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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… first public visit to ie West Bank in almost 30 years to iscuss the troubled Mideast peace rocess. ussein, the first Arab leader to trav- the autonomous Palestinian area, aid his landmark visit was…

…, these sources said, the two' sides were making progresstoward reaching a diplomatic formula that Students blast anti-affirmative action measure By Will Weissert Daily Statr Reporter There is strength in…

… numbers. More than 150 students came to last night's Michigan Student Assembly meeting in the Michigan Union Ballroom .to show their support for affirmative action. But as it turned out, the resolution they…

… the amendment before the assem- bly to "debate an issue MSA has been avoiding for more than a year-and-a-half." And Burden certainly spurred discussion, as more than 40 students and community members…

… night. For $5, participants ate unlimited amounts of bread and were taught breadmaking techniques. Tatum speaks of developing student racial identities By Chris Metinko Daily Staff Reporter Students at…

… teachers professionally and personally. "Racism can be a relation- al barrier," Tatum said. She also talked about the difficulty both black and white students faced as participants in her program. "It was a…

… think white 'olicy student people learn to Computer fraudmay vicimize students By Rob Goettel 'Ihe University of Washington Daily SEATTLE - Tens of thousands of students will be victimized by fraudu…

… services are just a variation on the You Have Won' prize-promotion scam, targeted to ... students and their parents who are anx- ious about paying for college." Bernstein said these questionable agencies…

… guarantee students free schol- arship money in exchange for an up- front fee, usually around $50. "You don't need college-level math to know that multiplying those fees by JOSH BIGGS/Daily University alum…

… Beverly Tatum addressed students yesterday at East Hall about the importance of developing racial identities. ,s h4 of close to 50 people for her lecture. "It was great," said Jacquie Anderson, a first…

… passing students to register to vote in the Nov. 5 election. Richards filed her last election bid in 1994 for Texas governor, but the issues fRing female candidates and legislators en't changed much since…

…. The 10-day campaign, run by Iraq's elite military Republican Guard and fought largely by the KDP. represents a Student camp-out for hockey tickets nds this year Netanyahu rejects calls to pull out…

… troops Washington officials urge more peace-making talks with Arafat Tickets now sold on first-come, first-serve basis Ann Stewart Staff Reporter Students who banked on camping out to get the best seats…

… student has purchased tick- *We wanted to keep it more in line with basketball and reward the students who would buy (hockey) tickets before," Lambright said. Students had mixed reactions to the new policy…

… jumped in popularity in the last five years and it's still growing. It's growing all over, though," Madej said. Employees said the policy was also changed in fairness to students who couldn't get in line…

… camp out in hopes of being the first to nab tickets, employees said students were not upset. The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday rejected calls by the…

… Clinton adminis- tration to pull Israeli troops out of Arab-populated areas of the West Bank town of Hebron, while expressing optimism that a formula will soon be found to permit the resumption of peace…

… West Bank town that could damage the entire Middle East peace process. Israeli troops were required to pull back from Arab population centers in Hebron by last March, guarding only the 440 or so Jews in…

… students. Students sa they practice safe sex, m--onogamy "Nobody's commented negatively so far," Lambright said. Still, students at the ticket office said they were disappointed that they missed out on the…

… many students are sex- ually active, the survey said this does not mean they are promis- cuous. "Most of our respondents practice serial monogamy," said Martin Whyte said he was skep- tical of the…

… when I go east, it's always on the foreground," Hayden said. When the California state senator returned to his alma mater yesterday, talk immediately turned to his work as founder of Students for a…

… Democratic Society, and as one of the "Chicago Seven," a group of students arrested during protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. "The last time that I saw Tom Hayden was at the…

…'s refusal to take a stand against war and injustice. "A society that depends on young people to lead the way is a society that's broken somewhere." Although Hayden encouraged student audience members to…

… friends, because nothing is supposed to happen," Hayden said. Students are still disenfranchised from the political process, but at least have access to the "dysfunctional" system, he said. California…

…, where Hayden intends to run for See HAYDEN, Page 5 JOHN IKRAFT/ Daily University alum Tom Hayden fields questions from students yesterday in the Michigan Union. Hayden, now a state senator from…

… University Relations Walter Harrison said the administration's decision to vote against the tournament was based on its concern for student-athletes. "We have a long-standing position that we oppose the…

… beliefs. LSA junior Asif Harsolina, president ofthe Muslim Student Association, said Ramadan is "a 30-day fast teaching discipline and self-restraint." But exactly when Detroit-area Mus- swill begin…

… moon was sighted in many Arab countries Saturday. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emir- ates, Yemen, Jordan and Egypt reported sightings of the moon yesterday. In Oman, the crescent could not be…

… of the Muslim's lunar calendar with a solar calendarand comes I 1 days later with each succeeding year. Jinnah El-Soloman a junior nursing student called Ramadan "an opportu- nity to gain spirituality…

… self-con- trol. Families and friends also gather together after sundown to share meals and many then retire to mosques for lectures and religious discussion. *"This is a month where students tend to go…

… to other people's homes for dinner," Harsolina said. "It's actually pretty fun." He said the Muslim Student Associa- tion holds dinners at different restau- rants in town where students gather to break…

… MEDSTART, Page 2A Mace forces residents to evacuate Barb our 0Y lnoityalliance By Katie Wang Daily Staff Reporter Declaring that the University has not done enough for students of color, the Alliance Four…

… the Members of the University Community "WE DEMAND That the Office of Academic and Multicultural Initiatives increase their focus on the retention of students of color The immediate establishment of…

… ethnic-specific cultural centers An increase in the number of faculty and students of color. 3 Guaranteed funding for student of color organizations Guaranteed autonomy of the Center for African and…

… went off and the entire build- ing was evacuated. First-year Engineering student An- drea Cox said she was in the stairwell on the second floor when she noticed the smell. "It was right there," Cox said…

… Laurie Mayk Daily Staff Reporter After more than four hours of debates, goodbyes and parting poems, the Michigan Student Assembly gavel officially changed hands last night. MSA President Fiona Rose and…

… said. "Ninety percent of the things Flint and I have e ... have nothing to do with Tuesday night T etings." Wainess said Rose's election is a "parting gift" from the students. "The person replacing me in…

… challenged assembly members to be "non- partisan on the assembly, but partisan everywhere else - partisan for the students." The orientation meetings for new representatives last week helped them to feel…

… comfortable at last night's meeting, Mehta said. Rose and Mehta intro- duced newly elected students to assembly protocol and campus issues, as well as a few current MSA members. "The 'new' meeting ... went…

… smoothly. We had a good, respective debate," Rose said. "This student government means business." LSA Rep. Ryan Friedrichs, a new member on the assembly, said the Rose-Mehta administration has already taken…

… "electronic town hall on the MSA confer" discussion about the relevance of political parties at the University. "I'd like the students to discuss whether the advan- tages of having parties outweigh the…

… disadvantages," Theis said. Theis invited all representatives and students to comment on his research about political parties on item 48 of"MSA-Talks." Also during the first meeting, MSA members de- feated a…

… resolution that criticized The Michigan Daily's coverage of the recent theft of 8,700 newspapers and that encouraged MSA's minority affairs commission to ensure minority students' views are accurately…

… ' ' . a, sit .a+ 'M f " , ' y ;a _ , c 3; r:a_. ,: . ;? tt, r ;:§: ,._, ..".. _ .. a.. rrgs .rt"er tisi J e R eL , ' Fearing terrorism, Israelis kill Arab American Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM - Israel…

… described Hamida as a quiet, See ISRAEL, Page 2 AP PHOTO The body of an Arab American lies in a Jerusalem street. The man was shot yesterday by bystanders after his car ran into a bus stop. U.S.: Sanctions…

…. The new proposal would eliminate the extra- neous work - ballots would be auto- matically sent to the homes of regis- tered voters. Smith said the system would en- courage students to vote. The proposal…

… training By Jeff Eldridge Daily Staff Reporter Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Mary Lou Antieau said yesterday she is prepared to put Student Resolution Panelists who hear Code of Student…

…. Clinton left in place his recent easing of curbs on Cuban-American Student uses Internet to l u ch b i s es a...........-..~.:- By Anita Chik Daily Staff Reporter Unlike other students who play on com…

… violence By Katie Wang Daily Staff Reporter As artillery shells and rockets con- tinued to paint the Mideast skies yes- terday, students from the University's Arab and Israeli communities gath- ered on the…

… Diag to voice concern about the violent warfare taking place thousands of miles away. Students from both communities joined together momentarily to mourn the dead, silently bowing their heads for 15…

… Rackham student Moulouk Berry. "Israel bombed Lebanon before Hezbollah (existed). Hezbollah was created in 1982 as a result of Israeli occupa- tion." LSA first-year student Amer Zahr criticized the United…

… 25 to May 5 in order to visit his father, football Hall-of-Famer Bob Griese, who currently lives in Florida. ovt. misses aid deadline; students wait for word y Stephanie Jo Klein aily Staff Reporter…

… deadline to inish processing the remainder of the backlogged Free pplications for Federal Student Aid, leaving universities d students around the nation with little choice but to wait. igures released this…

… day we can receive votes is (April) 26th," Church said. "Tally- and teacher, Gamble said. "We look at (graduate student instructors) as both graduate students and employees," Gamble said. "It's a…