The Michigan Daily- -Thursday, May 12,1983- Page 7
OSU suffers football ti~cketble I
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Compiled by Halle Czechowski
Fewer Ohio State fans will invade
Ann Arbor next November when the
Buckeyes and Wolverines clash in their
annual football game. Ohio State
University officals say advance student
ticket sales are down by 50 percent.
compared to last year.
"We've had bad sales before, but not
like this," said Robert RiesOSU's
assistant athletic director for ticket
operations.
THE ATHLETIC department is
worried that the drop could be part of a.
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trend since student season basketball
ticket sales were down by 41 percent
last season.
Ries offered several explanations for
the drop in demand, but first on the list
is the traditional decrease of advance
sales when the Buckeye-Wolverine
matchup is played in Ann Arbor.
Economic conditions also contrubute
to the slow sales. Many students have
less money than usual or some aren't
sure if they'll be back in the fall.
OSU's athletic department is op-
timistic student sales will pick up in the
fall, when students are sure they'll be
around to use their tickets, Ries said.
"We expect a rush at the end, which
is normal, but we're probably not going
to sell as many as last year," he said.
-The Lantern
Tufts stages sit-in
Morethan 200 students at Tufts
University in Medford, Mass. staged a
sit-in April 27 to protest the decision to
deny tenure to a politically active
professor.
The students demanded that Tufts
President Jean Mayer restore
Sociology Prof. Peter Drier to his post
and reconsider him for tenure in two
years.
DRIER, who was denied tenure last
spring, has been active in controversial
political issues, including tenants'
rights advocacy and unionization
of the university's clerical workers.
The protestors spent more than 62
hours in the school's administration
building, singing "We Shall Overcome"
and "Give Pete a Chance." They finally
le nf+-rn-li-- anupan amminn-i
support, and after they noticed police
clad in riot gear surrounding the
building.
While the university refuses to rein-
state Drier, faculty members approved
a plan this week to set up a tenure
committee including faculty and
student members. The protestors have
refused to endorse this move.
- WMFO radio
Medford, Mass.
Harvard protests tradition
Officials at Harvard University's law
school found out last week how hard it is
to challenge tradition. More than 600
angry students protested a new policy
which allows professors to consider
class participation in determining
grades.
The students gathered May 5 to push
for open discussions on the oew policy,
which allows classroom participation to
influence a student's final marks by
half a grade.
WHILE MANY SAY the new system
will allow students who do poorly on
tests to improve their grade, others are
afraid it will increase competition
among law students.
Law School Dean James Vorenberg
finally consented to an open discussion
May 7, at which 450 students and 12
professors argued both sides of the
The grading policy, which was ap-
proved by Harvard Law school faculty,
has not been changed because of the
protest.
Law students also assailed teaching
methods earlier this week. The students
objected to professors' traditional style
of putting them on the spot in class to
answer questions. The faculty,
however, reaffirmed their approval of
the teaching method which ;few of the
school's professors actually use.
Librarians revolt
The University of Minnesota has set-
tled out of court with 37 female
librarians, who charged the university
with sex discrimination because of
wage discrepancies between men and
women working in the same depar-
tments.
The women settled for a total of
$750,000 in back pay and fringe benefits,
as a result of the suit filed in 1981.
Under the terms of the settlement,
each woman will receive more than
$20,000. In addition, the women will get
a total of $55,000 in salary increases
through 1984-85.
-The Chronicle of Higher Education
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