'U' The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 17, 1979-Page 9 quest or state unds begins nued from Page 1) choices have never been very attrac- more viable competitive position with dental insurance program an t bad that other needs in tive." peer institutions or employee groups," economic non-salary request which rhave been recognzied, Interim University President Allan Vice President for Academic Affairs allows a nine per cent inflation factor, asd fuel costs. In the last Smith said the state never gives the Harold Shapairo writes in recommen- and program revision requests amoun- e percentage increase in University the kind of money it ding the figures to the Regents.tingto$3.9 mil sions- s h s flln s ver l oin r n~a tc .,a t nt ho TT" e--, <,f..1..... .. _. ._ ..: .rni > (Conti He said it is no the University such as booksa Sthree years, the t° below the total allocation percentage. Brazer also pointed out that the average instructional salary at Washtenaw Community College is more than in the LSA and several other departments and schools. He said that as faculties with organized groups move ahead of the * University in salary figures, some faculty members may begin to think about bargaining. .THE ISSUE of salaries is something that faculty has always faced at the University, Brazer said. He said there are other ways the faculty could receive increased salaries, but "the reuest, sUa tnatLte university doesn't ask for more than it needs. The budget increase does not allow for a tuition increase. Smith said the state's general philosophy is that students should carry some of the bur- den of budget increases, which is why tuition goes up every year. "I JUST DON'T know what can be done about the tuition," Smith said., In addition to the regular budget requests, a separate request for building and remodeling for the coming fiscal year is $9.1 million. The 11 per cent faculty and staff salary program will permit increases "that should help us begin to reach a "We nave no quarrei witn CESF, Smith said. In his state of the Univer- sity address last week, Smith said he did not believe the state would consider a hike as much as 16 per cent reasonable. "You can justify the (16 per cent) figure. If they (the faculty) get that much they will not be overpaid," Smith added.' He said the 11 per cent figure is likely to be in reach of what the Univer- sity could reasonably expect from the legislature. In addition to the request for salary increases, the extended appropriation provides for a 15.8 per cent increase in1 staff benefits, which includes a new1 ' just -don't know what can be done about the tuition.' -Allan Smith Interim Unirersity President Part of the program revision allot- ment, $1.3 million, is for } a health profession program previously funded by the federal government. Legislature passes bill requiring release of professors' paychecks *1 FRESHLYCUTMEATS I & CHESES at COUNTRYFARM MEATS 1 Maple Rd. at Miller Rd.--995-5885 WITH THIS ADS E K STE AKS CHEESES Sirloin $2.97 lb Bulk Parmesian T-Bone $3.55Ib ± for grating $3.49 lb. Porterhouse $3.59 b I II Colby$2.24b 1 Co Jack $2.34lb AC1hr UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 11 MONTHS + YOU - MBA3 . You fit this equation if you: Li have an excellent academic record. Q are committed to a career in management. L are a liberal arts or science major. L are a mature individual. " are seeking a high-quality AACSB-accredited MBA program. For more information, detach and mail. ------------------ ------- --- -«--- w-----------___---------- Name Address To: Graduate School of Business, Director of Admissions, University of Pittsburgh, 1401 Cathedral of Learning, Pgh., PA 15260 Cl .4 (Continued from Page 1), ,volition, said Earl Schulze, English .professor and Secretary of the Assem- bly. Like most opponents to the bill, Schulze cites invasion of privacy as his major objection. - SOME FACULTY members, on the other hand, said they favored salary disclosure because they thought it would result in a fairer distribution of University funds. They contended that refusal to release salary information is tantamount to a cover-up of salary inequities. Earlier this year Rep. Jerome Hart (D-Saginaw) wrote to all 13 state- supported four-year universities in the state, demanding "individual names, position, titles, and current salary, ex- clusive of fringe benefits." Of these universities, only the University and Michigan Technological University (MTU), refused to provide the information. MTU IS currently involved in a lawsuit in the Grand Rapids Court of Appeals over the issue of salary disclosure. The case arose when negotiators at Northern Michigan University wanted to learn about salaries at MTU for purposes of com- parison, according to an aide in the of- fice of Sen. William Faust (D- Westland), one of the bill's sponsors. Students at MTU found that their university would not release the' requested information and consequen- tly brought suit. If the case is resolved in favor of the students, it would have the same effect on state universities as would Senate Bill 504. The bill did not generate controversy in the state Legislature, according to Rep. Dennis Hertel (D-Detroit), the measure's chief sponsor in the House. "It's one of those bills where no one had anything to say for or against it." THERE WAS only minimal discussion when the bill was approved by the Senate in July. President. Smith said many ad- ministrators believe the issue isn't wor- th fighting about anymore. Smith added he doubts the University will mount any political campaign against the measure. The problems inherent in releasing salary information are complicated by the fact that not all faculty members are paid in the same way, said Olivia Birdsall, executive secretary of the Senate Advisory Committee on Univer- sity Affairs (SACUA). ACCORDING TO Birdsall, some professors receive salaries from the general fund, while others are paid for consultations. Moreover, some or all of certain professors' paychecks come from special funds, she said. For this reason, Birdsall claims that universities who have disclosed salary information "only release certain types of salaries. It's fiction that MSU (Michigan State University) releases salaries," she said. Despite these difficulties, Smith has said that all the requested information is readily available from the University computer system. So if the governor signs Bill 504 into law, those names and numbers are ready for public consum- ption. Lightning can be as important ecologically as rainfall or temperature. The death of a tree struck by lightning can mean life for other things such as insects and birds which are dependent on dead trees. Chinese dissident convicted of treason PEKING (AP) - China's most famous young dissident was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday for giving military secrets to a foreigner and seeking to overthrow the gover- nmnent. -The conviction of 29-year-old magazine editor Wei Jingsheng is to be followed today by the trial of a woman dissident, the next in what' appears to be a series of trials of leaders of last year's "democracy movement." THE NEW defendant, Fu Yuehua, 36, is said to have planned and directed the protest marches of several hundred nien and women who sought redress of grievances dating back to the .1966-69 Cultural Revolution. The charges against her have not been announced. Wei, editor and writer for the magazine Explorations, was convicted in a six-hour trial sure to be studied by many Chinese for clues to the direction Chinese justice is taking in an era of promised greater freedom. The case is being viewed as a test of China's emerging legal,system and tolerance of democracy and dissent. About 700 people jammed into the courtroom of the Intermediate Court to witness the proceedings and although Xinhua, the official news agency, was represented, foreign correspondents were barred. Television cameras were there but the trial was not broadcast yesterday. THE COURT also ruled that after Wei has served his sentence he will be deprived of his political rights for three years. Wei was arrested March 29 and had been held since then without trial or publication of charges against him. Xinhua said during last winter's bor- der war with Vietnam, Wei supplied the unidentified foreigner with the names of commanders of Chinese troops, their number, the number of casualties and battle developments. It said he also wrote many articles agitating for the overthrow of the dic- tatorship of the proletariatand the Communist system. WEE, WHO also is an electrician at the Peking Zoo, acted as his own defen- se counsel, according to Xinhua. The news agency did not report on Wei's defense arguments. One of the accusations against him was that he had written in Explorations that Mao Tse Tung thought Marxism- Leninism "was a prescription only slightly better than medicine peddled by charlatans,".and that the socialist dictatorship of China was "nothing but feudal monarchy disguised as socialism." He urged people to seize power "from these overlords," if the situation continued. Like many other young people, Wei became involved in the season of human rights proclaimed by senior Vice Premier Teng Hsaio-ping last November. In the crackdown that followed, 30 to 40 of the bolder critics were hauled off to prison, identified in surviving publications as the Ancient Virtue Forest No. 1 on the outskirts of Peking, long a place of confinement for revolutionaries. LADIES NIGHT at Second Chance 995-5350 Just for the health of it, Oet moving, America! n Physical Education Publc Information I O 1 61h SI N W WVahr'rq'., U C ?0036 or om"m . mmwwft% i r GRAD STUDENTS: RACKHAM STUDENT GOVT. 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