O Group supports theatre boycott By DAVID GOODWIN Thq Pinkertons, a street theatre group comprised of Ann Arbor com- munity members, say they plan to continue to protest outside the State Street Theatre until union projec- tionists are rehired and movie discounts restored. The street theatre group is upset -that Kerasotes Theatres Inc., of Springfield, Ill., dismissed members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Operators Local 395. THE DISPUTE started in Decem- her 1984 when Kerasotes Theatres, Inc., bought the State and Campus' Theatres in Ann Arbor and the Wayside Theatre in Ypsilanti from W.S. Butterfield Theatres, Inc. of Southfield, Mich. Afte( the purchase of the theatres, the management of Kerasotes sent the union projec- tionists a dismissal notice which said that the new management had not assumed Butterfield's labor contract. Ushers, concession workers, and other non-union employees were retained by Kerasotes. "The thing is that the union projec- tionists were never rehired by the Kerasotes theatre chain. They had a contract with the Butterfield chain which Kerasotes declined to honor or negotiate," said a Briarwood Theatre projectionist who refused to identify himself. But there is a successor clause in the union contract, according to Derek Neeb, a union projectionist and an Ann Arbor Theatre manager. The clause states that if the building is sold, the new management will honor the existing contracts and employ the people who work there. "THIS CLAUSE is not enforceable but is almost always observed on good faith," Neeb said. The management of Kerasotes has declined to comment on the matter. 'The union projectionists began picketing to ask for union recognition from management until last May when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the picketing had to stop. EARLIER in the year, the union filed charges against Kerasotes because it felt the management failed to retain the projectionists solely because they are part of a union. The union later dropped the charges. The improvisations in front of the State Theatre by the Pinkertnos usually depict the arguments between union workers and Kerasotes. The group has also circulated a boycott statement. Supporters of the boycott include city council member Kathy Edgren (D-Fifth Ward) and state representative Perry Bullard. Edgren, said she hopes support from public figures will draw greater attention to the Kerasotes issue. "As a well-known Democrat, I feel I can help bring the situation to the public's attention," she said. "I believe very strongly in unions and everything they have done for the people. I don't think the managemen( treated them fairly," she said. The State Theatre has been charged with safety code violations by the city. One violation caused a theatre to be closed until repairs were made. Avid movie-goers say that the boycott puts a crimp in the theatre op- tions if they support the boycott. "It's keeping me out of the theatres and there have been some pretty good movies showing there," said Joan Chesler, an Ann Arbor resident. - Christy Riedel filed a report for this story. Daily Photo by DAN HABIB University Prof. William "Buzz" Alexander leads the Pinkertons, a local street theatre group, in a protest of Kerasotes movie theatres in front of the State Theatre. Project Outreach takes students out of class into community By JANICE PLOTNIK probably our biggest means of get- release from book-learning." " Neighborhood Centers - establish tims of violence, learn crisis inter- " Social Change - work with loch ting people" into the program, Pet- Project Outreach Programs: a friendship with a child in an after- vention, as well as the legal aspects of agencies involved in transformin Project Outreach - the class which ticrew added. " Child Care-Preschool - design school program, help tutor and plan domestic violence; social reality and bettering the evei kes students out of the classroom Outreach provides many oppor- activities for young children (2-5), activities; * Life Span Development - work day lives of people in the community; d into the community - is ex- tunities for students who want to go and explore psychological and com- " Forensic Psychology - learn with people in different stages ini . One to One - develop riencing an upswing in interest, into a community service-related munity issues relating to child care; about criminal behavior, justice and their lives, and understand develop- relationship with a child on a one-t tak an pe saia a program coordinator. Karen Petticrew, an administrative assistant of introductory psychology, the, department which organizes Outreach, said that flyers and posters along with renewed interest in the program, have helped raise enrollment in the past two years, with last winter's enrollment at almost 600 students. INTEREST in the community- oriented program dipped in 1982, when less than 300 students enrolled in the 10 Outreach sections offered. 'It was one of our lowest years," Petticrew said. "Up to that time, it was always around 400." It is not clear why interest lagged, but Petticrew speculated that lack of advertising was probably a major cause. Aside from advertising, Outreach organizers are unsure why the program has become so popular. "We're not sure whether the students are reinterested in public service in a sense, or whether Outreach is just getting a little well-known again," Petticrew said. "I THINK word-of-mouth is field. Students majoring in psychology can earn four hours of credit toward their major by taking Outreach. PEDRO GOMEZ, an LSA coun- selor, thinks that many pre-medical schoolsstudentstake Outreach because they want to work in hospitals. He said that many of these students think that work in a hospital in any capacity will help them gain admittance to medical school. Despite the surge in awareness, freshmen still are not told of Project Outreach at orientation. Gomez said that because orientation counseling appointments are so short, counselors are unable to go in-depth about specific classes. BUT "students do seem to find what Outreach is all about," he added. In general, course evaluations have been very good, Petticrew said, and favorite classes are child care and the medical program, which require in- terviews. Dr. Richard Mann, faculty coor- dinator of Project Outreach, said that the program's "basic appeal is that it is direct experience. It's a pleasant " Exploring Careers - discover the! career that meets your needs, and improve techniques for making a career decision; law, and interact with people whose behavior is in conflict with the law; " Human Health and Well-Being - work with mothers and children vic- mental challenges and crises; " Mental Health - work with psychiatric patients living in in- stitutional settings; one basis, and " Medical Psychology - serve as non-medical liaison between staff ar patients. Project Community offers rewarding experience By CHRISTY RIEDEL Project Community offers students a chance to take a breather from the class routine and get back into the real world. The program, run through the Department of Sociology and the School of Education, provides students with the opportunity to work with peonle in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area. At the same time, students can broaden their interests and explore career options while receiving course credits. "PROJECT Community is an opportunity for students to get out of the University and into a dif- ferent setting," said Joan Scott, director of education and health care programs for Project Community. Students can elect a class for two to three credits from one of the project's four categories: Community education, which involves tutoring students in the Ann Arbor public schools; Criminal justice, in which students may work in a public defender's office, or work with juveniles and adults in correctional facilities; Health care, where students may volunteer in hospitals and nursing homes; and Consumer advocacy, in which students assist people with their income tax retur- ns. "Our emphasis is always on providing a service to the community that is focused on a group at risk," Scott said. ASIDE FROM field work, students must also meet the project's academic requirements, which include a weekly section meeting taught by a graduate student, completing course pack readings, and writing two short papers. The 350 to 400 students that participate in the program enroll for a variety of reasons, Scott said. A primary reason is career exploration. "They get a hands-on kind of exposure where they either say, 'Hey, I want to go on with this, or maybe not,"' Scott said.' SCOTT ALSO said that students elect the class to clarify their own set of values, and to explore myths regarding social institutions. Regardless of why they enroll, students usually find the experience rewarding. "Students find that they tap resources in themselves they didn't know they had," Scott said. For Ophelia Martinez, a sophomore who did her field work in a home for the elderly, the program increased her understanding of a group she previqusly knew little about. "Just talking to people and having them open up to you is rewarding," said one student who did her field work .in a women's prison. Volunteering at the prison helped her dispell her own misconcep- tions of what people in prisons are like, she said. "I was scared going into the women's prison at first," she said. "But I ended up really enjoying myself. ,Ilearned that.the.prisoners are people too." Green bikes bring 'green politics' ; By RACHEL GOTTLIEB 50 green bikes are scheduled to ap- pear on campus this fall. Last April, a exorcism of 16 bikes took place on the Diag and the material value of the bikes was exorcised as part of an ex- periment to introduce. "green politics" on campus. At noon on the Diag, several hun- dred students gathered to watch as green-clad men and women chanted and pointed to the green bikes to release them from their material wor- th and donate them to the community. THE 40-MINUTE event was spon- sored by a group called the Green Bicycle Project. "It was a multi- media event," said group member Eric Schnaufer. The experiment combined green politics (a grass-roots democracy which stresses communal control of property, particularly the environ- ment), a green politics publication, the international Material Aid Project - "Bikes Not Bombs" - and a com- munity service project, Schnaufer said. The bikes were donated by private citizens, and after being repaired and painted green, and were donated to the University community with a few guidelines. THE BASIC RULES are that green bikes should never be locked because ~'they don't belong ito anyone. They should never be used at night (except by a woman alone), and they should never leave Central Campus. The green. bikes "challenge the limits of bourgeois tolerance. It tests whether people can tolerate an alter- native form (of governing), an anar- chistic one," Schnaufer said. And the experiment tests people's values toward commercial property. "Will people take care of what's not theirs? The only police in the project is your own conscience," Schnaufer said. A WEEK AFTER the exorcism, most of the bikes disappeared or were vandalized. One bike was even seen locked with a Reagan/Bush sticker on it, Schnaufer said. Projects similar to the Green Bicycle Project have been implemen- ted on other college campuses across the country - including in Alaska. Michigan Union Bookstore A Service of Barnes & Noble bookstores. Dance Theatre Studio Back to school reference specials: Classes in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, and bIallroom. New Classes beginning September 9. 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