LOCAL/STATE
The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 16, 1997 -
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"I support Rep. McManus's legisla-
tion because having half a loaf of bread
is better than not having any bread,"
Jaye said. "But I would want to com-
pletely and immediately eliminate
minority preferences."
Rep. Laura Baird (D-Okemos), a
member of the Constitutional and Civil
W hts committee, said constitutional
erpretation is a matter best left to the
judicial system.
"The Civil Rights Commission is a
:fnction of the executive branch,"
&ird said. "It really should be left to
the courts."
-McManus and Jaye, along with state
Reps. Greg Kaza (R-Rochester Hills)
and Deborah Whyman (R-Canton), are
attempting to organize a class action
lawsuit against the University that chal-
Wges its affirmative action policies in
admissions and financial aid.
"My message to these U of M
bureaucrats is that your time is up,"
.Jaye said. "It's only a matter of time
that minority preferences are moved to
the dustbin of history."
Vaughn, however, said affirmative
action programs at the University
should be increased, not decreased.
"What ethnic groups have gotten out
* the U of M is very little," Vaughn
said. "They're grandstanding in order
to get votes. They're all seeking higher
office because of their term limits.
Kaza and Jaye and these other clowns
don't want to talk about the real prob-
lem, which is poverty."
Vaughn said the reason that qualified
in-state, non-minority students are not
admitted is that the University admits a
large amount of students from other
"Let's cut down on the out-of-state
student population," Vaughn said.
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ate a very large problem," Munn-
Fremon said.
, One major factor may be an
Ocreased volume in e-mail usage when
students returned to campus this
*month.
"We thought we were prepared.
However, there has been more e-mail
volume than ever. It's been astronomi-
cal," Munn-Fremon said.
According to an informal ITD sur-
vey, 75 percent of the entering class is
already using e-mail, a significant
increase from previous years.
Some students said they have noticed
nor slowdowns but no major annoy-
ances. Still others said they had rela-
tively no trouble logging on.
"It's been pretty good lately," said
LSA first-year student David Frantom.
'Somewhat smaller problems
affecting the network include looped
mAl responses and a type of mail
called SPAM, which is sent by a user
so't logged in at a University com-
*ter but using the University net-
woik to send or check mail.
SPAM mail involves non-University
and University users who are logged on
of-campus. This mail, sent by users
without ITD accounts, takes up room
on the network.
Another problem plaguing the system
involves inopportune hardware failures in
the system servers, Munn-Fremon said.
More than 100 servers are hooked up
to the system and additional servers are
*ted to be connected and extra mem-
0ory installed, Munn-Fremon said. TD
is also looking into streamlining the
Sstem to make it run more smoothly,
slie Said.
State sets new rules for welfare students
Welfare recipients who attend college
full-time must also work at least 20 hours
and attend welfare-to-work program
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan's welfare recipients who attend col-
lege full-time must also work at least 20 hours or attend a welfare-
to-work program a week for pay, and many, especially single moth-
ers, find that a very heavy load.
State officials say any job is better than no job. They point to
the declining welfare rolls as proof that the approach is work-
ing.
But welfare advocates question whether those who have come off
welfare rolls have really moved on to the work world, the Detroit
Free Press reported in yesterday's editions.
Since April, those who break the rules face a 25 percent cut in
their welfare check and food stamps or being totally cut off in four
months.
Until 1994, Michigan permitted welfare recipients to attend col-
lege instead of looking for a job. About 10 to 15 percent of all wel-
fare recipients did, but less than half who graduated found work
afterward, said Doug Rothwell, head of the Michigan Jobs
Commission.
Today, nearly every welfare recipient must attend Work
First, a three-year-old job preparation and search program.
More than half the people who complete the program have
jobs 90 days later that pay an average of $6 an hour, Rothwell
said.
"Many, many people have worked their way through col-
lege," said Rothwell. "This is not meant to sound cruel, but
why should we treat welfare recipients differently than work-
ing people?"
Welfare advocates, however, say welfare recipients, often a single
mother, must deal with work, school, parenting, transportation, child
care, and food and clothing concerns.
Sarah Pruett is straining under the load of working 40 hours a
week as an unpaid student teacher to complete her college
degree.
Pruett, 31, a divorced mom whose son has mild cerebral
palsy, was told to report to Work First last Monday but was
not there because she was teaching. Finding a job is notan
option.
"1 really can't work. I'm putting in nearly 40 hours a week at
school, and two hours a day at home, and my son needs my tizie,
too," she said.
If Pruett is sanctioned, she will lose 25 percent of her monthly
$305 Family Independence Program grant and $75 in food stamps.
The $484 a month she receives as a federal disability check for her
son should not be cut.
Pruett said the cuts will hurt, but she feels has no other
choice.
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