Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday December 2, 1975 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, December 2, 1976 'U' slip pin' into darkness GEO approves contract vote MIDNITE MADNESS SAVE I AJ 6 Earth Amps 3 LP's Road Amps 80.99 were 14.94 Reg. $499.00 Gibson L6-S Yamaha FG-160 $165.50 Harmony Banjo $129.00 NOW $369.00 $119.50 $ 89.00 $480.00 (Continued from Page 1) "No, I'm not a ghost," he whis-' Student Activities Building, van- can't pay them now." pered - but he refused to give ished from the air waves for an The moods in the dorms was , his name. hour. jovial as candle-toting students Not everyone, however, was Meanwhile, merchants at the crept slowly up and down halls, finding the darkness enjoyable. Union closed down their estab-' tossing snowballs, pulling fire Chicago House Resident Direc- lishments for safety reasons, alarms, and engaging in other tor Sheila Sandubrae warned ,and employes roamed the build-, forms of residence hall shena- the women on her floor to stay ing with flashlights and decor1 nigans. in their rooms and' lock the' candles purloined from dinner S T U D E N T S W I 'T H doors, or travel the halls with table at the University Club. flashlights provided an escort friends. "JUST THINK OF how much service for those without illu- "IT COULD be dangerous if money we'i'e losing," one Uni-' mination, and scarce battery- any type of pathological people 1 versity Cellar employe joked run radios were a popular at- are around," she said. "Like from behind the Cellar's lockedi traction. muggers rapists, theieves." door. In the eerie hallway of West In the Student Publications doojust pulled into the parking Quad, one student was convinc- Building on Maynard, Michigan structure and that's when it ed the end was near. "We may Daily members were startled turned as black as the ace of be entering the Twilight Zone," when the clattering of wire ma- spades," said Jim Hilton, assist- he said. "Only one room will chines came to a silent stand- ,ant general manager of the'i be lit, and a lone stereo play- still, and severalireporters Union.I ing." scrawled their stories by can- Like some character in a Vin- dlelight. The darkness failed to cent Price horror film, a lone disrupt the composition of this * man sat softly playing the piano morning's newspaper. But ra- P 1ercc V in a quiet, pitch-black lounge. dio station WCBN, housed in the (Continued from Page 1) according to Forsyth, has not t "Our lawyer says we've got yet received notice from MERC them cold," Moran said. on the unfair labor practice, it Meanwhile, Chief University is not yet considering it serious- Bargainer John Forsyth main- tains "They're going to lose "I doubt whether they've even at MERC" because the griev- filed it," Forsyth said. ance concerns an article defin- "I BELIEVED them initially ing who is protected under the - when they (GEO) first an- contract and is therefore a le- nounced it - but I'm suspicious gitimate bargaining issue. ' now." he added. "WE'RE WILLING to renego- Responding to the charge that tiate that article," said For- the University is trying to break syth. the union, Forsyth said, "If we if rE tinue to refe were trying to bust them lord Martin D-18 $700.00 t further negotiations, holds For- syth, the University will hinge the settlement on the arbitra- tion decision. Because the Administration, count bld knows we've had many oppor- tunities in the past." And though union activists are anxious to sign a contract and collectcdues, Moran said the union can survive nonethe- less. "WE CAN GET loans from MFT. (Michigan Federation of Teachers, the parent union)," he said- 4Thev have never let Accessories-20% OFF from 10-11 ACipo o ratify their own 'contract' but they still won't have a contract with the University." At the union, meeting, mem- ity opinion cautioning ratifica- tion would only freeze the posi- tions of the contract as it now stands and then give the Univer- sity little incentive to settle early. THE MAJORITY of GSA's who gathered for the meeting in the, Rackham Amphitheatre felt the University could be spurred into agreement by pressure after the contract terms are approved by the membership. "This action will not affect our unfair labor practice (pro- ceedings)," said GEO bargain- er Susan Van Alstyne to the group. "In fact it will strength- en it beca,4se it -shows we've bargained in good faith to get a contract." One GEO steward from the School of Education says the pressure has already begun to mount. "A number of faculty members in the education school have contacted the administra- tion because they consider this last move by the University bargainers as an unfair labor practice. He further encourag- ed the members preseut to urge the faculty in their departments to do the same. F O R S Y T H, meanwhile, said, "All I can say myself is I have not had one call yet." All GEO card - holding mem- bers - even those who have not paid their fall term dues - are being called on to cast their ballots in the four day ratifica- tion vote beginning tomorrow. 323 So. Main St. Ann Arbor 769.1400 wtf ONNOW 11G lu.A. y. 1 d VG 11 V mmmm mmmm mmm mmmm a eone of their unions go bankrupt due to employers financial at- HOLIDAY CAKES rejected by Kell tacks on them." But GEO does not want to Custom Design your Holiday Cake (Continued from Page 1) "We would much rather get find out tie long termn reper- Canvassers asking for a recount, the thing taken care of on the cussions. It wants a contract WE'LL DO THE BAKING . . . but the petitions were rejected'state level, so we don't have now. YOU DO THE EATING!! because of the 1974 Kelley opin-,to get the U.S. House of Rep- Last night's vote to start a ion that Congress had sole au- resentatives to step in," he said. referendum for ratification of; thoritv over disputed congres- THE DOCUMENTS filed w hat they claim is, in fact, a as Yae tisTHE C EssSaree iahro-comnlete contract signaled the S ug a i . B kery sioHastings conceded that there hcedgral step keeping open startsofeathni e s t into corner of LIBERTY and MAIN were difficulties involved in get- Pierce's option to ask for a press ire the University into 300 S. MAIN 761-7532 ting legislation passed: the state congressional recount. Pursell agreement promptly. °alegislative session will expire reportedly is consulting attor- "R A T I F I C A T I 0 N i- --n - - about two weeks and the bill neys to formulate a response is intended to show that our would need Republican support. to the notice of contest. membership is serious that this But he said it is the favored Pierce also is prepared for any is the contract and we want to route. legal action necessary, Hast- sign it," said Moran. VOTE TODAY ings said. B u t Forsyth countered, ALL NEW 1 "We're going to pursue it on! "They're ratifying something HARDCOVER BOOKS every possible legal front," he that has not even been agreed a a An o FFsaid. to vet They can go ahead and MIDNIGHT MADNESS at SAM'S * PolarGuard Coats-both men's and boys' sizes MEN'S: originally $45 now $32 BOYS': originally $42 now $28 e Warm Mittens-only $2.88 MSA-UHL Election Many 25% off SCenticore Bookshops 336 MAYNARD 1229 S. UNIVERSITY tV Y . Al . QiS 11CU C l POLLS ACROSS CAMPUS ter pont reflects on years at 'U, ponders its future (Continued from Page 1) ces, and I have some real ques- AFTER SERVING in the coming slowly to its end. tions about whether or not Navy during World War II, that's going to continue. And. Pierpont returned to Ann Arbor AND PIERPONT recognizes- we had a great growth of the! to teach accounting. He was perhaps better than anyone else campuses - the North Campus made controller in 1947, and can - the changes taking place and the physical facilities - became Vice President- and around him. It does not make and we're about done with that, Chief Financial Officer in 1951 him rage against the darkness, we're not going to need it any- through what he calls "a piece though; his eyes sparkle as he more." of luck." remembers the past or traces INSTEAD, Pierpont sees a He is a profoundly humorous the lines of the future. period of "stability" during man; few things escape his dry "Nobody has lived through which the University will have wit or his laughter. And when more of a Golden Era of higher to conserve its resources and he speaks about the University education than I have," he find new ways of raising money. he uses, a curiously personal says, "no matter where you "The financial crunch which frame of reference: it is, after are, what university you're in. is hitting all 1higher education all, his old friend of many win- Those twenty years from 1950 is going to hit us differently," ters. to 1970, they were a great time. he says. "In fact, we're going "I think the University can But the conditions of growth to be one of the most vulnerable adapt; I think it will adapt. It'd will not occur again in the next institutions. This means we're 'a very strong university. There 10 years. going to have to be more alert always have been hard times "We had great growth in the to the kind of financial resour- here - there was never a time number of our students, which ces we can obtain, more alert when there was enough money we're not going to see anymore. to how we sort out our priori- to go around, and I don't think There was a great growth of ties." there ever will be. financial support from all sour- Pierpont was born March 15, 1-14 in Winn, a small town near "I THINK IT'S GOT inertia the center of the Lower Pe- of its own, sere - but in the erninshMa. He went to schoolinright sense of the word," he nearby Mt. Pleasant, and earn- svs. "Tt flows like the Missis- ed a BA from Central Michigan ;nni River. 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Send $4.50 plus 50¢ postage and handling, check or money order to COCONUT BAY P.0 Box 22900 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Satisfaction Guaranteed - Allow 4 weeks delivery Have a Coconut Bay Day potirs' gui ld A A6A AA to the extent that any large or- ganization of this kind can ac- knowledge the interests of in- dividuals, I think it's done a Ipretty fair job." Throughout his career, Pier- Pont has worked to decentralize the operations o fthe University toward those ends. "It seems to me the art of managing an institution of this kind is to keep it as flexible, as horizontal and as loose as is pos- sible and still have some ac- countability." FLEXIBILITYwas a major consideration during the student unheavals of the Six- ties, and Pierpqnt remembers them well. "I think the University re- snonded to it very well," he says of the student protest movement. "I think it's a bet- ter University than we had 10 years ago because of it." He says dissent is "a pretty good idea -- but there has to be some humor and some pro- oriety about it. You know, Ssnrmetimes I've criticized the University's actions, too." WHEN FE STEPS DOWN at the end of the month, Piernont's nlace will be taken by James Prinkerhoif of the University of Minnesota - a man who work- ed closely with him here for many years and who has been called a "Piernont protege." He is confident of Brinker- ] hoff's ability to manage the University's finances, and con- fident the University itself will weather its uncertain future. "It's easy for an old man to sit back and criticize the way thines are going," he says. "Bat I'm not quite ready to do that - I'm not an old man yet." 10 CARDS? . 1. 111U I Aft . .d& I