Bensalem Study in Process Academics Vice President Paul Also Does Not Have Any Student Mittee to the Vice President
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NON-PROFIT ORS. U. S. POSTAGE P A 1 D Bronx, N Y Permit No. 7608 Vol. S2 No. 53 Fordhom University. Bronx, N.Y., 10458 232 Friday, December 4, 1970 Bensalem study in process Academics Vice President Paul also does not have any student mittee to the vice president. Reiss said yesterday that an ad- members. The committee is studying a v sory committee is reviewing Reiss said that the committee series of evaluations made by dif- recent evaluations of Bensalem members were chosen because of ferent people both within and to make a recommendation on their "particular skills and com- outside the University. Bensalem the future of the three year old petencies in evaluations and pro- Dean Ken Freeman, who is re- experimental college. fessional competence in the area portedly res gning after this year, Th co'lege, located on East of evaluating higher education.1: made one eva uation and a fac- 191 Street, is being studied now, He declined to name the com- ulty-student Committee did a Reiss .says "simply on the premise mittee members. study last year. that Bensalem was established The vice president added that as an experimental college and An outside consultant funded it 's important to "get as much by the state education depart- as an experiment must be eval- information as possible from the uated." ment also d d an evaluation for faculty and students of Bensal- the University, along with Jer- The advisory ccmm'ttce, which em." ome Juilson of Aniioch College, was formed by Reiss for the pur- "The issues are: should Ben- who wrote about the Bensalem pose of helping him make a de- sa'em continue in the same man- ideal in Chung? magazine. cision as to Bensalem's future, ner as it is constituted, should Reiss said that "ali aspects of is made up of Fordham faculty it continue with a rev'sed struc- members, but does not include ture, or should it not continue," the college have to evaluated" any of the faculty of the exper- Reiss said. and emphasized the academic as- Experiment" continue? imental college. The committee After the advisory committee pect and "the living or commun- reports to Reiss, he will make ity aspect of Bensalem." a recommendation to the Rose The concept of cluster colleges H'll Counc'l concerning the fu- is a so being studied along with Kunstler, Waller address ture of the school. The vice pres- Bensalem's relat on to such a ident gave no date by which com- reorganization of the undergrad- mittee would report to him. uate colleges, Reiss said. The council could accept the He noted, however, that "most, erflow ballroom crowd recommendation, form a com- of the experiments with cluster colleges have been with resident by Alice T. Gale room into the lounge. Defense League and a Black mittee lo evaluate it, or use some "B :bhy Scale will be convicted The radical lawyer, who has Nationalist. ether method to make a pro- colleges," and that to establish' posal of its own. The final de- them at Fordham would require an'l executed legal and nice, be- gained fame for his de.'ense of C>-sponsored by the Fordham raus > K»O li''e to be legal and the Chicago 7, H. Rap Brown, cis'on of the council would then "certain adaptations." Liberation Front and American have to go through President nice. The wry Pontius Pilate did. Stokely Carmichael and other Agj, the program was an- Reiss sa d that no matter what • it t) Christ," William Kunstler "political prisoners" spoke after Michael Walsh before being fin- is decided concerning Bensalem, n lunced to be in memory of Fred ally approved by the Beard of bid .'i crowd which overflowed a spsech given by Joe Waller, Hampton and Mike Clark, shot the program would remain the • 1 Trustees. Iron Ihc Campus Center ball- chairman of the Florida Self- by police in a raid on Panther same for the students who are headquarters one year ago to- Reiss emphasized that his com- presently enrolled in the college. day in Chicago. mittee would not be decisive but Any changes would begin with" was just personal advisory com- the next class. Kunstler related the Kamp- ton-Clark murder story to the audience as an example of po- litical repression and in partic- Trensky plan studied; ular the black struggle in this country. He i i'a the Slate Attorney student rights sought of Chicago "rounded up a P°s- Dr. Paul Trensky will present see" to go to the Panther head- nature of the issue. The issue, a proposal concerning students' according to Trensky, is "free- quarters on West Monroe Street rights before the Rose Hill in tht Black section of Chicago dom of expression and other Campus Council at its meeting stude it rights. Wo have an ob- following information that a Tuesday evening. If passed, the store ol firearms was present vi us moral obligation to sup- motion of the Russian Studies p.Ti'f them." there. The police br,.kc in at representative will give all "I see na justice when one '1:30 a.m. and a barrage of bul- ForOham students the rights p?rson acts as prosecutor, judge, lets ensued, he rel.itcd, and when and free loms defined under the and jury," he said, adding that the smoke cleared Hampton 19G7 student bill of rights. That "this i medieval justice and lay dead in his bed and Clark document was drawn up by the s rhould be slopped." was slumped over in the living National Students Association roam. The police claimed they and the Association of Ameri- Trensky stated that the Aca- K. .1. Ulitm fired in self-defense and the can University Professors. demic Freedom Committee of The "rovolution- VVALLEB: Tho black nationulist PC von survivors were charge:! ths AAUP hnd asked the exec- utloriii.y- (Us,.,,*,,,.,, the urffcrt white i to align with third with attempted murder. Grand Discussion on this matter be- utive committee of the Campus .""'"'••''•- political situation in a world groups to/ revolutionary jury and police investigations gan informally last Wednesday vl Ciuncil to investigate his pro- " "f" yesterday. IU tion. found that the Chicago police when members of the Council posal for adoption of the na- hud acted correctly. met but could take no action tional statement which, he add- on this or any issue due to the ed. Fordham University Presi- However, Kunstler explained, lack of a quorum. while the defendants were be- dent Michael Walsh is rumored contract signed to have had a part in drafting. ing held in jail without bond, a At that time, the chief debate Army Reserve Officers will remain the same," he added. (Continued on 1'jige 3) Federal Grand Jury investigated centered on the manner in n, '" C'"'|IS contract with The vice president said that the physical evidence and found which the bill of rights pro- :"'u"-«'r -i hn, been chan-d Fordham signed the contract s y that the Panthers had fired one posal should be applied to spe- •;," '^''tncrl by administrators, and will s'gn the Air Force con- cific cases, such as the recent I 1 1 bullet to 99 fired by police. The 'I' ' '! to Aeedemics Vice tract because this is the only investigation then decided that expulsion of graduate students ll"m Paul Reiss. way that the programs can be | the police had murdered Hamp- Bob O'Leary and Lea Parast jn- .,.:,.' '' nlrilt'i hns bc3ii re- on campus. ton and Clark. But the jury cl.ila. * ' m '' «:i!tl to the policy of "Jf the army and air force ar? said they couldn't . hand down Commenting on the prospects r-it.v on ROTC," Reiss goimj to be on campus, there any indictments because the of his motion, Dr. Trenshy iaid lin:".^' Urn tho con- h:is to bo some kind of contrac- 1 Panthers would not cooperate. "We are very hopeful that w li! -,,i "" n°' sl»-cii'y that aca- lii'il arrangement with the Uni- Kunstler stated that the seven can get it through." He add.d l; <T""U n'usl be granted I, versity," Reiss said. that six facully rcpresentativ s 1 Panthers couldn't cooperate be- \ • • ''i'l'Si'S. Ife explained that it would have already indicated their ll1 cause they were still facing cap- „''!;.'. " contra-jl Induded Ihl? hi' impo.is'hle lor the program to support and "maybe some ad- l: l ital charges and that anything ''.•.,,'" '""" 'ven though Ferd- lie on campus if the arme.l forces ministrators" will vote in favor 1 u they said while still in juil ,' ,.'' '"'V.T given formal a=a- meivly signed individual con- of it, also. A total of 2*1 affirma- 1 (1|1 W;;ulrl incriminate (hem. The re- ',"" ' -m to tracts wiih interested stinL'nts sult was that all weiv released tive v.ites are required for pas- divorcing the University itself sage. A I 1 ¥ after nine months and charges ". ''"' '.'<- U still in th" from th? arrangements. The Russian Studies represen- f;l were dropped. '' dewing »,, ., ,u.w "Neither the air fcrce or the tative voiced some dismay over ,!'}' "'"»• contracts, Rei^s .T'liiy has lnd:catc;l tlinl there is Kunstler said that in this way the possibility that "sjme fac- TRKNNKY: Tin- C'niiijiiis Coun- "' "'I'lcrstanding has any possibility of this," Reiss "murder was justified." He di- ulty may stall" when it comes cil will consider his student rights ll lh: (Contimii'd on I'uge !l) '""•''•' 't the situalion milled.