The Michigan Daily-Saturday, September 13, 1980-Page 3 A2 STRIKE CONTINUES Board makes offer Daily Photo by DAVID HARRIS: PART OF THE Ingalls Street pedestrian mall is done, but the completion of the walkway between MLB and the Michigan League won't be finished until funds become available. First Stage of In gaS Mal project comp leted By JULIE BROWN Ann Arbor's eleven-day old school strike continued yesterday, with school board negotiators making a contract of- fer early yesterday morning. According to Assistant Superinten- dent of Schools Robert Moseley, negotiators for the school board put for- th the formal proposal shortly before negotiations ended at approximately 1:30 a.m. Negotiations were originally scheduled to resume at 3 p.m. yester- day. MOSELEY, CONTACTED shortly af- ter 9 p.m. last night, said negotiations were not taking place at that time. "We're waiting and waiting," he said. "We've been here since 3 o'clock, and no one has come in from the education association to indicate a willingness to talk." Ann Arbor Education Association spokesman Dan Burroughs, contacted at 10:15 p.m., said, "I would say, as far as I know at this time, our team is in- volved in negotiations. They may not be sitting at the table, but I'm sure they're at the site." BURROUGHS SAID he spoke with teachers' association President Richard Taylor at approximately 6 p.m. yesterday at which time Taylor indicated that he was at the negotiations site. He also said that the teachers still intended to respond to the school board offer following discussion amongst themselves. According to Burroughs, the teachers' association negotiating team requested the break in negotiations for purposes of rest and discussion. "It wasn't just for the purpose of talking it over," he said. Teachers' association negotiators were concerned about responding to the proposal during It's SEIILCEITZ at 1140 South University 668-8411 the marathon session, he said, because of fatigue. ASSISTANT Superintendent Moseley declined to discuss specific aspects of the school board offer, but noted that it included a salary settlement and provision dealing with all other issues on the table. Major non-salary issues in the strike have been assessment of teacher qualifications in determining layoff procedures, assignment of homerooms to intermediate school teachers, elementary school class size, racial composition of the system's staff, and teacher transfers within the system. The manner in which missed school days would be made up has also been a Woman thwarts attacker An 18-year-old Ann Arbor woman reported an attempted criminal sexual assault Thursday morning at 5:00, police reported yesterday. Police said it was still unkown if the woman was a student but the attempted assault oc- curred in the 800 block of Oakland, a campus-area residence. The woman said she was awakened when the would- be assailant placed his hand over her mouth and told her he was going to sexually molest her. She grabbed hi knife, screamed, ,and struggled. Her roommate came in response to the screams and the suspect fled. The case is still under investigation. subject of concern, as evidenced by questions put forth by students at a student-organized rally Thursday af- ternoon at Pioneer High School. Yesterday's contract offer from the school board marked the culmination of a virtual marathon session, which began at 10 a.m. Wednesday and, ex- cept for meal breaks, continued throughout Wednesday night, Thur- sday, and ended early yesterday. A nine-hour negotiating session Tuesday was the first since talks broke off early in the evening of Friday, Sept. 5. The St. ike, involving some 1,061 per- sonnel, is the largest of 18 school strikes, statewide. By JOHN SPELICH zAlthough the first stage of construction on the Ingalls Mall is complete, University architects are not sure where the project will go from there. At present, only half of the west side of Ingalls St., which runs between the Modern Languages Building and the Michigan League, has been closed and replaced with grass land walkways. THE REST OF the project-including closing both sides f the street and replacing the area with grass and brick walkways, and expansion of the pool around the fountain-is expected to be completed over an unspecified number of ears as money becomes available, according to University pa.ers . Part of a master plan drawn up in 1963 for University reconstruction, the Ingalls Mall project has been modified +everal times and will likely undergo further changes up un- til the time of completion, Landscape Architect Ken Wanty Said. Another major facet of the plan is the construction of a walkway on East University Ave. between the C.C. Little Building and South University Ave. "WE'RE CHIPPING AWAY a little each year, but it will be some time until the East University walkway is finished," University Planner Fred Mayer said.1 According to University architects, a large sum of money was saved by starting the construction projects during the summer. Mayer said the budget for the first stage of the Ingalls project was $90,000, but a University architect who asked not be identified said the actual cost was far below that figure. "Contractors are eager to work and this has created a good bidding climate," the architect said. LAST YEAR MICHIGAN League Facilities Manager Patricia Lawson resisted the Ingalls Mall project becaue of the resulting loss of parking spaces on the street for visitors to the League. Lawson now, however, appears to have softened her position. "The University has responded quite well. They have listened to our board, which has been involved with the plan- ning committee," she said. Both the Ingalls and East University properties were ob- tained by the University from the city of Ann Arbor. There Exist Vcencies on the Following Committees: INTERNAL MSA COMMITTEES ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE BUDGET PRIORITIES COMMITTEE A NCMHGAN COMMUNICTIONS COMMITTEE STUDENT LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS COMMITTEE ASSEMBLY MINORITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PERMANENT INTERVIEWING COMMITTEE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS BOARD SPECIAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COMMITTEE EXTERNAL UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS RESEARCH POLICIES COMMITTEE REVIEW PANEL FOR CLASSIFIED RESEARCH STUDENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE UNIVERSITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE CIVIL LIBERTIES BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RECREATIONAL SPORTS LIBRARY COUNCIL (One must be Grad student) UNIVERSITY COUNCIL U-CELLAR BOARDAPLTO COU TER FARILITIES A PPLY TO: COMPTER ACILTIESMichigan Student Assembly OTHER POSITIONS AVAILABLE 3909 Michigan Union EDITOR OF THE MAIZE Phone Number: 763-334 UNION EXECUTIVE BOARD INSURANCE COMMITTEE if Fear of losing revenue 'U' factions against Tis Continued from Page 1) But the soldiers have to be careful. egally, University officials can inform Or educate, but they can't urge a "no" vote on the tax-cut proposal. The Tisch tax-cut plan is named after the Shiawassee drain commissioner who authored it. It is often referred to as "Tisch II" because Tisch proposed his first tax-slashing plan in 1978. It did pot pass. IF ADOPTED, THE Tisch plan would reduce state revenues by about $2 billion. The state generally spends aoubt $10 billion each year, but after the part of the budget that's committed to local governments and other in- stitutions through federal plans is gone, there's just over $3 billion left. The $2 billion Tisch cut would come from that. With what's left over, the state would have to support higher education, state employees, and all social services. Tisch doesn't see that as necessarily ad. Part of his plan says that state support for education won't drop bgecause of the property tax cuts. But his foes want to know from where the money will come. That's part of the reason Tisch is still fighting in court to get his proposal on the ballot. (The state Supreme Court is expected to rule on that by Monday.) Another part of Tisch's plan that worries higher education officials is his interpretation of tuition as a tax. Under his plan, 60 per cent of the state's voters would have to approve any tuition in- crease. BUT IF THE University loses most of its state revenues and it can't raise tuition unless the voters approve it, the University will be caught up in a real Catch-22, University administrators say. Two other tax reform proposals will be offered on the November ballot: The Smith-Bullard and the Legislative Coalition plans, Proposals A and C, respectively. Both of these plans offer a shift from property taxes to either in- come or sales taxes and would not in- volve a significant loss of state revenue. The University does not have a position on either tax plan. "I literally think we can scare people into (voting against the tax cut)," MSA, President Marc Breakstone said yesterday during a meeting of Univer- sity leaders. MAL BAROWAY, DIRECTOR of state and community relations, jumped in, "It is a real scare." In a short bnainstorming session, the group members pondered tax-cut fighting tactics. James Thiry, University director of personnel, thought that giving staff members the chance to "brown bag" their lunches and learn about what they'd be voting on-all at once-was a good idea. Former MSA. President Jim Alland said students could be educated on Tisch II in conjunction with MSA's voter registration plan. DENTISTRY PROF. RICHARD Cor- pron suggested realtors be informed that the property tax cut would hurt, rather than help, in persuading businesses to come to the state. In- dustries would look at a state's unites ch plan educational system-not just its low property taxes-in making decisions about location, he said. Corpron, like all the others at yesterday's meeting, is convinced that Proposal D would ruin the state's educational system. Be that as it may, University General Counsel Roderick Daane told the crowd of almost 20 that the University could "inform (voters) but not exhort"on the tax plan issue. Through publications such as The University Record and the alumni magazine, the University plans to "in- form" parents, the entire state alumni population, "friends" of the Univer- sity, and the general public of the tax cut's impact on higher education, ac- cording to Baroway. THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, which will be used in some form by every college and university in the state, will be lugged anywhere an audience can be found. Some groups, such as the campus chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) will sponsor forums on the various tax plans. How else might the Tisch plan be fought? A debate sponsored by Viewpoint Lectures, perhaps? "The last I heard, Tisch was charging $750 for an appearance,"LSA Student Government President Dan Solomon said. "But who would we put up against him?" Assistant Vice-President for Student Services Tom Easthope asked. "Easthope," suggested Alland. But Easthope, said Easthope, doesn't "do public forums." The Ann Arbor Film Cooperative Presents atML B4: Alfred Hitchcock Night with FRENZY, a stylish film about a necktie strangler and a falsely accused young man who runs from the police in pursuit of the real Hewlett-Pack ard. ?4 The Ace in a Winning Hnd the HP- 34 C "*38 SCIENTIFIC FUNCTIONS -UP TO 20 MEMORIES 'UP TO 210 PROGRAM LINES, USING ALL 20 MEMORIES FOR PROGRAM STEPS SOLVES FOR REAL ROOTS OF AN EQUATION SOLVES NUMERICAL INTEGRATION *LIST PRICE $150.00 Our Price $122.90 . i. r'" i" 1 , : y !ii I L; a .E x i -HAPPENINGS- FILMS UAC Mediatrics-"The Rose", Nat. Sci. Aud., 6:30,9:00, and 11:30 p.m. Cinema Guild-"Tree of Wooden Clogs," Lorch Hall, Aud., 7 and 10:15 p.m. Ann Arbor Film Cooperative-"Frenzy," MLB 4, 7p.m. and "Family Plot, MLB 4, 9p.m. Cinema II-"Bang the Drum Slowly," Aud. 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