g & 4 S I p U , T y 44 0 student covernment council rebecca schenk, jerry rosenblatt In order to achieve an atmosphere of cooperation and to reach the indivi- dual and collective needs of different constituencies on this campus, the polity of community control must be instituted. The community being defined as those whose lives are directly involved in the policies of this University. The program outlined below is what we believe will hasten the achievement of this goal. 1. The success of OSS Policy Board in reorganizing the Office of Student. Services shows the feasibility of such boards. By extending the same po- licy to the offices of the other Vice Presidents the decisions of the University will be in the hands of the University Community. Further- more, these boards must be recognized by the Regents to have legitimate decision-making power. 2. An end to all classified research with the establishment of a commit- tee composed of students, academic and non-academic employees which will review all research proposals. The basic guidelines that will be used are (a) no classified research, (b) no research which directly or indir- ectly leads to the death or incapacitation of human beings, (c) no re- search which would be detrimental to the ecology of the world, and (d) no research that falls in the category of social control. 3. The lack of representation on SGC of graduate students has led to an information gap between council and this segment of the University com- munity. Because of this gap, council has been unable to relate to grad- uate student's problems. We believe that our presidential slate which includes a graduate student and an undergraduate, is more fully repre- sentative of the entire University population. Vice President Smith has prepared a policy statement to define all questions on the position of teaching fellow. This statement ignores all aspects of due process, and prevents any input from the teaching fellows. We join with the teaching fellows in condemning this document, and call for the establishment of a strong Teaching Fellows Association to organize to control their lives and bargain with the University. 4. Students from all the schools on campus are not represented on SGC and as a result, the views of the entire student body are not heard. We would like to see a body made up of one representative from each school together with the SGC president and vice-president to work along with SGC. 5. We see the plan of a Committee for a Permanent Judiciary as an excel- lent example of community cooperation, and as a very good plan for a University Judiciary. We believe that the Regents should approve it with no changes. We would find any changes such as majority rather than un- amity on verdict totally unacceptable. 6. Ratification of the People's Peace Treaty is an excellent way for the students of the University of Michigan to show solidarity with the anti- war movement in the USA and Vietnam. Enforcement of thetTreaty can be achieved by the elimination of research which supports the war effort in Southeast Asia. 7. We call for an SGC funded commission to study the policies of the Ad- mission and Financial Aid departments of all the Schools and Colleges to determine whether there exists policies which are discriminatory to women. 8. With the additional funds that the funding proposal would provide we would like to see an expansion of student initiated services in the areas of: (a) a published university-wide guide to the professors and their courses based on student questionnaires, (b) a child-care center, (c) a food co-op, (d) a more extensive and professionalized newsletter of all SGC activities, (e) hiring a lawyer to defend student rights, such as the right to attend all regents meetings, and (f) a look into the possibility of SGC sponsored low-cost housing. marty scott MARTY SCOTT is the current president of Student GovernmentdCouncil. He is a junior in the Residential College. TIBURCIO VASQUEZ is the president of ChicanosLat Michigan. He is a sopho- more in LS&A. The ISSUES After carefully examining the political, social, and economic aspects of the University of Michigan and the sur- rounding community, we consider the following to be essential priorities for the Uiversity and for Student Government Council. 1. MINORITIES -TheUniversity must completely im- plement the BAM demands. -Extensive increases of both facili- ties and personnel must be made in the area of supportive services. -Additional recruiters and money for recruitment programs must be pro- vided by tie University. 2. WOMEN -There must be an immediate end to sexual discrimination in hiring, promotion, and salary of faculty and staff, in admission of students, and in dormitory regulations. -The University must provide low in- terest loans for abortion and re- lated areas of birth control. -A day care center for the children of staff, faculty,and students must be established and financed by the University. 3. RESEARCH, RECRUITING, and ROTC -Classified and unclassified military research, military recruiting and ROTC must be removed from the Uni- versity. -We oppose the recruiting on campus by corporations which continue to support the war, exploit the people of other countries, or discriminate in their hiring pratices, either sexually or racially. 4.. STUDENT DECISION MAKING -The existing policy boards in the Office of Student Services must be strengthened. -New policy boards should be created to make many of the other decisions which affect students. -Dorm and house policies should be made by those whom they affect. -Significant student input must be a part of budgetary decision making at all levels. 5. STUDENT GOVERNMENTS -SGC should work to increase communi- cation and cooperation between school and college student governments..: -Input should be increasingly solici- ted by SGC from school and college student governments when consider- Election HOW THE "TRANSFERABLE BALLOT" FOR PRESIDENT WORKS When more than two candidates are running for one office there is the possibility of electing a "minority" candi- date to that office. Also, the voter is often presented with the dilemna of not wanting to "waste" his vote for his real first choice, because his second choice (who ma be perceived of as being stronger than his first choice) might then lose to the third candidate. The ideal solution to this problem is to hold a series o run-off elections--eliminating at each stage the candi- dates with least support, until one candidate emerges with a majority of those still voting at some stage of the run-offs. The practical way to implement this in on election, without run-offs, is to allow the voter to ex- press all his preferences on one ballot in the election. Under the transferrable ballot system for one office, ea voter may vote "1" for his first choice, "2" for his sec ond choice, etc. If a candidate receives a majority of the first choice votes, he is elected. If no candidate receives this majority, the candidate with fewest first choice votes is eliminated from consideration, and the next choices of those voters voting for him are counted. This process of elimination and redistribution of votes continues until one candidate receives support from a majority of the voters still expressing a choice. Thus, if you favor only one candidate, vote~"1" only for that candidate. If you favor one candidate, but have a preference among the other candidates, vote "1" for your first choice, and "2" for your second choice. HOW THE "LIMITED VOTE" SYSTEM FOR COUNCIL WORKS Seven SGC seats will be filled in this election. Under the Limited Vote System for voting for Council, each voter may cast 5 (or fewer) votes. The purpose of this Limited Vote System is to assure minority representation as well as majority rule in the election of council seat I nformatio If each voter had a full 7 votes, a maj of the electorate could fill all 7 seat! representation to the choices of other Of the 11 voting SGC seats, 5 are n( the Spring, and 6 in the Fall. This sp y half-year vacancies being filled in add 5 seats. BOARD ELECTIONS The all-campus ballot will include a sec f election of 3 boards. Candidates for 1 seat on the Board in Cc collegiate Athletics are Rose Berstein, e Jim Ledger, Elliot Legow, David F. R. Mi Lamar Smith, and Roger H. Griffis. Candidates for the 1 Undergraduate seat ch Contol of Student Publications are Char] Katzman, Richard Ross, and Bob Schwartz, uate Seat: Brian Lang. Candidates for the 1 dale seat on the Ac on Recreation, Intramurals,and Club Spc ter, James Epstein, Roger Griffis. For Rose Sue Berstein LSA ELECTION LSA Student Government will be conductir tion for its president, vice-president, current with the all-campus election. ( may vote. For information, contact LSA ment Elections Director. RACKHAM ELECTION There will also be a separate election, students only, on whether to form a Rac and to elect president, vice-president ts. information, contact Rackham Elections I people's coalition (cont'd) THE PEOPLE'S PEACE TREATY The Vietnamese people stress that they are at war with the American government and not the American people. To this end, they have negotiated a peoples to peoples peace treaty. We support this concept inherent in the People's Peace Treaty-a treaty between peoples. Our efforts on council will be directed toward enforcing the Treaty at this University. We will persist in these efforts until the University's ear involvement ceases, until the Regents sign the People's Peace Treaty and offer an affirmative action plan for its implementation. For years, this University has been active in helping "contain" native insurgency movements whose only "crimes" have been their desire for self-determination. It has sent teams of people into Thailand to study counter- insurgency techniques and now trains future South Viet- namese army officers in the ROTC building. It has developed better patrol craft for the Mekong River and now has researchers working on "New Agents for Parasitic Infection" for the U.S. Army. The People's Coalition considers the classified and military research done at this University as not in the best interests of either the University or the world community; it goes against the grain of history. We propose that such research and ROTC be ended immediately, that the People's Peace Treaty be enforced at the University of Michigan. All students should vote on 30-31 March on the referenda against classified and tmilitary research and in favor of the People's Peace Treaty. STUDENT RIGHTS The administration of the University of Michigan has repeatedly refused to give students any significant role in decision making. The People's Coalition will work toward establishing policy boards in offices of all Vice-Presidents to alleviate this problem. They will be similar to the one now working in the office of Student Services. Further, we urge the Regents to adopt the proposal of the Judiciary Committee to replace the Interim Rules 2 which violate the Constitutional rights of students. Regental criticism of the Judiciary proposal is unfounded and shows a fear on the part of the RegE students a representative voice in the The University must also place studer admission with full voting privileges. input is non-existent. Students on admi assure equitable admissions and enforce admissions policies. We strongly believe that the Regents should open their meetings to all studer in accord with state law. All other Uni must be opened to students to ensure de( their lives not be hidden behind closed versity should accept the dictates of a referendum on building low cost housing This housing would be federally funded immediately accepted by the Regents in 1 been presented. We propose that a lawyer be retained ment Council to protect the interests ai rights of students against infringement ORGANIZING PART-TIME STUDENT WORKERS Wages of students are abysmally low no benefits. The situation must change part-time student employees, not just t time, should be organized into a local Government Council should take responsi up this separate bargaining unit and fo State Labor Board for recognition. Uni on a sliding scale (one hour's wages/mo UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY RELATIONS The University has a responsibility,- Arbor community. Since the existence o necessitates a community of captive con cost housing, food and drugs should be co-op and shuttle services to off-campu necessary. Joint university-community should be established to free women in their own way of life. The night schoo and improved for the benefit of all peo Arbor community. 76-GUIDE should be ex voluntary basis if necessary to insure for people in this community.