NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 7 GEO Continued from page 1 percentage of the tuition. Yesterday, the University offered a number of new proposals that would affect the benefits of low-fraction GSIs. University spokeswoman Julie Peterson said the University has offered GEO a choice between a salary increase or an increase in health care benefits. "Either they agree to increase low frac- tion GSI salaries immediately by 10 per- cent, and the new amount would remain steady through the contract, or we would pay half of their health care premium," Peterson said. But Dobbie said that GSIs that work less than 10 hours, or low-fraction GSIs, need both a salary increase and better health benefits. Currently, low-fraction GSIs are eligible to buy into the Grad- Care health plan. GEO offered a coun- ter-proposal - which the University is considering - that would allow for a sal- ary increase for each of the low fractions, as well as to have the University pay for half of the health care premium. Even with significant progress being made, two key issues that continue to remain on the table are wages and ben- efits. Currently a GSI with a .5 fraction, which means he works 16 to 22 hours a week, makes $14,000. GEO initially demanded that salaries be increased to $15,300 next year and the increase for each of the following two years be determined by the consumer price index. Yesterday, GEO proposed that next year's salary be increased by 5 percent and then 3 percent for each of the next two years. But the University continues to remain firm behind its desire for a four-year contract that would provide a 2-percent increase next year and then a 2.5-percent increase each of the fol- lowing three years. Dobbie said that negotiations about salary have just been numbers back and forth. "We significantly decreased our wage proposal," he said. "(GEO has) made a lot of movement on wages, and we're hoping that the University will come our way." GEO's proposal of a "designated benefi- ciary" is another issue that the University has not recently discussed. A designated beneficiary would be a designated adult who shares some life element - such as a joint bank account or child - with the GEO member and would be eligible to receive his benefits. The University con- tinues to claim that the idea will have significant financial costs, as well as prob- lems regarding implementation. Negotiations are currently scheduled for tomorrow morning. "It looks like the rough framework is done and we just need to fill in the con- tent," Dobbie said. Both parties have said that negotiation sessions have been pro- ductive. GEO members have authorized an open-ended strike beginning on April 4 if the members feel that the University's pro- posals are not adequate or in good-faith. A final vote will take place on Sunday before a strike can occur. DOCTORS Continued from page 1 The reason for the dramatic shortfall lies in a revised formula for calculating physician supply. Unanticipated factors, such as the retiring crop of baby-boomer doctors, higher-than-expected rates of population and economic growth and new doctors' desires to work fewer hours. The need for physicians that are trained in operating new medical technol- ogy has also inflated the demand. There has also been an upending of the stance on medical specialists versus general practitio- ners. For years, perceiving a glut of specialists, the federal government subsidized the educa- tion of general practitioners. Faced with a new- found shortage of specialists, governmental caps will be lifted and economic forces will be allowed to dictate the number of doctors who become specialists. Demand is also driven by supply, as studies have shown that an increased supply of doc- tors will generate its own increased demand for health care services. Richard Cooper, former dean of the Medi- cal College of Wisconsin, has been warning the medical community about an impending doc- tor shortage for years. Cooper's own estimates show a shortage of up to 200,000 physicians by 2020. In a November paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Cooper reiterated his stance that "physician shortages are upon us and are likely to worsen over time." In a response, the journal's editors agreed that "we've barely begun to do the necessary homework." WISH Continued from page 1 founded in 1980. In the past 25 years, it has made the wishes of 127,000 children come true with the help of about 25,000 volun- teers. Children with terminal diseas- es like leukemia can be referred to the foundation by their parents or guardians and their doctors. LSA sophomore Jenna Glass, the director of community affairs for Make-A-Wish at Michigan, said it helps children through the difficult process of dealing with their diseases. She added that some of the children are able to overcome their life-threatening illnesses. When the children are making their wishes, they must choose one of four options - to go somewhere, to be something, to meet someone or to have some- thing. The most common wish among the kids is a trip to Dis- ney Land, Tosoian said. However, the University chapter had a very unique wish this year from a little girl, Charlotte, who wanted to be a princess for one day. Tosoian said Charlotte was dressed as a princess ,and a ball was held in her honor. Glass said she is currently working with the Make-A-Wish office in Livonia to choose a wish her organization will fulfill. "We want to get a wish done by the end of this year. They have three different families to hear back from, to know that they're willing to have their wishes done through a school. In the fall, we're plan- ning on doing a big travel wish," Glass added. MSA Continued from page 1 I'm excited about the future. I look for- ward to working with fellow students, the administration and the new assembly." Mironov emerged from the meeting ready to pass the torch on to Levine, his friend and former general counsel. "The road was hard, the friends were good and being president of MSA was the greatest honor and responsibility I have had so far," Mironov said. SUDAN Continued from page 1 step. "(Working in the White House), when we received 40 letters about an issue, we paid attention to it," he said. STAND founder and president Alison Barrall said Steinberg's speech sparked activism among students. 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