CBA Teacher Submits Discrimination Complaint Campus Council Rejects
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U.S. Postage PAID VOL. 55 NO. 15 Bronx, N.Y. Permit No. 7608 Non-ProfitOrg. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1973 CBA teacher submits discrimination complaint bu..y ro~~.Tom Currar\ _.n. other nuhlication.publication," he declared,. financefinanrp , business law and ac- Commenting on the complaint, counting, has a masters of Dr. Paul Reiss, University Reiss said, "There is no merit to science degree from Columbia academic vice president, his (Mishkin's) complaint. There University. The chairman of the acknowledged yesterday that is no pattern of discrimination (at economics department, Mr. Dr, David Mishkin, an associate Fordham) against Jewish William Partlan, holds an MA professor in the finance people." degree from Fordham and department of the College of Mishkin refused to comment at MacNeill earned his masters in Business Administration, has this time on the "specific charges business administration at New filed a "complaint with the State of religious discrimination since York University. Division of Human Rights," they are detailed in the com- As another example of the alleging that the University has plaint submitted by my attorney alleged "anti-Ph.D." situation, discriminated on the basis of HECK: believes the CBA MISHKIN: has filed a complaint to the State Division of Human Mishkin cited the present creed in his regard. Mishkin student government "will take a with the State's Division of Rights." condition in the accounting received a letter in March, 1972 stand" on the Mishkini complaincomplaint Human Rights charging the department where only one from the office of the academic At the SG meeting, Robert to the State Division of Humain University with discrimination professor holds a Ph. D. vice president, terminating his Bannigan, CBA 74, stated that Rights. on the basis of creed. another aspect of the situation contract with the University, "Religious discrimination or according to Reiss. that Mishkin revealed concerned an alleged "anti-Ph.D." attitude the existence of a Ph. D. degree For more than a week now, in the college. relate to the terminations (of contracts) that have occured Campus Council rumors about the matter have In a phone interview last during Dean James MacNeill's circulated around CBA and night, Mishkin, who earned his term as dean," Mishkin con- yesterday afternoon Robert doctorate at the University of rejects reforms Heck, vice president of the CBA Illinois, pointed to the fact that tended. student government, brought none of the department chairmen Although the CBA student by Gerry Law son to this change revolved around the issue before the tripartite in the college have terminal government did not propose any The Rose Hill Campus the concern that a two year term committee of that college. decrees "action" for the near future, Council voted down a series of would result "in a large faculty The six-member committee is According to the 1972-73 CBA Heck believes that the body "will proposed constitutional reforms turnover." composed of CBA Dean James course catalogue, Mr. Salvatore take a stand" on the issue. The at their Tuesday night meeting, The council will take a final MacNeill, Assistant Dean Peter Palestro, chairman of the group will next meet after the including a motion to initiate two vote on th\s and the other Seldin, CBA professors B. Man combined departments of spring recess. year terms of office for faculty proposed changes to that body's Yoon and Arabindah Ghosh and members on the Council. constitution at its April 10 students Brian Cooper and Charles Clarkson. Court voids ballot That motion, advanced by the session because, as Rev. Her- constitutional committee of the bert Musurillo, chairman of the According to Heck, MacNeill council "to insure faculty con- council's constitutional com- made only one comment* on the tinuity," met defeat by a 35 to mittee, noted, it takes a two- matter, saying, "It is quite Hamilton ties Iorio one margin. Member opposition thirds vote to change the con- obvious that we have members stitution. of the faculty who are Jewish." or to have a run-off between Iorio and Hamilton for second , Once the final revisions are However, MacNeill himself by Dan Heneghan could not be reached for com- In a three to two decision last place, with the winner to face made by the council, a student- Gary Tulacz. Faculty sets faculty referendum will be held ment. night, the United Student Heck, who was acting as a Government court declared the Yesterday's legal proceedings to approve the constituion before were postponed from Tuesday the document is presented to the proxy for CBA student govern- contested "squiggle" ballot in the USG presidential election in- when the court spent four nominations Board of Trustees for final ment president Brian Cooper, valid. The decision, as read by hours trying to impound the clearance. delivered a report of the closed meeting at a subsequent session Justice Sam Molinari, stated ballots from elections committee The campus council also voted for election of the CBA student government. "The ballot is void." chairman Justine Offer. unanimously against the con- "The whole thing is blown The nullification of this ballot A scheduled run-off election Nominees for Faculty Senate stitutional committee's proposal seats from the Liberal Arts wide open. I feel I have an tied Frank Iorio and Bill was halted Monday, to give the to include one representative court time to hear the protest College at Lincoln Center, the obligation to report the Hamilton for second in the from the offices of Admissions filed by Hamilton. He claimed College of Business proceedings of the tripartite presidential race. The election and Financial Aid. that the election committee had Administration, the School of meetings to the student committee now has to decide The negative vote was cast on government, The Ram or any whether to hold a new election, accepted an Iorio ballot with a Social Service, and the Law (•Continued on page 3) squiggly line through the x. School have been announced by Hamilton's protest also the Senate's elections com- claimed that the election com- mittee. LAC council votes to send work mittee had not acted impartially The Liberal Arts College at or without personal bias, and on Lincoln Center has four can- the "basis of consideration didates for two open seats. Glen on single curriculum to committee other than the merit of the ballot Camp and Ralph Meyer of the several council meetings to the The Liberal Arts College Ken Huber, a council member itself." social science department, John — - from the evening session of the public (Wednesday's meeting When called to testify, USG Roche of history, and Vernon Council voted Wednesday to LAC charged, "If you work on a was also public) and the con- president John Buckley ex- Grace of the natural science refer the issue of developing a vening of "several informal plained why he thought that the single core curriculum for both core curriculum, you assume department are the candidates. certain things about the college. discussion groups between ballot was invalid. "It was The two candidates vying for the day and evening schools of members of the council on this because of the crossing out. The the' college to the curriculum Eva Stadler, chairman of the 'he College of Business department of modern and issue." The motion passed by a least I can say is that it was Administration's one free committee of that body. nine to four margin. highly questionable." The vote of 17 to two on the classical languages, although position are Edward Tomeski voting for the motion, noted, "If (Continued on page 4) Buckley had been present at »nd B. Man Yoon. matter came after an address the second recount as a poll from George Shea, dean of the we can produce a restructuring There are three nominees for that we can live with for a watcher for Hamilton's Reality the two vacant seats belonging Liberal Arts College on the The spring recess, which ticket. l "need to move in the right certain amount of time, then we <> the School of Social Service, can look at this issue in a more starts today, will bring with it Don Beschle, a member Ursula Gerty, Joseph Marstello, direction" concerning the nine days of rest, relaxation of the election committee financial enrollment problems relaxed atmosphere." »nd Patricia Morisey. After the council approved and recovery and two less testified that "all three of the poll The Law School faculty presently facing the LAC. issues of The Ram. watchers were of the opinion Shea, whose advisory com- sending the single course system nominated only one person, concept to committee, Huber The University's twice- that the ballot should be in- incumbent Martin Fogelman, for mittee on the college is currently weekly newspaper will validated." studying various types of introduced a resolution calling the school's one open seat. for the formation of two ad hoc resume publication on When the question of the Regarding the lack of op- curriculum-departmental ref- Tuesday, March 27. In that "squiggle" ballot arose during orm, charged that separate council committees. position against Fogelman, That motion, defeated by a edition developments in the second recount, the election Faculty Senate President Rev. structures for the two schools Faculty Senate elections, the committee voted five to one to "does not let our identity come nine to eight margin would have Robert Roth attributed the non- established a "fact finding Liberal Arts College's ad- accept the ballot. 1 '"lo- to the fact that the smaller across." committee to determine what visory committee, Fordham Beschle went on the explain 'aw school faculty "as a rule" A number of council members, our (the LAC) urgent needs are" and its hopes for state aid, that a check or an x are the only makes the nominating procedure however, expressed doubt over and a research committee on women's athletics and the legally acceptable marks on a United Student Government their election.