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o 3> Quality Education—4USF Stands Very High' by Herman Cowan, Jr. education, feels that one of the "The student must know that what clearly stated," said Thornton. "This immediate issues in this area is how is learned is to be transferable," told me that this University was This is the third (and last) part of a delcared Thornton. "It must be done willing to take a position on the to broaden the goals of liberal series on the life and philosophies of learning to include vocational ana in terms of generalized intellectual moral, ethical, and intellectual Dr. Robert A. Thornton. Dr. Thornton professional learning. processes. "The process," he says, problem of today." is a (retired) professor of physics at He feels that Dr. F.W. Nerv, must be explicitly identified and Thornton firmly believes though, the University of San Francisco. President of the Association of taught in such a way as to permit that the USF community would agree Part three of this series will feature American Colleges, supported this students to generalize what in that "self-renewal is always approp­ Dr. Thornton's view on education. point in one of his speeches to the particular and to apply what is riate in the ongoing existence of a "We as educators have today one Association. general." university." of the greatest creative demands on Nerv told his associates, "what we Thornton believes that there is no As for the quality of education at us to develop strategies for teaching, must seek is a meaning of syntheisis master plan for teaching. Each USF, Thornton says, "we stand very insights, and community spirit in the not only between the liberal and the teacher has a style and strategy of high, when compared to other classroom," says 81-year-old Robert vocational, but equally important teaching individualized for that universites." A. Thornton. between the liberal and the profes- teacher, explains Thornton. "Here," "We must recognize that the "This opportunity grows partly out sional. ne says, "the ultimate success for school has the distinct value of being of the fact that we have among our According to Thornton this is one ichieving to some extent is the stu- a small school." students, those who have not enjoyed of the most pressing issues directly lent's responsibility." This advantage however does not to a great extent, the cultural related to the student's preparation As Thornton speaks of education, prevent USF from falling prey to what advantage of others. They present to for an effective life in society. he begins to speak of the University of Thornton descrives as "the ills of us," Thornton says, "a diversity of Another issue which prompts San Francisco. society." background and initial attitudes." Thornton to speak out, is the issue of "I came here (to USF) in '67 because "The political ills and racial Thornton, in discussing higher the objectives of this university were "transfer of learning." Continued on Page 3 j&an •Jfrattristo ^ogfyom Volume 73, Number 16 University of San Francisco November 17, 1978 Campus Ministry Wants SBS, Foghorn by Steve Spinali sometime in January 1979. In Summer 1979, The Foghorn will be moved Even with the acquisition of Lone probably to Campion Hall, but Mountain College as a demonstrable possibly even to Loyola or Lone factor, the University of San Francisco Mountain. "space problem" lives on. Last year, "We want our new space to be Campus Ministry proposed a accessible to students," Splain stated program through which The Don, in a recent interview, "and we might The USF Quarterly, The Society of convert it into a student lounge." He Black Students, and The Foghorn mentioned that coffee, and perhaps would be moved to a less accessible cooking implements, might be part of campus in order that Campus available in an adjoining room. Splain Ministry might have more office also mentioned that this new lounge space. Since that time. The Society of would be primarily used by Black Students and The Foghorn are commuter students, and would most the only two student organizations probably be open on a 24-hour a day left on the exterior ground floor of basis. Phelan Hall; but new reported moves The Foghorn inquired whether the by Campus Ministry will preportedly campus had enough lounge space Campus Ministry wants the whole wing. remove these organizations from already without incurring additional their current office space. expense to create another. "That's if one reserves it well ahead of time. Splain mentioned, also stating that the Campus Ministry offices would be A meeting concerning the room possible," Fr. Splain admitted. "In Fr. Splain did mention, however, that aggregated in a single, accessible change will occur sometime in the that case, the room could be used for the new Campus Ministry space unit. next week, but on interview with Fr. meeting space for student would have an advantage over U.C. in This proposed move is causing Tom Splain, head of Campus Ministry organizations." He noted that that it is "more informal." considerable anger and frustration and University Ombudsman, meeting space in University Center Whether or not Campus Ministry among the Foghorn staff. One editor revealed a number of the plans for re­ "is all booked up." needs the space or not, they most stated: "Right now, we are in an allocation of university space. Personel at U.C. Desk, however, certainly see it as advantageous to excellent, roomy, and accessible area. Apparently, the College of Education report that 30% of University Center's their purposes. "There would be a If we were moved to Campion, our will be moved to Lone Mountain rooms are available a week in greater efficiency of space if we availability to new reporters would be (leaving much of Campion^HaH open) advance, and anywhere from 60-70% obtained the Foghorn office space," reduced — but just think oi what would happen if we moved to Loyola Final Election Results or Lone Mountain. Staff members would drop off like flies." This view is Senator at Large (1 yr term) Clubs Council Pres. Senator at Large (V2 yr. term) held by the several Foghorn editors. Ava McWashington-^- Julianne George Another editor stated that "without Willie McWashington yes 323 176 salaries, it's hard enough to get no 92 IJU Roseanna Marchetti people to write articles. If we were Abstentions 21 Dave Dobbs 216 put out of the way, the quality of the 94 Total ballots cast Peter Cullen -jf Foghorn would be drasticllly Cathy Conley 436 199 rpHuced." 150 Kevin Katerndahl Continued on Page 3 Tom Orozco-j^* 153 NRCC «LJ 317 Mary Consolacion Jeff "Action" Jackson*^ Guido Galli 60 INDEX 232 (write in) Angela McNulty -^ Dan Courtney**^ 215 Abstentions 110 Abstentions News 1-3 2 Peter Whalen 36 Editorial 4 Entertainment Total ballots cast Total ballots cast 5 Abstentions Entertainment 47 435 12 6, 7 Features 8, 9 Total ballots cast 218 Sports 10,11 * These candidates were elected to the respective offices under which they are listed. i Page 2 San Francisco Foghorn November 17, 1978 Freedom Fighters Lehman Responds to Foghorn Article by Michael B. Lehmann Association and its ability to represent (1.) The four faculty mentioned as There seems to be no trend President, USF Faculty Association the legitimate interests of faculty and having "decided to secede" from the whatsoever for other faculty to join librarians at the University of San Faculty Association do not constitute their cause. An article appeared on the front Francisco. The following is a response a trend. These individuals have (2.) One individual was quoted with page of the FOGHORN of November to some of the issues raised in that expressed their dissatisfaction with regard to "the ability to fight from 3, 1978 regarding the USF Faculty article. the Association over a period of time. within". With the exception of a so- called "conscience clause", there has been no "fighting from within" by this group. They have not participated in the democratic processes of the Association in order to change the policies of the custom-made rings Association. (3.) The assertion is made that the Association is interested in matters of salary to the exclusion of academic interests. This is patently false, and save 36.50 only serves to reveal the ignorance of those who make such a statement. As was accurately and extensively reported in the FOGHORN last year, the Faculty Association has initiated and entered into discussions with the administration a completely new proposal for the revision of the Core Curriculum. This is just one example of the many contributions of the Faculty Association to academic excellence at the University. (4.) One individual was quoted as saying that the Association has not accomplished anything in the area of personnel decisions and policies. Once again, this is an expression of ignorance. The Collective Bargaining Agreement contains a complete set of standards for promotion in rank for faculty and librarians which was proposed by the Faculty Association and agreed to by the administration. Moreover, the Collective Bargaining Agreement includes genuine due process in the form of grievance and arbitration for those who have been denied promotion or tenure. As a matter of fact, last year the Association was able to obtain, through the grievanceand arbitration process, a reversal of a decision by the administration to deny a faculty member tenure. I believe that this is the first time this has occurred in the history of higher education in the United States. (5.) An assertion was made in the November 3 article that collective bargaining in higher education and the Faculty Association in particular are antithetical to academic freedom at the University.

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