Faculty Contracts, Raises Delayed to Summer
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-nmotsoiii ,V,JW©RIAL. LIEP *.-»afc Godwin signs 4JMU' bill; '41,200 people pfeased' By BARBARA Bl'KCII October when the Board of Governor Mills Godwin Visitors approved the "made approximately 41,200 proposal to change the name people happy" Tuesday when of the college to contain the he signed two bills changing word "university." the name of Madison College Godwin gave the pen with to James Madison University. which he signed the first bill Earlier this year, Carrier to Mrs. Althea Johnston, a testified to the House member of the original Education Committee that the faculty at Madison when it approval of the name change was named Harrisonburg bill would make 41,200 faculty, State Teacher's College in staff, students and alumni 1909. happy. Mrs. Johnston, who was "I am pleased with the married to Dr. James progress Madison has Johnston for whom Johnston shown," Godwin said as he Hall is named, was head of the signed the bills, "Under Dr. physical education depart- Carrier, the potential for ment and retired in 1951. She leadership is bright." now resides in Richmond. The second pen was given The signing of the two bills, to Paul, who introduced the one introduced into the House bill. of Delegates by Del. Bonnie After the signing, President Paul(R-Harrisonburg), and Plttto by Sandy p»«low Ronald Carrier commented the other into the Senate by MAKING JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY left) President Ronald Carrier, SGA President that the name change was offical. Governor Mills Godwin signs the tame Sen. Nathan Miller (R- "indicative of what we really Mike Anestos, and Althea Johnston of the Rockingham), marked the are in both mission and change bill Tuesday. Abo present were (from original faculty of the college. end of the process begun in scope." Vol. UV Friday Murch.25,1977 Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. No. 42 Faculty contracts, raises delayed to summer Faculty looking for salary sue per cent reversion of funds Carrier said, but he noted that current fiscal "year, which and institutions. increases next year will have may jeopardize the quality of the improvement "would not ends June 30. Carrier said Monday that to look beyond the normal services provided here. be as great as hoped." The state had authorized an he had written letters to the waiting period while students Carrier said. Though faculty members approximate 4.8 per cent governor and members of the may be paying increased fees. Under a reversion, funds normally receive contracts in salary increase for the second state legislature asking them Roth possibilities are a result allocated to a state agency or April, they may not be certain year of the 1976-78 biennium, to reconsider their decisions. of continued reversion of institution are returned to of next year's salary until the but that increase is con- Because localities were not college funds to the state. enable the state to avoid a middle of the summer. Ac- ditional on two primary required to revert funds, Those were the obser- deficit. Virginia's constitution cording to a state factors, according to the Carrier concluded that "state vations Madison College requires the state to balance memorandum dated memorandum. President Ronald Carrier its budget. March 9, the decision on First, it assumes that $10 made for the faculty in a "The quality of education salary adjustments will be million will be received in meeting Monday. Next year's will increase next year," developed at the close of the revenues in addition to those unconditionally appropriated. Fee hike The governor would then be required to prepare a revised SGA suspends discount plan salary plan planned Will check 'legitimacy9 of firm, offer Apparently, neither con- Tuition and auxiliary fees dition is certain to be fulfilled, for students will be increased By TOM DULAN reverse side. The merchants troduction for Silverstein to but Carrier said he was op- to help balance Madison's The Student Government listed would offer discounts on present to local merchants timistic the 4.8 per cent in- budget, President Carrier Association (SGA) has merchandise sold in their upon solicitation. crease would be funded announced at Monday's suspended approval of action stores to the bearer of the "I wish he hadn't," "because government is general faculty meeting. that would allow a marketing card. Johnson said, pointing out the aware of the serious impact of These increases could total sales firm to solicit business in No more than "one mer- "possibility of running into not giving salary increases." as much as $150 per year for Harrisonburg through chant of each type" could be problems'^' with laws of According to Carrier, the on-campus students, Carrier Madison College. listed, to prevent cutting into "implied consent." financial squeeze was said. L&B Marketing Sales of profit margins, Silverstein One senator who claimed to precipitated by the failure of "That would still put us in Bayside, N.Y. initiated a said. This would mean one have seen the letter said that the last General Assembly to the middle range of cost," program last fall called shoe store, one drug store, and it was only an introduction pass a tax increase, and its Carrier said, and he will write "Student Buying Power," so on. and contained nothing binding. placing the complete burden parents explaining the need to which the firm is now try ing to The cards have an (Continued on Page 17) of reversion on state agencies (Continued on Page 4) solicit here. piration date of two yeai The program involves the Each merchant would l_ distribution of Student Buying $295 to advertise on the bat Harris of HUD invited: Power cards "free of charge of the card. After two years, to the school and to the in- the merchant would have to dividual students," according renew his subscription to the Still no graduation speaker to firm representative Al program. Silverstein, speaking at The merchants pick up the A speaker for the May are no other speakers under college president," he said. Tuesday's SGA meeing. full cost of the program. "If graduation ceremonies has consideration at the present Prior to inviting Harris, The card would bear the students use the cards and yet to be confirmed, according time. In the event that Harris invitations were sent to holder's name, with various merchants see they're getting to Dr. Ray Sonner, vice- declines the invitation, the columnists Art Buchwald area merchants listed on the additional business from it, it president for public affairs. commencement committee and Bill Moyers, but both will work and benefit all," The commencement will have to meet and make declined, Sonner said. Rep. Silverstein said. committee is presently another recommendation. Barbara Jordan was also It's here William Johnson, associate waiting for a reply from "The whole process is very considered, but it was director of student affairs, Secretary of Housing and difficult because people can't discovered that she was The Breeze asked that the SGA suspend Urban Development Patricia commit themselves early," unavailable. approval until the next Harris, who has been invited Sonner said. "We just have to meeting, so that he could to be the graduation speaker. wait until Harris decides A reply from Harris should Treasure check on the legitimacy of the When Harris was ap- whether to accept or not." be received within the next 10 firm and its offer. proached, Sonner said, she Sonner is expecting Harris days, Sonner said. If she has Hunt Johnson also expressed seemed receptive and was to accept the invitation. not replied by then, the concern when he learned that available. Her acceptance has Should she decline, "we will commencement committee See page 5 SGA President Mike Anestos yet to be received, though. have to take whoever is will itself make contact to had signed a letter of in- According to Sonner, there available, .perhaps another learn her decision. PajteiTHK BREEZE. KHriav. March :!5. l»77 .. SGA evaluation plan: 'costly and impractical' computer would have created too great a time lag. have to be printed twice annually Bv SANDY A.MANN Student Government Association President Results from a survey taken in the fall semester To comply with Anestos' plan, each member of Michael Anestos is offering a "workable com- could not be given to students in booklet form until the English department would have to publish his the next fall. With the changes that annually take specific reauirements for English 101, everv promise" to his plan for a faculty-course evaluation psychology professor would have to publish his booklet that seems no more workable than his place in course content, texts, classes offered and teachers, the information would be outdated before requirements for Human Growth and Development, original campaign promise. ad infinitum The now handy, useable schedule In place of the evaluation booklet, which would reaching the students. At least as many problems can be seen in booklet would become thick and clogged with have been a computer compilation of student irrelevent information responses to a questionnaire on teacher ef- Anestos plan for an expanded course schedule fectiveness, class content and workload, Anestos is * book Descriptions of course content are already The cost of printing such a booklet would proposing that each semester's course schedule be available in the college catalog, and if these probably be prohibitive Anestos offered no expanded to include a description of each course descriptions are not informative enough, perhaps it estimate of price, but all year long he has em- being offered and the requirements of every is the format of the catalog that should be revam- phasized that SGA is on a tight budget and could not professor teaching a class, or that a booklet con- ped, instead of the format of the schedule.