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… BY JOSHUA MITNICK AND ANNA SENKEVITCH Four University students were ar- raigned in 15th district court yester- day on charges of harassing two women on campus earlier this month. The women filed the…

…- fendant does not admit guilt. Ann Arbor Police Det. Mark Parin, who investigated the case, said each student will likely be placed on six-months probation, during which time they would serve 50 hours of…

… students have no further violations during the next six months and fulfill their probation requirements, the crime will be erased from their records. Senior Associate Athletic Direc- tor Jack Weidenbach said…

… 2 Report accuses Meese Former Attorney General's actions found unethical JESSICA GREENE/Daily Hands on LSA sophomore Heather Wolf and Vassar University student Zoey TV monitor at the Ann Arbor…

…-year students won Hopwood Awards, totalling $2925, in essay, fiction, and poetry categories. Three other awards were also presented yesterday by the English Department: The Academy of American Poets Prize, The…

… civilians and three of the 280 police officers called to the scene were injured. DETROIT (AP) - Yasser Arafat's acceptance of a Detroit at- torney's invitation to speak at a gathering of Arab-Americans in…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

…," said Jeff Allen, an RC senior on the search committee, which consists of nine faculty and three students. "Blake has awakened in us the original visions the founders of the RC had," said Marty Richardson…

…, a sophomore on the search committee. "He was motivational and exemplary and uplifted the people who heard him speak." When Blake visited the RC last month, several University graduate students who had…

… teach even the most non-traditional student." In a six-hour meeting on Dec. 18, the search committee read all of the evaluations and rankings before de- ciding upon Blake. "We talked a lot about Blake ver…

… Cynthia Halse. The sculpture is part of an exhi- bition in the Hospital courtyard. MLK Day celebrations BY VERA SONGWE When classes are cancelled Mon- day, University students will be able to choose…

… from a long list of activi- ties planned by the administration and students to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. But many students across the country don't have the day off, while others find few…

… opportunities to cel- ebrate on campus. "That is the difference between Michigan State and the University of Michigan," said MSU student Joe Lamport, who must attend class on Monday. "University of Michigan…

…- tioned the scholarly competence of LSA Dean Peter Steiner and Associ- ate Dean John Cross. On Monday, three University economics doctoral students dis- closed published articles challenging the legitimacy…

… Daniel Fusfeld defended both Cross and Steiner. The doctoral students, requesting anonymity because of fear of aca- demic reprisals, had said Cross uses an economics theory that has since been discredited…

… After more than a week of confu- sion and delays; members of the Michigan Student Assembly and the Student Organization Development Center met and began to develop strategies to improve MSA's rela- tions…

… with the University's Board of Regents. The board, at its January meeting, threatened to cut MSA's funding if it did not improve working relations with different University student or- ganizations…

… for Student Services Roselle Wilson and Director of the Union Frank Cianci- ola, MSA Rep. Heidi Hayes sug- gested three strategies that the two organizations could use in order to improve their rapport…

… shipping 35 Abrams tanks, considered the world's best, to Saudi Arabia and 40 sophis- ticated FA-18 jet fighters to the United Arab Emirates, congressional and other sources said Thursday. Other Arab states…

… receive no American weapons under the proposed sale. Since1985, Congress has prohibited military aid to the Arab kingdom until it agrees to peace terms with Israel. With the plan now being dis- cussed…

… Ann Arbor, Michigan.- Friday, January 20, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Regents may cut MSA funds ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily Students demand more University AIDS research in front of the…

…'task force to study costs BY FRAN OBEID The Michigan Student Assembly will lose its University funds if work relations do not improve be- tween MSA officers and the administration consultant, members of the…

… University's Board of Regents said yesterday during their monthly meeting. Last spring, the regents passed an amendment in response to what Re- gent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) called "student criticism of MSA…

…" requiring that the assembly "engage in a consultative way with Student Organization Development Center (SODC)," and decreased MSA funds by 37 cents per student. But yesterday, Vice President for Student…

… their annual fee request in June. MSA holds student-wide elections for officers in March. But MSA officials say the SODC criticism is undue. "I believe it's in- appropriate for MSA to rely on someone from…

… the administration to provide input or advice," said Vice President Susan Overdorf, an LSA junior. "I don't feel that SODC knows as much as the students working at MSA. MSA is a student organization…

… - we're supposed to be autonomous from the administra- tion." Overdorf said SODC officials wanted to meet with the student leaders on a weekly basis and the student officers, who are volunteers, simply…

… think. I'm a volunteer student. The SODC is 4 useless administrative branch. The regents don't know what's going on." During yesterday's meeting, Roach suggested that Student Legal Services, ADVICE…

…Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. I CNo. 72 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, January 11, 1989 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Students criticize *Soc. 303 prof. BY DAVID SCHWARTZ…

… Students upset with Sociology Prof. Reynolds Farley - who was accused last term of being insensi- tive to issues of racism and sexism * by some of his Sociology 303 stu- dents - will meet with the Sociol…

… University. A common student complaint was that Farley treated questions from minority students in a condescend- ing, sarcastic manner. In addition, "(The class) perpetu- ates a racism that is in the…

… University as a whole," Hodge said. "Now we feel that we've come together as students and will be able to do something about this." Hodge said she wanted "someone who's sensitive - preferably a per- son of…

… color, but not necessarily," to teach the course in the future. Sociology Department Chair James House said the Executive Committee would meet with con- 9 cerned students sometime next week, but said a…

… precise time has not yet been determined. "We listen to input from students, we listen to input from faculty, we listen to input from everyone, and then we try to make the best deci- sion," he said…

…. Sociology Prof. Mary Jackman is chairing a task force on diversity and discrimination in the Sociology De- * partment, and encourages students with concerns about Sociology 303,. or any other Sociology…

…. Since the conference opened Sat- urday, Arab states demanded linkage between nuclear and chemical weapons bans. These Arab States want to retain chemical weapons to offset what they claim is Israel…

… Jr. Symposium Committee - organized by the University's vice-provost's office - is being criticized by students concerning their impact on the committee's decisions in observing the national holiday…

…. "Students were involved in the 'process', but there was a conflict," said graduate student Todd Shaw, a committee member. "The lack of communication [between students and faculty] didn't create a good…

… environment." The committee, which has organized the opening ceremony and closing events for "Diversity Day," is composed of 24 faculty decry. Diversity Day input members and two students. Prof. Homer Neal…

…, chair of the Department of Physics and co-chair of the symposium committee, said the committee was was responsive to students. He added that he was unaware of any conflict, saying "Diversity Day" is for…

… the students and they should get involved with the various activities. However Tracyc Matthews, also a student representative on the committee and a United Coalition Against Racist member, expressed…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… Michigan Student Assembly voted 22-3 against a resolution yes- terday that would have taken away *official MSA recognition from the student group United Coalition Against Racism. The resolution, introduced…

… at last night's meeting by MSA Reps. Gene Kavnatsky, Matt Mansfield, Bryan Mistele, and Dan Tobocman, proposed that MSA derecognize UCAR because they believed last weekend's Students of Color…

… Tracy Matthews told the assembly that the conference did provide an "opportunity for interested white students to participate." David Fletcher, a white member of UCAR, backed up Matthews' statement by…

… saying that he and other white students had indeed taken part in the conference. When MSA originally passed the proposal to fund the conference at its Feb. 13 meeting, UCAR member Michael Wilson told the…

… because its primary platform is to keep student money on campus, presidential MSA elections '89 candidate Aaron Williams said. "I don't think the majority of students know their money is going to El…

…'t mean we will cater to only certain groups." edges fiscal C Karadsheh stressed that the Conservative Coalition will support the groups that students want to support, and not merely transfer power from…

… societal racism BY VERA SONGWE Minority students from universities around the country met on campus this weekend as part of the Students of Color Conference, which aimed to discuss ways to irradicate racism…

… on college campuses. The conference, which excluded whites from partic- ipating, was sponsored by the United Coalition Against Racism and the Baker-Mandela Center. More than 100 minority students from…

… that we were not just promoting a sense of false unity," she said. "The issues emphasized, among others, were women in leadership, lesbian and gay (rights), and the role of whites in the student movement…

…," said Berkeley graduate student Mark Sims. "Racial actions demand immediate and direct action." Victoria Gray Adams, a member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, said, "It is time for the…

… along the lines to becoming a more humane race," she said. Melinda Micco, a Native American student from Stanford, expressed her concern on the lack of Native American participation at the conference. "We…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… construction, Pavlov told law- makers. See SOVIET, page 2 Chatting about chemicals Students are socializing at the newest campus hot-spot, the atrium in the Dow Chemistry Building. The trees, by the way, are…

… with one for every 18,000 rubber bullets. More recently, plastic bullets were introduced in Israel in August, 1988. Abddeen Jabara, national pres- ident of the American-Arab Anti- Discrimination…

… STROH, page 5 'U' asks fraternity council to cleanup leftover rush leaflets by Jennifer Hiri Some Ann Arbor scenes never change. Every fall, squirrels gather acorns. Leaves change colors. Students and…

… nominated as dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Goldenberg has been with the University for twenty-five years and is highly thought of by both students and faculty. "I'm really happy…

… her, Groups fight for women Goldenberg is not only a professor and administrator but also a mentor. Kip Banks, third-year graduate student in the Institute of Public Policy characterizes Goldenberg as…

… an impressive instructor and capable leader. "I think one of her greatest strengths is her sensitivity to the students," Banks said. "She's very receptive to student concerns." As director of the…

… Institute, Goldenberg held brown bags on a regular basis to talk with graduate students. Goldenberg said that she is honored by the selection and is looking forward to working with the faculty and students…

… involvement with faculty and don't change it won't matter much," students." she said. "It'll just be a different "I think it's an excellent person enforcing the same policies." education, but I also think it…

…D candidate at the the recent Webster decision "would See Boycott, Page 2 Thanksgiving, Fitter in Arabic, was We are reminded of the gathering University. …