The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 2,1979-Page7 JOHNSON TO DECIDE WITHIN TWO WEEKS: MSA election decision soon By BETH PERSKY The decision to certify the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) elections should be made by the week of May 14, according to Henry Johnson, Univer- sity Vice-President for Student Ser- vices. Johnson, chosen by the Regents to decide whether the election will be cer- tified or not, released his intentions Monday in a letter to MSA. He expects to have information gathered on both sides of the case and presented to him by the Student Development Office (SDO) by May 11. THE SDO IS "trying to gather any and all information regarding election outcomes: election results, ac- cusations, the decision not to hear the appeal, the constitution of MSA, Cen- tral Student Judiciary (CSJ) - what procedures were and were not followed," said SDO Director Richard Sline. Aiding Sline are Student Development consultants Kevin Taylor and Lisa Mitchell-Yellin. Taylor is examining ballots, reports from Emily Koo, MSA elections direc- tor, and information from CSJ. He said that "anyone can give information, but it has to be written." Regent intervention in the election process began with a letter sent by former CSJ members Richard Barr and Tom Potter, "advising them that the time had come that intervention was proper," said Barr. Barr said that he"used to be against intervention when CSJ had a respon- sible body," but that the "court is rarely used now" and "does not basically know how to run." HE CLAIMED that CSJ's decision not to certify that election "stunk." He countered CSJ's charges, claiming some polls remained open even though polls in Bursley, Couzens, and East Quad closed early. Barr complained graduating seniors will not be able to vote in September, and the accusations of fraud in the election were "never proven." Jim Sullivan, People's Action Coalition (PAC) spokesman, said PAC strongly objects to administration in- tervention in the certification process. "PAC's basic intention is to try to con- vince them that they don't belong in the certification process, and recognize CSJ's decision." "It's a student government that has a constitution," said Sullivan. "It's just not their (the administration's) place to Late puberty upsets boys more By VICKI HENDERSON Late maturation is not uncommon in young teenagers, but the psychological tolls are paid much more heavily by boys than girls, said Nancy Hopwood, associate professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases at the Univer- sity. Pubertal delay may cause secon- dary emotional problems in boys resulting in withdrawal, depression, or masculine inferiority. The "small man" syndrome may be the root of boys'- behavioral problems stemming from competition with his peers. In young girls, however, this petiteness is not an undesirable trait, according to Hopwood. Late blooming is a timing error, Hopwood explained. Medical help in reaching puberty consists of treatment by natural or synthetic hormones used to "speed things up." CONDITIONS THAT delay growth in- clude tumors and an inflammatory bowel disease that are potentially serious. The disease may also be hereditary. But the most common is late blooming, technically known as 'constitutionally delayed growth,' said Hopwood. This can be determined by the growth history of the youth in question, or by determining bone age by x-rays of hands and wrists. "These kids are normal, it's just that they're on a slow train to puberty," said Hopwood. Their emotional problems may be relieved by knowing that they simply are growing at a slower rate than their peers. Hopwood also says that parental interaction with the teenager determines to a large degree how well he will handle it. "Parents must treat their son ap- propriate to his chronological age, not the age of his appearance," she ex- plained. "Studies show that late bloomers who have been treated accor- ding to their true age rather than their younger appearance are made emotionally mature and thus better able to cope with the special pressures of entering junior high school. They are also better able to adapt to puberty when it finally arrives." HORMONAL TREATMENTS may be prescribed if the delay is especially pronounced or if the parents or youth .are significantly concerned after the CDG diagnosis. The patient must pass a thorough medical screening to ensure a good response. The alternatives are monthly injections of testosterone, the male sex hormone, for three of four months, or taking a synthetic hormone pill daily for about six months. The short-term effects of the hor- mone treatment usually are weight gain and acceleration of linear growth without significant risks. "Hopfully," said Hopweed, "the im- proved self-image and self-esteem which result in these teenagers will have lifetime implications." BEC of the related the city counci to shift Lion. I includE buildin permit from t city to half. Mur with determ on pert Earl Council questions water rates (Continued from Page3i Fifth Ward), both attorneys, said they Monday night Murray presenti AUSE THE NEED for expansion thought the city was paying too much experimental Zero Base B sewage treatment facility is for outside consultant work. document for the police departme I to development in and around Laidlaw defended his department's the coming year. Belcher has y, Mayor Louis Belcher and other request for another attorney by saying couraged the development ol I members had urged Murray that the $40 per hour consulting fee the document as the first step in a zero the burden onto new construc- city presently pays to attorney Melvin budget planning for all city depart Murray's subsequent proposals Muskovitz is a "special deal." Laidlaw ts. ed placing surcharges on either noted that Muskowitz, who used to work Zero Base budgeting requir g permits, sewage connection in the city attorney's office, was now review of all department expendi s or site plan reviews. Revenue building up his private practice and as a reference for the next y he surcharges would allow the that it would be difficult to find another budget allotments. cut the 23 per cent increase in attorney to do the outside work for the According to Murray's report same fee of $40 per hour. reason the Police Department ray said he will meet tomorrow LAIDLAW SAID it would be more ef- chosen for the city's "first attemp business representatives to ficient to hire another attorney because formal Zero Base budgeting is tht nine their reactions to surcharges the city already paid overhead costs department has measurable and nits or site plan reviews. that would not increase if another at- prehensible services and expenses ier in Monday night's budget torney were hired. Johnson ... will make decision soon be deciding who is and who is not the legitimate student government," Sullivan claimed. "They're under- mining student government processes." SULLIVAN SAID that procedural violations were strategically ignored by members of the Student Alliance for Better Representation (SABRE) party. Even though the certification hearing was held four days after the election and CSJ law says the hearing must be held between five and ten days after the election, SABRE members "knew it at the time and didn't say anything while it was going on," he said. He also said SABRE "didn't give a reason the elec- tion shouldn't be thrown out." Sullivan, who claimed that it was "basically a technicality, if anything, that was violated (by CSJ)," said the hearing gave all sides a chance to air their views. Nevertheless, he said CSJ's decision was more legitimate than in- tervention by the Office of Student Ser- vices (OSS), which is making "what should be" a student decision. 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