Ooooh, rock me, Don Giovanni. See ARTS Page 7. It IUITv TODAY Thunderstorms likely; High: 73, Low: 45. TOMORROW Chance of rain; High: 60, Low: 36. Since 1890 Vol. Cl, No. 120 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, March 27, 1991hchign Di Students may pay for grant decreases by Bethany Robertson Daily Government Reporter When letters notifying grant money would be withheld appeared in the mailboxes of Michigan Scholarship recipients last week, effects of the state budget crunch struck home. An estimated 2,380 University students will be affected by the state's decision to reduce funding for the competitive scholarships due to state-level financial difficulties. "The reimbursement the University will get for the awards will be $15 less per student," said Todd Hubers, assistant director of the University Office of Financial Aid. University officials are still dis- cussing how the state refund will be paid. *0 "We haven't decided yet how that will be handled at the University of Michigan," said Judith Harper, associate director of the Office of Financial Aid. Office of Financial Aid adminis- trators are debating several possible solutions, Hubers said, including billing students for the extra cost or having the University pay the ad- ditional fees. If the University re- imburses the state, students' grants will not be affected. "I don't know how strong a pos- sibility that is at this point," See GRANT, Page 3 Studeni to detei MSA's by Jay Garcia Daily MSA Reporter It's still not too late to vote in Michigan Student Assembly elections, but time is quickly run- ning out. Today - the last day of voting - will decide the execu- tive leadership that runs MSA for the next year. Between 3,000 and 3,500 stu- dents cast ballots in the first day of voting said MSA Elections Director Tim Pope. There are five parties vying for the executive assembly seats. They are Common Sense, Conservative Coalition, Empha- sizing Student Power, the Anti- Imperialist Action Caucus party, and the independents. Elections started yesterday with polling sites operating into the night at several locations throughout the University. Although statistics on voter turn-out are not yet available, some shared their thoughts on why they took the time to vote. "It's called politics. My friend is running. He asked me to vote for him. I said 'not a prob- lem,"' said Chrystan Carlton, an LSA junior who voted last night on the ground floor of the Michigan Union. "Well, the reasons I person- ally am voting is because this is one of the few opportunities I have to have a say in the decision- making process at this school," is r vote nine future said LSA junior Chris Gottlieb. "I really don't think that the typical student at Michigan knows the necessity for their par- ticipation in this process. I don't think they actually understand the power that they actually do have," Gottlieb added. One sophomore in the School of Nursing who refused to give her name said she voted for Conservative Coalition candi- dates all the way down. "My BALLOT BOX MS lte Ions'91 school isn't properly represented (in MSA) so I'm voting for the person, hopefully, who will bring it representation," she said. Heather Lowman, an MSA of- fice employee working at the Unionrpolling site, assessed yes- terday's voting. "It slowed down over classes," she said. "We had a very full ballot box when I came. A lot of the people seem to amble over to vote." Some students also voiced their apathy about the elections. "If I happen to be right at a polling site I'll vote but I'm probably not going to go out of my way to vote," said LSA sophomore Nillie Gefen. ANIHUNY M. CROLUDaily LSA senior David Barr and RC sophomore Julie Sissman vote yesterday in the first day of Michigan Student Assembly elections. Poll sites will be open through today. Dolgon resigns assembly, cites attacks on character by Julie Foster Daily MSA Reporter Corey Dolgon, who has led campus protests ranging from anti-deputization, to anti-war, to the Graduate Employees Organization movement, resigned from the Michigan Student Assembly last night. Dolgon referred to a recent letter describing him as "scum" as the last straw in his decision to resign from the assembly. Conservative Coalition candidate (CC) Serge Elnitsky wrote the letter and distributed it to graduated students in the math department. Dolgon said since the letter be- gan circulating, he has received four prank phone calls. He said two of the callers screamed, laughed and hung up, and the two others wanted to debate issues with him. One caller claimed to be following Dolgon around campus. The callers refused to identify themselves. Dolgon said he doesn't want people to connect the issues he stands for with the negative criti- cism he has received. "Look at the things we've been See MSA, Page 2 GEO to vote on *work stoppage by Stefanie Vines Daily Faculty Reporter Members of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) will vote today through Friday on a ballot which asks whether or not GEO members should authorize the steering committee to call for a one- day work stoppage April 4. The ballot proposal was passed at a GEO membership meeting last night. The results of the vote will be tallied Saturday. The current GEO contract has been extended from March 1 to Friday, March 29. Negotiations between GEO and the University continue this after- noon at 4:30. Alan Zundel, the spokesperson for the bargaining team, said "Colleen Dolan-Greene (a University bargainer) is trying to get people scared about going on strike." Zundel discussed two bargaining strategies for continued negotia- tions with the University in re- sponse to Dolan-Greene. The first option was to hold the line and make little movement on the issues being debated right now. Zundel said the advantages of this strategy were that it "shows determination" and gives the bar- gaining team time to organize. He said disadvantages include: negotiations dragging on longer, people getting tired of the issues and the possibility that GEO would appear "unreasonable." The second option Zundel dis- cussed was to challenge the University by dropping most issues and insisting on a few key demands. Members voted to remain with the first bargaining strategy, though it was suggested they might make more concessions after a possible work stoppage. Mike Kasura, a member of the bargaining team, said the real issue was how to mobilize members to take action. "The real point is to figure out how to best harm the University and to effect them to change. We will show them we can disrupt their activities until we get a good contract," he said. The issues on the table include: a 10-term rule which limits the amount of time TAs can work at the University; e the GEO proposal for a 9 per- cent salary increase over the next two years; a cost-of-living-adjustment relative to the rate of inflation; pay for designated, representa- tives (stewards) in each department who promote GEO events; summer health benefits; U additional child care benefits; a sliding pay scale; class size limits of 20 students, and; mandatory TA training pay. - GEO will not consider dropping demands for third-party arbitration See GEO, Page 2 'U' Pres. testifies on tuition hikes by Henry Goldblatt Daily Administration Reporter University President James Duderstadt - one of six state uni- versity presidents to testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education yesterday in Lansing - promised to attempt to keep tuition hikes to a single-digit percentage increase this year. University Vice President for Government Relations Richard Kennedy, who heard Duderstadt's testimony, said, "The President tried to explain the importance of understanding education as an in- vestment for the state as opposed to an expenditure." Duderstadt was unavailable for comment. Chair of the Subcommittee Morris Hood (D-Detroit) said he believed that universities should hold tuition increases down because higher education is the only major area in state government which will not be cut next fiscal year. In response to such criticism, Kennedy said Duderstadt empha- sized other benefits - such as re- search - the state accrues with in- creased higher education spending. "Education spending is really an investment in the future of the See TUITION, Page 2 We have it covered... First-year students Brian Lewis and Randi Sklar use the Daily as a substitute umbrella, if nothing else, in front of Mrs. Peabody's Cookies yesterday. Soviet demonstrations planned despite G( MOSCOW (AP) - Kremlin au- thorities put up concrete barriers yesterday atboth ends of Red Square to enforce Mikhail Gorbachev's three-week ban on rallies, but radi- cals scoffed at the order and planned even bigger demonstrations. A decision Monday by Gorbachev's Cabinet to ban all demonstrations and marches until April 15 triggered fears of a major )rbachev' s rally ban confrontation on the city's streets. Soviet Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov said the ban was meant to prevent violence during an extraor- dinary session of the Russian Federation parliament that opens tomorrow. Pavlov has ordered the military, the KGB and other agen- cies to enforce the order. Hard-liners intend to expose parliament leader, Boris Yeltsin, Gorbachev's archfoe, to a no-confi- dence vote. Gorbachev lent support to the dump-Yeltsin move in an in- terview over national television yesterday. Earlier yesterday, Gorbachev de- creed that the Interior Ministry ex- ercise direct control over the capi- tal's police force, increasing his power to enforce the ban on See SOVIET, Page 2 Third ward incumbent Meade faces wide range of rivals by Lynne Cohn Daily City Reporter Ann Arbor's third ward is busy this electoral season as four candi- dates compete for one city council seat. 9:.. Thrd a :-n.nmhant n Pmrv,.r recent council ideas for solid waste disposal. "We have adopted a comprehen- sive recycling ordinance," he said. "What we need in addition is a full- service recovery MRF (materials ,~ar n ril;ity) " and a professor of mechanical engi- neering at Lawrence Technological University, disagrees. "The present plan for getting rid of solid waste is badly flawed," he said. "There is no reason that solid wane remova1 in Ann Arhnr shon1d "the big picture." "I am in favor of (city services) remaining a municipal project be- cause a lot of people would be out of work," she said, "not to mention it would be breaking a contract. We mrake the anrhanor " hope the Green party can earn ballot status for the next election. Barry is interested in "getting the cost of running this city under control. It is not acceptable to have an increase in taxes and a decrease in citv services" campaign. "A lot of people have com- mented on my comprehension to ar- ticulate the issues," he said. "(Barry) has not had experience. I have the impression that he brings an angrv taxnaver's anroach."