Pdge !six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 5, { 914 Pdge SixTHE MICHIGAN DAILY 1 hursdoy, September 5, 1974 Graduate workers move to unionize, bargain with 'U' Pres. steers by remote control (continued from Page 3) thought;of what might then re- sult:,strike. A SUCCESSFUL w o r k stop- page among the teaching fellows would effectively cripple the University as an institution geared toward undergraduate education. Last 'February, the GEO - prior to its recognition as a formal union-attempted to zall a strike but fell short of the. required number of pro-strike votes in a work stoppage refer- endum among all graduate em- ployes. In retrospect, the GEO leader- ship realized they had set their strike-goal too high and although the loss may have temporarily stalled the unionization jugger- naut, the organizers learned a! valuable lesson. A month later, the teaching fellows overwhelmingly accept- ed the GEO as their union in an election held under the auspices aI K'E of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. The election results indicatet that the graduate assistants are{ genuinely interested in unioni- zation but were unwilling to1 take an action as dramatic and decisive as an all-out strike. NONETHELESS, t h e GEO leaders now feel they have more support than ever before. among their constituency and plan to turn those sympathies into bargaining chips in the up- coming- poker game over con- i tract demands with the adminis- tration. The GEO thus will have the, threat of a strike as its hole card and the University must respect that as something more than a, bluff when considering' how much it is willing to com- promise in negotiating with the union. theres By CHERYL PILATE and SARA RIMERt Directing the University from his posh office on the second floor of the fortress-like ad- ministration building, President Robben Fleming exhibits an air' of imperturbable calm despite, the fact that he feels his rolei as a policy-maker is even morex difficult now than it was during the period of student activism in the late sixties.c Fleming, who jokingly notes that he hasn't made it home to dinner in three weeks, empha- sizes that the life of a Uni- versityhpresident is not always an easy one. "WHEN SOMEONE brings a problem to me, it means that nobody below me was able' to make a decision," he says. "Frequently, there are times' when no course of action you' can take will be viewed as good.1 All you can do is pick the least bad." Dismissing the sixties as a "nutty era," Eleming says that the University's financial squeeze has been harder for him to deal with than the an- gry students that used to con- front him en masse in his of- fice. Fleming, a former labor ar- bitrator and law professor, seems chiseled for the presi- denti-l mold. Although he de- clares, "My first love is teach- ing," it is difficult to imagine him oat of his administrative role. CLOISTERED IN an elegant office with expensive art and lNsh greenery Fleming is aware that his existence is often re- garded with skepticism. "I'm sure I seem remote," he admits. "Students wonder if I really exist and what I do." President for the past six years, Fleming speculates, "I sometimes consider resigning- but I don't think about it too often." VP Rhodes sheds stereotype Fleming Q-0 By CHERYL PILATE Long regarded by students as an innovator, newly-appointed University Vice President Frank Rhodes appears to have shed the bureaucratic stereo- type that many of his colleagues so conscientiously embrace. Hoping to avoid the image of a remote, hard-nosed adminis- trator, during the three years he was dean of LSA, Rhodes held informal, weekly - coffee hours with students. WHEN HE was appointed vice president last February, how- ever, a new deluge of adminis- trative duties forced him to terminate his highly cherished coffee hours and limit his time with students. Viewing himself not as an ad- ministrator, but rather as a "former faculty member assign- "I wish I could spend more' time with the students. The far- ther you move away from de- partment affairs-the less of a personal effect you can have- and that worries me," says Rhodes in precise tones that bespeak his British background. A PROFESSOR in the geology department until 1971, Rhodes was well-known for .his popu- larity among students and his c o n c e r n with undergraduate, teaching methods. He countered the impersonality of large lec- ture courses by "brown-bag- ging" lunch with students once a week and workging with many of them on individual projects. When Rhodes first assumed the LSA deanship in July 1971, he termed his ideas "wild by conventional standards." Now, after three years of ad- revolutionary mitted to enhancing th communityc committed ; adding to kn CHARLES ciate Dean that Rhodes traordinary" istrator. However, ," h is still coin- "hitill cod CASUALLY RUFFLING the e Universityng as and leaves of a huge, exotic plant of people who are that stands next to his seat, o transmitting and: Fleming asserts, "I'm not very owledge." excitable by temperament." At his annual tea last fall, MORRIS, Asso- some members of the commun- of LSA, believes ity chose to dress for the occa- has done an "ex- sion - in drag. True to form, job as an admin- Fleming seemed oblivious to their garb and welcomed them as LSA Dean and with the same courtesy he di- 0, r ..ove , more recently as Vice' Presi- dent, Rhodes was forced to take positions that eventually dam- aged his rapport with some stu- dents. His conservative stance on several hotly debated issues has led some members of student government to voice their dis- illi sionment.j rected towards his other guests. Known for his fatherly image, Fleming has sometimes pro- moted what many students in- terpret to be "paternalistic" policies. ONE OF THE most recent examples of administrative "parental discipline" c a m e when a public furor resulted , I 1 1 1 ') J J v t 1NrUZ: :~.ed to administrative duties," he ministering the 29-departments RHODES H A S consistently from the showing o laments the fact that his time of the University's oldest col- opposed equal student repre- phic movies-on cam da~I~r~ f'inA Rhodes with students has been so se- lege, Rhodes asserts that al- sentation of the LSA governing dent film groups verely curtailed. though he is not a "wild-eyed faculty and has spoken out Labeling the show' - --- ---------.-.---- __________-----against the public disclosure of flicks" in Universil "Afaculty s a l a r i e s. Because a "terrible problem ________________________-eicar r jaleRhodes was so widely touted as directed the studen --A ro -A m er/ca n S tud iles: a d d ed beIn exa ~sapp-r'n ectie te ltmre fl 15 LJ11III ) 4'4..4~m..4 many students were disappoint- in determining their ed when radical reforms were Fleming's confron' 2 CRD T( $1 L.AB FE ''* not instituted in LSA. students are much inerest in growng m orthey were when he inte est n a rowig ma or wsfis appointed," comments' president in 1968. .im Weinstein, student member By BARBARA CORNELL its faculty from the regular students are actively encour- of the Graduation Requirements HE ATTRIBUTES Ej U Afro - American and African staff of other University de aged to assist the faculty' in its Commission. "But he was so- st"dent activism V JdsimRhIvIh partments such as Anthropolo- program planning. Students are ciali ed into being just like'all that "the political 'P RJ ET ) E AStudies is more than paving te thcae ito enjstn liketall proverbial triangle from home gy, History, Political Science, invited to take part in regular the other deans-and nothing 'tical right are1 to classes to the library and English, Speech, and Sociology, open discussions held at the new happene. in nare Department of Psychology home again. It is a chance to go Courses include such subjects Trotter House each term. Hoes has on o t h e r issues, ting anone disagre community and in- as a survey of Afro-American The CAAS offices, which are Rhodes has adopted a more prp views they alienate vestigate first-hand both the History, ares of Black folk, a referred 'to as "The Center" gressive stance. A long-time ade- peo e y are seek Expe ri en ti a I lea rn ing i n ove r 25 d i ffe ren t set- problems and situations which seminar on Black childhood ex- are located on the second floor idential College, Rhodes has xert arise there. periences, the politics of libera- of the Ann Arbor Bank building also promoted innovative teach- Fleming believes During the five years of its tion, and alternative approach- on the corner of East and South ing methods, more flexibility in dents are, not desc tiihexistence, Afro - American and es to Black education. University street. Owens says distribution requirements and anathv, Wit that the t e African Studies have played an Owens also claims that a de- that he is trying to see if some- improved counseling services. lv finding differen' pi ta s, community s e r v i c e s, schools, halfway 'integral part in the academic gree in Afro-American and AP - thing can't be done about the a chievine satisfactio and social world of the Univer- rican studies "provides a gen- department's unusual office to-| "HE WAS always aware of they did during t houses homes, etc. sity. (eral preparation for the wide cation but that "everything student needs-although he may strikes and sit-ins. range of careers in govern- takes time." He is now in the have been bound up in other Fleming believes t THE PROGRAM, which start- ment and private industry which process of negotiating a sign for constraints at t i m e s," says 'gest nroblem, stude ed with a half dozen courses, demand a liberal arts training." the office but has had some Morris. the University is "f' interested: COME TOhas now expanded to a faculty "In addition there is spe- problems with the Bank. However, both friends and I niche and learning of more than a dozen persons cific preparation-for the numer- For the moment, the office critics of Rhodes agree on one their four years her4 O U TREA CH M A SS M E ET I N Gand offers as many as two doz- ous positions which demand an may occupy only an obscure point-his charm. Emphasizing that en courses each term. intensive training in the aware- corner of the campus, but the In sharp contrast to the Uni- cation or maturity c \ For a concentration in Afro- ness of Black experiences," he Afro - American and African versity's other top bureaucrats, ed in the class roor American and African Studies, Contivees. Studies courses are as well in- Rhodes is almost youthful in "I give the. same Tuesday, Sept. 10 7 30 p.m .a students needs 24 hours of tegrated and far reaching as apearance. Chivalrons and at- ifreshmen every year intermediate a n d advanced HOWEVER, the majority of any other department at the tentive, he projects the image I is: 'Don't confine yo LL AU D IT O RIU M courses, six of which must be i students taking Afro-American University. See VP, Page 7 your books."' H I LUUIspent on involvement in a com- and African Studies courses are munity project. not seeking a degree in that 9 (-'-t The purpose of this commun- field. For this reason, OwensX Ic r l ity involvement is "both train- says, "the program is geared t h *Ia s ing and service," says the di- to create a general awareness uestions? Registration Inforrmation and Procedures?- rector of the Center for Afro- of the Black experience among American Studies (CAAS), Les- the larger student population. By DIANE TREMBLAY (NUBS). Describing the cen-; Both NUBS and t' COME TO Corner House (Introductory Psychology Building) lie Owens. "It provides the op- Courses are aimed at expand- Ask any engineering student ters' popularity, one civil en-,.ing Center have co 554 Thompson Street (corner of Thompson and Madison) portunity for students to be- ing the liberal arts training by who he spends most of his study gmeering student says, The duty from 8am. u come familiar with the social including this important seg- time with, and he will probably computing centers are unbeliev- to assist when an or call 7649279, 764-91 79 and economic circumstances of j ment of knowledge and experi-' answer, "Cynthia!" he community beyond the Uni- ence." The University's super-com- HELP OTHERS TO HELP THEMSELVES! versity and to gain first-hand ! CAAS also, has at its disposal puter, IBM System 360/67 is 'MTS is clearly one of the best syst I ~~~~~~~~experience in improving these a resource library which in- nicknamed "Cynthia" after the M SI lal n ftehs )S circumstances," he says. cludes current and historical crisp, feminine voice which is operation.' rerequisies ) AMERICAN AND ieS orks and a variety of other ) its trademark. syy1rsAFRO - AMERICAN AND documents of theAfro-American s" African Studies is an "interde- and African populations. Much OFFICIALLY called MTS, for ably crowded at the end of a arise. Beginners ar S-^partmental"program drawing of this collection is in the form Michigan Terminal System, the term." ed to the facility and -- ------ ---_'''of microfilm and audio-visual computer which is used in near- ing procedures thr tapes which provide an import- ly 400 University courses, oper- HE ADDS, "A program run manuals. ant supplement to the Univer- ates as a service to faculty, re- at 6 p.m. usually won't come sity library system. search staff, and students. It back from the computer until' THE COMPUTIN CAAS, in connection with ran 105,256 programs during 3 a.i. the next day. That's publishes a newsle Trotter house and other Univer- the month of April alone. why so many engineering stu- two weeks which ann sity centers brings many guest Allen Emery ,associate direc- dents pull all-nighters." lecturers and performers to the tor of the University Computing "MTS is fool-proof," says as-. cial films and lec University campus. Owens as- Center, "Superduper," asserts, sociate director of the comput- tem changes, and serts that these people "provide "MTS is clearly one of the best ing Center Allan Emery. from MTS users. r B 0 special insights into the current systems in operation." Pranksters and computer wiz- Another servie o experience of Blacks." "It's two main outlets are ards who dial into the comput- puting Center is the the Computing Center on North: er from their dorm telephone Information numbe A N O T H E R IMPORTANT Campus and the North Univer- cannot affect the overall oper- which can be dialed the professional bookstore aspect of the program is that sity Building Remote Station. ations of the infallible Cynthia. day to check if a job f pornogra- pus by stu- ing of "skin ty facilities a," Fleming t groups to judgement" bill of fare. tations with fewer than' irst became the lull in o the fact eft and the both totali- by not let- e with their e the very ing to con- that stu- ending into y are mere- t ways of n now than ie days of hat the big- nts face at inding their to enjoy e.". not all edu- an be learn- n, he says, advice to - and that urselves to he Comput- unselors on ntil 1b p.em. y problems 'ems in e introduc- I its operat- ough MTS G Center tter every ounces spe- urers, sys- suggestions f the Cor- Job Status r, 763-3360, 24 hours a is finished. s " };{ ti; rl ,." + / JJ/ ,yJ" r J°' "7v r . . 1,% i' ",'fi:,.{,S } Si, t y ! ,{.',}. i7 i yY, ,y { f" y ypy q. ry ver x,..q .,,.. . r. . v:4: rf 3l . . 6 ri vP:i . rn w J. 1 7 ~V .. 31a'n yhb: 1+1 S.r...iA y + .^Y. i,+I,+. 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