Breaking up? Grad. students' departure would weaken MSA
Many students pay little attention to the Michigan Student Assembly - they are content to pay their $2.69 every semester and forget about it. A plan endorsed by several graduate student government leaders would split the assembly in half - leaving two individual bodies struggling to gain the legitimacy the present one often lacks. The assembly is designed to represent the entire student body - dividing it in half would betray that commitment and decrease the assembly's power.
Unlevel ground: Teacher-student relationships can be trouble
The past year saw an increase in the number of sexual harassment reports involving undergraduate students and their Graduate Student Instructors. Although there is a University rule prohibiting professor-student relationships, there is none prohibiting GSI-student relationships. While students must retain the right to make their own decisions about their personal lives, to protect themselves, undergraduate students should consider delaying relationships with their GSIs until after the grading period.
Return of the House Dems?
If politicians were traded on the New York Stock Exchange, this would be a good time to buy Dick Gephardts. Al Gores would be holding steady, but Gephardts - which began the month about 1,000 points below Gores - are slowly climbing. This is not to say that a Gephardt will ever sell for as much as a Gore - it probably won't - but they are climbing nonetheless.
Viewpoint: A pledge to curb spending
Last year, Flint Wainess was rumored to have spent upwards of $5,000 dollars on his campaign. While there was never any official confirmation of this year's tally, we live in an age where our current president, Fiona Rose, feels comfortable spending $137 of assembly funds on a personal day planner. This time around, it's already out of control, where some of the parties who declined a voluntary $500 spending cap did so because they'd already spent that much before they even announced they were running.
Letters to the Editor
03-18-97
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