Students Demand Say on Hiring Offaculty

BARDtH 'P·ER10DICALS· DESK .. , 3rd Floor (NON-CIRCULATING) .Information Now December2,1996 York Security ·Careerott"' Head Resigns / .Services- ... -. ". .. !• CitesAbuse ofStudents' Rights ,, By Deirdre A. Hussey .Revamped , The .Director of Security atYark College resigned last June claiming .By' Helen McFarlane /". CityUniversitySecurityDirector,Jose Baruch's Career Services Elique, wasestablishingpolicies that Centerhas been reorganized due wouldviolatestudents'constitutional:.c to its poor performance- in its right to freedom ofspeech. primary area of responsibitity: In his letter of resignation, Wm- == preparing students with the stonA Burrows, DirectorofSecurity-appropriate skills for finding at York College for over 17 years, ce employment. According to states that in a directors meeting in Provost Cronholm, Prfs. Meyers and Beone addrees students at Samuel Johnson, Vice President .Goverance Charter Forum. 1Novemher . 0 f 1995 Elique and his of Student Development, (in deputyMartinRodiniproposedthata Sch·00·1 Ch R- -t· d whose charge the Center has feebetween$5,500to $7,500wouldbe . .•. ar r .. ev Ie been placed since this past sum- assessed to each campus whenever mer), reorganization was a must . By Josep M. Ma th e SAFE Team is dispatched. This at Career Services because un- proposal, accordingtoBurrrows, was A b derprevious leadership it had intended to give Elique control over the cha been "under-funded, underde- who spoke-on campuses. Yeloped, and antiquated-not This fee was proposedfollowing organized in a way to do busi- theincidents duringBlackSolidarity ness in the nineties." Dayat York College on November 6~·· the Day Session Student vern- elude Colle e, School, andDepart- Maintenance of the status 1995. Student organi?-el"S ofthe day~entandEveningSes··' tudent mental, hire,·promote, give raises quo, by measuring success by ·~~~:_~~'~'-';:-=~~~~~·i;~~~;~~:::~~ lJiir:rOWs .: \Vhen-:Cb8Dr.eDorW~·.Ann ·gU~~Prding.~tuf;lent~repre- ingis ~ studentvoteonall Oftliese -.. 'spectiveemplbyees;"fttefiW'tfm-D -_.__ ..c..~.__~••. _~._, . .. ·-e nnelimdBUd t committees for they feel it isnec- concrete· results, has been, one ----th1!n~tg~dtlle'~'~; -.-~. '~:"'-,·.~,u :_~ ,.~~ _~ 'eSs8ry_tbat~stlideii{s-s1i<>'!J:~P~fi"='- ~ -'.. !Co· .'- ., .. __ •..:.. __:.. --,- ..._ , _. -am:o,,8' .. sJewe€·,··· Dr.ThomasMinterwas instructedto The GOvernance Charter, which ticipate in -the hiring and promo- many. Urider J oh~risojf's "leader.:. cancel the events of the day. The is the constitution of Baruch Col- tion ofprofessors. ship, there is a new system in SAFE Team W8$then:~dedto lege, is up for review due to the Said DSSG President David place, which is more focused on arriveoncampusthemOmingofBl&ck elimination ofthe School ofEduca- Kinzelberg, "Currently we have student preparation. Solidarity Day to keep Muhammad tion and the inception ofthe School Responsibilities have been offcampusandpermitonlyYorkCoI- of Public, Affairs. The problems continued on page 2 shuffled, and new personnel continued on page 5 have been hired. Dr. Patricia ~~~~~~~!!i!!~~~~~~e~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Imbimbois the new director of the Career Development Cen- ter. She comes to the position Students Demand Say with a Ph.D. in counseling psy chology and has worked as a counselor at Baruch for over On Hiring ofFaculty eight years. Dr. Richard Brody, ~R who served as Director at Ca reer Services, has been made Pre Professor of Career. Devel ESSA Claims Students Have No Voice .t~ 0/.: opment; he works with all stu By Genna Kim dent organizations,such as clubs and societies linked with Student government leaders According to George, a discipline. are moving forward with a pro one of the problems with continued on page 4 posalthatwouldincreasestudents' the hiring process is that influence in the hiring and deter the teaching staffdoes not mination oftenure of Baruch fac reflect the ethnic diversity Contents ulty. The President of Evening of the student population. SessionStudentAssembly(ESSA) ''It's -interestingtonotethat ... Editorial . 6 believesstudentrepresentationon 70% ofBaruchstudentsare the Personnel and Budget Com non-white," said George. ~ mittee-responsible for naming "Our teaching staffdoesn't Letters/Op-Eds... ... 7 teaching positions-would provide reflect that less than 3()0~ a stronger academic environment of the faculty are non- KI Geo . Pres'd fESSA' Business..............••. 9 hit " y e.. rge , 1 eDt 0 andgreaterstudentparticipation. w 1 e. .. Kyle George, ESSA president, .Another problem with our fae- youcanteach me somethingthat I maintains that this move coupled ulty, accordingto George and Craig can relate to. Students are not re Features . 13 with additional measures will al Jeffrey, an ESSArepresentative, is allygoingtolearnanythingifwhat low students to achieve greater that "professorsareHarvardgradu- they learn has no relevance in ~~ . 23 academic and occupational suc ates who oftentimes fail to regard their lives." cess. Known as P&B, the Person students' backgrounds and experi- However, as Dr. Samuel nel and Budget Committee is a ences as part of their educational Johnson,theVicePre~identofStu -~~()~ . 32 highly influential committee with process." "Itdoesn'tmatterifyou're dent Development; pointed out, no student representative at the most gifted academic," said Next isssue: Dec. 11 continued on page 2 Baruch George. "All that matters is that Ad Deadline: Dec. 4 ". "'";~/" -:.. ....."..:..' ".~.:,,;, 2 ~ 3 ESSA andDSSGDemandStudent Representation on Budget Committee --f . ..., 0'· CD ';tt\ ~ continued from the front page - CD o ... ~ "the measure of a good profes- . ' Baruch Business Forums Jeffrey, 'We want the P&B to deal Medgar Evers and Borough .of is oris not issued O.K." Ultimately, Z ~ sorisnotalwayshowwell he teaches, CD with some attrition and reten:tion Manhattan Community College. :E ~ but more often how successful an College administrators have the fi en problemsbecause that.may have an But for Baruch, George and nal sayin who gets hired, according • ": academic he is. Even the worst pro 0 effect in decreasing the rosters in Jeffrey have a long way to go be to George. CD ~ fessors can remain on staff if they Esteemed CEO Addresses Select Group of Students (") studentenrollment.inthe newyear." fore students are allowed to serve Butunder George's proposal, CD ~ keep on publishing," According to 3 E . For the Spring of 1997, in the P&B. First, they have to the hiring process can be more re e- Q) CD o George and Jef present this proposal to the mem flective ofthe students'concerns. In By Ivanna Garibaldi ... ro frey are plan bers of the Governance Charter conjunctjon with the College offi President Matthew surrounding the success of a minds". It is a quality he val and the heart must exist". He s ~ which must be approved by a ma .tioldstein welcomed the crowd business. ues very much, but now sees de noted that he is passionately co ningto present a cials, the students, as Jeffrey ex co proposal to the jority vote. Once this proposal is plained, "willbringinthe professors gathered at The University . Harman noted the exist composing gradually in the fast convinced that Liberal Arts 0) Governance approved, it must then be "enu that we want to see" at the depart Club last Tuesday in the first ence of what was once "the old corporate environment. majors can and must do well in Charter for al merated in the language of the mental level. Then, at the school session of the 1996-1997 season social contract" in most corpo According to Harman, a corporate environment be lowing two stu Governance Charter," said Jeffrey. level, "we will reject the professors of Baruch's Business .For'ums. rations where the company managerial executives often cause "they have so much toof dents from any It will specifically state, for ex thatwe don't wantandhiretheones These forums encourage the would give t he worker "as little lack the power of "closure".He fer; a different perspective un of the three ample, that "there shall be two stu that we want to keep," said Jeffrey. close interaction between some as the worker gives". He · mentioned that many high-level paralleled by anything else". He school popula dents to serve in the P&B from the Finally, at the college level, accord of the city's top executives rep ontrasted this view with his workers have difficulty bringing also pointed out that he does not tions-graduate, departmental level," added Jeffrey. ing to Jeffrey, "We will make sure resenting several corporations, idea under which his own com something to a finite conclusion believe in large corporate day under Then, they will elaborate their that the two levels get approved af Baruch faculty and students. pany operates-"More for due to. the existing incessant boards and that he's a firm sup graduate and plans on the P&B, calling for stu ter the initialapproval." The four-urns are, in the More." He believes that if one delays. He related this concept porter of all workers regardless evening under dent representation at all three With the P&B issue as their administration's mind, a won honors workers and the oppor ofclosure to Shakespeare by as of their background, "Two graduate-to levels of Baruch's organizational core agenda, George andJeffreyare derful opportunity for business tunities available for them in serting that, "I believe there are thirds of my corporation's board serve in the hierarchy-at the department, also pushing for other measures students to meet. and

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