n1Dealing with worries about sex - 'Blind Date' In W eeke d M Interview: Anne Herrmann - John Logie The List kiuugai4 Ninety-seven years of editorialfreedom VOLUME XCVII-- NO. 126 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - FRIDAY, APRIL 3.1987 COPYRIGHTl 1987, THE MICHIGAN DAILY y...,, .,. _ . . UCA R begins petition drive By EUGENE PAK Members of the United Coa - lition Against Racism will begin a petition drive today to increase student support for their anti-racist 'demands. While the University met one demand - an honorary degree dto South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela - last month, and six demands will be partially met; UCAR leaders say they want to keep students focused on fighting racism. The University administration last week announced six initiatives that address issues raised by Black student groups. UCAR members say the initiatives are not complete because more needs to be done to combat racism. UCAR demands that match University initiatives are: -UCAR demanded a specific plan to guarantee a substantial increase in Black enrollment. Although no formal plan has been made, University President Harold Shapiro announced a six- point proposal to increase minority enrollment. He also -set a goal to attain 12 percent Black student enrollment, as opposed to the 10 percent which was promised in 1970. 'UCAR called for the establishment of an Office of Minority Affairs with an autono - mous supervisory commission elec - ted by the minority campus com - munity. Shapiro announced a new vice- provost position for minority affairs, pending regental approval, See 'U', Page 3 TA contract talks with ' stagnate Strike imminent 4fmediation fail Daily Photo by DARRIAN SMITH Chris Cannon, a young entrepreneur, sells overrun sweaters in the Fishbowl yesterday to help the University Lacrosse Club earn extra money. Cannon and his organization, Rumrunners, obtained permission for the sale from MSA by affiliating himself with the Lacrosse Club. The merchandise and display attracted many studen- ts, and will also be in the Fishbowl today. Prison murder ends Proec Outreac visits By ANDY MILLS University negotiators and the Graduate Employees Organization accomplished "basically nothing" at contract talks yesterday afternoon, according to a GEO bargaining team member. Richard Dees, a philosophy teaching assistant, said the GEO offered to tie future salary increases to any change in the tax law. If the tax law becomes less stringent, the TAs would accept a salary decrease. "We're not interested in soaking the University for money," Dees said. "We're interested in making up for the new tax law." ACCORDING to Dees, the University's team refused to have a new contract tied to the tax law. Led by chief negotiator Colleen Dolan-Greene, the University will not comment on negotiations while talks are in progress. At yesterday's talks, Dees said the University proposed a salary adjustment "worth exactly the same" as previous proposals. Ac- cording to Dees, the University took money out of a tuition waiver and put it toward a salary increase. The GEO is demanding class size limits and paid TA training as part of a new contract. "The University is consistently -uninterested in talking about those," Dees said. ALTHOUGH the teams were in negotiations for four hours, Dees said they were at the bargaining table together for only about 20 minutes. The two sides will travel to Detroit on Tuesday for mediated talks. The GEO has called a general membership meeting for that same night, at which time a decision will be made as to possible strike action. LSA Dean Peter Steiner has asked LSA department chairs to devise contigency plans in the event of a strike, according to Dees. English Department Chair John Knottssaid he had received 'a directive from Steiner. Under the current contract, TAs can lose their tuition waivers, salary, health insurance, and other benefits if the University can prove that an individual TA was on strike. Dees would not speculate on how this would be done. Currently, all TAs who have at least a .25 teaching appointment - one-fourth of a base salary of $7,651 - receive a waiver of 56 percent of resident tuition. The average TA receives a .35 appoint- ment. By ROSE MARY WUMMEL Fourteen University students will not be allowed to return to their Project Community jobs at Jackson state prison following last week's slaying of prison guard Josephine McCallum there. Department of Corrections officials are barring the University's Project Community groups - the Creative Writing Workshop and a group helping prisoner-members of Hispanic Americans Striving Towards Achievement (HASTA) - from returning this term. Students worked with prisoners from Cell Block Four, the cell where the inmate accused of killing McCallum lived. Cell Block Four is considered the prison's most dangerous unit, as it houses dozens of maximum security prisoners in a cell block designed for less serious offenders. SINCE McCallum was killed, Cell Block Four's 477 prisoners have been isolated in their cells except for brief periods to eat and exercise. They cannot use the prison chapel, library, or the classes and services that University students provided. Eight Project Community members, five of whom were female, worked with HASTA members in the building where McCallum was found nude and dead. The students tutored the 25 prisoners in See OUTREACH, Page 2 GROUP TO PRESENT PROPOSALS TO SHAPIRO Hispanic students hold forum . to address campus racism FV By WENDY LEWIS In an effort to alert admin- istrators and students to Hispanic student concerns, about 60 Hispanic students met last night to discuss six proposals which they will present to University President Harold Shapiro. The proposals include measures that Hispanic students hope will combat racism against Hispanics, such as the new Vice Provost and Office of Affirmative Action sym- pathetic to Hispanic concerns; the expansion of the Latino Studies r Program; and recruitment and retention of Hispanic staff, faculty and students. "We (Hispanics) are at a pivotal position," said Eddie Torrez, a University Admissions Counselor. "We feel that what we have put together is only the beginning." MANY of the Hispanic stu- dents who attended the forum expressed their concern that His- panics are underrepresented at this University. Hispanics represent 2 percent of total student enrollment, according to a recent Office of Affirmative Action Minority Student report. The number has increased over the last five years. In terms of minority enrollment, Hispanics are among the least represented minority group. Native American students represent .5 per- cent of the student body. Estimates say Hispanics will be the largest minority group in the United States by 2010. "It is important to educate the people in the history, culture and socio-economic concerns of His- panics," said Anne Martinez, an LSA sophomore and Socially Active Latino Students Association president. THE forum gave Hispanic stu- dents the opportunity meet each other, as well as Hispanic faculty and staff. "There are a lot of issues which are inherent to Hispanic students on campus," said Cynthia Hernandez, a LSA sophomore. "It is necessary to mobilize Hispanic students in light of the concern of racism." Hispanic students who attended the forum were concerned that they were being overlooked as a mi- nority group who also experienced racial prejudice. "Hispanics in the past have been less reluctant to take a stand on racism," said Torrez. "Some of us assimilate better than others, but nevertheless racism is a problem." Doily Photo by SCOTT LITUCHY Hector Delgado, Sociology graduate student, speaks yesterday at a meeting for Hispanics in the Pond Room of the Michigan Union. The group plans to present six proposals about Hispanic concerns to University President Harold Shapiro. Mayor Pierce faces tough battle for re-election By JERRY MARKON Under the leadership of Mayor Ed Pierce, Ann Arbor City Council Democrats have accomplished much of their political agenda. But Pierce, perhaps the city's best-known politician, has been plagued in the past two years by the rising city crime rate and an "anti-business" reputation. Council. Since then, city funding of shelter, food, and housing programs for the poor has more than doubled, according to Willie Powell, fiscal manager for the city's community development office. In addition, the council has provided more money to fix Ann Arbor's roads, stiffened the city's as Proposal B on the ballot this Monday, would tax city residents to subsidize low-cost developments. B U T Pierce has proposed virtually none of these Democratic initiatives. Most have come from Fifth Ward incumbent Kathy Edgren, Third Ward incumbent Jeff Epton, and outgoing First Ward councilmember Lowell Peterson. jumping the gun," Epton said. "He was out in front of everybody - he wasn't consulting the firefighters as much as I thought he should have." The plan was withdrawn from a council committee after Pierce acknowledged his lack of support. Crime issues have continued to hurt Pierce politically. Recent police department figures showed a INSIDE Vote Democratic in wards 1, 2, and 3 in the city council elec- tions. OPINION, PAGE 4. Los Lobos' show tomorrow night at the Michigan Theater is a must-see. ARTS, PAGE 7 - V0.