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November 10, 1986 (vol. 97, iss. 48) • Page Image 1

… forced to pay Kelly Services $6.50 an hour per employee while it continued to pay its student employees $3.35 an hour, said Nick Sheath, general manager of the MUG. IN RESPONSE to the dearth of student

… applications, the MUG raised its starting wage from $3.35 to $4.00 an hour, arnd the number of student applications increased. In addi * in to their pay, students who work at the MUG receive a 10 percent…

… Oz speaks to a crowd of several hundred at Rackham Auditorium last night. See story, Page 3. Arabs, Jews create Middle East dialogue By TIM DALY While diplomats search desperately for peace in the…

… Middle East, a Palestinian and a Jew are traveling across the country promoting dialogue between Arabs and Jews living in the United States. Walid Mula, a Palestinian living in Israel, and Ronny Brawer, a…

… member of the Progressive Zionist Caucus (PZC), will visit about 70 universities and 25 cities during their two-year national speaking tour, which began in September. At the University, Jews and Arabs have…

… already formed an informal discussion group, which met over the weekend. It offers Jews and Arabs a chance to get to know each other as people - not as members of an ethnic group. Mula and Brawer, who spoke…

… at the Law School last week, urged Jews and Arabs interested in the Middle East conflict to take part in the workshop, which was directed by Len Suransky, a former University faculty member, and Mula…

…. WORKSHOP participants discussed Jewish and Arab culture, group stereotypes, and how their identity as a Jew or Arab affects their lives. Miriam Roth, a PZC member, has been participating in an Arab

… placed in smaller groups so they can get to know each other. "The small groups allow people to get to know each other as individuals instead of knowing each other as an Arab or a Jew," Roth said. The…

… dialogue group's main purpose is to emphasize the importance of personal relationships between Jews and Arabs, Roth said. Political issues are discussed, but only after the participants have gained a better…

April 01, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 123) • Page Image 1

… among his most vivid memories of the ir anxiety university is the shift in the mood of Arab and Israeli students as the war progressed. At the outset of the war, "there were no more than 15 or 40 Israeli…

students on campus and there were probably ten or more times that amount of Arab students, from all Arab countries," he said. At first, the Arab students seemed confident that Isreal would lose the war, Ya…

Student Assembly. The election duel between, can- didates from the Student Rights Party and the Meadow Party resulted in a draw. Meadow Party members, Kurt Muenchow and Darrell Thompson received the…

… -presidential and vice- presidential posts respectively. Yet the upcoming assembly consists of 25 Student Rights members, 15 Meadow Graduate student to run for Congress party members, and eight indepen- dents…

December 03, 1986 (vol. 97, iss. 63) • Page Image 1

… process.' -simulation co-director Edgar Taylor simulate a similar exercise for their class on the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the constitution exercise, students will spend three weeks preparing, seven weeks…

… ratified or rejected by the delegations, said project co- director Frederick Goodman. The convention exercise parallels a simulation of the Arab-Israeli conflict that sec- ondary students have participated…

… four-minute speech from See REAGAN, Page 2 Carlucci .. . will replace Poindexter MSA doesn't Iowe $19,000, Official says By WENDY SHARP The Michigan Student Assembly does not owe '$19,000 to Student

… Legal Services, as some assembly members believed last week, according to John Forczak, director of Student Legal Services. "It is my understanding, after speaking to my staff, that we received our proper…

March 31, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 122) • Page Image 1

… disrupt traffic. See DEVARTI, Page 7 TODAY- 82 students sign complaint letter against Prof Tanter By NANCY DRISCOLL Eighty-two students in political science Prof. Raymond Tanter's class, "The Arab

…E Nityaa t Ninety-six years of editorial freedom 1Et1i Vol. XCVI - 'No. 122 Copyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, March 31, 1986 Ten Pages Students look for summer…

… subletters By EVE BECKER With just under five weeks left before final exams end, students trying to sublet their apartments for the summer terms are getting desperate and settling for low prices and loose…

… contracts. The Daily's annual summer sublet sup- plement begins on Page 5. 'Students are looking for sublets later than usual this year, said Joe Rumsey, assistant director of the Housing Information Office…

…, but the number of students seeking summer lodging has remained constant. RUMSEY said her office has posted about 300 notices advertising sublets, although many more locations are subletted through word…

…-of-mouth. In addition, some students simply give up looking for subletters because it's such a buyer's market. Because there are about one-third as many students enrolled during spring and summer terms as during…

… fall and winter terms, it's possible to get a room for less than $100 a month;, "Everything gets more negotiable the closer we get to the end of winter semester," Rumsey said. Rumsey said students hoping…

… to sublet their apartments should make careful arrangements with both the See TENANTS, Page 7 Students may sue Meadow over election By MARY CHRIS JAKLEVIC Three members of the Michigan Student

… Assembly, including former Student Rights party presidential candidate Jen Faigel, said yesterday they plan to sue members of the Meadow party, the Michigan Review, Students Proud of Campus Knowledge (SPOCK…

…), and possibly the assembly itself. The students say their names and social security numbers were illegally revealed when Meadow party members displayed assembly documents to the Engineering Coun- cil…

September 12, 1986 (vol. 97, iss. 7) • Page Image 1

… with students on the council that the subject could be eliminated from a final draft of the code. "It might be that distinguishing the category of civil dissent will have us do nothing about it at all…

…," said councilmember Shaw Livermore, a professor of history. Stuent councilmembers have argued that any code governing student behavior outside the classroom should not allow the University to crack down…

… on political dissent. The issue helped raise student opposition to previous drafts of the code. cil tackle The council-composed of students, faculty, and administrators-has been working on writing a…

… controversial issue of political dissent, but student members of the council still question the.need for any code. "Our mistake has been assuming that there are problems that can't be adequately dealt with using…

… political mediation or other alternatives," said student member Ken Weine. "No one has ever proven that this University needs a code," added student member Jennifer Faigel. Such ambivalance has contributed to…

… President Harold Shapiro last fall threatened to bypass the council and propose the administration's code proposal- which has been rejected by the Michigan Student Assembly- to the Board of Regents because he…

… between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin. Moslem extremists assassinated Sadat two months later.. Egypt is the only Arab nation with diplomatic relations with Israel, and any overture to the…

… lens BylHampton Dellinger. its never been this bad." said 14 minutes. We're having to cut Victor Impink, a senior in the time off our lunch and coffee Many students traveling to College of Engineering…

… body- Hoekstra. changed. Right now, they're to-body rides in overcrowded To accommadate the increase sacrificing safety," said Buckley, buses. in students, ,officials in the who added that the delays…

… from the C.C. Little stop to only- be identified as students who have classes in the North Campus every 7 minutes "Kevin,"said "the schedule's all new Electrical Engineering and instead of every 12. But…

April 17, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 135) • Page Image 1

… sporadic machine-gun and artillery fire in- that capital that had fueled rumors of a coup. It also followed a Libyan Radio call for Arabs to kill Americans "Wherever you may find them" to avenge the U…

….S. attacks. Khadafy, speaking calmly and softly in Arabic, accused the United States of killing children and other civilians during the raids on Tripoli and 'Benghazi early Tuesday, but did not call for new…

… the Tuesday morning air raid, staged by waves of U.S. warplanes that dumped one bomb just 10 yards from the Khadafy residence in his for- tress headquarters here. The Arab leader, identified as a…

… surprised at the amount of support the U.S. receives, from the Arab world, too," he said. As an example of European support, Tan- Site sought for new 'U' computer center ter cited French cooperation with…

… cites. "We want to make sure. we have enough computers so students won't have to wait in lines or go very far to use a computer," said Douglas Van Houweling, the University's vice provost for information…

… technology. Officials say the proposed $4.5 million building will be partially paid for by the $100 computer fee students must pay each term. The building will be 40,000 to 45,000 square feet - about the size…

… and de- See DEVARTI, Page 5 Daily Photo by PETE ROSS Students and Ann Arbor residents attend a rally on the Diag yesterday protesting the recent U.S. attack on Libya. The protesters said the bombing…

… was in part an attempt to spark support for sen- ding military aid to Nicaragua rebels. Smart students MORE HIGH SCHOOL students are mastering college-level math and science, and girls' in- terest in…

October 17, 1986 (vol. 97, iss. 32) • Page Image 1

…h eckendMagazine: Philly's Johnsons - 'That's Life' Michigan's Arab students-" The List Ninety-seven years of editorialfreedom Vol. XCVII - No. 32 Copyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor…

… of sociology and research associate at the Population Studies Center, and Yu-Hsia Lu, a graduate student, analyzed data collected in 1977 and 1985 by the University of Chicago General Social Survey…

….-Several members of the Board of Regents yesterday questioned the constitutionality of PIRGIM's drive to regain University help in getting student funding at class registration. Three members of the Public Interest…

… Research Group in Michigan told the regents during the public comments session of the regents' monthly meeting that students are willing to pay a refusable fee to the student-run environmental group. The…

… the efforts of the group to prove that it has a majority of student support may prove futile if the regents approve a proposal to discontinue their policy of allowing any student group to collect money…

… through the Student Verification Form if they have a majority of student support. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor), who introduced the proposal i SIDON, Lebanon (AP)-A mis - site destroyed an Israeli…

…. PIRGIM's future has been threatened since February 198 when the regents, citing low student support, voted 6-1 to prevent PIRGIM from continuing to collect funds via Student Verification Forms at class…

… registration. PIRGIM officials say they feel that they have done more than enough to prove that a majority of' students would willingly pay a fee. "We have successfully completed the largest student petition…

… drive in history, and we know of no student organization that doesn't support us," said PIRGIM vice chair Judy Hyslop, an LSA senior. PIRGIM leaders say they collected 16,874 student signatures in their…

… test of whether students will give See REGENTS, Page 7 debate igher ed. fumding By MICHAEL LUSTIG State Sen. Lana Pollack and her opponent Republican Dale Apley, said yesterday that funding for higher…

March 13, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 110) • Page Image 1

… 'housing crunch By EVE BECKER The housing crunch is on and is greater this year than ever according to Student Legal S rvices, which is conducting a research project to determine the causes of the housing…

… crunch. Larry Fox, an attorney for Student Legal Services, said he has noticed a rise in rents, an increased demand for student housing, and cases of in- timidation by landlords. Because landlords can be…

… mdre selective about tenants, students are reluctant to complain to their landlords, he said. "IT SEEMS to be even worse now than it was," said Fox. "Students are i scrambling now to find housing. It…

… must provide rooms first to incoming freshmen, so some retur- ning students may not be accom- modated, he said. Fox said the high cost of off-campus housing may discourage students from attending the…

… University and has a "4isproportionate impact on minority students. I think the Univer- sity has a responsibility at least in that area to provide for students who come here." THE ANN Arbor housing research…

… project will study the need for ad- ditional housing, the rents students pay, the effects of downtown development on the costs of housing, See SLS, Page 3 Regents react to PIRGIM f4 eproposal Daily…

… be constitutional and predicted that it will not be approved by the board-. PIRGIM, which is part of a nation- wide consumer action group, is currently gathering students' signatures in support of a…

… "refusable/refundable" funding system with the University. This type of funding system would automatically assess students a $2 fee unless they request not to be billed by checking a refusal box on their…

September 16, 1986 (vol. 97, iss. 9) • Page Image 1

… reports to various groups on campus, including SACUAnand the =Michigan Student Assembly. These groups will have the entire fall term to debate the proposals before giving Shapiro their recommendations…

… participation of the Soviet Union anytime soon, expressing their preference for direct talks between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Emerging from a meeting at the White House with President Reagan, Israeli Prime…

… summit itself "demonstrated that Arab-Israeli differences can best be resolved through direct negotiations." And Shultz set conditions for any Soviet participation in a multinational Middle East peace…

… drug abuse problem, there were indications that some suggested solutions face heavy obstacles: Leaders of federal employee See REAGAN, Page 3 Baker needs high student turnout for win By PETER MOONEY…

… coordinator, said includes the campus, are faced with two students can be registered. about 100 volunteers are working toward the Congressional candidates who are opposites The effort has been under way for two…

… local Democratic observer who opponent, University economist Donald HIS LIBERAL Democratic opponent, requested anonymity said Baker must Grimes, in the August primary. economics graduate student Dean…

… Baker, is mobilize the student vote in order to have a Pursell is heavily favored in campaign, counting on a large student turnout fueled by chance of success because much of the rest of having won…

…, Coburn says. THE PSEUDO-TOM Cruises may be partially responsible for the growth of the number of new enlistments, but about half the students in the programs are also attracted by scholarships that pay for…

… cadet. "People tend to forget that those of us in uniform are the ones who protect their right to complain." Besides the lust for adventure and the lure of financial support, some students enroll because…

… between the ages of 20 and 40. Students! Against Multiple Sclerosis(SAMS), a branch of the national organization, will lead the campaign. To get involved, contact the local MS chapter, or call 1- 800-1-BUST…

April 04, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 126) • Page Image 1

… Complains against prof stir conflict By NANCY DRISCOLL A letter of complaint against Political Science Prof. Raymond Tan- ter that was signed last week by eighty-two students in his class, The Arab

…-Israeli Conflict, has sparked controversy. Many feel the issue has polarized the class. The letter, which charged that the course is one-sided and called Tan- ter's attitude towards students patronizing, was sent on…

… Monday to John Kingdon, chairman of the political science department. Kingdon refused to comment on the letter. "For the students' sake it would have been better to come to me," Tan- ter said yesterday…

…. "If you want to af- fect change in a course, you go to the professor." THE LETTER also charged that "in general, questions or points that the students bring up are often responded to with comments regar…

students signed a petition condemning the way the grievances were handled by the students who wrote the letter. "The letter was an emulation of PLO tactics to gain recognition and all they've managed to do…

…. Students and community members called for the school to divest its $2.4 billion in South African-related investments by rallying and building shanties that University workers tore down yesterday. Council…

… coun- cil as an important asset. "The first two years are a real lear- See CONTRATTO, Page 2 By SUSAN GRANT Although Dave DeVarti no longer attends the University, he remains in- terested in student

… concerns like tenant's rights. DeVarti, the Fourth Ward Democratic Candidate for Ann Arbor City Council, hopes students will back him and help lead him to victory over his Republican opponent, incumbent…

… Gerald Jernighan. "I think students have an interest in policies that affect them," DeVarti said. "Students in the Fourth Ward seem more informed about the low vacancy rates and sky rocketing ren- ts…

… ... seeks student vote South African rebels call for divestment, Ieco By EUGENE PAK Representatives from South African anti-apartheid organizations last night urged students to continue pressuring United…

September 11, 1986 (vol. 97, iss. 6) • Page Image 1

… by their own grenades, were Arabs. The Israeli command in Tel Aviv said the pilots who carried out the Sidon raid reported accurate hits on a warehouse used by the Popular Struggle Front to store…

…, are rarely rejected by the administration once they are approved by the faculty. LAW SCHOOL professors and students offered mixed evaluations of Sandalow's tenure as dean. While they praised him for…

… missed their ammunition dump target, hitting this industrial complex and killing three people. LSA raises In response to student complaints and recent state legislation, the College of Literature…

… have received "poor" or "I think there's a definite need for it," Conroy "fair" student evaluations will be retested this term said Tuesday: He said he became aware of under the new standards…

…. undergraduates' problems with foreign-born "Those (teaching assistants) who would have teaching assistants through student interns gotten into class last year are not getting in this working in his office. term…

… the English language as hopes to get the bill onto the floor later this month. well as American culture. That program will ALTHOUGH graduate students who do not pass oreign TAs the English proficiency…

students by guaranteeing them a teaching position. Most foreign-born teaching assistants agree that communication is often a problem in the classroom, but they say many other factors also determine how well…

… a teacher is received by his students. Biology teaching assistant Farah Fawaz, a native of Lebanon, said that in her student evaluations, "Some students said English was a See TA, Page 3 Soviets…

… search strategies, resume writing, and interviewing. Students can also participate in workshops to polish their job hunting techniques. - INSIDE- CAMPUS SAFETY: Opinion looks at the emergency phone system…

March 28, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 121) • Page Image 1

… executive officers of the Michigan Student Assembly during yesterday's tabulations after a close battle with the Student Rights party candidates. Muenchow and Thompson, who will take over as president and…

… vice president, respectively, will lead an assembly split between the more con- servative Meadow candidates and the Applwants to answer RA offers. today By EVE BECKER Students who were offered resident…

… applican- ts on a waiting list. Alan Levy, building director for See MORE, Page .5 more liberal Student Rights can-' didates, as well as numerous in- dependent and write-in represen- tatives. WITH 1996…

… votes, the Meadow ticket beat out Student Rights candidates Jen Faigel and Mark Weisbrot, who had 1,844 votes. Muenchow is a senior in the School of Natural Resources, and Thompson is an LSA junior. The…

… are based on preliminary counts, and results will not be certified until after a recount is completed over the weekend. Total voter turnout was 4,889 students, whichwasslightly lower than election…

January 09, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 70) • Page Image 1

… University AIDS from casual contact, and AIDS students knew should be treated like any other disease. The 41- disability," she added. Never, had been There is some speculation at the xuality. University that…

… cohesive ortive of the policy to the president regarding such to continue decisions concerning faculty and me too ill to con- students," he said. ties. Policies dealing with AIDS victims Terrance San- are a…

…. thought that he was good." responsibility to Because it was a known fact that k to the com- Martin was homosexual, the student id. body was suspicious when Martin's f town and could intermittent illness…

… "mirrored what iment. the newspapers have recently written eene, assistant about AIDS," Turner said. at the University MOST LAW STUDENTS are aware AIDS task force of the fact that a professor's job is y…

… - cenaries" against moderate Arab and African leaders who have ties to the, West and refuse to fight Israel. THE REPORT was released by the State Department a day after President Reagan announced new sanctions…

…. White House spokesman Edward Djerejian said, however, that the 23 incidents were part of the 126 total. ........~ ...~ .........;............;.............:. " Ex law student' loses suit By NANCY DRIS…

… a fire in his room. Picozzi said his constit COLL were violated when he was expelled Court judge after being named responsible for the student's $9 fire in his Law Quadrangle room on s suit against…

… March 8, 1983. The University main- tained that the former student Sruled last disenrolled from the school. school dean PICOZZI, who is now a second- not liable for year law school student at Yale, filed…

February 05, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 89) • Page Image 1

… Israeli,-s intercept jet in effort to nab terrorists MSA urges By MARY CHRIS JALEVIC The Michigan Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution last night urging the University to bestow an honorary…

… said that the action would be a morale booster for black students on campus. Also at last night's meeting, the assembly agreed to place a referen- dum on the MSA elections ballot this spring asking…

students to vote on a proposal requiring firms to pledge that they are "not directly engaged in supporting terrorist activity" before they are allowed to recruit on cam- pus: The referendum also asks whether…

… a committee be appointed to review the activities of the firms in the case that a portion of the student body petitions to have the firm's activities reviewed after they have accepted the pledge. "We…

… guerrilla' leaders but winding up in- stead with Syrian politicians, officials said. The plane was en route to Syria from a conference of Arab revolutionary groups in Libya, the officals said. THE AERIAL…

Arab Airlines plane was forced by Jewish air pirates to land in occupied Palestine," the Libyan news media's term for Israel. The radio said U.S. naval units in the Mediterranean "provided full in…

April 16, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 134) • Page Image 1

… on Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean. LIBYA yesterday summoned fellow Arabs to an "hour of revenge" against America for its predawn air raid on Libyan cities. Libya state radio said…

…% hours after the attack, he said. Two of the Libyan leader's young sons - Sef el Arab, 4, and Camis, 3 - See SEARCH, Page 9 Attack draws mixed reactions From AP and UPI The Soviet Union accused the…

… honorary degree from the Univer- sity. Shapiro told 23 students gathered in his conference room that he will not ask the regents at their meeting this Thursday and Friday to make an exception for Mandela…

… since 1962 for leading the South African revolutionary group, the African National Congress. Students yesterday also admonished Shapiro for not alerting them of the bylaw when Mandela was nominated last…

… leader of Free South Africa Coordinating Committee (FSACC) said students found out about the policy only last week during a discussion with University Vice President for State Relations Richard Kennedy. "I…

October 16, 1986 (vol. 97, iss. 31) • Page Image 1

… and Levi said 15 Arabs were arrested. Searchlights were erected and most of the Old City was placed under curfew. Most of the wounds were light or moderate and the victims were taken to four Jerusalem…

…. Joseph Collins told an large audience last night in Hale Auditorium during a speech commemorating World Food Day. Nearly two hundred students and Ann Arbor residents turned out to hear Collins address the…

…. SAFEWALK, a program run by volunteers to safely walk students at night, has been working well, according to LSA senior Amy Simon, a coordinator of the program. "I've gotten See STUDENTS, Page 3 Whoa Cadet…

September 29, 1986 (vol. 97, iss. 18) • Page Image 1

… the University from granting Mandela the of a Board of Regents bylaw. degree. jailed in 1962, and is serving a Students and faculty protesteded the bylaw and many later gave- Mandela a degree o Joseph…

… Lebanon under a 1976 peacekeeping mandate from the Arab League. The collapse of Hobeika's See BEIRUT, Page 5 Building dedicatepdDaily Photo by SCOTT UTUCHY University President Harold Shapiro (standing at…

… and consumes about 63,000 tons annually, according to government officials. The government fears the -INSIDE- PIRGIM: Opinion calls on the Board of Regents to recognize the student's voice. See Page 4…

January 27, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 82) • Page Image 1

… at the intersection of Hamilton and Harriet Streets in Yp- ,.,ilanti. "The moment I got out, I saw them Eight Pages Students in iby araly against U.S. From the Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya…

… - Hundreds of students chanting "Down, down U.S.A." massed yesterday outside the Belgian Embassy, which represents United States interests in Col Moam- mar Khadafy's North African coun- try. The students

…," student leader Ahmed el-Hadi told reporters yesterday. "We are prepared to fight back against American aggression even though we know America is a superpower. We are prepared to die for our cause. "WE HAVE…

… taken this decision freely by ourselves. The Libyan people is the only free people in the whole world." An eight-foot portrait of Khadafy looked down from the classroom wall. Students asked the reporters…

…, "Why does President Reagan hate the Libyan people?" When the reporters said Reagan probably has no hatred for the Libyan people but blames Khadafy for shielding terrorists, the students shouted, "It…

… the air. At the end of the inconclusive discussion, el-Hadi announced that the students had decided to stage a spontaneous demonstration against Reagan in front of the Belgian Em- bassy and present a…

January 17, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 76) • Page Image 1

… .-threats, searched three campus buildings early yesterday " morning and found no bombs, of- ficials said. A woman speaking in an Arabic- sounding voice called The Michigan Daily late Wednesdaya night and…

… Heatley, director of public safety. "The only delay in business-as- usual was that the UGLi opened at Students and staff wait yesterday m 8:10 a.m. instead of 8 a.m.," Library, which opened 10 minutes late1…

… code of non-academic administration a q Y conduct. students. Although the board did not discuss Shapiro and ther the code at its monthly meeting in the ts said, had grow S~Fleming Administration Building…

… changed. Michigan to pass a code before the council's President Paul Jo work is complete. nesday that Shapil UNIVERSITY President Harold the council had sh Shapiro, according to students on the announcing…

…, the group demanded that the University sever have liberal or conservative biases as.long as they present Harv balanced and fair information in class. freedom is a BY ENCOURAGING students to challenge…

… CAMBRIDGE, have ways to deal with biased professors and an Students angry atI nhaven, dean of organization like AIA is not needed. for covering heati and Science, and Csorba said that, although AIA encourages…

students to people used to resident Robert speak to university personnel, it is not always easy for a demanded yester AIA has had on a student to do so. Some students are afraid to speak out open a shelter…

… fo he sees fit. because the professor might lower a grade, Csorba said. campus. [ty members and "BUT BY encouraging students to go to an outside "I've never see nization, which organization the problem…

… State students to record biases in the classroom. callousness and u 'airly teaching a When a student "covertly records information, he is a Harvard Universit ourse description spy," said Waters. "It is…

… apparently n Student Assembly osephson said Wed- ro had told him that own "good faith" by would release its edures" by the end to act of this month. The council said last week it would release its proposal on…

January 16, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 2) • Page Image 1

… ............ . .. .. . ..... 'U' plan spurs new change in NCAA rule By STEVE HERZ A new National Collegiate Athletic *Association rule that tightens academic standards for student- athletes has attracted a plethora of media…

… requirement of a 2.0 high school grade point average nd a cumulative SAT score of 700 for all college athletes. The new rule is flexible, however, because it allows students who fail one requirement to make up…

… for it by doing well in another. Thus, a student with a 2.5 high school G.P.A. and a 660 on the SAT would qualify for athletic com- petition. Undergraduate Admissions Direc- tor Cliff Sjogren, who…

… drafted the proposal in 1982, said a more significant part of the new rule is that student-athletes will be required to complete at least 11 academic courses in high school and maintain at least a 2.0 in…

… those courses -.regardless of the students' SAT scores. "This is the meat behind the plan," Sjogren said. He added that he old rule, which did not require college athletes to have taken academic cour- ses…

… off at 11 a.m. in Angell Hall, and the third would go off at 2 p.m. in the Michigan Union. The caller, a woman who spoke in an Arabic-sounding accent, refused to identify herself, saying only, "Khadafy…

… afternoon. University President Harold Shapiro, accor- ding to students on the council, said in private meetings last October that he might bypass the University Council and ask the regents to ap- prove a…

… code this month if the council hadn't finished its work. SHAPIRO and several regents have felt the council has been stalling in coming up with a code, the students said. But apparently, councilmembers…

…-threatening situations. According to Paul Josephson, president of the Michigan Student Assembly, Shapiro said in a meeting this week he felt the council was making progress, and had showed "good faith" by planning to…

… sports facilities, for example. Such a plan would not be ready to implement until at least the fall. Steiner appointed rape crisis center to Students struggle to stifle the sting of sophomore slump By…

January 14, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 73) • Page Image 1

… . . ................ 'U' Council works on code compromise By KERY MURAKAMI Second of a two-part series Fourteen months ago, with administrators and students deadlocked in their negotiations about a code of non…

…-wide approval of the controversial code. Ironically, it was the council that drafted the first four versions of the proposed code, although the group is now composed of a completely new set of students, faculty…

…, and ad- ministrators. All of the versions were rejected by the Michigan Student Assembly, and the original conduct rules University administrators claim are inadequate have remained in place. THE…

… without a gun to its head. Shapiro and members of the University's Board of Regents have reportedly tired of the lack of tangible results from the council. And Shapiro, according to students on the council…

… compromise between the students' demands and the six previous drafts of the code. Students, it seems, have tempered their opposition to any code of conduct. They are now asking why a code is needed and…

… agreeing to support rules if it is. THUS FAR, students on the council have conceded that the University should be able to take action in life- threatening or dangerous situations. Whethercoun- cilmembers…

…," would be responsible for deciding what kind of immediate action to take. For example, if a student threatens other students in class, the coordinator would be able to bar the student from the classroom…

September 10, 1986 (vol. 97, iss. 5) • Page Image 1

… that it could artificially deflate book prices in order to gain a competitive edge. Both the University Cellar and Ulrich's reduce the price of books by 5 percent for students and staff, but Jane Self…

… are "fine, slightly better than last year." She also said students See ULRICH'S, Page 3 Beirut gunmen kidnap BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)-An detailsF American who runs a private At t school in Beirut was…

… speak for Islamic which means Islamic Holy claimed in a call to a n news agency that Reed a CIA spy and that ments convicting him" und on him. editor at the news agency she call was in Lebanese- ed Arabic

… UniversityhHospital; and Thomas Sutherland, of Fort Collins, Colo., acting dean of the university's agriculture faculty. Daily Photo by PETE ROSS Ulrich's student bookstore, previously locally owner, has been…

… open to students and staff. Currently, there is no cure for the 21,517 Americans who have AIDS. The disease, once thought to be transmitted mainly by intravenous drug use and homosexual activity, can now…

… they try to do it." Others at the University, however, consider drug testing overrated, especialy in the press. See TESTING, Page 3 'U' Dems. seek student regent By MITZI LAWRENCE University students

… and county Democrats are continuing their efforts to secure a student seat on the Board of Regents, the University's governing board. A resolution calling for the additional seat was tabled at the State…

… the student regents to be elected by their respective student bodies for a two-year term. A two-year term would allow the students to familiarize themselves with- university issues and gain credibility…

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