2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 8, 1996 CUTS Continued from Page 1 be laid off, 200 will be from the nursing staff, the most of any staff. Nursing senior Nicole Bills was forced to find a job elsewhere, after learning she no longer had a job with the University hospital this summer. "A lot of people were angry because we thought we had a job for this sum- mer," she said. Harrison said more than half the job losses will be through attrition. Eighty- one employees have accepted early retirement or transferred to jobs else- where in the University. Although Harrison said the layoffs are necessary, hospital employees dis- agreed and many say they are feeling insecure about their future. "Everybody is stressed about it," said Ellen Zanecki, a physician in the Obstetrics and Gynecology department. "(They wonder) who's going to be the first one to go." Each department has been ordered to meet a target reduction,bdetermined by baseline comparisons with peer institu- tions. The departments most directly affected by the layoffs include nursing and dietetics. The dietetic department will face a 33 percent reduction in its staff. The downsizing of workforce and other cost-cutting measures, such as reducing patient stays and limiting the number of beds, will not affect the qual- ity of health care, Harrison said. "We will never be taking such a dras- tic step that the quality of care will suf- fer," he said. "Our goal is finding better, more efficient ways to deliver care on a smaller scale." He said remaining positions will be adjusted to incorporate different, more wide-ranging tasks. Across the country, other medical centers aretmaking similar cutbacks. University electromyography techni- cian Kathy Ryan said teaching and patient care may be affected by an over- burdened staff. "We have less time to teach our resi- dents," Ryan said. Although she agreed that cost-effec- tiveness is important, Ryan said more layoffs should be made in the adminis- trative staff than in the technical staff. "The people that they're cutting (are employees) they should not be cut- ting," she said. "They should cut less on the technical staff (because they perform) jobs that are hands-on." Commencement protesters argue free speech, lack of event disruption E Judge decides to review video tapes y EreaByk Daily Suif Reporter While preparations for the May grad- uation ceremony proceeded, the twelve protesters who rallied against speaker Neal Shine, the Detroit Free Press pub- lisher, at December commencement, were brought to court April 25 for a pretrial hearing. Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Connors said he would view the prosecution's and defense's videotapes of the ceremony before deciding whether to review the case. The protesters said they were demon- strating their support for the striking Detroit Free Press workers. The defendants were charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct for disturbing a public meeting. If convict- ed, they will have to pay S l Oin fines or serve 90 days in county jail. "It's silly - really that's the best description for these charges," said one defendant, Rackham student Erik Fink. One of the two detense attorneys, Eugene Feingold, proposed a motion to dismiss all charges on the basis that the commencement ceremony was not dis- rupted. "Commencement did not break apart - the defendants were arrested and the ceremony went on as planned," Feingold said. "The video shows the demonstrations taking place as Shine is being introduced. Once he started to speak, the demonstrators were removed, so there was not disruption of his speech," he said. Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Burke said protesters approached and even harassed com- mencement participants. "Protesters have a right to be heard, but not in a hurtful way," Burke said. Feingold said parameters of Th University Standard Practice Guide recognize the demonstration as a legiti- mate exercise of the freedom of speech. "Protesters have rights just like the speaker, and University policies have encouraged demonstrations such as this," Feingold said. "In fact, the University of Michigan is known for having protests at ceremonies and us- ally there are no arrests." The campus chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sided with the defendants, providing Feingold as their counsel. "Department of Public Safety officials may have violated the University standard of speech and right to expression. Demonstrators were just doing what the constitution said they can do," Feingold said. One witness said she felt disheart- ened by the protesters. "It was very d' turbing; it took away from the specia'- ness of my graduation," said alum Elizabeth Lewis. "I was looking for- ward to the ceremony, not the people who were chanting." 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