Organizations Confront Trustees

Vol. V,_ No. 37 Serving the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's. College Communi(l' Friday, Octoher 30. 1970 Organizations confront Trustees Students charge ._ Present mismanagement proposals for of funds millions Questions challenging the order of Uni The Student Affairs Branch of the versity priorities and limitations on the University Trustees met in closed session Black Studies Program monopolized the yesterday morning to consider proposals public session of yesterday's meeting be from three organizations. Proposals were submitted by the Graduate Student tween the Student Affairs Committee of Union, the Minority Students Recruit the Board of Trustees, Student Govern ment, and the Committee for. Social ment leaders and representatives of the Understanding. Graduate Student Union. MeBB. Van Go11hum, Scoglund, and Fr. McCarragber, members of the Board of Trustees. Speaking first before the board were The representatives kept the topics the GSU representatives, President Bill closely related as they sought recommen that $100,000 from last year's Cotton said he would submit a program to the Lorimer, and Ed Isely. They presented a dations for the reordering of priorities to Bowl profits has not been accounted for committee before December first fat three point memorandum:"!) The estab channel moneys from non-profit organi by the University. presentation at the Trustee~ meeting. He lishment of formal academic due process zations in debt or those not serving an This refusal to open the books to said the Black Studies Director Dr. for graduate students at the university educational purpose to minority recruit student leaders is one of the obstacles in Joseph Scott would probably direct the level, with graduate student participation ment and the Black Studies Program. their attempt to present complete pro drafting of the progra.,m. in the establishment process, 2) The Two G.S.U. representatives presented grams and arguments to the Trustees and Afro-American Society President Ernie an example of each case. Ed Isely told the other bodies. "We're asked to give facts Jackson asked Carney if the University establishment of a joint committee of all concerned parties, including graduate stu group that the Michiana Telecasting Cor ·when we come in here," said Lorimer, could "shift priorities" and solicit for poration received a total of $1,073, 876 "but we~re told it's none of our business specific minority funds. · dents, to carry out a public examination of graduate education and its future at in advances and investments from current when we try and we come in here with Carney replied that"funds are supplied Notre Dame. 3) Representation of gradu unrestricted University funds during the pighly-touted rumors." by specific scholarships from the bowl ate students on a selection committee fiscal periods of 1967-68 and 1 968-69. The lack of details prevented the Stu game profits and an alumni club. Jackson for a replacement Dean of the Graduate "I do not consider this a contribution to dent Affairs Committee from accepting a then asked for an "exerted effort on a School, should the current Dean resign as education," said Isely. One of the Trus recommendation to expand the Black major scale," adding that bowl funds are is currently rumored. ';The Student Af tees commented that he was informed Studies Program. The recommendation not dependable sources of minority finan fairs Committee requested that the GSU that the corporation operates at a profit. called for an increased increment of cial aid on a year to year basis. return before December 1 with specific The president of the G.S.U., Bill Lori Blacks on the rate of approximately ten Krashna agreed with Jackson that a written proposals. They then will take mer, provided another example of mis per year. It also called for $12 million special drive or reordered priorities are those proposals before the Board of direction of funds. He said the University dollars over the next ten years to finance the only possible solutions. Trustees. Club is presently operating at an, esti the program. It was also noted that aid provided by Next to speak before the Students mated annual loss of $20,000 and added According to the plan, the budget government and foundation grants has Affairs Board was Carl Ellision, director that when he was allowed to look at the would be broken down into three phases. decreased because th funds are being of the Recruitment Action Pregram. He official financial records, the club, book They are: I) $1 00,000 for a ten year directed more towards the social priori store, ACC and the Morris Inn were recruitment program; 2) $11.295, 600 for presented the board with a $12 million ties such as poverty and ghetto slums program extended over a ten year period. included under one figure. Lorimer said a minimum ten year financial aid pro than educational needs. the ACC and the club were losing money gram, and 3) $4 7 5,000 for the Black It contained three phases breaking up the Carney was challenged by one of the Minority Student program into recruit that could be directed to the Black Studies Program. eight students who attended the session, Studies Program and recruitment. The Committee Chairman Dr. Thomas Car ment, financial aid, and the Black Studies about the ordering of University priori program. Allotting $100,000 over ten Money profits made at the bookstore and ney said the program lacked sufficient ties. Carney said they are determined in years for recruitment, $11,295,600 over th e Morris Inn are used to pay the details to be presented to the December the administrative chains of caommand to ten years for Financial aid, and $475,000 other organizations debts. meeting of the Trustees. "We aren't going the Trustees for approval. for the Black Studies Program. The pro The problem raised by Lorimer's ex to make up programs as the Board of ~pprovals are based on the honor of posal totaled $11,870,600. ample concerns the constant refusal by Trustees. We ask questions of the pro reports by the various Trustee subcom Their document stated, "The minority the financial affairs to Jet student repre gram and assume someone will get the mittees. The Trustees take no initiative in student and his programs have been pro sentatives view their records. Student answers," said Carney. determining the priorities, said Carney. gressing slowly. Each year new monies Body Vice-President Mark Winings added Student Body President David Krashna (continued on page 6) ND pollution is crucial campus issue One of the major concerns of our pollution c·ontrol." of chemical and bacteriological waste mtion device that the smaller one has. society is the maintenance of ecological In connection with the recent contro disposal procedures as being quite ade In addition to the major problems, equilibria. Notre Dame has also been versy over the cockroaches at St. quate. The waste is disposed of in an area other actions of importdnce were suggest caught up in this activity. This concern is Edward's Hall, Dr.' Craig pointed out that nottheast of the campus. ed. Mr. Echelberger suggested that the manifested by recent action on the part to rid the hall of the pests, "r;.')sidual Although •the University is doing an water supply of the campus be chlorina of university administrators and investiga sprays of hard pesticides" had to be used exceptional job in the field of pollution ted. tion on the part of the academic com - although when sprayed inside they are control, two major offenses were men "The water should be chlorinated for munity of faculty and students. not as dangerous to the atmosphere as the tioned. The more obvious is the thermal bacteriologically safe water. There is The study of the ecological situation at spra,ys used on, for example, campus pollution of St. Joseph's lake. some potential for disease outbreak." . Notre Dame embraces many fields. The trees. "The lake could be made to support The chance of disease outbreak is Departments of Biology, Civil Engineer- ----------------- more desirable fish life. In general, the reinforced by the slight chance of si ing, Architecture, and Geology are all biological life of the lake is affected (by phonage from chemical and biological involved. To achieve a fuller understand Observer Insight thermal pollution), Mr. Echelberger de laboratories, according to Mr. ing of the attitudes among faculty mem clared. Echel berger. bers, the Observer interviewed four aca- -------,------------ The pollution arises from the practice A final suggestion was made by Pro Another area of concern has been the demians. They are Dr. George Craig of of cycling the lake's water through the fessor Horsbrugh. He observed that all the the Biology Department, Professor Wayne quality of the water in St. Joseph's and power plant. The water is used as a halls on campus had their backs facing Echelberger of the Gvil Engineering De- .St. Mary's lakes. Mr. Riley explained that cooling agent. This greatly increases the the lake, and, in effect, misusing the Coloform tests are made constantly from temperature of the water, cutting down partment, Professor Patrick Horsbrugh of the early spring until late fall. He explain natural beauty of the lakes. the Architecture Department, and Mr. -the variety of life able to subsist there. "At many newer universities, lakes Edward Riley' the Environmental Health ed that they were practically free of Mr. Echelberger also expressed the o form a center piece for the campus," Mr. and Safety Manager. human waste."Both are well below the pinion that the high temperature was also Horsbrugh noted. The reason for this The concensus of opinion among the accepted limits, and <1r:~ safe for swim- an aesthetic drawback.

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