Ninety-fo ur Years of Edit orial Freedom cl br* Lir i~au 1 Ia1Q Distracting A sunny spring day with highs near 60. XCIV-No. 150 Copyright 1984, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Saturday, April 7, 1984 Fifteen Cents Eight Pages Classes prevail over anti-code picket Security snips blue yarn fence By CLAUDIA GREEN No Code: Do you know there's a boycott of classes today to protest the non-academic code? Student: Yeah, I do. No Code: Are you going to class? Student: Got to. No Code: Why? Student: Got Stats 402. Got to Academic pressure and apathy prevailed yesterday over efforts by the group "No Code" to persuade students to skip classes in protest of the proposed code of non-academic con- duct. Between 9 .m. and noon yesterday, code opponents en- closed most of central campus with a single strand of blue yarn to keep students from going to class. DESPITE the yarn and picket line of chanting No Code members, for the most part, students went to class as usual. Protesters tucked pamphlets in students' hands urging them to read about the code, with an occasional warning not to trip over the yarn. "Mind your toes!" said one picketer as a student stepped over the blue line. .BUT BY 9:10 a.m., the first piece of yarn was broken by a man walking through the East Engineering arch. And as the morning wore on, the yarn fence suffered more tears. At 10:30 a.m. campus security officials removed most of the yarn surrounding campus saying that the string was a safety hazard. No Code organized the protest to show opposition for the University's proposed non-academic conduct code that would punish students for such acts as arson, theft, vandalism, and some types of civil disobedience - such as yesterday's demonstration. A University judiciary would be appointed to enforce the code's rules. CURRENTLY, the University relies on civil and criminal authorities to handle such incidents. Under the code san- Molly Adams, a Residential College senior, displays the slogan "Freeze 7.02" University Regents bylaw 7.02 requires MSA approval before the regents Conduct. Doily Photos by BRIAN MASCK on her face during the protest yesterday. could adopt the Code of Non-Academic GEO warning letter has error, says 'U' 'By CURTIS MAXWELL ' Teaching assistants received letters from the Univ- ersity this week urging them to pay dues to the Graduate Employees Organization, but the notice said TAs who refused the request would not lose their jobs before the end of classes. Under GEO's contract, TAs who fail to pay union dues could be fired, but University officials said yesterday GEO improperly notified TAs of the requirement. All TAs must pay dues, even if they aren't members of the union. UNIVERSITY personnel manager Dan Gamble said GEO violated their contract by sending TAs form letters instead of individual notices last month about the unpaid dues. Because of that error, Gamble said the University will not fire teaching assistants who haven't paid the fee unless GEO sends the TAs new letters. "We don't consider (GEO's) letter appropriate," Gamble said. '"The letters GEO sent out were not personally addressed (to TAs) with the specific amount due." Termination proceedings have not begun for any of 'U' housing the 47 TAs who received letters this week, Gamble added. GEO LEADER Gene Goldenfeld said yesterday he planned to file a grievance objecting to the University's complaint about GEO's letter. But even if the University was willing to comply with the contract, termination proceedings would not take place before the end of this term, Gamble added. The University's charge that GEO did not tell TAs of the specific amount of dues they owe is unfair, said union vice president Jane Holzka. A formula for determing how much a TA had to pay was included in GEO's letter, Holzka said. The amount of dues TAs pay depends on how many hours they teach, Holzka explained. Dues for teaching assistants range from $24 to $60 a term. Of the 47 TAs who received letters from GEO, nine have already paid union fees, Holzka said. If GEO mails TAs individual letters, under the union contract the University will have 15 days to fire teaching assistants and staff advisers who haven't paid union dues. tyvoidlases Wendy Schumacher, an LSA senior, crawls over the picket line in front of Angell Hall yesterday. ctions range from work projects to expulsion. The main thrust of yeserday's protest was objection to a possible change in the regent's bylays that would allow the guidelines to be passed without the Michigan Student Assem- bly's approval. See CLASSES, Page 5 Student says RSG election worker tried to influence, vote'' By GEORGEA KOVANIS A Univeristy graduate student yesterday testified before members of the Rackham Student Government (RSG) election committee that an election worker - who was supposed to remain impartial - attempted to in- fluence his voting during last month's election. The election committee, however, has not yet decided how to handle the situation because of conflicting eviden- ce. ACCORDING to Jason Lee, a woman overseeing the ballot box in the Michigan Union attempted to persuade him to vote for presidential candidate Angela Gantner. "Yes, I felt like she was trying to influence me," Lee told members of the committee last night. Lee said Vickie Buerger encouraged him to read Gan- tner's platform, but added that the incident "didn't in- fluence me in any way." BUERGER said, however, that she was only trying to correct Lee's belief that Gantner did not support the Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO). She said she told Lee that Gantner also supported GEO, and she pointed out both candidates' platforms for Lee to read. If RSG finds that Buerger attempted to influence voting, another election may be necessary, said committee member Clay Hysell. IF ANOTHER RSG election was called for it would be the third in three months. After the first election in February, Gantner's challenger Kodi Abili was charged with violating the RSG bylaws by handing out mail-in ballots to voters after the polling booths closed. However, Abili said Gantner also violated the rules by campaigning too close to a polling site. Because of these accusations, a second election was held in March after RSG revised and clarified election bylaws. During the second election, however, severaf people said they saw Abili standing too close to the polling places in the LSA building, according to Hysell. Abili is charged with standing 10 feet away from a door to the building. RSG members said they expect to discuss this issue at their weekly Wednesday night meeting. By DAVID VANKER Twenty nine students may lose their dormitory leases for next fall if they faif to comply with the University's request that they sign a new lease by next week, housing officials said yesterday. Although the students initially signed leases March 5, the cost of the dorm room rent listed on the form was incorrect due to a typographical error. STUDENTS who have refused to sign the new lease will receive a letter from the housing office next week notifying them that their leases will be cancelled if they don't comply with the request, said Housing Advisor Marlene Mantyk. An earlier letter, mailed to more than 100 students March 22, stated that the price for a triple dormitory room is $2,452.10 instead of $2,194.46 - the price listed on the original leases. Students were given until April 3 to sign new leases. As of yesterday, 81 students have complied with the University's request, Mantyk said. SOUTH QUAD resident Joseph Roberts said he would sue the University if his lease for a triple room next fall is cancelled. Roberts, an LSA freshman, said the University must honor the initial lease. "We purchased the lease," Roberts said. "We weren't aware that .. .an incorrect price (was TODAY- What a mess CAT LOVERS, BEWARE - you are probably brea an Ann Arbor ordinance. But City Council is lookii listed)." Roberts said he would not file suit until the housing office actually terminates his lease. "We haven't heard anything yet, so we're just sitting on it now." IT'S LIKELY THAT the University would be bound to the first lease if students could prove they were unaware of the price error when signing the form, said Jonathan Rose, an attorney at Student Legal Services. But the University would probably win a suit if they could prove that a student was trying to take advantage of the mistake in order to pay less for a dormitory room, Rose added. Most students, however, are following the housing office's recommendation and signing the new leases. Although LSA Freshmen Tom Horsley, Steve Klaczynski, and Todd Shanker were holding off on signing a new lease, they complied this week. "We ended up signing to secure our room," Klaczynski said. Klaczynski added that Housing Director Leroy Williams said if Roberts or other students file suit and the University loses, the housing office will probably charge all students the lower price. Williams could not be reached for comment yesterday. Easy does it Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK Displaying perfect form, Michigan tennis player Jim Sharton returns a volley in yesterday's match against Northwestern. Sharton downed his opponent in straight sets, and the Blue knocked off Northwestern, 5-4. See story page 8. garbage men can get out of the way of the flying dust. But alas, the whole council was tossed into confusion when City Attorney Bruce Laidlaw said he would "never be able to prosecute someone because they didn't label their kitty lit- ter." But for that matter, the city can't really enforce an ordinance callint for sealed, double-thick bags,,either, poin- ted out Lowell Peterson (D-First Ward). Stymied, Council decided to table the issue until next week. The Piccolo Gap parity with the musicians behind the iron curtain. For all you doom-sayers, however, Downy insisted that it is not yet too late. "With our technological advantage in com- puterized musical synthesizers, a single GI could deliver the harmonic power" equivelent to' "a brigade of bassoonists," he said. The plan has its risks, however. Soviet concern over Western proficiency on conventional musical instruments may be seen in the Kremlin's hostile reaction to the deployment of new American-made saxophones in NATO countries. In the Middle East, in par- ticular, there is a need for sight-reading bands that can whin un a 4-4 beat on a moment's notice, without nrior Also on this date in history: " 1909 - The student governmnent planned to solicit $1,000 to purchase a gift for then-president James Burl Angell. " 1969 - While other schools faced the budget ax, the education school was promised that it would be the highest priority on that year's budget. * 1975 - CRISP began its first day of operation that year, but a "slight hitch" in the new computer kept students waiting in line for up to two hours. I ...rb'..,. { I i