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… positive portrayal of culture as motive for event By NISA KHAN Daily Staff Reporter A video highlighting issues students have had with the University of Michigan’s Arabic language classes kicked…

… off Friday’s annual Arab Xpression show, which celebrates Arabic culture through dances, skits and songs. In explaining the event to the audience in the Rogel Ballroom, Arab Student Association…

… the second most commonly diagnosed cancer, with approximately 307,000 new See BUS, Page 2A See DANCE, Page 3A See CANCER, Page 3A EVAN AARON/Daily Students perform Dabke, a traditional Arabic…

… dance, at Arab Xpressions 2016 hosted by the Arab Student Association in the Michigan Union Friday. AMANDA ALLEN/Daily Rackham student Alex McConnell walks through the rain down State Street Sunday…

… relationship with Detroit CAMPUS LIFE Annual sustainability report shows slow-moving progress Arab Xpressions highlights traditional song and dance HOSPITAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT CSG works to extend center…

… of student organizations, musicians and entrepreneurs. Detroit Village will be a display at Springfest featuring Detroit businesses. MUSIC Matters said their goal is to improve the University…

… to begin in 2017. “Our goal for the event is to address the student body’s weakened relationship with Detroit,” a press release reads. “In the past, the University has held close ties with…

… the city through which the nation’s best and brightest have been funneled to jobs in Detroit.” Connection with Detroit has been a focus for multiple student organizations in recent weeks. LSA…

… sophomore Dylan Bennett, the co-chair of the CSG Commision on Detroit Engagement, presented a resolution, which recently passed in the Central Student Government, to extend the University…

… Ann Arbor service By JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter Among other agenda items, before they ended the year on Tuesday Central Student Government passed a resolution to encourage the…

… night. Hosted by the office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA), the event concluded a month of Arab cultural festivities featuring workshops, performances and guest speakers. The ceremony…

… began with Arabic food and people gathering around tables. MESA Program Manager Jesús Galvan greeted students and families as they walked into Trotter Center. Taubman freshman Lynn Samman…

…, the event coordinator for the closing ceremony, began by thanking MESA and the Arab Student Association for their support in empowering the Arab community on campus. She then recognized…

… YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Former music professor sentenced to prison for sex crimes In the mid-1980s, a North Carolina School of the Arts student took a brave step that affected the rest of her…

… high school career: she met with Robert Hickok, the school’s dean, to report that Stephen Shipps, her violin teacher, had attempted to kiss her during her lesson. The student requested anonymity…

…, the student remembered Hickok’s response. “(Shipps is) a very affectionate man: ‘Are you sure you didn’t misunderstand it?’” Meghan recalled Hickok saying. (Hickok is deceased; two students…

… reports. It is also unclear if the school communicated these complaints to the University of Michigan. In 2017, a former student of Shipps’s emailed the then-interim dean of the Music, Theatre & Dance…

… music, the chair of strings and the director of a youth music program through the Music, Theatre & Dance School. He had previously served as the school’s associate dean. The former student that…

… MichiganDaily.com Stephen Shipps receives five years after guilty verdict on exploitation of a minor The Arab Heritage Month Closing Ceremony took place at the Trotter Multicultural Center Thursday…

… each of the Arab Heritage Month committee members, thanking them for their work in putting on various events throughout the past month. “We would like to recognize all our committee members…

… model for funding AUSTEN HUPFORD/Daily LEFT: A crowd applauds Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkul Karman who spoke in Rackham Auditorium yesterday. Nobel Prize winnerhighlights womens rolei Arab Spin…

…. She cited the University's educational programs and stu- dent body of more than 27,000 undergraduates and 15,000 grad- uate students as well as the Uni- versity's $1.24 billion research expenditures in…

… Daily Sounds of the Arab Spring reverberated off the walls of lrn c full Rarkhva i winner Tawakkul Karman led the audience through chants promoting women and peace. Karman, a journalist and senior member…

… of Al-Islah political party in Yemen, is the first Arab woman, the second Muslim and the first Yemeni person to win a Nobel Prize for her work with women's rights. Karman discussed the sweep- ing…

… changes in the Arab Spring, particularly women's roles in nnrcino hi-mvmn Thi man to speak on campus as part of the program's curriculum. Karman began her talk by making it clear that she is a…

… justice prevails. She emphasized the new role of Arab women in leading protest- ers in the revolutions for demo- cratic principles. "Women have become at the forefront of these demonstra- tions and lines in…

… semeni, torium yesterday, as 2011 co- University's Arabic Language and every Arab, and every recipient Nobel Peace Prize Flagship Program invited Kar- human being and every woman CAMPUS CRIME Man arrested…

… students SOUTH KOREA 687students TAIWAN 287students INDIA 752 students CHINA 1,747 students GRAPHIC BY H ELEN LIUEBLICH The countries with the most number of students who studied at the University in 2010…

…-2011. 'U' ranks eighth in number MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY MSA seeks to fill rep. vacancies in election of international students Only one Rackham student running with 10 open seats By GIACOMO BOLOGNA…

… Daily StaffReporter With the polls for Michi- gan Student Assembly elec- tions open tonight at midnight, assembly members say they hope to fill current vacancies in the student government. The vacant…

… foreigners By Layla J. Merritt For the Daily Citizens of some foreign coun- tries who are in the United States, including University students, could face deportation if they do not register with the…

… registration date, but most were released within three days, the Associated Press reported. Slim Mchela, a finance student who is permitted to study at Eastern Michigan University on educational visa, registered…

… extra attention he received in the airport. "At first, it bothered me because I was the only one. The whole plane was waiting for me because I have an Arab name." Mchela said. See INS, Page 7 BRETT…

… ed, funds ISR plans survey of local Arab values By Emily Kraack Daily Staff Reporter The University's Institute for Social Research has an ambitious New Year's resolution. This spring, the ISR is…

… set to launch a study investigating social val- ues within the Detroit-area Arab American and Chaldean community. In addition, investigators hope the study will begin to break down stereotypes held by…

… many non-Arabs. The principal investigators are Profs. Wayne Baker and Ron Stockton of the University's Dear- born campus. Stockton said he believes the study will show the Arab American community shares…

… many of the traits valued by non-Arabs. "I think you'll find a lot of convergence," Stockton said. "I think we'll find that Arabs and non-Arabs are very similar on a whole variety of things…

…." Specifically, Stockton cited that - like other Americans - members of the Arab community are very family-oriented. He said the Arab-Ameri- can community is also diverse, something com- monly associated with…

… American society but often overlooked when referring to Arab Americans. "(There are) wealthy and poor Arabs, Christians, Muslims and different groups within those cate- gories," Stockton said. LSA senior…

… Ehab El Sharkawy said tha, in his experience, values within the Arab community are much the same as values in other American groups. "For the most part, the values are similar," he said. "It's not like…

… questions went against the government and Faure asked for the confidence Arab, Israeli Students Air Controversy Refugee Problem Causes Debate By MARY ANN THOMAS Three possible solutions to the Arab…

…-Israeli dispute were offered in a heated debate between Arab and Israeli students yesterday. Representing the Arab viewpoint, Khalid Al-Shawi, Grad., and Hus- ni R. Alul said peace could be possible with Arabs and…

…. , Their broad policy aim is to stall the Soviet drive for friends and influence in the sprawling and seething Moslem world. Tension is mounting between the divided Arab nations and be- tween the Arabs and…

…. Sharett Comments In this conference city, Premier Moshe Sharett told reporters "I hope to God that Israel will not be driven" to a preventive war against the Arabs. And in the Arabian Desert, where…

… showers throughout. U' Students To Help Plan' Coed Dorm By LEE MARKS A large group of students will be involved in the early stages of planning a coed dorm, Vice-Presi- dent for Student Affairs James A…

… plans for North Campus also include building a fraternity and sorority "row" and 800 -married student apartments. IHC members questioned Vice- President Lewis and Prof. Lionel Laing, of the political…

… me different … I didn’t expect it at college and I didn’t expect it at Michigan.” Dagher learned about the Arab Student Association through a group chat she created with members of her Dearborn…

…Daily.com Read more at MichiganDaily.com CARTER FOX/Daily Students perform “Wil3it Dabke,” choreographed by Sally Kafelghazal and Nicola Nunu, during the Arab Xpressions event at the Power Center Saturday evening…

…Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan students gathered Friday Night in the tea room of Crazy Wisdom Bookstore to discuss ways to protest conservative author and commentator Ben…

… Michigan this past fall hoping to find a close-knit Arab community similar to the one she had at home in Dearborn. But initially, Dagher didn’t see this community on campus. She recalled how she didn…

… Arab community. After attending events and meeting people with similar backgrounds to her own, Dagher became more involved in the Arabesque Dance Troupe and ASA. This past Saturday, Dagher took…

… part in Arab Xpressions, a celebration of Arab heritage. Xpressions is an annual performance partnered with Arabesque and ASA that showcases Arab culture through aspects such as music…

…, poetry, dance and song. The theme of year’s performance was “Ajyal,” Arabic for “generations.” Dagher found herself involved with many different parts of Xpressions this year. She had a role in a…

… conclusion of the show. “You see Xpressions and you see, ‘Oh, this is a way that my culture’s never been portrayed to me before,’” Dagher said. “It’s Arabs who are holding the narrative in their hands…

… preparations began in October. He said the implemented theme, generations, demonstrates the changing Arab identity over time and works to navigate the idea of what it means to be an Arab American on campus…

… ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor residents and ‘U’ students organize against conservative author ALYSSA MCMURTRY Daily Staff Reporter Presentations center around theme ‘absolute zero,’ discuss challenging…

… 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…

…. Students will be required to reg- ister their cars before any driving can be done. Victories Cited By Both Sides In Holy Land Fighting in Palestine Continues Unabated By The Associated Press Both Arabs and…

… northern part of the new city, Arab shells set afire Jewish targets near the Russian cathedral. SL Committee Chairmen Named Chairman of special action committees of the Student Legis- lature were named in a…

… on Speech Ban A majority of the student body-62 per cent-does not approve of the Board of Regents' action regarding political speeches on cam- pus, an independent, scientifically-controlled srvey by…

… the Bureau of Student Opinion has disclosed. However, interviews with more than 400 students by the Bureau produced evidence that many students either knew nothing whatever about the Regents' decision…

… or misconstrued it. Only 12 students among those interviewed understood exactly what the decision was until Bureau interviewers briefly explained it to them. In the second phase of the Bureau's poll…

…, students were asked if UN Delays Cease- Fire Deadline in Palestine Battle - .:. Truman Asks Wider Social SecurityLaw Says Action Needed In Time of Inflation WASHINGTON, May 24 -- (P) -President…

… the highest levels on record." Announcements Senior Literary Announcements' for students with names from L through Z will be distributed from 1 to 5 p.m. today in University Hall, Penny Klausner…

… approved or disapproved of the Regents' decision to prohibit public meetings in support of a particular candidate or platform. on University property. By their action, student organizations were permitted to…

… hold private meet- ings to further candidates, how-! ever. The Bureau, which is directed by Survey Research students, con- ducted its poll by valid sampling methods, applied to the student population. A…

… representative sample of students, chosen at ran- dom from University files, was compiled. Students thus selected were questioned by trained and impartial Bureau interviewers, and the results were carefully tabu…

… Performing Arts to attend Arab Xpressions — the University’s annual showcase of Arabic culture. Xpressions is organized by the Arab Student Association, and featured Arab dances, skits, poetry and…

… student talent to celebrate the beginning of Arab Heritage Month. It is the only Arab culture show produced on such a large scale at the University of Michigan. LSA seniors Jad Elharake and Haleemah…

…-start built into most undergraduate classes at the University. Michigan time is a MAYA GOLDMAN Daily News Editors Event Arab Xpressions showcases dance, skits CAMPUS LIFE Event by Arab Student…

… had similar stories to her, and that it doesn’t have to be a stigma.” On Saturday night, close to 1,400 students, faculty and community members flocked to the Power Center for the…

… Aqel were the hosts of the event. On stage, they described how Arab Xpressions had transformed in terms of attendance and venue, year by year. Starting in the dorms, it was later moved to the…

… by the Michigan Student Assembly's Elec- tion Court Saturday for forging a fellow candidate's signature. The court fined Burks five dollars. The court also ruled Corey Mornon, whose signa- ture Burks…

… a nigger?" See BURKS, Page 2 Arab nations call for peace conference RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Eight Arab governments yester- day endorsed a proposal by Presi- dent Bush that calls on Israel to…

… re- linquish territory in exchange for peace in the region. But Secretary of State James Baker rejected an Arab request for a Mideast peace conference. "This is not the appropriate time," Baker said…

…, reiterating the administration's stance opposing such a meeting. Baker met with the foreign min- isters of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar. Avi Pazner, a…

… advises Shamir on the land-for-peace ques- tion, said on state television that "if the Arabs come and tell us that territory is the primary objective of negotiations, it is a sign they're not really aiming…

… issue has violence between Israelis. caused renewed Palestinians and In Jerusalem yesterday, an Arab man who said he was sending a "message to Baker" fatally stabbed three Jewish women and wounded…

… another. After the attack, angry Israelis shouted, "Baker go home!" and anti-Arab slogans. Bush, pledging to move quickly toward a lasting peace in the Middle East, told Congress last week that any…

… "some very good progress," and emphasized the Arab acceptance of a proposal for a permanent security force to protect the oil fields in the Persian Gulf. But there was a clear difference between the…

… United States and the eight Arab nations on a Middle East peace conference. "Our objective is to convene an international conference under UlN auspices," Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa told…

… parties announce platforms S Common Sense party advocates both negotiation and activism by Jay Garcia Coalition leader would abolish Peace and Justice Commission Daily MSA Reporter As Michigan Student…

… students, mostly Arab-American. gathered in the Michigan Union Wolverine Room to defend and debate racist implications in media coverage of developments in the EgyptAir crash. Youmans said he and other Arab…

…-American students have been angered by press releases that allege Arab-Americans r r Daily Staff Reporter Toilets exploding. Raw sewage back- ing up into basements. Sparks shooting *m outlets. Ceilings collapsing…

…Weather Today: Partly cloudy. High 47 Tomorrow: Haze. High 52. * it a *arO . Low 33. One hundred ninze years of ediatrfrredom Thursday December 2, 1999 _'4 I Students will no longer get…

…Elvain said the need for paper markers of students' academic records has become obsolete. Beginning this term, students will not receive a mailed By Hanna LoPa copy of their final semester grades. The Office of…

… the Daily Staff Reporter Registrar notified students of the change late Tuesday night At four feet s a mass e-mail. years of age, Dr. "It doesn't accomplish much," McElvain said. a typical sex syn Under…

… the old policy, students received fall semester report ing icon of sex i cards at their University address and winter semester grades More than I to their permanent address. munity member McElvain said…

… that the University has mailed grade sheets Theater last nig for "certainly more than 25 years," and the number of grade sex therapist g access options has improved in the last five. Students instant…

…Elvain said, explain- introduced U Sthat students can get the more up-to-date grade informa- Nursing Prof. E t through these other means, whereas the mailings as the "Dr. Ruth become inaccurate in some cases…

…. "All these transactions are -n.---:-Fair.and running" immediately "through the University database." Inside: Fair and For LSA first-year student Rachel Kelly, Tuesday's e-mail was news to embrace. "I…

… transcripts, with the exception of same-day requests, which cost $ 10. cElvain said discussions between the Registrar's office a d student groups set up by the Office of Student Affairs helped the office make…

…- leased a report last week supporting the officers' decision to use weapons "In the Angell Hall incident the officer knew there was a cement wall behind the perpetrator and there were no students or passers…

… weapon, then (Tate) would proba- See POLICE, Page 2 Arabs spurn invitation to talk in Israel MADRID, Spain (AP) - Arab delegates spurned an invitation yes- terday from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak…

… Shamir to go to Israel to negotiate. In their first exchanges on the floor of the historic conference, Arab and Israeli leaders traded re- criminations and clung to familiar positions. The Arabs demanded…

…. Shamir called it a "garden of thorns." The Arabs argued that peace was conditional on Israeli willingness to give up the captured territories. "Every inch," insisted Syria's for- eign minister, Farouk al…

… Kamel Abu-Jaber. "We are willing to live side by side on the land," said Haidar Abdul-Shafi, representing the Palestinians. Shamir began his speech with a simple "Shalom." Although the Arab and Israeli…

…-to-face bargaining be- gins. "There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a de- nial of the purpose of the negotia- tions," Shamir said. The Arabs want to talk on neu…

…, the Days of the Dead celebration that takes place Nov. 1 and 2. Foreign students experience by Gwen Shaffer Daily Higher Education Reporter While approximately 1,000 University of Michigan students…

…, cost, and academic ranking, several for- eign student counselors said. Once here, foreign students often must overcome not only problems faced by domestic students, such as adjusting to a new environment…

…, but the added stresses of language barri- ers and a strange culture. Language is the main obstacle for foreign students, said Louise Bald- win, program coordinator at the University of Michigan Interna…

… forced to pay Kelly Services $6.50 an hour per employee while it continued to pay its student employees $3.35 an hour, said Nick Sheath, general manager of the MUG. IN RESPONSE to the dearth of student…

… applications, the MUG raised its starting wage from $3.35 to $4.00 an hour, arnd the number of student applications increased. In addi * in to their pay, students who work at the MUG receive a 10 percent…

… Oz speaks to a crowd of several hundred at Rackham Auditorium last night. See story, Page 3. Arabs, Jews create Middle East dialogue By TIM DALY While diplomats search desperately for peace in the…

… Middle East, a Palestinian and a Jew are traveling across the country promoting dialogue between Arabs and Jews living in the United States. Walid Mula, a Palestinian living in Israel, and Ronny Brawer, a…

… member of the Progressive Zionist Caucus (PZC), will visit about 70 universities and 25 cities during their two-year national speaking tour, which began in September. At the University, Jews and Arabs have…

… already formed an informal discussion group, which met over the weekend. It offers Jews and Arabs a chance to get to know each other as people - not as members of an ethnic group. Mula and Brawer, who spoke…

… at the Law School last week, urged Jews and Arabs interested in the Middle East conflict to take part in the workshop, which was directed by Len Suransky, a former University faculty member, and Mula…

…. WORKSHOP participants discussed Jewish and Arab culture, group stereotypes, and how their identity as a Jew or Arab affects their lives. Miriam Roth, a PZC member, has been participating in an Arab…

… placed in smaller groups so they can get to know each other. "The small groups allow people to get to know each other as individuals instead of knowing each other as an Arab or a Jew," Roth said. The…

… dialogue group's main purpose is to emphasize the importance of personal relationships between Jews and Arabs, Roth said. Political issues are discussed, but only after the participants have gained a better…

… one of the only Arab women in the Ross School of Business.” In honor of World AIDS Day, the National Council for Negro Women, the Black Student Union and Creatives of Color presented the HIV…

…, Michigan Monday, December 3, 2018 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM First Arab sorority EAS forms ‘U’ chapter Students, community remember victims of California shooting HANNAH…

…Around 8:12 p.m. Friday, the Epsilon Alpha Sigma Sorority, is the University of Michigan’s first Arab sorority, dubbed the Empowered Arab Sisterhood, revealed its first class of new…

… recruits. The seven girls recruited, the “Al-Afdal line,” marched into Auditorium D in Angell Hall, yelling “We’re the girls of Arab countries!” in Arabic. As the girls were revealed, a founding…

… member of the sorority’s chapter at the University removed a pink bandana from each girl’s eyes and wrapped a flag from their country of origin around her shoulders. Arab music blared as…

… Monologues Sunday night to teach students and faculty about the disease that affects millions of people around the world. The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and the University of Michigan…

… night continued with various performances from students and faculty. Michigan state Senate Republicans voted to scale back minimum wage and paid sick leave laws, S.B. 1171 and 1175 last…

… SIEGEL/Daily Students gather on the Diag for a vigil to remember the victims of the Borderline shooting Saturday afternoon. CAMPUS LIFE Epsilon Alpha Sigma, reveals new class of recruits Friday…

… Borderline” and “Never Again”, approximately 20 University of Michigan students, faculty and community members congregated on the Diag for a vigil Saturday afternoon in honor of those lost to gun…

… National Council for Negro Women, the Black Student Union and Creatives of Color Sunday night. HIV Monologues aims to educate, erase stigmas surrounding diagnosis University Black Student Union and…

… march with the Arabs because they don't want Zionists to alienate them from their neigh- bors." CAMPUS POLITICS: Many Changes Mark History Of Student Legislative Body (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec…

…-Hop Ticket Requests May Be Submitted First Preference Given to Juniors Juniors, seniors and graduate students may submit applications for J-Hop tickets from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from 9 a…

… third, graduate students. Stu- dents are asked to bring their T.D. cards and a one cent stamp when they make application. A new postcard system has been devised to allow students to indi- cate the night…

… they prefer to at- tend the dance, and to facilitate rapid reply to students informing them if their preferences have been approved. The postcard applications will be available at the University Hall…

… booth and the one cent stamps will be used for reply postage. Residence Risks All men's residences are asked to submit a list of the juniors and seniors and graduate students in the individual houses who…

…, "IRA is determined to see this through. We are sure that a ma- jority of the students are behind us." Salk announced that two of the barbershops would be picketed again today, from 1 to 5 p.m. Supporting…

… business." Rahn, who led one of three panel discussions in the Social Action Conference at Lane Hall, said that more inter?racial activ- ities in student and community organizations everywhere would help to…

… break down discrimina- tion. The conference, sponsored by Inter-Guild and the Student Re- ligious Association, also included a panel on educational rehabili- tation of Europe, led by Mrs. A. C. Sedgwick…

…, must undertake serious study of industrial relations prob- lems and economic issues in this country." Vehicle Oveturns Three University students es- caped injury when their car skidded and overturned…

… Arabs Enlist for 'Holy War;' Louis Pressed To Keep Crown Yesterday's weather seemed to have put a chill on the success of the first day of the Galen Medi- cal Honorary Society's Tag Day Drive, as…

…- zero climate pollution by 2050. Palestinian-American activist speaks on intersectional feminism Arab Student Association hosts Linda Sarsour for discussion on identity RYAN LITTLE/Daily Palestinian…

… political activist Linda Sarsour joined students on Friday as a part of the Arab Student Association’s Focus Week to discuss issues in the Arab community. Sarsour’s talk was the last event of the…

… club’s Focus Week and touched upon feminism in Arab communities. About 100 students gathered in Rackham’s Auditorium on Friday night for the event. Sarsour hails from Brooklyn, New York, and…

… sets its sights on bout with Ohio State next weekend. » Page 1B Faculty directors of the Semester in Detroit program, an initiative that allows University of Michigan students to study and…

… million, will provide teaching in subjects like technology and artificial intelligence to undergraduate and graduate students. It will also serve as a conference center and hotel in downtown…

… Detroit. Plans to open the 14-acre center have received backlash from students and faculty since the announcement was made on Oct. 30 by University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel. Days…

… 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…

…, Herman Jacobs, nation. claimed that Israel had been "vic- Imad Khadduri, Grad, president timized by the Arab world" and of the Arab Student Organization, that Israel "must be given what claimed, "The Arabs…

… ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1967 SEVEN CENTS FOUR PAC Israelis, Arabs Of Middle East Claim War; Vic UN tory in Seeks First Da Sease-Fire $900,000: UN Council Ford Foundation Fails…

… Harvard, Columbia Arabs, the U.N. Security Council and Berkeley have been known as failed last night in prolonged ne- the finest Chinese centers in gfaiatnitgin proluedn America," Prof. Alexander Eck…

… it. Last year nearly 60 The chief sticking point was graduate students were specializ- whether to include a demand for ing in Chinese studies and nearly troop withdrawals in the cease- 700 students…

… were enrolled in fire appeal. The pro-Arab coun- courses dealing with China. tries including the Soviet Union Feuerwerker indicated new ac- wanted a demand for withdrawals tivities planned by the Center…

… first day of the Middle East war. Israel also claimed air superior- ity over the entire area of the new conflict with the destruction of 374 Arab planes. In its sweep into Sinai, the Is- raelis announced…

… the capture of the vital seacoast town of El Arish. Egypt announced a thtust of its own into Israeli territory after "savage battles" on the Sinai Pen- insula, historic Arab-Israeli bat- tleground. The…

… Arabs claimed 161 Israeli planes down on all fronts. The Israeli command also an- nounced three assaults into Jordan territory, the most important against Jenin, 30 miles southeast of Haifa, from where…

… neu- policy of neutrality in the Arab-' trality, Russia put itself firmly Israeli war and launched moves on the side of the Arab govern- aimed at bringing peace. ments and accused Israel of ag- Foreign…

… Khartoum, Sudan, Sanaa, Yemen, and Tunis, Tunisia. I i b 5 1 S C 1 , S , Z. . Crisis Arouses Mixed Reaction Among Local Students, Faculty i k I 7 3 1 1 t cial confusion as to the degree of U…

….com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, March 25, 2019 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Students, faculty reflect on political climate, law First Arab fraternity on campus hosts show…

…’s first Arab sorority, and the Multi- Ethnic Student Association held a banquet to raise money for Syrian refugees through Friends of Kayany, a non-profit that supports education for Syrian children…

…In late February, Kaplan Test Prep released their annual law school admissions officers survey, an analysis that attempts to measure student interest in attending law school. After years…

… decision to attend law school. Anthony Coloca, Kaplan’s director of pre-law programs, was confident their findings were more than circumstantial. In a second survey of law school students…

… Student Association, Taiwanese Student Association and Michigan Taiwanese Student Associations, the event featured a variety of Taiwanese food and street games from the streets of Taiwan’s famous…

… Keelung Miaokou Night Market. Elton Lin, an Engineering freshman who helped organize the event, said the event aimed to celebrate Taiwanese culture as well as to bring different Taiwanese student…

… organization’s first student loan ombudsman — helping to establish federal guidelines that dictate policy and management of student loans and for-profit colleges. He was confirmed as an FTC commissioner…

…, provide mentors with common experiences Friday night, the founding line of Omega Beta Eta, the University of Michigan’s first Arab fraternity, revealed their pledge class with a performance on…

… among his most vivid memories of the ir anxiety university is the shift in the mood of Arab and Israeli students as the war progressed. At the outset of the war, "there were no more than 15 or 40 Israeli…

… students on campus and there were probably ten or more times that amount of Arab students, from all Arab countries," he said. At first, the Arab students seemed confident that Isreal would lose the war, Ya…

… Student Assembly. The election duel between, can- didates from the Student Rights Party and the Meadow Party resulted in a draw. Meadow Party members, Kurt Muenchow and Darrell Thompson received the…

… -presidential and vice- presidential posts respectively. Yet the upcoming assembly consists of 25 Student Rights members, 15 Meadow Graduate student to run for Congress party members, and eight indepen- dents…

… Tuesday Students To Pick Next Year's SL Students and faculty members are expected to mob polling booths Tuesday in the all-campus Legis- lature election and The Daily presidential straw vote. Booths will be…

…, Wallace, Stassen, Vandenberg, MacArthur and Martin, in that order. Student and faculty ballots will differ in color for comparison purposes. Hare System Next year's legislators will be elected under the…

… Hare propor- tional representation system. Students are reminded that they must number their choices in preferential order. Although they may vote for as many candidates Like to know what Legislature…

…, student organiza- tions and groups are putting var- ied campaign plans into effect. Last minute individual candidate rallies are being held while a group of students in the East Quad have posted…

…U ('1. UnionMeeting Quorum Needed To Change Rules By GEORGE WALKER A quorum must attend the Union's constitutional amendment meeting tomorrow if students want the Union run by its members, Tom Walsh…

…, Union vice-president, said yesterday. Pointing to the fact that students "don't even pick the Union's senior officers under the present setup," Walsh urged members to turn out at the meeting, to be held…

… Israel Experts, professors conflict on campus. One typically cited reason for and campus leaders this dynamic discourse is the large Jewish and Arab student discuss students' populations on campus and in…

… increasing campus here in Ann Arbor. population of students who are of Both Israeli and Arab groups Muslim background, and perhaps on campus have held demonstra- that's why it's such a big conflict tions…

… 6,000 Jewish students sity professors familiar with the on campus. topic and student leaders of Arab Kamelya Youssef, president and Israeli groups on campus, of the Arab Student Association, there are…

… many factors that con- said she is unsure of how many tribute to why there is such an Arab or Arab American students active dialogue surrounding the See CONFLICT, Page 7A Washtenaw County Community…

… Mason Hall to engage in conversation Students opened dialogue to discuss religious, cultural differences on campus MESA hosts dialogue on masculinity in Arab life CAMPUS LIFE Panelists discuss…

… gathered in the School of Education for an event held by Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs as part of Arab Heritage Month. The event centered around Arab masculinity and mental health. It was hosted by…

… how Arab identities interact in traditional gender roles EMMA RUBERG Daily Staff Reporter See POLITICS , Page 3 Follow The Daily on Instagram: @michigandaily Professor talks Israeli…

… on experiences writing in war zone BARBARA COLLINS Daily Staff Reporter University Students Against Rape, community members recognize , celebrate survivors Wednesday evening, students and community…

… members gath- ered in the Michigan League for the 41st annual Take Back the Night Ann Arbor. Campus rep- resentatives from University of Michigan’s University Students Against Rape, in cooperation…

… Kozlowski, University Students Against Rape senior student leader, hoped to encourage a conversation about sexual assault prevention and recov- ery. “First and foremost, we’re here to raise awareness…

… and charged on Thurs- to gain access to copies of final ... .5 . DailyNewsEitr day on 23 chnCWPY ,.i.--+. . ;"' TL T'1 C .,... 4- 4........ of African Ameri- can students has increased, bst it has the…

… Broken Social Scene. Page 9 SPORTS Former Rackham alum Ning Ma seemed like just another student walking around on cam- pus. But according to authori- ties, Ma allegedly hacked into the, University…

…'s computer sys- tem and stole uniquenames and passwords of over 60 University students and professors. Ning Ma, a Chinese citizen here on a student visa, was Student- athlete accused of assault By Gennaro A…

… sneers from professors' storage spaces. An anonymous Rackham student majoring in financial engineering, Ma's major, said he went to a job interview and found out someone had e-mailed the company from his…

… me that my e-mail account had been hacked back to the time of October" better candidate than I... so I would like to give up my interview opportunity to him," he said. The student later discovered…

… many irregularities in his e-mail account. "The ITCS told me that my e- - Anonymous Rackham student mail account had been hacked back to the time of October," he said. The student fears that Ma may have…

… PATRIOT Act By Soojung Chang Many Muslim and Arab groups say they fear Daily News Editor they have been unfairly targeted by the govern- PATRIOT facts ment asa result of the act. The American Civil…

… Liberties Union and sev- "We've been approached by numerous Organ ations ivolved in the suit eral Muslim and Arab groups have filed a law- groups encouraging us to file the case because agaist the PATRIOTAct…

… suit challenging the USA PATRIOT act of the provisions are having a chilling effect on Arab Community Center for Economic 2001, legislation passed in the aftermath of people's first amendment expression…

…. There's and Social Services, or ACCESS, in Dear- Sept. 11to help the government fight terrorism. people among the Muslim and Arab communi- born. "We're only challenging Section 215 - ty that fear that…

…Here's mud - er, I mean tear gas in your eye. The Ann Arbor police paid no regard to gas etiquette in clearing South U. Monday night, and the students' attitude was not much better. Tommy Stinson…

… of editorial freedom Vol CI o.10 n Arbr ichian Wdneda, Ari 8,199 ( 192 Te ichga3.i Students question cop use of teargas by Ben Deci old man from Sterling Heights was charged Daily Crime Reporter…

… shot us with teargas," LSA first-year student Jason Menges said. The mounted division swept up and down South University twice. Students taunted the force, slapped their horses, and tugged at the…

… crowd of students after Mon- day's NCAA Championship basketball game because many administrators were still in Minneapolis - where the tournament took place. "Right now, nobody has the facts to com- ment…

… See UNIVERSITY, Page 2 DOUG KANTEPJDaily An unidentified student cheers as a kiosk goes up in flames on the corner of South University and East University late Monday night after police officers left…

… the scene. -Speakers clash during Israeli-Arab discussion By Pari Berk and Ren6e Huckle Daily Staff Reporters Speakers clashed during the first University Jewish- Arab sponsored Israeli…

… said, "The conference is important because it's Jews and Arabs taking risks to sponsor something jointly because of the sincere desire to bring about peace." Abraham, a member of the Detroit American…

… diplomat in the U.S., said, "A bi-national state is suicide for both parties. "The real conflict is between Arabs and Israelis who want peace and the dangers that loom against them. Am I optimistic? Yes…

… Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, February 13, 1991 ThMichgan Dail MSA *discusses regental contact by Julie Foster Dily MSAFReporter In light of increased tension be- tween students and administrators after…

… students disrupted last week's University Board of Regents meet- ing, the Michigan Student Assem- bly debated the merits of con- frontational versus conventional ways to deal with the administra- tion last…

… night. * MSA President Jennifer Van Valey said the regents are not re- sponsive when students try normal methods of communication. The students who dressed up as regents last Thursday felt it was…

… necessary to take extreme action, she said. While most assembly members agreed a communication barrier exists between students and ad- ministrators, their views on solving *the problem differed…

…. Communications Chair Brett White said he felt the approach of the students disrupting the meet- ings was too radical. "Whose cred- ibility is hurt more - the Regents or the people dressing up?" White called for…

… starting peti- tions, publicizing the problem in the media, organizing student strikes only when there is enough overall support for one, and writing See MSA, Page 2 I Allied guns hit Iraqis from land, sea…

…1£ rrrau tz Ninety-eight years of editorialfreedom Vol. XCVIII, No. 130 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, April 12, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Israelis expel eight Arabs charged with…

… 12 others. Hospital officials said soldiers shot a 20-year-old Arab to death in the West Bank. That brought to 142 the number of Palestinians killed since riots began Dec. 8 in the occupied West Bank…

… and Gaza Strip, which Israel captured from Jordan and Egypt in the 1967 Middle East war. The eight Arabs were taken to south Lebanon in two helicopters. The United States condemned the de- portations…

…. Six Palestinians from Beita, a West Bank village where an Israeli settler girl and two Arabs were killed in a clash last week, were among the 12 against whom the army issued deportation orders…

… only further inflame pas- sions." See Israel, Page 2 Hijackers kill second hostage on Kuwaiti jet LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) - Arab hijackers yesterday killed a second hostage, tossed his bloody body…

… said there are at least eight hijackers, all of them Arabs, carrying forged passports. Four of the hijackers have Bahraini passports, three have Iraqi passports and one has a Columbian passport, he said…

… is rising ple looked at as people. Whether numbers and more they are qualified for the job or not, udes of men. senior administra- See ROTC, Page 2 1 No input Student voice absent on honorary degree…

… panel By LAWRENCE ROSENBERG Students had no input in selecting the honorary degree recipients for spring com- mencement ceremonies because the Michigan Student Assembly failed to appoint students to the…

… would be named yesterday or today. The Honorary Degree Committee is usu- ally comprised of six to eight faculty mem- bers, four administrators, and two students, said Vice President for Government…

…The Michigan Daily Vol. XCI, No. 28-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, June 13, 1981 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Arab nations seek embargo aainst Israel From AP and UPI blind force," Hammadi said as the 15…

…- - UNITED NATIONS - Braced for a nation council opened debate on the clash with the United States and Israel, Iraqi complaint. foreign ministers from Iraq and other BEFORE THE council met, Iraq won S .Arab…

… now being considered in the adding that prospective grad students Eroding financial support for House committee. If approved, this sometimes choose to attend other graduate student programs from measure…

… would make many middle-in- universities that can offer better finan- . private foundations and federal gover- come grad students ineligible for aid, cial packages. nment agencies may lead to a future…

… University officials fear. FINANCIAL AID Officer Mary decline in graduate student enrollment, Looming federal cutbacks coupled Jarrett for the graduate school ad- according to Thomas Butts, assistant to with…

… favor uit, Lebanon, said thatsthe Jews Takes Violent Form the plan and the Arab club and were foreigners to Palestine who rab students adamently opposed did not like to mingle with the JERUSALEM, Dec. 1…

… representing their protests with gunfire and most all Arab students issued a ff .D iibomb blasts. atement condemning the parti- ecL 1vislon' The latest communal clash oc- n plan. "Arabs absolutely refute curred…

…'s office in Available the Burton Tower. Still ___ VA To Speed .Students wishing to run for po- sitions on the Student Legisla- ture in the all-campus election Paym ents to be held Dec. 10, may still ob- tain…

… petition blanks at the Office of Student Affairs, Dick Kelly, Representatives To Student Legislature elections com- Continue Assistance mittee chairman, announced yes- terday. Standard petition forms consist…

… ith the first on-the-campus of four pages including a list of checkup of subsistence payments election rules and three pages with scheduled for this week, Veterans space for 50 student signatures…

…, Administration officials an- each. nounced yesterday that the VA Signed petitions must be sub- will continue to send representa- mitted to the Office of Student tives to the University during the Affairs before 4…

… cases of delayed subsist- All prospective candidates for ence payments to veterans study- positions on the Student Legis- ing under the GI Bill. lature are asked to attend the VA representatives…

… president, to students. Allveterans not receiving their also submit a 50-word statement allowances oh time will be inter- of qualifications showing serious- viewed personally. ness of purpose, and must post…

…' decision to partition Palestine. However the joyous scene turned to terror yesterday as violence flar ed in the Holy Land. Latest reports tell of a rising death toll as Arab bands roam the city streets…

… protesting the agreement. * * * * * * * Arabs Jews on Campus Split Arab Groups )ver Palestine Division Issue Shoot Seven By AL BLUMROSEN I thousands of Jewish DP's who are In Palestine Reaction to the UN…

… opportunity at the University of Southern California in just a few days. Alsultany has played a prominent role on campus since her days as a student in the 1990s. Alsultany attended the University…

… as an undergrad, attended Stanford University as a graduate student and returned to the University of Michigan as a faculty member in 2005. Now an Arthur F. Thurnau professor and an…

… associate professor in the Department of American Culture, Alsultany’s most significant role has been as co-founder and outgoing director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program…

…. Alsultany has taught courses in the department including “From Harems to Terrorists: Representing the Middle East in Hollywood Cinema,” “Introduction to Arab American Studies,” “Islamophobia” and…

… “Why Do They Hate US?: Perspectives on 9/11”. Throughout her tenure, Alsultany has been a leader in establishing AMAS — one of only three programs in the country to focus on Arab- American…

… identity — and collaborating with others to create the Islamophobia Working Group — a group of students, faculty and staff dedicated to advising the University administration on how to make campus…

…’ second highest in hate crimes of universities surveyed CHRISTINE MONTALBANO/Daily Longtime Arab and Muslim mentor leaving the ‘U’ for new position at USC ALEXA ST. JOHN Editor-in-Chief FBI, UMPD…

… Overton, the upsurge in reported hate crimes could also indicate that more students are familiar with and willing to report hate crimes. “As with most other jurisdictions, especially college…

… community,” Overton said. “I cannot speak on comparison to other schools.” ZAYNA SYED Daily Staff Reporter The University of Michigan released revisions to its policies on student sexual…

… process.' -simulation co-director Edgar Taylor simulate a similar exercise for their class on the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the constitution exercise, students will spend three weeks preparing, seven weeks…

… ratified or rejected by the delegations, said project co- director Frederick Goodman. The convention exercise parallels a simulation of the Arab-Israeli conflict that sec- ondary students have participated…

… four-minute speech from See REAGAN, Page 2 Carlucci .. . will replace Poindexter MSA doesn't Iowe $19,000, Official says By WENDY SHARP The Michigan Student Assembly does not owe '$19,000 to Student…

… Legal Services, as some assembly members believed last week, according to John Forczak, director of Student Legal Services. "It is my understanding, after speaking to my staff, that we received our proper…

… policies of the On natio Law School and College of Literature, Sci- the Unive Unprepared students get extra help In summer By Tomislav Ladika Daily Staff Reporter he Arts, will be heard back-to-back 3ush…

… Comprehensive Studies Program help such students catch up to classmates from more rigorous high schools. For 27 years, CSP has sponsored Summer Bridge classes tailored primarily for minority students in the…

… that students who cannot handle the University's academic rigors disenroll. Collins said if a student fails one of the Summer Bridge courses, "then we have a chat with them and tell them they should go…

… to school somewhere else." Although many Summer Bridge students received a sig- See CSP, Page 7 about the IsraelI-alestinlan conflict last night in the Michigan Union. debate provokes heated…

… discussion By Rahwa Ghebre-Ab Daily Staff Reporter Chants, jeers and cheers filled the Michigan Union Ballroom during an Arab-Israeli public forum and debate featuring speakers Ali Abunimah, vice president of…

… the Arab-American Action Network, and Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America. The two men focused much of the discussion on debating the merits of establishing a…

… their hand and hit you with it real hard on the head. They can do that right on the street and nobody knows." Father Groppi The biggesthero at Freedom -Daily-Robert Sheffiel AN ARAB STUDENT, LEFT, ONE OF…

… THE ORGANIZERS OF YESTERDAY'S DIAG TEACH-IN, responds to a bystander's question on the current Middle East crisis. Th teach-in was sponsored by the Organization of Arab Students, which found itself…

…?" that he seeks a peaceful solution. Ironically, the his own people and King leads a small handful of Arab students "You are many and we are "But there can never be peace provided not b Negroes to the…

… many stayed ..." dead end, as historical interpre- Organization of Arab Students, ". . .And forced to flee .. cil serves as a catalyst, promoting tation clashed with historical in- spoke of the pain and…

…. 21S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1967 SEVEN CENTS sIX P Center Counsels Returning Women Studente By ANN MUNSTER Women whose education has been interrupted, typically by marriage and…

… woman student." 'In gene are opening up in these fields. make a greater contribution if we turning student a feeling that in there is an effort made to respo The mature woman returning plan ahead." this…

… Center is the Alumnae Col returning w o m a n student to returning woman student, which serves to humanize the University. cil, which adopted the Center change her field. Taking issue will gradually be…

… "explosion lems. Previously, each problem of propriate. women. "Mature women are able of knowledge" which has taken the returning woman student was However, the Center would r to make better judgments about…

… fielding a steady stream of hostile questions about the Arab cause. House is Father Groppi. At noon he showed up wearing a sport shirt H and slacks and brought milk and oranges. He said they were "forD ea…

… e Rest i g the little kids that wandered in and out." He's running neck and neck By MICHAEL IIEFFER a point of agreement was reached. and want to-we are driven to- million Arabs?" with Wes Montgomery…

… upstate New York with a win and a tie » INSIDE Still Unscathed Energetic start lifts Michigan over RPI, 5-2 ADMINISTRATION ICE HOCKEY CAMPUS LIFE Schlissel details new program available to students…

… in Ypsilanti, Southfield schools By ALLANA AKHTAR Daily Staff Reporter The University will introduce a new program to increase racial and socioeconomic diversity among students by giving…

… three-day Yalla Vote summit held by the Arab American Institute, a national nonprofit. The summit’s goal was to provide an opportunity for leaders of the Arab American community to engage with…

… active member of Al-Qaws, an organization that promotes LGBTQ rights in Palestinian society. Sponsored by the Trotter Multicultural Center, Arab Her- itage Month provides a platform for students to…

… students consider #BlackLivesMatter movement By CARLY NOAH Daily Staff Reporter Though demonstrators call- ing for an end to police brutality covered the Diag in December and marched to Ann Arbor…

… students a space to share their concerns and frustrations over recent incidents of police violence. Charlie Bright, acting direc- tor of the Residential College, said the program originated during a…

… meeting of faculty in the Residential College’s Social Theory and Practice major. Sev- eral of the faculty noted the sig- nificant amount of emotion their students expressed incidents related to police…

… brutality . Following a grand jury’s decision not to press charges against the Ferguson offi- cer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man, students held a vigil on the Diag and later organized a…

… on the issues raised, and the learning community of the RC had the framework to foster a thoughtful conversa- tion about the concerns students shared,” Bright said. LSA freshman Darian Raz- dar…

…, a student in the class, said Former fraternity members must vacate chapter house by May 3 By EMMA KERR Daily News Editor The University’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu was suspended and…

…-year period,” the release read. “Sigma Alpha Mu Arab Heritage Month event embraces unique identities By SAMIHA MATIN Daily Staff Reporter In honor of the University’s second annual Arab Heritage…

… Month, about 70 students gath- ered in Rackham Amphitheater Tuesday evening for a keynote address by Sa’ed Atshan, a post- doctoral fellow at Brown Uni- versity, about coming out as a gay Palestinian…

… embrace their Arab identities. This year’s theme, “Arabiyon Ana: I am Arab,” was chosen to explore multiple aspects of Arab identities and their impacts and influences in the world. Daily reporters…

… Whitney ElIott Daily Staff Reporter June Gin is currently a graduate student instructor for Communication Studies 102 and a second-year SNRE doctoral student. Although she has been a Comm 102 GSI several…

… bottom line budgeting doesn't give the commu- nications department enough money to hire me." The new budget only gives departments enough money to hire LSA graduate students or graduate students whose…

… tuition is comparable to that of an LSA graduate student. Departments keep whatever money that remains after they fin- ish hiring GSIs. University officials are keeping tight-lipped about the new policy…

…- sion of LSA, said students have been hired from outside the department in the past, but the budget leaves little room for that next year. "We now have a budget only to provide a tuiti who an L M Emp…

… answered. See BUDGETING, Page 7A Arab American center opens at ~U' Dearborn By Efzabeth Kassab Daily Staff Reporter The newly-established Center for American Studies on the Universi- Dearborn campus seeks…

… to appeal to southeastern Michigan's sizeable Arab American population. "There's nothing like this," said the center's interim director, Robert Stock- ton. The center is unprecedented in its effort to…

…, Iran (AP) - Troops trying to keep student protesters from mar- ching to the home of a Moslem holy man opened fire with automatic weapons and tear gas yesterday near Tehran University. The students…

… Ameli-Tehrani said the reports of deaths were "not true.'' He did, however, confirm that many persons had been injured. GOVERNMENT sources said the troops opened fire into the crowd of students when they…

… warnings to get the airline's fleet operative again. That strike is costing millions of dollars a day in lost revenue. with Arab BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Leaders of 20 Arab nations sent a delegation to Cairo…

… implicity offer of massive Arab financial aid if Egypt abandons its go- it-alone peace drive. But Sadat declared to the Egyptian Parliament,. "All the millions in the world will not buy the will of Egypt…

…." THE RECONCILIATION mission' dispatched by the Arab summit meeting here was headed by Lebanese Prime Minister Salim el-Hoss. Sadat went before the Parliament in Cairo a short time after word reached the…

… which was already on its way. They did not ask permission. They shall not meet with me or any Egyptian official," SADAT TOLD a news conference later, however, that he would be willing' to meet with Arab…

… the Arab League summit, saying that if Sadat agreed to return to the Arab fold, "the summit conference promises to guarantee the steadfastness of Egypt and its people." THAT WAS A clear reference to an…

… Iraqi proposal at the conference that the Arab countries give Egypt up to $5 billion to draw Sadat away from his. growing dependence on the West for bolstering his sagging economy. The delegation was…

… Ahmed al-Suedy of the United Arab Emirates. Hoss and Suedy represent governments with relatively moderate positions Fitz too close. to call By MARIANNE EGRI Breaking with its tradition of remaining…

… nonpartisan, the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) endorsed Democratic candidates for the Board of Regents, state House, and state Senate at its meeting Tuesday night. MSA is supporting Regents Paul Brown (D…

… look fairly peaceable at the Peaceable Kingdom on W. Liberty yesterday as a patron browses among the fare offered for sale. Shultz backs stronguer US. ies with Arabs By CHARLES THOMSON Officials of the…

… contains provisions for graduated salary increases, a training program for teaching assistants, an im- provement in tuition benefits for graduate students, and restrictions on class sizes for teaching…

… assistants. Sources also said the tentative agreement includes a promise from the University that it will review and modify its current affirmative action programs for graduate students. THE PROPOSED pact will…

… Univer- sity and the GEO, which represents more than 1,500 teaching assistants and student assistants. The TAs and SAs had no contract between 1976 and November 1981. In November, the Michigan Employment…

… Relations Commission ruled that most of the University's graduate student assistants were employees of the University and had the right to organize a union. That MERC decision forced the University to sign…

… passed," said Harris. Harris would only say that the tentative agreement pledges the University to revise its affirmative action guidelines for graduate students. A source within the union, however, said…

… increases for graduate students to the average increase received by University faculty mem- bers. The source said those increases are expected to be between 12 and 18 per- cent over the life of the new…

… contract. The contract also reportedly redefines "tuition grants" - the discounts on tuition given to graduate student assistants by the University - as "tuition waivers." The changes will mean that graduate…

… students will not have to pay income tax on the grants. HARRIS confirmed that the new agreement contains a provision for training programs for teaching assistants. He refused to say what the details of the…

… overall commitment to "wide and ever- strengthening ties with the Arabs." While Shultz repudiated none of the longstanding specific guideposts in American policy toward the Mideast, his testimony to the…

… arter urges Arabs to joi airo peace talks; names envoy eN n~1 A 0TTII Mf X7 n'% D . A..,.+ 0-14:. .l4L.c ... .i1A& - I WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter said yesterday that the United States is no…

… longer the "dominant intermediary" in the Middle East. But he offered support to all Arab countries that decide to negotiate directly with Israel. So far only Egypt has seized that initiative. That action…

… was described by Carter at a news conference as an "historic breakthrough." BUT CARTER said he was con- vinced all of Israel's Arab neighbors - Syria, Jordan and Lebanon - want peace with the Jewish…

… was that the United States then might support a separate settlement between Egypt and Israel, which some Arabs are convinced is already in the making. "BUT," CARTER went on, "we certainly have not…

… reached that point yet. I think the other Arab leaders do want peace with Israel." Carter began the news conference with an announcement that Alfred Atherton, the assistant secretary of State for the Near…

… Department's top Middle East expert to the Arab-Israeli negotiations. Ath- erton's post with the department is an unusually sensitive one, and asso- ciates say one of his major achieve- ments is that he has…

… Thomas Danko finally has a representative's seat on the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA). School of Library Science student government president Roger Tachuk said he "temporarily" appointed Danko to the…

… school's seat on the Assembly even though Danko is not a library science student. MSA'S CONSTITUTION states, "The Assembly shall have one voting representative from each school or college." Danko maintains…

…GOP LEAVES STUDENTS HOLDING BAG See Page 4 Sixty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom :43 a t t]g p p E ( CLOUDY, COLD _. VOL. LXIX, No. 98 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1959 FIVE…

… in Review of Student Government Council should not include "any member who has an immediate stake" in cases reviewed by the Board. He said that he included himself and Dean of Women, Deborah Bacon, as…

… units available to the Uni- versity's women students. Ashton said a conversion of the building would depend largely on the needs of the medical school for such a dormitory. He said that if the medical…

… school did not need the building he felt there was a 50-50 chance of its coming into the men's dormi- tory system, preferably as an up- perclass residence. SGC Appoints 'Study Group Student Government…

… Council ap- proved the appointment of four; members to the Student Conduct .'Study Committee at its meeting; Wednesday. Clarification committee, which may recommend changes in the Board in Review and its…

… request of the Regents who asked Vice-president in Charge of Student Affairs James A. Lewis to "report any suggestions or changes which seem necessary and desir- able." Dean Rea commented that in his…

… clarification of areas of jurisdic- tion." He said he did not think the committee would make any evalu- ation of the 1949 regulation re- quiring student organizations to 'be without restrictive membership clauses…

… not.want to see the com- mittee get into the area of the student regulations booklet. +City rCouncil Allows Change By JOHN DeMOTT The Ann Arbor City Council approved a change in its annexa- tion…

… possibility of a Student- Faculty Conference on counseling is "pretty much definite," Roger Seasonwein, '61, one of the two student members of the Univer- sity Counseling Study Committee, said yesterday…

…. Although no specific plans have been made for the event, which will "probably be held just before or just after spring vacation," it has been endorsed by Vice-Presi- dent for Student Affairs James A. Lewis…

… 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…

… Scores Slain In Holy Land Partition Riot Arabs Prepared To Oppose UN By The Associated Press JERUSALEM, Dec. 6 - Arab- Jewish warfare in P alestine claimed more lives tonight and boosted to 159 the Middle…

… East's number of slain since the United Nations decision to partition the Holy Land, which Arab national leaders were reported ready to op- pose with force. Palestine's death toll grew to 80-51 Jews, 27…

… Arabs and two Ar- menians in the week's fighting between Arabs protesting parti- tion and Jews defending them- selves-and striking back. In Aden far to the south, 75 have been killed-50 Jews and 25 Arabs…

…. In Syria, four have died. Cairo Meeting Leaders of the seven govern- ments in the Arab League headed for Cairo for a council meeting Monday. Palestine Arab chief- tains said the council would map a…

… on IRA Picketing To Be Conducted by SL Opinion Questions To Be Placed on Ballot; Students Will Choose 32 Representatives Campus opinion of the principle behind the Inter-racial Associa- tion sponsored…

… "C!eration Haircut" will be surveyed Wednesday when a five point questionnaire will be submitted to students at the Student Legislature election polling booth. Questions to be answered include: 1. Do…

…WE ATH TODAY Cloudy, cool; Cgh: 57, Low: 42. TOMORROW Chneof showers; Hgh: 57, Low: 40. Jrv Student Services search needed more input. See OPINION Page 4. One hundred and one years of editorial…

…. Bush's aim may be to get a quick dividend for himself and his foreign policy, and also for Arabs and Israelis in the event a more comprehensive set- tlement of their 43-year dispute proves elusive. On…

… yesterday underscored his country's secondary role in resolving the Arab- Israeli conflict. "The world community is becom- ing increasingly aware that what is happening in the Soviet Union has a larger…

… change in the Middle East." But Arab delegates were less chari- table. They said the main Soviet role in the region had been its economic and political collapse following the coup attempt in August…

…, thereby denying hard-line Arab states their traditional source of arms and diplomatic sup- port. Palestinian and Jordanian delegates responded to Bush's appeal for peace but ignored Gorbachev. "Let's face…

… the facts. The United States is running the show," said one Arab delegate, who spoke on condition he not be further identified. "The Soviet Union cannot even feed its peo- ple and asks the world for…

… food. It will not have much of a role." Bush suggested that a land-for- peace approach might inhibit the launching of face-to-face bargaining between Arabs and Israelis and to pre- scribe land…

… yesterday. Students working with' 'U' polic by JoAnne Viviano Daily Staff Reporter Despite recent tensions between students and police, a group of stu- dents is assisting the Department of Public Safety…

… and Security (DPSS) by offering their input through its new Student Work As- sistant Program (SWAP). "I've worked with the officers and find them to be a very dedicated group of professionals," said LSA…

… Engineering junior Jully. Park. Superviser Lt. Vernon Baisden said SWAP was initiated by DPSS in May after Director Leo Heatley realized that students could play a role within the department. "Our original…

… the college's computer system. Vandals deface shanty ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily A board erected by the Palestinian Solidarity Committee and the Arab Student League is defaced with Nazi swastikas. 0. rep…

… about the incident. Public Safety refused comment last night. Four large red swastikas were painted on the board, which was built Sunday by the PSC and the Arab Student League. There were also statements…

… repainted and replaced on the Diag. Students, faculty and administra- tors have all expressed indignation at yesterday's defacement. Straub said that more than 25 people have lodged complaints with her office…

…. Despite complaints and angry phone calls, however, the University will not change its policy toward shanties according to Vice President of Student Services Henry Johnson. "This is a very serious incident…

… night at the Rackham Amphitheater. See PLO, Page 3 extremist Arab groups who do not International body debates democracy BY KRISTIN HOFFMAN Participants in the second day of the All- Democracies…

… Switzerland, suggested scholarships for students in "awakening" democ- racies to study in more established ones. Many participants stressed that democratically- oriented groups within non-democratic nations…

… Gerald Ford yesterday during the All-Democracies Conference at the Ford Library on North Campus. Gorbachev arrives MSA retains power to derecognize groups BY KRISTINE LALONDE The Michigan Student…

… members at a special meeting yesterday, but decision on recommendations to the Regents was deferred until the next meeting. Students Explain Points Students who had submitted writ- ten recommendations…

… appeared be- fore the Committee to explain their suggestions, which .included equal student-faculty representation, rep- resentation from the new student government and the Student Reli- gious Association…

…, SAC veto over stu- dent government action,and an agen- da to be published before each meet- ing. Robert Taylor, representing a slate of candidates which won three seats in the new Student Congress, sug…

… were not possible to give all student rep- resentation to the student govern- ment' until the government has "proved itself," two or three SAC positions be given to the Congress now, with some of the…

… students be equal and that the student government be represented on the Committee and be used as a "sounding board" for campus opinion. The Student Religious Association continued to request representation…

… sign between the Arab and Israeli that threatened to spark fights between Israeli and Arab students. students. among the Mid-Eastern students. Quebec libre?'° prompted an ex- "'There was no reason for…

… explained, "be- and neither would they." "The Arab Students Palestinian the only ones who capitalized on cause Quebec is a French-speak- Her thoughts were echoed by Revolution.' the new rules. Students from…

… war- ing province." members of the Arab exhibits.! Most of the Israeli literature torn Biafra distributed literature Contemporary French prints They said they felt there was was about student programs…

… 8, 1969 Ten Cents Eight Pages /' Overenrolimen t: ' win some, U, lose $um By HENRY GRIX There's a touch of Las Vegas in the Student Activities Building. The admissions office in 1220 SAB…

… has become the headquart- ers for the University's own .ver- sion of the numbers game. While administrators and faculty a r e estimating how many students the literary college can accommodate, the…

… admissions office is busy gambling on how many students will accept admission from t h e 14 000 applications received for 3,100 available positions. And if anybody gambles wrong, the University ends up with t…

… o o many students and not enough funds and facilities to educate them. Meanwhile the State-Legisla- ture insists that the University educate all qualified in-state stu- dents who apply. Legislators…

… press their demand by appropriating state funds on the basis of "fiscal year equated students"--the number of stu- dents educated multiplied by the cost of educating them. The more students, the more…

… University from increasing either the number or percentage of out- of-state students. This year the problem has been further complicated by an unex- pected, unprecedented leap in the number of in…

… and literary college insists enrollment must "freeze" in order for the faculty to main- tain quality education. Literary college Dean William Hays ex- plains -it would be a "disservice" to students to…

…, Central Student Government’s vote for #UMDivest and more. The Michigan Daily: Starting with Richard Spencer — in the Regent’s Meeting called last week, safety seemed like a big topic of discussion…

…, that’s your top priority that you’re stating in your negotiations and that was a major concern for students. So, in the negotiation process, how are you defining safety? Obviously there are many…

… just our students but the people that will come here, or may come here, to protest for or against and the safety of the speaker, the physical safety of the speaker and then of Ann Arbor. You know…

… about 100 students, faculty and community members joined together in the Diag for the #StopSpencer Speak Out with one common message: Richard Spencer is not welcome at the University of Michigan…

…’s request to speak on campus. The event was organized by a coalition of student groups including Stop Spencer at the University of Michigan, Students4Justice and more. The goal of the Speak Out was to…

… with the University’s willingness to put the safety and comfort of minority students at risk in order to work with Spencer’s request. One of these individuals was LSA junior Alex Chow, who…

… explained by choosing not to deny Spencer’s request, the University was leaving students of color to fend for themselves. “The University and its administration has made it clear that they’re not…

… objections stemmed from a concern that Lieberman, who has taught on the Arab-Israeli conflict, would cause a power imbalance during the vote by expressing his anti-divestment views. While speaking to…

… the assembly, Lieberman took a historical approach to examining the Arab- Israeli conflict, citing examples of human rights violations by other countries, which he believes to be greater than…

… haveolvend since Oct. 25 -Daily-Allan Winder FAYEZ SAYEGH-Speaking in a jam-packed auditorium with interetsted listeners, Fayez Sayegh, counselor to the Arab delega- tion to the UN, explained the relationship…

… between Arab national- ism and democratic principles. Sayegh Proclaims A rab emocratic By SELMA SAWAYA "Democracy as a form does not yet fully exist in the Arab world, but the spirit of democracy is an…

…-CIO Demands En aerely striving to attain inde- endence of colonial powers, dur- ng the inter-war period, the Arabs ssumed the tasks of social organi- ation at the end of World War II hich had previously been…

… Important The attitude of the Arab states award the two main camps in the ower struggle today, West and ast, can be explained by the atti- tdes of these respective groups 'ward the Arab nationalistic ovement…

…, Sayegh said. Three factors which add up in he argument against the West re that freedom of Arab states as suppressed and their inde- endence was dismembered by Vestern colonialism, and that the donist…

… movement to set up the ate of Israel on Arab territory as carried out under Western uspices, he noted. To the extent to which the West ould infuse the spirit of Western emocracy into dealings with the rab…

… world, to that extent Arab ationalism will veer from its pres- nt course of neutralism and re- urn to its former friendship with he West, eventually joining with he West, he concluded. KENNETH STUART…

…. Financial Aid's 1977 figures, will cost an out-of-state student a permanent job in Michigan. "I was so damn humble. I was praying. I felt like I was at Michigan residency - a used, abused, and sometimes $24…

…-of-state student a chance to tion, entertainment, and medical care, as well as tuition. A marriage certificate, signing a lease, having a Michigander time," admitted Tischler, now a graduate student in social save…

… $9,000 as an undergraduate at the University. But Michigan resident pays only $15,580 - a difference of $9,100. spouse or simply stating that you intend to acquire a work. students must first prove…

…, accor and transplanted themselves firmly and forever in Michigan. said William Grothe, on assistant director of financial aid. student. ding to the residence regulations, proved intent to stay in "I…

… Tischler. major whose application was denied. "They~said I failed to Residency is established on three basis criteria, accor- one is a student. This year, the student is a Michigan establish intent to stay…

… Martin added. ous presence in the state before becoming a student; a state secretary of the appeals committee," Martin said. year, she used her grandparents' Michigan address. Now, "Residency is judged on…

… home, based on the circumstances and facts surrounding a person," gan; "significant connections" if the student once lived in the for and received residency three years ago. The former New the University…

… Another student, considered a Michigan resident by the regulations, approved by the Regents in 1974, offer his office house; a Michigan license for a practicing profession; a long- for a year at Stanger…

… Cairo ta U.N. representatives also in attend- ended in hopes of eventually b ance. the Palestinians and Israe "THE UNITED STATES wants to do Arab neighbors - Syria, Leb all in its power to facilitate such…

… whenever they will also take him to Syria, Lebanon, come we shall be very happ Jordan and Saudi Arabia in an effort to them with us." gain support from Arab leaders for Sa- dat's unprecedented peace…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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