(Entmrrttntt iailg fflampita Vol. LXXXVII No. 59 The University of Connecticut Thursday, December 1. 1983 factors Rwsiafaces Greyhound contribute to strikers seek TA shortage political chaos By Chris Istvan By Susanne Dowden campus support Staff Writer Managing Editor There is a shortage of Soviet president Yuri An- teaching assistants at UConn dropov has not been seen in resulting both from budget public in almost four By John Paradis cuts and the large number of months. Assignments Editor students this semester, and An entourage of big black Greyhound union rep- the situation will not improve limousines, the kind only used resentatives wish to meet next year, Julius Elias, dean of by top Soviet officials, pulled with student leaders here Liberal Arts and Sciences, up to the Kremlin Tuesday. Monday to encourage stu- said. Western journalists were told dent support against pro- The situation will be worse that what was going on was posed salary and benefit cuts next year than it is now, Eli- not foreigner's business. Pra- that have since Nov. 2, put 12,- as said. uada the state run Soviet 7(X) Greyhound workers on The shortage is most seri- newspaper, reported that it strike nationwide. ous in the mathematics, was a meeting of provincial Amalgamated Transit U- Kim Walker finishes a print at the Print Shop (Charles nion leader, Richard Whit- foreign languages, English, agriculture ministers. Hisey photo). and economics departments, Last Thursday the New man, said yesterday from his Elias said and the shortage is York Times reported that the Suffield residence that he doing considerable harm to manager of a large delica- wants to meet with Marianne both the quality of instruction tessen in Moscow was sen- Archbishop Whealon Borselle, president of USG, and education, he added. tenced to death after being and other campus leaders to Elias said the number of TA accused of stealing. get "their cooperation and to positions was reduced from "Something's going on," doubts female equality tell our side of the story to 300 to 287 this semester. Next said Henry Krisch, professor By Seth Skydel church sees men and women college students." semester there will be 283 TA of political science and Staff Writer "equal in human worth...but Students, Whitman said, positions, he said. specialist in Russian studies. Admitting that he ap- not spiritually, psy- comprise nearly 50 percent of The situation is "doing Andropov did not join other proaches the topic with "fear chologically or physically." all Greyhound travellers. significant damage to the Politburo members in the and trembling," Archbishop Whealon then outlined a Union organizers are ten- graduate students," Elias Revolution Day parade in John Whealon of the diocese physical comparison of men tatively planning next week to said. Moscow November 7. "For of Hartford told an estimated and women based on be here, at Trinity College, and The limited number of TA Andropov to miss it, he must 200 people here last night that strength, size and level of food at Central Connectictut State positions are open to the have been terribly ill," Krisch "the Catholic Church has not intake. He said that although University to handout pam- graduate students who need said. championed the role of wo- there is no perceptible dif- phlets and "alternative bus them the most, such as gra- Soviet officials said An- men in the modern sense." ference in intelligence bet- routes." duate students with children dropov had a cold. However, As a guest lecturer to Rabbi ween the sexes, men "seem to This, Whitman hopes, will or high tuition bills, Elias said. Leonid Brezhnev attended Hirsch Cohen's class, "Male- dominate in inventions, phil- help the union gain student If two graduate students are See page 3 Female -Relationships in the osophy, theology and poli- support against a three year married, one will get a TA Bible." Whealon said that the tics." contract offer which calls for a position and the other will be 7.8 percent paycut. put on a lecturer payroll. These comments were Borselle said that she and Elias said the shortage also Student evaluations made in reference to the di- other USG members will meet affected the students since lemma facing the church over Whitman Monday tentatively more classes were cancelled, affect tenure decisions the ordination of women as at 4 p.m. She said she will not the number of graduate cour- priests. Whealon quoted a confirm any support for the ses offered was reduced from By Cheryl Condon which are used to identify church doctrine regarding the union strike until their case 285 to 265, and twenty pro- Staff Writer good teaching and to improve priesthood and added that has been heard. fessors began teaching un- Teacher evaluations are it. The evaluations are cal- because of the perceptible dif- Whitman said that Storrs dergraduate courses, instead not the only criteria for prom- culated by the Office of In- ferences between males a,nd Drug, Inc. and Bev's News- of graduate courses. otion and tenure decisions, stitutional Research which females, each sex is better tand in Willimantic-the only According to Elias, the add- but they are considered along presents summaries to de- suited for "roles that they local bus ticket agencies-do drop policy contributes to the with the departments own partment heads, deans and were designed for." The ex- not sell tickers for direct problem. If the policy was not view of the teacher's the faculty member. amples he used were a fire- Greyhound runs. But they do so lenient, there could be strengths and weaknesses, "The evaluations are used man for men and a kinde- sell tickets for other bus lines larger classes and les6 sec- according to university fac- as one bit of in put for promo- garten teacher for women. to Hartford, for example, tions, consequently reducing ulty and administrators. tion and tenure decisions," Whealon added that the where many students may the number of necessary TA Students asked in class to said Shirley Malinowski of the problem facing the church positions. fill out teacher evaluations Office of Institutional Re- See page 3 search. Each department de- cides how much weight the evaluations have in tenure Windham Hospital Inside and promotion decisions. Students are not permitted to see teacher evaluations opens Hospice doors This is the last regular issue of the Daily Campus. here, as they are at some The December Pace issue will come out tomorrow. other universities. However, By Barbara Zambelli consists of four rooms dec- The Sports Supplement will be out Friday December some students feel that, al- Associate Managing orated in a homelike way with 9 though survey results Editor soft shades of rose and ivory, shouldn't be given out freely, After being boarded up for a kitchen area, and a con- students should have access 25 years, the original doors to sultation room. There is no A summary of the major campus news stories appears to them, in order to help in the Windham Community age limit or time limilt set for on page 5 picking future courses. Memorial Hospital are now visitors, who may come and "If students were able to the entrance to the Hospice at go through the Hospice's see who was a good or bad Windham. o'vn doors. teacher, they could pick The word hospice was However, the main em- classes to their benefit. If originally the name for way phasis of the program is to enough of that happened then stations established by reli- care for patients in their own Weather maybe we'd get rid of some of gious orders in the Middle homes. To this end, a team of the dead wood in the faculty," Ages for people on pilgrim- physicians, social workers, one junior art major said. ages. The word now stands nurses, clergy, volunteers, "I think if a student is having for programs which help ease home health aides, and ad- Sunny today, highs near 40. Clear and cool problems with a teacher he the pain, physical, spiritual, ministrators has been organ- tonight, lows in the 20s. should be able to go and see if and emotional-of terminally ized to staff Windham's hos- iil people and their familes. pice program. The care this See page 4 The Hospice at Windham See page 5 Page 2 Editorial Connecticut Jatlg Campus Vol. LXXXVII No. 59 Just drive the bus, OK? Thursday, December 1, 1983 1 hanksgiving. You start testing a 7.8% pay cut ism and employees' rights up your Porsche, aim that the Amalgamated in the lounge after din- towards your parents' Transit Union is offering ner, but it won't change Editor in Chief Rosemary Hames house, and roar off into as its current contract our lives. Trying to catch Managing Editor Susanne Dowden proposal. This would a bus home for the Business Manager Ilene Feldman the sunset. Associate Managing Editor Barbara Zambelli No? mean that employees holidays and finding out Office Manager Lois McLean now earning 40 cents per that there's a picket line Advertising Manager Liz Grada You ply your room- Senior Writer Erica Joseph driven mile, would earn we have no inclination to News Steve Geissler, Bill Hanrahan, Brian Dion mate with nacho chips 37.7 cents per mile. They try crossing will make us Assignments Aimee Hartnett. John Paradis and good wine, murmur would also be asked to take another busline or Sports Bob D'Aprile, Dana Gauruder, Kim Harmon something about vast Arts Tom Homer. Marie Gallo-Hall participate in a pension try to pressure our pa- Features Carol Carangelo. Doug Clement sums of money, and plan and have the num- rents into buying us a Wire Andrea Williams.