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Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC April 1981 Daily Egyptian 1981 4-28-1981 The aiD ly Egyptian, April 28, 1981 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_April1981 Volume 65, Issue 143 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, April 28, 1981." (Apr 1981). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1981 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in April 1981 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Civil Service work plan cut By Randy Rogu!lki the heaVIest costs would be In Suff Writtor student programs. he said. He noled that the plan would A rlan to cut the workweek of cost $25.000 at the Broadcasting Civi St>rvice employees to :r,' 2 Service and $12JI 000 at hours has been temporarily l"niverslty HOusing. scrapped because it would cost "In some cases, what drives nearly $200.000. Tom BUsch. the whole busmess is the bows assistant to the president. said that an area has to be open. like :\Ionday. at housing or at the PhYSical Busch saId the plan has been Plant." Baker scud. "put on hold" in the chan Somit told the ('SEC on April cellor's office until the I that he would not forward the l"nt\'ersity'S budget outlook proponl to the Board III improves He said President Trustees Phyllis McCowen, Albert Somit favors the idea ('SEC chair. said the council and WIll look at it again In the was pleased with Somit's fall "philosophical" approval but The plan to reduce the dIsputed hIS cost estimates current -W-hour workweek was . 'Other instit'ltiQD5 are doing proposed to Somit in October by It. .. :\IcCowen .xlid. "Our offices the Civil Service Employees would stiU function." COunCIl. The SIt: system and Joann :\Iarks. CSEC the t:niversity of Illinois at representati\'e to the Joint Champaign·l'rbana are the Benefits Committee, was only state schools where Civil critical of the administration's Service employees work -40· overtime estimate. saying that hour weeks ('Ivll St>rvlce I'mployees would Somlt rl'ferred the :r,' o-hour . 'do what thev have to do in the proposal to the l"ni\'ersity Joint tlml' that they havl' to do it." Benefits Committee. which 'larks said that Ch'il Service endorsed it But Somi! was not salaril's at SIl"·C are so far hound to the t'ommittee's hrlow !he state average that the Daily C£gyptian rl'commendallon. made before admlnlstratam owes II to Civil administrators studIed (hI' Sl'rvlce employees to hring costs of the proposal theIr workload In hne with those Southern Illinois University Compiling data forwarded of other schools. from throughout the l·nlversity. The potential boost in Civil Tut'Sday, April 28, 1981-Vol. 65, No. 143 S.. mit"~ budget assistant. ,John St>rvlce morale outweIghs the Baker. concluded that the costs of cutting the work",.~, rt'duced workweek would cost 'larks saId SIl··C about $199,000 '"I'm sure CIvil Sen'ice IS l'onvinced that it would be easv Silaw teUs edllcation conference to do:' Baker said. "But I don't fillS see any way around it." (Bode AccordlOg to Baker. the 2'"' hour reduction would cost $,1.000 or soilltions to financial cnmch in the area of financial affairs. l have the money to spend." $-H,I1OO in academic affairs and ~';.=.... :rofro:::,f: :. S:-:e ::::.!: ......id. 1151.800 in sludeot affairs_ c<ln with tile r~rces we SMw said that It is "too early 10O-_yw~ arran ___ :n., .......... ....... ___ ..... ,_ It's the best of times. It·s the have-and I think this is mostly to teU" wbat effects federal m:::V-e':t~~::>!'1 worst of times. It's a time for human-then this is the time cutbacks will have in research ditional personnel, Baker said. .It. ('I"iI S.n'irr ''''_11 cooperation, according to that we'U be serious about our They would also mean in ....y·rr tal.i.g _ ...... Is lift ., and student financial aid. tIJ_ JD-mi .... r""" .~ .. Chancellor Kenneth Shaw. mission of teaching. research, "We are seeing states, which creasing student fees, because "We seem to be caught in a and service. And it is important for years had big surpluses in pincers movement in higher and challenging work to be their budgets and we are seeing education in terms of funding" done, We might tum this crisis the federal government now Higl' (·ol,rl g;t-es stales Shaw said. ' into a real opportunity." say, 'Look, if you want all these Shaw addressed the financial Citing a survey conducted by programs, why don't you spend problems of higher education the American Association of your own money?' We are now ,"ore a#Jorlioll /'ll(- rights and offered a solution Monday State Colleges and Universities, seeing the states lose their big toabout i5 graduates of SJU-C's Shaw said that on the average surpluses, particularly in the WASHINGTON tAP, higher education program, of the -&s states which responded (;reat Lakes area, which we are Stales may outlaw abortions ~.,. r~/(I'f·d faculty and guests of the fourth to the questionnaire concerning a part of:' Shaw said. "And we performed outsIde hospitals on annual Post-Doctoral Academy fiscal 1982, increases in salaries are seeing states which are women more than three months P of Higher Education at the and total budgets allocated to much worse off than we are. pregnant, the Supreme Court "'"rip,, "''Il '; Student Center Auditorium. state colleges and univenities finding that they are going tG ruled Monday. Members gathered Sunday to are not keeping up with tile 10 have to take money back in the The decision was a significant justices to rule that F. Lee begin the four-day meeting. percent rate of inDation. while middle of the year from their Bailev's involvement in an discussing subjP('ts pertinent to tuitions are exceeding this rate. agencies. The situation has :~~~~:bo~~fo~hef~~~~~-liif:"t~! excluSive publishing contract "Higher Education Issues. "At a time when the federal gotten so bad." heated legal and political battle about her case automatically deprived her of a fair trial. Trends, and Realities 1982," government is saying, 'We are It's not just the sta~e of the sparked by the SUpreme Court's . "The sum of it is that the going to give you more rigllts economy, accordillJC to Shaw. 1973 ruling that legalized most The daughter of newspaper fll~nces look gloomy," Shaw and more opportunities to spend abortions. publisher William Randolph saId. "And on the other hand, if your money: the states don't ~ SHA'" page 3 Without waiting to conduct Hearst and his wife, Catherine, .,..a1 arguments or I" write an Mrs. Shaw was convicted (Of 'fir.. n'/H,r,,, IIIfI.'· IN" 'fI'" opinion, the court voted &3 to partiCipating in the 19i4 armed uphold an Indiana law that robbery of a San Francisco makes it a felony for a doctor to bank. perform an abortion, other than In other matters, the court: Task force deadlines nearing a first-trimester one. away -Agreed to decide whether a from a hospital. list of street addresses com- By Ra.. y R.pUi The chairmen told Somit that president for academic affairs. A doctor who runs a Garv, staff Writer their groups have not yet for and Marvin KJeinau, president Ind. abortion clinic and thrft r.::rsb;al~o:~;e~ =:i med recommendations and are of the Faculty Senate. women identified in court Freedom of Information Act. Two of four presidential task just beginning to write their Elmer Clark. dean of the records only bv fictitious names forces wiD probably report to reports. Busch said. He said College of Education heads the sought to block enforcement of The court's ruling wiD resolve President AftIert Somit seven to Somit isn't worried about the task force commissioned to the law. 10 days later than their May 1$ delays and he plans to release decide how well the University In separate action Monday, 0: re:!!' :~!uu~nd~ deadline, Tom Busch. Somit's the reports to the public at a publicizes its services to the the court left intact Patricia assistant. aid Monday. news conference in late May, community Hearst Shaw's 19i6 bank r0b ~=7n ~:~e:~ :::~!r ~:m~ Somit announced plans for bery conviction, turning away munities' challenges 10 the 1980 The chairmen 01 the four task The student retention task census count. forces met with Somit Monday three of the taM forces in his force. chaired by P"'uce arguments that famed trial 10 brief him 011 their progress, Swinburne, vice president for lawyer F. Lee Bailey gave her -Left intact a ruling in an Reports on the University ~:-~~~. U::~!'!t:r:~ student affairs, is examining "inSufficient" legal help. Ohio case that stales can be reward system and on student retention task force in University recruitment and The justices refused to ordered to enforce a clean air academic priorities will February. retention of students. consider ruling that defense probably be late, while task The academic priorities The rewards group will lawyers always fail to provide f!d~r:an: i~~:~~~n~en~~~ forces on community service group has been instructed to suggest ways to improve the adequate legal help when they Protection Agency. and on student retention are suggest criteria by which future University's reward system so contract for the exclusi\'e rights -Agreed to study the con expected to report time, Busch priurities can be determined that it wiD contribute more to to write a book about a trial ~titl.!tionality of two laws aimed said.