LOCAL/STATE 'Sit-ins draw support, anger from The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 18, 2000-- 7 'U' students By Karolyn Kokko Daily Staff Reporter The Students of Color Coalition and Michigamua have spent nearly two weeks in meetings with University administrators, gents and the Michigan Student Assembly discussing the secret society's use of the Union tower and Native American culture, but other members of the campus community have only been able to look into the tower takeover from the outside. LSA junior Michael Gates said he has been following the developments in the Union takeover and thinks SCC's actions have made a powerful statement. "I think they are going overboard, but they have legitimate reasons, and I can understand their concern," he said. Gates added that both sides seem to have compelling arguments. "After hearing a little bit from the advocates of Michigamua, it seems less racist" Many students said they are well aware of the SCC's concerns but are not as familiar with the arguments put forth by the Michigamua society. LSA freshman Chip Englander, an LSA Stu- dent Government representative, said, "Michigamua hasn't had ample opportunity to present their views." Englander said he has been so interested with the protest that he took the tour of the Michigamua meeting space led by the SCC to get a better idea of what objects were found in the Michigamua meeting space. Peaceful protests are a "fantastic idea," Eng- lander said, as long as people maintain respect for each other and their ideas. But some students expressed concern about the extent of the protest. "I think it's gone pretty far overboard ... and they've taken a little thing and blown it way out of proportion, Engineering sophomore Andy Roberts said. Students aren't the only members of the Uni- versity community interested in the recent actions by the SCC. In addition to professors taking their classes on the Michigamua meeting space tour, other faculty members said the event has sparked "I think they are going overboard, but they have legitim ate reasons, .i e a Michael Gaten LSA junior their interest. English Prof. Marlon Ross said the protest indicates "interest and involvement beyond the classroom." Marlon said he has been a profes- sor at the University for the past decade, and until recently the atmosphere around campus has seemed fairly calm. But, he said, the Union takeover has not been as intense as past University activism. "They look pale compared to what happened in the 60s," Ross said. While many students said they feel that issue has been carried out too far, other students feel that the protests are necessary and beneficial. "I think it's definitely a -big issue and the protests are needed so everyone can be made aware of what is going on in order to change it," LSA junior Sean Herring said. Dean's office listed on auction site , .; By David Enders Daily Staff Reporter The des( follows: "Univer Although students may joke that the Seek buyer University administration is for sale, day mornir :rotesters occupying LSA dean 'sweat-in' hirley Neuman's office put a whole office at th new spin on that idea yesterday when protesting they put the office up for sale on eBay, commit toE the online auction house that offers and domes everything from football tickets to University movie memorabilia. students ar SOLE Continued from Page 1 schools have signed on - Haverford College, Univer- * ty of New Orleans, Brown University, Loyola Uni- versity of New Orleans and Oberlin College. Bollinger also said he has been in communication with other university administrators, specifically Chan- cellor David Ward of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Bollinger suggested one plan might be to develop a mini-consortium between Wisconsin, Indi- ana University, and the University to join the WRC together, on a provisional basis. Although the protest actions at the University have oceeded without incident, minor violence erupted esterday at Madison when students were sprayed with pepper gas as they attempted to gain entry to the chan- cellor's office. Bollinger described the events in Madison as "dis- tressing," adding that he hopes to avoid such actions at cription of the item read as sity of Michigan Students r for Dean's Office. Wednes- ng, twenty students began a occupation of the Dean's he University of Michigan, the University's failure to ending their ties to overseas tic sweatshops that produce of Michigan apparel. The re making U-M apparel in their mock sweatshop and they will not leave until President Lee Bollinger commits to ending the real UM sweat- shops or UNTIL THEY SELL IT ON EBAY. SOLE, the student group tak- ing over the office, is asking $3.60 for the office because sweatshop workers work for absurdly low wages, and we're selling like absurd students." By the time eBay removed the item from its site early yesterday afternoon, more than 20 people had bid the office up to $5,200. eBay spokeswoman Kristin Seuell said prank items are put up for auction on the site "very rarely." Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality member Adam Kramer, who put the item on the Web- site, said the group wanted "to make a satirical comment" and "bring it into the realm of the Internet." - Daily Staff Reporter Erin Podolskv contributed to this story. the University. Protesters in Madison currently occupy Ward's office and await word from him after he announced Madison's withdrawal from the Fair Labor Association on Wednesday night. The FLA is a White House-sponsored coalition of corporations and human rights groups aimed at curb- ing labor abuses in the apparel industry. It has been criticized by anti-sweatshop activists as biased towards corporations. The proposal of provisional membership has been offered as a potential compromise by SOLE. Bollinger said such a suggestion "might be acceptable," but was still unwilling to commit the University. SOLE members said that neither Bollinger nor Uni- versity General Counsel Marvin Krislov had prepared any kind of written counterproposal to work with. Instead, Krislov communicated that Bollinger would be negotiating with other administrators, and not with the students, Edelman said. "We were basically told that we have been bypassed in the negotiations," said SOLE member Liat Wein- gart, an RC senior. "We are extremely disappointed and feel manipulated by the administration." But Krislov insists that negotiations between the two parties are open and the administration would continue to talk to the protesters. "The consortium is still a possibility," Krislov said. "There are a lot of concerns about structural proce- dures, whether the monitoring process will be fait. There's a lot of legal and policy issues." As the meeting drew to a close, Bollinger asked if Neuman would be able to enter the office to collect some papers and files she needed. When members of SOLE replied that they were not prepared to let her back in, Bollinger warned the students to carefully consider their decisions. "I will take it very seriously if you deny access to the dean. I would think about that very, very carefully," Bollinger said. $50,000 ARMY SCHOLARSHIP FUND! $65,000 STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT! $20,000 CASH BONUSES! 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