Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Monday, February 1, 1993 GEO Continued from page 1 the proposals, but confirmed that many of GEO's proposals have been presented and are being negotiated upon. Included in GEO's latest eco- nomic proposals is a plan that would give TAs a salary increase - including a 15.7 percent raise the first contract year and a 3 percent raise the second. Before the bargaining session Friday, GEO picketers highlighted their proposal for a salary increase and a "Living Wage" by handing out pamphlets and bogus $110 bills during informational picket lines in front of the LSA Building and the Graduate Library. The fake money represented the gap between the University Office of Financial Aid's estimated monthly cost of living of $839 and the $729 the average TA makes in a month. David Wilmsen, a language TA in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, said he has a very difficult time supporting himself and his family - including a wife and two children. He said he hopes a "fair" contract can be agreed upon soon but added that he would support GEO in whatever action it took. "I'm supporting my (family) on $809 a month," he said. "If it wasn't for food stamps I would not be able to live." GEO President Dave Tolend said the bargaining committee does not plan to present any more proposals to the University and will utilize the contract extension to respond to the University's counter- proposals. Both the University and GEO members said they hope a settlement for a new contract will be reached as soon as possible. "They should have ... all of their counter-proposals Thursday," said Tolend. Tolend added that he has not ruled out any actions GEO may take after the March 7 deadline. "If we're not close to any agreement by March 7 we will have to talk about doing something else," Tolend said. "Like our signs say, our biggest power is the power to walk." The next bargaining session between the University and GEO is scheduled for Thursday. ECONOMY Continued from page 1 porters last week amid negotiations over lifting the gay ban. But Democrats and Republicans alike say the opening days of Clin- ton's administration have lacked the same discipline and focus as his well-oiled "Putting People First" presidential campaign. Democratic consultant Ann Lewis said some confusion is in- evitable in the early days of a new administration. "The same week you're changing all the phones at the White House, it's tough to stay on top of a multi- media presentation of message," she said. "I would guess Clinton's long- term commitment to issues of eco- nomic change will enable him to weather and outlast this storm." Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) said while Clinton has hit some bumps in the road, "no real damage" has been done yet. "I think the honeymoon was be- tween the election and the inaugu- ral," he said yesterday on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press." Already distancing himself from campaign promises for a middle- class tax cut and halving the deficit in four years, Clinton has promised to outline his economic plan in a Feb. 17 speech to Congress. "Everyone looks forward to mov- ing ahead on the things he thinks are important," said Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers. "I think people want a debate about how to get the econ- omy moving again." But it is Clinton's uncertainty over just how to do that that helped trip him up in the opening days of his presidency, according to Michael Robinson, a professor of government at Georgetown University. Americans are giving record-high disapproval ratings to the new presi- dent and displaying growing uncer- tainty about his economic strategy. A Newsweek magazine poll re- leased Saturday showed 32 percent of Americans disapproved of the way Clinton is handling the job, while a USA Today-CNN poll re- leased several days earlier gave him a 20 percent disapproval rating. These were the worst approval rat- ings for any new president since the Gallup Organization started such measures in 1953 with the Eisen- hower administration. AIESEC Continued from page 1 campuses nationwide, AIESEC is the largest student-operated organi- zation in the world. The University chapter - also known as AIESEC Michigan - consists of approxi- mately 150 students and welcomes new members throughout the year. I A Teleconference Presentation "The Art of Conversation: Speaking of God in a Pluralistic Age" A Conference of Trinity Institute, New York via satellite Featuring: Martin Marty Robert Bellah Ronald Thiemann Rebecca Chapp Robert Franklin Parker Palmer Professor of Modern Christianity The University of Chicago Professor of Sociology University of California, Berkeley Dean and Professor of Divinity Harvard Divinity School Associate Professor of Theology Candler School of Philosophy, Emory University Associate Professor of Ethics and Society Candler School of Philosophy, Emory University Author and Teacher Madison, Wisconsin BAN Continued from page 1 "The rules (about privacy and conduct) must be very specific," the aide said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "If the policy is to be changed, there must be equality across the board so soldiers - het- erosexual and homosexual - are treated with the proper dignity they deserve." Clinton's decision has created widespread uncertainty among troops in the field, the aide said. "So I'm told to live with Homosexual Joe. Do I have any rights now?" the aide asked rhetori- cally. "These are the questions the 23- ROTC Continued from page 1 he thinks the ban will be overturned but refused to comment further. But Friday, yielding to fierce po- litical opposition from Congress and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Cliton eased off his pledge to lift the vanu and directed the Pentagon to draft an executive order to overturn the cur- rent restriction in six months. The Pentagon will report to Clinton July 15. At Friday's news conference, Clinton told reporters the military has spent $500 million discharging 16,500 gay and lesbian soldiers dur- ing the past five years. He added that complaints of heterosexual sexual assault and harassment have been much greater than charges of ho- mosexual misconduct. Haley Barbour, lobbyist and newly-elected chair of the Republican Party, reiterated his par- ty's opposition to overturning the ban and to "alternative lifestyles." "It's not like being left-handed or something," Barbour said. "This represents a serious threat to the na- tional security interests of this coun- try. President Clinton is paying blood money for all those campaign contributions he received from gays." ROTC members went about their business, conducting exercises, drills, runs in the Arb, and military science classes as President Clinton announced the delay in overturning the ban. Navy ROTC cadet Madelene Means, an LSA junior, was one of manysstudents who refusedto com- ment and directed questions to the executive officer of the Naval ROTC. In an interview with the Daily last month, University President James Duderstadt indicated that the fulfillment of Clinton's promise would have repercussions on campus. Duderstadt said sexual orienta- tion could be included in University Board of Regent's Bylaw 14.06 if the ban on gays in the military is repealed. Bylaw 14.06 prohibits discrimi- nation by the University on the basis of gender, race, national origin, Vietnam-veteran era status, religion, and 24-year-old commanders in the field have to grapple with now. But what if a homosexual says he's threatened in his unit? New stan- dards must be drawn up so comman- ders know how to react." On NBC's "Meet the Press" yes- terday Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) said that considera- tion of proposals to segregate gays to separate living quarters or keep them out of combat units "just exac- erbates the problem and it says there is a problem." "Gay men and straight men have been sharing dormitory showers, health clubs for a very long time.... we don't have ourselves dry cleaned," Rep. Barney Frankm (D- Mass.) said yesterday during an in- terview on CBS's "Face the Nation." creed and marital and handicapped status. Over the last few years the regents have refused several attempts to include sexual orientation. "That is a bylaw that reflects a federal policy in affirmative action, and if sexual preference was in- cluded in a federal policy then we would change it," Duderstadt said. LSA Senior Brian Spolarich - a discussion leader for the Residential College Social Group for Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals - said he sees the administration's use of the military's ban on homosexuals as a "phony" reason for refusing to in- clude sexual orientation in bylaw 14.06. "The regents will just come up with some other reason not to include it," Spolarich said. Just as the University is looking to the federal government to include gays and lesbians in anti-discrimina- tion statutes, states and companies are looking for someone to take the lead on reversing discrimination. In the public sector, intense inter- est in the ban has brought the issue of gay rights to the forefront of the American consciousness. Many observers have compared Clinton's proposed lifting of the ban to President Harry Truman's deseg- regation of the armed forces exec- utive order in 1948. While he emphasized that Clinton's actions did not lift the ban, Spolarich called the effort "remarkable." He said change is a question of "when" and not "whether." "It's a good step forward," Spolarich said. "Before Clinton dealt with the economy or health care, he has placed a group which hasn't of- ten gotten attention first in his 100 days." Senate Republicans - and some Democrats, including Senate Armed Forces Chair Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) - have strongly disagreed with the Truman comparison. Sen. 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