University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Daniel Smith Wendy Waldman, the 24-year old singer and com- poser from Los Angeles, entertained 1000 people in the Student Union Ballroom. Waldman accompa- nied herself on guitar, piano, and dulcimer. She sang many songs from her latest album - her third. man The Student Government Associ- ation QSGAJ, election resulted in a vic- tory for co-candidates Ellen Gavin and Henry Ragin. Gavin and Ragin felt the victory showed a mandate from the students to move toward a student union. Approximately 6,000 students turned out to vote. This election at this time was made possible by former SGA President John 0'Keefe's resignation from office in fulfillment of his cam- paign platform promise. His stepping down allowed for the institution of the new popular election procedure rather than the traditional electoral vote, and for holding the first publicly financed election for the office of SGA President in the country. The four candidates - two running jointly - were allotted S200 each in campaign money by the SGA and were held accountable for their expenses. In addition, this was an election of 127 senatorial candidates vying for 120 seats. Five hundred members of the Third World community rallied to protest campus-wide racism which they attri- bute to discriminatory attitudes by white students. Two incidents which were felt to be racist attacks on Third World people prompted this call for unity. They were the attack of a black woman by five white males in Southwest, and the confrontation be- between eleven Third World persons and Bluewall bouncers. The rally pro- ceeded from the New Africa House to Whitmore, and on to the Bluewall where a number of speakers were heard. Speakers pointed out areas of discrimination and stressed the need for pulling together.

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Mike Bardsley s Union of Student Employees QUSEQ petitioned the Massachusetts State Labor Rela- tions Board to be recognized as a legal union, The University had spent much money against the for- mation of USE during four separate hearings before the Labor Board. The University questioned whether the law recognized student workers as public employees. University La- bor Coordinator Harold Overing said UMass contested the USE petition since it dealt only with Campus Cen- ter workers. They felt that if the Commission granted the Union bar- gaining rights then the Union should include all student workers. USE thought of the Campus Center as a separate unit of interrelated depart- ments where workers would have similar grievances. Overing said the University further contested the in- clusion of hourly workers, which throws students and non-students together in one petition. If the Labor Board granted USE their petition, an election would be held in which all University employees could vote on which union, if any, they want to re- present them. l Jim Paulin V . Almost 1500 demonstrators from 22 state colleges gathered on the Boston Common to hear speeches and de- mands against budget cuts. Eighty stu- dents from UMass-Amherst attended. Protesters remained for two and a half hours in front of the State House steps. Speakers called for united action in let- ting the legislators know that students wouldn't tolerate more cuts in their education. John Chase, a representa- tive of the 5,100 faculty in the state system, said the faculty pledged their support against decreasing the budget. Senate Ways and Means Chairman, James Kelly, spoke of the tuition in- crease as a compromise of a difficult situation. Seventy-seven UMass administra- tors, among them Chancellor Ran- dolph W. Bromery, did not receive a paycheck the week of October 3. The administrators voluntarily deferred the money in the administration payroll ac- count to the payroll account for the 4,000 University employees' pay- checks. The money was switched back into the administrators' account at a later date. The University's inability to meet its full payroll was caused by the failure of the Head Controller of the Secretary of Administration and Fi- nance to implement a law designed to give UMass the fiscal autonomy to transfer money between accounts. ln the future, Bromery said that money would have to be transferred from ac- counts which provide money for such things as supplies in order to meet pay- rolls. 5 0 9 X G 9 ae! 376 'G 3 A 5 '. 3 , ogy X ONQQQF: 8 fill'-1? Encnnrxtv U9 35 oe i LQ' NCC ol EE S --4 Milf - 1 f oevilcllo BMW- E MGMT . Omg! CUMHUI HMM RU PM SX M Q-QS 'f flZEC'2ie N H ESR' if wvtow- movies 'SSM tn :.MOl-l ' x 1 s wtf New , R . f. 109 ig?-T' PM SX M 100375 DUQNON CODE f -5 NUMBER QE-ff 'f i '-1 ,i if 1' EMPLOYEE igsiii Deli ' T ,f-' ' ATEMENT B 1 7 9 5 W PAY ST of 75 0 ,V I A-0313-Z5i lair Ns U- 'L' :MDI OYEE 5 f ruff- f-H5912 m:niifTlO'?' COE ,,7, EMPLOYEES T VA s - --,V ii 1 Q :S ,N Y TAT ' 4: if PA S EMEN isfliiiif NJEEEH oeoucriow Coos Sl bro Amour-ir i Nonmmfasr oc v+T 2 summer . an 3 ansicir-is DN .urasevcf PW5-if Vw T f La. . . O i l i 2O O'?M'NS NZ' l ' ' i 2 W l E Ovuwwf W i so D f Url-'M , A r l ,. li ' s c wvu o su i im. Wi it vco cssi is in,-.non W cy !75N J W 30931. W 4 ,O Fw RH QMEO i i ' 1 Y Ass ssoc D 1 i 1 i 1 co E l 5 i l , 1 E l E i J toc tu o N5 1 2 5 E s 0 ' - l 1 l '4 os s x S - - - - io t cf 4'-'tg- - s s cami Sarah Moore. 0 no-frills airlines 0 George Wallace C I g , A 7 Haggis fffiii 'E C EE-' E K OSS 3 ' 5 urn nirsii 26 News of the Year REM-ygf, O D5 . N msg YI C D- S Sli Eff is 5?S'l'Z?.f 5 NUM' 74 un nrlimm S au nu nu ua 7

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University Health Services announced that there would be a 50 cent co-payment on each prescription medication dis- pensed from the pharmacy formulary. Over the last seven years, the cost of pharmacy supplies has increased 356 percent and the use of medications has been high. -2-iv 135:51 ..A 1 i' .. l ' 1 I X' E' - V .- ' ' ' Q i-zlmii' fffi' ii. . U iii 'V , ' 3 1,3 -ai. : gg: i- 5:.ii,i5in i il, 51 - A Q-I ' A -' inf '-:iz-3.. 5' PQxi,it:eifta.i1tmmawicfvn- 1. gijngwg fl, ' f'QF 'v+ 52 A QD eg omirnirwntumistnmm 1535234 f 5.5 - 'E if r1EHELJ'iQ?FERllUl.ld.'i-.ff EEQQ.. A -nvn A ,,,. ii' ,ll ' , 5-' if ' 'P 1 'irc I - .. I -' A ff - i' v::l:'-'- . 'z' Q 535:22-ri-r-s ' ' I 51 - ig. - , fiffiiiff v ., . W . ., 7 E525 - T' ' 55f ff'i - A' ' ' E I T ' - 5225552-3 -19' ff: ' 'k '3'f 7' ' .. ,ir-5:51:55-5 5:2555 1:5-xg.. ':-33-.2-1-j:j. ' .5 1,-'-arg. :I :1 -' 5 ' N' nl l . ,.. . M frjifi- 'C l if 'fp--1g ':-:' M' . if i 1 'Egg ,:5Q?215i5-,.,ff-:ffzzfg 511- . - ' ' L ' - ' -I ' 7 . . i' ' 1321.15-I-'E H 1 - '25 iii S82 'xi ii A' '--.fffglggg 5: ' -ff aff-If-si:-j'j:3 1 ' A -A ' -,sg 51.3 , zu, I - V - .4 E I - f V V11295225mr.:-:.:.:.-f.-. -1 -4 - ' 1. Y i W: . .,,,, .... . M Bob Gamache Jay Saret Chris Bourne The Red Sox's American Pennant victo- ry and three World Series game wins prompted shouting, firecrackers, blowing of car horns, and an increase in beer sales. This excitement was severely di- minished when the Cincinnati Reds de- feated the Sox in the seventh and final game. More than 2000 students viewed the Series on the Blue Wall's large screen, while others watched from their dorm lounges, apartments, or houses. bis xx A5 -, i'-WST io 3 , kkeMOPincs: 1 moving! Members of the Veteran's Coalition for Community Affairs QVCCAJ protested the presence of U.S. Marine recruiters on campus with a list of three demands, a march, and an overnight sit-in in Memori- al Hall. The VCCA demands were: removal of all military presence from the Universi- ty: publicly stated opposition by the ad- ministration of military overflights and ad- ministration initiatives to the state legisla- ture to cease military overflightsg and public release of federal grants, con- tracts, and sub-contracts information. After negotiations, the following agree- ments were made: the VCCA would be given one week's advance notice when a branch of the U.S. armed forces would be on campus to recruit, and would be given space adjacent to recruitment rooms for their useg and the Vice-Chancellor's office would reveal all contract information which is required to be public knowledge under the Freedom of information Act. With all demands not fully met, about 50 students, many of them members of VCCA, chose to peacefully vacate Memo- rial Hall after Gage asked for and received a court injunction for the removal of the demonstrators. Jimmy Connors Q UN equates zionism and racism 0 Consumer Price Index 'v Jimmy Carter v fSLA -, Spirit of 76 28 News of the Year