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February 13, 2009 3 JJt Students visit-Israel despite Gaza conflict BY BRIAN ANDERSON and arrived in Israel on Jan. 6: However, her Executive, Editor group was not near Gaza, the area of conflict, On Dec. 27, Israeli forces began airstrikes and was not in any immediate danger. on Hamas targets throughout Gaza after a For Israelis, the conflict in ·Gaza is some­ ceasefrre had been broken 10 days prior. thing they ilre used to . and a~ce~t, she: said. Despite the escalated conflict that lasted until Ho.wever, people go about theIr lIves' wIthout Jan. 18, some university students went to fear ifthey are not in the range of Ham as rock­ Israel through Birthright. ets. Birthright is a Jewish organization that One reason she felt so safe, Gordon said, , sponsors free trips, to Israel for Jewish young was because eight Israeli soldiers joined her adults. More than 190;000 people have partic­ group during the trip, a common feature of ipated in Birthright trips since 2000. Birthright experience. Melissa Gordon; a senior communication "It wasn't as nerve racking when you had major, went to Israel with Rabbi Eliezer four women and four men show up in uni­ Photos courtesy of Melissa Gordon Sneiderman of Chabad, a Jewish student form," Gordon said. Students who traveled to Israel emerge from the Dead Sea covered in mud. organization at the university. Israeli men and women are required to Gordon left the United States on Jan. 5 join the military after turning 18. Gordon said . the troops she was was in no harm. Her group was supposed to be locals talked about issues that might not have with helped , on a border tour of Lebanon that day. Gordon normally been brought up in times of relative . relieve some of said it would have been ironic if they went on peace. her stress.' the border tour of Lebanon as Hezbollah, a Some students had concerns before they !'They took such group located in Lebanon, bombed Israel. left, Blum said, but once they arrived in Israel, good ,'care ' of us However, they cancelled the tour and they felt safe and were happy to be in Israel. In that YQU weren't "went about our day." She said the fighting in fact, 15 students stayed after the trip was com­ even' aware there Gaza did not affect her trip, and the only plete. was a war going change was the cancellation of the border tour. "Of our 37 people, 15 felt haptsy enough on at all," she Michael Blum, program director at the there to stick around by themselves or with said. "We were Kristol Center for Jewish Life on campus, their friends, but not with a guided tour," nowhere near the takes university students on Birthright trips Blum said. conflict. They every winter and summer, which is usually Senior Ben Capon said upon arriving in kept us very when most Birthright trips take place. This Israel, he was surprised to see guards with safe." winter was his fourth trip to Israel as a staff rifles everywhere he went. However, he got Gordon said one member. used to it and said he felt safer there than he of the only scary Blum said everyone in Israel is concerned does in the United States. moments of her for the Birthright trips, including governmen­ Capon said because the Israeli Defense trip was while she tal and non-governmental organizations. He Force is one of best in world, they have in­ was in Golan said he has never felt unsafe taking students or depth knoweldge about Hamas and their capa­ Heights, near the he would not take them. bilities. That information gets passed to Lebanese border, He said it would be possible for the uni­ Birthright representatives, who make sure the when Hezbollah versity Jewish community to cancel a trips are safe. launched rockets Birthright trip if students did not feel safe, but , "It's safe," Capon said. "It's not one of into Israel. it has never done so. our concerns." "It wasn't as dan­ "I don't think there's a safer way to trav­ Capon went on Birthright with Blum and gerous, but we at el probably anywhere, but certainly in Israel, said they were nowhere close to the 20-mile one point were 30 than Birthright." Blum said. "Their safety is radius the Hamas rockets are capable of hit­ miles from rock­ hardcore." . ting. Therefore, he felt safe knowing he could ets," she said. Blum said Israelis elsewhere go to work not be attacked and compared the situation "We were ' on and continue to live with little fear for their with Newark. lockdown for a own safety outside the 20 miles, the range of "I can't throw a rock all the way down few days." Hamas rockets. Main Street, so you wouldn't be worried about Due io the very He,said the conflict did not affect the trip getting hit if you were on North College right Birthright travelers felt safe even though conflict in Gaza escalated mountainous ter­ he led, but might have inspired more interest­ now," he said. "There's really nothing to , worry about." during early January. rain, however, she ing conversations between the students and the "local peopfe. Both the students and the Newark raises parking meter prices T~m Apple to'stay BY ELISA LALA Starbucks on Main Street, said park­ City Desk Editor ing is already a huge problem in Newark parking meter rates Newark. as dean of college were increased 50 cents per hour, to "We have a free lot behind our $1.25, on Feb. 2. business," .she said. "however, non­ BY KAITLYN KlLMETIS Newark Mayor Vance A. Funk Starbucks customers illegally take up Senior News Reporter m said one goal of the increase is to those spots." Tom Apple, dean of the College of Arts and encourage drivers to park in the city's The meter increase will most Sciences, will not be leaving his current position at lots, which will help determine if the likely hurt the business, Rogin said. the university to serve as provost at Auburn city receives enough revenue from its "People aren't going to want to University. lots to eventually build a parking . pay that much just to run in the store An article posted Feb. 2 on the Auburn garage behind the Galleria on Main and grab a coffee," she said. University official ' Web site reported Mary Ellen Street. The cost to park in the Pay-to­ Funk said the city did have Main Mazey of West Virginia University has been chosen to Use Parking Lots in Newark is $1 per Street businesses that strive on the fill the position effective Feb. 15. hour. morning hours' turnover rate in mind ' Apple, who has served as dean of the College of Councihnan Ezra Temko, 5th ~hen making changes to meter park­ Arts and Sciences and a professor of chemistry and Pistrict, said he voted against the mg. biochemistry at the university ,since 2005, was named mcrease. Temko said he believes parking one of three finalists for the position in November.