NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 7A PROTEST Continued from page 1A ances and to protest Newman as a senior executive at Northwest. Newman spoke briefly at the event, which was held in Rackham Auditorium, to introduce University President Mary Sue Coleman. Seven picketers entered the auditorium before the ceremony. They booed when Newman spoke and left after her brief introductory remarks. One union member said Newman's presence at the event was hypocriti- cal. "From what I've read about Arthur Miller, he was very outspoken on social injustices, just the opposite of what (New- man) speaks for," said Ralph Neopolitan, a mechanic for Northwest and an AMFA member. Newman has been on the University Board of Regents since 1994. In 2000, she served as vice chair of President Bush's Michigan campaign. In the last presidential election, she was a "Pioneer" level fundraiser for the Bush's re-election campaign, meaning she raised, at least $100,000. Newman refused to comment and referred The Michigan Daily to a North- west spokesperson. In their two protests at the University, members of the mechanics union have stressed that replacement workers used by the airline are inexperienced and prone to make mistakes. "Their replacement workers aren't up to speed, and they're not properly trained. Some of these people have not event seen the airplanes they are working on," -John Papudnick Aircraft mechanic "Their replacement workers aren't up to speed, and they're not properly trained. Some of these people have not even seen the airplanes they're working on," said John Papudnick, who has been an aircraft mechanic for 21 years. Neopolitan said simply, "It's not safe to fly on Northwest right now." These claims are somewhat validated by a Federal Aviation Administration report originally obtained by the Minne- apolis Star Tribune and published on Oct. 1. The report cited numerous instances in which replacement workers made seri- ous mistakes or oversights, but they were either caught by supervisors before take- off or did not directly threaten the safety of the flight. Northwest spokesperson Kurt Ebenhoch said that both the picketers and the Star Tribune were mistaken. He said that 64 percent of Northwest's replacement work- ers had at least 10 years of experience and that Northwest's operations had actually improved under the replacements. Protestors remained outside for the duration of the ceremony. They picketed on both sides of Washington Street in silence or chatted amongst themselves. Most carried placards with pictures of Newman that read "Face of Corporate Greed" and "Look Kids, Lying Does Pay." There were few students in the area. Members of the pro-labor campus activ- ist group Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality, which supported the protest outside Newman's Main Street apartment earlier this month, were not present at Friday's demonstration. Many students who saw the strikers didn't know what they were protesting. "I'm not really sure what they're out there for," said Andrew More, an LSA freshman who attended the naming cer- emony. Negotiations between Northwest and AMFA are ongoing. The AMFA's mem- bers will vote on Northwest's most recent proposal - which would save about 500 out of 4,400 union jobs - within two weeks. MARCH Continued from page 1A communities in comparison to the mainstream white American community," Duncan said. "The march represents a coming together to address the issues that are still causing those disparities." Because much racism is "no longer overt," he added, many people forget about institutionalized racism. Yesterday Duncan wore a T-shirt he received at the march, advocating positive mobilization of communities and the power of the individual. He said his trip to Washington changed his outlook not only on the black community, but on the power he possesses as an individual. NAACP spokeswoman Chantal Cotton said she was proud that the group of University students that attended the march was composed of a diverse set of ethnicities. "I thought it was great that not only African- American students saw the importance of attending the march, but we also had Hispanic and Caucasian students with us," Cotton said. "And the whole pur- pose of the trip is positive in the sense that all the different students came together to march." Anderson agreed that the diverse group of stu- dents made the trip satisfying. "The fact that all these organizations were on the bus together signi- fied the message behind the march, which is unity," she said. She added that the main learning experience was not only physically participating in the march, but also listening to the many speakers during the event. Speakers at the march included Russell Sim- mons, Jesse Jackson, Erykah Badu, Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan. "The main theme behind each speaker at the event was the power beheld by every individual and how, if we organize together, we can make changes in our community," Anderson said. She said she wants to bring this theme of unity back to the University. For example, Anderson said in addition to holding events such as movie screen- ings, student organizations need to think about what else they could be doing that could better improve their community in a constructive way. "Everybody can learn how a group of people can bring an issue to a nation's forefront just by coming together and voicing their feelings," Duncan said. "There's power in numbers." - The Associated Press contributed to this report. CITY Continued from page 1A brought the proposal to the council, has accepted the mayor's request to sit on the committee and said he anticipates being appointed in the near future. "This will be a great opportunity for students and Council members to work with each other directly," Greden said. "I'm confident that this will be a benefit for both Council members and students." The mayor has not yet released any other rec- ommendations for the committee, but Rapundalo said he would love to serve as a member of the committee if he is elected next month. DUDERSTADT Continued from page 1A Jobs in this knowledge-based economy would be composed of service-oriented professions in fields like engineering and information technol- ogy. Graduates from the state universities would fuel the system, because they would be equipped with the necessary skills and could be readily employed by businesses in the service industry. To ensure that state universities can also com- pete on a global scale, Duderstadt calls for an increase in state funding sufficient to put Michi- gan into the top quartile of state-funded institu- tions. He added that the state is currently in the bottom third. Duderstadt blames universities' funding prob- lems on a culture of entitlement left over from Michigan's more economically prosperous years. The reason the state is having so much trouble funding education, he said, is that it has cut taxes and increased benefits for other institutions. According to University spokeswoman Julie Peterson, state funding has posed a serious public policy challenge. She said that in difficult econom- ic times, funding for education is one of the first things to go. "It's something people feel they can be discre- tionary about," Peterson said. University President Mary Sue Coleman, who has had several conversations with. Duderstadt about his report, said if state officials were to imple- ment Duderstadt's plan, they would see "an incred- ible return on their investment, because it would be a stimulus to the state economy." "(The increase) would certainly be a step in the right direction, given what we've been through the last four years," she added. But critics of increased school funding won- der how the plan intends to keep that invest- ment in the state. Rich Studley, vice president of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, said the state can produce these skilled workers more cheaply by selectively funding certain majors at state universities. He added that instead of specializing, many univer- sities churn out students in every field possible, especially fields like English and political science, unrelated to the hard-science fields that would pre- pare students for high-tech jobs. "I think that people are going to insist that uni- versity presidents do a better job with the taxes they receive today." Studley said, adding that many peo- ple who work outside the university system see the universities as insular and self-serving. "It's hard to see their positive impact on communities and the state as a whole." State Rep. Chris Kolb (D-Ann Arbor) also expressed concern that the state might not see a return on its investment. He mentioned specifically that large amounts of money allocated to education might not benefit the state unless some money is reserved to create jobs. "We produce maybe 4 to 5,000 engineering stu- dents a year, but they go to other places," Kolb said. He added that unless the state works to create new jobs, Michigan will not see any benefits from better universities. "It won't do us any good to increase the number of graduates if they continue just to leave the state." Gov. Jennifer Granholm has been an advocate of increased education funding and education reform, although she has cut funding for high- er education since taking office in 2002. Heidi Hansen, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Granholm aims to double the number of college graduates in the state and at the same time to create desirable jobs in Michigan for students once they graduate. "Jim Duderstadt understands that Michigan's economic future depends on our ability to invest in research (which will result in an increase of) the number of our residents with college degrees, and the governor could not agree with him more," Hansen said. "Our staff has looked at his report and he's got a lot of the same ideas that the gover- nor is trying to invest in." Some worry the dwindling investments in edu- cation will threaten Michigan's ability to attract employers. Ken MacGregor, spokesman for the K-16 Coalition, an advocacy group for education funding, said companies deciding on a location are looking for states that are committed to creating an educated workforce. "We need a system that's going to show them an investment in the future," MacGregor said. "That's what they're going to be looking for, and we need to be ready for it. And that's going to take invest- ment now." The K-16 Coalition is trying to push through a ballot initiative for increased education funding that is much less dramatic than Duderstadt's rec- ommendations. MacGregor said he believes tax cuts from the 1990s have deprived schools of the money and resources they need in order to comply with increasing demands. Kolb said that although he thought Duder- stadt's assessment of the state's economic prob- lems was correct, he doubted that some of the changes were feasible. "I don't think that there will be too many people that disagree that we need to invest - the big- gest problem is that we don't have the revenue right now," Kolb said. "It would (require) a huge improvement in our economy." Duderstadt said increasing taxes, or possibly tax- ing services, would pay for the budget increases. "In the simplest sense, our tax structure right now is designed for a manufacturing economy, but if you look at the new economy, it's services - it's lawyers, doctors and accountants." Duder- stadt said. "Politicians are afraid of the 'T-word' - it's not a subject to discuss in polite company, but you've got to talk about it. We've got to shed these old-fashioned tax policies that are- stran- gling us." State Rep. Jerry Kooiman (R-Grand Rapids) said he felt a broad-based tax increase would leave less money for taxpayers to spend and move Michi- gan in the wrong direction. Others shared his con- cern that higher taxes would have a negative impact on the rest of the state. "People have a tendency to impose higher taxes on someone else,"Studley, of the Chamberof Com- merce, said. "You know that old saying ='-Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree' - this proposal kind of reminds me of that. We're just not persuaded that higher taxes are auto- matically the right solution." Studley added that a tax on services would fall particularly heavily on low-income families and smaller job providers that are already struggling. Duderstadt said that even if his recommenda- tions, could not be implemented letter-for-letter, he hoped that the report would incite legislators to some kind of action. "It's a wake-up call - we've got to wake up and realize that prosperity doesn't come to us on a sil- ver platter," Duderstadt said. "We have wonderful universities because of our ancestors' sacrifices; it's now our turnto make those sacrifices." Hansen said the governor welcomed Duder- stadt's voice in the discussion about Michigan's future and that she expected the report to be care- fully read and considered by state legislators. the michigan daily NOW LEASING 200647 THE CHURCH @ 1131 Church Street, Efficiencies, 1,2, & 3 Bedrooms! 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