Commission Studies Police Conduct

5 fc W W '5 VOLUME LIV, NUMBER 24 DREXEL UNIVERSITY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1979 Proposed changes in Hum.-Soc. curriculum by Sally Lockwood delivered by .specialists in the field i The proposed expansion of the will be encouraged with the new Humanities-Communications Humanities-Communications curriculum will include the addition curriculum This would establish a of a few new courses and equip contact between the student and the ment, the usage of colloquia as a current media situation as seen by means of teaching classes, as well someone w ho works with the media, as a senior project, all in order to as well as keeping the professor give the student a more informed as to what is happening professional training Dave Jones, The senior project, which would •Associate Professor of Com lake place in Winter and Spring munications, and William Hollis, terms, is meant to “give the majors A-ssociate Professor of English, feel an opportunity to integrate what that the new program will add more they have learned and apply this structure to the field and give the knowledge to a professional student a better sense of direction project, which they produce from !i * ii; V j when he/she graduates. concept through completion to iit 33rJ iUiii KiUi folltmin^ M O l / riu/t* tn Auj^ust 197S For the most part, the ad evaluation,” It would be a short ministration wants to integrate the film, film script, a piece of two disciplines of Humanities and technical writing or anything that (.’ommunications. There will be would have relevance to the literature survey courses in which student’s selected field. This Commission studies Police conduct such authors as Homer, Plato, project is intended to become useful the high incidence of police view that even though the files Dante, Chaucer. Swift. Voltaire, as a major portfolio item, so it must by Chris Holden brutality. would would be seen in executive Goethe and Yeats will be studied. have professional, not only The United States Commission on The Commission’s preliminary session, and the names of the of This is to insure “that each student academic relevance. ('ivil Rights met Tuesday, hearing opened up with a bang ficers deleted, the press could still acquires a basic grounding in Of course, Drexel will be sending February 6. 1979, to “ascertain the Although Chief Ek'tective of In- possibly get ahold of the case and Humanities-Communications and a Humanities-Communications nature of police conduct, to identify lernatal Affairs Scafaldi and Police identify the officers core a core of academic work in majors out on co-op, but the jobs formal and informal departmental Commissioner O'Neill turned over "fHher snags developed as the common with his fellow majors.” will more than likely not be non procedures relating to police the bulk of the information, they Director of Finance and the Some new communication skills paying internships The reason for conduct and discipline, to identify refused to turn over in police Comptroller seemed reluctant to courses will be added to give the this is that it is easier to find non officials and agencies legally brutality cases, including five of turn over the amounts of damages student experience in a wide range paying positions than paying responsible for investigating and which the Police Department said the city remitted m cases involving of different media. This will include positions. In order to supply jobs for resolving allegations of police they did not have The Commission police brutality the installment of new video everybody in the field, Drexel has misconduct, and to evaluate the on Civil Rights then announced Besdies these snags, the United tKjuipment, hopefully within one to consider internships. There is a availability and effectiveness of iheir intention to go to the U S States Commission on Civil Rights year, and perhaps two or three certain advantage to this type of existing systems of accountability Attorney, who would in turn go to mainly collected data for the two additionally equipped rooms. The employment. It is more likely that lx)ih internal and external,” The the Federal District Court to secure days of hearings scheduled cost is only an estimate at the the student will get a job which only other city the commission will an order requiring enforcement of F't*bruary 20 and February 21. 1979. moment, but according to Dave would be more closely related to visit is Houston. Texas. These two the subpeona. The Commission will then publish Jones, Drexel would need about his/her specific interest than a cities were picked by the Com Tbe problem occurred when Its transcript and a report will be $25,000 immediately for the equip- paying co-op job in this particular mission in an open hearing in Sheldon Albert, the City Solicitor, made to the President of the United •ment. field. Washington presumably because of acting for the city, expressed the States and Congress. The use of colloquia (lectures .All in all, the new curriculum will not be an extensive change oyer the present one. What the new curriculum will offer that the Future of First Pa. Bank Unknown present one does not will be a little more structure and a better required repairs, the University graduate school of Business and by Dave Van Gelder the building isn’t structurally background to prepare the student will not invest in renovation of the Administration.” The location also Drexel’s recent acquisition of the secure enough to permit a long to go into the field professionally. interior until the structure is fixed. includes “Linton’s” and the ad Centennial branch of the First term commitment on the The new curriculum will not be One of the major stumbling jacent barber shop and the parking Pennsylvania Bank on the corner of University’s part “Long-term” very specialized in order to provide blocks the University faces is lot. 32nd and Market Sts has posed an indicates a commitment of over a more liberal education. Dave whether the whole building is a Regardless of whether or not interesting question; What to do five years’ occupancy without Jones expressed his opinion by historic landmark, or just a Drexel uses the site for the Comp with It? major structural renovations. saying that he felt the, “potential noteworthy facade facing the troller’s. Registrar’s, or Graduate for the major is really great,” and .According to Harold Myers, Vice The Triangle previously reported corner. The structure is a certified Business School, one asset that that it would give the students more President-Treasurer, the decision that the east wall of the building" historic building because it was shouldn’t be overlooked is the initiative. Professors Hollis and still hasn’t been made. Short-term was damaged, which has allowed designed and built by Frank Fur massive vault left by the bank. This Jones are hopeful the program will plans may include moving some of water to seep into the structure. ness However, the structure was vault could be a safe, fireproof the operations of the Comptroller's go into effect almost immediately, The bank estimated that repairs built in three sections, and it is storage place for invaluable -or at least by September, 1980. office or the Registrar’s ofhce, both would cost approximately $750,000, unknow n if all qualify as “historic.” university records. of which are presently over but with inflation, .Myers In regard to long-term plans for crowded, to this building. speculated that the cost may be this building, Myers stated that it is It appears as though, at this time. around $1,000,000 now . Due to the “the most desirable sight for a F o c u s O il: S A L T t a l k s by Neal Schmerling land-based and submarine-based missiles, and 348 heavy bombers for The differences leading to the ballistic missiles. .According to The a total of 2059. The U.S. also has 224 second Strategic Arms Limitation .New York Times, “the new treaty, additional heavy bombers but they Talk (SALT) are e.xpected to be which would run to 1985, is to limit are in storage. resolved by spring, despite recent heavy bombers as well as ballistic In addition to equalizing the developments on the international missiles, and an accompanying arsenals of both superpowers, the scene. Unlike the first treaty, which three-year protocol would restrict “new agreement would take the was signed in 1972. the current the deployment of cruise missiles.” first step toward limiting arms debate will not only include the Under the new pact, each side modernizations. Although the 1972 nuclear agreement with the Soviet would be limited to a strategic pact did not mention the subject, Union, but also the entire spectrum arsenal of 2250. The pact also the new accord imposes limited of Russian-American relations recommends that a similar limit be controls on the modernization of One reason for this broader-based placed on .selected subcategories, existing arms and constrains the outlook stems from the participants such as the number of missiles with development of new systems *’ in the negotiating process. Unlike multiple warheads There are four standards that are the first treaty, which was .At present, the Soviet arsenal is likely to b€' used when the treaty is negotiated in relative secrecy, the comprised of 2500 items: 1400 in judged by Congress and the public second treaty has had substantial tercontinental ballistic missile and news organizatioris. They are Congressional participation due to (ICBM’si launchers. 950 Sea-based i*quality, stability, verification of encouragement from the Carter missiles, and 150 heavy bombers.

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