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U' agrees to deal with LEO
Contract includes
2.5-percent raise for
Ann Arbor lecturers
By GABE NELSON
Daily News Editor
After a summer of negotiation,
the Lecturers' Employee Organiza-
tion agreed to a new contract with
the University last night.
Ninety-seven percent of voting
members approved the contract,
the second collective bargaining
agreement approved by LEO since
the group's formation five years
ago. LEO represents about 1,300
non-tenure-track faculty members
on the University's three campus-
es, including 750 at the Ann Arbor
campus.
The contract will take effect
immediately and apply untilthe end
of the 2009-2010 academic year.
It gives a 2.5-percent raise to
lecturers on the Ann Arbor campus
and 3-percent raises to lecturers on
the Flint and Dearborn campuses.
The minimum salary for Ann
Arbor lecturers will also increase
to $32,000 for the 2008-2009 aca-
demic year, a $1,000 raise. Lectur-
ers at the Dearborn campus will
now have minimum annual salaries
of $26,000 while lecturers at the
Flint campus will be paid at least
$25,000.
Assistant Provost Jeff Frumkin,
the University's lead negotiator,
said there was never any doubt that
lecturers would receive a pay raise.
LEO President Bonnie Halloran
said the lecturers were pleased that
University negotiators made pay
raises a priority.
See LECTURERS, Page 8
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downloaders ing files illegally.
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ATHERINE MITCHELL Soble Rowe Krichbaum is repre-
Daily StaffReporter senting the record companies in
the case.
ree music companies are The University is not involved
a University student for in the lawsuits except to comply
dly illegally sharing music. with any subpoena issued for a
A sophomore Sarah Oyetu- network user's name and contact
s sued by Sony BMG Music information.
tainment, Warner Bros. "They have what they need
ds and BMG Music in fed- from us already," said Jack Ber-
listrict court last week for nard, the University's assistant
dly sharing music using the general counsel. "It's unlikely
Wire program over the peer- that we'd be involved again."
er sharing service Gnutella. Bernard said the University is
e Recording Industry of not told which students are sued
iation of America tagged once the University turns over
P address on March 20 for the information. He said yester-
ng 182 audio files, includ- day that he didn't know who had
ngs like "Black Or White" been sued.
Thriller" by Michael Jack- Oyetubo did not settle with the
Material Girl" by Madonna, RIAA after receiving a pre-litiga-
" by Mariah Carey and "A tion letter or notice of a subpoena.
an's Worth" by Alicia Keys. The University, unlike some peer
etubo declined to comment, institutions, passes those notices
g her lawyer advised her not to students after receiving them,
ak to the press. giving students time to settle
etubo's IP address was ini- with record companies before
targeted in a "John Doe" they file suit.
it filed in April by Sony Students are able to settle with
Music Entertainment, the RIAA-member companies in
er Bros. Records and BMG the 30 days between when the
- three RIAA-member subpoena is issued to the Uni-
anies. RIAA companies versity and when the University
hese suits to file against IP responds to the RIAA with con-
sses before network users tact information.
entified by name. The Uni- Bernard said some students
y provided Oyetubo's name See LAWSUIT, Page 8
PEECOTTENELs/vaily
Rabbi Alter Goldstein, associate director of Chabad House, practices blowing the shofar in preparation for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, at the Chabad
House on Hill Street yesterday. Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish High Holidays, starts at sundown on Wednesday.
Panel discusses
racism on campus
BEAT BOY
Forum takes on
ignorance,
hip-hop culture
By CHRIS HERRING
Daily News Editor
Racism exists at the University
of Michigan - that much was clear
in a panel discussion last night that
took on topics like cultural igno-
rance and whether people have a
responsibility to defy racial stereo-
types.
Marc Cooks, president of Phi
Beta Sigma fraternity, asked pan-
elists what they thought about a
"Ghettofied" theme party that he
said took place at the University of
Michigan where guests were invit-
ed to dress so they fit stereotypes
of black people.
A similar party that took place at
Clemson University made national
headlines last year when a group of
See FORUM, Page 7
SHAY SPAN IOLA/Daily
LSA junior Jasmine Ransone and LSA sophomore Marc Cooks at a panel at Trotter
House last night. The panel discussed racism at the University.
Injured on Saturday,
Henne won't play vs. ND
CAMP"."EALTH
CDC reports biggest jump
in teen suicides in 15 years
QB out with
reported leg injury
By DANIEL BROMWICH
Daily Sports Editor
Senior quarterback Chad Henne
will miss Saturday's football game
against Notre Dame due to injury
and true freshman quarterback
Ryan Mallett will make his first-
career start.
Reports have indicated Henne
has a lower-leg injury, but Michi-
gan coach Lloyd Carr wouldn't
confirm that at yesterday's weekly
press conference.
There is no
official timeta-
ble for Henne's
return, butt
Carr indicated
his status could
change on a
week-to-week
basis.H
Asked if he expected Henne
to return this year, Carr sounded
See HENNE, Page 8
By DANIEL STRAUSS
Daily StaffReporter
Teen suicide rates climbed
at the highest rate in 15 years
in 2004, the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention reported
in a study released last week.
The number of suicides among
people aged 10 to 24 decreased
by 28 percent between 1990 and
2003, but it rebounded by eight
percent in 2004, the most recent
year for which data is available,
the study showed.
According to the report, sui-
cides among females ages 10 to 14
increased by almost 76 percent,
suicide rates among females 15 to
19 increased by about 32 percent
and suicides among males in that
category increased by 9 percent.
Dr. IleanaArias, director of the
CDC's National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, said in
See SUICIDE, Page 8
SHAY SPANIOLA/Daily
Bob Liebel plays drums on the Diag on yesterday. Originally from Ann Arbor,
Liebel plays at various music festivals and often collaborates with dancers in his
band. Sambani.
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