Dangerous delegate: Rose must sell students' decision to regents
On Nov. 20 and 21, students will elect representatives to the Michigan Student Assembly. In addition, they will get a chance to raise student government fees by more than 100 percent. In three separate ballot proposals, MSA will ask students for for an extra $3.50 per term - $1 per term to support general MSA needs, such as the Budget Priorities Committee's funding of student groups, another $1 per term to pay for individual school governments, such as LSA Student Government, and $1.50 for Project Serve and the Black Volunteer Network. In a best-case scenario, students should vote down the second and third proposals, approving only the first increase. If any of these proposals pass, they would go before the University Board of Regents for final approval.
Hanging from the tower: Berkeley community protests Prop. 209
Last week, students from the University of California at Berkeley stormed their campus to demonstrate against Proposition 209, which bars state institutions from using affirmative action policies. The proposition is deplorable and Berkeley is now in serious danger of losing valuable students - the admission board must withhold $1.1 million in scholarships given out based on race and ethnicity. Students are doing the right thing by peacefully protesting the passage of a proposition that will only hurt Californians.
Without speech, we become immune to our own racism
It's winter. Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is coming and the stores have put out the Christmas decorations. I even got out my boots when I saw a few flakes of snow Saturday.
Searching for a delicate balance
Tomorrow morning, the University Board of Regents will ask Provost Lee Bollinger of Dartmouth College to become the 12th president of the University - capping a sometimes controversial, but always well-meaning presidential search. The selection having been made, it is seemly to reflect on a process derailed mid-journey by three newspapers who called the search "a speeding train ... engulfed in secrecy" (The Ann Arbor News, 10/20/96). Lest the voice of students is lost in the post-selection shuffle, we share our thoughts on the tug-of-war for governance of our school.
11-11-96