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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 11-9-1977 The BG News November 9, 1977 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News November 9, 1977" (1977). BG News (Student Newspaper). 3426. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3426 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. WARD 1 WARD 2 WARD 3 WARD 4 , AT-LARGE BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL LEVY Barrell 31.1% For 67.5% Corral 43.7% Ng 51.7% Bellard 59% Anderson 57.5% Kepke 29% Against 32.5% Story on page 1 Story on page 1 Story on page 1 Story on page 1 Story on page 1 Story on page 5 ISSUE 1 ISSUE 2 ISSUE 3 ISSUE 4 TOLEDO SCHOOL TOLEDO MAYOR LEVY DeGood 62.5% For 60.5% For 34.5% For 37.5% For 26.5% For 56% CLEVELAND MAYOR Against 39.5% Against 65.5% Against 62.5% Against 73.5% Against 44% Kucinich 52.5% Story on pages Story on page 5 Story on page 5 Story on page 5 The 315 Hews Vol. 61, No. 30 Bowling Uratm State University Wednesday. November 9, 1977 Alternative methods for contracts explored By James A. SlioewsU and quotas were a matter of financial American Association of University SUM Reporter necessity. Halpcrn said that, because of Professors and other faculty groups fewer graduate assistants, the said the classroom minimums and A University committee exploring University is more expensive to operate subsequent loss of pay caused a loss of alternate methods of contracting in the summer than during the rest of morale and increase in apathy by summer faculty is expected to report to the academic year. faculty. Provost Kenneth W. Rothe sometime To minimize costs, the University Halpern. a member of the committee this month. established minimum class trying to resolve the problems, said he The Committee on Summer Session enrollments-20 for general studies sympathizes with the faculty and that Assignments (CSSA) was created last courses, 15 for baccalaureate, 10 for the CSSA is searching for alternative month when faculty organizations graduate level and seven for upper plans. protested the University's guidelines graduate level courses. i think that it (flexible contracts) is for paying professors teaching during a painful experience, a depressing the summer quarter. FACULTY MEMBERS' salaries experience and a frustrating ex- Under the procedure, minimum were decreased in relation to the perience." he said. summer class sizes were established. number of students under those "The fact that it did not happen to a Faculty assigned to classes which did minimums. large amount of people didn't mean it not draw the minimum number of Halpern said professors had the happened to those less severely." students were issued "flexible con- option to refuse a flexible contract and tracts" and paid on a scale based on the not teach at all. RESPONDING to faculty complaints number of students enrolled. Statistics compiled for the ad- that two professors could have worked ministration show that, of 467 faculty equally hard but one was paid more PROFESSORS whose assigned members given summer assignments, because of filled classes, Halpern said classes met or exceeded minimums 60 accepted flexible contracts and such inequities were not intended. were paid regular salaries. taught courses without the minimum "The thought was never that one At the end of the summer, the number of students. About 40 courses person's effort was of less effort," he Bowling Green Faculty Association were dropped because professors said. iBGFA) sent a letter to University refused the flexible contracts or the The committee's work, Halpern said, President Hollis A. Moore Jr. saying courses drew few students. is to suggest alternate methods of that the quarter had been a fiasco and Statistics show that 12 faculty employing summer faculty. After the trat flexible contracts and new members taught none of the classes to CSSA's report is completed, his office in mi in urn enrollments "caused which they were assigned for the same will plug last summer's figures into the widespread dissatisfaction with our reasons. plans to see how much money would University." have been saved or wasted it it was Dr. Sheldon Halpem, vice provost for BUT n i:s 11) l".s the loss of classes and used instead of flexible contracts. facultv affairs, said flexible contracts teaching positions, the BGFA, Based on those findings. Halpern said cither the same plan or a more efficient " \ substitute will be used next summer. HE ADDED that he could not guess at Inside the News this point which will be used next summer. Halpern said two options being Nawtphoto by 0««f> N» considered by the committee are flat SCOTT FERRIMAN, SOPHOMORF,, was one of the many voters who voted yesterday at the rates for courses taught and fixed Ridge Street School. Computerized ballut-rounting was used for the first time in Wood County contracts. Both might restrict class EDITORIALS. Paul I intern has a few questions about Parents when voters went t» the polls and voted on many state and local issues. Day. Why don't you read his column on page 2 ? choices next summer, he added. FEATURES... The second article of a News series on freshman loneliness is found on page 3. Democrats sweep council seats By Dennis J. Sadowskl captured nearly twice as many voles as The totals showed Ng with 51.7 percent "I'm just disappointed." Jones said, r Managing Editor the Republican candidates citywide. and Jones with 48.3 percent. adding that he docs not know if he will Democratic candidates received 8.251 seek a council seat in the 1979 elections. Weather Voters yesterday elected six votes to 4.34.1 to Republican candidates. JONES SAID THAT despite the Partly cloudy Democrats to City Council, giving the Two independent candidates captured closeness of the results he will not In Ward 1. incumbent Joseph 1.. High 70 F (21C) party complete control of the city's l.liM votes. request a recount. Corral, Democrat, defeated Low55F(13C) legislative body. In a mild upset. Democrat Patrick Ng He said although he has not seen the challengers l.eonardEilcr. Republican, 20 percent chance of rain The unofficial totals from the Wood defeated incumbent Republican pri'cinct-by-pri'cinct breakdown of and C.eraldine Jensen, independent. County Board of Elections last night Wendell Jones for the Ward 2 scat. 557- voting, the student vote may have show the Democratic candidates 520. in the closest race amont! the five. determined his fate. tn page 5 news views What is the biggest problem yoo see facing the University? Of the twelve students who were asked Oils question by news views, three answered that fee increases arc the biggest problem. While two students said a lack of community among students is a problem. The lack of services provided by the Health Center was discussed by one student and another student said students lack confidence in them- selves. / * A Other problems mentioned by Duane Gray, junior Becky Aguila. sophomore: Debbie Amidaneau, senior: Jack /.aiiKIT. freshman: Pat Hyland. sophomore: students were class registration Students at the University are There's too much racial procedures, racially segregated The raising of the fees. Too many The stiff grading system. The lack of student interest in segregation. Minorities should get Professors don't use a humanistic University activities, as compared faced with a great many fears and organizations, a lack of University of us just don't have the money and I these fears generate anger, making more involved on campus and try to sponsored activities, a stiff grading know if you're not on scholarship or approach. Very few of them have to their own individual interests. get along with all people. For person-to-person relationships with Students don't take enough pride in them think they can't do what they system and a lack of student pride loan it's making it pretty rough. can do. They must make their fears example. I really don't think there in the University. students. the University, they are only in- should be a Black Student Union. terested in things that thty are going work for them and realize that they can accomplish many things. There shouldn't be so many to get something out of personally. segregated organizations. opinion 'judgment is founded on truth,..' two times too many guest columnist The U.S. Department of Health. Education and Welfare (HEW) may be medieval, not modern toon investigate discriminatory practices at the University for the second time in six months. ByTlmLally years perpetrating a genocide on the this sentimentality, in which pets loom literature, the romance. SlrGawahi Vietnamese. Of course, here we are large in the emotional life of all too I am horrified that an apparently and the Green Kpjght is , supreme The News considers that two times too many. talking about man's inhumanity to many people. The trouble with animal- well-educated person such as the artwork of the high middle ages, which man, not man's inhumanity to animals. loving is that it represents a physician Asa J. Wllburn (guest every person with a bachelor's degree A former associate professor of home economics.