Ai ndi an 111y
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Wednesday, April 13, 1977
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Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan
Students benefit by faculty
nixing of new comp' rules
STUDENTS WERE the winners in a
recent LSA faculty decision not to
enact a more stringent English com-
position program for Literary college
undergraduates.
By a narrow three-vote margin, the
group rejected a plan that would have
added two more courses to the dis-
tribution requirements for graduation,
on top of the compulsory "freshman
composition."
The proposal, introduced by Eng-
lish Prof. Daniel Fader who chaired
a committee which drafted it, was
objectionable for a number of rea-
sons, not the least of which is the
authoritarian, undemocratic way it
was produced.
No students participated' in the
committee that wrote the new gradu-
ation requirements. Apparently, LSA
faculty saw fit to apply the outmoded
and highly arrogant theory that stu-
dents should have no voice in their
own governance, that faculty "know
what's best' for them and will look
after their interests.
Fortunately, Regents and admin-
istrators have begun to recognize the
right - in theory, if not in practice
- of students to share in the mak-
ing of decisions that affect them.
Gradually, students are being given
positions on a wide range of policy
making bodies.
ON THE SUBSTANCE of the Fader
proposal, the primary objection
is that is would heap more courses
onto the already tburdensome LSA
distribution requirement.
There is no question that the abil-
ity to write clearly and effectively
is one of the most important skills
a college education can provide. How-
ever, the answer to better writing in-
struction at the University lies with
stronger departmental attention to
writing, not with stricter college:-wide
regulations.
Furthermore, many LSA depart-
ments have more than adequate pro-
vision for writing in their undergrad-
uate courses, as any political science
or history major can testify. If other
departments-principally in the nat-
ural or physical sciences - don't ade-
quately emphasize student writing
skills, the remedy will be forced in
departmental, not college-wide ac-
tion.
Health
QUESTION: What's the best thing to do
about blisters on your feet? I seem to get
them a lot. Some people say to pop them and
put on a bandaid and some say don't touch
them. Also, is there any way to prevent them?
ANSWER: If you're among the numerous
"sometime athletes," then the tendency is to
always be starting new exercise programs and
sports activities. Such people often develop
blisters at pressure points in the first few weeks
of the new activity. If the pressure continues,
the skin thickens and a callous is formed. Usu-
ally, blisters will not form there again if usage
continues, but with a sudden great increase in
the activity which brought 'on the blister, the
callous may break down and a fresh blister
form on top of it. Thus, take heart; even an
experienced athlete may devolop a blister or
two if he/she is unusually active or if they
change their form or technique.
Many activities involve both friction and
pressure to the feet and so they are vulnerable
to blisters. Efforts should be directed at help-
ing the foot to move smoothly and easily in
the shoe. Some people approach the problem
by spraying the feet with an adherent such as
tincture of benzoin, and then powdering them.
Another method is to coat the sole of the foot
with a thin layer of mineral oil. Others like
wearing snug-fitting light socks under their
heavy athletic socks. However, if either pair
should wrinkle, this in itself can cause fric-
tion and blistering. Shoes should fit comfort-
ably but not loosely since a loose fit will cause
the foot to move excessively within the shoe.
This can lead to blisters on the toes as well
as other places on the foot.
If a blister is small and remains intact, it
is best to leave it alone and just cover it with
a bandaid. Popping is not recommended because
of the possibility of secondary infection. The
fluid will be reabsorbed and the top layer of
skin will eventually peel off. If a large blister
Service Handbook
remains unruptured, it may be painful and it as looking at only relatively healthy subjects).
is probably a good idea to come in to our emer- In almost every instance where ill effects of
gency clinic and have our very competent nurse marijuana smoking have been found, indepen-
remove the fluid. She will then trim off the dent researchers' attempts to replicate those re-
"roof" to prevent infection. If any blister you suits have met with failure. But experimental
get develops redness, swelling, pain and hard- failure doesn't often make front page copy.
nes, they may signal infection and will need Likewise, the report that marijuana smoking
lancing, careful cleansing, application of soaks does not change testosterone (male hormone)
and possibly antibiotics, levels even 'in heavy smokers did very little
to dispel the myth (sanctified by earlier publi-
QUESTION: Would you please explain the cation) that young men in their prime would
effects of marijuana on pregnancy? Should the become lifeless and libido-less by using the
male be as cautious as the female? Is alcohol drug.
more detrimental? In short, we can't really answer your ques-
tion now because we haven't the information.
ANSWER: We referred your questions to one The human and animal studies suggest to the
of our physicians, Dr. Barbara Adams, who American Academy of Pediatrics that "women
found them very, challenging in'light of all who are or who may become pregnant" should
the controversy on the subject. Her answer avoid use of marijuana, and that is their recom-
follows: mendation. Strangely enough, they have not
Early reports of chromosome breakage and come out with a similar recommendation re-
genetic defects in cells of marijuana smokers garding cigarette smoking, although carbon
led some scientists to predict dire consequences monoxide inhaled in smoke displaces oxygen
for the children of these pipe dreamers: -. in maternal blood, robbing the developing fe-
genetic damage and increased numbers of birth tus of oxygen and frequently producing inap-
defects. Other studies showed that the body's propriately small infants. (Perhaps on this basis
natural defense mechanisms were blunted by alone, it would be better not to smoke mari-
marijuana,- thus increasing the susceptibility juana, although you could brew it as a tea, or
of mother and unborn child to the ravages of chew it, or cook with it as the Jamaicans do.)
disease. The newspapers duly reported (and are There has not been a proscription against al-
still reporting) these and other noxious effects cohol consumption either, although chronic al-
of cannabis: - brain damage, cancer, sterili- cohol abuse also produces small infants (prob-
ty, impotence. Little wonder that your question ably because chronic alcoholics generally have
implies that the effects of the drug on preg- poor nutrition).
nancy are negative! When pregant and taking risks for' two,
But for every prejudice about marijuana only you can decide how much risk you're
- for, against, and undecided - there has comfortable with. As a rule of thumb, you
been a study, and the only thing that the stud- should be wary of all drugs during pregnancy
les seem to have in common is that the results - marijuana, alcohol, nicotin, tranquilizers -
conflict with results of other studies. The Ja- they've even pointed the finger at aspirin. The
maican study of 30 heavy marijuana users Greeks had it right: moderation in all things.
failed to show any increase in serious disease If all pregnant women went back to eating a
or any increased incidence of chromosonal "natural" diet of wild nuts and berries, the
damage (although the study has been criticized babies would probably all be Neanderthals!
1
Letters
to
the
Te state mustincrease
its higher education funds
IT CAME AS A SURPRISE to no
one when University President
Robben Fleming announced Monday
tlat a tuition hike for the 1977-78
school year was "unavoidable." We're
getting used to these end of the year
notices -- tuition has been increased
five out of the last six years. But if
these fee .hikes have become almost
customary, then it has become just
as traditional for all us students
(Dailyites included) to lambaste the
callous, corporate University for fail-
ing to curb the swelling cost of qual-
ity education. The time has come to
clear this matter up. The University
is not the main culprit, that role is
played by the Michigan state legisla-
ture.
The state legislature has consist-
ently shown an insensitivity toward
higher education. In fact, Michigan
gives less money to state colleges and
universities than three-quarters of
the other 49 states. This year, Gov-
ernor Milliken proposed a $9.7 mil-
lion budget increase for the Univer-
sity. The legislature is planning to
hike that amount a bit, but not near-
ly enough.
WHILE OPERATING costs have
been surging upward, the budget
increases from the state have been
so little that the University's buying
power has decreased steadily, the last
six years even though the actual
budget has risen somewhat. To top
it off, the arctic winter we just suf-
fered forced the University far over
its utilities budget, and that deficit
will have to be accounted for in this
years budget. Late last month, Presi-
dent Fleming begged the legislature
to consider these problems when de-
ciding this year's budget, put his plea
apparently fell on deaf ears. Thus, it
will cost more to attend school here
next year - informed sources indi-
cate the increase will be in the eight
to ten per cent range - courtesy of
the state.
In the short run there is nothing
anyone can do - tuition will be high-
er next year, its too late to change
that. But both the University and the
state legislature can and must start
to formulate some long range plans
to check the trend of increasing high-
er education costs. The state must
begin to re-think its budget priorities
immediately. State universities are
simply not getting sufficient funding,
and the governor and the legislature
must recognize that fact, and appor-
tion a greater percentage of funds for
higher education. The University,
meanwhile, must prepare for the fu-
ture by reallocating funds to avoid
the last day of classes. This year, we
won't know the final amount until
the June Regents meeting - and that
is unreasonably late. Many students
are budgeted down to the last pen-
ny for edudation costs, and they need
to know as soon as possible how much
extra they will need. There are also
students who will probably choose
not to return to the University if
the increase is too severe, and they
need to be able to make that deci-
sion soon, so they can apply to an-
other school, or start looking for
work.
This job will rest mainly on the
shoulders of the legislature, which
must alter its yearly schedule to fi-
nalize its budget earlier. The Univer-
sity should try to inform students as
soon as possible when an increase is
expected, and if a decision won't be
reached until the summer, then the
University has a responsibility to mail
the information home to each student
as soon as it becomes available. If we
all work together, students, legisla-
ture and administration, we just may
survive the fiscal crisis with more
than just the shirts on our backs.
TODAY'S STAFF:
News: Stu McConnell, Julie Rovner,
Jim Tobin, Pauline Toole, Margaret
Yao, Lo-rie Young
Editorial: Ken Parsigian
Arts: Lois Josimovich
Photo: Christina Schneider
Sports: Henry Engelhardt, Geoff Lar-
corn, Brian Martin
Editorial Staff
Olympic
To The Daily:
In response to the article pre-
sented Saturday, April 2, 1977
"Olympic workers fired for
picketing":
The Olympic Restaurant lo-
cated not at the corner of Ann
and Miller but on the corner of
Main and Miller.
The ex-employes would like,
all readers to acknowledge the
facts which are about to be pre-
sented.
The above article claiming
that the employes of the spoken
restaurant walked out after be-
ing fired. The employes walked
out still employed, and started
picketing with the intentions of
making working conditions bet-
ter, not only for the employes,
but for the owners as well.
The so-called "emotional"
suggestion employe meeting
(the night before the walk-out)
only one of the owners (Mr.
Stamdianos) showed. Ms. Sta-
mianos felt it "wasn't worth her
time" in fact she even laughed
when she read the list of things
the staff put together and typed
out. (Not mentioning the hours
of time and arguing put in by
every employe involved). How
can any restaurant owner laugh
at suggestions which would im-
prove their business by taking
away the tension and hard feel-
ings that had been building up
for months because of Ms. Stai-
dianos.
After talking and explaining
each suggestion one by one to
Mr. Stamdianos he gave no spe-
cific day or time to resolve these
problems to any of the employ-
es. He did say that he would-
set up a meeting in the near fu-
ture, but that could have been
two monhts from then and we
needed these problems solved
immediately, the tension w a s
too great to go on much longer.
We tried the following morn-
ing, but when arriving to work
the girl coming in at 6:00 a.m.
was not called by name, she was
the "6:00 person". The two oth-
er employes later to come, along
with the "6:00 person" were
treated the same cold way. La-
ter in the day one of the em-
ployes overheard Ms. Stamdi-
anos on the telephone hiring
some people who supposedly
were being hired to help the
employes the same day. The
staff couldn't figure out why we
needed help that day since we
had enough people to cover the
Restaurant. Wednesdays weren't
that busy anyway. Then they
(the employes) found out that
Ms. Stamdianos had laughed at
our suggestions and the staff de-
cided to take action sooner than
planned, and walked out of the
Olympic and began to strike.
Unfortunately the strike did
result in harsh confrontations,
but not between the Olympic
customers and the picketers but
between the picketers and five
persons who were hired by one
of the persons very much in-
volved in the Olympic's busi-
started. From the time she call-
ed the police the five persons
continued to threaten the picket-
ers with threats as "you better
leave my aunt'g restaurant
alone or you'll be tuissing some
teeth." "You can't do this to
my aunt's restaurant." One of
the five pulled a sign off one of
the picketer's neck and tore it
up, then threatened her in front
of a police officer, who in re-
turn said nothing to the threat-
ener. And can you tell me why
Harry wasthe only one search-
ed for a gun, which was non-
existant?
As for Sergeant Johnson, he
was not at the scene when the
strike breakers struck. The two
officers assisting us were police
officers Van Dam and Parkim
but not Johnson.
The picketers assaulted no
one. They (the picketers knew
all the laws of picketing and
were defiantly not going to
break any. The customers en-
tered and exited the restaurant
as they would any other res-
taurant with no picketers. "We
stopped no one, if anything they
stopped us for information."
In concern with the custom-
ers' complaining about the pick-
eters, there couldn't have been
very many because very few
would cross the picket line, in-
cluding a delivery truck deliv-
ering to the Olympic Restaur-
ant.
The statements made by Mr.
Stamdianos "If I eat here I
don't want to face them when I
come in." The question is why
can't he face us?
The other statement made:
"They are not a union, and I
fired them and I no longer want
them to interrupt our business."
The employes felt they had to
put together their own union so
they did. They fought for what
they believed in and in doing
so they feel they have accom-
plished more than their unem-
ployment check every week, but
the satisfaction of knowing that
the proprietors of the Olympic
Restaurant (Mr. and Ms. Stam-
dianos) could no longer put any
other unnecessary pressure on
their shoulder, which had been
piling up for months. Since Ms.
Stamdainos didn't want to take
care of the situation something
had to be done. Even if it meant
losing their jobs, which they
did. But the employes feel they'-
ve proved their point.
The following list is the exact
list of suggestions presented to
Mr. Stamdianos pt together
and typed by all the emyployes
involved.
Makedup your own minds! Are
these working conditions too
much to ask?
-The Olympic Workers
Hash Bash
To The Daily:
Virginia R. Boynton, in a let-
ter published April 8, would
have us believe the notion that:
"The original purpose of the
Bash, to demonstrate in favor
facts straight. In regards the
Hash Bash, doing so is not hard
at all. It's ridiculously simple
even: just drag out the micro-
films of The Michigan Daily,
Ann Arbor News, Detroit Free
Press and/or News for the
months of March and April 1972.
To spare you the trouble, (ac-
tually. you could just as well
call it practice), the origins of
the Hash Bash had nothing to,
do with the $5 fine (Section 16.2
of the City Charter). The Hash
Bash is a direct outgrowth of
the mass movement to free John
Sinclair. On March 9, 1972 the
Michigan Supreme Court (beat-
ing Alaska's to the punch) rul-
ed Michigan's cannabis laws of
all sorts unconstitutional. A rul-
ing that freed all of'Michigan's
prisoners of weed, the most no-
torious of whom was, of course,
John Sinclair. A ruling that left.
Michigan with no law, or laws,
on or against or about cannabis.
In other words, the Free John
Now movement achieved the le-
galization of cannabis on March
9, 1972.
Obviously that state of affairs
didn't last long. In fact it last-
ed until April 1 1972 on which
date a new drug law (the Con-
trolled Substances Act) took ef-
fect. On April 1 1972 the State
of Michigan re-criminalized can-
nabis and it was for that reason
500 persons gathered on the Di-
ag to protest the absurd return
to neanderthaloid anti-drug laws.
(If you do your historical fact-
finding thoroughly, y o u would
also note that on April 1, 1972
the use of LS'D for the first time
became a crime in the State of
Michigan.) People will gather on
the Diag every April first until
the State of Michigan again has
no law, or laws on or against
or about cannabis. Cold, rain or
snow.
So Ms. Boynton is clearly,
very misinformed as to the cri-
gins of the Hash Bash; she
should also be aware that the
$5 pot fine was not voted on
three days later. In fact, the $5
pot fine was voted on Monday,
Aril 1. 1974 the date of the
Third Annual Hash Bash. Ms.
Boynton, you'll find that it hels
a great deal if. before doing
commentary on history, you do
your history accurately. People
would then take your commen-
tary seriously.
In the State of Michigan peo-
ple who grow cannabis or pos-
sess it, or sell it, etc., etc. are,
to this very day, outlaws or cri-
minals. I can not accept your
statement "there are plenty of
other issues much more in need
of onr attention." True, if you
aren't in any way involved with/
in cannabis you may have
"plenty of other issues", but the
hinh people of the State of Mi-
chigan need live with these drug
laws constantly.
Being branded with the status
of criminal, or outlaw, or felon.
is something that hundreds of
tho'isands of Michianians, no-
tentially, are faced with-be-
case of the off-the-wall canna-
Daoly,
Further, I challenge your
claim that the participants in
this year's Bash "care nothing
for the condition of the Diag or
the mess they leave behind . .."
If the people at this year's Bash
were, or acted like the rout,
ruffians, riff-raff, hoodlums,
mindless, unmannered that the
press (the Daily and Ann Arbor
News) described them as being,
there would not be a Diag for
there would have been a full-
scale riot April 1, 1972. More-
over, I submit that the Univer-
sity wanted the Hash Bash-ers
to leave a mess all over the
Diag. Ah, that at first reading,
may seem an incredible state-
ment.
Historically, this year was the
very first time that the Univer-
sity placed extra trash barrels
on the Diag on April 1. The very
first time and I counted only
six extra barrels, each of which,
as Well as the "permanent"
trash cans, were filled to over-
flowing. Anyone, even adminis-
trators, could have (and should
have) reasonably expected that
there would have been a need
for far more than six extra trash
barrels. Therefore, the conclu-
sion that the "runners" of the
U-M planned to have what they
surely knew would be a far less
'than sufficient number of trash
containers; hence, the "run-
ners" of the U-M wanted (plan-
ned) trasheall over the Diag.
Finally, what was so foolish
on April 1 was the University/
City decision -to play a very
dangerous game-a game no
one can win. Namely, as if it
wasn't obvious, is there or isn't
there going to be a riot today?
We'll find out Saturday, April 1,
1978 when 100,000 plus persons
peaceably assemble on the Di-
ag to demand the repeal of Mi-
chigan's laws on or about or
against cannabis.
-David A. Dillon
clericals
To The Daily:
On Monday, March 21, the
AFSCME strikers returned to
work. They won far less than
they wanted-and far less than
they could have won with decent
leadership, especially far less
than they could have won if all
campus workers were organized
and all campus unions were
fighting together. But they still
won considerably more than
University management gave
the decertified clericals.
Before the 1976-77 wage in-
creases, the unionized AFSCME
workers averaged 65c per hour
more than the unorganized cler-
icals. The clericals received a
5 per cent average wage in-
crease in the fall of 1976. The
AFSCME settlement included' a
6 per cent wage increase the
first year and 5.5 per cent the
second. The gap between union
and non-union wages is now
more than 75c per hour! Even
more importantly,ethe AFSCME
workers maintained the nrntc-
to defend their union against
management's strike-breaking.
The Clerical Strike Support
Committee protests University
management's victimization of
the 38 AFSCME strikers and
student supporters. We defend'
the 38 and call on all campus
labor and student organizations
to join together in an all-campus
defense of the 38. We must stop
the management attack. We
must defend the 38 victimized
workers.
For clericals, the AFSCME
strike brought home vividly a
very important lesson: Clericals
need a union, and we need it as
soon as possible. Once again, we
saw our unionized brothers and
sisters do better on all fronts-
wages, benefits and control over
working conditions. Once again,
we saw how weak we are with-
out a union-how weak all cam-
pus workers are, unless all cam-
pus workers are organized. The
Clerical Strike Support Commit-
tee did everything humanly pos-
sible under the circumstances
to aid the AFSCME strikers.
But unorganized and unable to
help ourselves last fall, we were
equally unable to help the AFS-
CME strikers as much as they
needed in the strike. Without or-
ganization, we are weak. With
organization, we are strong.
Recognizing, this central les-
son, the Celrical Strike Support
Committee unanimously calls
for the founding of a Clerical
Organizing Committee. We must
begin to organize another cleri-
cal union at once.
The Organizing Committee
will be founded on three prin-
ciples:
Commitment to organize. Cler-
icals need a union. The only way
to ensure that management
can't arbitrarily fire, declassify
and underpay us is to organize
and to fight management togeth-
er. The first principle of the
Organizing Committee must be
to organize a union now.
Democracy on the committee.
The Organizing Committee must
function democratically. It is
open to all clericals agreeing
with its principles. All Commit-
tee decisions will be made by
majority vote after full discus-
sion. Obviously, all members
must have the right to maintain
their own independent views and
have the right to criticize Com-
mittee decisions they disagree
with.
Membership control. At least
by the time of certification of
our new union - and perhaps
well before that - the control
of that union must be turned
over to union members.
Clericals can vote to certify
another union as early as Aug-
ust 11, 1977. A lot of work has
to be done before such a certifi-
cation vote - not only to collect
the cards necessary to conduct
a certification election, but to
make absolutely sure that every
clerical on this campus is in-
formed about what it means to
form a union. Every clerical
must know how our union should
ftnction in order to guarantee
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