pge three- ~ rir i4gin aau AMORPHOUS High-88 Fair, warm. a little sticky Friday, June 18, 1971 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN News Phone: 764-0552 Studnt rgs. mvig to0he ichiganUioni -Assciated Press - Peace Protestor jailed Michael Weissman of St. Louis begins a federal prison sentence yesterday on his conviction of tearing up his draft card in an antiwar demonstration in 1968. Weissman later called his actions "foolish." His sentence is subject to change after a psychiatric evaluation. NEAR P' : Police, crowd gather after youth's arest By ROBERT SCHREINER A broadsweeping plan is currently underway to change the Michigan Union -long regarded mainly as a gathering place for alumni -into a full-fledged student activities center. The eventual movement of all student organizations to the Union from their present loca- tions in the Student Activities Bldg. (SAB) as well as the re- locating of the - Office of Stu- dent Services, and an expected major increase in student con- trol over the governing of the Union, are all included in a plan resulting from a study of the Union made almost two years ago. Last November, the Office of Student Organizations (OSO? becamte the first organization to emigrate from the SAB, settling in new offices on the Union's third floor. The mass movement increased in May, when Student Government Council, Black Stu- dent Union, Inter-Cooperative Council and LSA Student Gov- ernment also relocated. By September, 19 major stu- dent organizations are expected to be relocated at the Union, with the remainder to follow as additional space becomes avail- able. "We are confident the Union will be a better place for stu- dents than the SAB, because it has more than just office space," says Vic Gutman, '73, OSO staff member aad a co- ordinator of the move to the Union. "Since the Union has game rooms, a discount store, and a wide variety of other fa- cilities, it will be much more attractive to all students--and not just the members of the organizations. " However, Gutman says, i or- der for the Union to become a truly student-oriented building. the governing policy of the building must be changed. "Students must gain more seats on the Union board," Gut- man says. The present board follows a very archaic policy-- such as not permitting barefeet or dogs inside the building. This is going to be a problem because the constituency of the Union is changing and they simply c a n n o t maintain the same rules." 0 By TAMMY JACOBS A brief skirmish between young people and police occurred out- side P.J.'s restaurant on State street at 8:30 last night following the arrest of a juvenile runaway by city police. As five police cars arrived at the scene, the quickly growing crowd began shouting obscenities and throwing objects at the po- lice. According to Sgt. Duane Web- er, contacted later at police headquarters, officers walking the beat had a "pickup order' 4 from the Washtenaw County Pro- bate Court for a runaway. When officers spotted the youth, they called for a patrol car to pick him up, and a; the car came, the youth broke awas and tried to escape, Weber said. Weber says there was "no police brutality involved," but bystanders claim the youth was "beat up pretty badly." As the crowd grew and be- came more excited, extra police cars were called, and officers left their cars to keep the crowd off the street. The crowd remained on the sidewalk in front of PJ's and across the street on the corner (t State St. and North University until after police had left, and then dispersed until there was only the usual dozen or so "street people" in front of the restaur- ant. -Day-Jim Judkis VIC GUTMAN, '73, stands in the third-floor corridor of the .Michigan Union where the Office of Student Organizations has relocated. An OSO staff member, Gutman is coordinating the movement of all student organizations to the Union from the Student Activities Bldg. Health Service ek I)etter deal on food By ROSE SUE BERSTEIN The University's student Health Service is exploring ways to obtain food for its inpatients at cheaper rates than the food presentiy contractually supplied by the League. Dr. Robert Anderson, director of the Health Service.says the League food is "very good" but too expensive. He explained that a $36,000 allocation for League food service necessitates that the food bill remain constant each day, despite a fluctuating number of inpatients. Thus, the average cost of meals may vary considerably from Women set shopper stoppage in protest of Indochina wsar By ANITA CRONE The longest day of the year, June 21, has been set by a local womens group as a "no spending day" in protest of the Indochina war. According to Janet Klaver, the local organizer, of Women Unit- ing Against War, (WUAW) this is something that all women who do not support the war can par- ticipate in. It is not a militant march, and she expects that the women par- ticipating in anti-war action for the first time will not feel threat- ened. The local action has spread around the country with the aid of a mailing list and media pub- licity. Klaver reports that women from Florida, California, Iowa, New York, Wisconsin and Illinois have been contacting the local group. Local residents have planned coffees where discussion groups will take place. There will also be "read ins", and a children's function in Burns Park. The activities will culminatej with a peace mass at St. Thomas Church, followed by a candlelight march from the church to the County Building. Women are leafletting the localj shopping areas, as well as set- ting up locations for a continuous showing of "You Don't Have To Buy War, Mrs. Smith", a film featering Bess Myerson Grant, explaining the military indus- trial complex and its effect on women. day to day. Dr. Anderson estimated a typical meal's price at $3.33, but added that each meal costs the same be it breakfast, lunch or dinner each day. Because the University is ex- periencing a general ightening of pursestrings, Anderson said Health Service Policy Board of the Office of Student Services de- cided to investigate different ways of obtaining food. Until a year ago, food was pre- pared and cooked at the Health Service building on Fletcher Street, Anderson explained, but renovations and rearrangements of facilities led to the agreement with the League, which is across the street from Health Service. Anderson emphasized that the problem with League food is "not quality" but simply price. He said it is very important for ill persons to be served tasty and appealing food, and the present arrangement meets this concern. In addition, Anderson pointecd out that the alternate plans be- ing considered-private caterers. convenience foods to be prepared at the Health Service, and serv- ice from the smaller dormitories -may not be as satisfactory as the League service in meeting necessary requirements. Sticker man ordered reinstated By JONATHAN MILLER A Washtenaw County Catholic Social Services worker who lost his job for refusing to remove a "Berrigan for Pope" sticker from his car has been ordered rehired. Emmett S. Roche, director of Catholic charities of the arch- diocese of Detroit, ordered the rehiring of 40-year-old George Mercier, saying the punishment had been "unduly harsh." Mercier, who had threatened court action if he was not rein- stated, expressed surprise at the decision and called it a victory for the right of employes "to express themselves ,;ublicly" on political issues. Mercier said he and some friends had the stickers printed up to criticize the feder d in- dictment of the Rev. Phillip Berrigan on charges of .elping to plan the kidnaping of presi- dential adviser Henry Ki -enger. Mercier was dismissed June l, -uauy-Jin oudis MEMBERS of Women Unit- ing Against War discuss plans for stoppage of buying.