'Uchang By ANN MARIE FAZIO In an effort to "stretch the dollar," the University will soon require employers of work-study students to pay a greater portion of their federally subsidized wages, Financial Aid Director Harvey Grotrian said yesterday. Employers will be required to pay 30 percent of the wages their work study employees earn beginning in the fall of 1981, a ten percent increase in the rate they now pay. The federal government pays the remaining 70 percent of the wages. Grotrian said this will have no effect on the amount of work-study awards or the number of work-study students hired. In fact, he said he thinks there will be more students employed because the change will make federal subsidies-though smaller ones-available to more employers. The federal government allocates a fixed amount Lowell Peterso new bridge bei students and c By JENNY MILLER appear on The bespectacled, long-haired young affect stu man looks like a typical graduate said. The student, with slightly rumpled clothes students and a pale face. Twenty-two-year-old come tax Lowell Peterson, however, is not a grad a decreas student, but a newly-elected city coun- mean low cilman from the First Ward. Peterso Chatting during his lunch of chili and Reagan's a sandwich at Eden's Deli, Peterson, budget, sa a Democrat, spoke of his concerns and ticularly plans after having won his first seat on benefit to council last month. it: 'Feed t the sparr The new councilman hopes to Peterson s reawaken student interest in local Peterso politics, and help rebuild the trdon Democratic party as a "progressive toward ti party." Peterson said the non- prevention partisan approach of student political before cii activists hasn't been successful. weeks. Cg street light "Students have to be aware of where have a hi the power lies. Politics is a combination other two of ideals and power," he said. On the city's Crii Ann Arbor city council, "right now all the Coali the power lies with the other guys police rap (Republicans)," Peterson added. Another Peterson said he will keep in close accomplis contact with students, who make up the establish S majority of his constituency, and housing.' various campus groups, in hopes of proach," generating more student interest in might be local politics. The Yale University cing pac graduate said he plans to speak and an- income h swer students' questions once a month the diffic at meetings of the Michigan Student housing ir Assembly, the all-campus student Many p government at the University. in their n "You don "You get a lot of energy, enthusiasm, next to a a lot of good ideas" from students, School B Peterson said. "Students can have real racial iml input to city politics. tergrate Peterson came to Ann Arbor two housing. years ago while traveling with a friend. As a fo He said he liked the city so much that he Bular just stayed on. "I liked the political Bullard climate" of Ann Arbor, he said. Michigan Some of the concerns Peterson hopes Peterson to address on city council are housing, and the civil rights, late-night transportation legislatio for women, and rape prevention. He Monday, said he has a "progressive" approach cary," a to economic development, and is con- city," and cerned about property taxes. sas ''e Proposal A, a tax package that will The Michigan Daily-Thursday, May 7, 1981-Page 3 es work-study pla ofmnyto the University to help pay the wages of Jan Wells, the Associate Director of Recreational students who qualify for work-study awards. The Sports, a University department that hires many University then decides how much employers must work-study employees, said the change in the mat- pay to make up the difference. ching requirement "won't change our attitude on "Yearly allocations (from the federal government) things at all at this point." have only increased modestly while students' (finan- The number of students utilizing work-study awar- cial) needs have increased fairly rapidly," he ex- ds has risen substantially according to figures ob- plained. Raising the matching requirement, the tained through the Office of Financial Aid. In the amount employers must pay, "is not that unusual 1978-79 school year, there were approximately 1,200 during times of stable funding and spiraling costs," students employed through the program. In the 1979- he added. 80 academic year, the figure rose to about 1,700 and Grotrian said the changes in the matching this year it reached nearly 2,300. requirement would expand the work-study program Eligibility for the award is based on financial need by "making the (federal) allocation go further." and determined along with eligibility for other types Assistant Director of Financial Aid Roger Doster of financial aid-such as grants and loans. The ap- agreed that there will be no negative repercussions of plicant must also be a U.S. citizen or a permanent the change. He said work-study is "still a good deal" resident, and must be enrolled as a full-time student for employers even after the change. "Where else in the fall and winter, or part-time during spring and can they (the employers) go to geta deal like this?" summer to receive aid. )n: a tween ,ouncil the May 19 state ballot, will dents in two ways, Peterson sales tax will increase, but will be able to claim more in- credit for rent payments. But e in property taxes will not er rent for students, he said. n was critical of President proposed cuts in the federal aying that big business - par- defense industries - would o much. "As my old man puts he horses and maybe, maybe rows will get some too.' aid. n said he would also work he passage of three crime n resolutions that will come ty council in the next two ne would coordinate new t placement in areas shown to gh incidence of assault. The would define the role of the me Prevention Unit and give tion Against Rape access to e statistics. r goal that Peterson hopes to sh as city councilman, is the ment of a city task force on "It's time for a fresh ap- he explained. The force able to put together a finan- kage for low- to moderate- ousing, but Peterson spoke of ulties of integrating subsidized nto higher-income areas. eople "don't want poor blacks eighborhood," Peterson said, 't put up subsidized housing Republican." The Ann Arbor oard has blamed its schools' balance on the city's poorly in- d pattern of subsidized rmer aide to State Rep. Perry (D-Ann Arbor) and former Congressman Neil Staebler, has worked with constituents development of various n. Contacted at his office Staebler said that students adequately represented in the d that Peterson can "under- special problems the student DoilyrnotoDyrPAUL ENT DEMOCRATIC COUNCILMAN Lowell Peterson, who was elected to his first term on council last month, says he hopes to muster student support to revitalize the Democratic Party in Ann Arbor. 1M enot forced to reduce sentences LANSING (UPI) 'Solicitor General Robert Derengoski told the Michigan Supreme Court yesterday the governor is not forced to reduce sentences under a new law which provides for early release of inmates to relieve prison crowding. Oakland County Prosecutor L. Brooks Patterson, who claims the law usurps the governors' constitutional power of commutations, said the measure reduces Michigan's chief executive to a "lackey of the legislature." The high court heard about one hour of arguments on the measure, which was declared unconstitutional by the Michigan Court of Appeals last week in a ruling that blocked imminent release of about 1,000 prisoners. PATTERSON AND Derengoski both were barraged by questions, although the solicitor general said the tone of the questioning left him optimistic. The law, adopted last year, provides for reducing most inmates' minimum terms by 90 days when the prison population exceeds legal capacity for 30 consecutive days. Prisoners within 90 days of their term thus immediately become eligible for release through normal parole procedures. THE GOVERNOR HAS 15 days in which to issue an emergency declaration reducing terms aftergbeing notified by the state Corrections Com- mission the law's conditions have been met. Derengoski said the law gives the governor the opting of refusing to issue the order if he ids all possible steps have not be':t taken to ease the crowding. He can tell the commission, "I don't believe you have done your best to bring the population within the" limits, -he said.