iie tdgnD in NEWS: 76-DAILY - CLASSIFIED: 764557 One hundred ten years of editorial feedom www.michigandally.com SA budget puts GSI NOW7 Monday April 2, 2001 ri y c...v .. > s c ... << >n : By Whitney ElIott Daily Staff Reporter June Gin is currently a graduate student instructor for Communication Studies 102 and a second-year SNRE doctoral student. Although she has been a Comm 102 GSI several times and her professor would like to hire her again for the fall semester, it is likely she will not teach anoth- rm in this department. Gin and many other GSIs beginning to look for jobs for the fall are concerned about the Col- lege of Literature, Science and the Arts' recent implementation of a so-called "bottom line bud- geting" plan that will give departments a set amount of money to spend on GSIs for the fall. "The professor who I'm currently working for is trying to hire me again," Gin said. "The com- munications department policy is that Professor Travis Dixon cannot hire me again. The LSA bottom line budgeting doesn't give the commu- nications department enough money to hire me." The new budget only gives departments enough money to hire LSA graduate students or graduate students whose tuition is comparable to that of an LSA graduate student. Departments keep whatever money that remains after they fin- ish hiring GSIs. University officials are keeping tight-lipped about the new policy. LSA budgeting department officials would not comment on GSI hiring poli- cies for this story. Money matters Darci Dore, graduate program coordinator for the communication studies department, a divi- sion of LSA, said students have been hired from outside the department in the past, but the budget leaves little room for that next year. "We now have a budget only to provide a tuiti who an L M Emp cern GSIs griev depa " 'The little stude Se been jobs on waiver for LSA students or students se tuition is lower or equal to the tuition of SA student," Dore said. ark Dilley, coordinator of the Graduate loyees Organization, said the union is con- ed with the growing number of calls from s who are not getting jobs. GEO has filed a vance with the University's human resources rtment about bottom line budgeting. We're getting calls from people saying, y're not hiring me because my tuition costs a bit more than the regular Rackham graduate ent's does,"' Dilley said. econd-year Law student Harry Mihas has told he can no longer continue to teach in It stake the history of art department. Six years of experience at ABC and NBC and his master degree in art history should qualify him to teach film and video classes within the communication studies department, Mihas said, but because he is in the Law School, he will not be hired. "It's frustrating that I'm not being looked at or considered. I know I-can offer students some, thing. As an individual, I'm very qualified. I have experience teaching as a graduate student instructor," Mihas said. Mihas said his calls and c-mails to LSA administrators have not been answered. See BUDGETING, Page 7A Arab American center opens at ~U' Dearborn By Efzabeth Kassab Daily Staff Reporter The newly-established Center for American Studies on the Universi- Dearborn campus seeks to appeal to southeastern Michigan's sizeable Arab American population. "There's nothing like this," said the center's interim director, Robert Stock- ton. The center is unprecedented in its effort to collect materials and promote awareness of the Arab American expe- rience - both in and outside the com- munity. The center's objectives also include W elling misconceptions about Arab ericans and serving as a central point for research. "We are very, very excited about the establishment of the center," said Paul Wong, dean of the College of Arts, Sci- ences and Letters at the Dearborn cam- pus. "There's a lot of work to be done." A permanent director should be named in the fall after a national search. Stockton said the center plans to move into a new space next month and anticipates that it will need to expand in about a year. While Alan Wald, American culture department director in Ann Arbor, said he did not know of any concrete plans to collaborate with the center in Dearborn, adding that he thought such a develop- ment would be welcome. "In my personal opinion, the time is long overdue for U-M to have its own courses on Arab American Studies," Wald said. "Arab American issues are extremely complicated," he said. "There are many different nationalities. They immigrated at different times and settled in different areas." The Arab American community's size, organization and diversity are resources the center hopes to cultivate. "We have the most diverse Arab American community in North Ameri- ca," Stockton said. See CENTER, Page 7A ABBY ROS es with another American Indian youth Saturday at the 29th annual Ann Arbor Pow Wow at Criser Arena. The weekend-long event feat ms and exhibits. By Maria Sprow Daily Staff Reporter This weekend more than 1,000 American Indian dancers, decked out in full ceremonial dress, danced and paraded their way around Crisler Arena, creating a sea of colors that flowed with the rhythm of the surrounding drums as different tribes from around the nation came together to celebrate. The scene, an intertribal, was one of many coming from the 29th annual Ann Arbor Pow Wow, "Dance for Mother Earth," which began Friday afternoon and ended yesterday. Tribes celebrate, unite at pow wow be the leaders of the community. The drums set the tone and keep the competition going," said Dar- ren Goetz, co-chair of NASA, one of the hosts of the event. The pow wow was also hosted by the Uni- versity chapter of the American Indian Science & Engineering Society and the Office of Multi- Ethnic Student Affairs. Wayne Memorial High School junior Kristin Hopkins, a member of the Oneida tribe, who has been dancing since she was five years old, said she began dancing after her parents took her to a pow wow. Now she competes regularly. See POW WOW, Page 2A "Intertribals are when anyone can go out and start dancing. It's just everyone coming together," said Native American Student Association member Nickole Fox, an LSA freshman.' The pow wow, one of the largest of its kind in the Midwest, is one of a series of competitions and exhibits for American Indians. Dancers come from as far as Alaska to compete and gain national recognition for their tal- ents. "In most communities, the peo- ple on the drums are assumed to Life, legacy of labor reformer Cesar Chavez commemorated on campus TOM LIN/Daily LSA freshman Genevieve Zemke helps Detroit resident Tenicia Tramble plant a flower in Brightmoor on Saturday morning at the Detroit Project. Detroit Project helps clen p blighted cnu 1cit By Hana LoPatin Daily Staff Reporter fifteen-year-old Tenicia Tramble, a dent of Brightmoor, a community in the northwestern section of Detroit, was the only volunteer to race against four male students from the University of Michigan during a potato sack race at Warren G. Harding Elementary school. Tenicia, whose pigtails barely reached the hips of her opponents, was participating in a field day, one of the more than 60 activities that de up the Detroit Project - the cest community service endeavor at the University. An estimated 1,400 students par- ticipated all-day Saturday in an array of community service pro- jects in the city including painting a mural, picking up trash, demolish- ing vacant buildings and running the field day for neighborhood kids. "I was anxious," said Tenicia, who remained smiling and giggling as she hopped around in a dirtied pillow case even though she was edged out by one, of the men. "They care," Tenicia said of the vol- unteers, adding that she was apprecia- tive of the effort. Across the street from the school, a See DETROIT, Page 7A By Ted Borden Daily Staff Reporter On a date coinciding with the birthday of renowned labor activist Cesar Chavez, students and University staff gathered on the Diag on Friday to celebrate the legacy of the reformer, as well as shed light on current local labor issues. The Labor Day events, which included a rally on the Diag, a speaker panel and a video presen- tation, were sponsored by La Voz Mexicana, Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality, the Graduate Employees Organization and the Labor Council. SOLE member and LSA freshman Jackie Bray said there were two reasons for organizing the events. "First we are here to celebrate Cesar Chavez's birthday. It's important we remember our past and the people who brought us to where we are today," she said. "Second, it's important to inte- grate student work with union work - we are both stronger together." The rally, which included speeches from the members of SOLE and GEO, also sought to bring attention to the plight of University bus drivers who are worried they may lose their jobs if the University bus service combines some routes with the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority. In a spirited speech, University driver Marissa Arnold told the audience why drivers should not lose their jobs. "We as students have a right not to be out- sourced," Arnold said. "Why should we give AATA a blank check and all of our jobs and money? We have to fight for what we believe in. Outsourcing is an issue that needs to stop now." Commenting on the drivers' attempts to keep their jobs, Arnold said she felt the drivers "have a strong and valid fight." The rally was followed by a speaker's panel in Angell Hall in which union representatives and advocates spoke out against the epidemic of exploited labor and offered possible solu- tions. Steve Steele, a member of the Farm Labor "It's important we remember our past and the people who brought us where we are today." - Jackie Bray LSA freshman Organizing Committee, noted the exploitation of immigrant workers, a problem he said is present in southeastern Michigan. He pressed the audi- ence to buy Union-made products. "We need to show our support for Union workers," Steele said. The day's events concluded with a video pre- sentation in East Quad of "The Fight in the Fields," a film about the life apd work of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Those in attendance were visibly supportive of the issues being presented throughout the after- noon. "This event is really highlighting a problem that not many are talking about and should be talking about," said LSA freshman Mayur Chu- dasama, who attended the rally. "It's small but spirited and I hope it opens up the campus to labor issues," said RC sophomore Zack Shulman. 40 Cloudy WEATHER Tonight Low 30. Tomorrow Partly cloudy. High 50. 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