* Ninety-five .Years j Of Editorial Freedom E LI i1Iai1F Cloudy and breezy with afternoon showers. Highs in the low to mid- 40s., Vol. XCV. No. 136 Copyright 1985. The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor. Michigan - Saturday, March 23, 1985 Fifteen Cents Twelve Pages " . .:. .. _ TA s unio tentative reach agreement By BAftBARA LOECHER The University and the TA s union reached a tenative agreement on a con- tract yesterday after almost three weeks of bargaining. The contract, which still has to be ratified by the members of the Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) includes a 50 percent tuition waiver and a five percent increase in salary for teaching and research assistants, according to union president Jane Holzka. THOUGH THE union has historically favored a full tuition waiver, Holzka said she is "particularly pleased with the 50 percent tuition waiver." '(We're) particularly pleased with the 50 percent tuition Waiver. - GEO president Jane Holzka After the expiration of a law which exempted 'the tuition waiver from taxation in December of 1983, TAs were forced to pay the tax on the waiver, which in some cases amounted to $75- $100 per month. The tax, GEO said, violated the terms of the past contract. The University, however, refused to compensate the TAs instead offering them short-term loans to cover any financial hardships caused by the tax. THOUGH CONGRESS reinstated the law last fall, the union had talked about including in the new contract a clause to provide for future problems with a See GEO, Page 3 Under the terms of the old contract, which GEO members approved in December, 1983, the University waived 40 percent of TA s tuition. GEO also received gains in non- monetary areas including a stipulation for continued discussion of working conditions between the union and the administration, Iolkza said.. THE PROPOSED contract does not safeguard TAs against taxation on the tuition waiver, a point GEO had talked about last year, but decided not to bring up at the bargaining table. 'U' may cut Med Tech program By KATIE WILCOX Because of a shrinking job market and budget pressures, the Univesity's Executive Officers are reviewing a proposal to end the Medical Technology training program. The proposal would phase out the program over a two year period. The cost of maintaining the program, the change in the demand for medical technologists; and a decrease in student enrollment were cited as the main reasons for re-evaluation of the program ac- cording to Peter Ward, Interim Dean of the Medical School and chairman of the Pathology Department. "WE FEEL fiscal pressure is such that to continue to maintain this program will be difficult," Ward said. "Priorities are in other areas." "Finances are a problem," said program director Sandra Bluck, "that's the bottom line." The cost analysis calculated for a review commit- tee, which evaluated the training program, said the program costs $189,000 per year. Ward explained the program is currently costing $15-20,000 a year, per student. UPON COMPLETION of the program, a student receives a Bachelor of Science degree and then takes a proficiency exam to earn a medical technologist certificate. It is a joint program between LSA and the Medical School's Department of Pathology. Up to 20 students may be accepted each year into the program. Yet in recent years the enrollment has been lower. This year's graduating class will number 17. If the program is cut, the effect on the University will not be great due to the size of the program. "The program is verysmall," said Gluck, "I don't think it will a-ffect the reputation of the University as a whole." There are no full-time tenured faculty associated with the program. Yet those involved are concerned about the future of their jobs. "No one's really promised us anything at this point," said Gay Lilley, who teaches Immunology with the program. She ex- plained this is because the proposal continues the program for two more years with no explanation beyond that to the staff concerned. LILLEY ALSO feels the death of the former chair- man, James French,, contributed to the program's loss of support. "He (French) was a protector of the Medical Technology program. There are other views on why the program may be discontinued. "The main reason is there is no resear- ch in our program," said Sharon DeLong, a senior in the program. "Granted this is basically a research institution, but I think that even though it's not research oriented, the career of medical technology See MED, page 3 Associated Press High flyer Kim Johnson, a second grader from Kingsford, Michigan, flies a kite during recess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,-,.. . . . . .. . .............. ..........'....... ................... ...... ........... I -- - - - - - - -, 1--7 .- . I , , , , - , -1 . I - , . - - 1 7 - -- -1-1 - - - - , - , , - , . -1-1 . 7 1 1 ; 1; -1 -- , - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - --- .. n.... Fi:3i::.1 }:8::. ... ..iiX":.... r. Code debate sips beneath the surface By ERIC MATTSON Not too long ago, a small but determined group of students waged a war against what they saw as an attempt by the University ad- ministration to control their lives outside the classroom. They held rallies and protests, pestered ad- ministrators, and did their best to get other students to care about what was ominously known as "the code." THE DEBATE over the code - a five-page document outlining prohibited conduct and punishments for violating rules - went on for months. Neither side seemed willing to budge an inch until one day last November, when University President Harold Shapiro, citing the lack of progress in negotiations, put the code in the lap of the University Council, a nine- member board that had not met for nearly a year. Since then, the controversy surrounding the code has slipped below the surface, and nobody knows if and when differences between studen- ts and administrators will erupt, shattering the delicate consensus council members are trying to build. THE FIRST obstacle council members cro- ssed was realizing that building a code would take quite a while. "I had hoped to get this over quickly," said Donald Rucknagel, a faculty representative on the council. But instead of simply revising an old version of the code, Rucknagel and the rest of the council members decided to start from scratch and investigate the problems a code could address. As a result, some members of the council, which is composed of three 'students, three faculty members, and three administrators, b'ecame concerned 'that the regents would become impatient with the process and pass the code. SUSAN EKLUND, an associate dean in the Law School and an administrative represen- tative on the council, said people in the president's office told her that the ad- ministration was expecting a code fairly soon. "Isn't it true that if we don't come up with a code of conduct soon President Shapiro and the See U. 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