Gives up Autonomy by Jim Colaprico Students of Georgetown, Inc
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55th Year, No. 19 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. Friday, February 28, 1975 Corp. to Pay Rent; Gives Up Autonomy by Jim Colaprico Students of Georgetown, Inc. has agreed to pay rent to the University for the space it uses in Healy Basement and to surrender a certain amount of its authority over the extention of its services in an effort to end the legal controversies regarding its relationship to the university. Besides the payment of rent, an evaluating committee will be set up to determine whether the corp's lease should be renewed each year. Also, any new programs that the corp wishes to institute must first be studied by Off-Campus Affairs Dean William Scheurman. If disagreement develops between Scheurman and the corp, the evaluating team will be the final arbitor. The recommendations are subject to the approval of University President Rev. R. J. Henle, SJ. "Our main goal was to draw a and the administration, is a vice president of the corp, said. distinction between the corp as a surrendering of a certain amount "In a limited sense, we have separate entity in itself and the of corp autonomy, student gov· traded off a small portion of our University Corporation as a emment leaders expressed the view independence, but I think that we _whole," Student Development that it was "a necessary thing," are getting the better edge out of Vice President Dr. Patricia Rue- "We have to recognize that any the deal," incoming SG President ckel said. She explained that these gripe made against the corp will Dave Ralston commented. He recommendations, should "settle also be made against the Univer- explained that the strategy behind the obvious problems" that the sity. Therefore, there is a small the recommendations are to move University has been having with amount of risk that the University the corp under the control of area merchants. The merchants is taking. Because of this risk Student Development with reo have been complaining that the there must be an evalutory pro- gards to legal and real estate tax corp provides them with "unfair cess in which the University is situations only. competition" because it doesn't involved," Sal Massaro, executive (Continued on page 6) mcur costs such as rent and utilities. "By accepting a rent charge, we have removed this part of the merchants argument," Bonn Gov't Halts Vice President for Student Development, Dr. Patricia Rueckel assisted Student Government President in the negoitations between student government, the student Jack Leslie said. In answer to criticism that the corporation and the University to solve the corporation's legal creation of an evaluating team to Univ. Exchanges difficulties. settle conflicts between the corp by Rosemarie Loffredo " ,,/ ./'H ~,. The plan to bring more than ',.,,~ 20,000 German students to United States universities and col Construction Worker Killed leges has been postponed until at least the 1976-77 academic year, According to Fr. Harold Bradley, At Mad Center Excavation director of international pro by Barry Weigand grams, "The problem is not on our (US) side, but involves legal Construction worker James Bames feU more than 25 feet to his death Tuesday afternoon while working difficulties in the German legis. on the new Concentrated Care Center building (CCC) on the Georgetown medical center campus. The 53 lature." year-old Northeast resident had been working on a scaffold about six feet above the floor of the fourth level Fr. Bradley responded to an of the building, removing forms used to shape newly poured coucrete. Bames had just returned from his article entitled "Where are all those lunch break. had been standing at the edge of the scaffold when German Students?" by Phillip According to police reports, Barnes was walking Semas which appeared in the on the scaffold and lost his balance, falling through "one of the fellows said, 'Don't step back,' and he stepped back." February 24, 1975 edition of the Fr. Harold Bradley, SJ an open area planned for air conditioning units to Chronicle of Higher Education, In the third floor. He was pronounced dead at The fourth level of the concentrated care center Debate to secure funding for is actually the ground level on the North side facing the article Semas outlined the the US-German program con Georgetown University Hospital at 1:28 pm, major problems concerning the according to police detective William Wood. the hospital while the first floor of the CCC is above tinues in the lower house of the ground on the south side. exchange program. These inclu German legislature. In the upper The results of an autopsy performed Wednesday ded: 1) the different systems of were not released by police officials. According to Barnes had been employed by the Hyman Co., house, the German Christian Dem degrees in Europe and the United ocratic Party passed an amend Detective Wood, district law requires that the the general contractor, as a laborer, according to States would cause academic dif Homocide Division of the Metropolitan Police Mancini. ment allowing use of German ficulties for the students upon funds for study in the United investigate any death resulting from an industrial Construction on the $15 million project began in arrival back in Germany; 2) the accident. January, 1974 and is expected to be completed next States. However, the amendment program of studies in the United is encountering trouble in getting Safety Director of the George Hyman Construe summer. The concentrated care building is expected States does not suit the needs of tion Company, William Mancini, said that Barnes to open in September, 1976. th rough the Bundestag, Ger the German students, 3) the cost many's lower house. of education in the United States "If the amendment could have IS too high, 4) if too many stu passed by the end of last year, we dents in Germany receive college could have gone through with the Students and be C5rabuatt <!tontlrruatllr educations, there will a surplus program in the fall of 1975," Fr. of over-qualified people in Ger Bradley related. "However, there Foreign Affairs many, 5) the legal difficulty con In this months issue: exists at least a six month time lag cerning the funding of the pro between approval of the funding ... the monthly foreign affairs supple gram. ment. In this edition: detente and U.S. • Grad caucus claimed a success and implementation of the pro • Upcoming elections "This last reason is the only gram. So, even if we got word that Soviet trade; the People's Congress and the valid one I can see," explained Fr. the amendment got through be future of China; and the Vladivostok accord, • Future Goals Bradley. "As of now funds for o And poetry fore the end of this school year, an attempt to 'put a cap' on the arms race. study outside of Germany can there still would not be enough only be used in Europe and in time to have. the program ready Russia. The other reasons are just for next year." not logical." Page 2 The HOYA Friday. February 28.1975 NEWS REVIEW Townhouse Lecture Delay Series The Darnall-Reiss townhouse A series of lectures on the project, which is experiencing a roles and activities of women delay in the start of construction, and minorities is scheduled to be is expected to be ready for occu delivered at Georgetown Unjver pancy during the 1976·77 school sity March 3, 4 and 6. The talks, year. Daniel Altobello, vice presi enfitled "Toward a New Social dent for administrative services, Order," will be given by three (Photo by Mike Meth) attributes the delay to the Depart Daniel J. Altobello speakers, each one renowned in The Unviersity townhouses that are expected to be built on the ment of Housing and Urban De his or her field, and wil\ Darnall-Reiss site have been delayed until HUD establishes wage scales velopment. Town Meeting comprise the first program at for the construction workers. The funding for the project Georgetown to be sponsored by comes primarily from HUD, The School of Language and the Danforth Foundation, a SAM Bridges Gap which is loaning the University Linguistics last Friday night held private organization interested in $3.8 million of the total cost of its third annual town meeting for bigher education. The Society for Advancement here specialists in all fields, not $5.4 million for the townhouse. all students enrolled in the SLL. The series is scheduled to of Management (SAM) is a only business, but economics, Altobello explained that con The evening included panel discus open with a talk by Margaret division of the American government and languages. struction can not start until HUD sions followed by a gala celebra Love on "Affirmative Action: Management Association, a prof Management training is not just establishes wage scales for the tion. Women and Minorities". Ms. essional association of highly for business students." construction workers on the pro The town meeting brings to Love, a faculty member at Yale successful managers, company "There is no communication ject. A final bid was received by gether all the SLL students and Law School, has served as presidents and innovators in the between the schools here; for the University on February 11, faculty to discuss the major issues associate secretary of the Amer field of business. example, the Nursing School and this was submitted in a full confronting the school. This ican Association of University SAM is a participative organi could benefit greatly from the report to HUD on February 21. year's gathering was attended Professors and has shown par zation that seeks to inform borad view of management that Altobel1o was not worried by by 400 participants.