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The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 30, 2001- 3
SACUA discusses 'U
By Whitney Elliott
.Daily Staff Reporter
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gnevance policy
Police find body
in Glen Avenue
parking structure
* A body was discovered in a parked
car Sunday afternoon in the Glen
Avenue parking structure, Department
of Public Safety spokeswoman Diane
Brown said.
The body was identified as Laning
Ross Davidson of Grosse Pointe
Woods, a 1967 University graduate.
"We're still waiting to hear when the
autopsy will be scheduled," Brown said.
"We don't believe this incident is a
threat to the University and we don't
*lieve this was a homicide," Brown
added. An investigation is pending.
Davidson was no longer affiliated
with the University.
Couch stolen
from IM Building
One of several couches in the main
lobby of the Intramural Sports Build-
g was stolen between 5:45 p.m.
ursday and 7 a.m. Friday, DPS
reports state.
Trash bags, mops
stolen from C.C.
Little Building
A caller informed DPS Thursday
afternoon that 24 wet mops and a
industrial package of bags were taken
Ajm the C.C. Little Science Building,
S reports state. .
Pool fight breaks
out at NCRB
DPS did not report having any sus-
pects in the incident.
A minor shoving match erupted
between two males in the pool area of
e North Campus Recreation Building
ursday afternoon, DPS reports state.
Student passes
out in bathroom
of West Quad
A student was found passed out Fri-
day night in a restroom in West Quad
Residence Hall, DPS reports state.
The male student was incapacitated
e to alcohol consumption and was
ransported to the University Hospitals'
emergency room. The student was
issued a citation for minor in posses-
sion of alcohol.
Two minors cited
after jumping in
front of patrol car
0 Two subjects were arrested on Wash-
ington Street as minors in possession of
alcohol early Saturday morning, [PS
reports state. The subjects jumped out
in front of a patrol car as a prank and
were subsequently arrested.
Female, vomiting
on self, taken to
emergency room
0 A female resident of East Quad
Residence Hall was transported by
ambulance from the Michigan Union
to University Hospitals on Saturday
night, DPS reports state.
The female subject was found
intoxicated, semi-conscious and vom-
iting on herself.
,Ban claims to be
rying out for
basketball team
Early Sunday morning a male sub-
ject was caught trespassing in Crisler
Arena, DPS reports state.
The subject was sitting near the
court, refusing to leave. The subject,
from California, told the DPS officer
he was there to try out for the team.
*treet sign thief
hides in NUBS
DPS assisted officers from the Ann
Arbor Police Department at the North
University Building early Sunday
morning who were chasing a subject
that was stealing street signs. The sus-
pect went into the computing site, but
AAPD could not gain access to enter.
Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Kristen Beautnont.
The process by which faculty members can
air their grievances was the main topic of yes-
terday's Senate Advisory Counsel for Universi-
ty Affairs meeting.
In addition, SACUA elected Moji Navvab as
its new chairman, beginning in April. Navvab
is acting as chair following the death of Jackie
Lawson earlier this month.
The faculty drafters of the 1998 Model
Grievance Procedures, the process currently
being used, met with Navvab and SACUA to
discuss the policy's flaws.
"I'm aware of about four (grievances) since
1987. It's a little known avenue," said Prof.
Thomas Moore,-one of the faculty drafters of
the Model Grievance Procedures.
"None of them have ended in favor of a fac-
ulty member," said Prof. Lou D'Alecy, also a
drafter of the current policy.
The 1998 Model Grievance Procedures insti-
tuted a University faculty grievance monitor,
created a review board to consider grievances
and made it possible for faculty to file a griev-
ance on any aspect of employment.
Still, the three faculty drafters at yesterday's
meeting agreed that the system isn't working.
They said a major problem with the current
grievance procedure is the faculty's lack of trust
in the system.
"There are faculty that simply don't trust this
procedure because it goes back to the dean" and
the dean is often behind the grievance, D'Alecy
said. "It doesn't hold any credibility because
you're not dealing with a neutral person."
Under the current grievance process, the
grievant files a complaint through the dean and
then the provost, regardless of the grievant's
connections to the dean or provost.
When the policy was drafted in 1998, the
dean and provost claimed the policy would only
work if the process included their offices.
"This operates like an internal police review"
said Prof. Don Deskins, reterring to the system
under which administrators review grievances
which may involve themselves.
Moore cited the University of Washington in
Seattle for having a superior grievance policy.
"They have a great history of faculty confi-
dence in their grievance policy," Moore said.
Ile said a primary difference between the
University of Michigan's grievance procedurea
and University of Washington's is that Wash-
ington's president encourages the faculty to use
the procedure.
D'Alecy said when considering amendments
to the current grievance procedures, "you want
something so that a faculty member will say,
'ah, this will give me a fair deal."'
Moore agreed, adding that the solution to the
faculty member's grievance must not present an
obstacle to the University.
"When it works to the disadvantage of a fac-
ulty member, it works to the disadvantage of
the University. I think it's clear that the stance
that needs to come out of this is that it's pro-
University, pro-faculty" Moore said.
JOYCE LEE/Daily
Newly elected SACUA Chairman Moji Navvah laughs
yesterday during SACUA's meeting in the Fleming
Administration Building.
DaimlerChrysler
to lay off 26,000
after profit loss
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AUBURN HILLS (AP) - Daimler-
Chrysler AG's slashing of 26,000 jobs
over three years at ailing Chrysler sig-
nals the most dramatic sign yet that the
1998 merger of German and American
automakers has not lived up to its
promise.
"Instead of making the billions of
dollars in cost savings and synergies at
the time of the merger, they're making
desperate cuts to get Chrysler back in
the black," said analyst David Healy of
Burnham Securities.
Now, he said, "the surgery is neces-
sary to save the patient."
Yesterday, the man tapped in
November to stem Chrysler's financial
hemorrhaging said the U.S. unit would
slash about one-fifth of its work force,
as well as idle six plants over the next
two years.
"No one wants this to happen. I per-
sonally wish it didn't have to happen,"
Dieter Zetsche, Chrysler's president
and chief executive, said yesterday. Ile
called the moves painful but necessary
in the face of "brutal" competition,
advances by imports and slackened
U.S. sales.
"Today is our turning point," he said.
Zetsche expects a large part of the
job-cutting to be done through retire-
ment programs, with other positions to
be phased out through special pro-
grams, layoffs and attrition. About
three-quarters of the job cuts should
come this year, he said.
In addition, production will be
curbed at factories in four states and
Canada by slowing assembly lines and
trimming the number of shifts, ulti-
mately paring production by 15 percent.
DaimlerChrysler Chairman Juergen
Schrempp has said Chrysler would
lose money this year, and that rehab-
bing the troubled division that pio-
neered the minivan could take two to
four years.
Zetsche already has asked for 5 per-
cent price cuts from Chrysler suppli-
ers. Chrysler also plans to slash
hundreds of millions of dollars in
advertising and showroom subsidies to
its 4,400 dealers.
Chrysler would not discuss how
much the job and production cuts
announced yesterday could save.
Chrysler widely was expected to
unveil its sweeping turnaround plan
late next month, though Zetsche
stepped forward yesterday to hasten
cost-control efforts and "end uncer-
tainty that many people are feeling."
Yesterday morning at Chrysler's
headquarters, pockets of workers gath-
ered around TV monitors in an atrium,
silently watching Chrysler officials
detail the cuts Zetsche called
"absolutely necessary to be kept com-
petitive and, in fact, to survive."
Zetsche said Chrysler will unveil its
complete turnaround plan Feb. 26.
The vaunted 1998 trans-Atlantic
merger -- touted then as one of equals
- between Daimler-Benz AG and
Chrysler Corp. appears to be entering
another crucial stage.
Chrysler's performance hasn't met
Stuttgart-based DaimlerChrysler's
expectations, with sales incentives
erasing profits and production of the
hot-selling PT Cruiser falling short of
demand. Daimler and Chrysler also
have been reluctant to share parts to
cut costs, which might change with a
new emphasis on saving money.
JUYCLEE/Daily
LSA freshman Frank Park takes a break from studying to play the piano in West Quad Residence Hall yesterday evening.
State Black Caucous foc.uses
onelection rfrprfln
LANSING (AP) - Reforming the state's election system
and ending racial profiling are top priorities of Michigan
Legislative Black Caucus this session, the group said yes-
terday.
The black caucus now has 22 members, compared to 16
in the 1999-2000 session. It gained additional power after
six blacks were among 21 new Ilouse members elected last
year to fill seats opened by term limits.
A record 17 blacks now serve in the House behind Ilouse
Minority Leader Kwame Kilpatrick (D-Detroit), the first
black elected to lead a political party in the Legislature.
"There's strength in numbers." said Democratic state
Rep. Artina Tinsley Hardman, the caucus's chairwoman.
"We intend to make that count for something. ... If that
means voting as a block then we'll vote as a block."
Rep. Michael Murphy (D-Lansing) said town meetings
held by the caucus around the state show black residents
don't think state government is working for them.
"All across the state, people of color are telling us that
our law are unfair and do not protect them," he said.
That's one reason Hardman is working on a bill that
would end the police practice of stopping minority
motorists more frequently than whites because police think
they look suspicious or fit criminal profiles.
Rep. Mary Waters, a newly elected Detroit Democrat,
says she's working on a bill that would require a uniform
voting system statewide and give all election workers the
same training. Reaching out to disenfranchised voters is a
priority of black legislators, Hardman said.
While Secretary of State Candice Miller has said sh4
wants a uniform voting system, she has not endorsed any,
one system, said spokeswoman Elizabeth Boyd.
"We are very heartened to see that the secretary is receiv-
ing support from both sides of the aisle for a review of our,
elections," Boyd said.
Standing near a poster proclaiming "Equality for All,"
black lawmakers also said they want to pass bills to lower the
cost of prescription drugs, increase the quality of education ii,
Michigan, prevent crine and require schools to screen stit_-
dents for lead poisoning.
All 22 black legislators are Democrats, putting them in"
the minority. Republicans have a 57-52 majority in the-
House and control the Senate 22-14. Sen. Alma Wheeler
Smith of Salem Township said she expects the two parties
will battle over priorities.
"We see a growing a dichotomy between the have and the
have-nots in the state of Michigan," Smith said, adding that
GOP Gov. John Engler has not worked with Democrats-
unless he's in trouble.
Engler spokeswoman Susan Shafer said the governor has?
sat down with Democrats on issues such as charter schools
and transportation, and that he plans to meet with Kilpatrick
after tomorrow's State of the State address.
"We're willing to work with Demcerats," Shafer said.
Sizable pay raise for
lawmakers expected
to go into effect
LANSING (AP) - The Michigan
Senate has its shot at a hefty legislative
pay increase today, but leaders say they
don't expect the chamber to unholster
its guns.
Although the state House overwhelm-
ingly rejected the increase last week,
Senate leaders said they expected the
chamber to ignore Thursday's deadline
and let the pay increase go into effect.
"We're not on par with other manage-
rial positions," said Majority Floor
Leader Joanne Emmons (R-Big
Rapids). "It's unfortunate that it had to
be such an increase, but over years we
haven't kept up with cost of living.
You'll never see this again"
The increase, proposed by the State
Officers Compensation Commission
along with increases for the governor,
lieutenant governor and Supreme Court
justices, would give lawmakers a 36 per-
cent pay hike this year and a 2.9 percent
raise in 2002.
That would increase lawmakers' pay
by S20,419 this year, raising their
salaries from S56,981 to S77,400. Their
salary would go to $79,650 in 2002.
Nine senators have told The Associat-
ed Press they don't want to see salaries
increased that much. But that falls far
short of the 24 votes needed for two-
thirds of the Senate to reject the raise.
The House last week voted 100-6 to
reject it.
"The 36 percent increase in the first
year (of a two-year recommendation) is
too much in one year," said Sen. Ken
Sikkema (R-Grandville). "I really do
this for public service, and I don't want
to give the impression that I'm there for
any reason other than that.'
Senate Majority Leader Dan DeGrow
(R-Port Huron) disagrees with Sikkema,
and has not scheduled a vote on the
issue today, when the Senate returns to
the Capitol for the first time in three
weeks.
"I think the majority of the Senate
feels like I do," he said. "I just believe
that $77,000 is a fair salary for what
we're asked to do."
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