Statement on Computers Page 2 CORNELL Trucks Page 3 CHRONICLE On the Waterfront Page 4 Stroke, Stroke, Stroke! Pages 6-7 Vol. 5 No. 24 Thursday. February 28, 1974 New Postal Rates Page 10 Silence: A Leaf Falls Regents Send University Information on Ujamaa University President Dale R Corson has received Cornell will respond, Corson said, and will a letter from New York State Comm maintain the position it lias continually held, that all Education Ewald B Nyquist responding to il which Ujamaa is Cornell's request for more information on the State one, are in compliance with Regents Paper No. 15 Regents position regarding Ujamaa Residential and the Guidelines for the Desegregation of College Facilities and Programs and that some of Nyquist's Corson said yesterday that the letter received findings concerning Ujamaa are not correct. The February 21, one month after Cornell's request for Regents guidelines define segregated facilies as: more information, sets forth the report of findings "those in which admission or residence is in connection with the State Education restricted, by the institution or with its consent, to Department's September 10 visit to Cornell persons of a particular race, color, or national Nyquist indicated in his letter of December 27, origin." 1973 that Ujamaa as it is presently constituted is In his December letter. Nyquist asked Corson to not in compliance with Regents policy as advise him by February 1 "of the steps to be taken expressed in Regents Position Paper No 15 by Cornell to dismantle Ujamaa College" At that Nyquist said that his finding came as a result of the time he also advised Cornell that if the University September 10 visit. believed the finding was incorrect, it could present Corson said that the latest Nyquist letter "does a statement in support of its contention. However, not clarify the situation significantly and contains as 1974 began. Cornell had not yet received any factual errors." Also, Corson noted that some of the formal'report on the September 10 staff visitation material included in the report as a basis for the upon which the Regents finding was based and so Nyquist decision relates to Cornell's 1969 Corson made his January 21 request for more discussions with the U S Department of Health, information which Nyquist had offered to supply Education and Welfare (HEW), and also refers to a Regents Position Paper No 15 was issued in recent practice which has now been discontinued May 1972 and the Regents Guidelines for the Corson said that Nyquist. in his letter dated Desegregation of Facilities and Programs were February 19. asks that the visit report be checked issued in early 1973 for accuracy and that a formal response be (Note The Regents Guidelines were printed in submitted within two weeks from the date of the Cornell Chronicle on March 17. 1973 More letter The date for Cornell's response has since recently material on the Regents Ujamaa position been extended by Nyquist to the second week in and Cornells response to it were printed in Cornell March. • Chronicle on January 24, 1974) Funds Allotted Senators Call for Equality For Adjusting In Men's, Women's Sports In a deceptively low-key session, the fourth University focusing primarily on remedies for sex inequality Senate Tuesday night closed its term with a legislative regarding programs and facilities The committee bang by passing bills calling for "fair and equal prefaced its recommendations by identifying women's Employes Pay treatment" of men and women in physical education and intercollegiate athletic programs as the "largest single intercollegiate athletic programs Additionally, the Senate issue at the present time," and by reiterating the use of Allocations for salary adjustments have been passed with almost no debate an amendment to judicial "the affirmative action concept as it applies to the distributed to the endowed units a\ Cornell for the fiscal board legislation establishing procedures for cases wtere problems of affording "fair and equal' treatment to year beginning July 1. 1974 the University is defendant The question of whether the women in physical education and athletics " The allocations are divided among the faculty and the University Hearing Board (UHB) has jurisdiction over The recommendations called for departmental exempt and non-exempt employes who were on the such cases was not raised on the floor reorganization along program lines, eliminating the University payroll on Feb 1. 1974. Both issues — fair and equal treatment of women in present male-female organizational pattern in both physical education and intercollegiate athletics; Distribution to both faculty and other staff will be physical education programs and whether the University increased staffing by minority group members and based on merit, according to Vice Provost Robert F. can be a defendant in the campus judicial system — women; new physical education facilities for co- Risley The faculty adjustments are completely were raised recently in a complaint against the educational use, recreational instruction rather than discretionary. He said that in the exempt and non- Department of Physical Education and Athletics alleging professional training in physical education courses; that exempt groups an individual whose work is considered sex discrimination. The case was settled by the parties ticket sales income go directly to the University and that unsatisfactory should receive no adjustment but that any outside the judicial board which had ruled "probable the department operate on an appropriated budget, and. individual whose work is satisfactory will receive a jurisdiction" in the dispute increased support for intramural sports, especially for minimum increase of $300 regardless of present salatv The legislation to establish equality between men's and women. "Further merit adjustment beyond the $300 minimum women's physical education and intercollegiate athletic can. of course, be made. " he said The $300 figure should programs is the first piece of legislation to result from a The committee summarized its position by stating: be pro-rated irv cases where persons are employed less three month study of the Department of Physical "We feel that women's athletics may well develop than full time. Education and Athletics conducted by Policy Study Group considerably in the next five years We also feel every II (PSG II), a special ad hoc committee created by the effort must be made to remove artificial distinctions In addition to the annual salary adjustment funds Campus Life Committe"e (CLC) in conjunction with the between men's and women's teams in achieving a which have been distributed. Risley said special salary Executive Committee balanced program " reserves have been established to cover the cost of The bill passed Tuesday night calls for sex equality as The report prepared for the CLC, will serve as the basis increases which may result from the current Hayes soon as possible, but within five years in any case, with for further bills to be presented to. the fifth Senate on the classification study of exempt employes*and the planned ual progress reports to be made by the department to subject of physical education and athletics. similar study of non-exempt employes later this year the CLC. The bill's provisions stated that: the coaching Risley said directors and department heads have been PSG Us report, which was made public at the Senate staff will work as a unified group responsible for meeting Continued on Page 8 meeting Tuesday night, contains 10 recommendations Continued on Page 8 2 CORNELL CHRONICLE Thursday, February 28 Board's Statement on Computer Security The following is a statement by Cornell's administration, bothersome They are expensive damaged by accident as well as inanimate challenging machine the University Computing Board compels that protection be as Furthermore, even the best intent As a result, the knowledge or some symbolic aspect of the on the subject of Computer complete as reasonably possible protection, whether we are that intruders have potentially "establishment." Safety Unfortunately. the very dealing with computer data or gained access to these files is The 360 system operated by complexity of computers and of hard copy files, is not absolute very disturbing to their owners. the Office of Computer Services protective systems which are The risks to academic is not a laboratory or Fourth. when computer On January 25. Cornell used to defend them appears researchers is similar to that of experimental or research security is breached, we are all suffered a serious intrusion into to challenge the virtuosity of having notes stolen or damaged computer It is a production potentially the victims Many of its computing system Although some thoughtless computer before other copies were made. machine Its routine services can the University's administrative the intrusion was apparently users Such individuals must Because of this recent and be used to perform research, but computing files contain elements discovered and contained before recognize that they are dealing other potential intrusions on the when the subject of that research of privileged information about it could be exploited. it with a vital resource of the security of the University's happens to be computing itself, its employes, prospective and nonetheless has directed the University and that tampering computer system it will be then the investigator is under current students, and alumni and attention of the campus to the with the computing system to necessary to make additional special obligation to contain any friends of the University. Only security of the University's obtain unauthorized access to expenditures to provide better possible side-effects of such essential data are collected, computer files. As the principal computer files cannot be protection in this area at a time work. group charged with responsibility necessary to some aspect of the tolerated when the University has little A computing system is an for overseeing computer matters functioning of the University, and discretionary funds available for indispensible tool of a modern at Cornell.