The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 8, 1987 - Page 5 MSA elects committee chairs By MARTHA SEVETSON The Michigan Student Assembly last night elected new chairs to head the assembly's 12 committees. The two-tiered committee structure adopted in 1986 consists of two groups: committees, which handle day-to-day MSA operations, and commissions, which address issues. The elections determined both chair and vice-chair positions on the six committees. The Budget Priorities Committee will be led by LSA freshman Chair Cheryl Tilles and Vice-Chair Lisa Wallace, a natural resources sophomore. The Campus Governance Committee, which appoints student representatives to administrative and ad hoc committees in the University, will be headed by LSA sophomore George Davis and LSA junior Kristin Cabral as vice-chair. Rackham graduate student Jeff Gauthier will chair the Rules and Elections Committee with Vice- Chair LSA junior Jennifer Wilkes. LSA junior Debbie Weisman and LSA freshman Sarah Riordan will co-chair the Communication Committee, which handles constituent contact. Engineering freshman Brian Rashap will serve as vice-chair. Business school junior John Bhushan will chair the External Relations Committee, which lobbies government at the national, state, and local level. LSA junior Eric Rosenberg will serve as vice- chair. No chairs were appointed to the Development committee. LSA junior Lannis Hall will retain her position as chair of the Minority Affairs Committee. Hilary Farber will also remain chair of the Women's Issues Committee. The Student Rights Committee, which works against a code of non- academic conduct and advocates student concerns, will be chaired by LSA sophomore Michael Phillips. LSA junior Sumi Malhotra was elected to chair the International Students Committee, and the Peace and Justice Committee will be co- chaired by engineering sophomore Terry Young and LSA junior Jackie Victor. 'U' broadcasts U.S. - Soviet news debate High hopes Associated Press Nick Feldman, 81, gears up for another baseball season. Unfortunately, his spirits were not quite enough to carry the Tigers to victory. They lost on Monday to the Yankees, 2-1. TAs, University reach tentative agreement By RYAN TUTAK For two hours, Soviet and American reporters will try to dispel stereotypes about their countries on satellite TV. And University students will be able to watch. This teleconference, called "USA/USSR SPACEBRIDGE: The Role of the Media in Current Relations," is.the opening session of the American Society of Newspaper Editors' one-week convention. It will be shown at 11 a.m. in room 2011 of the Modern Languages Building today. PETER Jennings, ABC World News Tonight anchor and senior editor, will moderate a panel of three American journalists in San Francisco. Vladimir Pozner, Soviet State Television and Radio commentator, will arbitrate the Soviet panel at a Moscow television studio. The Center for Communications, a New York- based nonprofit organization that informs college students about communications fields, is sponsoring the link-up in America, in conjunction with the ASNE. THE University was selected as a viewing site, along with50other colleges, because of its strong Russian and East European Studies program, according to Ruth Hastie, a department professor. "One of the tasks of the Center for Russian and East European Studies is to help people understand more about the Soviet Union. We consider (presenting the teleconference) a public service," Hastie said. The panel of reporters will discuss what investigative journalism means in both countries, how it is practiced, and how each country covers international news. STUA R T Loory, one of the participants on the American panel, is the senior correspondent of Cable News Network, and an organizer of the spacebridge series. In a telephone interview, he explained the difference between American and Soviet news reporting: "Boiled down, the American press is a quasi-official check within our system of checks and balances. When the mass media does its job best, it is the representation of the people in the halls of government. "The Soviet press is a controlled check. It is a part of the monolith that runs that country. Whatever independence it does exercise, it exercises within carefully controlled limits of the Communist Party." He feels that the Soviet government has recently given the press more freedom than in the past. "Issues are being debated, and the reporters are being (Continued from Page 1) If it is not renewed, yesterday's agreement will hit non-resident students much harder than residents. For many non-residents - approximately 60 percent of all TAs - this would mean a "break- even" contract and in some cases a drop in take-home pay.. Resident students, as opposed to non-residents, would not be hurt because their tuition waiver does not exceed $5,250. In all resident cases, the new agreement means a salary raise. If the $5,250 tax exempt level were maintained, the contract would benefit all TAs -residents and non-residents alike. GEO President Alice Haddy said, "The University moved farther and faster on this contract than ever before. In reaching this agreement, the University showed their interest in improved quality of education." LSA Action Group Did you know that the school of Literature, Science, and the Arts does not grant the credit to LSA students for taking ROTC classes? The LSA Student Government has formed an action group to remedy this problem. All interested please attend the weekly meeting at 5 pm on Wednesdays in room 4003 Michigan Union or call 763-4799. investigative," he said. 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