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Friday, March 12, 1982 the ~xpunent ft.Iii tjiM The Student News~r of Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Volume 73 Issue 35 Administration reverses fee waiver decision By MARK REINSEL Riley, who had met with both students. The budget amend A financial crunch for about Tietz and Malone to discuss the just covers this year's deficit. 330 MSU graduate students was matter, said he isn't sure what Fees will increase again next narrowly averted on Wednesday, brought about Wednesday's year, leaving administrators and as a hastily called conference reversal. students in yet another financial resulted in the restoration of their "I think they may have just not dilemma. fee waivers. thought it out completely," he "We'll just have to look at the Michael Malone, dean of suggested. whole picture," said Tietz, before graduate studies, announced But don't throw away all those making any decisions about next that, fee waivers for graduate food coupons just yet, graduate year's allocations. teaching assistants and research assistants would continue through spring quarter. Malone, '81 draft registration President William Tietz, and Director of Administration, Tom only 79 percent Nopper. huddled together in a Warren W. Hoover, Executive Director of National lnterreligious midday session Wednesday Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO), has before deciding on the action. characterized administration plans to prosecute nonregistrants as "We're just responding to the "selective and unfair." "Contrary to Selective Service's recent fact that there is a hardship claims,'' Hoover asserted, "the draft agency will have such a involved," Malone noted. massive problem with nonregistration afterthe grace period, ended "We didn't want to change the on February 28, that any indictments they seek will be selective and rules in the middle of the game," unfair." added Tietz. Hoover pointed to statistics, given by the Selective Service Two weeks ago Malone System on February 24, that revealed that compliance for those discovered that the annual fee turning 18 in 1981 was still only 79% by the third week of February. waiver allocation fund for GTA's The draft agency also disclosed that there are now currently and GRA's had run dry. Increases 927 ,000 nonregistrants. This coupled with an additional one in fees and the number of million registrants who have not reported a change of address to !students on assistantships (up Selective Service (also a felony) has created a new class of federal 110% this year) led to the crunch, felons that numbers almost two million. he said. "Even if the Selective Service is successful in coercing one halfof "We knew by the end of autumn that number to comply with the law,'' Hoover explained, "any quarter that we were going to be prosecution that the Justice Department could undertake would be close (in terms of money) but we limited, and therefore selective and unfair." hoped we could make it." Malone "We know," Hoover stated, "that an unusually large number of ;said. those who have been targeted for prosecution by the Justice After rev1ew1ng the quarterly Department are religious nonregistrants. It is significant that the 3rd week report, Malone said he Justice Department deems this religious witness as it's greatest realized some type of action had threat. Singling out religious nonregistrants for punishment, :to be taken. Administrators however, ·will only strengthen the already considerable religious originally considered reducing support for nonregistrants. the waiver to cover only seven "Registration is the point at which U.S. foreign policy affects the "to inflict as little American family. We hear from as many parents as we do young credits, he said, Ifs that time of quarter again. Study, study, study! This MSU student is seen men. They tell us that they don'twant their sons to register to fight in tiarm to as few people as we combining warm weather and physics. (photo by Tom Lowe) ;::ould." El Salvador." The fee waivers had tradi Board of Regents' decision ~1onally covered all incidental and •egistration fees, plus an out-of· ~late fee for non-Montanan GT A's 9nd GRA's. About 330 of the 700 Tenure change upsets faculty members 1raduate students on-campus BY KEVIN DOLAN MSU reserves the right to change the Ditterline noted, "Faculty Council needs a were eligible for such waivers this Question has been raised over just where regulations and policies in the handbook at lot of input for making this decision. I think Jear tenure resides for faculty members at MSU- any time without notice. Several faculty there needs to be a faculty debate with But administrators decided with the university or in a department. members are outraged that this change in people both pro and con and with their facts rhat students hadn't been given Apparently, the locus of tenure has been the handbook was made without their straight." 1nough advance notice of the changed by the Board of Regents and the consent or consultation. Faculty Council has Faculty Affairs has recommended .hange, said Tietz. Many MSU administration without consultation passed a motion that the wording be stricken university-wide tenure to Faculty Council. It is 1raduate students would have from the MSU faculty. from the handbook. now up to Faculty Council to decide how they indoubtedly selected other As a result of a July 6, 1981, decision by the Faculty Council has been discussing the can get the most input to help them make a 'chools last fall if they had known Board of Regents, Section 402 of the faculty issue of tenure since this fall. One of its final recommendation to President Tietz. hey'd be paying their own fees handbook now reads, "Tenure is with the committees Faculty Affairs, has two Faculty Council 1s expected to make the ;pring quarter, admitted Malone. institution and resides within a specific subcommitees working on the issue--cne on recommendation sometime in April. After Wednesday's conference, academic unit in which the faculty member the locus of tenure and another on how There is also question over what will fietz decided on an amendment is employed and not with the Montana tenure is obtained. become of the council's recommendation. co this year's budget. requesting University System." Ray Ditterline, chairman of Faculty Affairs, Some faculty members contend that their 3Upplemental funding for the Before this change, the handbook said, commented, "The main squabble is over recommendation should hold a lot of weight. the Archie Alexander, 0raduate student program. The "Tenure is with the institution and resides what is an academic unit." Apparently, Head of Faculty Council, '3mendment requires the Board within a specific academic unit or definition of what an academic unit is has commented, "It is the contention of Faculty if Regents' approval, which is department where the faculty member is been left up to the individual institutions. Council that is has significant power on an 1irtually automatic. employed and not with the Montana President Tietz stated that his office has issue such as locus of tenure." Psychology TA Mike Riley, the University System." Many faculty members not formulated any formal policy on what an President Tietz, however, had different eader of student opposition to were under the impression that their tenure academic unit is and has asked the faculty to view. "Faculty Council recommends policy to ·he fee waiver change, hailed the still resided with the institution and not in review the matter ard give him their this office. The final decision remains in this o:Jec1sion as a victory for students. their department. Many are upset that the definition of an academic unit. Tietz also office. Also, regardless of what we decide, I "It shows that graduate locus of tenure was changed without their refused to comment on his interpretation of would take that decision up with the Board of ;tudents are willing to get consent. an academic unit, so he would not influence Regents." nvolved in policy changes," he The beginning of the handbook states that the decision of the faculty in any way. ,aid. CPS refresher course offered UVI tieadlinei A Certified Professional class will be held in 453 Reid Hall. meeting. A total of 3.5 continuing Secretary Institute course will be The fee for the review course is education credits will be awarded House stalls Salvador resolution offered at MSU as $47 .50 for 35 hours of to each participant upon a review course House committee agreed to an administration-backed request for the CPS examination, instruction. The fee covers the successful completion of the which yesterday to postpone a resolut1qn that would ban all further will be administered cost of instruction as well as course and payment of a $20 fee on May 7 military aid to El Salvador. A vote will be delayed at least until after study guides for each of the six for Continuing Education. and 8. El Salvador's March 28th constituent assembly elections. The review course will meet areas covered on the CPS exam. Instructors for the CPS review from 7 to 9 p.m. beginning Registration forms for course will be: Terry Anderson, Monday, March 29. and will run continuing education credit will agricultural economics/econ Original 'Quincy' suspended omics: through Wednesday, May 5. The be available at the first class Carol Austin, office Los Angeles County Coroner Thomas Noguchi the model for the administration: Floyd Frost, "Quincy" TV series. was suspended for thirty days yesterday business education; Christy because of charges of mismanagement from the county's chief Johnson, CPA. business adm1nistrat1ve officer accounting; Ron Lundquist. The 1nvest1gat1on was launched following accusations that business management: James mismanagement and mishandling of evidence had compromised Screnar, attorney at law with police invest1gat1ons.

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