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…4 -Tuesday, February 6, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Ely Mid'gan al Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104…

… More competent parties would improve student government t's the dawn of a new student government election season. As with any other year, our hopes are high for competi- tive elections and multiple…

…, ideologically diverse parties to ensure that competent and creative individuals run our student government next year. But last week, when the catch-all Michi- gan Action Party announced its major candidates and…

…, no way to know how committed the newly nominated are to the platforms of their parties or, more impor- tantly, to the productive role of the Michi- gan Student Assembly. But in past years, the…

… domination of the electoral process by one major, broad-based party has done little to encourage responsible governance or inspire creative change. Before the Michigan Action Party there was Students 4…

…. Admission is $2.50. WHO: Arab Student Associa- tion and Lebanese Student Association WHEN: Today from 8 to 10 WHERE: Yost Ice Arena CORRECTIONS 0 The thene party sugges- tion sn Page 2 of the State- ment said…

…2A - Thursday, February 15, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Before You Were Here Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained The manbeh ind the mullet Student…

… hair. sional naysayer, though. Krause was - Know a campus character worthy ofa Krause didn't. offended when one student offered profile? E-mailsuggestions to news@michi- And over a few months, the thin…

… OKeefe Layout Manager Chelsea Hoard Production Manager The Michigan Daily(ISSNt0745-967) is published Monday through Friday duringthe fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan…

…. The damage is estimated at $150. Dining hall worker hits head WHERE: South Quad WHEN: Tuesday at about 6 p.m. WHAT: A male student work- ing in the kitchen hit his head on a piece of equipment, DPS…

…MichigancheerleaderAriel Haskins 0 Michigan Student AssemblyRep. 0 Arab StudentAssociation member Tony Saunders Dina Ai-oburi 0 Basketball player Ron Coleman 0 Girls of Michigan Calendar model Michelle Rosado 0 Law student Josh…

… students. The mission is scheduled for late 2011, aiming for a window of time when the paths of Earth and Mars are sufficiently aligned to enable the launch and sub- sequent orbit. The window opens every two…

… that raises money for health care in Peru, hope you'll pay bigbucks for a Mexican dinner with students ranging from defensive end Lamarr Woodley to Michelle Rosado, who appears in a calendar called the…

… "Girls of Michigan." Project Suyana will sell dates with twenty students at an auction tomorrow night in an effort to raise money for a Peruvian women's shelter. Attendees will bid on dinner at Salsarita…

…'s Fresh Cantina, a new Mexican restaurant on East Liberty Street, with one of 20 men and women at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the ballroom of the Michigan Union. The University's website for student organizations…

… Uni- versity's director for student activities and leadership. The policy came out of a See AUCTION, page 7A Members of Students Supporting Affirmative Action celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling…

…:16 GOT A NEWS TIP? LO: 1B Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michgandaily.com and let us know. COMING FRIDAY What did you do over Winter Break? One student won the Price is Right. NEWS INDEX NEWS…

… Mecca, Islam's holiest city, in a last- ditch effort to end their bloody con- flict. The Saudi-led push is key to any future peace talks with Israel - and to Arab efforts to blunt Iran's growing power…

… oases to at about a dozen other institutions nationwide, including the Univer- ttract students sity of Connecticut in Storrs; the University of Notre Dame; Fur- man University in Greenville, S.C., By ALAN…

… not looking to expand significantly ed that a more urbanized the size of their student bodies. n of the ideal campus could Students graduating from high t a population well past its school these days…

… new concept of the college from the suburbs, he said. us is taking root: a small city "I think students crave the kind country that is not reserved of vitality you have in an urban ly the young. space…

…," Cloyd said. e at Hendrix, construction Storrs, for example, has a 20,000- this year willbegin creating a student flagship state university, urban-style village on the 130 but it is a hamlet in the rural…

…, offices and hundreds of the lack of a vibrant college town ments and town houses. Soon, is frequently cited by students who ils hope, will come nearly 200 decline offers of admission or decide -family…

… and a office space and as many as 800 rr school with the college as a apartments and town houses. ipant. "This would make it easier for the corner of the property, them to attract students," said Cleo e…

… student fitness center is Szmygiel, a UConn freshman from ly being built, which will be New York City. "There is really not ble to the owners of houses alot to do here." condominiums and to the Keelan King…

… 300 courses and learn from the world's foremost faculty. Network and enjoy exclusive Washington access available only to Georgetown University students. You've had enough ordinary summer breaks. This…

…4A - Thursday, February 1, 2007 IC The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ie 1*idigan &atI Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI…

… took aloth-grade vow of chastity, Turns out, I'm no legal expert. Wil- while others rolled the dice and hoped son's appeal was flat-out denied last for the best. month. Now as college students, we have…

… Georgia teacher was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years proba- tion for having sex with a 17-year-old student. Why the light slap on the wrists? Because the girl was over 16 and the couple did not…

… exclusion from public events TO THE DAILY: We were among the undergraduate and graduate students not allowed into Rackham Auditorium Tuesday night for the "ex-terrorist" event. The police never gave us a…

… civil liberties. We waited outside in the cold until' the end of the event with supporters from both sides of the issue. There were University alumni, Ann Arbor residents and graduate students (who…

… hinders progress TO THE DAILY: As I walked into Rackham Audito- rium to listen to the speakers sponsored by the Young Americans for Freedom Tuesday night, I was greeted by a group of students passingaround…

… flyers to stage a walkout. The walkout was in protest of the lecture by three former terrorists. I did not plan on walking out and was dis- mayed by the number of students who left in the middle of the…

… speech. While I understand that the walkout was an act of protest, it is our respon- sibility as students at this university to engage in debate, not walk out when somebody states an opinion that we dis…

…- agree with. There is a lot of talk about being ready to debate the issues that seem to be constantly dividing campus: gay rights, the Arab-Israeli conflict and affirmative action. But talk is cheap. The…

… in promoting the use of marijuana. The U.S. govern- ment estimates that at least 95 million Americans have used marijuana. It also estimates that nearly half of all high school students will use…

…4 -Friday, February 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily…

… withhold grades or picket graduation. Although the contract won't expire until July, both parties - and students - stand to benefit from an agreement reached well before then. The University administra- tion…

… a campus dedicat- ed to student activism, but the contentious nature of lecturer walkouts and strikes can pit loyal students against their own academ- ic interests in the name of solidarity. LEO…

… must also recog- nize the integral role its lecturers play in edu- cating students. These coming months will be crucial to consider LEO's demands and put together a plan acceptable to both sides. Most…

… students do not intend to get an edu- cation in labor relations when they enter the University. However, we owe a certain amount of respect and empathy to those instructors who make less in a yearthan many…

… out-of-state students pay to be here. Lecturers teach nearly a third of undergraduate courses on Ann Arbor's campus, and students have a vested interest in seeing the demands of LEO met by the…

… precautions that the reporter coincidentally left out. In addi- tion, Project Suyana has not been notified of any disapproval of the event by faculty, staff, administrators or students. If there is a…

… controversy, 02/01/2007). As someone who knows how hard the group's members have worked to make the event possible, I know that the concept has been met with nothing but positive responses from students…

… by Ryan Fan- tuzzi, the vice president of the University's chapter of the Young Americans for Freedom. He informed the crowd that he was aware that "members of far left, Arab and Muslim organizations…

…*I 4A -Wednesday, February 7, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 tothedaily…

… Iraq War De-escala- TO THE DAILY tionActof2007. Itis quite literallythe onlyplan While LSA j that allows America to leave Iraq both respon- about Arab ri sibly and with dignity. If passed, the act would…

… debate on the act last Tuesday: "It is time Arabs or leave. to fundamentally change our policy. It is time uty Prime Min to give Iraqis their country back. And it is time denied their cu to refocus America…

… (Iraqi ties, incorrect in his claims that the .n regime provided protection. rated Chaldeans on the basis 'our language and Arabize our s unwilling to accept our status eople and did not respect our e…

… out lies, were the only ones able to n people have lived in the region of years. Under Hussein, our nder the threat of pan-Arabic h attacked minority rights and our homeland is threatened by mists who…

… edly not be so strong. nt that we learn from the faults regime and his pan-Arabism so new political ideas that accept and tolerate all people - regard- gion, ethnicity or beliefs. t AMANDA BURNS Welfare…

… even joked that Clinton's constant co-optation of Republican issues is one of the reasons the he was so hated by the opposing party. Conscious of his student audience, Haskins touched on the role of…

… decrease in teen pregnancy, the program leaves students who choose to have sex woe- fully underinformed, making them more likely not to use protection when the time comes. In regards to charita- ble choice…