Big,lAiiJMn- 'Ja-Otf* Asst. Student A6LE EYE Faculty Votes For Agent Undei Pennsylvania Stale; Legislature Act 195 permitting collective bargaining for public employees, the faculties of the 14 state-owned colleges are presently engaged in selecting their bargaining agent. Today the 4,100 teachers of these institutions will vote for their statewide representative. On the ballot will be four choices — the American Association of University Professors, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University F a c u l t i e s , the American Federation of T e a c h e r s , and a category for " n o representation." From all the votes cast on the 14 campuses, the one organization chosen by majority vote will represent the collective faculty. At LHS, faculty factions have been promoting among their collegues the merits of two particular organizations - AAUP and APSCUF. AAUP is a 56-year-old national organization which last year established the Pennsylvania State Council of State College Faculties as their bargaining unit. Traditionally AAUP has promoted academic freedom and has been especially effective in preserving rights and protection for college and university administrations.'^ Recently entering the area of collective bargaining this organization a l s o seeks higher salaries, uniform tenure laws, and due process. Presently the Pennsylvania State college s y s tem salaries rank very low in relation to neighboring s t a t e s . APSCUF is a Pennsylvania organization affiliated since last winter with the Pennsylvania Association of Higher Education, a member of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. APSCUF has been involved for over 20 years with matters affecting higher education in Pennsylvania While not de-emphasizing academic freedom, APSCUF is primarily concerned with an improved salary schedule, tenure, and fringe benefits such as sick leave, retirement, hospitalization, and faculty leave. Both organizations claim that collective bargaining will be beneficial to the state college system. At this time, the system is under considerable financial pressure due to large budget allocations to the state-related universities and the community colleges. Under the new Master Plan for Education in Pennsylvania, private colleges and universities will be an additional drain on the resources of the state colleges. It is felt that through collective bargaining, the state college system can be upgraded, can receive a proper share of the state educational budget, and can secure protection of rights for state college teaching personnel. Collective bargaining will also tend to regulate procedures in all 14 state colleges. Indirectly, students will benefit from this situation since conceivably present tuitions and fees could be maintained or lowered and the quality of individual colleges can be improved. Adversely, it is possible that many faculty functions will be replaced by the bargaining agent thus eliminating the limited student participation in those functions. Dr. William Reich, local representative to the Pennsylvania State Council of AAUP, and Mrs. Margaret Neilson, President of the local AAUP chapter, pointed out that AAUP is an organization especially created for college professors and as such will be totally committed to matters concerning higher education. A A U P is concerned with academic excellence, and many improvements of college campuses, such as the faculty Senate, have been sponsered by AAUP. This organization upholds the right of faculty to participate in political activity (AAUP is currently defending Angela Davis). In the spring ot* 1970 AAUP put out guidelines for student rights and responsibilities, favoring student involvement in college governing bodies. It upholds the rights of women on college and university faculties, and favors maintaining the existing faculty position with the governing body. Mrs. Neilson feels that another of AAUP's strong points is caution against acting too hastily in vital i s s u e s . Local President Dr. Daniel Showan and William Powell, speaking for APSCUF, feel that the affiliation with PSEA gives their organization more power with which to represent college prolessors. It claims more experience in matters concerning collective bargaining and an effective existing lobby in Harrisburg with the resources to promote their programs. APSCUF was instrumental in writing and lobbying for Act 1 3 , which would give local autonomy to individual state colleges. Because collective bargaining will result in a master contract for all 14 state colleges. Dr. Showan feels that the issue of academic freedom will resolve itself through the protective terms of this all-inclusive contract. Dean Smalley Judicial System Advocates At LH The following is an interview with James K. Smalley, Assistant Dean of Men and current Dean of Men. QUESTION: As far as the Dean of Men's Office is concerned, what is the most serious or most frequently encountered prolem you have? ANSWER: Well, any prohiem we have is serious to the student involved. Broadly speaking, however, our most serious concern IS that the campus community has a false impression as to what the Dean of Men's job really is. It seems as though both students and faculty see us as the campus disciplinarians. We are supposed to keep men students in line. In effect, we are viewed as campus "super cops" and in cases of studeni misconduct we are seen as pioliccman, prosecuting attorney, judge and jury. This, is an unfair image because the majority of our work with men students is generally not related to problems of misconduct. QUESTION: How did your role us "super c o p " evolve? Surely there must have been some basis for that image. ANSWER: .you're right. You see, traditionally the Dean of Men was a heavy-fisted strict disciplinarian. That rale evolved over many years and had its roots m the loco parentis concept which held that college officials should control or regulate the behavior of students in the absence of their parents. Thus, the regulation and control of men students was put into the hands of r strict male faculty member who was given the title ot Dean of Men. QUESTION: Many responsible students here at Lock Haven honestly feel that the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women are still disciplinarians and are afraid of them. You have said that you are not a "super c o p " , but in many instances you really are one. Do you a g r e e ANSWER: Unfortunately, you are right to an extent. However, much of the fault for our situation here at Lock Haven State rests partly on the shoulders of our strdent body. Now, let me explain that point if I may. You see, last year the Deans initiated an honest effort to assist student-^ in 'i^e development of a studeni judiciary system which would have the major responsibility of handling cases of student misconduct. Such a system would have resulted in peer group justice—not justice determined by the Deans. Unfortunately, the Student Cooperative Council objected to portions of the judiciary system developed by Dean Cornelius and a student committee. As a result the whole document was rejected by the SCC. At that point Dr. John Bone, the Dean of Student Affairs, requested that the SCC leaders develop a different document acceptable to both the College and the students. This was done and two meetings with sludent leaders and personnel deans in attendance were held. Definite progress was made at bath meetings. Unfortunately, the students apparently lost interest and failed to call any additional conferences and the question was dropped. As it now stands we are no closer to a student court setup than we were two years ago. Out of necessity the personnel deans contimue in some instances to handle discipline problems. QUESTION; Do you mean that students could have a judicial system to determine their own guilt or innocence if they were willing to develop a court system? ANSWER: Yes, the personnel deans favor such a system over the current one and without question would be willing to assist students in working toward the goal. I should point out that the women students already have a functioning court system in their residence halls. QUESTION: Do other state colleges have student courts? Club To Present The LHS History Club will presenl Dr. Kent Forster, Chairman of the Department of History at Pennsylvania State University, who will speak on the timely topic, "Graduate Work in History: Prospects and C h a l l e n g e s . " Dr. Forster's presentation is scheduled for tonight at 7:30 in Bentley Hall Lounge. Dr. Forster became a faculty member at PSU in 1941, having had his professorship temporarily int erupted for fulfill of duty as Capi,i!i! in the Air F'orce during World War II. lie is a graduate of Washingloti and Lee University, having later earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history at tlie LIniversity of I'ennsylvania. A I'rolcsMii ol I'.uropeaii Hi.stiiry with a kern interest in dipiomatii' liistory, Dr. l-'orster lias sci ved I'enn Slate :is chair111,111 of llie lii.-,Iruc tiniuil ('oiii- Forster mittee in International Understanding, directed the Summer Workshop Program in International Understanding (1958-61) and served as an advisor for the University's Study Abroad Programs since 1962, a s well as the Cosmopolitan Club. Dr. Forster is the author or co-author of five books and numerous articles, the most recent of his co-authorships being with Dr. Elton Atwater an' of c o a c h i n g at e a s t one ! • nc game without paying rccetilK s l a p p e d a man n; the face and t h - n s t a b b e d him in the a d m i s s i o n s i n c e the sit c f the c o n t e s t reverts b a c k to the h a c k alter he has done as much or more for LHS than any p e r s o n i-.astern D i v i s i o n t h i s s e a r . in the s c h o o l ' s 101 >ear htslorv . Informed s o u r c e s s a \ that b a s k e t b a l l coach .Itm C h r i s t o p h e r With the levying of an a c t i v i t y fee for f a c u l t y , staff, and h a s i n d i c a t e d he will r a n t , r a v e , and perform with a s many c o l l e g e p e r s o n n e l , the SCC h a s h u m i l i a t e d this m a n , who has o f f i c i a l s a s p o s s i b l e this s e a s o n to get h i s m o n e \ ' s worth out b e e n r e s p o n s i b l e for LHS r e c e i v i n g n a t i o n w i d e r e c o g n i t i o n . of his a d m i s s i o n fee for LHS home g a m e s . Although BalJ E a g l e s a t h l e t e s , mainly w r e s t l e r s , have T h e s e same s o u r c e s s a y t h a t Ken C o x , colorlul LHS mat b e e n r e s p o n s i b l e for c r e a t i n g t h e r e c o g n i t i o n , F . R o s s N e v e l , mentor who s o u n d s like a wildman r o d e o cowboy during w r e s t l ,lr-, ha^ 'leen the man r e s p o n s i b l e for t h e s e a t h l e t e s and LHS ing m a t c h e s , h a s i n d i c a t e d his d o u b l e flip during l a s t s e a s o n ' s r e c e i v i i g liieir due crci'.it, tnatch with E a s t S t r o u d s b u r g will look like a warmup e x e r c i s e I'o* ainv.ist Ml \ e a r s the current s p o r t s intoiniuiion d i - compared to the r e p e r t o i r e h e h a s p j a n n e d for this s e u s o n ' s m a t r e c t o r , s e n t r e l e a s e s to n a i i o n a l p u b l i c a t i o n s on . ' u i s t a n d i n g c h e s . H e , too, h a s i n d i c a t e d he might a s well get h i s m o n e y ' s B a l d E a g l e a t h l e t e s king a h e a d to the winter s p o r t s s c h e d u l e we c a n ICrsce LHS SID. the SCC has h u n i i l i a t e d t h i s man by s l a p p i n g an a h y p o t h e t i c a l c o n v e r s a t i o n b e t w e e n the LHS b a s k e t b a l l c o a c h a c t i v i t y fee on hint. I h i s lee ,i llow s him a c c e s s to all LHS and a n o t h e r member of the LHS p h y s . e d . staff. a t h l e t i c e v e n t s and other SCC s p o n s o r e d a c t i v i t i e s . Staff member: " W e l l J i m , you h a v e a tough one t o n i g h t . Nevel now b e c o m e s probabU the first and onl\ SID in the How do t h i n g s l o o k ' " ' n a t i o n who h a s to pa\- t o c o v e r an a t h l e t i c event a s part of h i s C o a c h : " T e r r i b l e ' I c a n ' t make t o n i g h t ' s g a m e . " j o b . We j u s t c a n ' t s e e how the SCC could have made s u c h a Member; "Why nof;"'" h u m i l i a t i n g d e c i s i o n on a man who would have probably cut C o a c h ; " W e l l b a c k in the s e m e s t e r when S C C l e v i e d that off his right arm for the l.HS s t u d e n t body at v a r i o u s times damn a c t i v i t y f e e , 1 had car p r o b l e m s and had to s p e n d quite a through his y e a r s a s s o c i a t e d with the c o l l e g e . bit of money a n d c o u l d n ' t afford t h e i r ' p a c k a g e d e a l . ' S o , s i n c e Few s t u d e n t s and col lege p e r s o n n e l r e a l i z e the man\ things then I've been p a y i n g for e a c h i n d i v i d u a l g a m e . Now the baby N e v r l has done for LHS in the p a s t .10 y e a r s . He h a s s a c r i f i c e d is s i c k and I s p e n t my l a s t p a y c h e c k on doctor b i l l s and I t . m t a>vay from his famiU and for no pav b e c a u s e he felt LHS d o n ' t have the money for a t i c k e t for t o n i g h t ' s g a m e . " a t h l e t e s should r e c e i v e their n e e d e d r e c o g n i t i o n . In our a s s o Member: " G e e , you h a v e had some tough l u c k . Well, how c i a t i o n with N e v e l wc have s e e n many of t h e s e s i t u a t i o n s , a b o u t your a s s i s t a n t . H e ' l l be a b l e to t a k e over y air d u t i e s . " o v e r l o o k e d by the LHS s t u d e n t b o d y . But one i n c i d e n t c l e a r l y C o a c h ; " I ' m afraid n o t . H e ' s b e e n s i c k the p a s t c o u p l e ot c o m e s to mind. d a y s and was s e n t home t h i s morning with a bad c a s e of the Two s p r i n g s a g o , the SCC e x e c u t i v e b o a r d , a l s o short of flu and h a s to r e m a i n in bed t h e n e x t few d a y s . " funds a t the time, c o n s i d e r e d hiring N e v e l a s SID on a n e x Member; " W e l l you could a s k the S C C e x e c u t i v e board to perimental b a s i s , until r e c e i v e d a p p r o v a l from the s t a t e for a handle the team t o n i g h t s i n c e they i n i t i a t e d this r i d i c u l o u s SID. His job would h a v e b e e n the s a m e a s it is n o w , b u t his f e e . " s a l a r y would have been a m e a g e r $1,800- In order to hire him C o a c h ; " Y e a h . I've b e e n c o n t e m p l a t i n g about t h a t , but I at t h i s s a l a r y the e x e c u t i v e board had to cut the budget s o m e - w o u l d n ' t give them the s a t i s f a c t i o n . I've a l r e a d y a s k e d them w h e r e . The a t h l e t i c d e p a r t m e n t (LHS c o a c h e s ) felt a SID w a s if they would a c c e p t my lOU, but they w a n t me to pay them s o v i t a l for L H S , they were w i l l i n g tt) c o m p l e t e l y c u t out one 10 p e r c e n t i n t e r e s t . " sport and cut down on their own b u d g e t s . But the true lover of Member; " T h e y ' v e got n e r v e . But, w h a t are you g o i n g to s p o r t s that he is and a s u p p o r t e r of s t u d e n t s , Nevel d e c l i n e d do':"' the j o b with r e t r i b u t i o n , s t a t i n g he would do the j o b for no pay C o a c h : " I ' v e d e c i d e d to leave a note at the p r e s s table at a l l before he wal4 eagle to n e i " Found - In front of administration building - a small brown and white mixed puppy. Owner please contact Wilinie, Barb, or Sally. Rm. 6 Woolridge. Ext. 407 Pregnant? Need Help? 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