The BG News May 12, 1977

Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 5-12-1977 The BG News May 12, 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 May 12, 1977" (1977). BG News (Student Newspaper). 3373. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3373 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. Vol. 60, No. 107 The G Slews Thursday, May 12, 1977 Faculty holds salary talk By Cindy NaegeU Asman added that he believes parison to other universities in the past qualitative judgements can be made. few years. In 1975. the University was Four panelists gave faculty members "The cost of human resources shouldn't ranked third in the state and today it is their views yesterday on whether be ignored," he said. ranked seventh, he said. salaries at the University affect the According to Asman, the relevant Friedman favored additional faculty quality of faculty members. factor in faculty salary increases must fringe benefits such as life insurance. Michael Ferrari, vice president of be how the University's salary in- He also suggested the unionization of resource planning, said he has not creases compare with its sister higher education, because new money heard of losing any University faculty universities. Money should be could be moved in the direction of members due to salary conflicts. distributed on a merit basis, according faculty salaries. He said urban institutions of higher to Asman. education have expanded while Friedman added it is necessary that residential universities in Ohio such as LAWRENCE FRIEDMAN. money be given to all campuses in the Miami University, Ohio University and secretary-treasurer of the Bowling state. "Faculties should cease com- Bowling Green haven't fared as well. Green Faculty Association, said there peting with one another and there Students do not want additional fee has been an intense decline in the should be more money at a statewide increases, Ferrari added. University's faculty salaries in com- level," he said. Richard Carpenter, president of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors Classes still to meet said the problem is with the whole profession. Faculty salaries have not been keeping pace with the consumer on Memorial Day "THE ECONOMICS of the situation don't allow freeing up chunks of Academic Council discussed the projects such as essay tests, papers or money," Carpenter said, adding "The problems of having class Memorial reports as often as is appropriate and to only thing I recommend is for faculty Day and adopted a statement con- comment on the papers organization members to get behind the organization cerning writing skills at its meeting and clarity. N»wH*yitD by G(ag SmMKjd and we'll try to hold our own." yesterday. "It is hard to be objective when If classes are held on Memorial Day, FACULTY ARE also urged to INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER ARTHUR Blsguier conducted ■ simultaneous chess comparing the importance of faculty contract workers at the University will withhold or lower grades on all written exhibition Tuesday In toe Commuter Center. Following ■ lecture, the former United States salary to other factors at the University earn two-and-a-half times their regular work which is not organized and clear. Champion played all participants at the same time. He has played as many as MO games at once, such as library facilities," said Mark although the University players numbered about 35. wage if they work, according to Kenneth Students with writing difficulties are Asman, associate professor of Quality W. Rothe, University provost and to be referred to advisers and-or the Analysis and Control. chairman of Academic Council. writing laboratory. Many uepartments cannot afford to Rothe said of the position taken by pay these wages and will close, he said, council, "If a college wants to further adding that a list of the offices closing expand on it, I think it's highly ap- will be distributed as soon as possible. propriate." Narbeth R. Emmanuel, president of Woman selected Firelands dean the Graduate Student Senate, said, "I James S. West, associate professor of ByTlmRllcy and will return to the University as had "the most diverse academic ROTHE SAID HE EXPECTS the new venture to say that 60 per cent of the marketing, said faculty should inform associate dean of the College of background" of the candidates and is a dean to continue her innovative ways at students will not return" for classes students the first day of class that Dr Algalee P. Adams has been Education next fall. "very able administrator." the branch campus of about 1,000 Monday. writing skills are a part of the course. named dean of the Firelands Campus, Selected from more than 200 ap- students. He added that the campus No action was taken to change the A satisfactory level of writing may be making her the second woman in the plicants by a screening committee ADAMS HAS bachelors and masters "should be changing with the needs of calendar; therefore, classes will meet determined by each faculty member, state to hold the chief administrative comprised of Fireland's faculty, ad- degrees from the University of the community." and that Adams "is as scheduled on Memorial Day. Rothe said, but clarity and organization position at a branch campus. ministration, student representatives Missouri, and a doctorate from Penn an innovative and forward-looking In other business, council adopted a are fairly basic and can be measured She suceeds Dr. M. Douglas Reed and the Firelands Advisory Board, State University. She began her career educator and we look for her to be a statement on writing skills, en- by the English rubric now used in who was dean from January. 1974 to Adams was "by far the best qualified ■ an elementary school ar* teacher moving force in getting new programs courainhg faculty to assign writing English 111 and 112 August, 1976 Dr. Richard G. Horton candidate," said Dr. Kenneth W. Rothe, and later Joined the faculty at St. Cloud established at Firelands." has been acting dean for the past year University provost. Rothe added she State College in Minnesota. Adams is currently director of In 1959, she was named chairman of graduate art programs at the art department there, introducing Massachusetts College of Art. Her many major changes until she left in appointment as Firelands' third dean is Trustees to hear report 1964 to become chairman of the effective August 1. Inside the News education division at the Massachusetts In addition to her administrative College of Art in Boston. experience, Adams was chosen in 1974 EDITORIALS...Kudos to Toledo city council for negotiating an While there, she designed and im- to take part in "The Institute for plemented the school's graduate agreement with Columbia Gas concerning future rate hikes. from new ad hoc panel Administrative Advancement," a Bowling Green city council should do the same. Our view ap- program, and headed recruiting, ad- program which trains educators for top pears on page 2. Report of the ad hoc panel on University Police procedures may be the most missions, faculty, budget and positions In higher education ad- important item discussed at today's Board of Trustees meeting, scheduled for 11 publications at the graduate school. ministration. a.m. in the Alumni Room, Union. Between 1974 and 1976 Adams In 1975, she took part in the Harvard SPORTS...Falcon trackster Dan Dunton is a two-time Mid- Created by University President Hollis A. Moore Jr. three weeks ago, the panel directed "Project Renewal," a Educational Management summer American Conference 880-yard dash champ, but he may not be will be making its first report to the board. The panel was commissioned to review federally-funded effort to generate program. Adams has been involved in a at the league chase next week. Read BUI Estep's story on page 6. policies of programs related to University Police, sparked by the Black Student changes and new ideas in the 11 number of community and public Union and Human Rights Alliance's proposed police review board. colleges in Massachusetts. service projects including public That proposal was presented at last month's board meeting, but not voted on. "The screening committee was television, as well as being active in The proposal itself is not on the agenda for today's meeting. impressed with the fact that Dr. Adams state and national professional Weather The board will also consider a loan plan to finance the College of Musical Arts has been involved in a number of organizations. Sunny and wanner Building, some amendments to the Academic Charter and several appointments to unusual and innovative educational She Is listed in Leaders in Education High near 75 F (24 C l emeritus status. projects as well as the traditional and Who's Who in America and has Low 45 F (7 C) Moore, the faculty, undergraduate and graduate representatives to the board aspects of higher education," Rothe received the Distinguished Alumni I per cent chance of rain will make reports. The meeting is open to the public. said. Award from the University of Missouri. Police harassment alleged Editors Note: ThJi Is the second of Staples said the suspect was released three articles dealing with alleged because her boyfriend couldn't identify harassment of students and neglect of him, then picked up a second time by BSU reports two incidents of mistreatment duty by University Police.

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