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… by the Michigan Student Assembly's Elec- tion Court Saturday for forging a fellow candidate's signature. The court fined Burks five dollars. The court also ruled Corey Mornon, whose signa- ture Burks…

… a nigger?" See BURKS, Page 2 Arab nations call for peace conference RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Eight Arab governments yester- day endorsed a proposal by Presi- dent Bush that calls on Israel to…

… re- linquish territory in exchange for peace in the region. But Secretary of State James Baker rejected an Arab request for a Mideast peace conference. "This is not the appropriate time," Baker said…

…, reiterating the administration's stance opposing such a meeting. Baker met with the foreign min- isters of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar. Avi Pazner, a…

… advises Shamir on the land-for-peace ques- tion, said on state television that "if the Arabs come and tell us that territory is the primary objective of negotiations, it is a sign they're not really aiming…

… issue has violence between Israelis. caused renewed Palestinians and In Jerusalem yesterday, an Arab man who said he was sending a "message to Baker" fatally stabbed three Jewish women and wounded…

… another. After the attack, angry Israelis shouted, "Baker go home!" and anti-Arab slogans. Bush, pledging to move quickly toward a lasting peace in the Middle East, told Congress last week that any…

… "some very good progress," and emphasized the Arab acceptance of a proposal for a permanent security force to protect the oil fields in the Persian Gulf. But there was a clear difference between the…

… United States and the eight Arab nations on a Middle East peace conference. "Our objective is to convene an international conference under UlN auspices," Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa told…

… parties announce platforms S Common Sense party advocates both negotiation and activism by Jay Garcia Coalition leader would abolish Peace and Justice Commission Daily MSA Reporter As Michigan Student…

… students, mostly Arab-American. gathered in the Michigan Union Wolverine Room to defend and debate racist implications in media coverage of developments in the EgyptAir crash. Youmans said he and other Arab…

…-American students have been angered by press releases that allege Arab-Americans r r Daily Staff Reporter Toilets exploding. Raw sewage back- ing up into basements. Sparks shooting *m outlets. Ceilings collapsing…

…Weather Today: Partly cloudy. High 47 Tomorrow: Haze. High 52. * it a *arO . Low 33. One hundred ninze years of ediatrfrredom Thursday December 2, 1999 _'4 I Students will no longer get…

…Elvain said the need for paper markers of students' academic records has become obsolete. Beginning this term, students will not receive a mailed By Hanna LoPa copy of their final semester grades. The Office of…

… the Daily Staff Reporter Registrar notified students of the change late Tuesday night At four feet s a mass e-mail. years of age, Dr. "It doesn't accomplish much," McElvain said. a typical sex syn Under…

… the old policy, students received fall semester report ing icon of sex i cards at their University address and winter semester grades More than I to their permanent address. munity member McElvain said…

… that the University has mailed grade sheets Theater last nig for "certainly more than 25 years," and the number of grade sex therapist g access options has improved in the last five. Students instant…

…Elvain said, explain- introduced U Sthat students can get the more up-to-date grade informa- Nursing Prof. E t through these other means, whereas the mailings as the "Dr. Ruth become inaccurate in some cases…

…. "All these transactions are -n.---:-Fair.and running" immediately "through the University database." Inside: Fair and For LSA first-year student Rachel Kelly, Tuesday's e-mail was news to embrace. "I…

… transcripts, with the exception of same-day requests, which cost $ 10. cElvain said discussions between the Registrar's office a d student groups set up by the Office of Student Affairs helped the office make…

…- leased a report last week supporting the officers' decision to use weapons "In the Angell Hall incident the officer knew there was a cement wall behind the perpetrator and there were no students or passers…

… weapon, then (Tate) would proba- See POLICE, Page 2 Arabs spurn invitation to talk in Israel MADRID, Spain (AP) - Arab delegates spurned an invitation yes- terday from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak…

… Shamir to go to Israel to negotiate. In their first exchanges on the floor of the historic conference, Arab and Israeli leaders traded re- criminations and clung to familiar positions. The Arabs demanded…

…. Shamir called it a "garden of thorns." The Arabs argued that peace was conditional on Israeli willingness to give up the captured territories. "Every inch," insisted Syria's for- eign minister, Farouk al…

… Kamel Abu-Jaber. "We are willing to live side by side on the land," said Haidar Abdul-Shafi, representing the Palestinians. Shamir began his speech with a simple "Shalom." Although the Arab and Israeli…

…-to-face bargaining be- gins. "There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a de- nial of the purpose of the negotia- tions," Shamir said. The Arabs want to talk on neu…

…, the Days of the Dead celebration that takes place Nov. 1 and 2. Foreign students experience by Gwen Shaffer Daily Higher Education Reporter While approximately 1,000 University of Michigan students…

…, cost, and academic ranking, several for- eign student counselors said. Once here, foreign students often must overcome not only problems faced by domestic students, such as adjusting to a new environment…

…, but the added stresses of language barri- ers and a strange culture. Language is the main obstacle for foreign students, said Louise Bald- win, program coordinator at the University of Michigan Interna…

…Here's mud - er, I mean tear gas in your eye. The Ann Arbor police paid no regard to gas etiquette in clearing South U. Monday night, and the students' attitude was not much better. Tommy Stinson…

… of editorial freedom Vol CI o.10 n Arbr ichian Wdneda, Ari 8,199 ( 192 Te ichga3.i Students question cop use of teargas by Ben Deci old man from Sterling Heights was charged Daily Crime Reporter…

… shot us with teargas," LSA first-year student Jason Menges said. The mounted division swept up and down South University twice. Students taunted the force, slapped their horses, and tugged at the…

… crowd of students after Mon- day's NCAA Championship basketball game because many administrators were still in Minneapolis - where the tournament took place. "Right now, nobody has the facts to com- ment…

… See UNIVERSITY, Page 2 DOUG KANTEPJDaily An unidentified student cheers as a kiosk goes up in flames on the corner of South University and East University late Monday night after police officers left…

… the scene. -Speakers clash during Israeli-Arab discussion By Pari Berk and Ren6e Huckle Daily Staff Reporters Speakers clashed during the first University Jewish- Arab sponsored Israeli…

… said, "The conference is important because it's Jews and Arabs taking risks to sponsor something jointly because of the sincere desire to bring about peace." Abraham, a member of the Detroit American…

… diplomat in the U.S., said, "A bi-national state is suicide for both parties. "The real conflict is between Arabs and Israelis who want peace and the dangers that loom against them. Am I optimistic? Yes…

… Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, February 13, 1991 ThMichgan Dail MSA *discusses regental contact by Julie Foster Dily MSAFReporter In light of increased tension be- tween students and administrators after…

… students disrupted last week's University Board of Regents meet- ing, the Michigan Student Assem- bly debated the merits of con- frontational versus conventional ways to deal with the administra- tion last…

… night. * MSA President Jennifer Van Valey said the regents are not re- sponsive when students try normal methods of communication. The students who dressed up as regents last Thursday felt it was…

… necessary to take extreme action, she said. While most assembly members agreed a communication barrier exists between students and ad- ministrators, their views on solving *the problem differed…

…. Communications Chair Brett White said he felt the approach of the students disrupting the meet- ings was too radical. "Whose cred- ibility is hurt more - the Regents or the people dressing up?" White called for…

… starting peti- tions, publicizing the problem in the media, organizing student strikes only when there is enough overall support for one, and writing See MSA, Page 2 I Allied guns hit Iraqis from land, sea…

…WE ATH TODAY Cloudy, cool; Cgh: 57, Low: 42. TOMORROW Chneof showers; Hgh: 57, Low: 40. Jrv Student Services search needed more input. See OPINION Page 4. One hundred and one years of editorial…

…. Bush's aim may be to get a quick dividend for himself and his foreign policy, and also for Arabs and Israelis in the event a more comprehensive set- tlement of their 43-year dispute proves elusive. On…

… yesterday underscored his country's secondary role in resolving the Arab- Israeli conflict. "The world community is becom- ing increasingly aware that what is happening in the Soviet Union has a larger…

… change in the Middle East." But Arab delegates were less chari- table. They said the main Soviet role in the region had been its economic and political collapse following the coup attempt in August…

…, thereby denying hard-line Arab states their traditional source of arms and diplomatic sup- port. Palestinian and Jordanian delegates responded to Bush's appeal for peace but ignored Gorbachev. "Let's face…

… the facts. The United States is running the show," said one Arab delegate, who spoke on condition he not be further identified. "The Soviet Union cannot even feed its peo- ple and asks the world for…

… food. It will not have much of a role." Bush suggested that a land-for- peace approach might inhibit the launching of face-to-face bargaining between Arabs and Israelis and to pre- scribe land…

… yesterday. Students working with' 'U' polic by JoAnne Viviano Daily Staff Reporter Despite recent tensions between students and police, a group of stu- dents is assisting the Department of Public Safety…

… and Security (DPSS) by offering their input through its new Student Work As- sistant Program (SWAP). "I've worked with the officers and find them to be a very dedicated group of professionals," said LSA…

… Engineering junior Jully. Park. Superviser Lt. Vernon Baisden said SWAP was initiated by DPSS in May after Director Leo Heatley realized that students could play a role within the department. "Our original…

… - After brushing aside last- minute Arab appeals for a delay, President Clinton today convenes an emergency summit meeting of Arab and Israeli leaders designed to break a new cycle of violence that…

…- drawing Israeli troops from the West Bank town of Hebron, a pullout originally scheduled to take place last March. But Israeli officials continued to flatly reject Arab demands that Israel close a…

… bring international pressure to bear on Israel to close the tunnel beneath the edge of the sacred hill in Jerusalem known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Arabs as Haram Sharif. In contrast to most…

… summit meetings, which are See MIDEAST, Page 7 I Military cuts concern students, v By Jennifer Harvey Daily Staff Reporter For a select group of voters, some campaign issues aren't just partisan…

…, an LSA junior, said President Clinton has not been a See MILITARY, Page 7 KRISTEN SCHAEFER/Daily Sketching Architecture first-year student Nicole McCall sketches on the steps of the William Clements…

… Library yesterday. See DEBATE, Page 7 Vendors sell a variety of 'dogs' r>.rt T HE . , . By Carly Blatt For the Daily Every day, hungry students are tempted by yet another diversion etween classes…

…, inexpensive snack. "It's an in-between meal," said Kwame McShan, a first-year graduate student in Education. "I usually eat them when I won't have a chance to eat 1til later." University students make up much…

… Stret they buy a dollar dog and they're done." Some students said they like the con- venience of the stands. "It's quick, and it's convenient. I buy hot dogs about once a week," said Rackham first…

… written by Daily edi- tors from throughout the years and talked about the continuity of the Daily experience. All weekend, alumni wandered into the Daily's open house in the student publications building…

… university students, a bill planning to improve the current work-study program and student rights were all topics of dis- cussion at a conference of the Michigan Collegiate Coalition (MCC) this weekend at…

… Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan. "The purpose of the conference was to lobby for student rights and for financial aid," said Aberdeen Marsh, Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) representative…

… and one of three University students who at- tended. The MCC is a student organiza- tion comprised of representatives from Michigan's 15 public universi- ties. The organization lobbies in the state…

… overall resolution passed 20-11 after See MSA, Page 2 War causes fear tension among Arab students by Matthew Pulliam As apprehensions mounted last week because of the escalating war in the Persian Gulf…

… war. I think what (Saddam Hussein) did is wrong, and I condemn the occupation of Kuwait," said Civil Engineering graduate student Fadi Alkhairi. Many Arab-Americans support the U.S., MSA condemns…

… See GULF, Page 2 Students a sit-in to protest research by Marc Ciagne .g.. ~ DRDA discloses "4>s ~research tied to, funded b by Ronan Lynch Daily Research Reporter y Army Thirty-five students…

… statement released by the group. The occupation, scheduled to last 24 hours and organized by U of M Students Against U.S. Inter- vention in the Middle East (SAUSI), began at noon when the protesters entered…

… their plans, to assure them of their non-violent inten- tions. The group did not release the time and location of the sit-in un- til Daniel Kohns, publicity chair JOSE JUARE2 Students sit-in in the…

… graduate students dis- closed the University had con- ducted research as part of an Army project to develop solid fuel-air explosives (SFAEs). A week ago today, the Daily reported that University Aero- space…

…, Kauf- fman denied that he was con- ducting military research, saying "All of our research involves safety in the workplace." Yesterday morning, as part of the Students Against U.S. Inter- vention in the…

… Persian Gulf (SAUSI) protest at the Division of Research Development and Administration (DRDA), two physics graduate students, Matt Green and Mike Massey, re- quested that they be allowed to review…

… information at a press conference at the Cube moments after students entered the building. The aims of the sit-in include the following: To encourage the Univer- sity not to aid in the prosecution of student…

… education to people of color and the economically disen- franchised. To gain access to informa- tion regarding the extent of the University's involvement in mili- tary research and development. The students…

… Wheeler Park. Baker continues tour of Middle East to promote peace initiative by Sarah Schweitzer Daily Administration Reporter University President James Duderstadt, in a letter sent to Black student…

… go in order to create.a safe campus and reveals the inade- quacy of University policies, facil- ities, and services to meet the needs of students of color. To address this inadequacy, Duderstadt listed…

… you and to all students as it should.' functions by Student Services, and; standardizing of security training, policies, and accountabil- ity for Department of Public Safety personnel. Duderstadt also…

… with the proposed times and meeting places, JERUSALEM (AP) - Secre- tary of State James Baker opened new talks with Palestinian Arabs yesterday, overlooking their asser- tion they represent the…

… Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) that the Bush administration has shunned for the past year. Baker discussed with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir demands from Arab nations that Shamir prove he is…

… willing to make concessions in their direction. A senior U.S. official said Shamir took the request under con- sideration. Baker is touring the Middle East trying to sell Arabs and Israel on President Bush…

…'s Mideast set- tlement formula: that Israel relin- quish occupied land in order to gain the acceptance of its Arab neighbors. Shamir and Baker met for 75 minutes and excluded even note- takers from most of…

… Baker was not See BAKER, Page 2 An attached report, compiled by Assistant Vice President for Student Services Eunice Royster- Harper, addressed various concerns raised by members of the Black Student…

… racial slurs were made by "someone on the scene; the determination of who used them is still open." Some Black students contended Ann Arbor po- lice involved in breaking up the See LETTER, Page 2…

… Jernigan finds mayoral position ' by Lynne Cohn and David Rheingold Daily City Reporters How many students know that Ann Arbor's Republican Mayor Gerald Jernigan served for four years in the United States…

… time. planes Attack alarms Arab stuidents By Ann Stewart Deaily Staff' Reporter Arab American students say the bombing carried out in response to Saddam Hussein's agression should raise concern for the…

… Iraqi people. The United States fired 44 cruise missiles into Iraq in response to Saddam Hussein's attacks on a Kurdish town. Though the students did not defend Saddam Hussein's alleged violations of…

… going to have to suffer,' Abbasi said. The Pentagon reported that five Iraqi deaths resulted from bomb- ings of military targets. It denied reports that a housing complex was attacked. However, students…

… strike is successful. "there See ATTACK, Page 16 Students survive first day with excitement, anxiety By Anu Reddy Daily Staff Reporter After Michigan delegates pumped upj crowds in Chicago and San Diego…

… ritual, the campus came alive yesterday with the infusion of stu- dents and professors into buildings and on sidewalks as the first day of classes began. For many students, the first day meant wait lists…

…, last-minute CRISPing and long book lines. ' Some older students agreed that the first day of classes still gives them but- terfl ies. "It's still scary," said LSA junior Kendra Weatherhead. "You have a…

… cer- tain habit of being a student, and then you work all summer. Do I remember how to take notes and how to study?" LSA senior Katie Montgomery said she still faces anxiety whenever classes begin even…

…. Engineering first-year student Paul Park, who lives in Bursley Hall, said he has been waiting for classes to start since the weekend. two today classes have as imper4 expected LSA fir he moved in over been…

… taught e r, Y by professors, not staff," s a a as I Roselle said. n "Two for two is really good. - Brian Taylor They've been st-year student funny and really nice." S o m e returning students said they…

… people look lost." LSA second-year student Emily Parker agreed. "It's been fun to watch all the first- year students, looking around where they're going," Parker said. I expected," Taylor said. LSA first…

…. If you would like to leave * a message for Tom press 1; for Jerry press 2." Thanks to a new voice mail system installed in Mosher-Jordan Residence Hall (Mo-Jo), students may hear ames- sage like this…

… when they call their friends to chat. University officials selected Mo-Jo as the test site for a one-year voice mail program for students. "A number of years ago (the University's Network Systems Depart…

… Mo-Jo, Page 2 Israel begis peace talks with Jordan ASSOCIATED PRESS Making peace with the PLO has brought the promise of new relations for Israel in the Arab world and be- yond, a dividend that Prime…

… Hassan II, hop- ing to parlay his peacemaking with the PLO into diplomatic ties with Morocco and perhaps even Tunisia. "I think it is very important do- mestically as further evidence that the Arab world…

… budget discussion A PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS y '"Tow' By KAREN TALASKI DAILY STAFF REPORTER There may not have been mud wrestling at lastnight'sMichigan StudentAssemblymeet- ing, but dirt was slung both…

… for and against the assembly. The assembly's main focus was the first reading of its proposed 1994 budget, which MSA leaders say provides an increase in funding to student organizations. The University…

… compas- See HARKIN, Page 2 4'U, modifies Union by Henry Goldblatt Daily Administration Reporter A group of student leaders and administrators announced changes in the University's Union weekend en…

…- trance policy yesterday that will al- low students to bring two guests into the building and increase stu- dent participation in monitoring the entrances. The changes - which will be put in place at the…

… beginning of winter term - modify the existing Union entrance policy implemented in September. Students will still need to show identification when entering the building between 9 p.m. and 1:30. a.m. Thursday…

…, Friday and Saturday. The modifications include: Permitting students with identification to bring two guests into the building instead of one; Providing paid student moni- tors to sit at each of the Union…

… withdraw See SOVIET, Page 2 American, Arab journalists spar over Middle East peace by Joshua Meckler. Daily Staff Reporter "The peace conference was the creation of one man - James Baker," said American…

… region, with Hisham Melhem, an Arab journalist. The two speakers appeared as part of the University Activities Centers' Viewpoint Lecture series and spoke to about 400 people in Rackham Auditorium. "Baker…

… activism among the Arab community and fighting ethnic stereotypes. Experts traveled from all over the country to address sev- eral issues including student activism, issues of identity, women's issues and…

… Gamble said his team is also prepared to settle GEO's contract at tonight's meeting. "We have all the ingredients for a settlement," Gamble said. The contract affects the jobs of 1,600 Graduate Student…

… GSls' salaries and an adjustment of the way their wages are calculated. He 41so said the University may present information on compensated training programs for international graduate students and affir…

…Reprter rking on his third year as University president, Lee r continues to look for ways to improve the University as, from research to architecture to student affairs. riday, Bollinger took a few moments to…

… the lawsuits, Bollinger said he is pleased with ount of student discussion on campus, although the ity has not taken an official position on the interven- ng pursued by dozens of University studentsin…

… simulated cases, more then 40 students and faculty members began annual training this weekend for Code of Student Conduct arbi- tration proceedings. Saturday marked the first part of the three- tiered…

… resolution coordina- tor for the Office of Student Conflict Resolution. A panel of five students or a fac- ulty or staff member decides whether a student violated the Code, the University's internal discipline…

… policy. Student panelists are nominated by their respective student govern- nts and faculty members are her nominated by Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford, by a school or college dean or…

… by the faculty Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, Hulswit said. The College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts has the largest number of Code student panelists with 24 mem- See CODE…

… students con- cerned with the future of the state of Israel gathered yesterday for a conference hosted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The all-day conference, "From the Great Lakes to the…

…After not informing students of the Code since its implementation, the administration has now sent out its own propaganda - Michigan Voices. This weekend, five B.F.A. students will perform…

… Administration Reporter The University's week-long freeze on information relating to cases under the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities ended yesterday when officials agreed to provide statistical…

… data from the past week. The policy change by the Office of StudentAffairs immediately reinstated the flow of statistical information to the public. However, other informa- tion will not be released…

… because the University is concerned about violat- ing student confidentiality. "We're continuing to assess this and try to find a way we can get infor- mation to the University community for informational…

… Michigan StudentAssembly Student Rights Commission, said the University is violating its original prom- ise to students by releasing only statis- tics. "That's absolutely not what we agreed to," Van…

… Israelis and Palestinians clashed violently on holy ground in the Middle . East Jewish and Arab American students clashed emotionally on campus. While both groups expressed oppos- ing views on roots of the…

… up" About 100 people converged in West uad's Wedge Room to kick off Filipino American Heritage Month - five weeks designed to expose students to Filipino culture through a series of Thursday evening…

… workshops. The theme of Friday's celebration, which featured Filipino singers and a comedy troupe, along with Gonzalez, was "Who we are and where we are going." Groups including the Filipino American Student…

… Association, the 1ilippines Study Group and the nglish department came together to sponsor the event. "(I came) to learn more about my heritage," said LSA first-year student Mara Luna. "I kind of wapted to be a…

… travel, residence halls and the Nectarine Ballroom by his American cousins. Traditional Filipino songs were sung byRackham student Karl Soliz and his friend Jason Baluyut, who had not seen each other since…

… their sophomore year in a Philippine high school. Gonzalez, 81, said it is important for Filipinos, especially college students, to know about their heritage because he awareness of our sense of a nation…

… hold Mideast peace talks A aletitna omn anda childpass a ine of Israeli border police near the disputed tunnel in Jerusalem's old town yester- day that turns along the Al Aqsa Mosque compound. Students…

… hope f'or peaceful settlement 0 Tunnel near Muslim holy shrines reopened despite Arab outcry The Washington Post WASHINGTON President Clinton intervened directly in the bloody crisis in the Middle East…

… chapter for violating its alcohol-free policy during a party held on Oct. 15. Courtney Cantor, an LSA first-year student who was seen drinking at the party, died early the next morning after falling out her…

… from fellow Arabs, Iraq blamed Washington yesterday for the deepening crisis over U.N. arms inspections and said an American attack would be "a sheer aggression of criminals." Deputy Prime Minister Tariq…

… is being blocked continuously, stubbornly, ille- gally by his government," Aziz said at a news conference that came shortly after a group of Arab states said Iraq itself would be at fault if the U…

….S. military struck at the country. The criticism by the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council - Iraq's vulnerable neighbors - along with Syria and Egypt was unusually strong for Arab countries who have…

… said the government of Saddam Hussein would be "responsible for any conse- quences" from its stopping the work of U.N. weapons inspec- tors. Aziz gave little heed to the plea from the Arabs to renew…

… IT OUT Students use raffle tickets in anti-smoking campaign By Jody Kay >r the Daily A campus group yesterday encouraged students to stomp out smoking - one cigarette at a time. In association with the…

… American Cancer Society, University Students against Cancer hosted a smokeout on the Diag yesterday to convince students to stop smoking by giving out raffle tickets to people who threw away their cigarettes…

…. "I'm a part-time smoker trying to quit," SNRE first- year student Christian Doman said. "This is a great incen- jve. I think it's a great idea." For six hours, USAC members participated in the annual…

… part of the Smokeout. USAC also organized a non-profit raffle, giving one ticket to every student who threw out or extinguished a cigarette. Many local businesses, such as Web Chateau, Wherhone Recnrds…

… player Warde Manuel will fill the only new position created by Goss, which focuses on student athlete development regarding employment and community service. Manuel said he will link services already…

… offered by Career Planning and Placement and the Center for Learning through Community Service to the goals the department has for student athletes. "It's to make sure that the student athletes are our main…

… Provost Nancy Cantor said he has deaths of several students, the difficult met the challenge of outside scrutiny firing of Michigan men's basketball with his open demeanor and honest coach Steve Fisher and…

…) -- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright assured Israel and its Arab neighbors yesterday that the United States would have a "swift and resounding" response to any Iraqi attack in the region. After extensive…

… talks in Israel, Albright took the message that Arabs, too, are under America's protective wing to Kuwait. She will repeat it today in Saudi Arabia during her tour seeking Arab support for military action…

… against Iraq to enforce U.N. resolutions. Unlike in 1990, when an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait con- gealed most of the Persian Gulf Arabs, none has bought into the necessity of action in the current cri- sis…

… strike again. During the Gulf war, the Bush administration pressured Israel not to retaliate for the 39 Scud missiles that hit its ter- ritory. The worry was that if Israel joined the conflict, the Arabs…

…," Mordechai , told reporters. Speaking on CNN's "Late Edition," Albright warned the Iraqis that if Israel or Arab nations are attacked, the U.S. response would be forceful. "Were Saddam Hussein to attack…

… University students may find ob- taining financial aid more difficult if President Bush's budget cut propos- als for the 1991 fiscal year are im- plemented by Congress. The proposed cuts could result in a $4…

….8 million reduction in available financial aid for University students, said Thomas Butts, University gov- ernment relations officer. Bush proposed cuts or freezes on a variety of financial aid programs…

… supported by the federal budget. "President Bush has met nearly every student aid program with either a butcher's knife or a yawn," said Ju- lianne Marley, president of the United States Student Association…

…, a national student lobbying organiza- tion. The President's most drastic pro- posed cuts are the elimination of the Perkins Loan program and the State Student Incentive Grant program. The elimination…

… museum were awed by the sculptured ice decorations adorning the room. Afterwards, however, the sculpuures were left outside for the public's view. MAC calls for input in student services changes by Mark…

… War protestors' condemn U.S. aggression s. Y AmandaNeuman Daily Staff Reporter k{ Less than 24 hours after United States forces initiated Operation Desert Storm, students braved f% m the cold to rally…

… against the war on the Diag at 11 a.m. yesterday. The rally, organized by the Students Against U.S. Intervention in the Middle East (SAUSI), drew 500 protestors by Ann Arbor policef estimates, 2…

… tired of these insane tirades about protecting democracy and self-determination. We are tired of hypocrisy and U.S._ aggression, " said first-year Rackham student, Toml Abowd. Abowd denounced President…

…. "Mr. Bush has no right to speak for the world. George Bush is our elected representative, not our emperor," said LSA senior and Arab-American, Deyar, who gave only her first name. .>. - Deyar, a…

… Chaldean, said she fears being placed in an internment camp like many Japanese-Americans were during World War II. See PROTEST, Pg 2 Jewish students fear for Israel by Jay Garcia and Gwen Shaffer Daily…

… from television reports. In particular, Jewish students expressed anguish at the turn of events. Nicole Sanderson, a graduate stu- dent in the Institute of Public Policy Studies, said she was on the…

… students, in Israel. "My first reaction was that I needed information because I was concerned about my friends in Israel. Then I felt helpless. Then I felt bit- ter. And now I'm just very sad," said first…

…-year LSA student Elissa Gold- man. "There are a lot of people I know actually there right now. I'm afraid of what will happen," said Alex Horowitz, an LSA sophomore. LSA sophomore Dan Brown, a member of…

… think it's disgusting and un- called for that the Iraqi's would bomb innocent citizens and a hospi- tal instead of military bases," said first-year LSA student Becca Don- nenfeld. "I don't think Israel…

… to fault," he said. Detroit Edison, which will repair the elec- trical lines, began looking at the problem yes- terday and will begin the actual repairs today. "We want the students to know that we are…

… deadline by Christine Kloostra Daily MSA Reporter The deadline for filing for candi- dacy in the fall Michigan Student Assembly election has been ex- tended to this Friday at noon. Originally set for today…

… Jerusalem yesterday to prevent clashes following the murders of three Jews by a knife-wielding Arab. A Palestinian teen-ager was killed and 19 others were hospitalized with wounds suffered in clashes with Is…

…- raeli troops yesterday throughout the occupied West Bank, said Arab re- ports. Jews angered by Sunday's killings threw stones at Arab cars and beat several Arab pedestrians, said Israel radio. It blamed…

… members of the anti-Arab Kach Party, saying they were bent on inciting trouble. After the violence, national po- lice headquarters announced that the ban on Palestinians entering Jerusalem would continue…

… comments session in the Michi- gan Union's Anderson Room to find regental im- posters had taken their seats. Twelve students - representing ACT-UP, the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, the…

… require: that the University adopt a stance on the Gulf war and issue a public statement against racial harassment of Arab-American and Muslim students, faculty, staff and community members; that the…

…, the percentage of students reapplying to live in residence halls has hovered around 42 percent. Last year, this figure dropped to 39.1 percent. Director of University Housing Robert Hughes attributed…

… this decline to a rise in commuting stu- dents from Southeast Michigan. During the 1989-90 school year, commuting students formed 17.8 percent of the student body. In 1990-91, the number increased to 18…

….5 percent. As a result of the drop in the number of students living in University housing, Hughes announced at yesterday's meeting that the lottery - a system used to determine which returning students will…

… have a space in the residence halls - will be eliminated this year. It has been in place for 15 years. All students wishing to return to the resi- dence halls will most likely receive a space,., Hughes…

… Homeless Action Committee, People of Color Against the War and Racism, Students Against U.S. Intervention in the Gulf and other activist groups - took the seats customarily reserved for regents and…

… University administrators during the public comments period. The students sat down minutes before the session was scheduled to begin. See IMPOSTERS, Page 2 David "Dandelion" Rosenberg, an LSA junior, portrays…

… interim Vice President for Student Services Mary Ann Swain at yesterday's public comments session of the Regents' meeting in the Michigan Union. Admin. reacts to anti-war group in letter by Shalini Patel…

… Daily Staff Reporter Interim Vice President for Student Services Mary Ann Swain responded yesterday on behalf of the administration to the demands issued by People of Color Against the War and Racism. In…

… proceed with the peace talks. Opponents of the peace talks or- ganized demonstrations in numerous cities. In Afula, students chanted "Death to Arabs" and "Baruch Goldstein, We Love You." MARK FRIEDMAN…

… blue and gold caskets along with its usual sweat-shirts, tee-shirts and hats, Sigler says that the Alumni Association would rather leave that business to the funeral homes. Because most students strive…

… Duderstadt. That is not how I'd like to be remembered unless those colors put mega-bucks in my pocket," said Teneka Johnson, an LSA first-year student. Others view the suggestion as a possibility."I don't know…

… - Maya Elharar, an 18-year old high school student. The explosion occurred at about 12:30 p.m. in the northern town of Afula near a city bus stop close to three high schools. As a bus pulled up to the stop…

… and some students crowded around, a blue Opel parked 10 feet in front of the bus erupted in a fire cloud. Some students had finished school for the day. "Two boys were burning like torches. They came…

… came off in my hand." Afula, a factory and agriculture town in the northern Galilee region, is surrounded by Arab villages and is six miles from the occupied West Bank town of Jenin. At least one of the…

… dead was an Arab woman. The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in revenge for the Feb. 25 massacre in a Hebron mosque. The car used in the attack was a heap…

… University of Michigan, there was no place for Black students to get housing, no place for Jewish students to get housing," Pollack said. "I have enormous respect for Alma as a person and I know her strengths…

… Arab American populations in the United States and a high percent- age of Dearborn students are Arab Americans. Gulf war is a particularly disturb- ing and personal conflict. "The country we live in is…

… Arab I know has family in Iraq or Saudi Arabia or tives who are soldiers fighting in the war," she added. Elliott Attisha, a pre-med junior and student government represen- tative, shares Mammo…

…'s sentiments. "You're torn. You are an Amer- ican but you have relatives at home who are being killed. All you can do is pray for a peaceful solu- tion," he said. tween Arab Americans and other students on…

… kieporter Demand for illicit drugs among American high school and college students continued to decline in 1990, according to a study re- leased by University research sci- entists yesterday. The 16th…

… national survey of high school seniors and the 11th annual survey of college students comprise the findings of this year's report, which also states that alco- hol and cigarette use remain high among young…

… students, with the proportions reporting alcohol use in the prior month falling by 2.9 percent and 1.7 percent, re- spectively, to 57 percent and 75 percent. This continues a pattern evident in previous…

…, Page 2. Opinion Board LSA sophomore Josh Bornstein and LSA first-year student Nicole Parisi write their thoughts about the war in the Persian Gulf on an opinion board in South Quad. Dearborn students…

… struggle with .Gulf war by Melissa Peerless Daily igher Education Reporter For many of these students, the Jordan or Kuwait. Some have rela- Up to this point, tensions be- Although the kiosk faces are…

…. Matt is one of more than 500 University students taking to the road this weekend to voice their objections to the Persian Gulf war in Washington, D.C. The Natipnal Campaign for Peace in the Middle East…

… to the White House and rally on the Ellipse, a grassy area behind the White House. Conscientious objectors, family members of servicepeople in the Middle East, veterans and students are among the 500…

… relations, said there has been no decision about when See BOLLINGER, Page 2 More students studying overseas By Prachish Chakravorty B y Staff Reporter ising numbers of U.S. college stu- dents are studying…

… overseas, many ven- turing past traditional destinations in Europe to universities farther afield - in Africa, Australia and the Middle East, a recent survey found. The number of American students studying…

… said she values the experiences of going overseas. "I had studied abroad in high school as an exchange student. The experi- ence was extremely positive," Kostrzewa said. "I could become a member of (a…

… percentage increases in American students, Britain still hosted the most - 19,410 ients, or 23 percent of all study- a oad students. France, Spain and Italy ranked sec- ond, third and fourth with 7,000 to 7…

…,900 students. University students seem to mirror the national trend in their choice of snrly-nmon dstination. WARREN ZINN/Daily Lee Bollinger visited campus in November to be officially selected by the Board of…

… Regents as the 12th University president. Israel eyes permanent spots in Jorda Holiday lights: Students returning from the Thanksgiving break, wasted no time in preparing for the next set of hol-' idays…

…. Getting into a festive mood, students deco- rated their rooms in residence halls. '.y;ir> Above: Sophomore Chris Newth hangs strings of holiday lights around his South Quad room yester- day. Newth also…

… government yesterday announced creation of a commission of inquiry into the massacre of Palestinian worshipers by a Jewish settler and said it would disarm some militant Jewish extremists as Arab rioting…

… four Palestinians and a Bedouin in a third day of Arab rioting that spread to the Negev desert in the south of Israel and erupted anew in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv. Demonstrators burned tires and hurdled…

… Israeli :} ,{ kfif S ' ' ',. t . . . .,"" 'l // / fJ: Vr i. . .. ~ . 'U'regents vote to keep By HOPE CALATI DAILY STAFF REPORTER The Statement of Student Rig and Responsibilities will remain interim…

… amendment the code of non-academic cond before they make it permanent pol "I believe there's widespr( agreement among the University, the students and around this bo that the Statement (of Student Rig and…

… student affairs. She requested delay in making the code a perman policy because of the number amendments proposed to her off She said the proposed amendme have not had the chance to be filte through the…

… difficult amendm process. Amendments must be approi by a quorum of student jurors bef they are forwarded to the regents adoption into the code. She said the Office of Stud Affairs is planning another hear 01…

…. No I on action was taken at the second hearing de i*1* because a quorum of student jurorsCsion is a SA did not attend. eats Proposed amendments include partial victon the adding murder to the list of…

… on-campus 1 s to offenses handled by the code, luct changing the statute of limitations By JAMES R. CHO icy. from six months to one year and DAILY STAFF REPORTER ead extending the code to cover student…

… The coalition of Michiga and organizations. Student Assembly (MSA) membe ard The regents agreed with Hartford's that confronted the Universi ghts rationale in postponing the vote to Board of Regents at…

… commendable on the part of the Rights and Responsibilities - th ugh students who stepped forward in a non-academic student codec said responsible manner on this policy." conduct - as an interim policy f lent…

… Lesbian/Gay Male Programming Office (LGMPO), as well as the establish- ment of a,"neutral counseling office" as a replacement for the counseling of LGMPO, which he accused of ad- vising students "toward the…

… *sgnal to all people in the adminis- tration that we hold them personally responsible for their words and ac- tions," said ACT-UP member and Rackham graduate student Pattrice Maurer. Baker threatened the…

… because the picketer was not a student and because Baker felt it was "inap- propriate to protest here on private property." As a small crowd formed around ;Baker, the man shouted in response, "You are an…

… will no longer guarantee loans to students who attend schools with high default rates, meaning more than 35 percent in 1991 or 1992 and 30 percent thereafter. Lawmakers said the sacrifices the compromise…

… demanded were necessi- tated by years of growing budget gaps that have weakened the econ- omy. Senate Budget Committee Chair See BUDGET, Page 2 Students exempt from some taxes in '91 budget by Bethany…

… Robertson Daily Staff Reporter Two proposals that could have cost students and universities more than $600 million were excluded from the 1991 budget package which passed this weekend, while new re…

…- strictions were placed on federal stu- dent loans. An amendmrent which would have required University-employed stu- dents to pay social security taxes was dropped from the tax code, al- lowing students to…

… retain the status they have held since 1937. However, another amendment passed which states that students borrowing money for the first time under the federally guaranteed Stafford Loan program will be un…

… territory in exchange for Arab recognition. Baker has told reporters travel- ing with him that he made no spe- cific demands of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir in their meeting Tuesday. But Israeli…

… vanquished. that Gorbachev had sent messages to Arab leaders outlining Soviet views on security in the Persian Gulf and soliciting their views. Churkin said the messages were sent to "a wide ranige of Arab…

… implemented. The memo proposed that a GEO representative and representatives from other student organizations such as the Michigan Student As- sembly be allowed to sit in on an existing University committee ex…

…- amining childcare costs. The University agreed to allow a GEO representative to sit in on the committee, but refused admis- sion to other student organizations, said GEO bargainer John Robb. GEO also…

… University responses. childcare," he said. "Throwing in a couple of sen- When asked about how long tences doesn't change anything. See GEO, Page 3 Grad students grapple with T A troubles at other universities…

… their own sets of de- mands. At the University of California at Berkeley, TAs have been hit hard by the system's impending budget cuts. The Association of Graduate Student Employees (AGSE) is currently…

… League. Liddy: government Students 9 say aid for tuition T by Bethany Robertson Daily Government Reporter ; ;. ^y \* ,X23... ,, ; o dupes U.S by Andrew Levy Daily Staff Reporter i !. public The…

… financial aid have raised the question of whether higher education is really worth the price, students said in a forum on the increasing costs of education J: :'. ? i …

…. ,Vol. CI, No. 26 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, November 4, 1991 copy{rgnt V1991 Th Michigan ladly 'U' picks Anderson for student services position WSU administrator to begin V.P. job in January by…

… Henry Goldblatt Daily Administration Reporter Maureen Anderson, vice provost for Student Affairs at Washington State Uni- versity, has been nominated to become the new vice president for Student Services…

… with a broad range of University stu- dents and to make the student services of- fice accessible to students. "I'd like to change most students' feel- ing that Student Services is an inaccessible place…

… to come," she said. "It is unrealistic to assume that you can sit in an office and students will come to you." Anderson, whose term would last five years, said she intends to acquaint herself with the…

…Jr k dftgrnlai Vol. CI, No. 76 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, January 17, 1991 Tha MiciganQ i1 ---I U.S. -led air orces attack Iraq Bombs fall in 'Baghdad day after deadline Students in…

… South Quad gather to watch television coverage of the U.S. attack on Iraq. "I don't think this war is winnable," said one student. Shocked students crowd CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIA- (AP) - The United States…

… launched air attacks against Iraq late yesterday afternoon EST, hurling its air force against an Arab power that for five months has held Kuwait. "The liberation of Kuwait has begun," President bush de…

… Cohn Daily Staff Reporters ets as U.S. goes to war As the United States began bombing Iraq last night, hundreds of disbelieving students packed resi- dence hall lounges and living rooms to watch the…

… events unfold. "I never thought I would see a war in my lifetime," said Sunita Tummala, an LSA first-year student. Students sat, their eyes glued to the television, and solemnly watched newscasters report…

… the latest in U.S. air forces attacks. "I was expecting it, but not so soon," first-year LSA student, Paul Guthrie said. "I heard the troops weren't prepared for desert warfare." As Operation Desert…

… first-year student. "By not listening or adhering to diplomacy and reason, Saddam Hus- sein has left the United States and the allies in a situation that can only be resolved with force," Business School…

… and Bush won't give up," said Stuart Belizaire, an LSA sophomore. Students predict the next few days will bring an upheaval in their lifestyles. Many students expressed concern about concentrating on…

… their schoolwork, while an event of such importance is going on. One student reported that a professor said he understood the difficulty of studying during a world crisis With the outbreak of war, stu…

…- dents are questioning the role of mi- nority groups in conflict. Some students saw this conflict on a national scale. "Every war- time society brings changes on people's attitudes about their lives…

… the market. "The See LEISURE, Page 2 'U' students return from trip to turbulent Ukraine by Megan McKenna Twelve University students re- turned last month from a two-week exchange program with Lviv…

… State University in the Republic of the Ukraine. Selected by the Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES), the students included ar- chitecture and computer science ma- jors. The students were…

… the rest of the Soviet Union. The stu- dents took part in demonstrations held by the student dissident organi- zation, "Bratftvo," which is in oppo- sition to the present regime. Observing their…

… are very "curious and intelligent. There's not much apathy. Everyone is doing some- thing." Students found the people com- mitted to change, a result of a deep intellectual and moral integrity, said…

… Kari Johnstone, an LSA senior who went on the trip. The exchange was arranged under the auspices of the Citizen Exchange Council's University Pairing Pro- gram in order to promote university student…

… exchange. The students were accompanied by History Professor and CREES Director Roman Szpor- A goal of the exchange is to "build a long term working and teaching relationship" Ostafin said. 'Lviv provides…

…- tinians, the Middle East peace effort took on a broader look yesterday with an unprecedented meeting be- tween Israel and the Arabs to ex- plore the region's future. Israel has always sought such…

… multilateral talks as a forum to start meshing itself with the Arab world by sharing water resources, expertise and environmental mea- sures. Arab participants used the occa- sion to stress demands that Israel…

… surrender captured territory. Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy said he was delighted by the mere fact that most of the Arabs came. "This participation is unprece- dented and we'll know how to ap- preciate…

… York on Friday. See ADDRESS, Page 2 Bush Source: The Associated Press Students give speech mixed reviews I by Barry Cohen Daily Government Reporter Student reaction to President Bush's State of the…

… that while the speech will not necessarily help Bush's popularity, it definitely will not hurt it. But one student, who did not want to be identified, criticized Bush for ignoring environmental issues…

…-year student who said he was told of the agents' activities by a staff member. Truckin' Peter Vasher, age 4 1/2, plays in the store Generations on S. Main yesterday while his mom shops with his little sister…

…, the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) unanimously voted last night to ask the Univer- sity to abandon its Interim Speech Code. The assembly then voted to put a referendum for the "Preservation of Students…

…' Freedom of Speech" on the next MSA ballot, which will ask students to adopt a similar stance. The assembly's resolution also endorsed a pending state legislature bill prohibiting state colleges and…

… Act." "I came tonight to Ann Arbor and to this meeting because I see the responsibility falling on students - the responsibility to protect the fundamental freedoms in this insti- tuion," Dresch said…

… responsibility of defending the University but don't think you can depend on the administration to do that for you. The Student Rights Commission (SRC) presented a 42-page inves- tigative report to the assembly…

… and brought to the surface growing concerns that anti-Semitic sentiment is gaining widespread acceptance. The increase in anti-Semitism is attributed to a number of factors, including the Arab…

… student newspapers received the advertisement but de- clined to run it. After printing the advertise- ment, called "The Holocaust Con- troversy: The Case for Open De- bate, members of the Jewish com…

… to represent the as- pects of humanity that we fear," Greenspan said. Many students are wondering why CODOH is targeting college newspapers, instead of bigger city newspapers, if it wants to reach the…

… get a tree ad. But Bradley Smith, director of CODOH and the author of the ad- vertisement, said he is targeting student papers to reach an audience capable of maintaining "an open mind on the subject…

…" of debate. "If you lived for 50 or 60 years, you have been inundated with the or- thodox view on the Holocaust," Smith said. "When students are at a university, it is a time when they are questioning…

…-eye dog, takes a break in the Services for Students with Disabilities office Friday. . CROL/Dally Feminist author Friedan will speak at Rackham the letter, "are connected directly to this institution…

… with the knowledge of what the feminist movement was and has become." See FRIEDAN, Page 2 Write -a-th o n UGUU 1V'R/Dai A student reads over a petition before signing it during the Amnesty International…

…- versity because of the many things he did here," said Tom Gershick, who has taught with Sfeir-Younis for more than five years. "He is a role model for many students, partic- ularly students of color." Sfeir…

… backgrounds. "Just like the students are touched by it, I am touched by i See SOCIOLOGY, Page 2 O it Mideast talks to resume tomorrow amid squabbles WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli negotiators arriving here…

… yesterday said they accept an Arab proposal to start peace talks tomorrow, but new one room, the Arabs were demanding two separate rooms. It was the latest in a string of seemingly petty wrangles clouding…

…, No. 106 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, March 7,1991 TheMichiganDai y Student drops . claims against 'U' and police by Tami Pollak Daily Crime Reporter After three and a half hours of proceedings…

…, Rack- ham graduate student Harold Marcuse's lawyer moved to dismiss his claims against three University * security administrators and an Ann Arbor police de- tective yesterday in Washtenaw County Civil…

… his mind already." See CLAIMS, Page 8 Arab leaders meet as last POWs leave AMY ELIUM' 'U'' y Herbert Eagle, director of the Residential College and a former Peace Corps volunteer, speaks at the Peace…

… greatest news we've ever heard in our lives," said his stepfather, Mike Stubblefield, in Karnak, Ill. In Damascus, Syria, Arab for- eign ministers agreed on a long- term regional security plan: Egyp- tian…

… and what the program en- tailed in the 1960s. "Initially it was conceived to send sci- ence students to teaching colleges in In- dia," Eagle said. The plan changed as people saw a need for assistance in…

… Interim Vice President for Stu- dent Services Mary Ann Swain has denied Michigan Student Assem- bly (MSA) President Jennifer Van Valey's request to speak at the Honors Convocation on March 24. Van Valey…

… said she was con- tacted by someone in Swain's of- fice about sitting on the panel for the ceremony and announcing the names of honored students as MSA presidents have done in the past. Van Valey asked…

…- pleted its second day of racing 115 raced neck-and-neck with WWU's Adelaid gan Student Assembly president and election in last winter's presidential miles ahead of the University's Viking XX throughout the…

… day o the 1,900 mile (3,058 km) World rolled student. in front of 33 other own race and pick anav espeedSolar Challenge 1990 Sunday. The Sunrunner Election Director Catherine Fu- He did, however, retain…

… to brief lawmakers today for the first time since Congress adjourned Oct. 28. And members of the bipartisan leadership were scheduled to meet with Bush at the White House today. Morocco proposes Arab…

… summit Associated Press World leaders yesterday urged diplomacy rather than military force to solve the Persian Gulf crisis, and Arab nations discussed holding an Arab summit that Saddam Hussein has said…

….D.F. c c LSA by Bethany Robert Daily Staff Reporter candidates son Presidential candidates for the LSA student government debated the government's involvement in Uni- versity issues during a debate…

… last night. LSA-SG elections will be held in conjunction with Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) elections Nov. 14 and 15. Candidates representing the the Modern Democratic Foundation, the Conservative…

… Linda Tymensky, a second-year arrived shortly after the stabbing, and Lauren Dermer LSA student, said she administered said, "They were apparently Daily Crime Reporters first aid to the victim after he…

… the incident nmEfh/ii.Lt. Joseph Piersante of the De- was handled. "The procedure was One student, who asked to re- partmentof Public Safety (DPS) said, sort of erratic. How trained are Un-. main…

… Pont6 said. "He is a motivating and inspir- ing factor to Black students and others in addressing the justices of See JACKSON, Page 2 U.S. Dept. of Ed. criticizes accreditatio n association 4 by Ren6e…

… standards in its accreditation process. CHE, one of several associations that accredits U.S. colleges and uni- * versities, establishes standards schools must meet so their students can receive federal…

… interest and reflecting the student constituency," as well as a diverse student population and curriculum. According to a U.S. Department of Education report, CHE has apparently forced schools to adopt…

… - the author of From Beirut to Jerusalem - has covered the Arab-Israeli conflict for more than a decade as a foreign correspon- dent from Beirut and Jerusalem, and is currently based in Washington. "No…

… Arab state found benefits of the Cold War other than Syria... The collapse of the Soviet Union put Syria in the position of being a geopolitical orphan," Friedman said. Countries such as Israel, he .said…

… Daily MSA Reporter The Michigan Student Assembly will hold its first meeting of the se- mester tonight with a relatively empty agenda. Nevertheless, some assem- bly members are beginning to think about…

… pro-peace rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, stunned a nation that, despite increas- S.ingly bitter divisions over peacemak- ing with the Arabs, had somehow de- ,.nied that such violence could happen…

… barricade. old law student with links to the Jewish Students stunned by assassination By Stephanie Jo Klein Daily Staff Reporter Waves of shock rolled over local residents in the wake of Israeli Prime…

… Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassi- nation Saturday, and many now wonder what will happen to th, peace process in the Middle East. Both Jewish and Arab communi- ties have long been plagued by in- ternal…

… Shimon Peres taking Rabin's place as Israel's premier, the strain and the challenge may now be greater. Some local Jewish students re- acted as RC senior Aryeh Caroline did, with disgust. "I think what we…

… have to do now is take our disgust and this act of disunity and react with unity. We can turn this negative into a posi- tive," he said. Co-leader of the student group American Movement for Israel…

… Palmach unit of the Haganah Jew- ish underground in Palestine, and fought in the siege of Jerusalem during the 1948 war. He was the military chief of staff when Israel defeated three Arab armies in the 1967…

… Activists, including University Law Prof. Catharine MacKinnon, gathered Saturday at the Law School to discuss women's human rights worldwide at a symposium hosted by the Women Law Students Association. Many…

… promise to change the way the Michigan Student Assembly funds the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union (AATU). But on the way to completing this pledge, the assembly may face a lawsuit for the cuts. At last night…

… amendment passed in September held $11,000 on the condition that AATU needed to provide the assembly with an internal review of the organization and a track of students' use of it, within 180 days after the…

… committee, for use by student groups. The motion passed in a 14-13 vote. The day before the assembly's deadline for the report, Maurer said there was a meeting of AATU's board of directors, which Stern serves…

… Bank. The West Bank military govern- ment said Arab schools would be closed for two days in an effort to prevent further rioting. Six members of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the Palestine Libera…

… he lay wounded. Fatah supporters vowed to attack Israeli soldiers in reprisal. Before the shootings Monday, Is- rael and the PLO were expected to JONATHAN LU A student on State Street braving the…

… head, Arab reports said. The soldiers opened fire, fatally wounding Omar Kabani, 17, and wounding four oth- ers, including a 9-year-old, officials at Ahli Arab hospital said. Elsewhere in Gaza, 20…

…, assistant to the vice president for research, said through individual arrangements be- tween students and professors, and programs like the Undergraduate Re- search Opportunities Program (i T~flP) _ nit 7…

… lawsuit. Membc the coalition, including several national civil organizations and high school students from sout Michigan, said they want to intervene in the 1ause they have a direct stake in defending…

… during the program, members of the audience were removed from the arena by Secret Service agents and OSU police. One of those people was T.J. Ghose, a representative of the OSU African Student Union. Ghose…

… event under the impression that it would not be a com- pletely open discussion. "It was a staged media event," Ghose said. "We weren't going to be fooled." Some members of the OSU student body said the…

… Australia are in. But Arab powers and former partners Egypt and Syria are out. And front-line states Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have a foot in each camp. Seven years after the Persian Gulf War…

… Oct. 14, targeting its LSA admissions policies. U The University issued an answer to CIR's motion Dec. 3. Citizens for Affirmative Action's Preservation, a coali- tion that includes high school students…

… Khan For the Daily Dressed formally in ties and skirts, nearly 1,200 University students sought summer employment yesterday at the annual Internship and Summer Job Fair in the Michigan Union. From…

… management and marketing insti- tutions to public relations and computer programming companies, students had about 70 organizations to choose from. Coordinated by Career Planning and Placement, the event is…

… one of many organized by CP&P that connects stu- dents with employers, said Judy Lawson, director of student affairs at CP&P "This is a great place for students to explore their options and it is always…

… encouraging to see such a turnout," Lawson said. "U of M students obvi- ously have a great interest in attaining opportunities like summer internships and the big turnout today reflects the EMILY NATHAN…

… Weiks. Students said they are glad CP&P …

… occupied territories completely sealed ff yesterday after a series of revenge attacks by both Jews and Arabs. Under Arens' order, the 1.7 million Palestinian resi- dents of the occupied West Bank and the…

… women soldiers and another Palestinian beat two Israelis with a hammer yesterday in part of a wave of attacks on *Jews in Israel, police said. The Arab was chased and captured by soldiers and' civilians…

…-throwing Palestinians at Jerusalem's hallowed OTemple Mount, killing at least 19 Arabs. - Clandestine leaflets have urged Palestinians to step up attacks on Jews, and the violence since Sunday's killings raised fears…

… officials predicted that the bill would easily pass the Senate. If passed, the bill will go to Pres- ident Bush for approval this week. The legislation requires that prospective students have access to…

… Baisden, supervisor of University crime prevention, em- phasized that statistics on campus crime and security policies have al- ways been available to students upon request. The bill would only increase…

… awareness among students, he said. The number of Part One crimes reported to the department in 1989 was 2,414. The total includes 30 re- ports of aggravated assault, 97 non- aggravated assaults, and 9…

… to publish crime statistics, the bill will require the release of gradua- tion rates. The original graduation rate proposal was aimed at student- athletes, but the provision was later changed. Bruce…

… stu- dent athletes in all our sports." He added that the disclosure of gradua- tion rates of all students, not only athletes, "can only help the Univer- sity." Walter Harrison, the executive di- rector…

… of University relations, voiced approval of the bill. As an effect of the bill, "a better educated prospec- tive student will make a better choice," he said. Harrison said he would not expect the bill…

… Sheldon (R-Second Ward) favors the ordinance, but said Ann Arbor should not be compared to Meiland. See RECYCLE, Page 2 'A better educated prospective student will make a better choice' - Walter Harrison…

… editorial freedom Vol. CII, No. 19 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, October 24, 1991 coprl G:1991 heMi an Dily Shamir tolead Israel in summit DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Hard-line Israeli and Arab leaders…

… solidified their positions yesterday in preparation for next week's Mideast peace conference. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir announced he would lead the Israeli negotiat- ing team, and Syria sought Arab…

… were immediately called into question by student ac- tivists opposed to campus police, in- cluding Michigan Student Assem- bly Rackham Rep. Jeff Hinte. "The fact that the committee does not do…

… accounts and the lack of citizen See COMMITTEE, Page 2 Save the LP LSA senior Stephanie Brail spins the disks for the University's radio station, WCBN, yesterday afternoon in the Student Activities Building…

…. Former S Carolina president charged with sex harassment by Gwen Shaffer Daily Higher Education Reporter Four former University of South Carolina students claim that ex- President James lHolderman made…

…. Holderman's term as president ran from September 1977 to June 1990. "The university's current presi- dent, John Palms, has requested that any students or faculty with infor- mation relating to the claims…

… their suspicions. In a written statement, Palms said, "I am most troubled and dis- tressed by this and by the possibil- ity that faculty, staff, or students may have been rebuffed in attempt- ing to…

… Vol S 61 Ao,Mchga -ueda, 9,1993 D 190 r*Dil MLK festivities stress unit attendance, Suffers as / students sty home ., by Michaell Crews and Chastity Wilsonj Daily Staff Reporters k. To most students…

…, Martin Luther King Day was an invitation to stay in bed and enjoy a day without classes. While some students showed their support for the annual Unity March, barely half of the Diag was filled with…

… student involvement was low. "I don't think very many stu- dents attend the events," said LSA sophomore Eric Younger, adding that he did not plan to participate this year. Some students said they were not…

… aware of MLK Day festivities. "I didn't know about many of the events . there was some advertising, but mostly directed to Black students," said LSA senior Vickie Bissonnette. Others said students cannot…

…-year student Stephanie Gooden. But students who did use the free day to attend MLK events said they felt strongly about being active. "I'm involved because I wanted to affect a change in people's atti- tudes. If…

… right thing," Bush said. Arab states said they regretted "the policy of military escalation." Russia, too, voiced opposition. "These attacks could proceed without further warning," Pentagon spokesperson…

… question at all," he said. Students walk united down State Street during one of the events planned to commemorate MLK Day. Speakers: King 's dream is alive Speakers stress the necessity of working toward…

… Chisolm (D-New York). The speakers' comments shared a common theme of encouragement for African Americans to work toward racial equality and togetherness. Chisolm called on students to celebrate unity in…

… Kloostra and Donna Woodwell Daily News Editors While many students took the day off yesterday, several hundred took to the streets in the fifth an- nual Unity March to commemo- rate the birthday of Rev. Dr…

… crowd. Attendance at the march and rally has declined since its incep- tion in 1988. This was addressed by one of the rally's speakers, Shawn Mason of the Black Student Union. "I remember my freshman year…

… American Student Association. "This is the time when we unite and join against the evils that came with the people of Columbus and men like him," Hill said. Marchers from various campus organizations carried…

… Jr. Day yesterday spoke of an unfulfilled dream, and called on students to work to achieve it. Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis Archer opened yesterday's symposium in Rackham Auditorium…

… Black comma- KENNETH SMOL LERDaily nity," he said. "We would not tolerate high school University students take part in the fifth annual Martin Luther King Day Unity rally on South University yesterday…

… declines as students make use of free day by Lari Barager Although the University gave students and faculty the day off yesterday to reflect on the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., many students…

…,000 students par- ticipated in the march. Many students used the three- day weekend as a mini-vacation from Ann Arbor or as an extra night of partying. "We got a late start on the day because we were having a…

… First Amendment after you make a mistake." Organizer David Glaser, a law student, said the statements in Friday's paper left Daily readers See RALLY, Page 2 'eager~ MADRID, Spain (AP) - Israeli and Arab…

…. 21 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, October 28, 1991 - .. Students, profs. criticize KCP cut *by Rob Patton Daily Minority Issues Reporter Students and faculty who have been involved with the King…

… the program gives students and faculty contact with a variety of people. "It's an exposure thing. You ac- tually have access to these people," she said. "Itabroadens horizons, and forthe students the…

… people gathered on the Diag Friday at noon to protest a Holocaust revisionist advertisement run in Thursday's Daily. Arab-Israeli leaders Members of the campus Jewish community ventedtheir outrage at the…

… Holocaust creates a climate where it can be open season to attack Jews," Kohane said. Although rally participants were upset by the ad's content, many doubted it would cause students to question the accepted…

… don't talk to the editorial folks, but that's no excuse," said graduate student Ken Goldstein, a rally organizer. "I passionately feel about the First Amendment, but you can't cloak yourself in the…

… leaders said yesterday they were eager to begin historic Middle East peace talks. The conference, the first face-to- face meeting between Israel and all its Arab neighbors in more than 40 years, is…

… course on ethnic and racial issues, which began in 1987 when United Coalition Against Racism (UCAR) students demanded such a course, is being taken up again by LSA fac- ulty. The LSA Curriculum Committee…

… is putting forth a proposal for such a requirement again this fall. If approved, the requirement will take effect in September 1991. In- coming students could choose from a list of courses meeting a…

… Student Assembly President Jennifer Van Valey said she supported the proposed gradua- tion requirement. "This is one real tangible thing we could do. We need to have some standard which we can apply to the…

… the Associated Press Iraq warned yesterday of possible terrorist attacks against U.S. forces, again sounding the theme of Arab * feelings wounded by the presence of non-Moslem soldiers massed in the…

… against the Arab nation and the insult it is directing to the Islamic shrines by occupying holy lands will undoubtedly produce a natural reaction from the Arab and Islamic masses," said the memorandum. INA…

… Thursday to try to reinforce U.S. cooperation with Syria against Iraq, its longtime enemy. See IRAQ, Page 5 PSC envoys discuss trip to Israeli-occupied territories By Amy Quick A University student and…

… students denied the opportunity for education by Israel. Levin and Vazquez spent time at Birzeit University, which is 12 miles north of Jerusalem. Birzeit. was closed in 1988 because Israeli officials…

…. Vazquez said that the campus is off limits to students. Students are not allowed inside libraries and it is illegal for more than seven students to live together, said Vazquez. He added that the University…

… will be held responsible for for any student political Pepsi generation KENNETH SMOLLER/Dali LSA junior and crew team member Sylvan Robb takes students' credit card applications in exchange for free…

…En'Elan *rni ews: 76-DAILY dvertising: 764-0554 One hundred seven years of editori lfreedom Tuesday February 17, 1998 Students offended by LGBT vandalism Hatred incident prompts groups to meet…

… possible expression of free speech, and hateful as that was, that was speech" A report was filed in the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs on Thursday after a student discovered the…

… Visibility Week because it shows that the week was necessary," said Jeanette Trudell, a member of the Queer Visibility Week planning com- RC cera mittee. creating The act of hatred has outraged *ny students in…

… the LGBT commu- nity. E-mail messages have been sent out to notify students of the incident. Queer Unity Project members De have set up a meeting for this morn- ing with LSA Associate Dean Mildred…

… Tirado to discuss the inci- By Reilly B dent. Another meeting with Dean of Daily Staff Re Students E. Royster Harper is Detroit M heduled for March. metropolita Im not sure what the typical line Los Angele…

… vulnerable to attacks by intolera- "When ble people," Blochowski said. mistagged Maude's troses after 21 years By Carissa Van Heest Daily Staff Reporter To the dismay of many students and Ann Arbor * idents…

… reports of conditions in Iraq, 15 University organizations, as well as community members, have joined together to voice their concerns about the U.S. sanctions on Iraq. Students and community members are…

… scheduled to rally at noon on Thursday on the Diag in protest of the sanctions. Some have started to plan a candle-light vigil in the event that the U.S. bombs Iraq. While University students are discussing…

… the sanctions against Iraq, students at Ohio State University will get a to hear about the situation first-hand tomorrow when Secretary of State Madeline Albright and Defense Secretary William Cohen…

… travel to OSU to explain U.S. policy regarding Iraq. At a teach-in this past Thursday night at the Michigan League, students listened to Finkel lecture on Americans' responsibility to remain informed about…

… stufdents B effrey Kosseff Daily Staff Reporter Many University students said bills passed Wednesday in the state House and Senate proposing to raise the state minimum wage to $5.15 an hour will not affect…

…. "Most students I know make at least $6 an hour." The House and Senate bills are simi- lar in the overall minimum wage, with a few minor differences. The Senate bill, proposed by Sen. Loren Bennett (R…

… coordinator at University Health Services, said there were no activi- ties plannned because of the AIDS NAMES Project Memorial Quilt's display on campus last week. LSA first-year student Andy Linquiest said…

… Arabs. Previous Israeli governments had supported the land-for-peace for- mula favored by the Arabs and the United States, and were said even to have promised Syria to leave the Golan, but Netanyahu had…

… chocolates and flowers today. The Queer Unity Project is celebrat- ing St. Valentine's Day by sponsoring a Kiss-In event at noon on the Diag. At least 100 students, faculty, staff and community members are…

… transgender stu- dents" Sanlo said. "It's a symbolic showing of what heterosexual students take for granted everyday but gay stu- dents have to hide." _,dbk_ IEl- ; _ Lead spe absent fr ricka M. Smith Da…

… to the Power Center event by 58 Greene, a 12-student a capella singing group. Wilson greeted the audience with "good evening." When there was no response, she repeated herself and audi- ence members…

… Democrats President Dana Miller, whose organization co-sponsored the event, said Jackson is planning a visit to Ann Arbor sometime next month. "It's too bad, because there's a lot of student interest, but he…

…. Events get cancelled all the time be- cause of weather," Taylor said. Sheldon Lewis, an organizer of Jackson's Michigan appearance, said See JACKSON, Page 2 Students slip-slide their way to morning…

… morning. Nine inches of snow, along with high winds that blew it all over streets and side- walks, made the trip to class yesterday treacherous for students and faculty alike. "Well, there was a lot of snow…

… to walk through - up to my knees," said Kari Ifkovits, an LSA first-year student, who had an anthropology section at 9:00 a.m. "I was slipping around and fell on my butt, but I'm OK." University…

…. "There were big clumps of snow and there wasn't enough salt on the roads or side- walks." Third-year Law student Bernard Hooper said he was caught off guard by the storm. He didn't expect all of the snow…

… Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank would not be a precondition to peace. At the same time, Israel pursued face-to-face negotiations with repre- sentatives of the 1.7 million Pales- tinian Arabs who live…

… the Jewish state and the Arab kingdom. Technically at war, they have coexisted peacefully since the 1967 war. Yesterday's two-hour session at the State Department was designed to set an agenda. Two…

… conclusion, Danielenko specu- lated that "the (U.N.) Security Council is probably going on to adopt a stronger resolution." Another class, Arab Points of View, was led by Paul Vincent of the Iraqui- Chaldean…

… Foundation and Osama Siblani, publisher of Arab- American News. Among other things, the portrayal of Saddam Hus- sein in the media was discussed. "He was classified as a Hitler in the me- dia," Vincent said…

… attempt an in- vasion in the face of U.S! troops. "(Saddam) is not irrational and he is not suicidal," Akins said. See AKINS, Page 2 - Students elect CC to.SA-SG m m dmilk m ---.f m.ao % it$ "A %,is…

… Students for Academic and Institutional Development (SAID) has lost their majority on the LSA Student Government (LSA-SG). The Conservative Coalition (CC) took nine of the 17 seats on LSA-SG, including the…

… Michigan Student Assembly. "I don't think that will be a problem," said Allison Buck, a winning SAID candidate, adding that during the election CC mem- bers said they would keep the gov- ernment apolitical…

… benefit of the stu- dents." LSA-SG, the body governing students in LSA, has sponsored ac- tivities such as CRISP advice ta- bles and a picnic for graduating se- niors. The body had also brought in speakers…

….0 to stu- dents receiving an A plus. LSA-SG elections were held in conjunction with MSA elections last Wednesday and Thursday. More than 3,200 students cast ballots campus-wide. CC took 10 of the 24…

…-In) LSA STUDENT GOVERNMENT President: Joe SCiarotta (CC) Vice President: Andrew Petrella (CC) Mark Bernstein (SAID) Allison Buck (SAID) Brian Callahan (CC) Karen Eleveld (SAID) Carrie Friedman (SAID…

… it! 3,000 K! Third in the world!" said System Coordinator member Justin Beres. "That's what's awesome. Third in the World. You figure we're just col- lege students, most of us have a year or two years…

… percent increase in pay. The demanded wage increase stems from statis- ties GEO gathered on Ann Arbor housing costs and the percentage of a graduate student employ- ee's income rent consumes. GEO…

… negotiators are asking for what they call "a living wage." Currently, the average Graduate Student Instructor earns $1,133 per month. GEO presented information gathered from University Housing last night which…

… Arbor Police Department officials raided house and fraternity parties this past weekend, ticketing 75 students for underage drinking. Dave Westol, international executive director of Theta Chi, said…

… spokesperson Julie Peterson said the University "has not changed its policies" and will not call the parents of the 75 underage students who received tickets for possession of alcohol. Recent changes to the…

… student affairs. Hartford added that speculation of the University's possible involvement in the raids was false and the University was unaware of theundercoveroperations. Holcman said the meeting was the…

… Mideast By Daniel Weiss of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination peace process are encouraging. Daily Staff Reporter Committee, said in her introductory remarks. The event's mood became tense as Hasan New…

… groups that include the American- Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and Hillel's Major Events Committee, the event drew more than 120 people and included four panelists. "We're not looking to come out of…

…. Reaching their goal Students air opinions of Code By Jennifer Yachnin Daily Staff Reporter Only a handful of the University's 37,197 students attend- ed a forum on the Student Code of Conduct last night…

… spon- sored by the Michigan Student Assembly. "It was a good turnout considering most people on campus don't know about the Code," said Olga Savic, MSA Students' Rights Commission chair. "This is only…