Election '94 The Candidate Their Issues Their Proposals COMPILED BY JENNIFER FINER Party: Libertarian Complete privatization of the educational sys- tem and vouchers. Occupation: Private practice physician Residence: Grand Rapids Name: Gumecindo Salas Party: Democrat A. Special education. B. Funding for schools. C. Adult education. Residence: East Lansing Name: Carol Thomas Party: Democrat Residence: Southfield Name: Sharon Wise A. Address challenges of changing technological age. B. Providing teach- ers with tools to im- prove their skills. A. Improving the quality of educ,ation. B. Teach- ing students to com- pete. Party: Republican Occupation: Party: Libertarian Occupation: Video State Board of Education* Name: Erwin J. Haas Name: Emily H. Salvette Business owner Residence: Owosso The complete privatization of the educational system. An intermedi- ate step would be a voucher sys- tem, allowing parents and students free choice of where they will spend "their" educational dollars. A. Continue to seek more effective ways to educate those needing special education programs. B. Fight so all schools receive suffi- cient funds to maintain a quality school program. C. Ensure all who need additional education will have the opportunity. A. Actively seek improvements, welcome change and constantly strive for higher standards. B. Build educational bridges beyond school fences and establish com- munication links and coalitions be- tween teachers. A. Supports schools of choice, merit pay for teachers, support for classroom teachers, charter schools, voluntary prayer and bringing new technology to class- rooms. B. Give young people skills they need to compete in today's job market and global economy. A. Serve students and faculty. B. Change speech code. C. Keep costs down. A. The university's first commit- ment should be to learning, not perpetuating itself as a bureaucra- cy. B. As with past speech codes, the current conduct code and the Diag policy limit the rights of stu- dents. Repeal them. C. Decrease the high ratio of administrators to teachers. Develop the model uni- versity for the nation and world to follow. Continue providing the university with the excitement. energy level and resources to continue its transformation to better serve a rapidly changing society. We must continue our commitment to the achievement of an environment that nourishes and sustains diver- sity. production company owner Residence: Ann Arbor Name: James L. Waters Party: Democrat Occupation: Senior director of law firm Residence: Muskegon Michigan State University Board of Trustees** Enhance MSU's and Name: Don Nugent grant philosophy of re- Party: Republican search and education. Occupation: Fruit grower and food processor Residence: Frankfort Name: Colleen McNamara Party: Democrat Occupation: Executive director of Michigan Cable Television Association Residence: Lansing Name: Paul Wartner Party: Republican Continue to be a leader among our nations land-grant universities and remain true to its founding mission of accessibility and the extension of knowledge to all citizens of Michigan. A. Make better use of technology. B. Make college more afford- able. A. Technology to serve students and to extend the classrooms to homes and businesses. B. Ensure parents don't have to mortgage their retirement to pay for tuition and provide a greater variety of tu- ition funding. A. Funding. B. Give parents a voice. A. Make quality and funding of MSU a top priority. B. Ensure par- ents have a voice on issues such as campus safety, tuition costs and quality of instruction. Occupation: Retiring state senator Residence: Portage * No response from Candidates Claris quart aid David H. Raaflaub. d not be reached. Rebecca Jo Flora and Selina Michigan Board of Regents Name: Gary R. Bradley Party: Libertarian Occupation: Independent businessman Residence: St. Johns Name: Andrea Fischer Party: Republican Wayne State University Board of Governors*** A. Decrease the univer- sity reliance on state funds. B. Re-emphasize the teaching function. C. insure forums are open. A. Concentrate on increasing the use of endowments. B. Make teaching ability as important in tenure decisions as research abili- ty. C. Academic forums open to debate from all viewpoints, rather than the present emphasis on po- litical correctness and speech codes. Highest priority— re- view university's overall financial situation. A. Explore means by which the university could keep costs in check and tuition at reasonable lev- els, including privatization, fewer layers of administration and in- creased time for professors teach- ing undergraduates. Occupation: Principal at Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone Residence: Birmingham ** No response from candidates Benjamin Bachrach, Joel Ferguson and Mary J. Ruwart. Kristen Hamel could not be reached. Name: Alan Amen Party: Democrat Occupation: Executive director of financial aid for C.S. Mott Community College Residence: Dearbom Heights Name: Diane Dunaskiss Party: Republican THE DETR OIT 32 Party: Republican Occupation: Insurance company partner Residence: Grand Haven A. Support for new de- velopments. B. Against U-M speech code and domestic partnership is- sue. A. Focus efforts on maintaining the academic excellence while provid- ing support for new developments and heightened technology. B. Against providing benefits to same-sex partners of U-M faculty and staff. * No response from Candidate Paul .Brown. Kevin Carey and William Quarton could not be reached. Outlines three goals to accomplish as WSU governor Maintain excellence in education at Wayne State, restore the urban campus and create a values-based education system that will ensure every student learns the skills nec- essary for success in today's job market. A.University funding. B.Sever the tie be- tween government and some economic functions of the school. A. Seek funding of educational ac- tivity through partnership with business. B. "When government becomes involved in the perfor- mance of some economic func- tions, it treads where it shouldn't." Occupation: Special education teacher Residence: Lake Orion Name: Brain Richard Wright Name: Dan Horning A. A shuttle to take students to their cars, which can be parked blocks away, at night. B. Compared to other state universities, WSU has the smallest endowment fund. Party: Libertarian Occupation: Technical writer for a software company Residence: Farmington Hills *** Candidate Leon Atchison could not be reached. Thomas W. Jones would not participate. No response from Edward Haroutunian.