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… 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…

… 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…

… 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…

… 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…

… 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…

…- 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…

… 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…

… 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…

… 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…

… Arab specialists, and met twice with State Department and National Se- curity Council officials in order to come up with the wording, Fitzwater said. The Arab specialists were asked to look at the…

… wording "to make sure that the tone of it translates well into Arabic," said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity, "You can write a speech that sounds perfectly good to Western ears," but might…

… not convey the right impres- sion in Arabic, the official said. Fitzwater described the message as "a very candid but personal de- scription of our goals and our objec- tives in the region." Number of…

… University and add expertise in areas it may not have had before. He stressed that the new faculty will provide additional role models for students. Thirty-eight of those hired are on "tenure-track" positions…

…, whereas the 14 non-tenure track instructors are not, she said. Clarkson said that with larger numbers of minorities on staff, peo- ple will be more receptive to minor- ity perspectives. "Students live in a…

… world much more ethnically diverse and part of the University's educa- tional mission is to prepare students to live in a world with many differ- ent ethnic, religious, and racial groups." Harrison said…

… collective bargaining and em- ployment contracts - was skep- tical of the cuts. "It seems likely that students will get less time from TAs and that it will decrease the quality of student education," he said…

… admits the cutbacks may hurt some graduate students. "Students who would receive TA support will no longer. The top students who did receive support will continue to, but somewhat more average students who…

… documented learn- ing disabilities, was threatened with revoked admission from the Univer- sity. This year a different cause will keep her busy. Singer is organizing a new student group, the Learning…

… give support to these students, but we've been slow," he said. "This group is being organized primarily by the students." "We are very excited about this," agreed Julie Biernat, acting director for…

… Daily Administration Reporter Rent increases for single student and family housing residents were approved by the University's Board of Regents Friday, but a request to transfer funding for the Talk to Us…

… student theater group from student services to the housing department was partially denied. The regents approved a 5.9 per- cent increase for single student resi- dence hall rates and a 6.3 percent in…

…- crease for family housing apartment rates. The increase in cost for students living in a traditional residence hall -- room and board included - will range from $178.80 for an economy double room to $253…

… their programs," he said. Banks said one of his goals for the University will be improved re- cruitment of minority students. "Personal contact is important," he said. One has to "identify people with…

… with the nties by this summer. President James Duderstadt oed Roach's concern, saying the versity has to develop "some d of place for (physical) See SHANTIES, page 2 . Survey shows college students as…

… age group as deeply concerned with environ- mental issues. "We are tremendously encouraged by these results," said NWF presi- dent Jay Hair. "College students are expressing a deep concern for the en…

…- vironment, and the overwhelming majority are clearly willing to do something about it." The survey questions were posed to 500 undergraduate students at 4- year colleges and universities. When asked what they…

… saw as the most urgent environmental problem facing the United States today, 54 percent identified air and atmospheric problems. Nine out of ten students are will- ing to pay more for products that are…

… Israel before the facts were checked." Israel has been under increasing pressure to accept the U.N. inquiry into the shootings at the Temple Mount, known to Arabs as Haram al-Sharif. More than 140…

… engineering student Nate Melen lies on the Diag to demonstrate support for clean air legislation. "We want a bill behind the table to be voted on; we're for clean air," Melen said. Study program aims to 'fight…

… racism' with high GPAs by Shalini Patel Daily Staff Reporter The low retention rate of Black students in colleges across the coun- try has prompted one University graduate student to take action. "You can…

… waste all your time to complain about a racist situation and expect racist people to change their minds, or you can become strong enough and self-reliant to beat it," said Public Policies graduate student…

… Thomas Poole Jr., the president and founder of "African-Americans for Academic Achievement" (4.A). The program, open to University students of all ethnicities, aims at helping its students maintain at…

… least a 3.0 GPA. The program requires students to study 40 hours a week in class and the library. Students must sign sheets in the library indicating how long they work, and at each of the three…

… designated libraries - the Graduate Library, the Kresge Library and the North Campus Dow Library - graduate students act as monitors and mentors. In addition, 4.A students meet weekly with each of their…

… professors to receive written evaluations on their academic progress. The evalua- tions are mailed to the students' par- ents, spouse, or "significant other." "I think that's a good way to re- quire you to…

… make a relationship with your professor," said Melvin Ashford, a first-year LSA student, one of the 154 4.A participants this semester. The organization has received most of its funding from the Office…

… of Minority Affairs, though students also pay a $5 registration fee. Poole estimated the cost up until now has been $15,000. "I think it's a good concept," said- Dr. Charles Moody, vice provost for…

… Michigan o Student Assembly-financed trip to the Israeli-occupied territories held a press conference yesterday to discuss their activities in the area. LSA senior David Levine and School of Public Health…

… graduate Luiz Vasquez spent two weeks in the y%3 Gaza Strip and the West Bank in k August. MSA and the Rackham Student Government each allocated $1000 to subsidize the delegation. The PSC and the delegates…

… he was upset that the decision to fund the trip was made during the summer when most MSA members were not present. Levine said students' money was being well spent. "The money is effectively being…

… brought back to campus," said Levine. Five presentations and discus- See PSC, Page 2 i I Students react to Bush's deployment of US troops by Sarah Schweitzerstrawa..btptigte "ImainttutI on Daily Staff…

… he backs the president primarily because he wno is Iraqi, saia that America should not become involved in the Middle East crisis because it concerns mostly Arabs. "It's sad that it's coming to this…

… already a strong racism against Arabs, and I know it will be peo- ple of color and poor people doing most of the fighting. My students are scared." The protestors marched from the Farmer's Market to…

…. Tiffany Hunt, a first year engi- neering student, was at the party when police arrived. "They were just macing people at random. I don't think that would have happened if it had been a differ- ent event…

… Staff Reporter JENNIFER UUNt u aiy Jamal Young (center), a second-year Rackham student, speaks for civil rights here and abroad in a anti-war rally on the Diag Friday. George Davis (left), a second…

…-year Rackham student, and Devmlin Ponte, an LSA junior, joined in the protest as well. City protests intervention by Lynne Cohn Daily Staff Reporter More than 400 Ann Arbor residents gathered to peacefully…

… fear of losing his job for joining the protest. The rally stopped at City Hall where Dr. Elizabeth Allen from the University Nursing School, first-year law student Karima Bennoune, Ypsilanti's First Con…

… the Persian Gulf drew more than 200 people in a Diag rally last Friday. Speakers represent- ing a wide range of student and local groups addressed the protestors before they marched to the Union, where…

… the rally ended. Paula Church, head of the Michigan Student Assembly Peace and Justice Committee began the rally by yelling to the large gathering: "We're a coalition of students who don't want a war…

…. Earning the loudest cheers of the day, second-year Rackham student Jamal Young continued along the same vain as Smith. "Sixty-five percent of the peo- ple on the frontline are of African ancestry," Young…

… Kilbourne. impact on women, The image of men in ads is also by Shalini Patel Daily Staff Reporter The University chapter of the Na- tional Lawyers Guild has endorsed the demands of the student move- ment…

… opposed to the deputization of campus police officers and a code of non-academic conduct In a letter to Michigan Student Assembly President Jennifer Van Valey dated Dec. 1, the group de- scribed the current…

…1d gan 74F Ccpynght C 1990 Vol. C1, No.44 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, November 5,1990 TeMicin IDal Vol. o. 4 hip~di American students in Israel cope wi 0 Mark Katz Program at the Rothberg School…

… for of Israelis inside Israel-proper in the one of panic. JERUSALEM - When nearly 500 American college students boarded the plane to come here this past summer, anxiety ran deep. The thought of…

… supply store, a convenience store, a post office, student lounges, hotel rooms, and a computing center branch. In line with these expectations, much of the Commons' interior was left uncompleted, awaiting…

… 'Commons because few people fre- quent the area now. At the same time, he explained, businesses would generate more consumer patronage. Frank Cianciola, Director of the Michigan Union/North Campus Commons/Student…

… available in their own dis- ciplines. For example, a dancer Overseas Students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem find them- selves with much more to worry about. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's threats…

… to destroy Israel with an arse- nal of chemical and biological weapons was taken more seriously than past threats made by other Arab leaders. Many Israelis have the gov- ernment-issued gas masks at…

… home -o prove it. Internally, the combination of vio- lence on the Temple Mount three weeks ago and the random stabbings following week have further in- creased tensions among American students here…

…. Mark Katz is a University junior and a Daily staffer, currently studying in Israel on Hebrew University's One-Year program.y-s - r WORLD}:J PERSPECTIVE However, the mood among American students at Hebrew…

… University is, for the most part, not Out of the 550 students on the predominantly American one-year program, only 39 have left. That figure represents approximately twice the number of students who usually…

… early de- partures were caused by parental pressure from back home. Nevertheless, students have been ith regional affected by the realities of the threat deal with4 to their security coming from within…

…rrrrnxlrn ph zs Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 21, 1990 COPYrI V01.C , No.12 The Mich chipanpaiiy M R 1 9kV Students tJ Lf ~y l v rS>Xn r; v, E protest m L x 'U ' r -0 r I I 1 ' r e' ' 5 Fr…

… unidentified students as the regents made their way to the Michigan Union for a public comments session regarding armed security on campus. Students speak out to Regents by Josephine Ballenger Daily Crime…

… freedom of expression issue," said Corey Dolgon, chair of Michi- gan Student Assembly's Student Rights Commission (SRC). Dolgon and SRC oppose campus deputization because, they say, offi- cers could use…

… their authority to stop protests and other forms of student expression. With a campus police fleet, new patrol cars and headquarters estimated to cost the University more than a million dollars a year…

…. The British escapees told Lon- don's Daily Mail newspaper that they had spent 25 hours in rough seas after taking the 10-foot boat through the marshes of southern Iraq, into the Shatt-al-Arab waterway…

… Arab lands, Baghdad's official Iraq News Agency reported. Kaifu insisted on Iraq's with- boat drawal from Kuwait first, said Shi- geo Takenaka, Kaifu's spokesperson. Kaifu later met with Jordan's King…

… Professor at the school since 1987 - a going-away party on the Friday before her departure. Nursing School Associate Dean for Student Affairs Janice Lindberg said the nurse's co-workers sent her off with a…

… assistant in the Creative Writing program and a personal friend of Webster's, said Webster "really enjoyed teaching... he really was enjoying the work that he was doing with his students." "Everybody liked…

… him, and it was a very big shock to find out he had passed away," said LSA senior Ted Pastor, one of Webster's students. Swan felt the, same. "We're all sort of reeling a bit," she said. "He was one of…

… Guild House. offers beans, rice, poltics by Nicole James Where can students and community members eat beans and rice in a living room while discussing Central American politics, or hear local writers read…

…, students and commu- nity members, the House holds regular weekly events attended by a wide mix of people. Director Don Coleman said the Guild House wants to provide ways to help people find meaningful life…

…, attendance at Michigan Union events may be re- stricted to ensure student safety, said Vice President Mary Ann Swain last night at a meeting between student leaders and University officials. The meeting was…

… held to discuss the Fri- day night brawl which left seven people injured. Swain called the meeting in the Union's Anderson Room "not to talk, but to hear what students had to say," and said her primary…

… concern was for students to continue spon- soring their desired events in a safe environment. She thanked the members of the Phi Beta Sigma and Omega Psi Phi fraternities for their assistance and…

… Association (BGA), several proposals were debated for implementation, including possibly restricting all events in University buildings to college students show- ing identification. Several members of the crowd…

… Union disagreed with Swain's suggestion, saying high school students and non- students frequently attend Union events and would be unfairly dis- criminated against. Two students representing the lo- cal…

… administration as another excuse to arm campus offi- cers. "We can't let students fall into the trap of thinking that deputization is the answer," Van Valey said. "We need to come together on this cam- pus as…

… students, and solve this prob- ANTHONY M. CROLUDaIIy New recruits Ben Alliker (left) and Jen Danner spent their day on the Diag yesterday trying to recruit new members for the Michigan Crew team. *Hoers…

… free oi to Third World countries Move seen as attempt to gain support 'We can't let students fall into the trap of thinking that deputization is the answer...it would not have made any difference if the…

…, pointed out that along with increasing security for Union events, more security is needed for the Union's many student organization offices located on the upper floors, where there is a serious theft…

… problem. LSA junior and Michigan Stu- dent Assembly (MSA) President Jennifer Van Valey was one of the last students to speak. She stressed lem ourselves." "It would not have made any dif- ference if the…

… U.S. partnership with Arab leaders against Iraq. The president issued a "warm welcome" to Shamir at the outset of their Oval Office talks yesterday morning, but he rebuffed questions from reporters…

… Vought takes his dog Walker for a walk on the Diag . Students, staff discuss homeless Tami Pollak Daily Staff Reporter Last week's arrest of an appar- ently homeless man and a student in the Union's MUG…

…. The next day, several Homeless Action Committee members met with Frank Cianciola, director of the Michigan Union/North oiampus Commons/Student Programs, to dis- cuss Union policies. "One of the things…

… according to student size and program needs. The Northridge campus of the California State University system has responded to the cuts by reducing the number of classes offered, mak- ing cutbacks in building…

… students it can hold. Failure of a bond in the November elections in- tended to fund new construction has put more pressure on the administra- tors to find other funds to increase the classroom space…

… family" of students, staff, faculty, and alumni for donations. "This is an effort to pick our- selves up by the bootstraps. I think the survival fund is aimed at trying to do things for ourselves. It…

… Gulf teach-in fol- - 1st place in CCHA .oky.e by Matt Ronnie DiyHockey Writer Hundreds of students crammed into Angell Hall last month, search- ing for answers to the growing crisis in the Persian…

… into action. The campus anti-war movement has, for Although the anti-deputization movement lost momentum, the anti- war movement pales next to the fer- vor of November's student rights and anti…

…-deputization campaign, in which hundreds rallied for three straight days. lowed the doubling of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia but preceded the Thanksgiving break. When students returned from break, they faced the…

… hysterical stress levels that typically accompany the term's end. Both the See WAR, Page 7 Most students on Diag support sanctions, oppose use of force by Jesse Snyder Daily Staff Reporter While many…

…r kiiganail Vol. Cl, No. 59 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, November 28.1990 CopyrhtV 99 Students form anti-war coalition by Nicole James Daily Staff Reporter WApproximately 120 students at…

…- tended the mass meeting of the Anti- Gulf War Coalition yesterday at 7:30 in Hutchins Hall. The coalition which is a part of the Michigan Student Assembly's Peace and Justice Commission. Peace and Justice…

… on that needs to be dealt with," said Church. The Nov. 18 teach-in on the Persian Gulf prompted Jeanette Bradley and Amy Jarvis, first year Residential College students, to at- tend the meeting, which…

…. The new coalition platform calls See COALITION, Page 2 rSwain holds r . first forum with by Jay Garcia Daily Staff Reporter st When someone asked students who had gathered for a University forum on…

… deputization a simple question, she got a simple answer. The student asked who supported the University's decision to depu- tize campus police. No hands were raised. "It's clear to me people in this room do not…

…-permanent council members: Canada, Finland, Romania, Ivory Coast, Zaire and Ethiopia. Yemen, the council's onlyArab member is believed likely to abstain or vote against it. Malaysia and Columbia's votes are uncertain…

… two weeks ago. The fliers, which depict Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress advocating enslavement of whites, were placed in the Pendaflex folders of several students and posted on walls in…

… the most deeply offensive polit- ical viewpoints are tolerated." Some students said the adminis- tration's response to the incident was insufficient. "I don't think they did enough to condemn it," said…

… second-year law student Bob Dorsey. "Their response was pretty lukewarm." The Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) condemned the incident and called for an investigation into the matter at their Sept. 25…

… arrival at the Raleigh-Durham airport would occur today. As in previous evacuation flights, arrangements called for Westerners on board to be limited to women and children and to Americans of Arab ancestry…

…-choicers target student support for Blanchard byyMelissa Peerless Daily Staff Reporter Abortion rights advocates are try- ing to mobilize college students and young women to support Governor James Blanchard…

…'s reelection bid. Carol King, Executive Director of the Michigan Abortion Rights Action League (MARAL), held a telephone press conference last night to urge college students to reelect the governor Nov. 6. King…

… announces losing streak in space is finished Students hold vigil for Palestinians EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - Shuttle Discovery sailed out of orbit and landed yesterday after a four-day flight…

… in the shuttles Columbia and Atlantis and by a flawed mirror that by Gwen Shaffer As students wrote papers at the Angell Hall computing center last night, they were interrupted by a long line of about…

…. The Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) and the General Union of Palestinian Students spon- sored the vigil, which started on the Diag at 7 p.m. The march through the center was intended "to let people…

… pressing: than the Intifada," said Zaltimo. First-year law student and PSC member Karima Bennoune said she felt it was particularly important for her to attend the vigil after she talked to a friend in…

… days. Baghdad's decision on the French hostages was widely seen as an at- tempt to divide the Western-Arab al- liance against Saddam. Returning hostages described abysmal conditions in Iraq. "We were…

…. Zinn's speech, "Challenging the Knowledge Factory," was sponsored by the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) Students' Rights Commis- sion and is part of Students Rights/Activism Week. More than 200 people…

… attended last night's event at Rackham Auditorium. Zinn, a self described "escaped professor" from Boston University, stressed the importance of a new student movement. "Activism will be more alive in the 90…

… around putting current student activism into some kind of historical perspective. Zinn He cited both the 1930s and the 1960s as exciting periods in which student activism played a major role in social…

… reforms. He said current student move- ments have the same ability to incite change. "There is great potential for a stronger student movement than See ZINN, Page 2 Y4> n area xrR r zzn 3 gg f 4nV ft Mre d…

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… chemistry becomes horrible, like going to the dentist," he remarks. As the first real chemist most of his first-year students meet, Lee is succeeding at changing this image. "He's very light-hearted, always…

…. Bush's address to the Iraqi people, with an Arabic voice-over and cap- tions provided by the State Depart- ment, was apparently broadcast in its entirety at 7 p.m. yesterday (11 a.m. EDT). "Iraq finds…

…-minute response from an Iraqi TV an- nouncer. A "thundering rage" is building against the United States in the Arab world, and a showdown in the Gulf would end "in a catastrophe" for Iraqis U.S. forces…

…- iduce students to AIDS-related issues at the University. The day included seminars and discussion sessions. About 15 peo- ple, including ACT-UP members, attended the seminars. ACT-UP members said the or…

… faculty. The pro- posal attempts to integrate as many disciplines as possible, and involves the faculty in the initiation of courses, he said. The requirement will go into ef- fect for first-year students…

…, students will choose from a list of courses focusing on racial and ethnic intoler- ance and resulting inequality in the United States or elsewhere. The courses must include comparisons of discrimination in…

… stan- dards, acceptance and graduation rates, financial resources and student to faculty ratios. Harvard, Stanford and Yale were the top three ranked schools. University officials warned that the survey…

… extent that it does reflect a decline, how- ever, that's not pleasant to hear." "In the measures that we see, in- volving the quality of the faculty, students, libraries and research facili- ties, my…

… impression is the Univer- sity is better today than it was five years ago," Roach continued. The University ranked 44 for fac- ulty resources, 26 for student satis- faction, and 36 for financial resources…

…,.ate io4noin v JERUSALEM (AP) - Police opened fire on stone throwing Pales- tinians at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City yesterday, and Arab hospital officials said 22 Palestinians were killed and…

… and adminis- trators who work with harassment victims. "(Harassment) is really deter- mined by the victim, said Darlene Ray-Johnson, discriminatory policy advisor for the Office of Student Services…

… harassment reported to Public Safety consisted of racist remarks made by students or racist graffitti in the resi- dent halls slamming Blacks, Jews, whites and Asian-Americans. Typical of the graffitti are…

… harassment policy for stu- dent-to-student behavior was struck down by the Federal District Court in Detroit for being too broad. A policy for faculty and staff ha- rassment has been in committee for more than…

… crowd of 100,000 faithful and tourists in the square, where the pope earlier cele- triarch of Jerusalem used his Easter message to call for equality between Jews and Christian Arabs over a Jewish…

… people at the cruci- fixion and the resurrection," said music education student Raphael Rittenhouse. University senior Jim Kushner, an organizer of the rally and a mem- bet of Christians in Action, termed…

… could lose its influence in the Arab world if it sent troops to the Persian Gulf. This comment was apparently in response to a warning from Soviet Foreign Minister Ed- uward Shevardnadze, who said last…

… four to five per- year was $210,338. Whitaker earned $167,000 in President for Student Services Mary cent." Four people will earn more than 1990-91, $53,855 less than Or- Ann Swain, $112,360; Vice Presi…