Trustees Pass $102 Fee Increase
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Chief librarian coordinates more than books This is another in a series of profiles myself and John McDonald, the library's move into the new, larger ' have accepted and occupied the on campus newsmakers. director of university libraries. Our building. He is also responsible for building, there are still things the titles are somewhat interchangeable, the management and operation of the contractor must do. For instance, By LYN M. MUNLEY but he has more broad-scale respon- library budget. there are windows that should not UConn's library is the largest But lately. Stevens has been heavily open, but do. and it's been very hot public library in the state, and as TU be the last one out' • involved with the reviewing and ■ in the building for the past few university librarian, Norman Stevens decision-making of policy matters — weeks." he says. knows it well. sibilities, while I am involved in the handling the library move for the past The planning for the new library Stevens deals with the library, now management of day-to-day opera- one and a half years. began about 10 years ago. at around in transition and requiring a great tions," Stevens explains. "There have been no major the same time that Stevens moved to deal of attention from many quarters, Stevens is involved in the coordina- problems with the move, except for the UConn library staff from Rutgers on a day-to-day basis. tion of a staff of 120 persons the problems of getting the building University where he had worked in "There are basically two people in including the 22 new positions that into operational shape, such as library services since 1955. the administration of the library — have opened up as a result of the electrical difficulties. Although we SEE PAGE 3 (ftmmetff ntt Sat lg QJamjma Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXXXI1 N0.45 STORRS. CONNECTICUT Monday. November 13. 197H Trustees pass $102 fee increase By KAREN A. LUSSIER was passed. "We've discussed this time and increase. A student fee hike of $102 per Student trustee Richard Catanese time again at the finance and budget "We hope there will be on-going semester for the fiscal year 1979-80 cast the only vote against the branch committee meetings .and the general student-administration meetings to was passed Friday by the University fee increase. Catanese said he did not consensus is that the students discuss the need for any further of Connecticut Board of Trustees, but believe the ■ branch students would haven't been given enough say in the increases." Donen said. "We also an $11 board fee increase was not benefit from such an increase and so matter, so we decided to defer must pursue ways of keeping the fees passed. he could not support it. judgment on this," Jacobs said. down for the future." he said. An increase of $62 per semester in The proposed board fee increase of "In light of the other increases, Edward Hanna. acting vice presi- the dormitory fee was passed unani- $11 was not brought before the board students don't seem to want this dent of finance and administration mously and an increase in the because there was "much doubt the extra $11 increase." Steve Donen. and University controller, said that General University Fee of $40 per students supported such an in- student trustee, said. the fee increase this year was totally semester for Storrs residents. $20 per crease." Norman Jacobs, chairman Frederick G. Adams, vice president semester for Branch students and $50 of the Board of Trustees Finance and of Student Affairs and Services.said SEE PAGE 3 per semester for out-of-state students Budget Committee,said. he was "happy that it's back to no Winter storm kills seven (UPI) — The first major winter storm that buried parts of Wyoming under nearly two Three inches of ice coated power lines near feet of snow and was blamed for at least seven Summit. S.D.. threatening to snap them deaths threatened Sunday to ram eastward under the weight. into the Plains. The storm dumped up to two feet of snow in Winter storm warnings were issued for the the Rockies, making some mountain passes Dakotas and parts of western Minnesota, as impassable, and 20 inches at Lander. Wyo. well as for the Sierras of California and parts Three of the seven deaths caused by the of Utah. Arizona. New Mexico, Montana. storm were the result of traffic accidents on Wyoming and Colorado. ice- and snow-closed roads in Utah. Wyoming Freezing drizzle preceded the storm into and Nebraska. the Plains, glazing highways and bridges with Three others came in a light plane crash in a sheet of ice from northwest Kansas to Wyoming. Mid East calls ring unanswered (UPI) — President Carter Sunday made Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty with an overall separate telephone appeals to Egypt's Presid- Middle East settlement, said he could not ent Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister "make any prediction" on the future of Menachem Begin to revive stalled peace talks. negotiations. Begin later met with Secretary of State Cyrus "But we're determined to do what we can Vance and said afterward the next move was among all of us to see whether or not we up to his Cabinet. cannot find ways to bridge these remaining "We held a very serious discussion about differences." he said. these outstanding problems." said Begin, Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Defense UConn halfback Jerome Ingram [31] attempts to evade looking weary after the intensive talks at New Minister Ezer Weizman. who joined Begin for several B.U. defenders in the Huskies' 27-20 upset of the York's Kennedy Airport. the meeting, returned to Washington but are Terriers at Memorial Stadium Saturday. See page 12. Vance, who brought with him a compromise expected to fly to Israel for a special Cabinet Photo by Phil Knudsen tormuli °n tftt Mmtiaa °f Mm an session THE CAMPUS TODAY Zambians threaten ^St. John's Booters clinch Sunny today grave found to burn Farms Y an (Jon tie (UPI) — The National A coffin which may con- Angry white farmers in The UConn soccer team Weather Service forecast tain the remains of St. John Zambia threatened to burn clinched a tie for the Yankee for Connecticut is: Partly the Baptist has been discov- their farms unless Rhode- Conference championship sunny today. Highs in the ered in Egypt. See page 5. sain guerillas who have with their 2-1 win over mid 40s. Cloudy tonight. allegedly tortured several Vermont here Saturday. See Lows 35 to 40. Cloudy whites are removed to re- page 12. breezy and mild with a mote areas of the country. chance of showers tomor- See page 5. row. The Connecticut Daily Campus, Monday. November 13, 1978 (ttfltmrrttrttt lath} (Campita Servinq Storrs Since 1896 EDITORIALS AND COMMENTARY JOHN HILL VIKKI SUSMAN CHARLES A. MOORE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Let them sell cake organizations from its "payroll." chairman Hawthorne, "They pro- zations committee, is a staff member During the French Revolution FSSO members have said this is part mote the good name of UConn.'' That of WHUS, but currently suspended Marie Antionnette is supposed to of a "re-defining of the role of is all well and good, but student for staying at Walt Disney World on have said "let them eat cake" when student government and student activity fees (which is what the FSSO student money during the soccer told French peasants were rioting organizations" and that such action $8 per semester fee is called on your team's Florida trip. ($750 in FSSO because they had no bread. Like most was on its way, anyway, regardless of fee bill) should gd to supporting funds went to pay for Mayer and apocryphal stories, it isn't true,but FSSO's sloppy accounting. Such a groups that provide services for two other WHUS broadcasters' stay should be. It shows the arrogance redefining of student government is UConn. The tutorial programs are at the luxury hotel,while the UConn polo team, three-time national colleg- and lack of compassion that the welcome to an organization whose very honorable and well-intentioned, French aristocracy had toward the funding policy could be called hypoc- but in the face of student government iate champions, don't have money to lower classes perfectly. It also shows risy at its worst and little more than austerity moves they should have to even play at Storrs because of the the attitude the student government FSSO cuts.) has adopted toward student organiza- Cutting off organizations wholesale FSSO student organization funding tions perfectly. should be re-evaluated, but in such a There may be no revolution on the is not reform, it is starvation. way that the groups involved can UConn campus, and no one would welfare for student organizations at surfer like others. Hawthorne ana have a say in it. Cutting off clubs and want to make too close a comparison best,but that redefining is being used FSSO chairwoman Sadler said the groups wholesale is not reform, it is of Marie-Antionnette to Chairwoman to cover up student government cuts had to be made with no starvation. Kim Sadler and Stan Hawthorne of bookkeeping incompetence. The subjective judgments, but by letting At Thursday's FSSO Central Com- the Federation of Students and FSSO Central Treasurer's Office made the tutorials remain they show that mittee meeting Sadler said Storrs Service Organizations (FSSO). but the mistakes and student organiza- such judgments could have been was not the most exciting place to their handling of the student organi- tions and the student body are paying made, and in fact were made.