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…, Jor- danandSyria,the University became apolit- ical battleground for students campaigning for either Israel or the Arab states. Just like today, students took their arguments from the Diag to the pages…

… of the Daily. When the staff printed an article sympathetic toIsrael, students on the opposite side protested, call- ing the paper a propaganda piece for Israel. Likewise, when an article appeared…

… which criticized the Israeli position, pro-Israel stu- dents hurled similar accusations. The childish back-and-forth allegations led one student to an interesting conclusion. Joel Hencken, an alum from…

… protests were held against the paper by the Jewish community of south- eastern Michigan. Several years ago, many student groups took offense to errors made by the staff, attributing them to the lack of…

… that grossly oversimplified affirmative action, depicting a single white student being told that all of his classmates will have the benefit of affirmative action in admission to the University except…

… him. Despite a full column by then-Editor in Chief Jason Pesick arguing the rationale behind the decision to publish the cartoon, the result once again was charges of bias leveled by various student…

… that even though the news agency is committed to being fair, it has often failed - specifically in the Arab-Israeli conflict - to provide "a full and fair account" Whether or not President Bush can be…

… effects of the program will not be seen until the 2009-10 school year, the agreement reached between the nation's biggest soda producers and schools aims to make it difficult for 35 million students to…

… the only beverage choices available for younger students.The objective - developedby the WilliamJ. Clinton Foundation - is that by encouraging children to make smarter drink choices at school and…

… machines atschool will no longer carry their beloved bever- ages will only result in students buying their unhealthy drinks somewhere else. The agreement with soda companies and schools will have almost no…

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… labeled as a fight between Arabs and black Afri- cans. Yet the truth is more complicated because African and Arab identities are often indistin- guishable in Sudan. In fact, the true division in Darfur is…

… "African" or "Arab." Despite impossibility in any real distinctions between bloodlines, this three-year-old conflict is responsible for the deaths of at least 200,000 people and for causing more than 2…

… appropriately. Sunday, I was part of the How, then, can someone over- Community Council's del- come the two greatest barriers to of high school students, understanding genocide - prop- students and Detroit…

…? ich lies in western Sudan, Addressing the problem of quan- e local Arab and non-Arab tifying large numbers was docu- vith the aid of the Sudanese mented in the 2004 film "Paper nent have collaborated in…

… of my parents' generation, but when I tried to think of similar assemblies in my years, I came up short. These days, it takes a great deal more to motivate a college student to march in pro- test…

….Political activismis no longer sexy. Even with the recent bout of nationwide marches, students have largely stayed home. For the 21st century's 20-somethings, the passion for political activism has been usurped by the…

… 2005 said they had done community service at least once a week in high school, according to an annual sur- vey by the University of California at Los Angeles. College students do everything from cleaning…

… step instead into service, will this help our generation make a bigger mark on the world than our parents? Don't get me wrong - the service efforts of students are much needed, and the new wave of…

… of concerned citizens. This is precisely why students' conspicu- ous absence from recent rallies is troubling. Political movements need young adultseto be loud,to prove to those in power that the resis…

…- tance won't go away in future generations. But it seems we students aren't even slightly interested. The same UCLA sur- vey showed that only one-third of entering freshmen feel it's important to even keep…

… students who dedi- cate their college careers to service are cer- tainly not wasting their time. But we cannot divorce ourselves from our political respon- sibilities, and we must not be naive when it comes…

…, will partner with Arabic language publishers to translate important works of Amer- ican political thought into Arabic and distribute them throughout the Middle East. Cole hopes that his project will help…

… from an intellectual standpoint but is also potentially dangerous. For example, there is not a single Arabic university that teaches American history in Arabic, Cole said. "The kind of anti…

… after purchas- ing land for a new facility, passions are heating up as Ann Arbor parents and students argue against proposals surrounding the school. But University students who graduated from local high…

…, said Liz Nowland- Margolis, communications director of Ann Arbor Public Schools. There are currently 2,200 students at Huron, M 450 at Community High and 2,300 students at Pioneer. The Board is building…

… halls were often so crowded that students had to push their peers out of the way to get to class. "It was like a fight for your life to get to class,' Darty said. She added that most of the classes…

… consisted of 3 or more students, despite the portable classrooms located on the tennis courts and behind the school. LSA sophomore Aaron Markel, a gradu- ate of Huron High School, said his classes were not…

… some University students said the current budget seems somewhat excessive, many others said they think designing an attractive building is important. See HIGH SCHOOL, Page 3 GRAPHIC BY BRIDGET O…

…S 8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 HIGH-TECH HART AND SOUL IMMIGRATION Continued from Page 3 In Altar, the students visited the central plaza where many Mexicans intending to…

… immigrate to the United States gather. Students are often met with questions about themselves. This year, Robinson said, there were more questions than in the past. Robinson said a common question was, "Why…

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