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… a speech in the Modern Language Building. He said the U.S. government can either alienate Arabs by constantly siding with Israel or change course and work with both sides to achieve peace. Afif…

… depart- ment held the event in hopes of changing the preconceptions of Arabs and Arab-Americans, said Prof Nadine Naber, who arranged the event. She said anti-Arab racism tends to intensify during times of…

… war in the Middle East. "It's important to support the participation of Arab and Arab- American voices in discussions about peaceful solutions and pos- sibilities for change in the Middle East," Naber…

… said. Safieh lamented what he calls the intolerant way many Western- ers view Arabs. "In today's world, the only pho- bia is Islam-phobia," Safieh said. "But there is no different kind of man or woman…

… schematic designs at Fri- Ann Arbor, lost his seat on day's meeting after consulting chair ard to Democratic candidate See REGENTS, page 7A A NEW CROP OF STUDENT LEADERS POLLS OPENED AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT…

…. TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY'LL CLOSE. IN BETWEEN, IT'S UP TO YOU TO VOTE Arrington's troubles deepen MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY LSA STUDENT GOVERNMENT Trial moves closer for sophomore wide receiver By…

… Despite some chalking, only to the individual, b flyering and the usual poli- the whole party as wel ticking, thisyear's Michigan said. "I don't think as Student Assembly campaign wants to see a repeat of…

… erring 4nrh witn ast spring's no-noias- barred battle for the student government throne. Voting kicked off at mid- night this morning and will continue until midnight Fri- day. Students can vote for…

… As many spots as candidates in LSA-SG By JAKE HOLMES Daily StaffReporter Just as students are recovering from the onslaught of campaigning leading up to last week's national election, they've got…

… another brand of cam- pus politicos to deal with. The LSA Student Gov- ernment will hold its elec- tions today and tomorrow online. Any LSA student is eli- gible to vote. But voters won't have many choices…

…, Bridge the Gap aims to week in the Michigan find a mutual understanding ue. On Monday, a pro- between Arab and Jewish 1 group hosted a speak- students on campus through controversial that the moderate…

… dialogue and events. rtment of Public Safety Members of the group's exec- utive board, which is made up of half Arab and half Jew- ish students, said they hope students will eventually be able to debate the…

… seemed little differ- ent than any other. "Welcome" was written on the chalkboard - albeit in Hebrew and Arabic as well as English. During an icebreaker, students talked about their favorite meals, road…

…~ hpa hug Ann Arbor, Mi. www.michigandaily.com "I trust (my students) to really think about the issues and to talk to each other. Out of this emerges people who take charge." - ENGLISH PROF. BUZZ…

… the past, the new system will guaran- tee admission to any student with a certain GPA and LSAT score. It will also make special exceptions for students who fall below the threshold but meet certain…

… criteria. One of the more controversial excep- tions is for students who live in a geographic area centered on the city of Detroit, which is over 80 percentblack. There will also be an excep- tion for…

… students who have lived abroad or on a Native American reservation, a rough substitute for explicitly granting preference to Native American students. The new admissions policy also includes exceptions those…

… for students who were dis- criminated against, overcame adversity and attended disad- vantaged high schools. But the new admissions policy did not come with- out controversy. The initial plan presented…

… to the faculty proposed maintaining racial preferences for Native Ameri- can applicants and granting exceptions only to students who live in Detroit. Wayne State Law Professor Laura Bartell told The…

… handcuffed to other students in the middle of the Diag atla demonstration for prison reform yesterday afternoon. She is wearing a tally of the number of days she has spent fasting in solidarity with a hunger…

… Staff Reporter For many international students, visa complications are irritating at best. At worst, they can alter the course of someone's life. During winter break, Marta Cruz-Sojo, graduate student and…

… entry in a database of foreigners considered to be a security threat to the United States. The embassy refused to grant her a student visa, and instead, revoked her passport and visa, under which she was…

… Graduate Employees' Organization, the Uni- versity told Cruz-Sojo that it would only secure her position as a gradu- ate student instructor until Jan. 23 - a deadline that was later extend- ed to Jan. 27…

… consequenc- es of crises like Cruz-Sojo's, GEO is forming a group called the Inter- national Workers' Caucus to offer support and advocacy for interna- tional students. The group held its first meet- ing…

… Tuesday and plans to urge the University to adopt policies that guarantee job security and student status in cases of visa delays. "A request for intervention made by GEO to University President Mary Sue…

…- tion program for incoming Latino students. But Acosta has said he wants to expand the orientation to include members of other eth- nic communities, including black, Native American and Arab stu- dents…

…, iPod By BRIAN TENGEL Daily StaffReporter Students across campus are get- ting ready for the winter holidays. They're hanging lights, dusting off menorahs and writing wish lists. There's one winter…

… tradition, though, that students probably aren't looking forward to - the annual winter break crime wave. Year after year, students return from break to find a slashed win- dow screen or a broken dorm room…

… lock. Electronics like computers and iPods are often stolen, forcing some students to trek to the Fish- bowl in silence for the rest of the year. Many break-ins result from stu- dents failing to lock…

… an estimated $10,500. Thieves were also on top of their game during winter break in 2004. While most students were home celebrating, 24 homes were invaded and $55,000 in cash and property was reported…

… stolen. Minutes after some students returned to campus, they were already adding a new Xbox to next year's wish list. Although winter recess is a par- ticularly bad time for break-ins, this year…

…'s Thanksgiving Break also saw an onslaught of dorm invasions. Over the four-day-long break, 16 rooms in Couzens Residence Hall and one in Alice Lloyd Hall were broken into. Luckily for students, the thieves only…

… stole two iPods and several rolls of quarters. In hopes of preventing break-ins, the Department of Public Safety issued a list of precautionary mea- sures that students and staff should take before they…

… head home for the holidays. In an e-mail, police said stu- dents should lock windows, doors, desks and closets to deter thieves. To prevent fire and save electricity, students should turn off appliances…

… that might drain power. Ann Arbor Police Detective Sgt. Richard Kinsey also offered some tips to University students. He said students should have some- body check up regularly on their house, and…

… "Arab stu- dents" askingthem to "give Gabriel a proper welcome." Shimaa Abdelfadeel, co-chair of the pro-Palestinian group Students Allied for Freedom and Equality and political chair of the Muslim…

… member O MIo IN/Daily Students board a bus to Washington D.C., where they planned to march in front of the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday. 'U' students head to steps of high court A campus police officer…

… night. Police used a canine unit to search the auditorium before allowing students and commu- nity members to enter at 7:45 p.m., 15 minutes before the event was scheduled to begin. DPS spokeswoman Diane…

… Students' Association, said she had not heard of or seen such an e-mail. Except for frequent applause See LECTURE, page 7 K-12 integration cases draw busload of protesters By BRIAN TENGEL Daily…

…StaffReporter University students are once again delving into the debate about race in public education. This time, though, it's not affir- mative action that's mobilizing them. It's voluntary integration of K-12 schools…

…. Just fewer than 40 students and other activists loaded a bus on South University Ave- nue on Sunday night bound for Washington. There, they joined others from across the country to protest in front of…

… in Louisville and Seattle. The programs allow school districts to consider race in assigning students to district schools as a way to ensure that each school's racial makeup reflects that of the…

… programs could have See COURT, page 7 Activists . revisit war on Coke Students, staff revisit debate with forum By ALESE BAGDOL Daily StaffReporter Ever since the University reinstated its purchasing con…

…- tract with Coca-Cola in April, the once-contentious debate over the soda giant's labor practices has been remark- ably quiet. At a student-organized forum last week, the issue bubbled up once more. It…

… StaffReporter It's not the strange smells that pervade University resi- dence halls that will soon have students wearing masks around campus this winter. Students will don the masks for cash. The masks…

…-hundred-sixteen years of edtorialfreedom www. miwh zandaz~y corn Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVII, No. 9 fA 2006 The Michigan Daily _. -o - - -! f Welcome to the president's house Coleman invites students inside…

… 815 S. Uni- versity Ave. Well, she does. Yesterday afternoon, Coleman welcomed students into her home for her annual open house. Lured by the promise of donuts, cookies, apple cider and the opportunity…

… the University only grants 15 days for winter break, half of what many schools offer. Megchiani, who lives in the United Arab Emirates, said she's sad to return to the University after such a short time…

…. "The faculty really likes it." After a pause, the president invited Megchiani to "go get some goodies." Although some students took the open house See HOUSE, page 7A History of a house Built in 1839 and…

… President Coleman is the first to hold an annual open house for students, past University presidents have welcomed students onto the property. While Robben Fleming was president in the 1960s, students often…

… assembled on his front yard to discuss political issues. And in 1997, after the Michi- gan football team defeated Penn State, thou sands of students celebrated in the home of then University President Lee…

… Bollinger. "You can stay here as long as you want and come inside," Bollinger told students in what many students consider one of the defining acts of his presidency. LSA sophomore Kenneth Human poses in…

… "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day," where students would try and find a volunteer hidden on campus wearing a shirt that said "illegal immigrant" on it. "We would never do those types of events or support…

… patrols around the student areas south of campus because of the thefts. Police arrested a suspect Sunday on the 1100 block of Packard Street who was acting suspiciously. The man was found near a house and…

… presence of police in her area. "They always sit in the park across the street to try and catch people turning left," she said. See CRIME, Page 7 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY RODRIGO GAYA/Daily A student stands…

… policy degree 'U' students vote in Iraqi national election 'U' will admit first class of 50 sophomores in 2007 to new program By Joolle Dodge Daily StaffReporter Prof. John Chamberlin and other…

… field, including Princeton University, Duke University and Stanford Uni- versity. The school will admit its first class of students a year from now to begin the two-year program in fall of 2007. Each year…

… change, but students applying to the program will need Economics 101 and 102 and another introductory social science class, Chamberlin said. There will be core courses and some optional courses with a…

… "strong application of domestic and international issues," Blank said.' The center of the program will be a required seminar made up of a maximum of 25 students assigned a public policy problem to solve…

…, such as social security or small arms trade. Students will apply what they learned in their courses to a real-world problem in their semi- nar. There will also be speakers' who have worked on public…

… well as a new learning facility. The Students cast votes in election for four-year, 275- member National Assembly. By Mariem Qamruzzaman Daily Staff Reporter As some students fretted over studying for…

… National Assembly. "It's sending a message to the Arab world that democracy can work," Pattah said. Pattah, who is Chaldean, a kind of Chris- tian, said he wanted to diversify represen- tation in the…

…." Pan-Arab satellite television broad- casters beamed out largely straightfor- ward, nonstop live coverage from outside the hospital where Sharon - a particu- larly despised figure among many Arabs…

…'s Chief Finan- cial Officer Timothy Slottow determined that the company's letter was written in "good faith." Many student activists felt that Coke had avoided the issue. Missing the Dec. 31 deadline has…

… with Coca-Cola, a group of student organizations that has led the effort to have the University cut its contracts with Coke, applauded the University's decision in a written statement last week. But the…

…, if Coke is involved in things like child labor, I won't drink Coke." Students debate decision Coke activists say suspension step in right direction; general student body indifferent By Kelly Fraser…

… Daily Staff Reporter While student activist groups on campus are cel- ebrating the University's decision to temporarily suspend its contracts with Coca-Cola, many stu- dents consider it a flat issue. The…

… University's Dec.29 decision to cut contracts affects most of the University's 13 contracts with Coke, which have a net value of $14 million, lead- ing some students to question the significance of the…

… Rogers said she hopes machine restocking will bring more variety in products, adding that the mes- sage the University is sending far outweighs pos- sible student inconveniences. "The statement and…

… Press. Carroll's release came a day after her twin, Katie, pleaded on Arab television for her freedom. Yester- day, the sisters also spoke by phone. "She called me because she remembered my number. I was…

… the United Nations that upholds internationally recognized human and labor rights, has agreed to do the investigation. Student and global activists, though, said the cred- ibility of the investigation…

… said communication between students and the administration will be vital to ensuring that Coke is held to the standards of the Vendor Code of Conduct. "We want to know what's been going on regard- ing…

… Coke and the administration," Miller said. Miller emphasized that the student movement would not end because of any action the company takes short of remedying the wrongs it has perpetu- ated around the…

… for dentists in Kenya. Kenya has all the necessary tools and equipment, but not enough dentists. The population of Kenya is 30 million, but it produces only A L U 12 to 16 dental students each year…

…, will partner with Arabic language publishers to translate important works of Amer- ican political thought into Arabic and distribute them throughout the Middle East. Cole hopes that his project will help…

… from an intellectual standpoint but is also potentially dangerous. For example, there is not a single Arabic university that teaches American history in Arabic, Cole said. "The kind of anti…

… after purchas- ing land for a new facility, passions are heating up as Ann Arbor parents and students argue against proposals surrounding the school. But University students who graduated from local high…

…, said Liz Nowland- Margolis, communications director of Ann Arbor Public Schools. There are currently 2,200 students at Huron, M 450 at Community High and 2,300 students at Pioneer. The Board is building…

… halls were often so crowded that students had to push their peers out of the way to get to class. "It was like a fight for your life to get to class,' Darty said. She added that most of the classes…

… consisted of 3 or more students, despite the portable classrooms located on the tennis courts and behind the school. LSA sophomore Aaron Markel, a gradu- ate of Huron High School, said his classes were not…

… some University students said the current budget seems somewhat excessive, many others said they think designing an attractive building is important. See HIGH SCHOOL, Page 3 GRAPHIC BY BRIDGET O…