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… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 7, 2002 - 3A Mail storm floods students with e-mail Blood pressure treatment made more effective Kenneth Jamerson, associate professor and…

… mail storms and to affirm a policy that will allow abusive users to be suspended more quickly. Some students hope that measures will be taken or utilities be available to restrict and monitor e- mails…

…. Student go' "I probably got 50 to 60 e-mails, it was kind of annoying," said LSA freshman Gabrielle Szyman- sky. "I wish there were some kind of program that U-M had to restrict all those e-mails." Other…

… students were concerned with the ability to block and filter e-mails themselves. "I think you should be able to block or filter what comes in," said LSA freshman Kaema Akpan. She added that students should…

… Staff Reporter Eight student government delegates from every Big Ten school will arrive in Ann Arbor tonight to take part in the tri-annual Association of Big Ten Students conference, which will be hosted…

… clear skies in the evening. 39 LOW: 26 Tomorrow www.michigandaily.com -H 11 Many int'l students find fitting in difficult By Tomislav Ladika Daily Staff Reporter While the University aims to encour…

…- age interaction among students of all races and ethnicities, several internation- al students say campus organizations are not sufficiently facilitating such interac- tion. Michigan ranks ninth in the…

… nation for the number of international students with 4,149 enrolled, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, but many of these students do not complete- ly integrate into the student body. Although…

… LSA junior Joy Kaung left Hong Kong three years ago to attend the University, she said she feels she has only partially succeeded in associating with American students. "In terms of integration, there…

…'s the part where people just don't personally reach out," Kaung said. "It's not really working that well because for most of the students I know that are international students, they don't mingle well…

… with the locals" But international students do not always avoid associating with American students by choice - they just have fewer opportunities to interact with American students, LSA sophomore Pragav…

… Jain said. "International students do feel left out," he said. "At orientation you only meet a few people. Initially in the first year, they don't hang out with American students." LSA sophomore Akshay…

… Bajpaee, who is an Indian from Hong Kong and a member of three international student groups, said the University needs to cre- ate "more programs promoting the mix- ing of international and American…

… students. "I don't think mentorship programs or other programs on campus have achieved that success of mixing yet," he said. The University is not entirely respon- sible for encouraging greater interaction…

… considered uninhabitable. They created new means of livelihood. Arabs flocked in to benefit from the Jewish developments. " After 1918, the British controlled Palestine. Their Foreign Office favored that…

… Palestine, should be in Arab hands. The British rulers of Palestine did their utmost to keep out Jews- even driving Jewish refugee boats back into Nazi hands, while allowing Arabs to enter freely " And yet…

…, before Israel's rebirth in 1948, for every three Jews that settled in Palestine, there were two Arabs that came for the higher wages and better living conditions. During World War II, the British brought…

… in tens of thousands of Arab migrant workers to build military roads and bases and serve the British forces. United National "Refugee" Camps " The Arab migrant workers were among the first to leave…

… better understanding of students' concerns than other candidates. He said he would like to see the creation of a student-run store where coursepa- cks can be traded without a middle- man, more parking…

… support among Arab states for a possible attack on Iraq. The U.S. plan would be implemented in three phases and closely monitored by the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations. An…

… reports. 0 *I After the 1967 attempt by Arabs states to annihilate Israel failed--- A bogus history was fabricated to incite hatred of Jews and to justify Israel's destruction. It says Jews stole from a…

… University, but flexible admissions policies must be used to uphold academic standards. "Regardless of the legal outcome, the challenge for the University will be to continue creating a student body that…

… said students attend- ing sub-standard schools are at a disad- vantage because of problems within the schools, and not their academic ability. See REGENT, Page 7A Bachelor's degree may not e enoug By…

…, director of admissions at Rackham Graduate School, said the school has been expe- riencing a steady growth in application volume for the past five years, and cited the improved opportunities for students…

… seeking admission to graduate Conference lawsuit may go to judge By Jordan Schrader Daily Staff Reporter For two students who sued the Uni- versity Tuesday, time is running out to make their case. But…

… plaintiff Adi Neuman said he is confident the case will be in court tomorrow, in time for a judge to either stop this weekend's Second National Student Conference on the Palestine Solidarity Movement or ban…

… divestmient ONATHOm N TIETJiaily Eastern Michigan University junior Lior Kosovski, a native of Israel, came to the United States his freshman year of college. Like many other international students, he found…

… life in America was much different than at home. Foreign students discover intricacies of Am e'can life By Jennifer Misthal Daily Staff Reporter adding that divestment is backward step for the entire…

… surprise him. One of his first stops was the Inter- national Center, where he took part in an extensive three-week orientation program. Students can choose to attend seminars on everything from how to find…

… a job to common idioms used in academic speech. Rodolfo Altamirano, director of the International Center, said he feels one of the greatest barriers interna- 'tional students face is xenophobia from…

… professors, students and the community at large. Altamirano said many students can be overwhelmed when they first get to the United States. Following a speech he made at a function for international students…

… University; The Diwan Arabic Poetry Club is not new, but met last night for its first public appearance. A group of University students and professors, not only Arabs, but those interested in the Ara- bic…

… Arab culture for more than 15 centuries. It reflects the historical, social, political, philo- sophical and literary developments and achievements of Arabs," said Khaled Al-Masri, a PhD student of Arabic…

… director, added that the music is also spectacular. The stu- dents in the pit perform the score with expertise and virtuosity. The opera was originally written in Poetry sheds light on Arab culture…

… language, have been meeting for more than a year now to enjoy the treasures and poetics of this remark- able language. Paula Santillan Grimm, a University graduate student commented, "Throughout my study of…

… Arabic, I have met warm, enchanting people, seen amazing sites, had 1000 and one adventures and haggled for many more taxi rides. Today I feel lucky because I am able to enjoy wonderful Arabic poetry, yet…

… even without understanding all of it." Last night's gathering featured recitations in Arabic, with English translations, of specially selected works of Arab poets Mahmoud Dar- wish (Palestine), Badr…

… Shakr Al- Sayyab (Iraq), and Khalil Hawi (Lebanon). "The three featured poets tonight represent, each in his own way, three different and distinct mappings of the modern Arab poet's experience. Two are no…

… of the goals of this group is to introduce to the public one vivid aspect of Arab culture. Poetry is one of the most important facets that identify the Arabs as a distinct civi- lization. This…

… literature depicts most clearly the history of Arabs by grasp- ing the ideals and images of customs, traditions, and values. The first known poems of the Arabi- an Peninsula are found in the form of a long ode…

…, emerged to reflect aspects of love. Oftentimes these poems speak of forbidden love which defied accordance with cultural boundaries of courtship. "Arabic poetry has been an indis- pensable manifestation of…

… student organizers involved, and deny them from entering. Some might be tortured and their dorms and apart- ments would be bulldozed. Since this military occupation has been going on for 35 years now, the…

… students know the rules of the games and the exceptions that ease the diffi- culty a tad bit. For example, the speak- ers could be snuck through the Arb, because State, University, and 1-94 are blocked off…

… only apply to Universi- ty of Michigan students. Within the campus, there are pockets of Israelis who enjoy full rights and sometimes more. They bear arms, breeze through the checkpoints, vote in Israel…

…'s elec- tions, and have free access to work. Since many of them think that God gave them the University, they are quite fanatical about taking it over. When they kill protesting University students…

… student at the University of California at Berkeley BY PROF. Zvi GITELMAN The Mission Statement of the Sec- ond National Student Conference on the Palestine Solidarity Movement calls for "an end to the…

… mentioning Qaddafi's Libya, or the Sudan. Not a single Arab state is a democracy and most systematically dis- criminate against whatever racial, reli- gious and ethnic minorities are still there. But let us…

… scrutinize Israel, as the "Student Conference on the Palestine Sol- idarity Movement" claims it will do. "Apartheid" is not simply a nasty word to be thrown at people you don't like. It has a specific meaning…

…. It means state regula- tions that institutionalize by force a sys- tem of segregation and discrimination, as instituted in South Africa in 1948. In Israel, Arab and Jewish Israelis live most- ly apart…

… killed when a Hamas suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a Tel Aviv disco last June. As Israel mulled its response to the bombing, Arab leaders gathered at a summit in Beirut agreed on a new…

… capital and a fair solution for Palestinian refugees. Raanan Gissin, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minis- ter Ariel Sharon, said the Arab offer was "a very interesting development, something that should be…

… peace initiative at the Arab sum- mit in Beirut, offering Israel normal relations with the Arab world in exchange for a complete withdrawal from the territories it occupied in the 1967 Mideast war. Arafat…

… * peace BEIRUT, Lebanon - Saudi Ara- bia's Crown Prince Abdullah yester- day made a broad appeal to the Israeli public for a regional peace agreement, but his words were offset by calls from other Arab…

…,, the divestment campaign in the country, remain set on informing the campus about the issue of divestment and its benefits. "The Society of Arab Students hasp been supporting the divestment cam- paign by…

… teaches a class on the Arab-Israeli conflict at the University, said that since Israel's borders expanded to include' Gaza and the West Bank, the Israeli government has fluctuated on the regions' policies…

… universities * sity of California at Berkeley and Harvard University. ivestment is an excel- indelibly put pressure on the various uni- lent strategy for edu- versity administrations. cating students on Because…

… of the divestment campaign economic ties and it's the most for South Africa between 1985 and effective way that students in the 1987, 89 universities divested, as did U.S. can participate in the move…

… of how Univer- Students for Justice in Palestine sity administrators react member. toward the divestment move- ment, the issue has taken divestment really bring peace to the Middle East? hold on…

… U.S. from the position of a biased player to impartiality," said Will Youmans, a mem- ber of Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine. Others view divestment as more of a last resort effort than…

… statements angered countless divestment supporters both on and off of the Harvard campus. "I was very offended and ashamed by the comments made by the president of my university," Harvard Law student Faisal…

… president of such a world-renowned institution, these com- ments are very frightening, since they constitute a glaring abuse of the term I hold of a substantial number of university students. "Students are…

… campuses, www ucdivest.org, has gar- nered close to 1,300 signatures of students, faculty, staff and community members. Among the various strategies espoused in the Berkeley moveient, rallies and protests…

… have peacefully addressed concerns regarding the school's financial investments in Israel. But at an April 2002 sit-in, Berkeley administrators ordered the arrests of more than 40 students and threatened…

… procedure in the hiring of graduate student instructors, the definition of a grad- uate student and training for inter- national students. In the event of a strike today, educa- tion will not come to a halt…

…, she said. Classes are considered to be in session and departments have been asked to replace GSIs who walk out, although Peterson said, "they won't be able to cover every last one." Students should wait…

…,000 undergraduates to not attend class, and that's a show of support (for GEO)," said Bray, a mem- ber of Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality. SOLE and other student groups organized an undergraduate…

… rally -on the Diag for 1 p.m. today, which Bray said she expects about 300 students to attend. About 150 undergraduates will also stand side- by-side with GSIs on the picket lines, she said. GEO organizer…

… passed since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, many things have changed in the country - from tighter security and the onslaught of patriotism to a divide between the Arab and Muslim…

… community and much of the nation. With a large number of students with family and friends living in New York and surrounding areas, students' emotional ties shaped the way they view the terrorist attacks…

…. Although he recorded the peak gusts at 58 mph Satur- day, Kahlbaum added the retreat of the low pressure sys- tem into Canada yesterday that should steadily diminish the turbulent wind. Students agreed that…

… freshman Arielle Barzilai said. With students 'raveling all over the country for Spring Break, many stu- dent organizations and individual stu- dents found themselves in the New York City area and nearly all…

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…Oo r theie ~CCdesk at PierpotCffllS I Also, beginning on Tuesday, Directories will be given away (with student i.d)on the Diag, in the MUGS eatery, and at the corner of South U. and East U. THE MIDDLE…

… a group suspected of carrying out the Oct. 12 nightclub attack as about100 Islamic students protested outside a hospital to prevent police from removing him. "We want to make sure that police will…

… not take Abu Bakar Bashir from hospital until he recovers," said Mudzakir, one of the students gath- ered in front of the Muhammadiyah Hospital in the town of Solo where Bashir is being treated for…

…:30 p.m., police said. The explosion occurred in Kamra, about 45 miles west of the capital Islamabad. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. It is about a fifty-year effort by the Arabs to destro the Jewish…

… state, and the refusal of the Arab state in general and the Palestinian Arabs in particula to accept Israel's existence. If the Arabs were willing to live peacefully as Israel's neighbors, there would be…

… no occupied territories and there would be a Palestinian state. The Arabs claim that Jewish settlements in the West Bank are the obstacle to peace. But there are Arab settlements in Israel. They are…

… actually one million Arabs living in Israel who have more civil rights than the Arabs living in any other Middle Eastern state. So why should Jewish settlements be a prob- lem for the Arabs? The reason is…

… that the Arabs will not tolerate a Jewish presence in their states or anywhere in the Middle East. This is the source of the Middle East problem - Islam's war against the infidels; the Arabs' hatred of…

… Jews. The Middle East conflict is not about Israel's occupation of the territories; it is about the refusal of the Arabs to mak y s W hy IsraelIs The Victim r And The Arabs Are The Indefensible…

…Imm-" 2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 31, 2002 NATION/WORLD DEPORTATIONS TO PROTECT ARABS AND JEWS The UNITED STATES and the UNITED NATIONS on December 18, 1992 "strongly condemned…

…" Israel for deporting 415 Arabs to Lebanon. But Saudi Arabia was not condemned for deporting 750,000 fellow Arabs during the Gulf War, nor Kuwait for deporting 275,000 after that War, nor Iraq for deporting…

… mass transfers carried out by the Nazis- deportations for forced labor, torture and extermination, primarily to Jews. Washington explains, that Law can not apply to the Arab states because their…

… deportations were not from "occupied territory," as was Israel's. The STATE DEPARTMENT IS DISHONEST in calling it "Israel-occupied- Arab territory." It is Jewish land liberated from 19 years of an illegal Arab…

… occupation. Arab armies in 1948 invaded and seized that territory in what they proclaimed to be their "war of extermination." Where the desperate Jews were finally able to stop the invaders were never legal…

… borders as the State Department falsely claims. They were cease-fire lines. Tens of thousands of Jews who survived in the Arab conquered territory, were deported. The Arab- occupied-territory was made…

… community after Daniel Skodak died on East University Avenue Nov. 4. Research reveals largerse in anti-Muslim, Arab enmes By Rahwa Ohebre-Ab Daily Staff Reporter A 1,700 percent upsurge in anti-Muslim and…

… anti-Arab hate crimes in the United States after Sept.41 was -thesubject of the latesteport orr the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C. "It's surprising that the numbers…

…-mail questions effectiveness of MSA leadership By Carmen Johnson Daily Staff Reporter Receiving e-mails from student government candidates asking for votes may be part of elections, but what is unusual is a…

… widely distrib- uted e-mail from former Michigan Student Assembly President and Blue Party member Matt Nolan expressing his frustration with the current assembly. MSA President Sarah Boot and Vice…

…-President Dana Glassel - both Students First members - said the e-mail was in direct viola- tion of the integrity of the election. "He sent that e-mail with the malicious intent of ruining the elec- tion for our…

… (Students First) candi- dates," Boot said. "My concern is that now it's too late for the truth to be told." In the e-mail, Nolan lists specific initiatives by the current assembly he charges are not…

… addressing the needs of students. He encouraged students to vote for the Blue Party. "These past six months Students First members have been tooting their own horn," Nolan said. "They keep students out of MSA…

…-mail." The e-mail claims that MSA does not affect students with specifics such as MSA spending $10,000 on a voter registration concert and MSA asking administration to take down the American flag and replace…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 11, 2002 NATION/WORLD Arabs ask Iraq to allow inspection WASHINGTON I GOP makes plans for control of both houses CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Arab for- eign…

… ministers urged Saddam Hus- sein yesterday to accept the U.N. Security Council resolution order- ing new, tougher weapons inspec- tions and demanded that Arab arms experts be included on the U.N. teams. The…

… seven-day deadline for acceptance. Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said parliament would convene today The United Nations is not obliged to heed the Arab ministers' demand on weapons inspectors, adopted…

… at the end of a two-day meeting of the 22-member Arab League in Cairo. The United States, meanwhile, warned it will not tolerate any Iraqi failure to cooperate with weapons inspectors: "We do not need…

… to waste the world's time with another game of cat and mouse," National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice warned while making the rounds of yesterday's news talk shows in Washington. Arab foreign…

… that the resolution would not be used to justify mili- tary action. The Arab ministers "called on the permanent Security Council mem- bers who presented Syria with assurances to commit to what they…

… presented, that the resolution is not used as an excuse to wage war on Iraq and does not constitute auto- matic military action," the state- ment said. The Arab League document did not specify how many Arab…

… available. The Arab League document also demanded "the continuation of U.N.-Iraq cooperation to solve all standing issues peacefully in prepa- ration for the lifting of sanctions and the end of the (U…

….N.) embargo as well as the suffering of the Iraqi people." It put forward a united Arab posi- tion of "absolute rejection" of any military action against Iraq, saying it represents a threat to the security of…

… all Arab nations. In addition, it called on the Secu- rity Council to require Israel to rid itself of weapons of mass destruc- tion because they "constitute a seri- ous threat to Arab and international…

… victims described their experiences. Survivors ofsexual assault- heal through shared sories Many Arab and Muslim students received thousands of offensive e-mails yesterday from non-student e-mail accounts…

… - just days before a controver- sial conference takes place on campus. One message students received from a non-University account read "Arabs, Jews, towels, doilies. They are all the same, we must stop…

…. K h 7 Tomorrow. Vol. CXIII, No.27 www.michigandaily. corn - - - - - - - - - - -------------------------------------- Students sue to prevent conference By Maria Sprow Daily Staff Reporter With…

… the Second National Student Confer- ence on the Palestine Solidarity Movement just days away, several University students are try- ing to stop the event from taking place. Two University students filed…

… students" Dorfinan said. But in a statement released previously by the University, it defended itself for not screening the speakers who will be traveling to campus. According to the statement, "it would be…

… not had time to fully review the lawsuit, it still feels the suit is unfounded, as the student organiza- tion sponsoring the conference has followed all necessary guidelines to host it. "Those processes…

… witnessed the horror of the Arab-Israeli Conflict first hand. "It's the most humiliating and dehumanizing conditions I have ever lived under. It's dehumanizing in a sense that you are not in control of your…

…- "We have a community that believes in free- dom of expression (and) the exploration of ideas even if those ideas are offensive to other students in the community," she added. "We've had other student…

… organizations invite speakers that students have found offensive." But Neuman, president of Michigan Student Zionists, said not all speech should be permit- ted on campus - especially speech that he believes…

… inboxes By Shannon Pettypiece Daily News Editor DIVETENT Porttwo in a three-port series self," Savabieasfahani said. Growing up in the West Bank, Rackham student and Students Allied for Freedom and…

… answers." committing crimes as a result of With large Arab and Jewish student their untreated illnesses. populations, the planning committee felt "Every one of those people in the University would provide a…

…10A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 11, 2002 Students. study abroad despite±9 terrorist threats SIX MONTHS LATER By Daniel Kim Daily Staff Reporter LSA senior Caroline Gu had bought her plane…

… of confusion and uncertainty, and Gu said she decided she'd better stay. Other students, including LSA senior Andrew Knepley, were in their host countries when the terrorist attacks occurred. Despite…

…, said Sept. 11 has resulted in an increase in student interest in study abroad pro- grams as reflected in the number of participants for this winter semester. More than 200 students are studying abroad…

… this winter semester on Univer- sity programs, 20 more than last year's 194 participants. OIP, which sends students to more than 70 countries, has not canceled any of its programs since Sept. 11…

…. "Students are trying to make sense of what happened in September partly through study abroad," Pollack said. He added that many students now realize "that the world cannot be ignored. It's an interconnected…

… world about which we have to become more sensitive ... and (study abroad) is an experience that gives students an opportunity to acquire skills they need to effectively deal with that world." LSA academic…

… advisor Leslie Davis advised students who are planning to study abroad to be extra sensitive, espe- cially to any anti-American sentiment. "Now more than ever, we have to think of ourselves as…

… attempt to appeal to box thinking. different groups. "There is a direct Granholm proposed better treat. appeal to Arab groups. Both sides are ment of the mentally ill. She said represented," Nodel said…

… place of residence as print- ed on their driver's license, requir- ing University students to declare Ann Arbor as their place of resi- dence in order to vote. "This government has systemati- cally set up…

…. DORFMAN Here's a synopsis of the law- suit I plan to file against LSA sophomore Rick Dorfman: Facts: Mr. Dorfman has, on occasion, sought criminal proceedings against certain Arab students for simply…

… Regents for filing a frivolous lawsuit against them. Mr. Dorfman should make a for- mal and public apology to the Arab students he claimed were threaten- ing him when they were doing noth- ing more than…

… the newly formed Michigan Student Zionists (the American Movement for Israel was- n't Zionist enough for him) is an incident that not many people know about but that I alluded to in my lawsuit. About a…

… week before the confer- ence, I was standing in the Angel Hall computer lab when I heard a deafening squawk that I quickly I Iszc OUN4 Students, Faculty, and Staff mention this ad and receive 15"/ off…

…-con- servative talking head whose ranti- ngs are posted on the website of the Jewish Defense League (for those of you that don't know what that is, it is, in short, "the only good Arab is a dead Arab"). Schlussel…

… and Dorfman went into the lab and got onto a computer. I called an Arab friend of mine (that probably makes me a self-hating Jew) and told him to come on over. I thought it would be fun to prove to them…

… debate, which she devilishly declined. In short, Rick Dorfman actually believes that if Arab stu- dents are within 40 feet of him, then he is being intimidated and threatened. This guy makes me want to sew…

… every time an Arab enters the room, the fighting is not going to stop. People like Dorfman need to reform themselves, but they're not going to do without reasonable people driving them to do so. -Ari Paul…

… of those in line were students some in college but most still in higl school. A few even got permission tc miss school. "I'm here just for the expe rience," said Kim Maes, 16. "My mon is the attendance…

…. Introduction to Arab Culture and Language has 85 students this semes- ter; compared to 63 last Winter. Modern Middle East History has 48 students, compared to 29 last Winter. Introduction to Arab Literature and…

… cave missions seem to have increased students' interests in Islamic and Judaic studies. Enrollment figures for Islamic and Judaic studies courses have increased, and in some cases doubled, since last…

… year. "We are excited for new students, but are also sad- dened because we felt the region was important far before recent events," said Alexander Knysh, chairman of the Near Eastern studies department…

… and professor of Islamic studies at the University. "We are saddened by the. fact that these interests are generated by such terri- ble events." This year is not the first in which students have shown…

… present for us for the rest of our lives," he added. In response to increased student interest, the depart- ment of Near Eastern studies created new courses and increased the number of seats in others…

… Translation had 26 students in Fall 2001, compared to 11 in Fall 2000. People of the Middle East had 73 students this Fall, compared to 65 last Fall. In addition to larger classes, the department has also…

… created new courses and altered the content of others. "A new course on classical Persian poetry will be offered next Fall in response to increased student inter- est," Knysh said. "Also, the contents of…

… minors for the field. "Our department now has more majors and more minors. The minor was just approved by the college so it is new to us and I think it will attract a fair amount of students," Knysh said…

…. "I think it will be attractive to students who cannot commit themselves to a double major, yet are interested in the subject." Islamic and Judaic studies have always attracted stu- dents. "During the…

… 1998-1999 school year, 144 BA degrees were awarded to students who had at least 15 credit hours of Middle East and North African studies, so many students come to the department and take a class or two…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 16, 2002 - 7A Arab nations ask UN for help in establishing peace School time UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In a shift likely to put more pressure on Sad- dam Hussein…

…-Faisal called on the Baghdad regime to allow U.N. inspec- tors back into Iraq to ensure it is not developing nuclear, chemical or bio- logical weapons. Other Arab nations also pressed Iraq to comply with U…

….N. obligations and wants an end to U.N. sanctions imposed after the Iraqi army invaded Kuwait in 1990. Although the Iraq crisis has taken center stage at the current session of the General Assembly, Arabs sought…

… yesterday to- the General Assembly, clearly referring to the United States, which Arabs con- sider Israel's main protector. AP PHOTO An Afghan boy makes his way to class Saturday in Kandahar, Afghanistan…

…'s second largest city. Kahdahar schools, which opened last week, are filled with eager students but lacking basic tools. GOP:* Gore lacks his own ideas, no longer 'relevant' LHSP Continued from Page 1A the…

… LHSP community. According to the proposal written, in the 1994-1995 academic year, students of color comprised 32 percent of LHSP students. When a similar study was done last year, only 8.3 percent of…

… LHSP students were from minority groups. Marjorie Horton, LSA assistant dean for undergraduate education, attributes this decrease in diversity to an increase of choices for minority students in the last…

… if some students elect to join these new programs instead of the older program,' Hor- ton said. She added that LHSP plans to implement more aggres- sive recruiting techniques in order to create a…

…The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2002- 21 Warning: Activism at large Amnesty 9nternational By Hiba Ghalib, Daily Staff Reporter Students Allied for 3reedom A mnesty International is a g ra s…

… helping these prisoners, The main objective of SAFE is to educate the Amnesty International helps by "gaining fair tri- Vastly diverse populations of students contribute to a wide variety of activist campus…

… community on the Arab-Israeli conflict als for political prisoners, ending torture, political while advocating for Palestine rights and protesting killings and "disappearances," and abolishing the groups…

…. Many students on campus have a direct stake in issues such as affirmative the Israeli violations of human rights and interna- death penalty throughout the world," she said. tional law, Kiblawi said. The…

… of rallies in support of peace in cia said. coalitions with student groups, Equatit Yf y Any Means Afghanistan, anti-sanctions in Iraq lectures, . unions, faith-based and human ecessary mock Israeli…

… undergraduate 1995, BAMN grew to expand to the University of Arbor) and ACLU Civil Liberties Union, students for the SOLE Gradu- Michigan in 1997. Agnes Aleobua, an Education Michigan Legal a century-old civil…

… ate Student Union. junior and BAMN member said BAMN was Director Michael rights advocacy group In early April, SOLE also founded "in response the start of the resegrega- Steinberg to sup- that focuses…

… in Ann Arbor Muslim rights. The University's a 360-foot banner as part of 1997 in response to lawsuit filed against the law leader Rabih Had- chapter, which consists National Student Labor Day school…

…. "Our main focus on campus is the defense of Fhe American Students Organizing for the rights of students. It Means Necessary leads a rally in February. "In both 1999 and 2000, affirmative action and…

… action as our Israel, found- earlier this year in an ing Michigan Student Assembly and social justice dent's Office and the second one in the dean's generation's opportunity to realize the promises of ed…

…." Jewish students on campus said they hope the resolution offers peace to Israeli citizens as well. Samantha Rollinger, LSA junior and co-chair of the American Movement for Israel, said this "must be a peace…

… Jewish stu- dents think the formation of a Palestin- ian state might be the only way to. peace." Rollinger added that the U.N. "has also proven itself to be Pro-Arab/Pales- tinian and anti-Israel over the…

….S. peace envoy Anthony Zinni head- ing there today. -The Associated Press contributed to this report. VIGIL a Continued from Page 1A Students and community members were invited to read the names, which came…

… sophomore Rachel Rose, who stopped by on her way to lunch to read a couple of pages of names. Different student groups, such as S t. Circle K, Project Serve and LSA Stu- dent Government, volunteered to par…

… University students weren't the only ones who participated in the reading. Jonathan Hill, a Detroit resident who is currently taking care of a friend in the University Hospital, said he still quid pro quo…

… mid " L GINSBERG CENTER FOR SERVICE *& LEARNING Opportunities for Students 4.' 4% , 4R~tO0F Mc"66 The Hlying Hookah V'illeblifl1es Annual Hash Bash Celebration! WS Te ecp Michigan Theatre ApriI6 07…

… OPPORTUNITIES Project SERVE Leadership Teams & Site Leaders: Project SERVE is a student-run university department that works to involve students in community service and social action through providing volunteer…

… Leaders * Issue Education Lead Team * Volunteer Connection Lead Team Application available at www.umich.edu/-mserve/serve. Applications due Monday, March 18 at 5:00 p.m. Project Community Student…

… Facilitators/Coordinators: Project Community/Sociology 389 is an undergraduate Sociology service-learning course that involves students in Criminal Justice, Educatin, & Health community placements. Registered…

… students participate in a weekly seminar that is facilitated by a Project Community student coordinator. Coordinators receive graded undergraduate credit in Soc 395. Coordinators also complete additional…

… appropriate way to achieve orchestrated the green armband campaign political goals, their ultimate vision of vio- to show solidarity with Arab-American lence and their present intimidation of students, but the…

… group failed to consult opponents is unacceptable. with or seek the support of any Arab- If BAMN were willing to thoroughly American student groups. These irrespon- reevaluate its methods and use its vast…

… STUDENTS AT THE Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other pieces do not SINCE 1890 necessarily reflect…

… committees president of the University had the sole Legislature's education budget cuts. uine student-athletes. Consistent inequality University must address chronic gender pay gap T he unsurprising findings…

… of the students from working with the most tal- Report on Faculty Salary and ented faculty and receiving the best pos- Composition released by the sible education. Committee on the Economic Status of…

… prevents University pay gap from continuing unabated. An opiate for the few Trotskyite group has yet to change its tactics 4 T he Coalition to Defend Affirmative actual University students. BAMN's go…

…-it- Action and Integration and Fight for alone attitude has prevented collaboration Equality By Any Means Necessary with student groups and drawn away popu- has not changed. The group, which has a lar support…

… from their causes. long history on campus of alienating would- The group's unwillingness to accept be allies, working against student groups contrary positions has been one of the pri- and usurping…

… issues, held its most recent mary causes for the stagnant debate on affir- event this weekend in Ann Arbor, the mative action at the University. Students on Student/Youth Conference of the New Civil both…

…, organized the confer- accept contrary University are extremely rare, ence which brought a large num- positions has been instead attempts at discussion bers of high school students from one of the primary…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 13, 2002 OP/ED 0 abe Abg Id 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF…

… paying students an education which they deserve? On top of the fact that the GEO is forcing under- graduate students to lose a full day's education, it is also making demands of the University that will…

… Proficiency so that graduate students who clearly do not have the language profi- ciency necessary to teach can receive the financial benefits of working as graduate student instructors. GSIs have a difficult…

… with tanks once injured or beaten with pieces of a Palestinian ambulance that was stopped and destroyed at a checkpoint). However, since the 1970s Arab nations have agreed to recognize the Israeli state…

…- ed in his lecture that in order for both parties to receive justice, Palestine must be recognized as an independent state by Israel. Furthermore, Raiji writes his article as if Arab and Muslim states…

… piece which misrepresents the message present- ed at the conference and furthers his obvious personal agenda of painting Arabs and Muslims as uncivilized. While admitting that Israeli actions may have…

… been "harsh" and that Arab Israelis are treated unfairly, Raiji irrationally draws the conclusion that because of Israeli "suffering" resulting from their illegal occupa- tion, these actions are…

… unionization in this country. I can say with confidence that almost every student has either a parent or a grandparent who is or once was in a union, and that union's struggles for better contracts has led to a…

… the defense of affirmative action, the Michigan Student Assembly voted to pass a pro-affirmative action resolution at last Tuesday's meeting. The only executive candidates who spoke for the motion and…

… declared openly their endorsement of the resolution were we, the Defend Affirmative Action Party candidates, Agnes Aleobua for President and Ben Royal for Vice-President. Neither the Students First nor Blue…

… to go on strike," Dan Shoup, a Rackham student and member of GEO's organizing committee said. "The margin was higher in favor than I thought it would be," he added. Shoup said he was happy with the…

… organizer and Rackham student Mark Dilley said. Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality has pledged to recruit those students, he explained. SOLE members are also speaking to undergraduate classes…

… focuses on pay, training, child care and harassment prohibition. PATRICK JONES/Daily GEO member Dan Shoup tallies votes last night to determine If graduate student instructors will strike Monday. New…

… the new class dis- The penalt criminated against, Arab Americans are." alcohol is Although having a fraudulent piece of identi- credit card fication is not typically a federal offense unless But proc it…

… treated dif- "It real PATRICK JONES/Daily ferently than other non-Arab Americans would dent and it rks late yesterday afternoon at the Art and be treated if they committed a similar offense. get in the…

… "This is an extraordinarily unusual situation. course the Ordinarily what we see are truckers, or illegal o protect students onlne ts, or people who aren't of legal ge," Jones said. people are prosecuted…

… New se of his poor driving record. population of students in Ann Arbor legal drinking age, it is not uncom- udents to have a fake driver's license. would never think their ID could send ederal prison…

… Architecture student Mike Schmidt w Architecture Building.. 'Useeks ti By Tyler Boerson Daily Staff Reporter approach," said Bill Aikman, executive director of the University's Information Technology Cen- -A…

… University officials and students have worked to protect electronic privacy since long before Sept. 11. But in the midst of a war on terrorism, increased sensitivity to invasion of privacy has posed questions…

… flow rates, and so they know when problems occur and how to get at them. Aikman maintains that the University does not monitor its students through either of these systems, and he said he would find it…

… Vietnam, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Malawi. U.S. embassies in Caribbean coun- tries - Haiti, the Domincan Republic and others - also heightened securi- ty ahead of the…

… - code orange. In Europe, extra security was ordered at airports, government offices and embassies. Iraq tells Arabs to attack U.S. interests An Iraqi vice president threatened yesterday to engulf the…

… United States in a wider conflict if his country is attacked, urging Arabs outside Iraq to respond by striking at U.S. interests all over the world. "We categorically believe that the aggression on Iraq is…

… an aggression on all the Arab nations," Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said at a news confer- ence in the Jordanian capital, Amman. He called on "all Arab and good people to confront the interests…

… of the aggressors, their materials and humans, wherev- er they are." Arabs should use "all means" to respond, he said. Ramadan's exhortation was among the most confrontational made by senior Iraqi…

… officials in response to growing fears here of a U.S. attack. Although Iraq has long sought to elicit support and sympathy from Arabs beyond its borders, it hasn't before made such a public call to arms…

… The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 26, 2002 NATION/WORLD i 0 Bush pushes Mideast cease-fire NEWS IN BRIEF ..,, WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush urged Arab nations yesterday to approve a…

… Saudi peace offer to Israel and asked Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to let Yasser Arafat join an Arab League summit where the U.S.-backed initiative may be considered. "The president believes it is time for…

… Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $105. Winter term (January through…

… death and it didn't look like there had been a fight." Lengas, a former student at Eastern Michi- gan University, was not enrolled in any classes this school year. University alum and former Sigma Phi…

… although it is very rare, there is noth- ing in the IFC bylaws or Constitution which prohibits fraternities from taking members who are not University students. "It's not something that usually occurs…

… not a University student, he was not any less of a brother. "This is a very tragic event, going beyond talking about brotherhood, to all of us here. He was our friend," Sabol said. Disner, who had known…

… the Univerity Hillel yesterday on the banks of the Huron River. Students find moany W s to celebrate Corporate recruiters ranked the University's Business School No. 2 in the world overall and number…

… attrib- utes, including students' leadership potential and ability to work in teams, past success in hiring top-quality grad- uates, the faculty and the career-servic- es office. Business School Dean…

… students are so highly sought after. Ranks aren't everything, but it's one element of the reputation of the school that will really help people know what we're all about," he said. The University rose from…

… Union, is excited about his new Job as dean of students. He began work at the University in late-August. Wilfis: Meeting many students 1S main prinoty By Maria Sprow Daily Staff Reporter Between moving…

… into his new office in the Michigan Union and making the hour drive from Toledo, Ohio every day, the new Dean of Students Ed Willis has been busy these last two weeks. But he has still found time for…

…0 4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 3, 2002 OP/ED GIbe £irb~wu i~rnjg 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE…

… growing number of Israeli Jews that "Ann Arbor' Hispanic, black or mixed. Only when I say, have spoken out against the racist policies of "No, I mean where "Arab" I get this shocking look as if to say, the…

… Israeli government. There are organiza- are you from-from." "There's no way you're an Arab." tions growing at an exponential rate that s There's something to Certain classifications can be used against…

…. around aimlessly. However, there is a line in Probably a sorority chick. That dude in the On this campus, there are students that which cliched labels become bigoted and hate- beret: Shady. That EECS kid…

…: What a dork. have attempted to associate students that sup- ful nametags. To be labeled anti-Semitic is not Either way, these methods of identifying port Palestine as anti-Semitic. This is obvious- a…

… associate the individual with hate and racism, All labels are harmful in one way or anoth- say that I am a Semite (and yes, Arabs are thus nullifying and diminishing their views. er. No one likes to be called…

… South Africa to be anti-white? Obviously Brenda Abdelall can be reached around us. Being Arab-American, I could tell not. One can be critical of their govern- at babdelal@umich.edu. An open letter to Paul…

… 10 LETTERS POLICY The Michigan Daily welcomes letters from all of its readers. Letters from University students, faculty, staff and administrators will be given priority over others. Letters should…

… because of his or her race? It's hard to see crimes vigil with a Muslim colleague who told people attach dangerously too much moral why not. me that Muslim and Arab students felt like they weight to, I also…

… crimes. Tonight's vigil, howev- Muslim and Arab students, but there was also it would be a good idea to express my outrage er, hardly constitutes such a step. widespread fear that hate crimes against Mus…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 22, 2002 OP/ED U~lbe Iirbigt &dlg~f 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 4'8109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY…

… conflict need to masses that must be rallied to the cause, Daily's editorial page, the faculty and student understand exactly why their enemy is they are the leaders that must do the rally- bodies of the…

… this country need to nationalism when it comes to America's understand objectively what the United BabawoleAkinAina can be reached place in the world. The fact that students States has done. at babawole…

… the Daily this delayed or scraped, as well as other student "doll up" a mansion for someone of the week. I hope that the Daily and its readers needs that go unmet and deserve immediate most privileged…

…, a sunroom, air condition- meeting the needs of the students of this effective teachers and that GSIs make many ing and other such luxuries for an official university and taxpayers of this great state…

…'s mansion are not in line with the p otion f dentCratization, assertion that all academic and programming Renovations to president's departments should reduce their budget pro- transparency in Arab world…

… Uni- and transparency in the Arab world. 02/20/02), I was absolutely dumbfounded. versity of Michigan has been involved with Turanni claims that a major reason for Let me explain why. such milestones as…

… developing the Polio the Muslim world's dislike of the United First, as a representative to the Michi- vaccine, the completion of the Human States is its intimate knowledge of U.S. gan Student Assembly for the…

… Tuesday's weekly MSA meeting, I wit- and asthma to name just a few. only 43 percent (Morocco) and 38 percent nessed a great outcry from many students However, despite its stellar perfor- (Pakistan) and…

… efforts made by SAGA are done ual assault -or attempted sexual assault at made by Students Acting for Greek Aware-. because it is necessary as citizens to under- some point during their college careers…

…-WALK, 4 Student Leadership and. Arab/Muslim Americans Gues.. Rectal:+ Jonsua Call 24 hours a day, '; …

… (Friday) morning ordered the president of the System and all the chancellors to suspend sending out offers of admission to any more students until we have a chance to analyze the impact of the Joint Finance…

…. "We must operate like a business," he said. "We can't enroll students if we don't have the (general purpose rev- enue) to pay for them:' Gay man sues U. Maryland hospital for discrimination COLLEGE PARK…

… has a limit; you can go too far. Everything has a boundary, so for the Muslims, we look at what are the bound- aries," he said., Students who heard Wahhaj speak were impressed with his ideas. "He…

… American life yesterday evening at the Michigan Union. Movement medicine Students First makes MSA accessibility a top priority By Tomislav Ladika Daily Staff Reporter University students may have noticed…

… the chalk markings and campaign posters of a new party among more familiar party names running in the winter Michigan Student Assem- bly elections. That party is Students First, a diverse group of…

… candidates who want to renew student interest in their own government by representing as many student organizations as possible. Sarah Boot, Students First presidential candidate and cur- rent MSA…

… Communications Committee chairwoman, said she noticed apathy toward student government this year when few students attended her "Meet a Rep" program, which provided them the opportunity to discuss student gov…

…- ernment issues with an MSA representative. Boot said she feels students are not interested in MSA because "a lot of people in student government right now don't have connections to the University other than…

… student government." The lack of involvement in student organizati'ons and diversity in the MSA have resulted in a lack of new ideas this year, Monique Luse, an MSA representative and Stu- dents First…

… announced that Iraq would suspend oil exports starting yester- day for 30 days or until Israel withdraws from Palestinian territories. His unilateral cutoff could put more pressure on other Arab leaders to…

… Exchange yesterday, after oil prices surged when Iraq cut off crude exports. Arab leaders put pressure on Powell sCHICAGO rab eadrs pt pessue o Powll ndersen layoffs leave 7,000 without jobs U CASABLANCA…

… Mideast peace will require leadership by both sides, as Powell was urging Arabs to help him get a cease-fire and start Israel and the Palestinians toward peacemaking. "The United States is firmly com…

…- mitted to achieving peace," Bush said. "I meant what I said about withdrawal without delay, and I mean what I say when I call upon the Arab world to strongly condemn against terrorist activities." Also…

… published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $105. Winter term (January…

… so much attention focused on our campus, what University students would like to see is intelli- gent activism. With one of the largest Jewish and Arab student populations in the country, the Umversity…

…I 8B - The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition The regents hit ... Finally, a fall break Failing grade Pass/fail deadline too early The University Board of Regents, after years of requests from…

… students, passed a fall break at their December meeting. The break will begin this year and classes will not be held on Oct. 14 or 15 of the fall 2002 semester. The regents' major concern had been that the…

… fall break would become essentially an, excuse for students to part y. The regents were sufficiently convinced by former Michigan Student Assembly President Matt Nolan that such problems would not be…

… seen an d that the fall break would be academi- cally beneficial to the student body. While this concern is only partially valid - it is true that some students will use the long weekend as an excuse to…

… party, others will surely use the extra time to catch up in class- es and stud yas the fall break is designed to allow - that students have a few extra days in the fall to blow off some steam is not the…

… end of the world. Indeed, former interim provost Lisa Tedesco's remark that she feared a fall break would lead to "more free time and more partying" on the part of the students leads us to ask: "What…

…'s wrong with that?" While Nolan's political maneuvering was admirable (and appreciated), it is hopeful that he, as leader of the student body, recognizes that a healthy dose of partying is not only safe…

… instead are labeled "break." The very name implies more than Just academics. The fa 1 break can, should and will be used as an excuse to party by some members of the student body. At the same time, other…

… members of the student body will use the fall break as a time to study; others will catch up on lost sleep, still others may visit family or friends. We thank the regents for giving us a fall break, and we…

… student Johanna Schuster- Craig and LSA student Blair Preiser will be hosting a discussion for stu- dents about effective stage manage- ment methods. The talk will be at the Arena Stage in the Frieze Build…

…- ing, Sunday at 7 p.m. Hellenic Students Association play Greek tragedy Regent candidates list tuition as top pronty By Tomislav Ladika Daily Staff Reporter Support for the University's recent tuition…

… several of the candidates blamed the University administration outright for past hikes. Green Party candidate Susan Fawcett, a School of Art student, and Natural Law Party candidate David Arndt said the…

…-year Rackham student. He offered a tuition stabilization plan directly linked to state government appropria- tions. Woiwode said the candidates cannot be cer- tain if they will be able to avoid tuition increas…

… of the candidates said they support a diverse Democrat Ismael Ahmed, director of the Dearborn-based Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, discusses tuition increases during a forum…

… for University regent candidates. campus, although Petering and Waun said they do not support the University's current admissions policies. Democrat Ismael Ahmed, director of the Dearborn-based Arab…

… collegiate, customer base. "The college student is a little more resilient than the market - a little more brave and courageous and more likely to look for deals," he said. Tell added that while he expected…

… sell seats on each others' flights. It is rumored that a similar agreement between Northwest, Delta and Continental may follow. Students on campus have shown discontent with the air- lines' new business…

… library records. Moss recalled, "The last time I came to speak about the erosion of civil lib- erties about 10students showed up. What happened'? "We have lost the right to be free from government…

… the Scholastic Assess- ment Test or the American College Test because of learning disabilities. In the past, an asterisk was placed next to the name of the student who took the SAT untimed. The College…

…. Raymond Tanter, compared America's fight against terrorism to Israel's struggle with ter- ror. "I have many Arab students, many Muslim students in general, and many Israelis and many Jewish students. I…

… how objectionable, is pro- tected. This is a place where we encourage civil debate,"he said. "I say to Jewish students in the audi- ence that you will make a mistake if you keep this to yourselves and…

… Metropolitan Detroit were canceled so that all 115 students could attend the rally. Michigan State Uni- versity students were also present in the crowd. The event's keynote speaker, polit- ical science Prof…

… antidote" and that there would be no backlash. "Arab people won't go crazy, Muslim people won't go crazy. They'll roll over because they hate Saddam Hussein." Following Tanter's speech, LSA sen- ior Kirsten…

… advocates getting together and looking for peaceful resolutions." Quinzi said she and Engineering senior Yair Ghitza are interested in pro- moting inter-group dialogue. Quinzi said student groups on this…

…'re trying to get out is contagious." This weekend marks the first Fall study break in the University's history, and many students will not be attend- ing the game because they can take a trip home or a vaca…

… tomorrow's game. "The students' getting involved and cheering will get others involved as well as the other people who are just buying tickets to go to the game," he said. One of the complaints found in…

… Cavanaugh's letter con- cerns the fan's booing heard during recent games. "Remember that everyone out there is a student here. At Michigan we don't boo our fellow students. I've talked with students who say…

… way we can, then we will be where we want to." Students who consider themselves active fans agree with Cavanaugh's accusations about the student cheering problem, but they also believe that all the…

…'s games or Tennessee's, their fans are all going nuts." Saying that the student section support is "decent," Gudritz attributed the lack of cheering and fan support as a problem in "the rest of the stadium…

…. It hit at 1:13 p.m. Alaska DIWALI Continued from Page 1A becoming more aware of ISA ... and that's an excellent thing," Sawlani said. ISA is not to be confused with the Indian American Students…

… senior Dhaval Mehtha said. The crowd was not only comprised of students but it included children, Center said the highway between Anchorage and Fairbanks was damaged and Alaska State Troopers had closed…

…- ing for the FBI, having original compositions performed abroad and working with citizens in Bolivia and Honduras. Each student cited life-changing, memorable, or simply favorite experi- ences…

… contributing to their application for the scholarships. Leadership roles dominated each student's testimony. LSA senior Gwendolyn Arnold is a nominee for the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship competitions. Arnold…

… scavenger hunt, play Pic- tionary and make pancakes," she said. Rhodes Scholarship nominee and Engineering graduate student Brian Net- ter named several summer experiences as memorable - developing a math…

… spokesman Ari Fleischer refused to comment on the CNN interview. Saud also said his government believed it was still possible to avoid war. "Iraq has made a very clear and unambiguous promise to the Arab…

… ... the pressure of public opinion on American and British streets," Saddam told the Egyptian weekly Al-Osboa in the interview published yesterday. "The demonstrations in the Arab and Western world include…

… 6 4A -- TheMichigan Daily - Monday, November 4, 2002 OP/ED OJiie £krbijia ti d 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE…

…-Palestinian dispute. Yet, unlike Russia, Israel must exist in daily fear that the so-called "Palestinians" and the nearby Arab states, namely Egypt, Syria and Iraq will attempt to destroy their entire country. The…

… treated the way that they are sim- ply because they are Arab." If this is so, then why are Arab-Israelis given the rights of citi- zenship and given representation in Parlia- ment? The Palestinians are…

… (Do as we say, not as we do, 10/31/02). In fact, I think she would be hard pressed to find anyone that agrees that Palestinians should suffer ... other than maybe some Arab regimes in the Middle East…

… human rights, but in order for that to take place, corrupt Arab regimes, like those of Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein, must be overthrown in order to prevent raising another generation of baseless…

… respected as such. Prejudiced and racist depictions such as these make me wonder what kind of education students at the Uni- versity are receiving and display the paucity 4 E Ad …

… added that he received obscene phone calls against him and his students. Earlier this week, Campus Watch announced changes to its format by including professors' dossiers under its survey of institutions…

… someone who can be intimidated. I have always treated all my students with respect and fairness and have good to excellent teaching evaluations,"he said. Cole is concerned about the affect Campus Watch…

… will have on students who report professors' behavior, he said. "To any degree that they can suborn. a student to actually spy and send reports to a dossier on a member of the university community, they…

… have deformed that student's character and pushed him or her to do something essentially undemocratic and anti-intel- lectual. That would be a very great shame," he said. Since he said he doesn't use the…

… attempting to end the extremely vicious cycle of violence in the region," Paul Saba, president of the Ann Arbor chapter of the Arab-Ameri- can Anti-Discrimination Committee, said. "The Palestinians have…

… student seats at stadium By Shannon Pettypiece Daily Staff Reporter dents tello in the stu Athletic D A new policy that would require student to make si ticket holders to present their University stu…

…- tunity to dent ID before entering Michigan Stadium is everybody scheduled to go into effect next fall. While t The policy is designed to cut back on the said he ha amount of student tickets that fall into…

… the cent of st hands of non-students. dents. "We want to make certain that students are "I've he in the student section, and we have had stu- don't have Harassment suit will go to court nextmXon By…

… Jeremy Berkowitz Daily Staff Reporter our department that there are people dent section that aren't students," )irector Bill Martin said. "We want ure that every student has an oppor- buy tickets to…

… football ahead of else." there are no exact figures, Martin s heard estimates that 10 to 20 per- udent tickets are sold to non-stu- eard students give me estimates, we one, but what we do is take a look at…

… number of student tickets available for the next football season, Marty Bodnar, director of ticket services, said in the memo obtained by The Michigan Daily. According the memo, the idea of requiring…

… student ticket holders to present an ID was See M-CARDS, Page 7A DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily Students crossing the Ambassador Bridge from Ontario to Detroit will be free from receiving a minor in possession…

… offense if they can prove they were drinking in Canada. Students drinking in Canada free from MIPS By Samantha Wolf For the Daily Minors who drink legally in Canada and then return- to Michigan intoxicated…

… makes spe- cific conduct criminal, it must be strictly construed." After almost five years of aggravation, deliberation and delays, former Music student Maureen Johnson will be able to explain to a jury…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 11, 2002 OP/ED (Tbe £i9jgiDaigV 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF…

… 28-year-old graduate engineering student from Egypt and one of about 75 students at a University of Minnesota, pro-Palestine rally, as quoted by the Associated Press yesterday. SAM BUTLER TH SOAPBOX…

… from participating in the run. My conclusion is that there is plenty of nastiness surrounding the event, to be sure, but students should not let that spoil the fun. The Naked Mile is really a college stu…

…- dent's last chance to behave like a college student. Without letting the sap ooze from my keyboard, it's a sort of last hurrah before adulthood takes complete hold of us. It's old- fashioned college…

… debauchery at its finest and the University would do well to loosen its tie and direct its energy toward discouraging those not affiliated with the school from par- ticipating. Don't arrest students for…

… way to pro- tect students by keeping those types off the streets of Ann Arbor next week - B. Joe and the boys need to spend their time and energy figuring out how. The hypocrisy of the University's regu…

… CHRISTOPHER KOCH Every day, students at the University of Michigan are challenged to think critically about their course work and to challenge their professors by providing dissenting views on a myriad of…

… subjects. In that spirit I would like to challenge the students at the University to take the same critical approach to a recent editorial published about New Era Cap Com- pany (Cut the contract, 4…

… comforting reali- ty until recent weeks. French. Arabs have recently become frus- trated by some of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's actions. This anger has been trans- formed into irrational hate…

…. Despite efforts by the Palestinian representative in Paris urging French Arabs not to "translate their hatred for the Israeli government of Ariel Sharon into hatred of Jews of France," anti-Semitic acts in…

… burglars during the holiday break, accord- ing to Department of Public Safety reports. In addition, some students returned to the residence halls to * find that their rooms had been bur- glarized. "Most of…

… morning from the Institute of Social Research. Police recovered the purse and audio tapes and traced the foot- prints of one suspect who was spotted near the Student Activities Building. The 24-year-old man…

… his room was open when he returned from Christ- mas break. The student said his DVD player, Nintendo, money and a tool box were taken from his room. DPS had no suspects. Items taken from Art and…

… alternative Ry Shannon Pettypiece Daily Staff Reporter LSA freshman Lei Lei Sun is like many students who feel they are paying too much for textbooks and getting too little cash in return when they sell their…

… for students to express their often senting opinions are the lifeblood of a unpopular opinions, ranging from criti- robust educational institution. cisms of stereotypical Arab and Muslim These rights…

… BY STUDENTS AT THE Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect theopinion of UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other pieces do not SINCE 1890 necessarily…

… state legislatures court's decision rests fails to fully consider the members -- of which Detroit's population is system that serves over 180,000 students. The nationwide who are quick to strip local…

… students, teachers the Detroit Public School System's students are curiae briefs, most notably one from the In 1999, the Michigan legislature passed the and city residents. First, the plaintiffs contend…

… priority for the City of a figure that could reach $1 million. Ann Arbor.. The real thought police Students' expression is central to educational mission outh Lyon High School's under- District. In Tinker…

… publication earned the harsh Hazelwood, the court upheld the right of retribution of the school's administrators schools to limit content in a school-spon- who suspended four students for sored publication in…

… school students "cannot be punished in response to the punishments While the courts merely for expressing their which has chilled the students' will overturn the personal views on the school ability to…

… particularly troubling that the In South Lyon, students of its students. administrators sought to sup- began the newspaper partially press the opinions of its students. in response to faculty supervision and The…

… are especially relevant in 4 jokes to arguments against standardized high schools where many students shy tests, such as the Michigan Educational away from controversy and refrain from Assessment…

… Program. Without the expressing contrarian or provocative administration involved, writers and edi- views. Engagement with these ideas pro- tors were able to freely state and argue vides students with an…

…The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition - 3B a VIEWPOINT , Israel:-Democracy's last stand in the Middle East BY YULIA DERNOVSKY Fall 2002, the first day of another school year at the…

…, I notice that sadly most, though not all, of the participants in this campus war are Jews with the pro-Israel views and Arabs fighting for the pro-Palestine side. The rest of the University stu- dent…

… body is either apathetic about the issue or is irritated at the contin- uing propaganda war on the Middle East. Most troubling are the attempts by pro-Palestinian advocates to mis- lead students who are…

… uneducated and disinterested in the conflict with. their fallacious and demagogic argu- ments. They hope that the liberal- m i n d e d always-ready-to-right-a-wrong col- lege student will give in to the pleas…

… organizations and the threat of destruction that Israel faces on a daily basis are conveniently left out of the pro-Palestine discourse in an effort to mislead students. Similarly left unmentioned are human…

… rights abuses of the Palestinian Authority under the corrupt and dictatorial leadership of Yassir Arafat. I believe it is time that college students realize why Israel needs and deserves their support…

…, regardless of how tear-drawing the demagogic speeches of the pro-Palestinian activists are. It is time that students take a stand for the values in which this liberal campus takes so much pride: The values of…

…- tradict every moral value on which America is based? These are the questions that as students we must address. How much do we value democracy and what are we willing to do to preserve it? 1 he current focus…

… is not. Israel promotes rule of law, the Palestinian Authority promotes terrorism. The students of this University want social justice and moral satis- faction. It is impossible to support these ideals…

… while supporting a morally and politically corrupt Palestinian regime. If students at this University want to promote demo- cratic values, they should support the only lasting democracy in the Middle East…

…, innovative tactics. The Arab Students Association and the Arab Anti-Discrimination Com- mittee shared a hookah, inviting stu- dents to take hits from a long tube passing through an urn of water that cools…

… evening clouds. H1. 85 LOWS 63 Tomorrow- ra1& AATA raises fares, changes schedules By James Ng Daily Staff Reporter Sarah Claud, a School of Public Health graduate student, will have to dig a little…

… charged. Fares for students ages 6- 18 and senior citizens 60-64 increased from 35 cents to 50 cents, while fares for riders with an American with Disabili- ties Act card and for seniors 65 and older, which…

…- versity students, faculty and staff who commute to and from campus on AATA buses. "We routinely modify our routes according to ridership," Stasiak explained. Route 1, the Pontiac Trail, no longer covers…

… routes in any way," Uni- versity Parking and Transportation Services spokeswoman Diane Brown said. The changes were met with some gripes from University JESSICA YURASEK/Daily A student waits for the…

… Briarwood Mall-bound AATA bus outside of the Michigan Union. students. "The AATA needs to justify any fare increase with invest- See AATA, Page 7 defense Granholm agrees to additional debate By Louiele ls…

… completed two documentaries on students with depression and with disabilities, Ernesto Mejia, the program assistant for Dialogues on Diversity, said Fes- tifall gave his organization the chance to reach more…

… students to par- ticipate in upcoming discussions and documentaries pertaining to race, gender and diversity. "We're not a new initiative, but we're not well known yet. We're just starting to pick up steam…

… Court to deny CIR's request. series," he said. Other seasoned groups chose to forgo the usual free candy, buttons and stickers commonly used to attract students to their tables in favor of new…

… - the Worverines should have no problem with Western. LAST WEEK: Philip Brabb's last second, 44-yard field goal clinched the Wolver- inpc' im I'1-?9 win nvr Nn Students wane on Iraq intervention By…

…' Arab states solidly backed Iraq yesterday in its showdown with Washing- ton, and a top official said a U.S. attack against Saddam Hussein would "open the gates of hell in the Middle East." The Arab…

… League leader also called for Baghdad to readmit U.N. weapons inspectors to cool the brewing crisis. Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa issued the chilling warning and said Iraq could dispel…

…. real faith. mlb 3. 7PM. fridays. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for…

…4A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 14, 2002 OP/ED ~~bz ~~1MViw &i1 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 daily. letters@umich.edu EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF…

… feel. Perhaps some of the circumstances around my flight reservation were "suspi- cious," but if my name was John Smith and I was wearing a business suit instead of having an Arabic name with a t…

…-shirt and jeans, I'm sure the federal agents would have simply assumed I was on business without asking any questions. Profiling is pointless. I can only imagine how many Arab-Americans like me have been…

…, why do the majority of metro Detroit Arab-Americans favor racial profiling, according to a recent Detroit News poll? If we were to believe Pete DuPont of the National Center for Policy Analysis, it is…

… profiling can be permissible." I have a quite different conclusion. Per; haps the majority of Arab-Americans are responding to attacks against their own patri- otism and love for America. Out of this fear…

…, many are saying that racial profiling is acceptable. It is funny how those who favor racial profiling could use any response from Arab-Americans to bolster their position. They could use Du…

…Pont's reasoning or if Arab-Americans were found to be against racial profiling, they could use that to call Arab-Americans even more "suspicious." The government's racial profiling prac- tices against individuals…

… as much less American and much more McCarthyist. Amer G. Zahr can be reached via e-mail at zahrag@umich.edu. S VIN PASSING Y LETTERS TO THE EDITOR B-SCHOOL STUDENTS: YOU'LL GET NO TEARS FROM ME…

… Apparently students in the Business School are finding it hard to get jobs in our new reces- sion. Splashed on the front page of Thursday's Daily was an article about the difficulties they are having in…

….S. and India are great nations, each in its own right. Maybe, Kiblawi is making "politically correct" statements for an Arab state (I wonder which forum 'elected' the Saudi royal family ... ), but given…

… and friends gathered at the Win- ters's family home in Gary yesterday. At her old high school, an American flag hung at half mast for a former student known as a hard worker with a positive attitude who…

… about it." PROFILING Continued from Page 1 LSA junior Michael Simon, co-chair of the campus ACLU, said while discussion centered around the rights of Arab Americans in light of the Sept. I1 attacks, the…

… University, joined in addressing student's questions about the need for and legality of racial profiling. "The issue is so important that it is only a matter of time until we have national legislation," said…

… said there are circumstances when race may be used as one factor among many to locate and target possible suspects. One such instance involved the questioning of some of the 80 Arab Americans living in…

… make a choice, I don't know how much choice they have, particularly when the choice is coming from high levels of government," Prof. Perry said. Several students attended the symposium to voice their…

… opinion that racial profiling is a necessary procedure in ensur- ing public safety. Rakham graduate student Justin Shubow said he believes politicians and law enforcement officers realize the necessity and…

… accordingly," Hassan said. Hassan said he was disappointed that the hearings remain closed to the public and media. "The government is really alienat- ing the Muslim and Arab community," Hassan said. "We…

… Texas," said Cecil Miskel, a profes- sor in the School of Education. "State tests showed substantial changes in the students' scores. National tests don't show such a closed trial from because of a para…

…4A -The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 4, 2002 OP/ED Clbe llirbtuigta tilg 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF…

… any other). Recently, there has been a peace sketch put forward by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah, which calls for an Arab normalization with Israel, provided it returns to pre-occupation borders…

…. Other Arab states have already rejected the proposal on many grounds and there doesn't seem to be much hope for wide acceptance. Arab leaders have not given much reason for their rejection, but the truth…

… the founded legal right of Palestinian refugees around the world to reclaim their own right of return to their lands in Palestine. They have repeatedly supported cor- rupt Israeli and Arab leaders like…

… we Americans, espe- cially students, feel. We can have some sort of impact in demanding for fair-handedness in dealing with Israelis and Palestinians. This all starts with a call for own university to…

…. Many, if not most, Christians in the sci- ence fields accept the theory of evolution. CHARLES CARRIGAN Rackham student Albright 'belittles loss of Iraqi life' during her B- School appearance TO THE DAILY…

… voting for, we will have people using last names and appearances as criteria. And unfor- tunately for Ahmed and Hollowell, neither Arab nor black describes enough of us. -John Honkala TIME FOR STUDENTS TO…

… offer sound bites and a media that does noth- ing but give conjecture and banal banter. Perhaps these are the rantings of a naive college student speaking from the intellectual basin of the Midwest, but…

… intellectual basin of the Midwest, allow me to specifi- cally point the finger at some of my fellow students. As the offspring of the informa- tional age, when technology allows mere seconds to bring years worth…

… of knowl- edge, students should be the most informed and active demographic on the political spectrum. I'm tired of hearing erately sent by the U.S. electorate to the politi- cal elites who run this…

… a lack of patriotism over politi- cal differences is, well, I'm speechless. And the people of Georgia bought into it. For them, patriotism means killing Arabs and putting God in the classroom. To love…

…- graphic when we show ourselves to be a powerful constituency. Regardless of which quadruped you associate with, we have to get informed so we can better push our agendas. We are the students of Ameri…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 4, 2002 OP/ED t lquinii AN N ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 JON…

… violence. SAM BUTLER THE SOPBOX We."uS+ 11 be. ded',co.4 -- i'IOR- o as~ Radical chic and the state of student activism ZAC PESKOWITZ TE LtOLWR FREQUENCIES April 17, 1969 - The American Council on…

… Education publishes its "Declaration on Cam- pus Unrest" criticizing student activists as "a minute group of destroyers who have abandoned hope in today's society, in today's university and in the processes…

… University propaganda coming out of the Office of the President. In a welcome video, available at http://www.umich.edu/pres/welcome- rm.html, University President Mary Sue Cole- man urges new students to take…

… part in the University's storied history of activism. "Whatever way you decide to contribute, you will be carrying on one of the great Michi- gan traditions - the tradition of student activism." Within…

… approximately 30 years, student activism has been attenuated from a force that gripped the hearts of the University administra- tion with fear to a force so powerless that the administration is now able to…