Passage Expected of Bill of Rights
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Faculty Senate rejects book reuse proposal By LEE MIDDLETON before the two-year limit. Several other faculty members large inventory that has to be wholesaled. The Faculty Senate voted Thursday not to endorse an felt they might be required to use inferior textbooks for Part of the proposal also would require professors to administration plan to require faculty members to use the full two years even though better ones were available. order recommended hooks only after the first class has required books in 1000 through 4000 level courses for at Business Manager Joe Enochs and Bookstore Manager least two years. met. Gore said at present when books are put on a Mike Gore attended the meeting to speak in favor of the "recommended" list, only about 10 per cent of the The vote was 19 to 5 against the proposal. proposed guidelines. students actually buy them. The bookstore orders ac- Several Senate members expressed concern that the Gore said it would save students over $20,000 because of cordingly, he said, but even then it ends up with a large guidelines would hinder their privilege to choose their own increased buy-back prices. He explained that since the inventory. textbooks texts would be reused the bookstore could pay a higher Several faculty members expressed concern, though, Dr. John Wortham, professor of economics, said one price for them when students resold the books. that waiting till the first class period to order would result faculty member had approached him urging him to vote In addition, he said, the increased reuse would save the in delays of up to six weeks. Gore said however, that the against the proposal because it would place too much students money because it would provide a greater supply power in the hands of department chairmen. orders would be phoned in to the publisher and could be of used books. filled within 10 days. The proposal would require a department chairman to Gore said that over 60 per cent of the titles used in a year approve any change in textbooks if the change was made Final adoption of the proposal is now up to the ad- are not reused. This, he said, leaves the bookstore with a ministration. iSTHE MILT SKIFF I ohtme 7 \. Sumber 83 Texas Christian University . Fort Worth. I exas 76129 Tuesday, March 30, 1976 Passage expected of Bill of Rights By BROCK IKERS Alter approval by the House. William Wlebenga. Dr. Kenneth The Judicial System will be a Committee and the Student News Editor the Faculty Senate will vote on Lawrence, chairman of the three-tiered system, with the Grievance Committee. After six years of controversy. the proposal Chancellor James Religion Department, and Chancellor on top as the final Disputes brought before the rewriting and rewording, the M Moudy will then give an in- Director of Programs and Ser- adjudicator, the University Court Court must involve alleged revised Mill of Student Rights and dication as to how he intends to vices Don Mills formed the ad below him and seven committees violations of the Bill of Rights. Responsibilities will come up for handle the proposal. hoc committee which wrote a below the Court. The Court itself will, by majority, a final vote koda) at the House oH "The indication will be less revised version of the present vote to determine which cases it St uden t Represen latives than a yes or no, but stronger Bill, which the Chancellor ap- The University Court will have will hear • ting, according to Jay Case, than a maybe." House legal proved in 1973. 11 members—four students, four In April of 1873, the Chancellor student body president faculty members and three indicated his approval of the adviser Scott McCown said. "This is going to be a contract. 1'endmg a positive indication administrators. The Court will present Bill of Rights. However. The bill guarantees freedom of If you feel that you are wronged from the Chancellor, the bill will hear only appeals from students at that time he said he was not access to higher education, the by the process, you can seek go to the entire faculty for a vote. who have gone to any of the entirely pleased with the bill, and righl to classroom and campus relief in the 'real world.' " Mc- Case says he is confident the quasi-judicial boards of original expected further revision. expression, the righl of con Cown said. Mill will be passed in the higher jurisdiction —the Student Proffer said she does not fidentiahty of student records, levels of the administration as The prearrble of the Bill says, Organizations Committee, The believe the Bill has been violated the right of equal opportunity. well as the House "If need for clarification arises, Student Publications Committee, since it was enacted. She did say and the righl oi adequate judicial the University Judicial System the Public Presentations Com- that there was a charge of a review in the even! of alleged Case. McCown. Scott Harvev. ,shall be used to interpret the mittee, the Academic Appeals violation, yet the courts ruled Dean of Students Elizabeth violations of the "Code of Student philosophies and objectives of the Committee, the Traffic Appeals that the University did act within Conducl Proffer, Dean of AddKan College University." Committee, the Student Conduct the established guidelines. Board OKs promotions, honorary degrees for 6 B) BROCK AKERS committee will now meet to try and News Editor determine how funds might be secured for The Board of Trustees "tacitly" ap- the project." said Turbeville proved the landscaping proposal last Dean of Students Elizabeth Proffer Friday, yel did not officially appropriate expressed concern in the Student-Trustees funds for the project Relations Committee meeting over the Hoard member John Grimland, lighting in the quadrangle parking lot. "I speaking to the Student Trustees Relations think that we should begin the funding for Committee said the landscaping proposal the landscaping proposal by spending the was well received by the Trustees and that first $20,000 to $25,000 on lighting." funding "will come, it is just a matter of The budget for the University was not when and how " ready for the Board to act upon. Part of the Estimates to implement the full plan will reason for the delay. Chancellor James call for about $200.000 to $250,000 according Moudy explained to the Board in his to Glen Turbeville, chairman of the report, was due to Vice Chancellor and Buildings and Grounds Committee. Chief Fiscal Officer L.C White's Turbeville said he does not expect funds emergency operation to remain available after the official The Chancellor told the board that the budgeting for the next fiscal year and IF YOU NEVER saw a piece of bread that seemed happy to be popped in a toaster or University would not be in the red and is made into a sandwich, you can see such animated baked goods in the Student Center indicated that a special fund would tentatively planning on a total budget of probably have to be established for the Gallery this week. The pictures are part of a commercial art display by the Bloom 122.1 million. This figure reflects a seven proposal Agency in Dallas. A show at 3 p.m. tomorrow will include advertisements in broadcast per cent increase over the last fiscal year media. "The administration and the Executive (Continued on page 5) THE DAILY SKIFF Tuesday, March 30,1976 Cuban reprisal would be foolish with presidential politics, Ford The United State? should adapt right today because that is the Nations will gladly take our movements present a new should concern himself with •its foreign policies to the in- only kind of thinking our leaders arms and other economic sup- problem that demands new presidential policies. ternational political realities of still know. Trying to stop the port. However, the time comes solutions and new policies. The 197". spread of communism was a when nations such as Thailand, problems facing the major Our nation's role in world We have no more right to forgivable policy then, because the Phillipines, Egypt and the powers in Africa, Latin America, affairs should be one of mature, blockade—or even threaten to we perhaps had not had time to countries in black Africa have to Asia and even Europe will not be friendly leadership. We should cas'. aside their eager blockade—Cuba than Cuba or learn that our democracy is not solved by antiquated foreign lead by example, economic exportable. benefactors and test their in- policies. any other country would have strength and sensible diplomacy, A blockade of Cuba was dependence. had in 1964 to blockade the United Getting tough may have been not by military coercion and by perhaps justifiable in 1962, The 1950s and '60s practice of States in retaliation for sending right in it: time, but it is foolish denying others a right we have because the situation threatened making a last-ditch stand against troops to Vietnam. now The new nations in Africa vigorously claimed ourseives. communism in any country that Cuba is morally wrong and our national security. Those and elsewhere in the world will accepted Soviet help and politically stupid to get involved missiles were about 90 miles have to experience the same Cuba has a right to intervene in in wars and revolutions in Africa. growing pains that every other Africa if invited. So does the Eut it would be more wrong and nation has had to face. Soviet Union. Both nations have more stupid for the United States —' as much right as we have We to presume any right to commit We cannot force the solutions would be hypocrites to deny to an act of war against Cuba VA on them.