The Michigan Daily -- Thursday, February 22, 2001- 7A LABOR *ontinued from Page 1A Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equal- ity- Several monitoring groups have recently trav- eled to Mexico to monitor the factory. The first to arrive was the Workers Rights Consortium, an organization comprised of students, universities and other human rights groups, which confirmed the preliminary accusations against the manage- ment at Kukdong. But Verite, a second independent monitoring com- any hired by Nike, issued a preliminary report PROBATION Continued from Page 1A missed students to find out why they were not allowe return after winter or summer break. "I don't think it's a question of intelligence at this p but something else," Sul said. "The more the individ can't believe that they got kicked out, the harder it is those individuals to deal with the issues that got tt cked out in the first place." Some students skip the academic probation stage and automatically suspended because their semester gr point average is below 0.6. "Things are sufficiently ou hand" at this point, Judge said. Regardless of why students are suspended, Judge the appeal process is effective for most students who v to return to the University. Of the 15,000 LSA undergr ate students, 500 students are on academic probation 100 to 150 are actually suspended each term. "After appealing, most, if they want to, do come ba 4d ge said, "Some go away and you don't necessarily kI what happens to them." Business School Assistant Dean of Admissions Jea Wilt emphasized the importance of seeking an adv once students are put on probation. "We want to make, they know they have every resource available to the Wilt said. Wilt said she hopes any Business School student on I baticn would take the next term off rather than risk susp sion. With regard to suspension, Wilt said, "who's1 helping?" Of the 650 undergraduate Business students, Wilt Oe number who are actually suspended is negligible. " objective is not to come to that point," Wilt said. "JustI to somebody. Start with any staff member you are comf able with. It's all handled as confidentially as possible." Sul said he wishes he had sought faculty advice be: letting his grade point average slip. "I guess if I'd kn better, I would have dropped classes that I was doing p ly in," he said. "I could have talked to academic advis but I saw them as authority. I didn't know any better." After moving out of the residence halls, finding an ap Sent and transferring to Washtenaw Community Coll for the winter semester of his sophomore year, Sul retur to the University the next fall. He decided to take 12 credit hours each term in comparison to the 16-17 cre he took before his suspension. Sul said he has appreciated the perspective gained in semester away from the University since graduating1 fall. "It's totally changed who I am. If I had to do it again, do it the same way," he said. Judge and Wilt both said they believe all students obation have a chance to recover. "I'm convinced I eryone on probation is able to survive here," Judge sai implying the complete opposite. According to Nike, when Verite completes its evaluation it will meet with the management at Kuk- dong. That meeting will include "recommendations and action plans for any possible corrective action at the factory level," Nike officials said in a written statement. Despite these contradictions, human rights groups have been focusing on the need for the workers to be able to elect a new union to prevent these problems again. "There doesn't seem to be any effort on the part of the factory to let the workers have elections and to meet a lot of the basic requests the workers had back BUDGET Continued from Page IA d to Bollinger said, adding that it serves as "an enor mous testimony to the quality of faculty at the Uni oint versity of Michigan." uals Bollinger said retention and six-year graduation for rates at the University are the highest among hem Michigan's 15 public institutions, at 98 percent an 83 percent, respectively. [are "Students are extraordinarily happy about the ade University of Michigan - as you know," he said it of "So happy, I can't quite figure out why." Bollinger also spoke of the University's success said in using its money wisely. This year the University vant of Michigan and the University of Texas were th adu- first two public schools to be awarded a triple-A and rating in financial management from Moody's Investor's Service. ck," Science took a large role in the questioning, a now Rep. Charles LaSata (R-St. Joseph) aske Bollinger about the University's involvement in nne developing the next generation Internet, known a iser Internet 2, a program mentioned by Gov. John sure Engler in his State of the State address last month. m," The University was "at the center of the develop ment of the Internet and we have to stay there," pro- Bollinger said. pen- Bollinger also talked about the Human Genom that Project, headed by Prof. Francis Collins. "What we are facing is a revolution in knowl said edge," he said. "The University of Michigan mus The be at the forefront of this." talk Engler's proposed 2002 higher education budge fort- would give universities a 1.5 percent across-the- board funding increase and an additional 1.5 per- fore cent contingent upon repeal of the state's tuition tax own credit. oor- Legislators also questioned Bollinger on the cur- ers, rent system of funding. The tier system, which places public universities into five separate funding art- levels, was implemented in the higher education in January," Judeh said. Romer-Friedman agreed, saying the factory would continue to be monitored. "This will not even be close to over until the work- ers are able to have a free and fair election for an independent union," he said. Nike insists that it believes the Kukdong workers have the right to choose their own union. "Nike unequivocally supports the Kukdong facto- ry workers' right to select a union that best repre- sents their interests, in accordance with Mexican law," the company said. "In addition, Nike has noti- fied both factory management and local government authorities of this requirement.' budget two years ago and debated heavily last year. The University of Michigan would receive no additional state funding next year under the tier - system. - Based on Bollinger's assertion in his written statement to the committee that the tier system n needs to be modified in order to separate the differ- g ent types of programs that require different levels d of funding, Rep. Keith Stallworth (D-Detroit) asked Bollinger how the Legislature can recognize e the significant economic role played by the Univer- . sity. "We really need your support as well as the s research capabilities available," Stallworth said, y adding that the Legislature does not seem to be e doing an adequate job in covering the advanced k research portion. s "We have an array of things that we're doing at our institution, Bollinger said. "It's very important s that we as leaders of these institutions explain what d we're doing and why we're doing it." The discussion soon turned to the role of univer- s sity autonomy and the Legislature's role in choos- n ing what projects should receive more or less funding. - "Is it truly the role of the legislative body to " decide what curriculum is important?" subcommit- tee Chairwoman Sandra Caul (R-Mt. Pleasant) e asked. "We've given that responsibility to the board and the trustees." - Bollinger emphasized that his main point was t that funding differences need to be taken into con- sideration by the Legislature. 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