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4 MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2004 Jewish student stands at controversy’s center RV An A ki . .. BY ADAM RODMAN STAFF WRITER Asa hurricane of controver sy descended on the Palestine Solidarity Movement conference at Duke University this weekend, Rann Bar-On stood alone at the eye. Bar-On, a graduate student at Duke, is an Israeli-born Jew. He also worked for six months to con vince the school to host the PSM, a group that seeks to end the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank through divestment, the economic withdrawal of invest THE Daily Crossword By Philip J. 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From a very early age, his parents took him to political rallies and demonstra tions about the Palestinian issue., “I’ve been going to demonstra tions in Israel since I was 5 years old,” he said. “From then, I had the 12 Scent 13 Part of AARP 21 Bottom line 22 Psychologist May 25 Himalayan peak 26 Limber 27 French sculptor 28 Errand boy 29 Sartre as a student? 30 Kind of mushroom 31 Unwraps 33 Condemns beforehand 34 Anole 36 Like some seals 3 6 10 n 12 13 “ “ “f—Bhr~ “ ~ U ""~ ™ 4 “ — 2l - ■ ™ 25 26 27 ““ 30 31 __ “■■Hi 35 " |36 ' 3b k mF* tt war!? ‘ mrfs ~~ 46 47 48 f" 5.. , f _ ■ ■nj~ r TT - 1 fc - _ ■- ~ From Page One idea of coexistence.” His parents continue to be sup portive of his activism. “They’ve been wonderful,” he said. Asa young man, Bar-On trav elled to a number of Arab vil lages and saw the conditions in which the Palestians were living. “I asked myself, ‘Where are all the kids? Why are we not living together?’” But he didn’t start thinking about a specific solution to the Israeli occupation until his family moved to Botswana when he was (C)2004 Tribune Media Sendees, Inc. AH rights reserved 37 Moby Dick, for exam ple 42 Drinking spree 43 Additional emcee 44 River of Rouen 45 Cubic meter 46 Speaker of baseball 47 Mandlikova of tennis 48 Abba of Israel 49 Greek letter grp. 50 Concerning 51 Norse goddess of fate 52 Cicero's being 13. There he saw firsthand the end of the apartheid regime in South Africa, which had been toppled, in part, by Western divestment. He immediately drew a connec tion between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the situation in South Africa. “I saw how similar they were,” he said. “It was the same thing between blacks and whites.” Bar-On’s experiences are one of his biggest assets to the PSM, Sbaihat said. “He’s one of the few people with first-hand experience of both,” Sbaihat said. He can really understand what apartheid is.” Bar-On didn’t specifically get involved with divestment issues until he was an undergraduate at University of Warwick in England. Returning from a trip back home, he said, he was angered by the poor living conditions of the Palestinians. These conditions influenced Bar- On to join the PSM. Asa Jew, Bar-On disagrees with the idea that the PSM is anti- Semitic. “In this country, every anti-Israeli criticism is considered anti-Semitic,” he said. About one-third of the PSM’s membership is Jewish and another third is Palestinian, said Sbaihat. Bar-On said he might be work ing to end the Israeli occupation for a long time. Divestment in South Africa took more than 20 years, and divestment against Israel is just getting off its feet, though he said he hopes faster means of com munication like the Internet will speed the processes. “I hope I will see (the end of the occupation). I hope to see the end of the violence,” he said. In the meantime, Bar-On plans to be an activist for life. He said he would like to continue working toward divestment in Israel and to work with the PSM after gradua tion. “I feel I have a moral and ethical duty for activism,” he said. Contact the Features Editor atfeatures@unc.edu. FILE-SHARING FROM P/VGE 1 Technology Services an idea of what to expect from the program. “We hope to learn enough from that project to be able to offer pro duction services next fall, similar to the way there’s a (Carolina Wireless Initiative) pilot project,” she said. Megan Bell, interim assistant vice chancellor for communications, said she does not anticipate that the pro gram will cause network problems. “There will be no meaning ful difference that anyone would notice,” she said. “The network would be monitored throughout the entire pilot.” "Heels" at FREEDeliveiy Outdn Patio On Campos! Fish Fry Wings 104 Hwy 54 (Carrboro Plaza). Carrboro 942.0089 • www.unclecharliesseafood.com Check out our complete menu online "ir FREE order of mozzarella sticks nriim | with any 20 piece chicken wing order. U liJ Uo I X FREE gallon of iced tea or soda | £ < •"j with any TWO dinner orders. Oiitib U 5 Ichoice of flounder, cod, whitefish, catfish} r Cut and save Cut and save- Cut and save otjBSBSBD Hooker 5k Saturday, October 23 • Carmichael Auditorium Race Starts 9am ~ Race Day Registration Bam Register now at the Pit or in the CAA office, 3508 C Union $lO registration fee includes T-shirt www.unc.edu/caa VOTING FROM P A GE 1 UNC ONE Card to vote. Amon Anderson, chairman of Vote Carolina, said he hopes the planetarium will be a convenient location for students to vote. “Whereas on voting day the polling places aren’t conveniently located for someone who lives in Hinton James who has to go down Mason Farm Road, you walk right by Morehead going to Franklin Street or class,” Anderson said. KEITH FROM PAGE 1 After a series of informal meet ings between CAA cabinet mem bers and student officials this semester, a summit meeting of sorts was held during the week before Keith’s resignation to clear up a list of allegations. Problems student government brought to the table included mis management of the homecoming concert, of the CAA budget and of basketball ticket distribution. Keith allowed that the CAA has “taken a few tough knocks” this year but attributed much of the problem to people’s not knowing exactly what the association’s job is. He stressed that his resignation was unrelated to the criticisms. Calabria and Student Body Vice President Alexa Kleysteuber said Wednesday that one of the agree ments made during the summit was that the SBP should have greater oversight of the CAA president. “This (would be) helpful so that the CAA president would feel more attached, included, informed, responsible all those things," Kleysteuber said, adding that she hopes the new president will keep the lines of communication open. Strunk said she hopes future conversation will help further define details of the CAAs role and regulations. “The CAA has had a lot of little struggles this year, but we’ve come together as a team.” Contact the Projects Team at mbhanson@email.unc.edu. Smythe said the project is excit ing. “It will give people a legal way to be able to get the music they’re interested in,” she said. “Hopefully, it will be a win-win for everybody.” Warner also expressed optimism about the project and said there will be efforts to educate students on copyright infringement as well. “It just seems to me like a really good way to not only protect our population, but also get back to our academic mission of educating students,” he said. “You can’t work with (the project) this much and not get excited about it.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. Ulljp ioily (Bar Urrl Campus leaders said they hope this morning’s event will highlight the importance of getting to the polls. “It’s not just our civic duty,” Calabria said. “Especially in such a tight elec tion, it’s something that really matters. It matters about how stu dents are treated and the kind of consideration and respect students receive in our community and in the country.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. FAIR FROM PAGE 1 comes from.... They’ve never seen a peanut plant; they’ve never seen a cotton plant.” Outside the fairgrounds, Glass said, urban North Carolinians can experience farm life through agrito urism. People can go to farms across the state for strawberry picking and Christmas tree cutting. Farmers also sell products such as wine or pre serves derived from their harvests. Glass said such sales are one way farmers supplement their income. “Farmers have been making less and less money,” she said. “They may have had the land for five or six generations, and they want to stay on their family farm.” But with more and more small family farms in the state succumb ing to corporate agribusinesses, 4-H and livestock shows could become things of the past. “These things I’m doing with my grandchildren are things they’ll enjoy doing,” Jenks said. “They’re things they’ll never forget, and nei ther will I.” The State Fair will run through Sunday night. The grounds are open from 8 a.m. until midnight. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. CONFERENCE FROM PAGE 1 ers stood in silence then abruptly started chanting and performing an Arabic celebration dance. Brewing tension Controversy surrounding the PSM surfaced in August, when it was announced that the conference would take place at Duke. Despite protest from on- and off-campus organizations includ ing an online petition with 90,000 signatures Duke officials refiised to cancel the conference, saying that because organizers followed proce dure, they would not stop the event. Still, the weekend remained peaceful. Students across campus held demonstrations, including an event last week by Chabad, the school’s Jewish organization, which featured the display of a bombed-out bus. The Freeman Center for Jewish Life also held a counterconference. A three-day event During the course of the confer ence, several panels were held to discuss the ongoing conflict over Israeli and Palestinian borders. Each panel discussion ended with a question-and-answer session where Bar-On said dialogue was encouraged regardless of point of view. “We want people to engage in debate instead of screaming at us.” But when two men voiced oppos ing opinions, they were quickly asked to hurry with their questions or take their seats. Bob Dickman, a 1969 Duke graduate from Burbank, Calif., stood up Friday to ask about the Israeli view, but was met with some opposition. “I feel they are basically endorsing terrorism,” he said before the conference. “I want to present another side of the issue.” On Sunday, Rick Dorfman, a stu dent at Rutgers University School of Law-Camden, asked panelists to condemn the violence. But when he tried to discuss the issue, three men blocked him from the microphone and asked him to have a seat. But for the most part, discussions stuck to the overreaching theme of the weekend: divestment. As the situation worsens, Palestinians continue to suffer human rights abuses at the hands of Israelis, said Diana Buttu, a legal adviser for the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Buttu also discussed the International Court of Justice’s rul ing that the Israeli security wall is illegal and that construction should cease. She added that Israelis do not view Palestinians as equal, and that Palestinian homes and businesses are being destroyed to make way. “It’s not just a system of apart heid discrimination,” Buttu said. “It’s a system of trying to get rid of Palestinians in those areas while taking as much land as possible.” There also were discussions about the history of the U.S. role in the conflict. Most other events associated with the conference were closed to the public. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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