Friday, April 8, 2005 Opinion 4 Jeff Cravens: less talk, more action PORTRAIT WF A iATTOO ARTSTL ... FRIDAY Focus, PAGE 10 Weather Arts 7 Glee Club director leads for the last time at Hill HI: 60 LOW: 32 TOMORROW- 61/33 One-hundredfourteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.michikandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 115 @2005 The Michigan Daily Lecturers vote against strike Representatives for union say walkout would be too disruptive to educational atmosphere By Ekjyot Saint Daily Staff Reporter The Lecturers' Employee Organization at all three University campuses overwhelmingly voted yesterday not to conduct any form of work stop- page, whether it be a one-day walk-out or with- holding of grades, in response to what LEO feels is the University's lack of effort to implement provi- sions of the contract signed last June. "We had some long discussion. We have a tre- mendous responsibility to our students - a walk- out or grade strike would do too much damage to PIR GIM appeal putcOfffor semester * MSA reps hope to bypass decision with a stay of enforcement By Karl Stampfl and Laura Van Hyfte Daily Staff Reporters our students," said LEO President loran. Bonnie Hal- She also said that though LEO would not be engaging in a work stoppage, it is considering some form of a public campaign. She said ideas will be thrown around today at a committee meeting to be attended by various members of the organization. "We will be doing some public relations activities. We may do some sit-ins, especial- ly in departments that we feel are not being cooperative. We might even be at graduation," Halloran added. She said that LEO has trou- ble obtaining performance evaluation criteria from various departments in LSA - specifi- cally citing the philosophy department - as well as the School of Art and Design. Along with performance evaluation criteria, LEO is having difficulty with the University in regards to the reclassification of lecturertitles. In the last several months, LEO has been hold- ing implementation meetings with individuals from Academic Human Resources - the office that deals with employment-related issues - in order to execute provisions of the contract that have not been implemented, according to LEO. "From our perspective, they are not enforcing the contract. They do not push chairpersons or deans to meet the kind of scheduling demands that the contract calls for," Halloran said. The University has responded by saying that no specific dates were laid out in the contract, and that the University has three years - the life of the contract - to reclassify lecturers, as well as to have performance evaluations done. Halloran strongly disagrees with the Universi- "We have a tremendous responsibility to our students - a walkout or grade strike would do too much damage to our students." - Bonnie Halloran LEO president ty's stance, saying that, even though the contract does not specify dates, promises were made at implementation meetings to have performance evaluation criteria and reclassification complet- ed by April 1. "They don't have three years to implement. In the contract, they have three years to do major reviews which most of our dissatisfaction is about. During implementation (meetings), Aca- demic HR said it was to have all appointments and reviews done by April 1. They saw six weeks ago, that they would not be able to do it and have claimed that it is not required of them due to con- tract language," Halloran said. To the dissatisfaction of some Michigan Student Assembly repre- sentatives and Students for Public Interest Research Group in Michigan, the newly appointed Central Student Judiciary has decided to postpone the consideration of all appeals pertain- ing to a student chapter of PIRGIM until the fall. In March, members of MSA filed an appeal challenging CSJ's decision to halt MSA from funding a student chapter of PIRGIM on campus. CSJ ruled that doing so would threaten MSA's tax-exempt status because Student PIRGIM could engage in activities that may be considered lobbying. Students for PIRGIM - which would become Student PIR- GIM if approved for funding by the assembly - filed a separate appeal contesting CSJ's ruling. New CSJ justices, who were appointed Wednesday, said they were not familiar enough with the case or the CSJ manual of procedures to rule on it this semester. They also cited scheduling difficulties during exam time. , "It's understandable that (CSJ doesn't) want to be thrown into this whole thing right away, but it's their job," said Matt Hollerbach, an ex- officio MSA representative. "I think the main problem here is that they don't understand the seriousness of the situation." MSA Student General Counsel Russ Garber said he would also like to have the ruling on the appeals now, but that carefully considering the case should be a higher priority for CSJ than making a speedy ruling. "If CSJ feels uncomfortable rul- ing, then I understand," he said. "I'm not happy about it, but I understand." Carolyn Hwang, president of Stu- dents for PIRGIM, said she is disap- pointed in CSJ's decision not to rule on the appeals. "We have a very strong case now, and I want to appeal before I gradu- ate," said Hwang, an LSA senior who will graduate this spring. "It is unjust (for CSJ) to wait until we are all gone to hear this case." Hollerbach said MSA may be open to lawsuits because of CSJ's ruling, which put the allocation of some MSA funds under the discre- tion of the budget priorities com- mittee. Hollerbach claims the move is a clear violation of MSA bylaws, which he says will not allow such Medical School will not boost enrollment Congressional report called for American medical schools to increase admissions in order to prevent major shortage of doctors By Kingson Man Daily Staff Reporter Despite a recent congressional report warning of a possible doctor shortage in the coming years and advising medical schools to increase enrollment, the University Medical School has no plans to change its admissions policy anytime soon. Authorized by Congress, the Council on Graduate Medical Education issued a report calling for a 15-per- cent increase in medical school students each year for the next 10 years to avoid a major doctor shortage. With some estimates putting the shortfall at an alarming 200,000 doctors by the year 2020, the Amer- ican Association of Medical Colleges, of which the University Medical School is a member, has endorsed the COGME report and echoed the need to increase the number of medical students. However, in the immediate future, "our admissions policy won't be changing," said James Woolliscroft, executive associate dean for the University Medical School. Every year, nearly 5,000 hopeful pre-meds apply to the University's medical school. Of those, only 170 become part of the next entering class. "Increases in enrollment would not mean a change in admissions cri- teria," Woolliscroft said, as many qualified people are rejected simply due to space constraints each year. The news of a looming doctor shortage comes as a surprise to many medical administrators. Since as late as 1996, the American Medical Association had advised that there was a glut of medical students enter- ing the field. With the recent about-face on policy, med- ical schools are scrambling to increase their capacity. "These are long-term types of decisions that we haven't made yet," Woolliscroft said. A deans' response group - a gathering of region- al medical school administrators - will be meeting over the summer to address the issue. Woolliscroft chairs the meetings, which will be attended by deans from Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine and Wayne State University's School of Medicine. Woolliscroft said the challenge in increasing stu- dents is maintaining the quality of medical educa- tion. This year, the U.S. News and World Report rankings of research medical schools ranked Mich- igan ninth, down from last year's seventh-place ranking. The Medical School remains, however, one of the few schools in the nation to consistently rank in the top 10. The most difficult aspect of increasing the class size remains finding enough mentors to provide a See DOCTORS, Page 7 Sally Shinkel and Lidia Pomana, LSA sophomores, attend a candlelight vigil in remembrance of Pope John Paul 1i on the Diag yesterday. Diag vigil honors late pope Polish students organize event to include members of all faiths in remebering the pope By Andres Kwon For the Daily To express her feelings about the late Pope John Paul II, Slavic languages Prof. Bogdana Carpenter recited on the Diag last night "Ode to the 80th birthday of Pope John Paul II," a poem by renowned Polish poet and Nobel lau- reate Czeslaw Milosz. The poem embraced the pope as a father figure who gave the poet cer- tainty in moments of doubt. Carpenter, along with about 150 other stu- dents, faculty and community members, gath- ered yesterday for a candlelight vigil on the Diag in memory of the life and recent passing of Pope John Paul II. Father Dan Reim from Saint Mary's Student Parish furthered this feeling of admiration for the pope. Reim said the pope had called today's youth crucial in the making of a better planet, sponsoring 19 World Youth Days during his pontificate. Adam Urban, a member of the Polish Stu- dent Society, echoed Reim's sentiments. "We, the youth of the world, have kept him going all these years with our love and sup- port," Urban said. The inter-faith vigil was sponsored by the Polish Student Society and the Polish Club. The late pope was born in Poland in 1920 and was especially beloved by many Poles, who considered him a catalyst of the fall of Com- munism in Poland. Romuald Szuberla, an alum and member of PSS, said one of the goals of the vigil was "to gather and unite everybody," as Pope John Paul II had done. The main goal, Urban said, was to invite those of other faiths and people from the whole community. Rabbi Jason Miller, assistant director of Hil- lel, said he was honored to memorialize Pope John Paul II as a rabbi representing the Jewish community at the University - and especial- ly as someone with Polish heritage. "We feel (Pope John Paul II) built bridges between the Jewish and Catholic communities," he said. Praising the pope for apologizing in 2000 to the Jewish people for the Catholic Church's past wrongs, Miller read the prayer Pope John Paul II had left on the Western Wall in Jerusa- lem, the world's holiest site for Jewish people: "We are deeply saddened by the behavior of those who in the course of history have caused these children of Yours to suffer and asking Your forgiveness, we wish to commit ourselves to genuine brotherhood with the people of the Covenant." Organizers said the loss was especially dev- astating to the Polish community because they shared a common heritage with the pope. Urban said the Polish reaction to the pass- ing of Pope John Paul II could be likened to the American reaction after Sept. 11, because Poles continue to mourn deeply. "Fortunately," Urban said, "there's no per- petrator to chase after." Instead, he said, there remains the legacy of a great leader - not "Poland's greatest son," as he is sometimes called, but "Poland's greatest father." Business junior Aisha Jukaku, who is also vice president of the Muslim Students' Asso- ciation, said a few members were present at the candlelight vigil. Jukaku said Pope John Paul II treated the Muslim community very well. "The pope stood See POPE, Page 7 What It Takes One year at University of Cambridge in England Additional money to aid in travel from the United States Senior nabs prestigious scholarship Student recipient will study for a year at University of Cambridge year, one of the award recipients is LSA senior Chris Hayward. Hayward, a triple major in math, phys- ics and astronomy, said he was "pleasant- represent the United States' admiration for former British prime minister Win- ston Churchill. To honor Churchill, the award selects Cambridge and having had Hayward as a student, Gerdes said he is confident in Hayward's ability to succeed abroad. He reasoned that Hayward possessses the i i ,I I