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Page 6 Saturday, June 19, 1982 The Michigan Daily

The Michigan Daily
Vol. XCII, No. 33-S
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Unequal rights

High tuition rates
to receive boost

THE UNIVERSITY will once
again be opening its arms
this fall and embracing not only
new students, but higher tuition
bills as well.
University Vice President for

IME HAS JUST about run out on the Academic Affairs Billy Frye an-
passageof the Equal Rights Amendment. nounced at Thursday's Regents
meeting that a tuition increase of
The tragedy is that the amendment has not at least 15 percent and possibly as
been killed by sound reasoning and valid much as 20 percent can be expec-
arguments, but merely by plain ignorance. ted for the 1982-83 academic year.
The simple statement of the ERA is that According to Frye, an increase
equal rights shall not be denied on account of needd b ethe Univcerty to make
sex and that Congress shall have the power to up for lost state allocations-
enforce the law. which have failed to rise even
Nowhere in the amendment does it say that close to the rate of inflation- and
women will be drafted, forced to use the same to support an adequate faculty
toilets as men, or have to find a job if they aadyprogramfortheupcoming s
would rather be housewives, yet these are some "Given our already very high Kelly's
arguments used to defeat the ERA. tuition rates, and the history of
What the ERA would have done is allowed a the past decade ... it is difficult closing
woman a choice-a free and equal choice to use Leo Ke
her talents as she saw fit, knowing her chance the fats
student
of success would not be hindered on the basis of n eW kent
fellows
gender. No longer could doors be slammed in in Rev*ew the jury
faces with the words, "Sorry, you're just a Kelly
woman." reason
Many argue that the United States does not to propose yet a further increase prosecu
Y toproose et furherincrase Noah tc
need the ERA because women's rights are in the student's share of our sane, he
already guaranteed by the Constitution. If that costs. Yet, considering the alter- Defer
is true, then why are there more than 500 laws natives we shall have no other Watern
on the books throughout the United States that choice," Frye said. a "tra
Although the tuition increase "going{
discriminate against women?- has become an annual event, the of the
While the battle for the ERA may be ending, Regents retain their right to week,j
the struggle for equal rights will continue. And drop/add the University's testimo
in the end, 51 percent of the population will not proposal at their July meeting. three of
be denied equal protection under the law. t sane at
Now, to the jury and tw
'PO YOU THINK TV ENCOURAGES VIOLENCE?' _defense
T HE PROSECUTION and sanity.
j defense attorneys gave their The j
LETTERS TO THE DAILY:
Anew day:
To the Daily: remain
I would like to commend David or six v
\ Spak on his fine column regar- their pr
ding the Equal Rights Amen- the Cor
dment (Daily, June 17). Indeed, it States.
is a ridiculous situation and "a Since
cryin' shame." It does not appear Organiz
- that on June 30, 1982, there will be
fifteen states who will have failed an extei
to ratify the E.R.A. But thirty- there h,
five states have ratified the close
Amendment. A constitutional
amendment requires approval of legislate
three-fourths of the states, or pubihc
thirty-eight states. Rights
Thus, the Amendment falls nations
- three states short of ratification, So, y
despite the endorsement of any even n
overwhelming majority of the most pe
+_s2__ r + state legislatures. In the the E.

CUTOR Noah disputes
insanity plea.
arguments in the trial of
illy on Thursday and now
of the former University
accused of killing two
students is in the hands of
Y.
has pleaded not guilty by
of insanity, but
uting attorney Lynwood
ld the jury, "Mr. Kelly is
e is guilty of the murder."
rnse attorney William
nan insisted his client was
gic victim" who was
over the edge" at the time
shootings. Earlier in the
jurors heard psychiatric
ony from five experts,
whom described Kelly as
the time of the killings,
o who agreed with the
plea of temporary in-
ury began deliberating at

9 a.m. yesterday but by 5 p.m.
had not yet reached ar verdict.
They will continue deliberations
on Monday.
The big stick
THIS UNIVERSITY is not the
only college facing difficult
financial problems. Wayne Stste
University officials threatened
the "big stick" last week unless
the faculty union agreed to wage
concessions.
WSU's faculty union and the
administration reached an
agreement on Wednesday, but
not before WSU administrators
had threatened to ask the univer-
sity's Board of Governors to
declare a "financial exigency"-
a declaration that would have
allowed the administration to lay
off 400 faculty members, in-
cluding those with tenure.
The eventual agreement in-
volved nearly $3.25 million in
concessions from the faculty and
gives the administration a shot to
balance its budget. The faculty
will vote on the pact in Septem-
ber.
"The faculty will come to
believe that this is a one-time
response to a special circum-
stance," insisted union
negotiator and WSU Prof. Fran-
cine Wehmer. But in the face of
such threats, tenure has become
less of a security blanket for
professors at WSU-and even the
University.
The Week in Review was
compiled by Kent Redding and
Fannie Weinstein.

Beyond the ERA

ing legislatures, only five
votes have denied women
oper acknowledgement in
stitution of these United
the National
zation of Women achieved
nsion of the deadline for
tion of the E.R.A. in 1979,
ave been many similarly
votes in various
ures. Reliable polls show
support for the Equal
Amendment at about 68%
lly. .
ou see, the situation is
more preposterous than
eople realize. Not only can
R.A. be argued on its

merits, but the votes are there.
Nevertheless, a handful of in-
dividuals have been allowed to
stand between women and their
rights under the law.
Everyone in Ann Arbor has the
opportunity to express his/her
dissatisfaction with this state of
affairs. A national coalition
calling itself "A New Day:
Beyond the E.R.A." has been
formed to continue to work for an
equal rights amendment.
Demonstrations will take place
throughout the country on June
30th. The Ann Arbor rally will be
held at noon on Wednesday at the
Federal Building on Liberty
Street. D Deborah Green
June 18,1982