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ÛEEGJ W ê è ê f w ê ë V • P H r H P H r B M r 'Arjo' U net m officiai psMxxilioB Stecitoa State Caftep*. i»«i U «ob-fa New J«rB»y. Volume 19 Number 17 Pomona, N.J. 08240 Monday March 5, 1979 Texas Correspondent: Tattoo Convention s e e p i g e t wo Board Approves Staffing Plan, Nixes Dean By Jennifer King The faculty staffing plan proposed and tabled at the January Board ot Trustees meeting was approved by the Trustees at their February 28 meeting with the addition of an Affirmative Action amendment. The plan, which was opposed by many members of the faculty, imposes a 66 2 / 3 tenure limit on each program within the school, with review of the program after tenure has reached 50 percent. The major faculty concerns involved the effect of such quotas upon programs composed of only four or five faculty, those programs already fully t e n u r e d , which would have difficulty recruiting new faculty for non-tenure track positions, and programs which are already fully or almost fully tenured with white male faculty members, causing difficulty with Stockton's recently reaffirmed Affirm-ative Action policy. Discussion of this last problem led to an amendment, proposed by Trustee Matthias Rodri-guez, that the quota be applied "except where these guidelines wuld unreasonably conflict with or restrict the Affirmative Action program prev-iously approved by this Board. Ralph Bean, Moderator of the Faculty Assembly, informed the Board of his oppositin to the resolution, stating that "I am still opposed to people coming up against a number and losing their j o b s . " He supports a program of " . . . r a t i o n a l hiring...rigorous evalua-tion, (and) long term p l a n n i n g . . ." However, the Board, worried about the problems of other colleges with high t e n u r e (such as J e r s e y City State, which has somehow managed to achieve a tenure quota of 101 percent) p r e f e r r e d the quota system. Trustee David Taylor indicated that " . . . t h e re is the implication in the policy itself that there will from time to time be exceptions...but these exceptions will be i n f r e q u e n t ." Later in the meeting the Board approved the appointment of Rob Trow to the position of Vice President of Administration and Finance. (Trow has served as acting vice-president since the departure of Richard Gajew-ski last fall.) In addition the Trustees also approv-ed the non-retention recommendation of Rae Siporin, Dean of General Studies. Siporin is the only senior woman administrator at Stockton, and is the fifth dean of general studies in the college's seven years of operation. Trustee Taylor, who is chairperson of the Presidential Search and Selection Committee, reported to the Board that the candidates have been narrowed down to six (with two "hanging in the b a l a n c e " ) . They will be interviewed by the Committee in mid-March and " t h r e e or f o u r " will be brought in on campus in April to meet members of the Stockton community. Faculty Union Calls For Strike Vote By Jennifer King The Council of New Jersey State College Locals has called for a strike vote on Thursday and Friday, March 8 and 9. If the strike resolution is passed, and a contract settlement is not reached by the union and the state by March 19, a strike will commence on that date. The Chancellor of Higher Education, T. Edward Hollander, has responded to the announcement of a strike vote with a letter to the presidents of the s t a t e colleges notifying them that they may not permit a strike vote to take place on college grounds. He indicated that since it is illegal for the faculty to strike, a strike vote is also illegal. Stockton Federation of Teachers president Kay Williams comm'ented, when informed of Hollander's comm-unication, " I t ' s just another indication of the s t a t e ' s refusal to allow good faith action by its employees. Having a vote of the members on any issue is a r i g h t ." J im Judy, acting President of Stock-ton, expressed his reluctance to enforce the order but indicated that "I have no choice in the m a t t e r . " When questioned about the possibility of a strike, he replied, "My only assump-tion is that, since there is a no-strike clause in the contract, there will be no s t r i k e ." Representatives of the state negotia-ting team in Trenton have been unavailable for comment. Ospreys By Kevin O'Brien After surprising the NJSCAC by first winning their division, the Ospreys went one step closer to the champion-ship by beating Montclair State in the first round of the playoff*, 63-56. As game time on Saturday approach-ed, an aura of excitement filled the gym. With all the television cameras and sportscasters it looked as if Stockton was going big-time. From the opening t a p it was apparent that both teams had the jitters. However, Jersey City started popping and they went on to a 13-6 lead. Tyrone "Slick" Austin kept the game close by hitting everything he tossed up. Behind his shooting, the Ospreys cut the deficit to 22 to 21. From there the Gothics ran off eight unanswered points to take a 30 to 21 lead. The Ospreys still had a few mental lapses as they fell behind at t h e half, 43 to 29. Things continued the same in the; Review Leakey On Man's Origins By George Milne The Performing Arts Center played host last Monday to the celebrated Richard Leakey. Famed for his paleon-tological discoveries in East Africa made along with his father, he came to speak on the origin of Man. The beginning of the lecture seemed to b e aimed at arousing the curiosity o! his audience. A few well aimed questions had even the most apathetic wondering about the environmental circumstances that led to Man's appearance; when did Man learn tc walk upright? How long did it take him to learn? What pushed our ancestors into becoming the supposedly intelli-gent species we are today? The good Doctor then proceeded with his slide presentation complete with artistic renditions"of early hominiads. It was around this time Dr. Leakey began to sound like a low budget National Geographic documentary. However, most of his slides were rather basic, but then again the crowd was not as well grounded in the subject for him to have gone into any detail. Despite a rather dry slide show, the Doctor was quite interesting. One thing that impressed me was the fact that he did not once mention his father, a famous archeologist in his own.right. He obviously chooses not to live in his f a t h e r ' s shadow but rather takes an educational role for his cause. It is unfortunate that Dr. Leakey wasn't here Saturday afternoon. He would have had a field day at the Wildman's Convention at Cabin 4. second half, so Coach Joe Carideo tried different combinations of players for that winning combination. How-ever, the Gothic defense was tough and they were shooting well as the Ospreys never came closer then seven points in the second half. The final score was Gothics 86, Ospreys 69. Even though the Ospreys lost, they have a hell of a lot to be proud of. At the beginning of the season, people were saying Stockton who? They also played their hearts out in the championship same, but things just didn't t u r n outright.They hustled a lot as signified by Joe Kowalkowski, Duane Murauski, and Jimmy Gaines all fouling out. Congratulations to them, Slick Austin, Captain Bob Urie, and the rest of the squad for an exciting season. Best wishes to the graduating seniors, and to the rest of the squad. We'll be looking for more good things in t h e 79-80 season. Blackout By Dan Ramage • Last Thursday Stockton had the first large power failure in its history. The blackout caused many classes (espec-ially ones without windows) to be cancelled in the daytime and the cancellation of all college activities at night. The cause of t h i s power failure came from an electrical short in the high voltage line which runs from the campus plant throughout the entire main building. Plant Management electricians had to isolate the short which eventually was found near K-wing. This took th& entire day. Emergency lights were kept on in the building due to the use of emergency generators located in each phase of tb school. Continued on page 9
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Title | Argo: Volume 19, Number 17 |
Date | 1979-03-05 |
Publisher | Argo Corporation |
Subjects | The Weekly Stockton Community Newspaper |
Publication Title | Argo |
Publication Date Range | 1971 - present |
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Title | Argo: Volume 19, Number 17 |
Date | March 5, 1979 |
Publisher | Argo Corporation |
Transcript | ÛEEGJ W ê è ê f w ê ë V • P H r H P H r B M r 'Arjo' U net m officiai psMxxilioB Stecitoa State Caftep*. i»«i U «ob-fa New J«rB»y. Volume 19 Number 17 Pomona, N.J. 08240 Monday March 5, 1979 Texas Correspondent: Tattoo Convention s e e p i g e t wo Board Approves Staffing Plan, Nixes Dean By Jennifer King The faculty staffing plan proposed and tabled at the January Board ot Trustees meeting was approved by the Trustees at their February 28 meeting with the addition of an Affirmative Action amendment. The plan, which was opposed by many members of the faculty, imposes a 66 2 / 3 tenure limit on each program within the school, with review of the program after tenure has reached 50 percent. The major faculty concerns involved the effect of such quotas upon programs composed of only four or five faculty, those programs already fully t e n u r e d , which would have difficulty recruiting new faculty for non-tenure track positions, and programs which are already fully or almost fully tenured with white male faculty members, causing difficulty with Stockton's recently reaffirmed Affirm-ative Action policy. Discussion of this last problem led to an amendment, proposed by Trustee Matthias Rodri-guez, that the quota be applied "except where these guidelines wuld unreasonably conflict with or restrict the Affirmative Action program prev-iously approved by this Board. Ralph Bean, Moderator of the Faculty Assembly, informed the Board of his oppositin to the resolution, stating that "I am still opposed to people coming up against a number and losing their j o b s . " He supports a program of " . . . r a t i o n a l hiring...rigorous evalua-tion, (and) long term p l a n n i n g . . ." However, the Board, worried about the problems of other colleges with high t e n u r e (such as J e r s e y City State, which has somehow managed to achieve a tenure quota of 101 percent) p r e f e r r e d the quota system. Trustee David Taylor indicated that " . . . t h e re is the implication in the policy itself that there will from time to time be exceptions...but these exceptions will be i n f r e q u e n t ." Later in the meeting the Board approved the appointment of Rob Trow to the position of Vice President of Administration and Finance. (Trow has served as acting vice-president since the departure of Richard Gajew-ski last fall.) In addition the Trustees also approv-ed the non-retention recommendation of Rae Siporin, Dean of General Studies. Siporin is the only senior woman administrator at Stockton, and is the fifth dean of general studies in the college's seven years of operation. Trustee Taylor, who is chairperson of the Presidential Search and Selection Committee, reported to the Board that the candidates have been narrowed down to six (with two "hanging in the b a l a n c e " ) . They will be interviewed by the Committee in mid-March and " t h r e e or f o u r " will be brought in on campus in April to meet members of the Stockton community. Faculty Union Calls For Strike Vote By Jennifer King The Council of New Jersey State College Locals has called for a strike vote on Thursday and Friday, March 8 and 9. If the strike resolution is passed, and a contract settlement is not reached by the union and the state by March 19, a strike will commence on that date. The Chancellor of Higher Education, T. Edward Hollander, has responded to the announcement of a strike vote with a letter to the presidents of the s t a t e colleges notifying them that they may not permit a strike vote to take place on college grounds. He indicated that since it is illegal for the faculty to strike, a strike vote is also illegal. Stockton Federation of Teachers president Kay Williams comm'ented, when informed of Hollander's comm-unication, " I t ' s just another indication of the s t a t e ' s refusal to allow good faith action by its employees. Having a vote of the members on any issue is a r i g h t ." J im Judy, acting President of Stock-ton, expressed his reluctance to enforce the order but indicated that "I have no choice in the m a t t e r . " When questioned about the possibility of a strike, he replied, "My only assump-tion is that, since there is a no-strike clause in the contract, there will be no s t r i k e ." Representatives of the state negotia-ting team in Trenton have been unavailable for comment. Ospreys By Kevin O'Brien After surprising the NJSCAC by first winning their division, the Ospreys went one step closer to the champion-ship by beating Montclair State in the first round of the playoff*, 63-56. As game time on Saturday approach-ed, an aura of excitement filled the gym. With all the television cameras and sportscasters it looked as if Stockton was going big-time. From the opening t a p it was apparent that both teams had the jitters. However, Jersey City started popping and they went on to a 13-6 lead. Tyrone "Slick" Austin kept the game close by hitting everything he tossed up. Behind his shooting, the Ospreys cut the deficit to 22 to 21. From there the Gothics ran off eight unanswered points to take a 30 to 21 lead. The Ospreys still had a few mental lapses as they fell behind at t h e half, 43 to 29. Things continued the same in the; Review Leakey On Man's Origins By George Milne The Performing Arts Center played host last Monday to the celebrated Richard Leakey. Famed for his paleon-tological discoveries in East Africa made along with his father, he came to speak on the origin of Man. The beginning of the lecture seemed to b e aimed at arousing the curiosity o! his audience. A few well aimed questions had even the most apathetic wondering about the environmental circumstances that led to Man's appearance; when did Man learn tc walk upright? How long did it take him to learn? What pushed our ancestors into becoming the supposedly intelli-gent species we are today? The good Doctor then proceeded with his slide presentation complete with artistic renditions"of early hominiads. It was around this time Dr. Leakey began to sound like a low budget National Geographic documentary. However, most of his slides were rather basic, but then again the crowd was not as well grounded in the subject for him to have gone into any detail. Despite a rather dry slide show, the Doctor was quite interesting. One thing that impressed me was the fact that he did not once mention his father, a famous archeologist in his own.right. He obviously chooses not to live in his f a t h e r ' s shadow but rather takes an educational role for his cause. It is unfortunate that Dr. Leakey wasn't here Saturday afternoon. He would have had a field day at the Wildman's Convention at Cabin 4. second half, so Coach Joe Carideo tried different combinations of players for that winning combination. How-ever, the Gothic defense was tough and they were shooting well as the Ospreys never came closer then seven points in the second half. The final score was Gothics 86, Ospreys 69. Even though the Ospreys lost, they have a hell of a lot to be proud of. At the beginning of the season, people were saying Stockton who? They also played their hearts out in the championship same, but things just didn't t u r n outright.They hustled a lot as signified by Joe Kowalkowski, Duane Murauski, and Jimmy Gaines all fouling out. Congratulations to them, Slick Austin, Captain Bob Urie, and the rest of the squad for an exciting season. Best wishes to the graduating seniors, and to the rest of the squad. We'll be looking for more good things in t h e 79-80 season. Blackout By Dan Ramage • Last Thursday Stockton had the first large power failure in its history. The blackout caused many classes (espec-ially ones without windows) to be cancelled in the daytime and the cancellation of all college activities at night. The cause of t h i s power failure came from an electrical short in the high voltage line which runs from the campus plant throughout the entire main building. Plant Management electricians had to isolate the short which eventually was found near K-wing. This took th& entire day. Emergency lights were kept on in the building due to the use of emergency generators located in each phase of tb school. Continued on page 9 |
Subjects | The Weekly Stockton Community Newspaper |
Publication Title | Argo |
Publication Date Range | 1971 - present |
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