Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Volume 12 Lanthorn, 1968-2001 11-29-1979 Lanthorn, vol. 12, no. 16, November 29, 1979 Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol12 Part of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Grand Valley State University, "Lanthorn, vol. 12, no. 16, November 29, 1979" (1979). Volume 12. 16. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol12/16 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Lanthorn, 1968-2001 at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 12 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Grand Valley’s Student Run Weekly Volume 12 To 3,000 -watts Senate Wants ‘X’ Boosted The Student Senate voted un­ A 50,000-watt station would re­ Rapids or other area population animously Tuesday to recommend to quire professional staff in many centers. the Radio Task Force that GVSC’s management positions. 10-watt radio station, WSRX, be Concern has been voiced by the Bliss, a member of the Radio boosted in power to 3,000 watts. administration about a power boost Task Force, said that GVSC ad­ The power boost would give the for WSRX. Jock Bliss, GVSC direct­ ministrators arc concerned that student-operated FM station a broad­ or of Media Relations told the task area residents may think GVSC cast range which would include force last week that the school students do not have "anything be­ Grand Rapids, Holland, and Muske­ would demand more control of the tween their cars" if the institution gon, though the signal would be operation of the station if its broad­ does not have some control over the weak in the western cities. cast range were to include Grand station. The Radio Task Force, which was to meet yesterday, will make a re­ commendation concerning the future Grievance Policy Gets SS Nod of WSRX and the possibility of a 50,000-watt National Public Radio The Student Senate (SS) approved The grievance procedure lists station by Dec. 5. a sexual harassment grievance po­ three places for complaints of sex­ Senate President Jeff Hubbard licy at their meeting Tuesday. ual harassment to be reported to. said that the proposed increase in These are the director of the Career power would require the station to The policy was formulated by an Planning and Counseling Center, the have a full-time engineer, but would SS task force and will be forwarded GVSC Affirmative Action Officer, ensure that students would be able to to the Executive Committee of the and the director of the Women’s In­ continue to run the station. (faculty) Senate. formation Bureau. Worker* attempt to tteem off the *oot from left Saturday's Kiider fire. (Photo by John S. Wanat). Residents Get Threats Prez Considers Blight’s Plight by Jeff Tikkancn jeopardize the dean’s office auto­ K istkr Culprit Search Goes On nomy. GVSC President Arend D. Lub­ CAS Dean Charles Sorensen said thv Jim Blight is an outstanding Students whose rooms' sustained the second floor west wing, and we more than forty individuals in con­ bers is now considering a request teacher, perhaps one of the most smoke damage in a recent dormitory expect they’ll be able to move back nection with the Fire. made by a number of students and successful in the college. fire at Grand Valley State Colleges by January 2, for the start of wii.ter Several rewards are being offered faculty to reappoint a CAS psycho- logy professor fired in last spring’s The most obvious conflict, said should be able to return to the res­ term,” said Ronald VanSteeland, for information related to the fire, ‘Boy, are we wave of financial cutbacks. Lubbers, is the fact that Blight was idence hall at the beginning of next Grand Valley’s Vice President for including one of up to $1,000 from not fired because of his teaching Administration. the State Fire Marshall’s office and The Committee for the Reap­ term. ability but from his lack of tenure. Meanwhile, four of the approx­ Richard Mehler, dean of student several others ranging in size from pointment of Jim Blight met with “Tenure has to mean something” imately 50 Kistler residents who affairs, said Grand Valley has in­ $50 to $200 from Grand Valley. Lubbers Nov. 16 to make their re­ losing quality said Lubbers, “and I’ll be the first to are in a motel in Holland received formed the parents of all students Loss in the blaze is now estima­ quest. The president promised to consider it and is expected to reply admit that we have not done a good threatening phone calls T u e sd a y living on campus about the fire and ted at about $50,000. “The fire job in defining quality education.” the arrangements made to adjust to department and the fire marshall’s by the end of fall term. night. Three of the calls were Last winter the faculty senate the temporary- conditions associated office have told us that the fireproof “Our main concern is quality ed­ reportedly made from within the teach ers. (ACAS) recommended that the motel. Another went to the motel with it. construction of the dormitory is ucation at Grand Valley”, said Com- mitte head William Baum. "The loss principle criterion for retaining or switchboard from outside. "Throughout its fifteen-year his­ imp.cssive," said VanSteeland, “ and of Jim Blight is definitely a loss of dismissing faculty during financial College officials say that they tory, Grand Valley has been justifi­ it limited the actual fire to just one crisis would be competence in expect clean-up of smoke damage, ably proud of its reputation as a room. But the adjacent area got a quality teaching”. At the meeting w-ith Lubbers, teaching. Tenure and seniority were and repairs in a second-floor lounge, safe and secure environment for lot of smoke, and we’ve got plenty about forty students and faculty 'o be of lesser significance. to which the fire was confined, to learning,” Mehler said. “We are of soot and odor to remove before gave witness to Jim Blight’s teach­ Blight was unanimously recom­ be completed in about 20 days. continuing to take appropriate action students can be comfortable ing ability as well as voicing their mended for reappointment by his The affected students—fewer than to deal with the fire and related con­ there.” own concerns on qualify education. “Jim Blight is a person that motivat­ department and by the Committee 50— have been housed in the Holiday cerns of students, parents and He said the necessary work will “ I’ve learned more from one of ed me to stay in school and graduate on Promotion and Tenure. Inn in Holland until their rooms can others.” involve extensive cleaning and re­ Jim Blight’s classes in eight weeks when I was about to quit. I am now Since the notice of his firing last be cleaned. Although 400 students Four investigators, including two painting of the hallway and of sev­ planning on graduate school.” May, Blight and Lang have meet were evacuated from Kistler House from Grand Valley’s security and eral rooms, as well as probable than 1 learned in a year and a half Perhaps the committee’s views with Lubbers twice and Vice-Pres­ when fire struck the dormitory two from the State Fire Marshall’s replacement of a variety of items at Central Michigan”, said CAS were best summed up by Carl Baje­ ident Glenn Niemeyer once. early Saturday morning, November office, are working on the case full­ such as carpeting, drapes, and mat­ student Marguerite Smith. ma who said, “We feel that the firing When Blight and Lang were ask­ 17, most were able to return to their time, according to VanSteeland, who tresses. Other costs include the “ Boy, are we losing quality of Jim Blight is not an answer to an ed what they felt about the com­ rooms during the weekend. said indications are that the fire was expense of cleaning or replacing teachers and 1 can’t believe it”, raged mittee’s action they said,“First off “Conditions are returning to nor­ the result of arson. students’ personal property affected CAS Professor Carl Bajema who has economical education”. (Blight is the lowest paid professor in the CAS we’re very, flattered. We had no mal for all but the few who lived in The investigators have interviewed by the smoke. rescheduled his classes to attend a psychology- seminar by- Blight this psychology department.) part in the committee’s campaign winter. (Last year Blight and wife President Lubbers said that the Secondly we are excited about stu Janet 1-ang taught a year-long semi­ major conflict in reappointing Blight dents and faculty coming together to 4* m /X A TIT* il TV • 1 nar without pay to interested psych­ stems from the fact that it was the rationally work out their problems K rnt i n i A ntof w i r n ^ .lio n r rorloi* L 1 " i i V V/VA1XVA TV Jl V II JL 1 VK7AUVO AU Vil i V U 1 l/Vl ology students.) dean’s office that fired him and over­ with the administration. Let us hope Part time student Pat Cole said , ruling a department decision may that something will come of this.” Dr. Samir T. IsFlak, professor of disregarded and fully backs Pres­ Public Administration in the School ident Carter’s actions.