Ninety-five Years of Editorial Freedom I E Sit 43U i IUtlQ Baseball Cloudy and cool with 60 percent chance of rain, or even wet snow. The high will be near 40. Vol. XCV, No. 142 Copyright 1985, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Saturday, March 30, 1985 Fifteen Cents Eight Pages State House considers more ed. increases By KERY MURAKAMI Leaders of the State House of Repr- sentatives Subcommittee On Higher Education may recommend up to $15 million more for higher education than the amount in Gov. James Blanchard's proposed budget, according to the committee's chairman. Rep. Morris Hood (D-Detroit) said the increase will be discussed by the subcommittee Tuesday. The commit- tee's budget recommendations will be sent to the full House next month. THE INCREASES would fund a six- point plan put together by the Democrats last month to increase state support of student aid, said University Vice President for Government Relations Richard Kennedy. The proposal, dubbed the House Democratic Plan for Educational Op- portunity, would set up several new financial aid initiatives at a cost of $15 million. Under the original proposal, the extra See LEGISLATORS, Page 3 TAs back tentative settlement Voting begins today Sweet dream s Daily Photo by STU WEIDENBACH The team comprised of Sigma Alpha Mu, Alpha Epsilon Phi and Alpha Sigma Phi members take off in the Greek Week bed races yesterday. Pictured from left to right (on bed) are LSA freshman Kim Lachman, residential college sophomore Suzanne Shuman, LSA freshman Phyllis Glink, and (pushing bed) LSA junior Curt Zeese, LSA junior John Csement, LSA sophomore Greg Gulliver, and LSA junior Miles Markey. The team won second place. By BARBARA LOECHER In a show of hands vote at a closed meeting Thursday night, members of the TAs' union endorsed a tentative contract agreement reached last week with the University, according to a member of the union's bargaining team. The hand vote was unofficial, however, said bargainer Stephen Grossbart. Official ballots will be mailed to the 1,200 members of the Graduate Employee's Organization today and should be returned by April 19. GEO is expected to announce the results of the balloting on April 22. A majority of the members must approve the contract before it is ratified. UNDER THE one-year tentative con- tract, the TAs would be exempted from paying 50 percent of their tuition. They currently are exempted from 40 per- cent. The contract also includes a 5 per- cent salary hike and a guarantee that department chairs will continue to discuss changes in working conditions with TAs. "Everyone was pleased with every aspect of the contract...except the duration," Grossbart said, adding that about 10 percent of those at the meeting B URSLE Y BOARD RECONSIDERS: E x -officer may face charges preferred a shorter contract. The proposed contract is scheduled to expire March 15, 1986. Dissenting members wanted the expiration date changed to December 31, 1985 to coin- cide with the expiration of legislation exempting tuition waivers from taxation. MANY TAS were required to pay taxes on their waivers last year-as much as 25 percent of their salaries-when the tuition waiver exemption law expired in December, 1983. At that time, the University refused to compensate the TAs for taxes paid because the issue had not been addressed in the union's current contract. Instead, the University made short-term loans available to TAs who suffered financial troubles because of the taxation. The new contract does not include provisions to protect TAs from waiver tax liability. Dissenting members wan- ted to negotiate a new contract for 1986 immediately after the congressional vote on the tax exemption. GEO's bargaining team tried to negotiate some protection on the waiver tax issue, Grossbart said. See TAs, Page 3 Frer nabs nationl top toacoach hnr f ro mAP See Page 7 By VIBEKE LAROI The Bursley Board of Governors voted Thursday night to seek criminal prosecution of former vice- president Rick Blalock, who was accused of embez- zing $2,457.42 from the board. Theboard's move overturns their unofficial vote in February to allow Blalock, an LSA sophomore, to repay the money. Dorm officials and one board member then asked the Ann Arbor Police to evaluate the case. The police investigated and then referred the matter to the city prosecutor's office. BLALOCK WAS accused of embezzling dorm funds to rent cars for his personal use and several other ac- tions. Marilyn Eisenbraun, an assistant city prosecutor, decided not to try Blalock at that time, in large part because the Bursley board itself had decided against criminal prosecution. But now the board will ask Eisenbraun to review her decision. "I think people had more time to think about (the case) this time and realized it was the right thing to do," said Bill Wilcox, who became vice president of the Bursley Board when Blalock resigned. THE BOARD'S revote was in response to two in- cidents surrounding the first decision. First, board members were unaware during the initial vote that they could not seek criminal prosecution of Blalock if he failed to pay back the money. "If I knew the first resolution we made wasn't even legal, I would have voted to prosecute the first time," said Nina Riley, the board's secretary. Moreover, board treasurer Scott Siler asked the board to reconsider its decision because the police detective who investigated the case, Michael Schrubing, had told him that if found guilty Blalock would pay back the money he allegedly stole in in- stallments over three years. Blalock originally agreed to return all of the monei 'to the board's cof- fers by September 5 of this year. THIS SECOND point is a source of contention bet- ween the board, the police detective who investigated the case, Blalock, and his attorney. The latter three people maintain that Blalock never backed down on his original agreement to meet the September deadline, but the board's resolution adopted Thur- sday says he did back down. "The (BOG) agreement that was made will be adhered to," said Blalock. His attorney, Eric Lipson of Student Legal Services, said that "the initial un- derstanding is still intact." AndSchubring said he was never told of a three- year payment period. He said he told Blalock and Lipson at the beginning of the investigaton that if Blalock paid the money back in full immediately he might not be charged. But Blalock has not yet returned the money and, as a result, the case was turned over See BURSLEY, Page 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 4. v r~~~~~~~~. . ... . ... . .v-. ...":: .:w: ........ L I 'U' to require measles shots By CHRISTY RIEDEL Beginning next fall, students entering the University will be required to get measles vaccinations if they have not already been immunized. The decision, made earlier this week by University officials, applies to about 7,000 incoming freshmen, transfer students, and students entering Rackham Graduate School. Attempts are being made to extend the policy to students entering other graduate programs, according to Judith Daniels, an assistant director of University Health Services. Students needing immunization will be inoculated for free by health ser- vices when they arrive on campus in the fall, Daniels said. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Michigan Department of Public Health advised the University to require the immunization in response to the two outbreaks of measles that oc- cured on campus over the past two years. 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"The University, in terms of the community at large being safe, is part of the com- munity," he said. "We should make it as safe as anywhere in Ann Arbor." DeVarti, who puts out the Michigan Cinema Guide and several other publications, said the city and Univer- sity must work together to ensure that By KELLY ANN COLEMAN Flexibility and hard work are the keys to a successful two- career marriage, according to three career women with prominent husbands. "Dual Career Relationships: Conflicts and Compromise" was the title of a panel discussion sponsored by the Program in American Institutions at the Michigan League yesterday. THE PANEL, which discussed the problems and respon- sibilities of a two-career family, included Vicki Levin, an in- fant mortality specialist at the National Institute of Mental Health who is married to U.S. Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich), Renee Losh, h business entrepreneur married to a vice presidentt of General Motors, and University professor Vivian Shapiro, whose husband is the president of the University. During the first half of the presentation, the three panelists recounted their married lives and highlighted the career TODAY- I was putting up osters in South Quad and a young man asked, me what constitutes rape. We need some discussion here.' - Dave DeVarti, Democratic candidate Fourth Ward moves and decisions that had the greatest impact on .their marriages. Later, they entertained questions from the small, but diverse audience. The panel stressed the importance of being flexible and adaptable. "You have to have the capacity for adaptation and the capacity for flexibility. Things might have to be done sequentially," said Shapiro. "You really need to have a flexible attitude because oppor- tunities arise and talents emerge in yourself that you never knew were going to be there," according to Levin. "You can never predict what's going to happen-where the road will end or where it will lead you." ENERGY AND hard work have also been vital to the suc- cess of the panelists. "We worked very hard to achieve what we wanted," Shapiro said. "There was an enormous amount of energy needed to keep things going. I used to say the See TWO, Page 2 the campus area is safe. "I THINK THAT the University is responsible for policing its area, but the city is responsible for helping them to address the problems," he said. "I was putting up posters in South Quad and a' young man asked me what constitutes rape. We need some discussion here. We ought to have a rape awareness cen- ter," DeVarti said. DeVarti and Hahn differ markedly on one issue: affordable housing. DeVarti said the city should force developers to build low- and moderate-income housing in the city along with the more expensive projects now underway. DeVarti said his goal is to provide "housing opportunities for people of all backgrounds" and not let commercial structures replace homes. "I don't want to see housing downtown replaced by office buildings," he said. HAHN SAID he is not yet convinced that there is a great need for more af- fordable housing. He suggests that'the housing issue may be motivated more by politics than by need. "It's politics," he said. "The city's well-run. We've got everything going for us. You have to go out and find a cause. It's like fighting windmills." Hahn said that he would like the city shelter to provide some data to city council about the people who use it. With that information, the shelter would be able to approach other private organizations for grants and other fun- ding, he said. "I'm not against it (the shelter), but I want to understand it," he said. "They could approach the University's Kresge foundation, if only they can document their need. They need to focus themselves'' See CITY, Page 3 Red light, green light T wasn't terribly easy to notice, but something wasn't quite right about the street sign outside the Alice STO P ON HERE RED I Translation, please The state Senate wanted to send the Soviets a message, but the language barrier caused a bit of confusion during voting on a bill that would bar the sale of Soviet vodka. Senate Republican Leader John Stabile's "nyet" vote on a motion to kill the bill was mistakenly recorded as a "yes" at first. Another senator referred to the famed returning to Hounsell's original bill. "What we're doing now is sending a whisper," he said. "If we want to send a message, let's send one." on the inside... I - I" I