m __ --f $ A F s student government council rackham student governr president and vice-presi YSA Young Socialist Alliance I pe n alexander b. galvin president penny hudis vice- president ;;;:u: 'sj "fi .:{. St: : '. i ij: :::Y ' Joel silverstein barb goldman jay hack arlene griffin Laurie ellias University policy must be determined by the entire university commun- ity. It cannot be determined solely by a group of eight regents, a body distant and insensitive to those whom they affect. No longer can the University exist as an institution immune from the problems of the rest of society; it must be a bastion for radical and progressive thought and action. SEXUAL OPPRESSION The sexism found in this society reaches into every facet of its operation. Although the members of our group have not experienced all forms of sexist oppression, especially the kind of oppression perpetrated on the gay community, we can speak as individuals who believe that all forms of sexist discrimination at this university must be stopped. The HEW report has been filed. It is essentially a 9-point program insuring that hiring of women will no longer be discriminatory. The report recognizes the need for this University to place women on all vital committees. For the total instructoral staff there is a planned increase of only 4%. For the total professional and administrative staff, there will be a decrease of 5%. The report does not make mention of the discriminatory practices of the University's admissions office. Neither does it mention discriminatory channeling of women into specific "domestic-type" fields. The admission percentage of women at the University had dropped from 39% in 1969, to 36% in 1970. It appears certain that men are preferred over women in admission qualifications. The admissions office has re- fused to research this fact. We propose the creation of a women's studies program allowing uni- versity and community women to ha-ve the opportunity to take courses which are relevant to their history and future. This program should be created and controlled by a committee of women and given the funding necessary to raise it to the standards. of other recently created area studies programs. It is time for women of this University to unite together with women of the Ann Arbor community. The need for joint university-community 24 hour child care centers have been obvious for some time. Yet the administration places obstacles in the way of establishing such centers and the regents continually turn down demands placed on them. The University and the City of Ann Arbor have a responsibility to provide child care to allow all women to pursue freely whatever career or way of life they choose. These centers should be jointly funded by the Uni- versity and the community. They should be structured on a sliding pay scale based on income. Control of these centers should be delegated to the parents with a professional staff acting in an advisory capacity. Not pretending to understand the problems which face the Gay Communi- ty we hesitate to make demands on their behalf. The University must cease its blatant discrimination against Gay Liberation Front, Radical Lesbians, and Revolutionary Lesbians. These groups must be allowed the right of self-determination without moral judgement on the part of the University. We propose that they be allowed to use University facilities in the same way as any other organization. If at any time in the future, these groups or any others like them wish to have a conference we will support them, and along with them, stand up against the sexist policies of this University. continued page 19 Betsy henrickson tom vernier WE DEMAND- 1. Full implementation of the BAM de- mands 2. A free 24-hour child-care center financed by the University and con- trolled by the University community 3. An end to war research and ROTC on campus 4. A free birth control and abortion clinic at the Health Service 5. An end to corporate and defense recruiting on campus 6. A women's study program In the name of education and re- search, the University of Michigan trains officers and develops weapons for the U.S. war machine in Southeast Asia. In the name of academic freedon and the right to hear, the University donates its resources to the American corporations and government institu- tions that constitute the most oppres- sive, the most powerful, and the most feared political force in the world. In the name of economic necessity, the University ignores the rights of women and of blacks and other oppressed na- tionalities while it refuses to pay its employees a decent wage. This situation cannot continue. The University community must organize itself around the issues expressed in the demands above. We must choose tactics that will allow large numbers of people to join in activities that focus mass pressure on the Administra- tion and the Regents. We must con- vert this university into an antiwar university, a black university, a wo- men's university - an organizing cen- ter open to the needs of these move-. ments. SGC CAN SERVE as a coordina- ting body for struggles arising from demands like those we have raised. As SGC members, the task of the YSA candidates will be to initiate actions around these demands and related is- sues with the perspective of invol- ving the whole campus in the struggle. We believe that the demands can be won in no other way. 4 I dan fox president bob stout vice-president graduate action p arty In these times of budget cuts, rising cost, and general insecurity for graduate students, we regard it as our primary duty, if elected to the Rackham Student Govern- ment, to act on behalf of the students in Rackham as- ad- vocates to those whose decisions vitally affect the wel- fare of graduate students: ..^ iegcnts, administration, deans, departments, and state and federal governments. Jpon election, we will IMMEDIATELY endeavor to: 1. Induce the Administration to recognize that teach- ing fellows and research assistants are EMPLOYED by the University and do, in fact, provide essential academic services; 2. Effect the withdrawal of Vice President Allan Smith's "Graduate Assistantship. Program," a proposal detri- mental to the status and employment conditions of teaching fellows and research assistants; 3. Guarantee the continuance of current in-state tui- tion privileges and Blue Cross-Blue Shield benefits for teaching fellows; 4. Prevent the implementation of University-wide res- trictions on length of graduate employment, a pro- vision in the Smith proposal which threatens the principle of departmental autonomy; 5. Establish a committee, which would be composed of representatives of graduate students, faculty, and administration, to draft a proposal concerning em- ployment rights and obligations of graduate student; this proposal must be submitted in a referendum to the Rackham student body. Beyond these immediate concerns, we are committed to increasing enrollment at the graduate level of women, blacks, and others who are being denied equal access to the University; to bring this about, we urge the imple- mentation of an active recruitment policy and the provi- sion of adequate financial support. 17 We would like to point out to graduate advantages of a paternalistic universit vitiating effect of intellectual retrez system of graduate study perpetuates a myth that equates moderation with diser ing with study, and apprenticeship wit do not wish to be shrill, but we have 1 long. We cannot expect to be given ri fuse to demand, and which we are unwil We propose the following: 1. To build in the Rackham Student Gov sive force, /one truly representative the desires of graduate students, and steadfast in protecting the rights of as adults and as citizens. 2. To commission adequate studies on t tical and emotional status of graduate ally to include studies of indebtednes divorce. 3. To insist that the University take pends to their preinflationary level; offer adequate pay, contractual obliga cess of law in all situations utilizin graduate students, whether for purpose of training; and to insist that the Un its opposition to the right of graduat cile whether they wish to bargain colle 4. To support an end to the exploitati as employees, as students, or as the w to demand an increased focus on the pr and to support the demands of represen groups. 5. To support an end to the exploitati and other minority groups, either as e students; to demand an increased focus of black people; and to support the de tative minority groups. 6. To call a national meeting of gradu order to form a Graduate Student's Bil to form a national coalition united ag federal grant programs with insured lc 7. And finally, to encourage through t open forum, and committee hearings an ness of graduate student problems, and unilateral creation of rules, policies designed to limit graduate student rig ally oppose the recent proposal of Vi Smith.