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Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University The ommeC nt Campus Journals and Publications 1981 The ommeC nt, October 8, 1981 Bridgewater State College Volume 55 Number 14 Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College. (1981). The Comment, October 8, 1981. 55(14). Retrieved from: http://vc.bridgew.edu/comment/494 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. :·.f THE COMMENT •• Ubermensch! pg. 3 Mommie Meanest pg. 5 Local AAUP Chapter Comments on Censure Case The President of the AAUP's Professor Joseph Pagano, the ity and took exception to the out, was laid upon the BSC adminis These were the issues in the Har BSC chaper was contacted last President of the AAUP's local chap remark by an administration source tration, not on the faculty who voted ris case. The Associations concerns week by THE COMMENT for a ter, had several observations to that the censure was "no big deal." down the AAUP bid. He also said were both procedural and substan statement on the Harris censure make about the case. "We certainly Professor Pagano also took that the AAUP had first become tive; it claimed that BSC's proce case. are in agreement,' he said, 'with the "strong exception" to any sugges interested in the Harris case before dures for the dismissal of a tenured The BSC administration was cen stanci of the AAUP on the principle tion that the AAUP might be biased the advent of unionism at BSC. faculty member did not come up to sured by the American Association of academic freedom." He charac in the Harris case. He pointed out The AAUP is a professional the AAUP's national standard and of University Professors last June terized this principle as the most that it was the administration, not organization for persons in higher thaUhe charged against Professor for the dismissal of a tenured faculty essential element of a healthy col the faculty or the student body, that education. In its 66-year history the Harris were in fad insufficient to jus mctinber. Professor Erwin D. Harris lege campus. had been censured. The charge of Association has been largely con· tify the "extreme stet" of dimissal. was fired, according to the AAUP, in Pagano, an Assistant Professor of bias is based on the fact that the cerned with the related issues oJ Professor Pagano said that the violation of the principles of aca Chemistry at BSC, clained many AAUP, a bargaining agent for academic freedom and protection of AAUP's BSC chapter fully supports den:iic freedom and right to tenure. faculty members were embarrased faculty, who voted in favor of the tenure, which it regards as the cor the national Association's decision The college's name has been placed by the AAUP censure of the college. Massachusetts Teachers' Associa· nerstone$ of American· higher to censure the college as a matter of on the Association's censure list, He described it as a blot on BSC's tion. But censure, Pagano pointed education. principle. which receives national distribution. standing in the academic commun- October l Marked Changes Are You In Student Loans -Because of the recent passage of provide new promissory notes to all from $360 to $600 per year. Another Protected? the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation recipients of NDSL funds for the provision has already gone into Act of 1981, there are some impor 1981-82 academic year when stu effect back on August 23, 1981, tant changes in the National Direct dents appear to sign checks this first whereby students ·are charged a 5 Many students have yet to submit a deadline for purchasing health i~su- Student Loan (NDSL) and the Gua· semester. These checks along with percent origination fee on each gua required health form to.Heaith S~r· ·ranee. has pa~s~d •. many studenfs·"'·""1'~nt1een Stµdent Loap (HELP) that the.· new promissory riotes · ar:e l'ant~ed·; ,Joan~ .. This· pr,ovisf()ti · was', vices. The health forms··· provide are discovering that they passed up will ·affect B.S.C.. stu~ents and col- expected to be available toward the eriaded ' ·immediately after · the necessary information(such as the option of health insurance this lege students nationwide. The pas· latter p_art of October. Budget Bill was signed so that the immunization and aller:gied) for summer. Some made the mistake of sage of this Act in Congress in late The Guaranteed Student Loan federal government could begin to regular office visits and emergen· believing that the Health Services August marks a victory for the Rea- Program, commonly referred to as save federal interest subsidies as cies. The lack of forms has left gaps fee on the tuition bill covered the gan Administration in slowing down the HELP loan, has considerably soon as possible rather than wait in the Health Servic record files. insurance fee. As a result, many stu- the amount of federal monies availa· t:ncire changes that are more confus until October 1. The origination fee If a student comes to Health Ser· dents believe that they are covered ble f~r coll~ge students and other ing to understand by the student essential1y means that a student vices even for a routin~ office visit, for accidents and injuries. When the const1h~enc1es that depend on fed- and more cumbersome to adminis borrowing $2,500 has a 5 per cent or medical treatment cannot legally be itme comes that they have to use era! ass1stance. ter for the college. Some of these $125 subtracted from the student given before health records are con· their insurance, they might discover The National Direct Student changes are as follows. The provi when the student arrives at the bank suited. In an emergency situatilon, their mistakes. Loan (NDSL) has an increase in sion that independent students may to pick up his money. Later the stu this could be a serious problem. Check y~ur records this week. interest rate from 4 percent to 5 per- borrow up to a $3,000 maximum has dent makes payment on the full According tq Peter Hartel of the Health Services is concerned about cent, efective October 1,1981. Addi- been eliminated effective October 1, $2,500 as he enters a repayment Office of Student Services,· dormi· the welfare of BSC students . Find tionally,the grace period had been 1981. On that date independent stu schedule after leaving school. tory students are required to submit out before you need medical treat- shortenedfrom9monthsafterastu- dents will be subject to the same Another change involves the pro their health form to the Health Ser· ment whether you're covered, dent leaves school ..or graduates to a 2 ,500 maximum provision as cessing of the HELP loan applica vice, because "it is part of their con legally and financially. Call 697- 6 month grace penod before repay- dependent students. Additionally, tion at the school. When the tractual agreemEmt." 8321, ext. 386 or come to the Health· ment begins after a student leaves the minimum annual repayment on Financial Aid Office verifies the Another problem has developed Services office in person to help school. To accomplish this provi- all HELP loans disbursed on or after financial aid awarded from the at Health Services. Now that the update the files. sion the Financial Aid Office must October 1, 1981 has been increased school on the application, after Continued on .Page 4 CAMPUS COMMENT M•Y S, 1~14 Nominations for Homecoming Queen All organizations, clubs, and dorms are welcome to nominate their choice for Homecoming Que.en between October 9 lt'a .j BRADY'S PINER ....• for and 16 by contacting Tim Kennedy or Lunch•• ind Dinners worth 91tln9 Brendan Shea at Alpha Upsilon Frater - TllY US - nity House, 25 Park• .Terrace, Bridge water. Call 697.-7298 for further information. II I l I • • II 1 IF 2 T~Comment October 8, 1981 Editorial Letters Tumbrel to the Editor --~--~~~~~~ Perspective on Politics by Tom Gregg 1111 To the editor of the Comment: The End of the Affair II ......'1t~"" In Memorium I was sitting on that railroad October 4: Last week I introduced Fortress America. It's not a new tracks footbridge that no one uses idea -isolationism lies close to the heart of the American tradition, and it the other day and watching the gluts served us well for the better part of two hundred years. But can it work. 1980-1981 of people rushing back and forth today'? with fire in their eyes and wondering The experts don't think so. They point out that the world has shrunk how many, if any, of them ever really since the good old days when George Washington warned in his Farewell sat down and thought about their Address against foreign entanglements. We live, so they say, in the global own lives lately. village; we cannot afford to ignore the rest of the world. And they're It seems that everyone heieives right--up to a point. We can't pretend that the rest of the human race "Lynn, the poor little thing is dead!" the mass media's constant asser doesn't exist. That's not what isolationism means. And isolationist for "Are your _sure, Richard? I haven't the heart to look in my rear view tion that we're living in "troubied eign policy, on the contrary, would be based on a calm and rational mirror." times" and should guard our emo assessment of what the world is like. Realistic thinking and a primary "His limp little body is lying right by the side of the road.