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…'t speak for the University. If Pro-Arab students had some function, I'd be happy to take part as well," said Tanter. More than0 drawn to More than 100 protesters defend fetal rights BY TARA GRUZEN SPECIAL…

… person, See Fisher, Page 12 Students protest JNF dinner BY DIMA ZALATIMO About 150 angry pro-Palestinian protestors shouted "Shame! Shame!" at guests arriving at the Jewish Na- tional Fund's $150-a…

…-plate dinner last night. "We are protesting the JNF be- cause of its discriminatory land policies," said Nuha Khoury, a member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee and Rackham graduate student. Khoury said the…

…, protested University offi- cials' attendance outside the event, saying they were favoring one side of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Though President James Duderstadt's name is on the event's program as one of…

… Israel," said Khoury. About 150 people, mostly students, protested the JNF dinner. About 20 people counterprotested in sup- port of the JNF. "The protest that PSC is doing is unfair - it doesn't look at…

… all the facts. The JNF has no policy of favoring Jews over Arabs," said Tagar president, Keith Hope, a LSA se- nior and counterprotester. University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs…

…. Raymond Tanter, who teaches a class on the Arab-Israeli con- flict, said people came to the dinner as indi- viduals and not to represent the University. "I'm proud to take part of this enterprise. I don…

… junior Lisa Wallace, one of the large number of University students who participated in the march. "It's already happened in Michigan with Propositon A." "If we're not going to fight who will?" asked…

… Jackie Kadanoff, an RC senior. Two buses from the Ann Arbor NOW chapter and one bus from the Ann Arbor Tenants Union brought University students and Ann Arbor residents to the march, which started at noon…

… yesterday. Catherine Brighton, a student from Smith College in Massachusetts, said over eight busloads of students - most of the student body - came to the march. She asked, "How could we responsibly not be…

… groups in Israel: 1) the distribution of funds should not discriminate between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, and 2) the money should not support Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The JNF…

… over 90% of all "public" land in Israel. Most of the lands acquired by the JNF since 1948 are lands which belonged to refugees forced to flee in 1948 or lands expropriated by the gov- ernment from Arab…

… students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol. IC, No. 129 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and…

… and carrying out the forced evacuation of Palestinians from their villages in 1948, and the subsequent bulldozing of many of the villages to erase all traces of Arab presence. The JNF claims that since…

… about 220,000 and that of this 65 per- cent are Arabs? Do you know that in some areas of the Galilee the Arab population has a numerical majority of as much as eight-to-one? "The Jewish National Fund is…

…/21/82). Economic violence In 1974, Yitzhak Efron of the JNF said, "The economic impact of our land purchases and our activities on Arabs is not considered.... The government would have to look after all citizens if…

… national home for the Jewish people. Toward this end, the JNF pur- chased land, mostly desert and swamp, from absentee Arab land owners all too anxious to rid themselves of what they considered to be…

… worthless terrain. With the establishment of a Jewish state, the JNF shifted its priorities from land purchase to development and af- forestation. The Arab population believed that the combined forces of…

… seven Arab armies would defeat the outnumbered and out- flanked Jewish community and conquer the entire land. The Arabs rejected the Parti- tion Plan and invaded the newly declared state of Israel. Mr…

… raise money exclusively for land develop- ment. There are no biases in the JNF's work as proven by the recent approval of the planting of a forest requested by mem- bers of an Arab village. Mr. Jackson…

… homeland. -Palestine Solidarity Committee General Union of Palestinian Students Palestine Aid Society Palestine Democratic Youth Organization El-Birah Palestine Society Arab Student League American-Arab Anti…

… mine com- mented that the police could do nothing, but if the ethnic char- acteristics of the students in- volved had been darker (ie., Black, Hispanic, Arab, etc.) than the normative standard for…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol. IC, No. 127 Ann Arbor MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial…

…-Discrimination Committee Muslim Student Association *Latin American Solidarity Committee Lesbian and Gay Rights Organizing Committee Free South Africa Coordinating Committee Student Organizations United for Peace People…

…. Locally, the boycott is being spon- sored by the Black Law Students Al- liance, Hispanic Law Students Associ- ation, Asian American Law Students Association, National Lawyers Guild and Women Law Students…

…- fessors, explaining the nature of the problem and why it must be addressed. Students who must attend should wear a black armband to show solidarity, and tell their teachers and classmates that business as…

… Duderstadt has repeatedly stressed the need for long-term, gradual goal shaping rather than immediate action, in an attempt to slow the progressive movement of activist students on cam- pus. In adopting such a…

… school student, con- sider joining the boycott or taking up the issue in class. The more reluctant your professor and classmates are to discuss racism, classism, sexism, ho- mophobia and other forms of…

… to commemorate the anniversary of Palestinian Land Day, vandals broke into the Student Pub- ications Building and spray-painted "Long Live Israel," "Jew Haters Will Pay," and "PLO Daily" on the walls…

… issued a report to Student Body President, Mike Phillips, denoting eight inci- dents in which there was sub- stantial evidence to implicate Kittrie. The report by the Ethics Committee found that the evi…

… Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily ok Law students demand diverse faculty " -" Decision on Fisher not final BY STEVE BLONDER Contrary to previous reports, Michigan Athletic Director Bo Schembechler has…

…. F - JESSICA GREENE/Doily Law students present Universtiy law school Dean, Lee Bollinger, and chair of the faculty hiring committee, Joseph Weiler, with signatures collected from students concerned…

… color, and gay men and lesbians on its faculty. The organizers of the strike - the Asian American Law Student Association, Black Student Al- liance, Hispanic Law Student Asso- ciation, National Lawyers…

… Guild (NLG), and the Women Law Stu- dents Association (WLSA) - asked law students not to attend class and to write letters to their professors explaining their absence. Those who chose to attend class…

… were asked to wear black arm bands to show their support for a more diverse faculty. "Though most students went to class, a vast majority wore arm bands to show support," said third- year law student…

… Laura Anderson, a member of NLG and WLSA. "The strike was called because a number of law students and profes- sors perceived that there is a national shortage of minority law teachers," said Law Prof…

… Yitzhak Shamir's idea for elections among Palestinian Arabs on the West Bank and Gaza. The president emphasized that Israel eventually must give up the occupied lands. Bush said he told Shamir "we do not…

… Students racism at BY MARION DAVIS. In response to the recent rash of racist incidents on campus, representatives from eight student organizations held a press conference yesterday to deplore the incidents…

… and demand action from the University. Rajal Patel, a second-year medical student and United Coalition Against Racism member, said the press con- ference was called "to make people aware of the increase…

… within the "diversified" University of Michigan has reached an all time dangerous high where many students now live in a climate offear. Yesterday a flyer stating "Faggots, niggers, spic lovers be- ware…

…. Last year similar vi- cious racist flyers were circulated around campus. In November five students were leaving a fraternity party when a man in the doorway said,"Oh, look, the chinks are leaving. Ah…

… this year. Anti-Jewish, anti-Arab, and other anti-human being graffitied slogans have become part of the day-to-day artwork plastered on this campus. The list goes on ... What? No lynchings or cross…

… errors include: -reference to a non-existent "Committee on Hispanic Studies" -no mention of Native American student programs or resources; -omission of Latino student group scholarships and events…

… administration has skirted the issue of the manda- tory class issue. President Duderstadt did, however, attend the pep rally at Crisler Arena Tuesday. 3. Students need classroom ex- perience to address issues of…

… racism. At March's faculty meeting, one professor read misconceptions about Blacks and whites written by her English students. One of the state- ments said that, "whites as a group are destructive." "They…

…- scare" tactic being used to deter the requirement's acceptance. The proposed graduation require- ment on race, ethnicity and racism failed 140-120. 5. Students have been and will continue to be the…

… administration in 1987. Along with UCAR, many other student organizations have worked together to defeat inequities at the University. "A people united will never be defeated" may be thought of as a slightly…

…. The University of Michigan Turkish Students Asscoiation is proud to present TURKISH CULTURAL SERIES Anatolian Mysticism: Rapture and Revolution (Rumi and the Whirling Dervishes, Yunus Emre, Bektashis…

… (oboe). Works of Verrell, Bolcom, Rosenberg. Rackham, 8 p.m. FREE ay- The $5 Revue- y Joan Morris, director. Musical Theatre 8 students in a 70-minute review, a benefit for the Bolcom-Morris Musical…

… LSA senior Dina Khoury, the president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Khoury said ADC will demand a required class to edu- cate students about other cultures and ethnicities. LSA…

…, Page 2 Students demand to 'U' action against racist fliers BY DIMA ZALATIMO University student leaders will be looking for ac- tion, not rhetoric, when they meet with administrators tonight to discuss…

… recent racist incidents on campus. The students will meet with the newly-formed Task Force on Safety and Security, which is made up of administrators, students, faculty, and staff. "I anticipate to find…

… out exactly what the adminis- tration intends to do about these racial incidents," said Black Student Union President Chris Jones, a Business School senior. "I don't have time to hear the adminis…

…- tration just condemning racial incidents. I would like to see a concrete plan." Tonight's meeting, at 6 p.m. in the Michigan Union Ballroom, will be an open discussion between students and the…

… administration. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Charles Vest will attend the meeting, but Music School Dean Paul Boylan, the chair of the task force, will be out of town. Several student…

…-American Students' Council, said she would like to see the administration reach out to more minority students. Patel said she will propose that the administration meet regularly with minority students. "This shouldn…

…, South Africa, at a time when the to- See Ashe, Page 2 BY JOSH MITNICK Students concerned about final exams conflicting with religious holidays may not have to choose an exam over honoring the holiday…

…. Charles Vest, University provost and vice president for academic af- fairs, sent a letter to faculty mem- bers asking that alternative dates be arranged for students who have reli- gious conflicts with…

…- quest sensitivity on the part of fac- ulty so students fulfilling religious obligations are not penalized or dis- advantaged," said Kay Dawson, as- sistant to Vest. Vest was unavailable for com- ment. In…

… reactionary, violent, racist behavior," said United Coalition Against Racism member Kimberly Smith in an exclusive in- terview with the Daily. She said such actions were in- tended to intimidate students of…

… to have him speak," said John Coleman, chair of the engineering graduation commit- tee. "It will give him a real chance to state his views," he said, adding that the students have never really heard…

… him speak. Engineering graduate student Ken Shepardson dis- agreed. "Students on the campus have enough oppor- tunity to hear him speak that it might be more inter- esting to. hear someone from outside…

… the campus with different views on what's going on. Many people said it doesn't matter who the speaker is because students pay no attention anyway. See Pres., Page 2 LIZ STEKETEE/DaIly Capitalist…

… identify lawbreakers. The tapes may be run on community access television. The News also reported that Police Chief William Corbett said the University should consider "kicking out of school" students who…

… WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State James Baker said yesterday he was encouraged by suggestions by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir for settling the Arab-Israeli dispute. Baker commented after a two…

…-abortionists at the march. "I'm with my dad, and we're against abortion," she said.. Dinner Continued from Page 1 year student Sami Abdo said the protesters wanted to know why Duderstadt, "is mentioned as hon…

… shouted, "JNF is planting trees. They want Arabs on their knees. But we are here to make it known, Palestine is our home." The counter-protesters also shouted slogans and passed out "We are all Zionists…

… University students exercising their freedom of expression. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar- bor) also at the dinner, said, "I am here to honor (U.S. Rep.) Carl Pursell, who has raised tremendous amounts of money…

… officials met with police department and city officials as well as the mayor before Monday night. He said the merchants were con- cerned about the University's inabil- ity to control student drinking and the…

… use of controlled substances by students. Although no special meeting be- tween city officials and University administrators has been set to dis- cuss the issue, onesof the quarterly. policy meetings…

…-year students, it can be even more overwhelming. But often, getting advice from someone who has been through the same type of problems helps. Since 1985, the Comprehensive Studies Mentorship Program has employed…

… University alumni to help new students with classes and offer advice for their careers. During a presentation at the University's Alumni Center yesterday, alumni mentors received medallions and cer- tificates…

… for their work. The program was launched by CSP Counselor Lola Jones to help new University students establish a rapport with professionals working in their field of interest and to relieve the tensions…

… of being a new student. Although the program was set up for minority students, it is open to all students, said Jones. LSA sophomore Erika Diete- Spiff, who is interested in business administration…

… of existing is to prepare students for the future." Brabson said the program has been very rewarding for both men- tors and students. "I have been doing this since 1970 on my own - working with…

… beaten to death right outside his home in Oregon, by White Pride skinheads. Fannie Lou Hamer of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the Student Non- Violent Co-ordinating Committee; Chaney…

…, Schwerner and Goodman, SNCC and Congress Of Racial Equality student organizers; for example, encountered racist violence as a result of committing them- selves to a set of principles which include liberation…

… the legacy of the progressive struggle and reaffirm our commitment to continue the struggle against racist violence and other forms of oppression. 4 Edited and managed by students at The University…

… necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Ignorance and violence A case in admissions at the University: Where's ti By Kathleen Mattic This is a letter for my student con- stituency, but especially…

… on a student's door in Stockwell and similar fliers were distributed last year. These actions un- derscore the racist climate which exists at this university and the degree to which the university…

… destroyed and racist acts are perpetrated because the majority of the student population are ignorant and unconcerned about the experiences and struggles of people of color. They are ignorant because the…

… reply of the Iranian Jewish businessperson who had hid and provided for them was revealing: "The fact is that they're fleeing here. And who do they come to for help? Their Arab friends? The local…

… allow for such hatred to spew forth from its murky depths. It must be made clear that Black students do not ask for special privileges or benefits not afforded to every student on campus; we demand that…

…4 OPINION Tuesday, April 11, 1989 Page 4 The Michigan Daily 4 Celebrants set bad example The following letters came from Dorothy Weaver's fourth grade class at Doherty School. Many students…

… have been on the news. I loved it when I was on the news, but this is different. You have the meaning of celebrate all wrong! You're supposed to be university students! In the dictionary cele- brate…

… fourth grade student at Doherty Elementary School, and I think what hap- pened Monday was pretty dumb. Getting drunk, breaking bottles, and turning over cars is not a very smart idea. The people that got…

… you did? Hanging on street lights, flipping a taxi, and worst of all ripping up restau- rants. One nice man said there was $200 Dear U of M Students, My Mom takes me to Ann Arbor some- times. Every…

…. I hope you're ashamed of yourselves. Sincerely, Aaryn Goldbaum age 9 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol. IC, No. 131 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned…

… intended to maintain the present hegemony of the Zionist state over Palestinians and other Arab peoples. Shamir has proposed elections to choose Palestinian representatives from the West Bank and Gaza with…

…. -Amy Schultz April 6 Students really are mindless To the Daily: To be disillusioned by the actions of previous generations has become a normal part of growth into our own adult- hood. But to be…

… Michigan were not members of the mindless masses, but thinking individuals. I have always be- lieved that because students of the University of Michigan were striving for intellectual and academic excellence…

… Friedberg, Uni- versity of Illinois, W. Conference Rm., Rackham, 4 pm. Meetings American-Arab Anti-Discrimina- tion Committee - Welker Rm., Michigan Union, 6 pm. Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry Michigan…

… Sociologist focuses on race, sports BY ROLLIE HUDSON As he has done with area high school students and University ath- letes recently, visiting Sociologist Harry Edwards captivated his audi- ence yesterday…

… Jews collec- tively responsible for Daily vandal- ism." Robert Woronoff, a law student, complained that letters to the editor and guest editorials have sometimes been cut or altered to the extent that…

…-year LSA students to ROTC members to grad- uate teaching assistants. Ivanko de- scribes the club members as "extremely diversified," but said "the same love for the outdoors is what brings us all together…

… club is sensi- tive to fragile student budgets; trips are surprisingly inexpensive, often ranging from $10 to $15 for an en- tire weekend. But members say the club's true uniqueness comes from the…

… impression is that it is not an attempted coup," but rather an internal army dispute, said one Western diplomat. "It's a standoff," another diplomat said. "I think they're just staring STUDENTS: "if your hair…

… classroom because a student plays on an athletic team. On several occasions, he has said that this attitude is "a hoax, the greatest hoax that has ever been perpetrated on any people in this so- ciety. And it…

… NCAA championship appearance since 1976, architecture graduate student Pete Larson (left) and engineering senior Brian Libs paint the rock at Hill St. and Washtenaw Ave. yesterday. "We've been waiting…

… be created betwe Arab nations. After more than an hour of discussion an end to Israel's occupation of the West] Gaza, endorsed the "achievement of Pales cal rights" and said a "properly structured…

… amusing but its theoretically possible." GWbe £tdpijuu &uilg The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan…

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… was the fiercest since the Arab League called a cease- fire in Lebanon a week ago. It broke out a few minutes after a group of right-wing Christian politicians left Beirut for more peace talks in Kuwait…

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