as part of its dress code but did not ask the same…

… michigan have a unique interest in protecting the institution of marriage as it is traditionally understood." -LPatrick Gillen Lawyer, Thomas More Law Center Student s business idea wins By Amine Tourki For…

… the Daily When second-year MBA student Michael Crowley came to campus a year and a half ago, he had three years of accounting experience under his belt. He had worked for a firm that served startup…

… MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com NOTABLE QUOTABLE We've been a black eye on the landscape of America for too…

…'ve seen Jews and Arabs playing hacky sack in the cen- ter of Tel-Aviv, enjoyed coffee from hospitable strangers while lost in Majdal Krum and wit- nessed Naomi Chazon and Yasir Abid Rabo share a joke. I…

… day I was conversing with a Mich- igan alum from the 1960s. He asked me if there still were a number of student activists advocat- ing the workers' revolution. I told him that prac- tically no students…

… continued to sow the seeds of revolution among the proletariat. To my great surprise, the alum - a venture capitalist - responded that it was unfortunate students no longer took such a bold and ideal stance…

…. I stared at him, dumbfounded, wondering why a venture capitalist would lament on the student activists' acquiescence to capitalism, when it hit me and I too felt some sadness. The venture capitalist…

… utopian politic like discussing the world. For the express purpose of bettering humanity, students actively sought a social and ethical responsibility to each other and the world at large. Students rallied…

… together around grand ideals and then acted locally to protest injustices and raise awareness. Then somewhere further along the way these students married, were employed, had children and the zeal for…

… saddened the students of the 1960s seemingly abandoned their idealistic utopian politics for the status quo. The baby boom generation's forfeiture of divisive ideologues and pragmatic piecemeal legalistic…

… is no way you can go back in time," Olajuwon said in a telephone interview from Jordan, where he is studying Arabic. "After the fact, now they have the list of organizations that are banned by the…

… secular Shiite, was a distant third. Allegations of voting irregulari- ties, especially around the tense northern city of Mosul, have com- plicated the count. Some leading Sunni Arab and Christian politi…

… they had come from the Mosul area, which has a mostly Sunni Arab population. Many Sunnis are believed to have stayed home on election day, either because they feared insurgent repri- sals or opposed a…

… winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term…

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…'s largely Sunni-led insurgency. The Sunni-led Iraqis Party won only five seats in parliament, because many Sunni Arabs avoided the elections - either out of fear of violence or to support a boycott call by…

… appears unlikely to go far, because many key Arab states - Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia - are close Washington allies and have long been suspicious of Iran's Shiite Muslim clerical regime. Still, the…

… reports www.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…

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….S. policy, Noam Chomsky has When speaking at the Arab American Insti- Democratic Party has been unwavering since become the most celebrated leftist over his four tute in Michigan, former Democratic Presiden…

… "pet can do (A welcome addition, 02/14/2005). PIRGIM has a reputation for advocacy in the public interest and Students for PIR- GIM are focused on perhaps the most wide- ly encountered and problematic…

… experience in student life - off-campus housing. The student body could benefit now and in years to come from a strong Students for PIRGIM, and I hope that the University community will rally behind its ideas…

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… groups and other 21st century incarnations of racist establishments who openly advocate violence and harassment of gay, black, Jewish, Arab, Latino, Asian and other American communities - and…

… after the fact. Thankfully, the Michigan Student Assembly, in conjunction with a number of its commissions and MSA-registered groups, acknowledged this and similar incidents as a hate-driven incident on…

… Tuesday of last week and voted to support awareness regarding hate crimes perpetrated on our campus. As student leaders of Hillel, we regret that representatives of the University did not made this incident…

… known to us sooner, in order that our staff could offer appropriate counseling services in a more timely manner for students whose sense of security may have been compro- mised by this most recent…

… students at the University through acts of vandalism, intimidation and hatred. Monica Woll Chair, Hillel Governing Board LSA sophomore Adam Soclof Vice chair, Hillel Governing Board RC sophomore Dina Pittel…

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… measures may have deprived many Iraqis in the Mosul area and surrounding Ninevah province of their right to vote. The admission is likely to fuel complaints by Iraq's minor- ity Sunni Arabs, who make up the…

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… began to shoot and suppress the marchers with tear gas. One woman handed out onions in an effort to help the students being tear- gassed, because the smell of the onions overpowered the effects of the…

… year LSA student and vice chair of SAFE Salah Husseini said. LSA freshman and chair of Israeli Student Organization Or Shotan was upset that even though Tarabieh attended Hebrew University, they still…

… witness such as not blaming others and limiting statements to what they know is true. LSA freshman Kylene Yen, who attended the speech, said she admired how he tried to motivate students. Although Yen said…

… Arab country around the world? Or gain such an education by a state-funded school such as the Hebrew University. A great example of this is Omar's story," he said. Halawa did not disagree with bination…

… demands for top posts, setting up a possible showdown over the role of religion in a new Iraq. Allawi's call for an inclusive coali- tion that would attract minority Sunni Arabs who form the core of the…

… clergy solidified their rule in Iran. In forming his new coalition to unseat al-Jaafari, Allawi asked the Sunni Arab minority, which mostly boycotted the Jan. 30 elections, to play a role in the new…

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… with Israel, would signal firm Arab support for any agreements Sharon and Abbas might reach. Egypt and Jordan "will be insurance of success for a summit," Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said. The…

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… commission official Adel al-Lami said. Final results could take up to 10 days. With turnout in the election still unknown, concern was focused on par- ticipation by Iraq's Sunni Arab minority, amid fears that…

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… will take place, Murad said, adding that the pullback was in line with the Arab-brokered Taif agreement that ended Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war. "The decision to withdraw has been taken," Murad said in…

… Syria." - Compiled from Daily wire reports www.michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday duringthe fall and winter terms by students at the University of…

… as Shiites celebrated their holiest day of the year. In political moves Sunday, Iraq's major Sunni Arab tribes and politi- cal parties met in Baghdad to discuss their roles in the wake of landmark Jan…

…, and Iraq will not fall into sectarian war." . www.michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University…

…, storing, and using information wisely." Student athletes to hold discussion on gender issues The third event in a series of five pre- ceding the production of the Vaginal Monologues on Sunday is set for…

… Thayer Street Carport reported to DPS that he had misplaced his vehicle late Monday night. An officer assisted him, and the vehicle was later located in the carport. THIS DAY In Daily History Students…

… shows. The once-packed video rooms are no longer bursting with customers, and local arcade managers say that the decade's biggest fad thus far is fading fast. With today's dismal economy, many students…

… being made into a musical - the first Muslim one to be produced in America. At the time, Khan said she did not know Arabic very well. "Even though I couldn't understand it, it was very beautiful." She…

… Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. The story applies the precepts of the Burdah to the struggles of a Muslim American family. Khan, a doctoral student in Near Eastern Studies at the University, was joined by…

….' Parvez Ahmed, a student in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Studies at Wayne State University, discussed the historical aspects of the poem. Written in 1212 CE by al-Busiri, an Egyptian- born poet…

… founder of their religion. "It's really a deep sense of love and venera- tion," Ahmed said. Jonathan Glasser, a Rackham student in Near Eastern Studies, played different samples from a recent recording of…

… Burdah. She said people at the University need to discuss the poem more. "Islam is (not only) a religion of peace, but (also) a religion of art," she said. Rackham student Ali Hashmi said he appre- ciated…

… student in higher education who works at the Office of Diversity Affairs, hosted the show. "I thought it was wonderful, a good chance for students to learn about the literary form," Bailey said. Abused…