EXPONENT Friday, January 11, 1980 Bozeman, Montana Vol. 71, No. 21 Picket lines coming Monday at MSU won't be too great. "We will hope it doesn't last long. We paid for the work. by Janet Nazy great discrepancy in pay have to wait and see what have no plan of attack." In a press conference MSU is one of six state between experienced and ~pens," he said. "We will A laborers strike would Thursday Mike Kaelke, colleges and universities unexperienced employees colltii:me to operate and have substantially cut the SUB's assistant director for ad­ which will sport picket lines were his group's ·major taken ~s necessary to staff. Bertelsen said top ministrative services, said on Monday. This is a result of complaints. ensure t lilt classroom ac­ priority will go to keeping the that "negotiations have not the failure of union According to Driscoll, a tivities will not-tie disrupted." restrooms clean and main­ been as successful as we had representatives and state starting janitor makes a little Nopper said that taining heaith standards. He hoped." "We would an­ negotiators to reach a over $4 an hour. This em­ management supervisors will said he may use additonal ticipate a strike is imminent settlement at their meeting ployee, if married and sup­ be performing some services student help if it is available. on the campus on Jan. 14." in Helena on Wednesday, porting one child, is eligible they don't normally perform. The dorms will also be January 9. for welfare. Driscoll also said Wednesday the operating Also halls and rooms may using students to cover for engineers and machinist Seven unions are involved that it takes 12 1/2 years for not be as clean during the the lack of janitorial services. signed a contract agreeing on including laborers, operating that employee to reach the strike. "We anticipate to be Two possible solutions are a .50 per hour raise. This engineers, machinists, top wage. "It doesn't take operating as close to normal being considered. RAs can contract involves 11 em­ paihters, carpenters, elec­ 12 1/2 years to learn to be a as possible," he said. assign dorm residents to ployees. Kaelke also said they tricians and plumbers. Each janitor," he said. Allen Bertelsen, director of duties on a rotational basis or group is negotiating Besides increased wages, "assume that anyone with a the SUB, said, "We plan to one student can take over all settled contract will report to separately. the union wants the ride through the strike and the duties of the floor and get The contracts expired June university system to exempt work on Monday. l"!;l,')~~...,,-!"!'~'P.". ... ,.."11. 30 and talks have been in laborers from the pay plan. ~ .. progress for a year. On The plan determines salaries ..... •V~: December 27, state on the basis of exeperience '' ' negotiators met with union and years in service. representatives and offered The number of employees them a pay increase of 62 at MSU who will strike is cents an hour. That offer uncertain according to was rejected. After Wed­ Director of Administration nesday's further unsuccessful Tom Nopper. "It all depends negotiations a strike seems on which groups honor the inevitable. strike," he said. The largest and most vocal Some of the groups are group is the Laborers Union, very close to settlemtnt. But who consist primarily of the laborers are almost custodians. Jerry Driscoll, certain to walk out. They spokesman for the laborers, number 81 at MSU. said that low wages and the Nopper is hoping the effect Regents decide Nursing program All the recent snow was definitely sufficient for Bridger to open the remains in Butte $1 million down the drain The Montana State cerned about the decision by Scott Peters include the architect's fees make their move. ASMSU University administration's from an administrative point The Strand Union Building and renovation necessary to and MSU administration got decision to eliminate the of view. MSU President renovation program, ap­ bring the building within together and determined that clinical nursing program in Tietz's decision was com­ proved by the students last present firecodes. Firecode they could spend $5 million on Butte was reversed by the pletely overridden by the school year, may finally get renovation may cost almost a the project without having to state Board of Regents of Regents. it's initial building proposal million dollars all by itself. raise student building fees. Higher Education Monday. The Regent's decision will by the end of this month. The architects, the A & E Not raising the fees was a Members of MSU's School of mean the continuation of the That's the good news. partnership, have been primary priority in getting Nursing are concerned about 36-st udent, seven-faculty The other news is that the working without a contract the money together. this reversal, said Kay program in the upper level project has been hampered by . since they began work on the Once the students ap­ Chafey, Assistant Dean of the clinical training program at so many delays that it "may project on July 16, a situation proved I he usage of that School of Nursing, Wenesday. St. James Community have lost almost as much as a they are less than enthused money, the campus architect Chafey said the Board of Hospital in Butte. million dollars" due to in­ with. began a study to determine Regents failed to suggest how One of the arguments used flation and changing interest The layered saga of the the needs of the SUB and the the Butte program would be for maintaining the Butte rates, according· to Paul building project began years means to meet those needs financed. program is that Butte needs Fruin, the SUB's assistant before the student within the $5 million dollar "We thought the decision nurses. director. referendum, when the SUB budget. (1 o close the Bufte program) "So do many Montana The initial plans presented board, campus architect Andy On August 31, Van was a thoughtful one," said communities," said Chafey. Io the architects came back Van Teylingen, and other Teylingen submitted a two­ Chafey. "It was in keeping "Sydney, Glasgow, and from them in early October interested parties began to page document. The proposal with the mandate to cut Livingston, for instance. If with an estimated budget of meet to discuss ·the SUB's was I ermed as a "wishbook" costs." you carried this argument to approximately $8,600,000. limitations and possible by Van Teylingen. Con­ Chafey said that the School an extreme, we would have a Much of that increase came solutions lo them. taining no descriptions of the of Nursinl! staff was con- (Continued to page 6) from the committee failing to Last year they decided to ( Continued to page 7) ;,,,f"!ll EXPOHENT 2 Friday, January 11, 1980 -- ------- - -------------------------------"-:.....:...==~:.!....:.:.:::'...... UPl u~m~w~ Applicants needed for training ~(lJJ~UYit & ~W The College of Education at requires a Iwo-year com­ 'We encourage applications as Montana State University is mil ment by the aplplicant. soon as possible," aid Dr. Carter takes aim against Soviet Union accepting applications for a During the first four quar­ Robert Thibeault, professor proposed program designed ters, the applicant will take of educational administration. President Carter lold a meetmg of former government to I rain and place educators in coursework at MSU. The "We need an idea of the lead~~s toda~ !he United States must make a stronger show administrative positions in internship will begin in mid­ interest by January 10." of m~tary i;nght ~~cou nte r Soviet agression in Afghanistan rural schools in Montana. August, 1981 and extend and mcreasmg militancy among Iranians holding American . The Iarget population for through a complete school For more information, hostages in Tehran. I he program is women in year in public schools in interested persons should call In a bid for bipartisan support during the most troubled eeducation who want to be Montana. 994-4933. Application forms time of his presidency, Carter summoned the diplomatic and come administarators in rural One-half of the internship may be obtained by writing: defense elite of every previous administration since the schools. Men are also invited will involve a large Class AA Dr. Robert Thibeault, days of Dwight Eisenhower. to apply for the program or Class A school with the Eucational Services, Mon­ .~arter. did not go into details of strengthening the U.S. which begins next fall at other half spent in a rural tana State University, military m the troubled region, where two carrier-led naval MSU. Class B or Class C school. Bozeman, 59717. task forces have already movedto the Indian Ocean. In further sanctions against the Soviet Union, Carter also Applicants must qualify for The admission to a graduate 1980 JABBERWOCKY suspi;nded for at least one month all existing export licenses program in Educational for high-technology and strategic products that American firms planned to sell the Soviets. Administration at MSU. Upon acceptance by the on 'selves federal government of a grant Iranians impose curfew proposal, 12 interns will be A key aide to the Ayatollah Khoemini in Iran says there selected for the first training has been some movement toward releasing the hostages. program. But the aide did not specify what the movement was and Under Ihe proposal each cautioned that, in any event, it would be weeks befo~ the intern will receive a stipend hostages are freed. of $10,000 during the training The State Department says it sees no cause for any period.