Panel to consider cuts in, 'U, schools By ANDREW CHAPMAN The University has taken the first steps toward possible elimination of entire schools and colleges in light of financial troubles that may lie ahead. To accomplish this, a University budget ad- visory panel has established a subcommittee to consider guidelines and procedures for the discontinuation of any of the 17 schools and colleges at the University. THE SUBCOMMITTEE, which will be part of the University Budget Priorities Committee,. has not been given formal orders to consider the. discontinuance issue, but a number of committee members have volunteered for the subcommittee assignment, said Mary Ann Swain, nursing professor and chairwoman of the BPC. The Budget Priorities Committee is an ad- visory board of faculty, students and ad- ministrators. "Forethought is better than a crisis reac- tion," Swain said of the subcommittee's study.. A set of guidelines for 'discontinuing academic programs was adopted two years ago. Those guidelines were used to eliminate the University's geography department last July.. THE NEWLY established group will attem- pt to develop a useful set of guidelines to evaluate all -University academic programs, said Frizell Vaughan, public:health professor and member of the Budget Priorities Commit- tee. Vaughan said the BPC will study possible criteria to be used for discontinuance of schools and colleges in the event of an ex- tremely serious financial situation. "We're considering the worst, though we hope it doesn't happen," Vaughan said. HE ADDED THAT the University can no longer operate at the level which it has for the past 30 years and said that the chances of financial improvement in the future were slim. Jamie Moeller, a student BPC represen- tative and a member of LSA Student Gover- nment, said Frye believed that creating a committee to study discontinuance of schools and colleges was a good idea, and addled that Frye wanted Aa study to begin as soon as possible. "There is a feeling of urgency," Moeller said.' A PROBLEM FACED by committees such as the BPC is the long amount of time it takes to organize a subcommittee and then have that subcommittee study its assigned problems, said Bob Sauve, budget assistant to / Vice President for Academic Affairs Billy Frye. "Frye can't wait two years for their advice," Sauve added. If the University's money crunch continues, it may be necessary to eliminate entire schools, Sauve said. HE EXPLAINED that only so many ad- ministrative departments can be cut without a breakdown in the day-to-day functioning of the University. Frye would "love" to have the BPC con- sider guidelines and procedures for discon- tinuance of schools and colleges, Sauve said. "As a University we haven't worked out a good system for which schools to look at or how/ to look at them," Sauve said. The administration wants faculty in- volvement if there is "the need, or poassible need, to do major reductions in major units at the University," he added. Committee Chairwoman Swain said the BPC is attempting to play an active, as opposed to reactive, role in dealing with the University's budget problems. J. ::. MUNDANE Ninety-Two Years Mostly clear today with a of, Dc"lfhigh in the mid-40s and a, Editorial Freedom w low of 30. Vol. XCI , No. Copyright 1981 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, November] 1, 1981 Ten Cents Ten Pages GEO wins bargainnrights "'U' is undecided on possible appeal By JANET RAE Graduate Employees Organization. *members ;scored a victory in their five-year legal battle with the Univer- sity last week when the Michigan"Em- ployment Relations Commission upheld' an earlier decision that most graduate student assistants are employeds of the University. ' Only research assistants are ex- cluded from the ruling, which gives GSAs the right to organize and bargain collectively. The University previously had refused to cooperate with, negotiating efforts on the grounds that the GSA positions were a 'form of finan- I cial aid. THE UNIVERSITY has until Nov. 24, to file with the State Court of Ap- peals before they legally will be bound to cooperate with the ME1AC decision. Final action is up to the Regents, who will hold their monthly meeting Nov. 19 and 20. The decision originally made by ad- ministrative law judge Shlomo Sperka and upheld by the three-member MERC board, orders the University to abide by a contract drawn up in 1976 following negotiations with GEO. The decision states the contract should be observed "until the parties reach agreement on a new contract or have bargained in good faith to impasse." Sperka, University officials and GEO leaders, said they could not recall any details of the original contract. "IT'S TRUE the contract was impor- tant, but it wasn't the main issue," SSperka said. "The University said, 'No more. We don't have to bargain with you. You're not employees.' Technically, that is what is at issue." Morris Milmet, chairman of the MERC board, filed a dissenting opinion with the decision, saying collective bargaining "could have a potentially long-term destructive effect far out- A MEMBER OF T weighing any immediate beneficial by- placard during a ra products. ruling by Judge Sb William Lemmer, lawyer for the bargaiinng status o University on the case, declined to Michigan Employm comment on what decision the Regents might make in the case, saying onlyTU that since the contract was so old, it s w would have to be studied. Vice President for State Relations Richard Kennedy said that while a.* possible appeal of the MERC ruling was i not yet on the agenda for the Regents a meeting this month, "it will obviously Last week's Michig be brought to their attention." Relations Commissi "WE HAVEN'T made any decision at mark the end of a fight this point," he said. "We've come to no years ago when an in conclusions. teaching assistants de B ut Regent Gerald Dunn supported sity was not treatir the MERC decision. students fairly. Daily tile photos HE Graduate Employees Organization (right) holds a ally against the University administration last spring. A lomo Sperka (above) granting teaching assistants the f other University employees was upheld last week by the nent Relations Commission. en a long f orthGE gan Employment on ruling may t that began eight nformal group of cided the Univer- ng its graduate sity did not raise laries, although tuition was increased 25 percent and salaries of other staff members were raised 12 percent that year. A group of TAs, distressed by what they con- sidered to be unfair treatment of graduate student assistants, tried to negotiate with University ad- ministrators for an equitable pay raise. See IT'S BEEN, Page 7 See GEO, Page 3 In 1973, the Univers graduate student sa Gamota a lo. defends research .. policies U.S. unable to nab, draft registration dodgers, lawyer says By BETH ALLEN Institute of Science and Technology Director George Gamota defended the University's current research policies before the Michigan Student Assembly last night, saying that if a 'school ex- pects to be No. 1" it must stress teaching and research. Gamota explained that professors need to do research to boost and retain their teaching abilities-a faculty member who does not conduct research, may "run out of steam," as. his or her knowledge becomes outdated. SEVERAL MSA members later said they were dissatisfied with Gamota's handling of their questions concerning the relationship between teaching and See INSTITUTE, Page 2 By MIKE McINTYRE If you are among the 1 million young . men who recently have refused to register for the draft, chances are very good that the government doesn't know it, said Jim Lafferty, coordinator of the Detroit chapter of the Committee Against Registration and the Draft. "The bottom line at the moment is that, as a practical matter, the gover- nment has no way of knowing that you failed to register unless you tell them," Lafferty said last night during a forum on the legal ramifications of non- registration sponsored by the Washtenaw County Committee Against Registration and the Draft. military law for 13 years, explained to the group of about 40 people assembled at the Ann Arbor Public Library that, if convicted, the penalty for failing to register for the draft, is five years im- prisonment and a $10,000 fine. Lafferty said, however, that "mass prosecution is not likely." Noting that only 69 percent of those required to register have done so, Laf- ferty explained that "the government has undertaken a campaign of in- timidation in an effort to beef up the numbers." According to Lafferty, 1.2 million postcards have been mailed to households where male, high school seniors -are presumed to be residing, See LAWYER, Page 7 Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS GEORGE GAMOTA, director of the University's Institute of Science and Technology, explains the role of the Institute and answered questions about the University's military research at a meeting of the Michigan Student Assembly last night. LAFFERTY, A lawyer who specialized in selective service has and TODAY Seniors, get busy TSA SENIORS WHO plan to graduate next May must fill out a diploma application and concen- r _ __- - "II lP.....f1. .-.,n .,- .«..- Heart is giving a special citation to the University's Clements Library today, Veteran's Day. Ann Arbor resident and former University student Hugh Gaston will assist in presenting the award to library officials. Gaston, who has earned two purple hearts himself, suggested the special award to the library for its preservation of American historical papers. "Our library is a great library for Revolutionary War materials," said Clements Library Director John Dann. He added, however, that he still was mystified as to why the library would receive the award, generally granted to those who were wounded in combat. Ql when the Urban Development and Health Department complained of code violations. Councilman Bill Danley told the council that in 1977, 13,000 people died from household falls, probably on linoleum. "How many people died from unsanitary feet?" he asked. Further, the danger caused by dropping an electrical device was the same on wet carpet or on wet linoleum, he said. O Governor dropped from jury he said. Asked if.he had ever been sued, Lamm replied, "I get sued probably about 10 times a day." As governor, he is often named a defendant in lawsuits-against the state. El On the inside Professor of English Bert Hornback asks "Is Smaller Better? Is Less More?" on the Opinion Page . ..Arts i I ,l