41 Page 10-Tuesday, December 7, 1982-The Michigan Daily Supreme Court agrees to hear discrimination, paternity cases WASHINGTON (UPI)- The Supreme Court plunged into new discrimination issues yesterday, agreeing to hear cases that affect equal pregnancy benefits and illegitimate children. One dispute involves a new twist on sex discrimination-whether male workers must receive the same pregnancy benefits for their wives that female workers enjoy. A lower court decided that any difference in treatment violates federal anti-bias laws. A HIGH COURT ruling in favor of equalizing benefits could prove costly to businesses, which might be forced to pay higher insurance premiums. The justices, announcing the last cases they will hear this term, also agreed to take up a challenge to a Ten- nessee law that sets a two-year time limit for a mother to sue to establish the paternity of her child. A Memphis woman, who sued for paternal support 10 years after her son was born, said the law's exception to the statute of limitations granted for children on welfare is discriminatory. In other action yesterday, the court: " Changed its mind about settling a dispute over a $7.95 table cigarette lighter, citing procedural reasons for dismissing the Illinois case. " Over one dissent, let stand a ruling that the National Football League illegally tried to block team owners from investing in U.S. soccer teams in 1978. * Rejected arguments by a Viet- namese bank officer, who fled his coun- try just before the Communist takeover, that the Treasury Depar- tment is freezing assets of Vietnamese refugees for use as a bargaining chip in future negotiations between the United States and Vietnam. Faculty rejects bid for student member k (Continued from Page 1), for this month's LSA faculty meeting, almost twice the number that usually shows up. Those in favor of the motion had argued that student committee appoin- tments had been successful in the past but Residential College Prof. Carl Cohen said this fact was negligible. "THIS IS not just another case in a train of cases. This is the committee that acts for the faculty at large." .Coehn said he didn't think students were qualified to serve on the six- member committee. "It's an absurd and compromising situation I hope we will not allow the college to fall into," he said of the student appointment., THEATER PROF. Zelma Weisfeld said she thought students did not have enough experience to serve on the committee. "What we (faculty) do have that students don't have is experience," she said. "Input is important but what we're talking about is output." Another criticism of the motion was that it contained no specific details on the new appointee-whether he or she would be a voting or non-voting mem- ber and for how long a term he or she would be appointed. "I would find it dif- ficult to vote for a motion that leaves so much up in the air," said classical studies Prof. Bruce Frier. Supporters of the motion argued that adding a student to the committee would add a new perspective. Psychology Prof. Wilbert McKeachie said that although there would be some concern among faculty members who would no longer speak freely on matters such as personnel, the student point of view must be considered. "I THINK it would be a healthy thing for students to remind us about the quality of undergraduate education at this college," he said. According to anthropology Prof. Vern Carroll, students don't feel they have enough say in major college decisions. "The vast majority of students feel they are paying a lot of money but have very little to do with the decisions that con- cern them," he said. "Students feel there is no way they can have any significant impact on anything." LSA senior Richard Layman, one of about 50 students who attended the faculty meeting, said he thought students were as qualified as faculty members to serve on the committee. "I do not believe faculty members are equipped or trained to make ad- ministrative decisions," he said. Michigan Student Assembly President Amy Moore said she was disappointed by the vote's results. "Since student representation is crucial to this university, I'm highly disappoin- ted by the results of the LSA faculty vote," she said. I'l Chow down AP Photo Two contestants begin a round of "The Great Dog Food Eat-Off" Saturday night at Eugene, Ore. tavern. The Alpo eating competitions are held every two weeks, and the top contenders will meet on January 29 to pick the winner of the $500 grand prize. Council er lns fr hotelcoRleX . PU-BLIC NOTICE Annual Meeting of The University Club Board of Directors will be held in the Bates Room of The Michigan Union on December 13 at 12:00 noon (Continued from Page1) and Ashley. Phase Two construction, according to Berger, should begin in September of 1983. EACH SET of two buildings will form an open quadrangle, Berger said, with a plaza area in the middle. The hotel plaza will be covered with a glass dome, he said. In addition, walkways over the ad- jacent streets will connect the two phases of the project, Berger said. The $6 million loan is being requested to help cover the costs of Phase One. Berger said the company will be seeking additional funds for the second phase sometime next year. BERGER SAID the complex will benefit Ann Arbor because it will create jobs. "Phase One will probably create 700 jobs, in the office space alone," Berger said. "Phase Two will probably create 750 jobs, and these are per- manent jobs," such as waiters and hotel managers he added, not just con- struction jobs. The conference center will also at- tract people to Ann Arbor, according to Berger. "We believe that by the third year . . . we will have at least 5,000 visitors a week," he said. "That's a lot of people visiting Ann Arbor we don't have now." Berger said the Approximately 19,000 parking spaces planned in the complex will help alleviate the city's parking problem. A public hearing on the proposed project will be held December 20, after which city council will decide whether to approve the plan. Ii other business, council unanimously approved a resolution to appoint Godfrey Collins city adr-, ministrator. Collins has been acting city administrator since Terry' Sprenkel left in July. Residents campaign to repeal pot law U I0 ES A. %,-., -AIL (Continued from Page 1) I - S.'>. I i .r I I $1,000 and a year in prison for possession of the drug. Bullard said the group will have no problem collecting the required num- ber of signatures. He said he and other interested people will circulate petitions among their friends and associates. m just discovering that there are a world of people out there who are con- cerned," Bullard said, explaining that there is no formal organization conduc- ting the drive. BULLARD said people who are in- terested in the campaign are getting petitions donated by a local printer. "All I'm going to do is ask everyone to (take the petitions) to their natural constituencies," he said. Bullard stressed that the repeal cam- paign is not political. "Don't make this. a damn political issue, I tell you. It's greater than that," he told council members last night.. "I understand the Republicans don't- want to put it on the ballot, so maybe you who are Democrats should steal their thunder," Bullard said. "We've got to send a new message. 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