Page 2-Wednesday, February 21, 19 .q -5 rr R. SG mee yT a ovex the deci "1 pen add «gra mar spra TE Dai ,-.con "cov the A] Eric fron tee sai posi idea MSA hears 979-The Michigan Daily 'U' Cellar employees' complaints (continued from Page 1) from his postion was presented to the - , -Assembly. angement. Toley also said that R- In other action, the Assembly passed would discuss the issue at their next a resolution put forward by the Infant eting. Formula Action Coaliton (INFACT) to OLLEY ALSO expressed concern boycott Nestle's products. Larry r tenure, particularly concerning Pedersen of INFACT presented the processes involved in tenure resolution, discussing their plans to go ision-making. to dorm councils to get approval for a What happened to Joel Samoff hap- referendum boycotting the products. ed to many others," Tolley said, and Members of the Palestinian Human ressed the general concerns of Rights Campaign also presented a duate students entering thejob resolution condemning the actions of rket and the unfairness of tenure the Israeli government for hindering ctices in general. academic freedom at Bir Zeit Univer- olley also brought up The Michigan sity on the West Bank. ly in his discussion and expressed After some discussion on the issue, cern over the amount of University Assembly members decided to refer a erage and talked about providing resolution to an ah hoc MSA committee newspaper free to all students. which could further explore the issues Iso at the meeting, MSA President involving academic freedom restric- c Arnson read a resignation letter tions at the only Arab university on the m MSA Budget Priorities Commit- West Bank. Most Assembly members (BPC) member Jeff Coleman, who thought both sides of the issue needed to d in the letter he resigned° his be explored before they made a move, ition because of what he felt were although some expressed a desire to as which conflicted with those of the reject the resolution completely. Mirrors The glass doors of ministration building a reflecting surface wintry scene. the ad- provide for the BPC. Two weeks ago, Coleman complained there was a misproportionment of fun- ds which went to minority groups, to which Assembly members responded negatively. Last week, a proposal to ask Coleman to resign, or be removed Join the Farts Staff ... .ily Photo by PAM MARKS A JEW SPEAKS OUT An Evening With MEIR(Michel) ABEHSERA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1979 MICHIGAN UNION, Pendleton Room- 8:00 PM Dial 9 LEARN or 769-3078 Come and hear a thirty year odyssey spanning three continents, from the mystics of Morroco, the Sorbonne in Paris, despair in America. From Zen to Chasidus, Meir Abehsero is a ture light to every thirsting and want-filled soul. COME AND EXPERIENCE ABEHSERA The Jew is a seeker. ABEHSERA . . macrobiotic ABEHSERA. . . writer ABEHSERA.. . artist ABEHSERA. . . doctor ABEHSERA has returned to his roots. Meir (Michel) Abehsero, Moroccan born, Paris educated, Meir Abehsera's first book on macrobiotics cooking enjoyed a first paperback printing of 100,000 copies. Now he reconciles his art with his Judaism. ELECTION DIRECTORS NEEDED To organize and operate the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) elections of 'April 2-3-4. Requires one month of preparation. Experience helpful. Paid position by contract. Nursing S( By RON BENSCHOTER An unexpected cut in federal funding has sent University Nursing School Dean Mary Lohr to Washington D.C. in an attempt to get the funds reinstituted. The cut amounts to $1,037,359, or ap- proximatelymone third of the nursing school's budget. Lohr and Lorraine Fischer, Dean of nursing at Wayne State University,, are meeting with U.S. Michigan Senators Donald Riegle and Carl Levin as well as other members of Congress in an attempt to get a new Nurse Training Act introduced in this session of Congress. LOHR SAID that speed is important because funds are running out and cut- backs will hit University nursing programs in a few weeks unless aid is forthcoming. The funding cutbacks are expected to virtually wipe out master degree programs, programs in parent child nursing, community health, psychiatric nursing, and programs for pediatric nurse practitioners.- In additionto program cuts, the shor- tage in funds will eliminate an estimated $300,000 in allocated scholar- ships, traineeships, and loans and gran- ts to University nursing students. LOHR SAID the programs are designed to help alleviate the shortage by providing highly trained personnel in all areas that they are needed. The action taken by President Carter last November eliminated the Nurse Training Act passed by Congress and slashed funding in this area from $120 million annually to a proposed level of $14 million in 1980. Lohr said, "Whathdoes not make sense to us is that this country has a well-documented shortage of nurses." Lohr added, "This can be seen in our own hospital and in others around this state and all over the country." LOHR SPECULATED that the cut- back would result in the eventual decrease in graduating nurses and less attention to patients by fewer over- worked nurses. Professor Philip Kalisch, a Univer- sity School of Nursing researcher who studies nurse staffing, said the cut- backs would intensify existing. problems in health care and cripple new programs designed to contain skyrocketing health care costs. Kalisch also noted that the quality of overall nursing care will unavoidably deteriorate. The ratio of Registered rhool to face extensive budget cut Nurses to licensed practical nurses ant aides is already critically low and will drop even further. UNIVERSITY Hospital is the first university-owned and' operated teaching hospital in the country and has in recent months come under criticism for being overwhelmingly inefficient. One University Hospital nurse recen- tly said, "When you are short of staff, you are always being pushed, and con- sequently you don't feel like you are doing as good a job as you could'." Another problem the hospital faces is the extremely high, turnover rate of nursing staff. Each year 50-70 per cent of the staff leave their hospital jobs, and 'U' Hospital expects acute problems if the supplyof trained nurses decreases further. Meany won 'tquit AFL-CIO SAL HARBOR, Fla. (AP)-AFL- CIO President George Meany brushed aside suggestions that he retire and an- nounced yesterday that he is mobilizing federation members to blow the whistle on .companies that exceed President Carter's anti-inflation priceguidelines. Meany also vowed to continue to ,criticize Carter's policies when organized labor disagrees with them. He denied that his attacks signify a break with the president and said he and Carter had a pleasant.conversation on Monday. The closer you get .. - -- ... the better we look. 764-0558 Apply 3909 Michigan Union, 9- 5 daily Deadline February21, 1979 Meany still alive and well THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN "I THINK HE (Carter) makes some mistakes, and frankly, I will continue to comment on those mistakes," Meany said, adding, "The president doesn't seem to be upset about it." Meany said he had promised to help monitor violations of the . price guidelines. Meany said Carter had called the labor leader to ask for the federation's help, and that Carter thought the AFL-CIO's plan to create a national price watchdog network was ery good." Meany spoke to reporters after the AFL-CIO leadership completed another session of its annual week-long winter meeting here. HE SAID continued sharp rises in the' price of food, housing and other necessities prove that Carter's volun- tary program of wage-price guidelines is not working. Meany said he hoped that price monitoring reports submitted by AFL CIO's' 13.5 million members will con- Vince the administration that the program should be replaced by man- datory wage-price controls. The AFL-CIO contends that under a voluntary program, businesses would hold down wage increases but not price increases. As a result, the federation predicts that inflation this year will ex ceed the 9 per cent rate set last year. RADIATION AND IQ PERRY, Ohio (AP)-Poor scores on college entrance examinations and low IQs may by partially a result of the' atomic testing after World War II and its radioactive fallout, a physicist says. Dr. Ernest Sternglass University of' Pittsburgh School of Medicine professor of radiation pyhsics, told p nuclear-power conference at Lakeland" Community, College recently that widespread atomic testing in the 1950s and early 1960s contributed to the fact that Johnny can't read now. "The drop in levels of students' ability to read and write is correlated to' the fallout at that time,"Sternglass said. Children both in 1965 and later will show higher scores on national tests sand IQs,he said. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXIX, No. 119 Wednesday. February 21, 1979 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage is paid at Ann "Arbor, Michigan 48109. 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