Ninety-four Years of Editorial Freedom :J.. LIE an 1flai1 Devious Mostly sunny with a high in the upper 70s. Vol. XCIV- No. 18 Coovright 1983. The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, September 28, 1983 Fifteen Cents Ten Pages GEO, University rea eh accord Contract agreement first since 1976 By GLEN YOUNG Negotiators for the University and its, graduate teaching assistants' union reached tentative agreement on a con- tract Monday night, the first since 1976. Though copies of the agreement were unavailable, bargainers for the union say they are pleased with the ac- cord. "OUR MAIN concern was the right for the union members to get a net gain, and not lose salary increases to tuition increases," said Jane Holzka, a mem- ber of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) bargaining team. Under terms of the plan, teaching assistants will receive a 5.1 percent pay hike and a reduction in tuition by about 7 percent Holska said. The contract would take effect in September, 1984. Teaching assistants received a pay increase of slightly over 5 percent this year in accordance with a memoran- dum of understanding the union signed with the University in August. ACCORDING to Holska, teaching assistants will pay 60 percent of in-state tuition, while they now pay two-thirds of in-state tuition. "It's about 7 percent less than we pay now," she said. Holska admitted, however, that the union is getting very little out of the agreement this year. She said some union members might be concerned aboutthis, but predicted the contract will be passed by the union member- ship. Union members will vote -on the ten- tative agreement at meeting Oct. 5. a membership GEO MEMBERS soundly defeated a tentative contract with the University last October, and the negotiations which culminated in the present agreement have been on and off since last December. But Holzka predicts this one will be passed. She said one of the main causes for concern last time was that the University wanted a three-year pact, while GEO wanted a shorter one. The proposed agreement would run through March. 1985. ANOTHER cause of concern to the union over last year's proposal was that teaching assistants were guaranteed no net gain between salaries and tuition. The present accord gives the unioin members that net gain. Two issues which the unon has pushed for in the past - affirmative ac- tion and a limit on class size - were not decided. Holzka said the University "was unwilling to make affirmative action a contract issue." In reference to class size, Holzka said that is a relevant contract clause, but it puts the responsibility on individual departments. Holska said the bargaining team believes this is a good contract and will urge the membership to ratify it. Colleen Dolan-Greene, chief negotiator for the University could not be reached for comment. Doily roto by TOD WOOLF- Fire bug Two of Ann Arbor's bravest: Firemen Scott Rayburn and Ed Trusedale (right) extinguish the flames of a burning Volkswagen on the corner of East Madison and State streets. The owner, who was informed of his car's grave condition by another motorist, asked not to be identified. l 'U' favors benching freshpersons By RON POLLACK Michigan's Board-in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics voted unanimously yesterday to support a University of Illinois proposal to bar freshpersons from participating in intercollegiate competition. In order for the resolution to be put on the agenda of an Oct. 5 Big Ten meeting in Chicago, it must have the support of six conference schools. "I THINK ALL the Big Ten schools will support it," said Don Canham, Michigan's athletic director. "and there's no question we'll get six." If the proposal passes at the conference meeting, it will be brought before the National Collegiate Athletic Association -convention.in January. Under the Illinois proposal, all freshperson athletes would be prohibited from participating in inter- collegiate competition, although they would be allowed to practice with their respective teams. STUDENT-ATHLETES would be eligible for five years of financial aid under the proposed resolution and retain eligibility for four years of competition af- ter their first year of school. Canham said that passage of the proposal would eliminate "ludicrous" inconsistencies in the lives of freshperson athletes. "At some schools a kid plays three games before school starts," he said. "He doesn't know where the library is, but he's playing in front of 100,000 people. That's ludicrous. Football can't be that important. That's tough for a 17-year-old kid to hack." Athletes at between 50 and 100 schols nationwide experience this kind of disorientation Canham said. including Northwestern, Michigan State, and Ohio State. Although the proposal passed unanimously, some See BOARD, page 9 i Lebanon cease -fire violated; casualties increase From AP and UPI BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese army exchanged fire with Moslem snipers yesterday in Beirut and an Italian member of the international force was wounded despite a two-day old civil war cease-fire. The army said rival militias were exploiting the truce to rearm. Police said nine guerrillas were killed and 20 others were wounded in the Badawi refugee camp near Tripoli, 42 miles north of Beirut. Beirut radio said as many as 20 guerrillas were killed and 30 others were wounded in the bat- tle. A SPOKESMAN for the Italian con- See SHOOTING, Page 3 Block that kick Daily Photo by DOUG McMAHON. Four-year-old Doug Kingsbury takes advantage of the empty Wolverine practice field, Tartan Turf, to polish up on his own sport - rugby. Daily Photo by DOUG McMAHON Rockthe boat Local Aussies splash their enthusiasn for Australia II's victory in the America's Cup Race on the rock at Hill and Washtenaw. ToDAY Drop/add deadline F YOU'RE STILL unhappy with your class schedule, you'd better come up with a solution fast - today is the drop-add deadline for LSA students. Anyone wanting to make class changes after today will have to pay a $10 late fee, and will have to go through the Academic Actions office tn have the changes anrnved For all you late decision of a Colorado condominium and an airplane, but their dispute over ownership of University of Nebraska football tickets is headed for the courtroom. In a lawsuit filed last week in Douglas County District Court, Joseph Vetro saidI that he and Richard King agreed last spring to split the four season tickets they had shared since about 1976. But King got the tickets in the mail during the summer and has kept them all, Vetro alleged. Vetro said the seats in the eastt balcony at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln provide a "unique and nearly unexcelled view" of Nebraska football games. If King is allowed to keep all four tickets, Vetro said he "will sustain great and irreparable injury." The Nebraska Corn- tourists. "Dropping the name would not change the tem- perature," said Milo Candee, who calls himself the coor- dinator of the group. "But we're not talking about changing the temperature. We're talking about changing the image." The 15 people in the group, which includes businessmen, lawyers, and a historian, donated about $1,000 to buy billboard space across the state, Candee said. So far, bet- ween three and six billboards have been put up. A study of people's reactions to North Dakota's name indicated they think of the state as being "flat, windswept, and frozen," but they think of South Dakota as being "hot and desert- like." Candee said. The word "Dakota" alone raised Also on this date in history: " 1956 - The regents approved final plans for a new School of Music building on North Campus. " 1965 - Despite overcrowding in some women's dor- mitories, the University announced it was considering closing a women's cooperative in Oxford Housing because of its high vacancy rate. Co-op residents were trying to recruit students to live at Oxford to prevent the closing. * 1970 - The UGLI was closed for half an hour in the mor- ning following a bomb threat called in to a Detroit newspaper. 1 I