Page 8 - The Michigan Doily - Tuesday, March 17, 1987
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"As a community, we believe that students have the right to
form their own associations, elect representatives to governing
bodies, and tax themselves to support organizations which
represent their interests. In our society, it requires significant
resources for a group to be heard. If students are denied the
right to found, operate and fund their own organizations, then
they are relegated to the status of second-class citizens without
the means to present their concerns effectively.
"We, the undersigned, endorse the ballot proposal to fund
PIRGIM through a refundable fee of $1.25 added to the MSA fee.
We believe that the PIRGIM funding question is an important
students' rights issue. Last year, 16,800 students--a majority of
the U-M campus--signed petitions demanding that students
have the right to assess themselves a $2 refusable fee for PIRGIM.
The Michigan Student Assembly, the faculty Senate Assembly,
and numerous local and state officials endorsed students' right to
assess themselves the fee.
"In spite of this support for the PIRGIM fee, the Regents of the
University publicly and privately refused to respect the
students' decision to assess themselves the fee. The consequence
of their refusal is to threaten PIRGIM's very existence at U-M.
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"We now have the opportunity to protect
students' rights and save PIRGIM. We believe
the campus should vote 'yes' on Proposal B" -
Professor Bunyan Bryant, School of Natural Resources
Hillary Farber, MSA Women's Issues Committee Chair
Professor Alexander Aleinikoff, School of Law
Dean Baker
Timothy Bennet, Res. Dir., Baits
Jon Bhushan
Raymond A. Brown_
Kristin Cabral
Bryan Case, President, East Quad Rep. Assembly
Dave Devarti
Stacey Davis, President, Black Business Students Association
Phyllis Englebert
Jen Faigel
Roberta Jo Franzese, President, Stockwell House Council
Deborah R. Geiss
David Gormley, Delta Chi Fraternity
Alice Haddy
Pamela R. Jones, Black Law Student Association
George Junne
Al Kaufman, Junior, Engineering
Edward Keller
Karen Kelley, President, Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
Professor Ann Larimore, Residential College
Professor Charles Lehmann, Shool of Education
Mary Leichter, Chair, Michigan Union Board of Reps.
Linda Lowry, Women's Law Student Association
Michelle Missaghieh, SAFEWALK Coordinator
Men Lou Murray, Washtenaw County Commissioner
Mike Phillips
Michelle Puzsar, president, Chi Omega Sorority
Nancy Radner, Law School Student Funded Fellowships
Professor Marc Ross, Physics
Peter Samet, Residence Hall Association
Robert Sellers, President, Black Student Psychology Ass'n
Gus Teschke
"We endorse PIRGIM being funded by a refundable
$1.25 fee so that U-M students can continue and expand
PIRGIM's work on and off campus, including toxic
waste cleanup, women's safety (SAFEWALK), world
and domestic hunger issues and voter registration"--
Alternative Career Center
Baits Interhouse Council
Betsey Barbour House Council
Black Business Students Association
Black Student Union
Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority
East Quad Representative Assembly
Engineers for Social Responsibility
Helen Newberry House Council
Jazz For Life
Martha Cook Student Organization
Mary Markley Student Council
Michigan Gay Union
Puerto Rican Student Association
Residence Hall Association
Stockwell House Council
Undergraduate English Association
Undergraduate Students In Education
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YES on B
Vote NO on C
On March 17-18, Vote To
Cava PTP(ZI1U
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