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By CHARLES THOMSON
Both the Graduate Employees Organization and
the University have appealed a July 14 ruling by a
Michigan Employment Relations Commission ad-
minsitrative judge which granted collective
bargaining rights to some graduate student assistan-
ts.
GEO President Dave Kadlecek said the "most op-
timistic" estimate for a decision in this round of the
approximaley four-year-old court case is December.
He added he "wouldn't be totally surprised" if a
decision were not made until next summer.
THE CASE CENTERS on the question of whether
GEO members are to be considered "employees"
under the Michigan Public Employees Relations Act,
thus forcing the University, to recognize GEO as an
official bargaining unit for graduate teaching, staff,
and research assistants.
The Univesity has claimed that GEO members are
students, not employees, and that they, are not
required by the act to enter into collective bargaining
with GEO.
GEO has claimed.its members are students and
also employees as defined by the act.
IN HIS LATEST ruling, MERC Administrative
Judge Shlomo Sperka ordered that teaching and staff
assistants, which combined comprise approximately
80 per cent of the GEO bargaining unit, are to be con-
sidered University employees. However, Sperka
ruled research assistants are not employees.
Both GEO and the University have appealed that
ruling to the full three-member MERC ad-
ministrative board. Former GEO President Gregory
Scott said the group had been prepared toaccept the
July 15 ruling if the University did likewise, but filed
its appeal after the University issued its objection.
GEO negotiated its first contract with the Univer-
sity for the 1975-76 school year after a month-long
strike during the spring of 1975. GEO members have
been working without a contract since the 1975-76 con-
tract expired.
THE LEGAL DISPUTE arose during negotiations
for a contract to cover the 1976-77 school year. At that
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By MAURA CARRY
The approximately 4,600 freshper-
sons embarking on their four year trip-
through the University are guaranteed
one thing on their arrival-a place to
,.ive in a University residence hall.
ome freshpersons, however, find these
accommodations may not be exactly
what they had hoped for when they
mailed in their housing applications
five months ago.
The type of room a new student
receives upon arrival depends upon the
date his or her application was
received, and many students who sent
in late applications requesting a double
found themselves in "converted
triples" or lounges instead.
ASSISTANT Director of Housing Leroy
illiams explained that a converted
triple means three students receiving a
rate reduction are placed in a room
normally occupied by two people. If one
student is able to relocate later, the
room is converted back to a double.
Donna Pendergast, a resident ad-
visor in Bush House of South Quad, said
that there are four converted triples on
her hall. "Most of them are freshmen,
nd they're dealing with it pretty well,"
'he said. She added that in South Quad,
the rooms are large enough so that
crowding isn't really a problem.
Pendergast also said that many of the
freshmen will not leave even - when
given the chance later in the term.
'They get so close, they don't want to
get out,'she said.
MARY ACKERMAN, A freshwoman
in South Quad, requested a double but is
now in a converted triple. "It's not as
bad as I thought it would be," she said.
"But you trip over everybody," she ad-
ded.
Students who are still staying in con-
verted lounges will be placed in normal
rooms by Monday afternoon, Williams
said. Approximately 25 students are
now living in lounges in several
residence halls and some have as many
as three roommates, he added.
"As soon as we get a cancellation,
someone is moved out of a lounge right
away," Williams said.
There are no students now living with
staff people (RAs and RDs), as has
happened in the past Williams added.
"The first night there were four or five
students placed with staff. They were
the first ones to get out. Staff rooms
aren't something we like to go into," he
said.
THERE ARE NO freshwomen in
temporary housing at this time, but
about seven upperclass women are in
lounges or other temporary accom-
modations.
Williams said there are still some
problems with housing accom-
modations for freshmen and about 25
upperclassmen are living in temporary
housing in Baits. But, he added, they
will all be placed in regular accom-.
modations by Monday.
Williams said that family housing
was experiencing the same crunch as
the residence halls, only to a greatert
degree. The housing office hopes to be
able to accommodate all requests by
mid-September, he said.
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Daily Photo by PAUL tROM r ..
ENGINEERING JUNIOR TIrq LASKO rests after moving into his dorm room
on the fifth floor of Bursely.
LSA Graduation Procedures
PLANNING To GRADUATE IN DECEMBER 1980?
Submit your diploma application and senior concen-
tration release form (for AB/BS candidates) or BGS
Check Form (for BGS candidates):
TO: 1221 Angell Hall
BY: THURSDAY, OCT. 2 DUE DATE FOR ALL GRADUA
*First lesson for new
students: Settling in
1-
TION MATERIALS.
This will ensure that your name
appears on the Tentative Degree
List and in the Commencement
Program.
LAST DAY TO SUBMIT GRADUA-
TION MATERIALS.
By MARC CHARNOW
Away from the throngs of students
who have recently reinvaded campus,
Carl Woodmore, a South Quad resident
*felow, sat peaceably in his single room
and picked up an inch-thick stack of
room condition sheets.
"These crazy things are a recurring
nightmare with me. Everywhere I look,
they're there," he said.
While the University officially opened
its academic doors yesterday, most
dormitory students seemed all but set-
tled in as the confusion of the yearly fall
migration was winding down.
Long lines, barrages of paperwork,
and plenty of sweat could be found in
any of the 13 dorms. Also common was
chatter about making new friends, the'
academic difficulty at the University,
and adjusting to the Ann Arbor
surroundings..,
"It will take me some time to get used
to it here," said freshman Kevin
Maloney. "It seems like everyone
knows everyone else."
Among the necessities of life is
nourishment, and learning about dor-
mitory "hockey pucks" and "roast
beast" is one lesson many newcomers
approach with caution.
"You can get a good meal if you pick
and choose right, but stay away from
stews,'' advised junior Al Klooser.
Freshman David Wayne said he only
hopes it's "better than the Navy chow,"
he had this summer.
After spending much of the last few
days hauling cargo and rearranging
rooms, many students relaxed quietly
yesterday afternoon with a nap, a game
of cards, or a dip at the Central Campus
Recreation Building. Others, however,
continued to explore the exteriors and
interiors of their new lives.
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FRIDAY, DEC.12
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FILMS
Ann Arbor Film Cooperative-Three Stooges 1, 7 p.m., Three Stooges II,
10:20 p.m., MLB, 4.
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Science Aud.
Mediatrics-Breaking Away, 7:30,9:30 p.m., MLB 3.
Gargoyle Films-High Noon, 7, 9p.m., 100 Hutchins Hall.
Cinema II-Grand Hotel, 7 p.m., Red Dust, 9 p.m., Angell Hall Aud. A.,
Cinema Guild-The Big Sleep,?, 9 p.m., Old A&D (Lorch Hall) Aud.
Astronomy Department-Birth andDeath of a Star, 8:30 p.m., Angell Hall
Aud. b.
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Night: Neutron Stars, Pulsars, and the Crab Nebula," 8:30 p.m., Angell Hall
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