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RSG election draws
largest turnout ever
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Turnout was poor for the
election. A total of 364 votes were
cast in the race for president,
although 5,000 students were
eligible to vote.
L. J. Stock, a first-year graduate
student, was elected executive vice-
president with 208 votes, defeating
Brian Rashap, who finished with
148 votes.
Although the Engineering
Council elections featured no parties,
Kilborn and Stock ran as a pair and
campaigned together.
"We're not going to make any
drastic changes," said Kilborn. "We
hope to work well with the
Michigan Student Assembly,"
The Rackham Student
Government elections drew about
450 voters, the most in the
government's history.
Mark Greer, President of
Rackham Student Government, said
more students voted this year
because RSG shared polling sites
with the MSA, LSA, and
engineering school elections.
But campaigning wasn't
necessary for most nominated
candidates. Of ten representative
positions up for election this fall -
two seats representing each of five
divisions - only the Biological and
Health Sciences division, with three
candidates running, was contested.
No one ran in the Education
division, and only one candidate was
nominated in the Physical Sciences
and Engineering division. Greer said.
the remaining positions would bed
filled by a plurality of write in
votes, if the nominated individual#
accepted.
Greer described all of the:
candidates as "very progressive. They:
are dissenting voices of the left
promoting critical thinking,;
academic dissention, and social
responsibility. All are fighting
weapon research, all oppose the code,
of non-academic conduct."
Results of the election should be
out in a few days, Greer said.
Daily staffers Steven Tuch and
Rose Mary Wummel contributed to
this story.
S. Quad cafe shows modern look
Doily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBER
Saul Hymans, director of the University Research Seminar on Quantitative Economics, speaks at the 35th.
annual Economic Outlook program, which continues today. He spoke of his study which forecasts a healthy
economic year des-ite the recent stock market fall.
Economist predicts stable year
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Pr o duct and a 6.0 percent boom or recession lasts, the more and the future of the economy:
unemployment rate in the coming likely it will end quickly. "There is a causal relationship
year. Those figures would be an Johnson questioned the RSQE and between the leading indicators and the
improvement over this year's es- other reports that predicted economic conditions predicted by
timated 2.6 percent GNP growth and continuing prosperity. "I think there these indicators."
6.2 percent unemployment, is a larger chance of a recession than Moore said that since the
But in a discussion of economic standard models would tell," he said. indicators have remained stable, the
cycles, also part of the conference, Geoffrey Moore, the director of possibility of a recession in the
University Economics Prof. George the Center for Economic Research at coming months is unlikely.
Johnson said he thought the current Columbia University, spoke about He said the period of peacetime
period of economic prosperity would the importance of the leading growth under the Reagan
not last forever, economic indicators in forecasting administration, is the longest since
The economy fluctuates cyclically economic trends. Indicators are trends George Washington's presidency. "If
between booms and recessions, and in such things as the value of the we survive 1988 and still have an
changes occurring during one period dollar or interest rates. upward trend going into 1989, he
point to a trend towards the other Moore said he sees a direct (Reagan) may have outdistanced
period. Johnson said that the longer a relationship between these indicators George Washington."
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design. Stockwell's redecoration,
completed last August, received third
prize for renovations over $25,000.
It cost the University $90,000.
"It's nothing like South Quad's
new dining room," said Jennie
Stewart, the office manager of
Stockwell Hall, with a laugh. Eating
and serving areas were separated to
provide a quieter atmosphere, she
said.
Renovations at Betsey Barbour,
completed last November, converted
a concrete porch slab, used as a
sunporch, into a dining room
addition. It won first place in the
"new construction" category, and
cost $78,000.
So many people enjoy eating in
Barbour's small, intimate setting
that officials have had to limit the
number of outside eaters, said Betsey
Barbour Building Director Levy.
"The smaller dining room makes
eating a lot more pleasant," sawd
Barbour resident and LSA*.
sophomore Jeni Gatza. "When I eat
in the larger dining halls I just chof.w
down and leave, but here I can sI
and talk," she added.
But not everyone is pleased with
all the changes in the dining halts
"At any new place that opens uV
there are bound to be a few problen
in the beginning with organizatioi"
Ellis said.
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(continued from Page 1) student Will Cwikiel said the door-
ght should walk confidently, look to-door technique will reach people
eople in the eye, and trust their in- who otherwise would never get in-
incts about danger, she said. formation about sexual assault.
"We hear about people being Most people who benefit from
raid to walk alone at night, so we SAPAC's resources seek it them-
ant to turn people's fear into ac- selves by requesting sexual assault
on," she said. For example, Kisch awareness workshops or by going to
iid, if a person hears someone .its office for literature.
,ream on the street, that person Krista Dunton, an LSA senior,
iould take action. said she decided to get involved in
SAPAC volunteer and graduate the campaign after a man yelled
threats at her friend in front of Dun-
ton's home. The woman ran to
safety, she said.
The volunteers will also dis-
tribute literature about preventing
burglars from breaking into homes.
Such precautions include turning on
porch lights; using dead-bolt locks,
window pins, and peepholes; making
sure landlords provide adequate
lighting in parking lots; and doing
regular security checks.
night safety
percent of University research, and
four percent of that money comes
from the U.S. Department of De-
fense, the report said.
But Martin Tobin, interim direc-
tor of the University's Division of
Research Development and
Administration, said in an interview
that budget cuts resulting from the
Gramm-Rudman Act - passed by
Congress in an attempt to cut the
national deficit - could reduce fu-
ture federally-fundered research.
Wilson's report said the National
Science Foundation alone may be
cut by at least $150 million next
year under the act. This would be
contrary to President Reagan's per-
sonal goal of increasing the nation's
scientific and technological innova-
tions, marked by such recent projects
as the Space Defense Initiative and
the $4 billion Superconducting Su-
per Collider.
Other than federal funds, the Uni-
versity's budget, outside industry,
and large foundation grants pay for
University research projects, Wilson
said.
Wilson, speaking about the Uni-
versity's new classified research pol-
icy, said her office has accepted one
classified project and only a few
others with restrictions on publica-
tion, since the policy was adopted ir
April.
The policy aims at allowing
greater academic freedom by lessen.
ing restrictions on classified re-
search. But Wilson said the guide-
lines have not yet significantly af-
fected the type of research projects
the University accepts.
She told the regents that her
advisory group, the Research Poli-
cies Committee, is still dissatisfied
with the new policy. Members
worry that the guidelines are too
subjective and open to political
judgements; they want a more deim-
sive statement against military re-
search and object to their reduced role,
in reviewing research proposals,
Wilson said.
RPC chair Joe Miller could not
be reached for comment.
Also, according to Wilson's re-
port, a National Science Foundation
study ranked the University eighth
among the nation's universities,
both public and private. Johns Hop-
kins University was ranked first.
"We rank quite high if you take;
away those universities with facili,
ties that the federal government sup.-t
ports," Tobin said.
Tobin explained that leading r -
search schools, like Johns Hopk"
and and MIT, operate large researidf
laboratories that are funded exten-
sively by federal money. '
GEO files unfair labor practice suit against 'U'
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torate degree in about five years, and
so using teaching assistantships as a
form of financial aid is deempha-
sized.
Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar-
bor) said these kinds of issues are
never resolved by the regents. "These
issues are always resolved at the unit
level, and that's where they should
be discussed;" he said.
Eban Goodstein, Rackham Stu-
dent Government member and Ph.D.
candidate in economics told the re-
gents, "We don't see how it (the
,rule) forces us to get through gradu-
ate school. It punishes us for de-
Ipartmnental failure."
Goodstein said the rule discrimi-
nates against women with family
responsibilities and against minori-
ties lacking the financial support to
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get through school in five years. He
feared the rule might force depart-
ments to enroll more first-year grad-
uate students in order to fill their
teaching assistant positions.
GEO and Rackham Student Gov-
ernment members met with Univer-
sity administrators three times before
filing the suit. Earlier this month,
the GEO delayed their decision to
file the suit because they were skep-
University administrators refused
to negotiate because of a clause in
the contract reached last spring be-
tween the GEO and the University
that bars any further negotiations of
the contract. It expires in April
1989.
Steiner could not be reached for
comment on the suit.
The GEO decided to file suit
against after receiving support from
the Michigan Federation of Teachers,
the organization that pays a large
fraction of their legal fees. A hearing
of the suit is unlikely to take place
before late January and a decision
might not be reached for up to one
year.
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