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Emerald
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\ ulmnc ‘I! Number ! 11
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Never
mind
the
ballots
• • •
No less than nine ballot measures are on this year's
elections slate next week. If approved, they could
raise incidental fees by more than three dollars a
term.
Kv |o»* Kidd
tmrr.ild Reporter
\\ it it elec t ions swooping down on the 1 ’ni
Vl!sit\ tills week till' \SI t ) IS gearing lip til
min students into tin1 toting ptm ess
I in- ye,ti tin- .\Sl ( 1 Klee (ions Ho,nd is t .ill
ing tor "Student Power" am! exhorting stu
drills to (lot (Hit I In- Vote" in .1 1 iimp.iigti
against tividilioiudh low voter turnouts for
l diiverstt v riot lions
I- r<*in raising slnr! banners on 1 ith Avenue
In inning new spaper ads from build in.in
extra voting booth In m«ikiuj4 presentations in
( lasses llie elec time. hoard is telling students
tli.it it's easy, and important tn vote said I)il
Inn ( milter Klee lions Hoard < hairman
It nnh lakes about two minutes to vote
and all vou need is vuur tee raid and II)
< ard ( oultei said And \\ ith the ln« idental
I er ( nimmllee alien .itiiiy* up In S t » million
lorn to Ballots, Page 11
Here's the
ex-petitions
\s ASUO elec linns rapidly up
pmuc!) it is hoped ih.it students
.tic flunking about their choices
tor tile numerous candidates and
the nine ballot measures
However, must students prubn
blv aren't even aware of two < am
pus (omerns that won't make it
on the ballot hei ause their spon
sors couldn't gather the required
"too signatures to put them to tin
students vote
These undecided issues focus
on opening student government to
more diversified students and pre
venting the construction of a cam
pus parking garage
The Ins! ballot measure would
have enlarged the Student Senate
to include Oi student seats, don
hie the current 18 seats The addi
tional seats would represent
multicultural students, women,
and ga\ s and lesbians
' NIv hope and desire is that il
we start to get a more diverse rep
resentalion on the Student Senate,
these students would help the
Student Senate see the glitches in
the University's system and where
the problems are.” said itrian
Hoop, sponsor of the measure
Hoop said he was inspired to in
itiate the measure in March when
the senate reviewed the new non
hum pea n course requirement for
next year's freshmen
"When we were discussing
that, there were no students ot col
or there." Hoop said "The stu
dents who were there didn't com
prehend the issues and I'll admit
as a white student I don't fully un
derstand the issues and emotional
concerns of a student ot color
Turn to Petitions, P.ige I 1
Morgan-Nicolai defends holding its own line
Debt burden plays role
H\ Stephanie Mem inter
tnKTdld Reporter
/'/its is t/ie set iimi instiill
inrnt lit ,i In u p,irt senes /',»//
one appeared I rid.n
Die Springfield Morgan
\i<ulai door manutailurmg
plant has been a i enter of In
t al rontroversv loi nearly two
years perhaps long enough
for people to forget what start
ed the problem in the fust
plat e
The stiike began |rd\ 11
1‘lHH Some till) workers
walked oft the job ,liter i on
trai l negotiations between the
company and representatives
of the Western ( arum il of In
dustri.il Workers I,o< al til l a
broke down
Morgan's t ontiai t propiisal
i ailed loi a If) percent wage
i ul uumdator\ overtiine and
i uts in vat ation and othel
be lief if s
Morgan justifies it-. request
un (he grounds tli.it the i um
pain must rcmiim compel i
till* in .1 i oust I tu I inn market
tli.it is highlv i vi in .il
I hr union iii.i jut.tins th.it
\it.olai was showing record
sales and an outstanding rale
ol return on stm hholdei et|ui
tv u lien the ( ompam asked
lol tile drast k w age cut
I tennis (lilhert l niv ersits
physics proh'ssor ami long
11me labor ai tivist said the
\n olai plant is a v 11 tun of a
lev er.lged buvottl
In 1 ‘IK 1. Saug.itin k Assot i
ales a private investing linn
headquartered in the eastern
l ulled States, bought Morgan
Manufacturing and Morgan
Distribution in a leveraged
buyout putting Saugatm k
hear dv ill debt
Gilbert said Moigan took
\ii olai an alreadv profitable
companv and tried to wring
I'hfito lit Sr .in 1‘nslnii
Urs/iitr /ilr.is Innn i ill .mil i mmt\ <iHhi.ils. strikrrs .mil rui/iltu rrs h.i w mil rrlurnril In li.ir
U.iiium: t.ihli'•> m six months .it Morit.in-\ii ol.ii
moil' out ui il through wage
.111(1 llulll'ill I III-- Ill |l.l\ III! lilt'
|>.in*m( ( um|ianv s drill in
i Hired in the buyout
\\ lieu Hie i ompauv and the
union entered into negnli
alions Morgan refused to
o|ien its hooks tin rev lew In
tin’ National l.ihoi Kelutions
Ho.ml to support its if.twining
loi u .ini' (ut' t ,illiot t s.iul
I his gors against tin- Ir.tdi
tion.il pi.u In r m good t.ntli
bargaining hf s.od
I In' \ I K H .it i cptoii I his
saving tiif lomp.im was us
ilu.’, hum li.iivj.imtnu
However I.eKov Kobinson
president of Lora! tu t'), said
lin n desire from the onset
tlas hcfil to bleak tile union
(iilbnrt said Morgan had .in
lurn to Morgan, page JO