February 07, 1979
(vol. 89, iss. 107)
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… freedom," he said. Gordon noted that because creation of the guidelines was prompted by an Arab-Israeli conflict, and because the first test of these guidelines has come out of another Arab-Israeli conflict…
… he thinks federal Title IX guidelines may jeopardize men's and women's sports programs at the University. See Page 10. * Due to an unusual set of cir- cumstances back home, Iranian students at Western…
… out one person's opinion on the Arts Page, number 7. Lawyers explain use of funding from MSA By JULIE ENGEBRECHT A special portion of the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) meeting was set aside last…
… night for Student Legal Services lawyers Paul Teich and Jonathon Rose to explain the activities of the student-funded law service. MSA will be evaluating these services soon to prepare a proposal to the…
… Board of Regents for a three-year extension of mandatory funding for MSA. Student Legal Services receives $1.74 of the $2.92 MSA fee assessed per student per term. ROSE, DIRECTOR of Legal Service, and…
… Teich, MSA attorney, who also. work closely with other University student governments, spoke about legal aid casework and the MSA Housing Law Reform Project. Teich explained that one-half of the Legal…
… Services caseload dealt with lan- dlords and tenants, with the balance of the load going to such things as family law, consumer lqw, and employment. Before Campus Legal Aid was refor- med to Student Legal…
… Services and fun- ded by all students, 600 to 800 cases a year were handled through the law of- fice, Teich explained, and were funded through several sources. Only poor students were eligible for the…
… services at that time. Last April, when a $2.92 mandatory student fee was voted by students, $1.74 was allotted for student Legal Services, leaving them with a $120,000 working budget. Previously they worked…
… with a budget of $28,000. THE REGENTS approved the fee at their July meeting. The lawyers explained that the availability of legal services to students See ATTORNEYS, Page 5 Red th* Toddy column, Page 3…