University Answers Tenure Petition
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Vol. V, No. 70 Serving the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College Communi~!' Wednesda-y, February 3, "lf171 University answers tenure petition by Cliff Wintrode student government in conjunc some professors have been pro keel" and their fear that the The university yesterday t ion with the people that moted and some not promoted students if granted committee released a letter explaining why worked on the petition drive will because of the student evalua representation would want to it feels that student representa present a "complete program" tions. ups·et that keel. tion on senior faculty tenure on student involvement with the Heitzman, stressing that he Besides deciding what changes committees is undesirable. faculty to the General Assembly was representing everyone will take place in the faculty The letter was written by Uni of Students, convening in two involved in circulating the peti Heitzman said that the senior versity Provost Father James weeks. tions and everyone who signed faculty committees also decide Burtchaell to Jim Heitzman who Burtchaell said that student the petitions, said that "when it on the direction and emphasis of organized a petition drive last evaluation forms constitute comes to firm decision making, the educational offerings and it December asking that students "appropriate" student participa the people on the committees is here he added that students be granted spots on faculty com tion in faculty appointments. effectively act without any real also need a voice. mittees that determine tenure, These reports he said are "most student voice." "Not having this power has a promotions, and firings. carefully studied and heavily Heitzman sa d that the real drastic effect on the type of 1 ,336 students signed the weighed when decisions arc factor in the university's action education we receive," said petitions. made." is their "desire to keep the aca- Heitzman. Trustees allows. However, Heitzman said that Burtchaell said yesterday that demic structure along the same In his letter, Burtchaell said The final decision involving that the student has "inadequate . any change in the status of any acquaintance with the individual faculty member is made by uni Student Assembly date set faculty member, little compe versity president Father tence to essay his worth, and no Theodore Hesburg. Heitzman said that he thinks by Milt Jones Miami in March. "Student dent ID card. "Only delegates long-term view of a department's needs, growth, and priorities." that it is overated how much the The three day general Student Government can also use the can vote at the assembly," Also in the letter Burtchaell senior faculty in a department Assembly is being convened in proposals to find out which Meyers said. said that of the many factors knows about each member of "an attempt to draw out student areas students arc concerned "The last general assembly that are considered regarding the department. opinion on pertinent issues, and with, and their opinions about held about four years ago was a giving tenure to a professor stu Burtchaell said yesterday that to formulate a guide for student these areas," Meyers said. "This mockery," Meyers remarked. dents "on most of these issues student opinion is just one of government," coordinator Bob knowledge will then aid Student "However, some good proposals, would be unprepared to give the the factors involved when con Meyers claims. Government in representing stu such as those concerned with trustworth judgement" required. sidering granting tenure, and in The assembly is scheduled to dent opinions in these areas. "So parietals and cars, came out of · · Heitzman ·said that in general the case of the popular dismissed be held February 16, 17, and 18 far, however, there have been no it. We are trying to organize this the students here are "more professors such as Williams and at Stepan Center. proposals." assembly better, and we hope we mature" than the administration Estabrook was not strong Meyers, who was placed in The committee chairman also can get some good ideas. Then, thinks they are and he added enough. charge at the request of Student stated, "Many proposals are perhaps, we will get as much or that he is confident that stu Heitzman said that student Body President Dave Krashna, being written now and I feel more respons;: from the adminis dents can make "more responsi committee representation would will be aided in the effort by a there should be some in by tration as the last assembly." have been a "good first step." steering committee composed by February 12, the deadline. This ble" decisions than the Board of nine students. is one way to get involved and to According to Meyers, have a voice in determining stu petitions for meeting "Student opinior. on coeduca de. t life that the students Thrasher should not ignore." than once -his gesture of ill-will tionalized anachronisms, I think tion, it seems, will be the most by Jerry Lutkus prominent topic coming up for In the Stepan Center Assem will not go unappreciated by th~ we can produce some meaning- the assembly. Other topics like bly each hall at ND and SMC In an attempt to sidestep SBP Senate." ful reform." The Senate has to meet this Thrasher added, "I guess in racism, cars, R.O.T.C., anything will haw a seating section for its Dave Krashna's refusal to chair related to the students' life at or call the Senate Senii.1r Stay year to set the election proce- creating a new Constitution, it'll delegates, and there will also he dare, a duty listed in the Consti- appear that what the Senate is Notre Dame today, will also be sections for faculty and Senator Tom Thrasher has begun discussed. We arc waiting for stu the constitutional proc-:ss to tvtio'l. Thrashl~r would also like doing is dull, but it is very observers. Meyers stated that. to see the Senate formulate a important. We need a new Con- dents to submit written pro "Any resident of a particular convene the Senate. Thrasher is posals for certain questions such "leisurely circulating" the neces new Constitution. "I would like s tit u tion." Along with the hall is considered a delegate for to see a good Student Govern- Constitution and the election as coeducation and others, so that hall. After an issue is sary petition confident of ment Constitution passed by this procedures, Thrasher expects the that we can formulate an debated by bot])• sides, the floor securing the approval of at least Senate and I think we can do it. Senate to hear individual bills agenda." will be opened for discussion." 1/3 of the Senate. "I expect I've discovered that the Senate is such as Russ Stone's revenue- Meyers stated that SBP Dave Microphones will be placed we'll have a quorum and I anxious to write a good, new sharing measure. He also sees no Krashna will bring up proposals around the floor for delegates to suspect we'll go on doing our compromise Constitution. If we problem in future Senate meet- voted upon at the general state their points in an orderly business," Thrasher said. He a sscm hly to t;,.e Board of emphasized that a Senate not. can iron out the poorly written ings. "We will simply set the fashion. In order to cast his vote, clauses of the old constitution date for the next meeting and Trustees when they meet in a delegate must show his Stu- chaired by the SBP has prece dent citing examples under the and throw out the .institu- (continued on page 2) terms of Rossi and McKenna. "If Krashna protests fund cut the SBVP doesn't chair the Campus poll to be conducted meetings, the Senior Stay versity has perpetrated an by Ann Therese Darin "We're looking not only for Senator, by orecedent, can chair. reaction to the Park-Mayhew by Greg Rowinski "encroachment on academic There is no problem there, just freedom." He seeks to expose Questions for a· campus wide proposal as published in Friday's as I foresee no problem in gain 1\ meeting lc.st Thursday with "what the University will do for poll on coeducation were com Obsl!rver, but also for any addi ing a quorum." Fr. James Burtchaell only rein- money." Krashna sees the piled at a meeting l~st night tional questions that students Bad in Hall Senator T .C. forced his belief that the univer- reasons for this unfortunate between mem hers of the socio may have on topics such as coed Treanor concurred on this point, sity is "blatantly di~r::riminatory occurence cs either "a logy departments, Alpha Kappa Jiving, or how the status of SMC "As I understand il, the petition and an accomplice to racism," conspiracy of the donor and the Delta, an honors sociology might change if Notre Dame is already close to completion. rl!ported SBP Dave Krashna. university" or "bungling" by organization, and Tim Connor, were to go coed by itself," Very few senators are partict:Jar According to Krashna He and Notre Dame. He hopes it is the ND student government co-ed added Connor. ly hot after supporting Doctor Glen Corso, Observer Editor, latter. Krashna's dictatorial methods. coordinator. received noticeof the meeting at Krashna fears that the goal of .Although Krashna 's refusal to The polL to be conducted in Sale of raffle which Fr. Burtchaell said that regaining the funds is unattain chair meetings is probably the approximately a week will use there would he "no further -able. "The money is irrevoc best thing to happen to the an elaborate phoning system, flciets low comment'' concerning the "basic able," he admits.