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

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

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

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

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

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

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

…iIhroeoiae ;Fl -V till One hundred four years of editorial freedom qRabin tryes toreassurkoe Israelis n wak ofm ing Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM - Although Israel has de- feated all the Arab armies…

…, said University President James J. Duderstadt in an address to a group of female graduate students yester- day. Duderstadt heard from about 35 students who attendedthe "town meet- ing" to voice their…

… concerns and discuss the University's Agenda for Women *-- a blueprint for increasing the suc- cess of female students and faculty members. The University was one of the first higher education institutions…

… may nreed to set standards for graduate students and faculty, so that require- 'ents will be more consistent across fferent departments. Students voiced a concern that male professors often have lower…

… expecta- Japan market dives; death toil tops 5,000 An unidentified graduate student speaks at the Graduate Student Town Meeting yesterday. tions for female students. Rackham student Jean Moran said she…

… felt female students are discouraged from certain areas of research. Duderstadt suggested that problems of discrimination within departments should be brought to the attention of the department chair…

… people in power are still men, how are changes going to occur in the interper- sonal communication? I'm hopeful yet pessimistic until I see some changes." Students also discussed some as- pects of graduate…

… education on the whole, such as funding and mentorship. Duderstadt said that faculty advi- sors must make the education of gradu- ate students a priority. "Graduate education does have a certain feudal…

… character to it, where (professors) treat their students as they remember being treated," he said. The Washington Post TOKYO - Turmoil erupted in Parliament yesterday over the government's handling of…

…. Mike Pokrywka, co-chair of the ollege Democrats, said he was sur- prised and eager to have Cisneros come to campus. "We're extremely excited to have him talk to students about issues im- portant to us…

… the Code of Student Conduct, alleging a lack of civil liberties protection. Martin Gold, a professor emeritus of psychology and chair ofthe University's Civil Liberties Board, said the CLB would…

… Brewer said opening all the meetings would not be possible. "Many meetings can't be open, but there should be protections afforded the student in those situations where the meet- ings can't be open…

… strongly disagreed with SACUA's actions, add- ing it is the students' role to draft docu- ments governing students. Wainess found fault with faculty con- cerns that simultaneous court and cam- pus…

… the ac- tions constructive for students and said students were faced with a choice by the regents: adopt the old code or one that goes further to protect students' rights. "SACUA chose the former option…

… minister, a warrior who looked beyond his years on the battlefield to make peace with some of Israel's most intractable enemies. The dozens of dignitaries from the Arab world who put aside their differ…

…- ences with Israel to attend his funeral proved how radically Rabin helped change the face of the Middle East. King Hussein came from Jordan to urge other Arab countries to take the road to peace…

…- tional elections. "Local elections do not generate the interest that state and nationals do," Northcross explained. Student participation is traditionally very low in local elections. This year's W H E R…

… FISCHER For the Daily Cooperation between groups on oppos- ing sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict may come as a surprise to some, but two student groups, the University's Progressive Zion- ist Caucus (PZC…

… Febru- ary as a pilot program open to about 500 students. Officials hope Mcard will be in the hands of all University students on the Ann Arbor campus by the beginning of the fall term. Mcard will extend…

… not going to be low enough for the merchants - it's going to be difficult to resolve," he predicted. Mcard will replace current student identi- fication cards and include two magnetic stripes: one…

… purchases. Exist- ing identification cards will be re-encoded to take advantage of the new program. To ensure security, students will have to enter a four-digit personal identification code at the point of…

… purchase. Students would not have to open an ac- count at First of America, Russell said. University and First of America officials expect to approve a logo for Mcard early this week. The card is modeled…

… University and First of America, both sides said late last week the pilot program should be launched within a month. About 1,000 students - half selected at random and half selected because they use Entrde…

… middle class. At the same time, the president is See CLINTON, Page 2 Arab bombers kill 19 Israeli soldiers Israel seals West Bank and Gaza Strip to Palestinians; Despite bombing, peace talks to continue…

…- cussions. Liaison to the PSC and former chair of the PZC, Shari Robinson, said those events were integral to promoting mutual under- See STUDENTS, Page 2 DUGUILAS KANR/D AiLaily Snowed in at Crisler…

… Bank town of Hebron yesterday, authorities said, shooting dead three Arabs described as most-wanted fugitives and avert- ing what Israel said was an imminent terror attack. Inside the car of the accused…

… student were killed. As in previous conflicts, represen- tatives of Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO negotiated a temporary political truce with Hamas on Friday. But Arafat departed from precedent by…

…, the American cul- ture doctoral student who was found responsible for harassment under the code in January, is protesting the pro- cedures of her hearing, the only open hearing in the code's two…

…-year his- tory. In an appeal filed last Wednesday, Welch claims that Prof. Peter Bauland, the chair of her hearing panel, vio- lated procedures outlined in the State- ment of Student Rights and Responsi…

… Lavie - occurred more than six months before Lavie, who is not a student, filed his complaint against her on Dec. 17, 1994. Acco'rding to the rodeP "Ali coin- 0 Senior Days winds down as commencement…

…," VanOotengham said. Students can pick up graduation tickets until Wednesday. President James J. Duderstadt spearheaded the campaign to begin Senior Days last year. Last year's events included free…

… commencement Students dump Pepsi jn support of workers ¢ By Patience Atkin Daily Staff Reporter The Student Labor Action Coali- tion claims that drinking Pepsi fur- thers the "assault on the hard-won gains of…

… Dreiling, a University gradu- ate student and co-organizer of the protest. "In other words, Pepsi is directly subsidizing the assault on Staley work- ers," Dreiling said. The "Pepsi Dump" was accompa- nied…

… University President James J. Duderstadt asserted that an accredita- tion team criticized the University in a 1990 exit interview for not having a student conduct code, the chair of the team that visited the…

… University said yesterday that was highly unlikely. During discussion on the new Code of Student Conduct at the November Board of Regents meeting, Duderstadt referred to an accreditation report from the North…

… code of conduct, suggesting that the University was legally at risk for lack of one. They also felt that Michi- gan was abdicating an important moral responsibility to its students and the entire…

… community. "Accreditation teams often cite con- cerns in their oral, exit interviews which may not appear in their report," the letter stated. Following the board's approval of the Code of Student Conduct in…

… percent to a Croat-Muslim federation. The Muslims belong to the Islam religion. They speak Serbo-Croatian and some have Turkish or Arabic ancestry. Muslims made up 44 percent of Bosnia's pre-war population…

… TROOPS, Page 8A NEA chair accepts $50K donation from Borderso i EMU police reports dispute student claims By Jeff Eldridge Daily Staff Reporter The chair of the National Endow- ment of the Arts came to…

… corporation giving a broad-based do- nation to the NEA. By Josh White Daily Staff Reporter YPSILANTI - Eastern Michigan University police reports released yes- terday directly contradict students' claims that…