UD Faces up to Possible Student Shortage

Vol. 102, No. 7 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, NEWARK, DEL Friday, September 29, 1978 On the Inside You Deserve A Break Today Dining Hall computers down ....................... p. New Developments University Office to move Off Campus ............... p. 7 This Cadillac Needs Polish Bumps on Chapel Street p. 11 Review photographer Jay Greene "EXCUSE ME, BUDDY, but I think you're in my lone." wuy? Usually whoever's on the right ... u,ually. Another common traffic problem - who has the right of UD Faces Up to Possible Student Shortage The Tasteless By MITCHELL POTE confidence of some university 13,000," echoed John Wor students back to college, said officials that enrollment will then, vice-president of Stu Worthen. Editor's Note: This is the Despite all these efforts, And Tasteful concluding part of a two arti not drop substantially. dent Affairs. Worthen Dr. Robert W. Mayer, believes additional students there is the strong possibility Americana at its Finest . p. 15 cle series dealing with a that enrollment will decrease predicted rop in college-age associate vice-president of can be attracted by special 1 Facilities, Management and programs and other factors in the late 1980's. If there is a students and how it is going to drop, budget cuts will have to affect tbe university. Services, believes that a rather than lower admissions While the U.S. college-age slight decline in enrollment standards. be made to balance out the population will drop nearly 20 ~ay actually be beneficial. loss of revenue from students. Those "other factors" The university stands to per cent by 1990, there are no range from athletics (e.g. the lose up to eight per cent of its assurances that enrollment at _i\nalysis football team and a total income, but this is only Howdy Doody the university will follow this nationally-contending field pattern. the tip of the iceberg. Not of "We are currently straining hockey squad) to a residen ficially included in the univer With Tubby The department of admis to maintain a total enrollment tial setting (as opposed to an sity budget are self-sufficient And Wayne sions is expanding its opera of 19,000 to 20,000. Had this urban setting) to special departments like Housing tion to reach more students figure continued to grow we academics like the Honors and Residence Life, Continu Philly Press conference more often. Since many ap would have been very hard Program. ing Education and Food Ser plications for admission to pressed to keep up," he said. Another possibility for spotlights this Saturday's the university are now turned vice. "Some students may rather keeping enrollment up is to If cuts have to be made in game coaches ......... p. 20 down, there is a basis for the go to a school of 11,000 than draw "older," (over 25), (Continued on Page 4) ' Students, Faculty. React to Education College Changes 8'f BETSY CHAPIN "They're. talking about our future and jors - even those in secondary educa On Sept. 1, President E.A. Trabant an we never even knew about it," com tion - were guaranteed that they would nounced a decision that would affect the mented one education student. Tom be able to complete the programs in 1,000 education majors at the university. Schranck, ELG-79, said, "We're never which they were enrolled. This Calendar .............. p. 5 The College of Education will stand - told anything. Communication is very guarantee was transmitted to students but will no longer assume the respon poor." by posted news-letters, meetings of the Campus Briefs .......... p. 5 sibility for training secondary school One student remembered a notice on a council and ''word of mouth,'' he said. Classifieds ............ p. 16 teachers. bulletin board asking students to attend Billy E. Ross, Dean of the College of After absorbing a $500,000 budget cut a college restructuring meeting, but said Education, said that the information Editorial ............... p. 8 that resulted in a loss of 40 percent of its the notice came out so late that many about the restructuring of the college EtCetera ............. p. 11 faculty, the college began a reorganiza students couldn't make it. was "a hard thing for them (students) to Retrospect ............. p. 5 tion of its programs. Although a univer Alex Dunbar, president of the respond to, because it (came) after the sity evaluating team recommended Undergraduate Council of the College of restructu-ing had already been made." Sports ................ p. 20 , disbanding the college, education was Education, said last spring he and the He said he kept in close contact with This Weekend ......... p. 14 allowed to decide its own future. council tried to keep students informed Dunbar and the students. Many education majors were not of the changes through meetings and a . Dunbar said that this fall there will be · aware of the important decisions that general newsletter that was passed a newsletter sent to students giving the were being made. around. Dunbar said all education rna- (Continued on Page 9) Poge2 THE REVIEW, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, NEWARK, DEL September 29, 1978 DAFFY DELl Specializing in ·Pizzas, Steaks ,, and Subs famous at our work for years ' Please don't take our word about our products. If you h~ven 't already heard about them ask anybody who has been on campus more than a year. If that's not ·enough buy one and compare. We're sure you'll be happy with our subs and our prices. And now the surprise for t·hose who have been asking us for .. three years WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER STARTING MONDAY (.2nd) HOURS· 6 P.M. TO 11:00 P.M. · SEVEN DAYS A WEEK - Delivery time will be quoted to you over the phone which is not. going to be·more than half an hour. September 29, 197il Tt;IE REVIEW, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, NEWARK, DEL. Page3 UDCC Appoints Committee Members, Plans Elections By GARY CAHALL and DAVE PALOMBI Joan Sorbello, Nominations Com •A $3. charge for using campus tions were set for October 11 and Student members of Board of mittee chairman, presented the mail. 12 and polling places will be set ac Trustees and Faculty Senate commit names of students nominated to eight •The elimination of computer cording to the availability of workers. tees were approved and at-large elec Board of Trustees committees and 20 printed literature and using Records said that the committee was tion guidelines were discussed by the .Faculty Senate committees, after computer-printed mailing lists. investigating using computer scan University of Delaware Coordinating which the UDCC approved the •Permitting literature to be placed sheets, similar to test answer sheets, Council (UDCC) at its meeting nominations unanimously. on windshields. for ballots. The sheets, he said, could Wednesday. •Making party-supported literature be tallied by a computer and save The UDCC also approved the Due to complaints from April's ex list all of that party's candidates. time. registration of two new student ecutive elections, the Elections Com After much discussion, the UDCC In other business, the UDCC organizations, heard reports from mittee revised the regulations for decided to hold a special meeting unanimously approved the applica UDCC committees, and voted to sup candidates. Committee Chairman Monday to vote on accepting the new tions of the History Students Associa port programs for increased lighting Jean Jacques Records explained the rules. Several members felt the rules tion (HSA) and the Galadrim Club. on campus. amended rules, which include: were unclear or ambiguous. The elec- (Continued on Page 7) Computer Kinks Repaired, Breakdown Causes Back-Up ~y LYNN RECCHIUTI The break-down of the food computers in the dining halls this week was the result of a "hardware problem" with the central computer, according to'Paul Scheer, manager of Accounting and Cost Control at Food Services. The central computer, which controls all of the dining halls' individual computers, had broken down last Friday with some mechanisms in the computer not operating effi- • "cientl.y•. They. ar~ now in working order again, he said. ~ if' '"' " Repairs were made free of charge because of the maintenance service contract with Hewlett-Packard, the comp':lter company, Scheer said. The back-up procedure for dining hall checkers during the break-down ·involved copying down student social security numbers, and verifying I.D. card photos of those entering the dining hall. The social security numbers were then punched in at the central terminal at the food center, he·. s~~· 1\ ..ilJ~g!timate numbers. were found for a meal,. stuaehts Win eventually be contacted and charged for thtt · lJleal. Sch~~r •said that there have been no problems witK this back-up system, although lines entering some dining halls have been longer since the check procedure was in stituted. Contemporary Minority Issues . ' A career in law Without lawschOOl · ... LECTURE .. -···~ ........ '!' ~ After just three months of study at The £"\ Institute for Paralegal Training in featuring Philadelphia, you can have an exciting and rewarding career in _law or business-without law school. As a lawyer's assistant you will be performing Donald Woods, Author of the Book £"\ many of the duties traditionally handled only by attorneys. And at The Institute for Paralegal Training, you can pick one of seven different areas of BIKO law to study. 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