NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 3, 2005- 5A 6LEO Continued from page 1A Axelson added that the misclassification problem is especially urgent in her department. She said it is impor- tant that the lecturers in ELI are classified correctly because many of them are performing administrative duties. She said she worries that if lecturers stop doing the administrative work they have been doing, much of the office's work will not get done. "The dean's office isn't worried about it. I don't know what their motivation is besides saving money," Axelson said. De Leon said these concerns are critical for the Univer- sity and the student body. The demonstration, he said, was an intermediary action to show the University that LEO is serious about having its demands met. He added that, if the demands aren't taken seriously, LEO will discuss a plan of "drastic action" at its next meeting on Nov. 30. In response to De Leon's threat of "drastic action," University spokeswoman Julie Peterson said that any dis- ruption of education, such as strikes, would be in direct violation of LEO's contract. De Leon acknowledged that a strike would be a viola- tion the contact. But still, De Leon said there are other courses of action open to LEO if the University does not comply with its demands. De Leon said that one option for LEO members could be staging teach-ins in their respective classrooms. Other courses of action open to LEO are talking to the media, writing to representatives about the University or voicing their complaints publicly at commencement. Of course there are nice actions and not-so-nice actions," De Leon said. Peterson said the University is disappointed that LEO has chosen to publicly voice its complaints instead of using the grievance process that was drawn up in the contract. She added that this is LEO's first contract with the Uni- versity, so it is understandable that the lecturers would have disagreements. Still, she said the grievance process in the contract was created specifically to resolve conflicts and to protect both LEO and the University. In a written statement, Peterson said LEO has already filed 15 grievances. Of those, 12 have already been resolved. Nine of those were settled and three were denied, although one has been resubmitted and is now in arbitration. DEARBORN Continued from page 1A be affected," she said. When asked if any teachers will lose their jobs, the dean said, "I hope not." Despite the deficits, Bob Gassel, assistant vice chancellor for finance, insisted that the Dearborn campus is not in financial trouble. "The University is fine. There are adjustments the academic units need to make," he said. In a letter accompanying the financial reports, how- ever, Gassel acknowledged that "this past year was very financially challenging." Some questioned the timing of the cuts. Student registration for the winter term begins Nov. 9th. "It's regrettable that this couldn't be settled before printed schedules were distributed," Anderson-Levitt said. "But we're being very cau- tious about this. We're really concerned to make sure students are able to graduate in a timely mat- ter." Students who need a course that is no lon- ger offered for graduation may petition CASL's Office of Advising and Student Records for per- mission to enroll in an alternate course for credit. CASL Advising Director Marllis Shannon said the school would "bend over backwards" for stu- dents in that predicament. The announcement of cancellations has many Dearborn students worried. Anna Lough, a junior majoring in education, said scheduling courses was hard enough before the cuts. "There aren't enough offered as it is," she said. "A lot of students have to worry about work schedules." Engineering senior Keith Dye agreed: "I know that they don't offer a lot of sections to begin with. This will be a major inconvenience for someone who's trying to get done with their degree quick- er." Bruce Bublitz, who recently took over as dean of the School of Management, cited "overspend- ing" as the main cause of the problems. He also said as many as one-third of all spring and sum- mer courses would be cut. "We want to be clear that we're doing every- thing that is plausible (to overcome the deficit)," Bublitz said. "But we'll probably have to cut in both the fall and winter of next year, too." The School of Management's woes come at a particularly inopportune time, with the school up for accreditation next fall. A shortage of tenured faculty, coupled with the budget crisis, could hurt its chances. "If we don't have the additional fac- ulty, we could be in trouble," Bublitz said. LEO members held informational pickets Mon- day and Tuesday in front of the CASL building and behind the University Center. LEO is scheduled to hold a press conference and march to the Administration Building at 2 p.m. today, with the aim of highlighting the key issues and voicing the opinions of faculty and stu- dents. Edwards, of LEO, said the union's concerns over spending stem deeper than a lack of state appropriations. "Everybody says that the whole structure of this university can't be changed," she said. "It's garbage." - This article was reprinted with permission from The Michigan Journal, the student newspaper at the University's Dearborn campus. BUSH Continued from page 1A Mary Ann Beaser, a travel agent from Plymouth, said more students should have attended because what Bush is doing affects them most. However, Beaser said that having seen what happened during the Vietnam War, she knew movements had to start small. "You have to start somewhere," Beaser said. "This is a small group, but I'm hoping it will grBeaser, who "You have heard about the somewher event online, left work to drive in is a small to Ann Arbor for the rally. but I'm ho Organizers from more than 180 other it will gro campuses and cit- ies also planned on M walking out of class and work for this day of resistance, Parish said. After yesterday's kickoff, she said weekly meetings in Ann Arbor would be held to work on developing a group and raising opposition before Bush's State of the Union address in January. "Maybe he was re-elected a year ago today, but we are going to change that," Parish said. "As students, we're in the perfect position to rise up." Parish added that she hoped to regis- ter as a formal group on campus, becom- ing one chapter of the national "World Can't Wait" campaign, which will have a national organizers' meeting in New York later this month. Parish said the Detroit chapter recruited her to jumpstart the program on campus, and while she has had some help from friends, she has mostly been working on her own. She added that WCBN, the cam- pus radio station, has been playing some World Can't Wait public service announcements. She said she also plans to reach out to local businesses, the Uni- versity administration and other student groups. LSA senior Kevin Zhao said he failed to start re. This group, aping w. to see how skipping class would bring the Bush adminis- tration out of office, especially on such a liberal campus."It's a worthy cause, but it's kind of like preaching to the choir," Zhao said. Parish said skip- ping class and orga- nizing the rally was about making a statement. lary Ann Beaser Travel agent "It's saying that we are sacrificing for all the people being stepped on," Par- ish said. "We're not going to go on as if nothing happened. We're saying, 'Time out, we're tired of this.' John Kelly, chair of College Republi- cans and an Engineering senior, said the chance to get Bush out of office was last year on Election Day. "I think instead of walking out of work and class, they should be focusing on going through established political channels, such as elections," Kelly said. "It's sort of a wasted effort, and I think it's misdirected. ... I just don't see the effectiveness in it." I And he'll have you to thank for it. Helping patients overcome their illness or injury - that's what Heartland Rehabilitation Services is all about. 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