December 03, 1977 (vol. 88, iss. 71) • Page Image 1
…, forced to "sell" itself to University students like never before. PIRGIM (Public Interest Re- search Group in Michigan), founded by the Ralph Nader organization in 1971, has always leaned heavily on…
… student contributions obtained here at the University at registration. BUT CHANGES made last year by the Regents now require students wishing to support PIRGIM to sign a "contribution form" at registration…
… so-called "positive check-off" replaces a similar system, in which PIRGIM donation forms were not attached to student verification forms at registration. IT IS ALSO the first half of a two…
…-term contract which will not be renewed if PIRGIM a is unable to maintain a 33 per cent participation rate. As of Monday, 52 per cent of students registering for winter term had made the two-dollar PIRGIM pledge…
…. Last term PIRGIM got only 18 per cent of the registering students to sign donation forms, a failure which. PIRGIM members attribute to the 'How are we going to get these freshmen to sign a donation card…
… suffers from chronic un- derstaffing, and many students are unfamiliar with or hostile to the group's work. "How are we going to get these freshmen to sign a donation card if they don't know what it's for…
…." PIRGIM members favor a "nega- tive check-off" system similar to that in use before 1977, which required students not wishing to support PIRGIM to make a special effort to Palestinians urge boycott…
… Organization (PLO) called on the four-nation Arab "resistance summit" meeting here to form a hardline front against Sadat and his apparent willingness to compromise, a PLO spokesman said. PALESTINIAN informants…
… said Arafat's PLO had officially decided that an economic boycott was the best response, isolating Sadat from his fellow Arabs. Khadafy has al- ready broken diplomatic relations with Egypt and proclaimed…
… would abstain from any gathering unless it included all Arab nations. THE PARTICIPANTS in Tripoli are generally considered the most militant Arab states. Those here were Palestinian leaders and repre…

















































