The Michigan Daily-Monday, April 4, 1988-Page 5 MPAs Continued from Page 1 campus, most MPAs said. "School is hard enough. To still be in 1988 and have to deal with some form of racism or any other kind of 'ism' is ludicrous," said Karen Gulley, an LSA junior and MPA at Mosher- Jordan. And though student groups such as the United Coalition Against Racism and the Black Student Union play an active role in campus politics, some MPAs say they feel no compulsion to join them. Paul Tang, an LSA junior and MPA at Couzens said, "The MPAs that take part in a group like BAM do so because they want to, not because they are MPAs. If they feel strongly enough to join, then that is their own personal prerogative. I support what they're trying to do but I'm not a member." Gulley said she became interested in the position after meeting an MPA at a minority visitation program before she attended the University. "I saw this person as being really supportive of minorities. I looked up to that person and admired her. She was kind of a role model for me and I wanted to be that way for others," she said. "I felt there was an opportunity to help out minority students," said Andre Harris, an LSA senior and an MPA in South Quad. "The MPA position was the most immediate way for me to connect with administrators and influential students," such as UCAR and BSU members. While many minority students say they enjoy talking with the MPAs, others say they don't feel a need for them. Mike Wang, an LSA junior and MPA at East Quad said most students already talk on an informal basis. Wang said East Quad has an advantage because one of the two MPAs is Black and the other is Asian-American. He said such an arrangement allows more minority students to find a common ground with a particular MPA. Along with providing a support system for minority students, MPAs attend weekly resident and senior staff meetings, serve as advisors to residence hall Minority Student Council, and attend bi-weekly Minority Peer Advisor meetings. They are also required to create a monthly cultural program highlighting the concerns of a particular minority. In exchange for their services, peer advisors get free room and board, like resident advisors. To become an MPA, students must submit an application which is reviewed by the housing coordinator and assistant coordinator of Project Awareness. MPA applicants then must attend a series of interviews and workshops. Current peer advisors, residence hall Minority Student Council representatives, a University housing coordinator, and building directors make final selections. Rent Continued from Page 2 family homes. SHE ALSO maintains that the Ann Arbor proposal will not hurt landlords because Proposal C in- cludes a hardship provision that al- lows landlords to appeal if their au- tomatic rent increase is inadequate. But Sukoff said rent control hurts students because conversions and de- creased constructions constricts the supply of housing. "If this passes, you'll see less housing available to students," Sukoff said. University of California students are often forced to live in nearby Oakland, which doesn't have rent control and, he said, offers more rental housing, Sukoff said. SUKOFF added that, in Berke- ley, rent control caused landlords to avoid renting to "risky" tenants, like students, because they might cause higher-than-normal maintenance costs. Landlords fear that under rent control, they won't be able raise rents enough to meet the costs, Sukoff said. But Salowe-Kaye responds that "Berkeley and Santa Monica have much stricter rent control than any- thing being proposed in Ann Ar- bor... The ordinance (in Berkeley) is strict and there is less allowance for passing along of maintenance costs." Sukoff also said that rent control proves a financial burden for smaller landlords. He cited a case of an el- derly landlord in Berkeley who was dependent on the profits generated by two rental units that fell under rent control: "Those units were his re- tirement income. His retirement in- come has been undermined," Sukoff said. Salowe-Kaye responds that a hardship provision in the Ann Arbor proposal will insure that landlords' profits do not fall below "fair rate of return." BESIDES disagreing on the merits of rent control, each side in the city election has accused the other of unfair campaign tactics. Lisa Russ, and LSA junior and member of Students for Fair Rent, said the rent control forces were de- pending on a grassroots campaign. 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