Wednesday, Juty 27, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three U', HOA initiate new contract talks By SUE WARNER 5s5 Bargaining teams represeat- 6 inag the University and the Boous N Officers A.ssoiation (BOA) be- v gan new contract negoti-ations 5Monday evening. The assoa- tion'. pres eat contract is set to expire midnight August 31. IltA represents some 300 is- *terans and resideats who h adle most of the patient care at the 4 University's Medical Center, n- der the sopervisi a of Medca 1 Sshool faculty. ACCORDING t TDr. sliver Cameron, HttA hargaining corn- mittee chairman, anion and Usiversity negotiators set the ground roles f r the upcoming c ntract talks at Monday's ses- sian. lHe added Ihat the as.ocia- ti n's hargaining committee has heen meeting for over a month Dads Phuts by ALAN BILINSKY and will he ready to present Amber waves of grain seiccotatposls nt H itchhiking ruing .upsets locals By DENISE FOX and remove them from the Some thought it was legally protection of the law," said wrong, others called it morally Virginia Nordby, a University wrong, and still others labeled Law Professor. "The law is de- the decision just plain sexist, signed to protect all." but most disagreed with the N recent reversal of a rape con- NORDBY SAID rape has viction by a California appeals been seen as a feminist issue judge on grounds that a female and non-feminist judges have hitchhiker should be prepared used it to "have their say." for the sexual advances by the She was referring also to the man who picks her up. recent statement by Madison, "I think it's really wrong to Wis., judge, Archie Simonson, take any group of women, whe- that rape could be a normal ther they're prostitutes or wives reaction to the "provocative" Van Dam Illave attorney's job quietly By KEITH B. RICHBURG Special to The Daily DETROIT-Philip Van Dam, the United States Attorney fired by President Carter last May, has decided to leave his job quietly and without a fight. "Upon careful consideration, I have decided not to litigate the issue of my removal by President Carter," Van Dam said, basing his decision on what he claims to be his belief in the "profession- alism" of the office. VAN DAM, 34, will vacate his eighth floor office in the De- troit Federal Building August 15th, staying on long enough to help his replacement, James Robinson, with the transition. Robinson, a Troy attorney and a partner in the politically active law firm of Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn, was handpicked to replace Van Dam by Michigan's freshman Senator, Donald Reigle.. See VAN DAM, Page 6 clothing worn by women today. In the unanimous decision, California judge Lynn Comp- ton said a female who hitch- hikes advises everyone who passes by that she is willing to enter any vehicle and adver- tises she has less concern for her safety than the average fe- male. BUT GAIL Reisman, a Uni- versity employe, said hitch- hiking is simply a means of getting from one place to an- other. "It's not that female. hitch- hikers are any less concerned about their safety," she said. "But the male attitude is bad. Some men respond with the at- titude that female hitchhikers will do anything." But University student-Kurt Olson said he doesn't respond any differently to female hitch- hikers. "THE DECISION was really stupid," said Olsen. "When you pick up a female hitchhiker, it's not an invitation to sex." Barbara Murphy of the Uni- versity's Affirmative Action Programs questioned the judge's reasoning. "The judge is saying that it's a crime of provocation. Even by stretching my imagi- nation I cannot see it as such," she said. "If you leave money in your house and someone breaks in and steals it, it's not your fault for having left it out." MURPHY SAID even edu- cated men who hold high legal positions are a product of their society. "There should be more mi- norities and women in high legal positions because we need different points of view," she said. 'I think it's really wrong to take any group of women, whe- ther they're prostitu- tes or w i v e s and re- move them f r o m the protection of the law..' Virginia Nordby, 'U' law professor. Professor D. Brown of the Psychology Department said he believed the judge was legally wrong, but he could under- stand how the. judge could inter- pret the situation as he did. "P S Y C H O . O G I C- ALLY I could see how the men could misread the clues given by the young lady. The prob- lem is one of mores- in a soc- iety and what message isabeing given." But a spokesperson from the Gay Advocates Office termed See HITCHHIKING, Page 10 week. Cameron refused to comment on what the anion will he asking in the new contract. iowever, he did say yester- day, "I expect we'll be extend- ing our present contract until the new one is ironed out." IN ADDITION to planning contract proposals, the HOA is activelsP supporting an amend- msent to the National Labor Re- lations Act of 1974 which was introduced by Senator Donald Riegle (D-Mich.I last Wednes- day. The proposed legislation would give over 60,000 interns and res- idents across the country the right to bargain collectively. However, Riegle's bill would not directly affect the Univer- sity's house officers because of a 1973 Michigan Supreme Court ruling, on an appeal from lower courts, which stated doctors in training are both employes and students. THE COURT decision concur- red with a Michigan Employ- ment Relations Commis- sion (MERC) r a Ii a g which See 'U', Page 6 Brown pledges' nuclear ai'd to S. Korea TOKYO OP-U.S. Defense Sec- retary Harold Brown pledged yesterday that the United States will continue to cover South Korea with its nuclear umbrella. Informed sources said a rear guard of up to 12,000 troops will remain to cover the withdrawal sf 33,000 American g r o u n d forces. According to the sources, a senior official aboard Brown's plane said Brown gave assur- ances that two brigades, roughly c o m p r i s e d of 8,000 combat troops and several thousand for logistic support, would remain until the very end of the phase- out in 1982. "WE HADN'T said nostos the idea before," he said. "We left it open until the talks." Brown flew to Tokyo yester- day to brief Japanese officials See BROWN, Page 6 Puppy love Mary Torrisi believes pierced earrings can lead to romance - or at least puppy love. She didn't want to have the ears of her 3-month-old great dane cropped in the traditional short-pointed fashion. So she took Marmaduke to a jewelry store and had one of his ears pierced., "Dobbie the dalmation, next door, just fell in love with her when he saw the silver earring. He just sat and stared, sort of mesmerized. Now he follows her all around," says Torrisi, 17, who received Marmaduke, named after the comic-strip character, as a birthday present from her parents. After okaying the idea with a veterinarian, she checked with an ear-piercer at a local jewelry store -- who said all right as long as Marmaduke agreed. "I have this thing about ear- rings," Torrisi explained. "I've always liked them. And one day when I can afford it, Marmaduke and -TODAY I will split a pair of good diamond earrings." That's counsel to U. S. Sen. Morgan, he agreed with Mor- possible because Torrisi wears three pierced ear- gan that the FBI was "rotten to the core". Now rings on her right ear and two on her left. "I'll give that Edwards has been named U. S. attorney for Marmaduke one and I'll use the other for the third Western N. Carolina, and will be ordering FBI hole in my right ear," she said. investigations himself, he has decided that Mor- gan misspoke himself. What Morgan meant to say, according to Edwards, was'the FBI was rotten "at . . . nothing is happenings today, but there are the core", and not "to the core". two announcements. Project outreach is now ac- cepting applications for the Fall 1977 internship in adolescents, call 764-9279 .. . if you plan to gradu- On the outside ate in 1978, and are interested in applying for a post graduate scholarship (Rhodes, Marshall, Dan- Today will be the absolutely perfect day. We will forth, etc.) contact the office of Senior Scholarships reach a high of 80, under sunny skies, with a slight immediately at 764-4311, or walk up to 5208 Angell wind out of the West. Tonight's low will be in the Hall. low 60's. But you'd better enjoy it while you can, because it looks like those steamy days of two Only rotten at the core weeks ago will be with us again very soon. Thurs- Last year, when Harold Edwards was legislative day's high will be 85, and Friday's near 90.