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The BG News January 22, 1981 Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 1-22-1981 The BG News January 22, 1981 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News January 22, 1981" (1981). BG News (Student Newspaper). 3820. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3820 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. The B G News ThursdaL Bowling Green State University Jan. 22,1981 Column one University asks faculty to carry extra load by Lisa Bowers campus education programs. and Kalhryn Coil Part-time help not enough to staff classes The College of Health and Flu fails to shut Community Services has not needed Although the University hired 37 said. The amount of extra hours has eight faculty teaching overloads, teaching extra courses, all of whom to assign any staff to overload down University part-time instructors this quarter, it needed to be eligible for overload only two of whom are paid. are paid. assignments this quarter, Dr. Ed still was not enough to Oil the payments also differs between Dr. Ralph Townsend, associate Morgan, dean of the college, said. Dr. Michael Ferrari, provost unstaffed classes. departments, he added. dean of the College of Arts and One of these faculty members and executive vice president, To remedy this problem, full-time Sciences, said these two faculty receiving overload pay-Dr. James He explained that because the yesterday dispelled rumors that faculty were asked to teach courses THE DEPARTMENTS determined members were qualified for overload West, associate professor of college's students enroll mostly in the University was closing or above their normal class load. Some who was eligible for overload pay because they signed contracts marketing-said although he is courses offered by other colleges, it canceling classes because of were paid and some were not. payment, which had to be approved before the rest of the faculty were servicing the students by teaching an offers a limited number of courses numerous cases of the flu. by the provost. This guideline was asked to volunteer to teach extra extra four hours, he still finds it a with a small core faculty. He said that although Some Faculty who are carrying part of 20 contingency measures courses. burden. administrators are "watching hours "substantially" more than their issued by the Office of Planning and "It's a third more work and it's not Most of the faculty in the College of this situation carefully," they normal load are being paid for the Budgeting in December. "IF THE FACULTY members worth it," he said. have no intent of taking any of Musical Arts have overloads every extra hours, Dr. Richard Eakin, were asked to teach a course and quarter, according to Dean Kenneth these measures. executive vice provost for planning Eakin noted that faculty probably there was no alternative, then they DAVID ELSASS, dean of the At Academic Council, Ferrari Wendrich. He said the college is and budgeting, said. will not have to carry overloads in the were paid," he said. College of Education, said he kept "understaffed" and some master noted that surveys were taken Twelve hours usually is considered spring because less courses are Dr. Karl Vogt, dean of the College of paid overload teaching assignments Tuesday in the residence halls to classes that are taught by guest the normal course load, but this offered then. Business Administration, said the to a minimum. Most of those being artists had to be cancelled this see how many people had the differs between departments, Eakin The College of Arts and Sciences college has three faculty members paid are teaching extra courses in off- flu. Surveys showed that most quarter to cut spending. dormitories had an average of 100 cases, and six dormitories were considerably below that University copes with mark. Ferrari stressed that these figures were rough estimates and said there is no exact way of scheduling problems knowing how many people have the flu. by Kim Van Wart Although faculty members also are The Health Center has staff reporter busier than usual in the College of checked 200 to 300 students daily Arts and Sciences, no part-time help this week. Some students Students will learn of faculty and has been hired since the faculty telephoned the Health Center enrollment problems first hand when freeze, according to Dean John when the symptoms indicated they try to schedule classes for spring Eriksen. the flu, students were told to quarter. "But we don't have sections covered stay home until they recover, he Partial schedules guarantee that. for next quarter, and we may have to said. But many areas of the University ask for additional funding," he said. have devised means of coping with an "At the last resort we will have to increased demand for classes and drop some of them." Haig confirmed by limited faculty by hiring part-time help, increasing teaching loads and THE COLLEGE was able to Senate, 93-6 shuffling courses. schedule most students this quarter, The Colleges of Business but if "an ideal ratio is to be WASHINGTON (AP)- Administration, Arts and Sciences maintained, additional staff members Alexander Haig, President and Education have implemented may be needed," he added. Reagan's controversial choice these measures for dealing with over- Eriksen does not expect a serious to be secretary of state, was enrollment problems. problem for fall if the college is confirmed by the Senate THE COLLEGE of Business permitted to recruit new faculty yesterday by a vote of 93 to 6. Administration has been hit the members to replace those leaving this One of those voting no was hardest, with Dean Karl Vogt getting year. Senate Democratic Leader permission from the provost to hire The college's English department Robert Byrd, who said his part-time faculty In lieu of the will be short many faculty members decision was based on University-imposed faculty freew next quarter, Kathleen Hart, "unanswered questions last December. coordinator of general studies regarding abuse of power." New methods of scheduling, writing, said. The Senate moved to confirm including giving preference to high Graduate students are required to Haig today after confirming grade point averages, are being teach four course sections a year, but Caspar Weinberger as studied by a college committee, and many already have completed this defense secretary by a 97-2 vote departments have set their own quota, she explained. Tuesday a few hours after scheduling priorities. Reagan was sworn in as the And in the College of Education, 25- "WE HAVE HAD volunteers help nation's 40th president. 30 course sections have been cut for teach the classes," she said. "But spring quarter to cover for more many of our sections are unstaffed for students without more faculty, spring." Inside according to Dean David Elsass. But Hart does not foresee a problem "If we cant staff, it isn't fair to in the fall because a large number of Today/ Tomorrow students," he said. "And it may come graduate students will be teaching to us limiting enrollment." again. BAM! POW! WAM! Have no In the computer science fear, those dauntless defenders FACULTY THERE are teaching department, there are faculty of justice from the comic books extra sections, he added, put part- openings, but there is a shortage of are now defending society time help was hired through qualified people to hire, Chairman against the ruthelss purveyors permission of the provost for the Leland Miller said. of evil on the silver screen. Schools Of Technology and Health, "A person with a degree in Frank Carollo looks at this Physical Education and Recreation. computer science will generally go genre of film in the Today- "We have felt the impact of an into industry," he said. "And it is Tomorrow section. Page 4. increased freshmen class size," he hard to get people to go for Ph.D.s in explained. "And a lot more freshmen the area." Weather are taking these courses." still photo by Scott Ketler There has been equipment THERE ARE part-time instructors Although the winter month* have not been especially kind to this vehicle's paint finish, It at least Mostly cloudy, foggy. High 35 restrictions within the college, but in the department, all of which were proved Inspiring tor one graffiti artist. F (2 C), low 23 F (-5 C). 20- money will not be cut from the student hired before the faculty freeze, he percent chance of precipitation. teacher program or its transportation explained. allocations, he noted. continued on page 3 Denounces Iran for act of savagery Finding money, location slows Carter greets freed hostages WIESBADEN, West Germany (AP) - Jimmy Carter abominable circumstance that will never be forgotten." held an emotional meeting with the 52 Americans held Some former hostages gathered on a balcony outside start of SGA book exchange hostage by Iran for 14V4 months and then denounced the their hospital rooms, waving and clapping as Carter's by Sarah Blaaland Iranian government's "despicable act of savagery." He limousine drove up. Several of them, including Marine the student to contact the seller and SHELVES WOULD have to be added, "Our Americans in Iran were mistreated much makeadeal. guards, wore only light T-shirts and blue pajama purchased, someone would have to worse than previously revealed." bottoms in the sub-freezing night air.
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