'cragw .t Weather Tonight: Cloudy, scattered flurries, low 24. Tomorrow: Partly sunny, high around 43. One hundredfve years of editonal freedom Monday April 8, 1996 Bargaining talks fail; GEO to walk out By Anupama Reddy Daily Staff Reporter Despite 38 hours of non-stop bar- gaining last week, the Graduate Em- ployees Organization and University &gaining teams have left the table without reaching an agreement. The immediate result is a two-day GEO work stoppage beginning today. "It is not a protest. It is a picket line," said GEO spokesperson Pete Church. "If you cross the picket line, it's not a neutral statement. It's a statement against the individuals who are fighting for a living wage and a fair contract. "It's a matter of social justice." niversity chief negotiator Dan Gamble said he did not believe there was a clear definition of what crossing a picket line meant. "A picket line is in the eyes of the beholder," Gamble said. "It's all an individual's decision. I'm sure that ev- eryone is not going to feel that deeply about it." Provost J. Bernard Machen said the walk-out should not be observed by the iversity community. W"The strike is not in the best interest of the University and GEO," Machen said. "Our faculty and staff should not honor the strike." Some students said they understood Griese ?trrested at sports bar By Barry Sollenberger Daily Sports Editor Michigan quarterback Brian Griese was arrested at about midnight Satur- y for an undisclosed charge outside corekeepers, a local sports bar, two of its employees confirmed yesterday. Griese, 21, who will have junior eli- gibility next fall, was removed from the bar, according to a Scorekeepers bouncer who asked not to be named. Griese then proceeded to shatter the bar's main window, the bouncer said. "There was a little incident in the bar d we just kicked (Griese) out," the uncer said. "We pushed him out the door and locked it. A couple of minutes later, the window shattered. He either hit it or threw something at it. We're not really sure." The bouncer confirmed that Ann Arbor Police Department officers then arrested Griese in the parking structure south of the bar. The bouncer said Griese was visibly intoxicated while inside the bar. "He was almost to the point where he ,uldn't talk or stand," the bouncer said. Griese would not confirm or deny that he was arrested, but said that he did not expect any long-term conse- quences to come out of Saturday's incident. "I'm not going to comment about it," Griese said. "I don't know the situation onwhat is going to happen. The charges I dropped and that is the end of the situation." AAPD officials would not comment yesterday on the arrest. The University's Department of Public Safety was not involved in the off- campus incident. Griese was apparently accompanied by other football players inside the bar. "I know that he was with some foot- ball players," said Andy Eisenberg, a Sok at Scorekeepers. "But which ones, 4 on't know." Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr said he knew nothing of the incident. "I'll obviously have to talk to Brian (today) and rind out what happened," Carr said. "Other than that, I have no comment." Scorekeepers manager Eric Rogers said he would not comment at this time on the details of the situation. "We want to find out what's going on "nd make sure everything is finished up before commenting on it," he said. Griese is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and ABC announcer Bob Griese. He took over as the Wolverines' starting quarter- back for the injured Scott Dreisbach in GEO's position but questioned the timing and effectiveness of a two-day walk-out. "The way I see it is the (GSIs) de- serve the pay raise," said Engineering first-year student James Tallman. "I'm paying money to go here, so I deserve the chance to go to class. "Especially being so close to exam time, it's really crucial that I go to class." LSA first-year student Kelly Klemstine agreed. "I understand that they aren't being treated the way they want to be treated," Klemstine said.:"1 understand their prob- lem, but I also think it is pretty close to exams. "I wonder what a two-day work stop- page will do." However, LSA senior La Tonya Sutton said she fully supported GEG's work stoppage because GSIs do much of the grading and teaching. "I think GEG (members) do a lot of work," Sutton said. "They need to be respected and rewarded. I believe what they are asking for is not an unfair thing." The University and GEO engaged in non-stop bargaining beginning last Tues- day underthe conditions ofa media black- out and closed discussions to non-bar- gainingmembersofGEO. When the mara- thon bargaining session ended Friday, both parties spoke about the session. j t- 4 Am we uw-al:m% AVw=q Professors to hold classes off campus due to strike 1' ,. : .r , }" , CONRCT. DIANE COOK/Dadiy Picket signs sit in GEO offices Saturday night as GSis prepare for their two-day work stoppage. Members worked Saturday to make signs and picket schedules. By Anupama Reddy Daily Staff Reporter The University administration has taken a hard line against staff and fac- ulty members who plan tojoin the picket lines set up by the Graduate Employees Organization today and tomorrow. "I've written a letter encouraging all faculty and staff not to walk out," said Provost J. Bernard Machen. LSA Dean Edie Goldenberg sent an e-mail message to LSA faculty in- structing those teachers who do not report to class to inform the adminis- tration so those wages can be deducted from their paychecks. However, the administration's warn- ing has not deterred some professors from canceling, rescheduling or mov- ing classes to off-campus locations. Sociology lecturer Holly Peters- Golden said GEO's cause was worth any money that might be deducted from her paycheck. "On balance, having my salary docked for one day pales in compari- son to showing my support for GEO," Peters-Golden said. English Prof. Richard Tillinghast said he believes in the importance of graduate student instructors. He said he would also support the two-day walk-out by holding his class at the Delta Delta Delta sorority house at its regularly scheduled time. "I think GEO is full of people who do a lot of things for faculty,"' Tillinghast said."1 think theyare over- worked and underpaid." Machen said the administration has not yet decided if it will dock pay for faculty and staff members who do not cross the picket lines. "We have not decided on that,' Machen said. "We expect all faculty and students and staff to go to classes tomorrow. That's their job." Peters-Golden said she appreciated the clarification ofthe administration's position on faculty involvement in the work stoppage, but she would still join the picket line. GEO President Scott Dexter said the negotiations reached a stalemate on the issues ofwages and international gradu- ate student instructor training. "The University was unwilling to bargain on a mandatory subject of bar- gaining - international GSIs," Detxer said. "They also said they would refuse to bargain on wages until (international) GSI training was dropped. That's ille- gal according to state law," Gamble said the main contention on paying international GSIs for their three- week summer training was their classifi- cation as employees or students during See GEO, Page 3A 25THA HASHs 5,000 attend Diag rally; 68 arrested By Will Weissert Daily Staff Reporter The beating of drums, large clouds of thick smoke floating over diverse crowds of supporters and onlookers, T- shirt hawkers, police officers, and of course the pungent smell of marijuana signaled only one thing - it was Hash Bash time again. The Easter holiday and the chilly afternoon did not slow the roughly 5,000 people who crowded the Diag to hear 10 speakers sing the praises of mari- juana and blast the government, presi- dent and police officers for trampling on the rights of Americans, from noon until 1 p.m. Saturday. "The war on drugs is a war on the Bill of Rights," proclaimed marijuana legal- juana laws that took effect after the end of his legal battle in 1971 have prooved that pot smokers everywhere should not face harsh government restrictions and penalties. "We've had 25 years of $5 tickets - and now $25 tickets - and nothing has happened," he said. "The city hasn't crumbled: It's a beau- tiful day and people here are smoking pot - so what?" While the bash's speakers preached their beliefs, organizers, supporters and students smoked pot in a variety of ways. Organizers and onlookers on the steps of the Graduate Library defiantly puffed away at large joints behind the makeshift podium. Others invented ways to hide their smoking from the more than 60 Depart- Dady ization advocate Marvin Marvin. Some of the afternoon's head- line speakers in- cluded Chef Ra of High Times Magazine, the "Lone Reefer" and Dan Vites of the National Or- ganization for the Reform of Mari- juana Laws. This year's 25th We thought it was important to get hi - we still do." - John Sinclair Marijuana activist ment of Public Safety, Michigan State Police and W a s h t e n a w County Sheriff's officers patrolling the Diag, by plant- ing it in tobacco and clove ciga- rettes. DPS reported 68 arrests, mostly for possession of intoxication or ille- marijuana, public annual Hash Bash also had a historical focus, highlighted by the remarks of local Ann Arbor activ- ist John Sinclair. Sinclair was arrested in 1969 for pos- session of two joints and sentenced to 10 years in prison, but fought the charge to the Supreme Court. He was released from prison after 2 1/2 years and his legal battle prompted the change of strict marijuana penalties. "My role was to challenge the uncon- stitutionalityoftheselaws," Sinclair said. "We thought it was important to get high - we still do. If it makes you happy and doesn't hurt anyone else, go ahead." Sinclair said the more lenient mari- gal merchandising. DPS Sgt. Jesse Lewit said this year's Hash Bash was not more rowdy or problematic than usual. "They all start looking the same after a while," he said. The Ann Arbor Police Department also patrolled off-campus areas around the Diag during Saturday's festivities. Sgt. Chris Heatley estimated that AAPD made five arrests and handed out 20 marijuana- related violations. "For the most part, the crowd was very peaceful," he said. Hash Bash organizer Adam Brook said he was pleased with this year's turnout. "There are a lot more people smoking-ha ha-I mean, supporting See HASH BASH, Page 2A Kaczynski investigation continues in Mont and Calif From Staff and Wire Reports Federal investigators are searching both Theodore Kaczynski's past and his mountain cabin for information linking him to the Unabomber's trail of destruction. U.S. attorneys from California, New Jersey, Mon- tana and Utah are scheduled to meet today in Wash- ington, D.C., to discuss where to hold the trial. Tony Bisceglie, the Washington lawyer who acted Attorneys to select suspect's trial site it is unlikely the case would be tried in state court, as California Gov. Pete Wilson has requested. "The track record of criminal cases in the federal court is somewhat better than it is in most state courts, and I think the department and the attorney general will be much more comfortable having it University of California, Berkeley chairman J.W. Addison wrote Kaczynski's University thesis ad- viser Allen Shields of his unexpected resignation from the California university. "He submitted his resignation last year quite out of the blue," Addison wrote. "He said he was in a Helenajail. He has been charged in federal court with possession of bomb-making materials, The charge is intended to keep Kaczynski in custody while investigators build a case against him forthe Unabom attacks that killed three people and injured 23 in nine states over the past 18 years. As federal agents searched for proof that Theodore Kaczynski left his Montana cabin to mail bombs, two people said yesterday they had ,( I