PHOTOMAT EYESORE See Editorial Page 1 ZJ4 fri 4 A&§r IVA m REALISTIC High-53 Low-34 See Today for details Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom Vol. LXXXV, No. 120 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, February 22, 1975 Ten Cents Eight Pages 21 TO 8 YEARS Sex and the la Some 150-200 law students gathered outside the Law Quad's faculty lounge yesterday in a demon- stration against alleged sexism in the classroom. As three women presented a list of complaints to the faculty ensconced within, the demonstrators lounged in the hall, and waved signs at embar- rassed teachers entering the lounge. One male student sported a sign that read, "I upped my consciousness-up yours," and someone had taped a "Men only" card to the lounge door. Although the mood of the protest remained tranquil, one woman commented with a wry smile, "This is probably the culmination of a lot of disgust." 0 i t Stops in jeopardy Ann Arborites are raising objections to the city's plans to set up nine new bus stops. The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA) has been ques- tioning residents within proposed city bus transfer areas, and AATA has discovered that two spots in particular annoy the city's residents, so they may be changed. One is a triangular plot of land on Baldwin Place between Cambridge and Wash- tenaw, while the second site under review is lo- cated on Wall St. near Broadway. Residents say their major objection to the proposed bus transfer sites is that several vehicles will be pulling up near private homes two or three times an hour. Publwc feedback has been strongly negative, but AATA will still have the final say in the matter. Math make-ups All students in mathematics 105, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117 and 215 should note that all midterms are postponed until further notice. As reported earlier this week, the math department plans to institute emergency large lectures to cover some elemen- tary classes which are not meeting due to the current GEO strike. Although these lectures are not to be construed as replacement for regular classes, they are intended to help students sup- porting the strike until it is over. A partial sched- ule is as follows: *Math 105, 9:00 T, W, Th, F, P. James, 4004 Angell Hall; *Math 112, 12:00 M, T, W. F, Montgomtry, 3201 Angell Hall; *M4ath 114, 12:00 M, T, Th, F, Gerber, 433 P. A. Regental privileges Four of Michigan State University's Board of Trustees say they intend to continue using state- owned luxury cars despite legislative pressure to end the practice. Half the board members say they need to be driven in Oldsmobile Delta 88 cars because it is less expensive for the university to provide cars than reimburse them for driving their own vehicles. However, legislators in the House appropriations subcommittee on higher education sent a letter to the trustees saying the use of state- owned cars by board members "is an expense that cannot be condoned in the face of the state's finan- cial uncertainty." Happenints... .are many and meaty today, startng with a workshop on "Women and Health" from 12:30 to 6 p.m. at the School of Public Health. The work- shop, sponsored by the Ann Arbor Health Care Collective, will feature a film, "Taking Back Our Bodies," and child care will be provided. . . . If you are a female, divorced, separated, or the single head of a household, you may want to check out an all-day information program on the re- sources of Ann Arbor, sponsored by the Center for Continuing Education of Women. That will be from 9:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. at St. Andrews Church, 306 N. Division. . . . At 1:30 p.m. a documentary on "The Great Ururu (Freedom) Railway" between Tanzania and Zambia will be shown at Aud. A, Angell Hall. The program is sponsored by the China Study Club and all proceeds will go to the African Famine Relief Fund . . . Evening events feature a live performance by ten composers and musicians from the School of Music who will do a piece of music composed largely by the listen- ing audience of WDET-FM (101.9 in Detroit) at 8 p.m. . . .At 8:30 the University Musical Society will be presenting Chau, the masked dance of Bengal, in Rackham Aud. Tickets are available in Burton Tower. . . . The Yaveh Hebrew House and Hillel will-sponsor a Purim party at 9 p.m. at 800 Lincoln St. . . . And if you still haven't seen some- thing that catches your imagination, you could try an exhibition by professional Japanese Go players at 2:00 p.m. in David's Books on E. Liberty. f On the inside ... ... Sports Page features a report by Leba Hertz on last night's hockey game with Denver . . . Steve Selbst reviews the Harkness ballet on Arts Page . . . and Edit Page features a story on the case of Joanne Little by Wendy Wells. On the outside... Is it spring yet? A good cold front will be coming through tonight bringing our weather back to reality. Meanwhile balmy conditions will exist as tropical air competes for domination over our Sirica sentences Regents freeze housing rates By MARY HARRIS The University Board of Regents yesterday voted unanimous- ly to freeze dormitory rates for the coming academic year. The Regents were also presented with a set of five guide-{ lines designed to aid the University in dealing with an additional two per cent cut in state appropriations.' THE HOUSING vote came as a result of a motion introduced ,. by Regent Lawrence Lindemer (R-Stockbridge), citing "eco- nomic reasons" for the freeze. The motion was a compromise between Housing Director John Feldkamp, who requested a three per cent rate increase and the report of the Housing Rates Com-J mittee, who recommended a 1.23 per cent decrease. The recommended budget guidelines consist of five specific - conspirators I Decson halts rate cut dispute By GLEN ALLERHAND Yesterday's decision by the Regents to freeze dormitory rates at their 1974-75 level for the upcoming academic year marks the end of this year's struggle between the Housing Office and the Rate Study Com- mittee (RSC) to set 1975-76 dorm costs. The Housing Office had pro- posed an approximate 3 per cent increase in, the costs for next year, while the RSC, a student group headed by Pilot Program Director Richard Mun- son, pushed for a 1.23 per cent slash in dorm rates. HOUSING Director John Feld- kamp's plan would have added about $40 to the cost of a dormi- tory double, now $1401.75. Under the RSC recommendation, the rate for a double would have dropped by $17.25. The unanimous decision fol- lowed statements by Regents Lawrence Lindemer and Thomas Roach. Lindemer (R- Stockbridge) moved to lerep housing costs at their current level. "I think this move is justified at this time because of the economic conditions that are prevalent," he remarked. He added, "We should do this for a period not exceeding one year. If anyone should, assume from this we have reached a plateau on rates, they are mis- taken." STUDENT services will rot be adversely affected by the Regents' ruling. The Housing Office normally relies cn the General Student Residence Re- serves (GSRR) to deal with dorm repairs and maintenance. GSRR receivees funding from housing monies. Yesterday's de- cision means that the re3erves next year will receive moley less than previously projected. Roach (D-Grosse Pointe) re- See DORM, Page 2 proposals for saving an esti- mated $1.9 million, to be cut from fiscal year 1974-75. They were presented to the Regents by Chief Financial Of- ficer Wilbur Pierpont, who said the administration hoped "to achieve the present required saving with minimum interrup- tion to the existing educational programs and without the ne- cessity for any layoffs." LITERARY COLLEGE (LSA) Acting Dean Billy Frye echoed Pierpont last night saying, "As far as I know, there won't be any personnel layoffs." He also said "what I said about Pilot still holds," referring to a statement earlier this week confirming that the Pilot Pro- gram would not be eliminated. The five proposed guidelines include: a hiring freeze, a freeze on construction financed from the general fund, a freeze on equipment purchases, a stringent review by each de- ment of its expenses charge partment of its e x p e n s e s chargeable to the general fund and a deferment of "selected expenditures in non-instruction- al activities such as research and housing." Pierpont would not specify any of the actual cuts to be made and declined comment See REGENTS, Page 2 Ex-Nixon aides to appeal WAS H ING T ON Al -Three of former Presi- dent Nixon's closest and most powerful political and administration aides were sentenced yesterday to spend at least two and one half years in prison for the Watergate cover-up conspiracy. John Mitchell, H. R. "Bob" Haldeman and John Ehrlichman stood impas- sively as their identical 21/2 to 8 year jail terms were imposed by U. S. Dis- trict Judge John Sirica. ROBERT MARDIAN, a fourth defendant also convicted in the three-month long cover-up trial, received a 10-month to three- year prison sentence. Appeals to higher courts are planned by all four men, who remain free under no bond. Ap- peals are likely to take two years Ehrlichman, a former White house domestic affairs adviser, had asked Sirica that he be al- lowed to do legal work with Pueblo Indians in New Mexico rather than go to jail. "THIS MAY be the perfect occasion for just such a non- prison sentence," Ehrlichman's lawyer Ira Lowe argued, but Sirica ignored the suggested novel punishment. Lowe, who had not repre- sented Ehrlichman, a former Seattle land use attorney be- fore, said that if Sirica allowed the alternative sentence it could mark "the end- of the prison system as we know it." The sentencing procedure took 45 minutes, much of it de- voted to Lowe's appeal to Siri- ca. As Lowe spoke, Mitchell, a former attorney general, looked at the ceiling. MITCHELL SAID later of the sentence, "It could have been a hell of a lot worse. He (Siri- ca) could have sentenced me to spend the rest of my life with Martha Mitchell." Mitchell's wife, Martha, is currently suing him for separa- tion in a New York court. Sirica, credited with exposing high-level involvement, began the sentencing proceeding by calling the convicted conspir- ators and their lawyers to stand before him in a semi-circle. NONE OF the defendants and only two of the lawyers made appeals for leniency. Sirica had solicited letters for that pur- pose from the four dependants. Haldeman's defense lawyer John Wilson said, "I hope that your honor considered that whatever Bob Haldeman did, he did not do for himself but for the President of the United States." Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff, "was caught up in a political mael- strom that engulfed a lot of other good people," Wilson said. See FORMER, Page 2 Daiv Photo by > v SVE KAGAN ONE OF 700 SUPPORTERS of the GEO strike voices his protests at a rally in front of the Ad- ministration Building yesterday. The figure for Fleming's sal :ry includes compensation and ex- penses. Demonstrators condemned the University for failing to bargain in good faith. State fact-finder to review U', GEO contract talks next week By JIM TOBIN Negotiations between the Graduate Em- ployes' Organization (GEO) and the Uni- versity will enter yet another stage Wednesday when the bargaining teams sub- mit their positions in the dispute to the examination of a state-appointed fact-find- er. There was a misunderstanding between the GEO and the University over whether the process would begin Wednesday or Thursday. GEO leaders had understood after meeting in Detroit with the fact- finder and representatives from the Uni- versity yesterday that the sessions would begin Wednesday, and were startled later on to find that Thursday was the appointed day. IN THE day-to-day atmosphere of nego- tiations during a strike, this point is im- portant. The University appears more anx- ious to start fact-finding, while the GEO feels the process will not result in their favor and would rather have another day of regular bargaining in which to try for a settlement. A fact-finder, while not actually "a state employe, is appointed by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (ME- RC). His or her role in deadlocked nego- tiations is to hear the positions of both sides, consider the merits and feasibility of those positions, and make a recommenda- tion for a settlement. The fact-finder dif- fers from a binding arbitrator in that his recommendation is not legally binding. The GEO is bitter over the choice of the fact-finder, Patrick McDonald. Mc- Donald is a Detroit attorney and arbitra- tor and serves as vice-president of the De- troit School Board. He has also represented management in labor disputes. GEO LEADERS claim that McDonald's background in management will sway his recommendations in favor of the Univer- sity. University negotiators had also voiced hesitation about the fact finder. However, William Lemmer expressed a different view yesterday after meeting with McDon- aId and the GEO. IT'S NO sense in delaying the fact-find- irg any more when it becomes obvious that you're not going to settle (in normal bar- gaining,)" Lemmer said. "Now that doesn't mean that you can't settle," he added, stat- ing that the University is prepared to meet with the GEO before the hearing be- gins The fact-finding was actually opened yes- terday, though McDonald only told the bar- gaining teams how he wanted them to pro- ceed and adjourned the hearing until W-dnesday. The GEO asked that bargaining continue last night after the hearing in Detroit, but the University declined. Another session is scheduled for this morning. Hudson's sale enrages group By JEFF RISTINE A local animal-protection society took to the air yesterd day in an imaginative protest against a fur sale at the son's. Briarwood Hud- Fun and frolic a Iafifties By ANDREA LILLY a pretty face A pony tail a hangin down a wiggle and a walk, giggle and a talk-}S oh baby that'sawhat 1Ilike." "Well boys and girls, this is brought to you by Stridex Medi- cated Pads and Brylcream, aa little dab'l do ya," shouts WRCN MC Paul Smith, "and now, herea they are, Frankie and the Fire- balls and' Kiss-Me-Kate and theF.u The Fund For Animals, Inc. hired a helicopter to circle over the store for two brief periods, with a long, red banner behind it reading "Real People Wear Fake Fur!" The international group, which has a Michigan chapter based in Ann Arbor, was protesting the steel leghold traps used to catch animals for fur coatsb ALTHIOUGH THE group's ground-level activities involved only limited leaflet distribution, they apparently succeeded in frighten- ing local Hudson's officials to the point that they ejected a reporter from their premises.