;2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 26, 1996 NATION/WORLD UC stnke ends, fails in main goal Bfy Janet Adany Daily Staff Reporter The recent teaching assistant strikes that have plagued three of the University of California campuses ended Friday with singing and cheer- ing, although the striking instructors failed to obtain collective bargaining rights at any of the state school cam- puses. University of California at Berkeley's strike culminated in a "little party," said Mott Prudham, executive board trustee of Berkeley's Association of Graduate Student Educators, during which pick- eters chanted "up with the union, down with the regents." Prudham said that although AGSE did not accomplish its main objective of earning collective bargaining rights, members were pleased with the recog- nition TAs received. "Realistically, we didn't think we'd Vin," Prudham said. "Our goal was to get a significant part of campus to know what we're all about, and we certainly achieved this." Teaching assistant unions at the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of California at San Diego voted last week to escalate their efforts this spring in another joined effort between the three campuses, Prudham said. "The first thing that jumps to mind is a longer strike, but we obviously have to 2,400 graduate employees from the three campuses went on strike through- out the week. Joseph Duggan, Berkeley's associate dean of graduate studies, said the strike did not change the sit down and talk about things," Prudham said. "Now that we " Our goal was to have some edu- cation of the past g et a strike behind us, arto c we're planning on putting that to know wi, use for future efforts."b A random- sample survey- performed by Berkeley' three economic G students at Graduate St Berkeley esti- mated that 60 percent of Berkeley teaching assistants cancelled their sec- tions. Protesters gathered approximate- ly 5,000 signatures on petitions sup- porting the strike that will be presented to UCLA Chancellor Charles Young. Prudham estimated that 2,300 to mificant :ampus to tat we're Scott Prudham s Association of udent Educators administration's position on col- lective bargain- ing rights and estimated that only 1-2 percent of classes didn't meet. "AGSE has a history of wide- ly exaggerated claims," Duggan said. "This esti- mate is totally impossible" Prudham called Duggan's estimate a administration would handle AGSE's planned escalation. "The response that (Berkeley) will make to that action will depend on what's done and for what duration of time," Duggan said. Berkeley student body President Grant Harris said that although the stu- dent senate passed a resolution to sup- port the strike, student reactions to the strike were mixed. Tamara Joseph, organizer for the University of Michigan's Graduate Employees Organization, said the California strikes showed effective organization and strategy. "You don't look to see results in two or three days after the strike happens," Joseph said. "Their efforts may well prove to be part of a longer campaign, which they will ultimately win." Prudham said AGSE received sup- port from a number of other campus- es, including the University of Michigan. "The fact that at Michigan and Madison TAs have collective bargain- ing rights shows that we're not asking for something that is unprecedented or even controversial," Prudham said. fNATIONAL REPORT Family defends accused spy's record WASHINGTON - The mother and brother of accused CIA spy Harold James Nicholson shed tears yesterday while testifying about his patriotic upbringing, but their pleas were not enough to win his release from jail while awaiting prosecution. As Nicholson sat 10 feet away, dressed in olive-drab prison fatigues, his moth- er, Betty Nicholson of Eugene, Ore., blinked back tears on the witness stand. She said that she and her husband, an Air Force veteran, taught their son patriotism ar4 other values, and that "we never had any discipline problems with him." She testified that they also raised their son to understand that "the most impor- tant thing was to be honest: "His family was very important to him," his mother said. She offered to pledge equity in the family residence against any bond the judge might set to allow her son's release. But U.S. District Judge Thomas Rawles Jones Jr. was not convinced, saying the defendant might flee to avoid prosecution and that he possessed secrets he might try to pass on to the Russians. Nicholson was charged last week with spying for Moscow in exchange for at least $180,000. FBI officials said he betrayed American spies in Russia and pass along "a wide range of top-secret information" for a period beginning in Jun 1994. "complete fabrication," and said Duggan "seemed ,to have no qualms about lying to the press." Duggan said he didn't think the strike had an effect on shaping attitudes toward acceptance of collective bar- gaining rights and was unsure how the Simpson leaves questions at trial Clinton's GOP Cabinet prospects still waiting to hear WASHINGTON - President Clinton promised to "cast a wide net" to install Republicans in his second-term Cabinet, So far, the net has landed few names. The White House transition team, three weeks into the search process, has few GOP candidates for the lengthy list of vacancies, Republican prospects include: O Retiring Sen. William Cohen of Maine, a leading candidate for defense secretary. John Young, former head of Hewlett-Packard Co., mentioned for the Commerce seat being vacated by Mickey Kantor. * Edward McCracken, chief execu- tive of Silicon Graphics Inc., also a Commerce prospect. Indeed, the most notable characteris- tic about Clinton's list of Republicans is the one name that's not on it: Colin Powell. The retired Army general is seen as a threat to Vice President Al Gore's prospects in 2000, and is not being considered. And the administration lost a key GOP appointee yesterday with the res- ignation of Food and Drug Administration chief David Kessler. The former Republican congressione aide was appointed by President Bush. Astronauts seek, dodge satellites CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In a maneuver requiring precision flying, space shuttle Columbia's astronauts went after one satellite yesterday while trying to avoid being rear-ended by another. The crew slowly closed in on to speeding, saucer-shaped satellite in preparation for yesterday's retrieval. The rendezvous was moved up three hours because a telescope in orbit was gaining on the satellite faster than expected. The satellites were dropped off by Columbia's astronauts last week. The saucer was used to grow semiconductor film in space; the 3.5-ton ultraviolet tele- scope is looking at stars and galaxies. . Nrthau ecreato dino Ce te36 North Campus Recreation Building 764-3967 Reaxtalm Skis Snowshoes Backpacks Sleds Tents Sleeping Bags Dogsledding Cross Country Skiing Backpacking *University of Michigan Department of Recreational Sports @ 0 O - q" $* , Q $ 0 $ SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Confronted with the toughest physical evidence against him, O.J. Simpson couldn't explain yesterday how blood believed to be the victims' got into his Bronco or how he suffered hand cuts that plaintiffs claim were fingernail gouges from a death struggle. Showing Simpson a close-up photo- graph taken three days after the slayings of a crescent-shaped cut on his finger, attorney Daniel Petrocelli charged: "It was a fingernail mark, wasn't it, sir?" "I seriously doubt that," Simpson replied. "It was somebody's fingernails rip- ping into your skin, wasn't it?" Petrocelli asked. Simpson suggested his then-5-year- old son, Justin, could have cut his fin- ger while they were "rassling" in the days after the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. "Unless it was Justin's, I really don't know," Simpson said with a hint of exasperation. "Are you saying it was your son's fin- gernail?" the lawyer asked. "I'm not saying it was Justin's. I was saying he was the only one I was any heavy physical ... wrestling." Petrocelli, pacing sometimes within inches of the witness, challenged Simpson to explain virtually every move he made during 86 minutes on the night of the June 12, 1994, slayings when his whereabouts are unknown. Simpson maintained he was resting in bed or showering at the time, and 715 N. University 662-4700 Deli Sandwiches, Pasta, Fruit, and Vegetable Salads, Croissants, Muffins, Cookies, Scones Simpson testified for the second day. also said he was chipping golf balls and taking his dog out for a walk during those unaccounted-for minutes. Petrocelli clearly tried to get a rise out of Simpson, but it didn't work. Once, the attorney paced so close to Simpson they were nearly nose to nose. At another instant, Petrocelli pointed a pen in Simpson's face and demanded, "Answer the question, sir!" Petrocelli quizzed the defendant about blood, noting there was blood in his Bronco, on a driveway at his home and on a kitchen counter. The defense has said the Bronco blood was planted by overzealous police. -,:. Workers sift through hijacking wreckage MORONI, Comoros Islands - Rescue workers dragged a chunk of an Ethiopian airplane fuselage onto the beach yesterday and used electric saws to cut bodies from the jet, which crashed when hijackers let it run out of fuel. Wearing masks against the smell of decaying flesh, the workers zipped bod- ies into dark bags and hauled them to a makeshift morgue set up in a former meat warehouse. Feet and at least one head could be seen in the crush of metal, wires and seating. One of history's deadliest hijackings, Saturday's crash killed 127 of the 175 people on board. At least 101 sets of remains have been recovered, but authorities were having trouble identi- fying some of them. At least one U.S. citizen was among the dead. Leslianne Shedd was a com- mercial officer with the Foreign Service, and had been headed to Kenya to meet friends for Thanksgiving. Two men were arrested for the ' , ;..::: :t..r ,? hijacking, but officials said yesterday that they may be innocent. The plane's co-pilot, Yonas Mekuria, told police he did not recognize the suspects as any o the three hijackers who had refused let the plane land to refuel. 100,000 jam streets. to protest elections BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - More than 100,000 demonstrators angered over annulled municipal elections jammed Belgrade streets yesterday the biggest protest against Presider Slobodan Milosevic and his Socialist Party in five years. While a flag-waving crowd shouted "Red bandits" and "Death to commu- nism" university students launched sit- ins at four campuses in the capital and pelted three symbols of Milosevic's regime - state-run television, the pres- ident's office and city hall - with eggs and insults. - Compiled fom Daily wire reports. 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