Graduate Students Band to Oppose Hiring Freeze State Ponders School
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(tottecttcirt lailtj (Eampttjs Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL LXXX NO. 112 STORRS, CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20,1977 Graduate students band to oppose hiring freeze By VIVIAN B. MARTIN This means the graduate assis- that kind of thing." Campus Staff tants in the biological department The graduate students present Responding vehemently to an would be decreased by about 40 said they would call for support administrative freeze on graduate per cent, he said. from all of the other teaching assistantships. a group of grad- Doeg said the freeze was very assistants at the University. uate students Tuesday formed an visible in the biology department Expressing the belief that with organization which they claim will because biology and chemistry fewer teaching assistants there lay down "a definite course of classes require more teaching would be courses eliminated, action." assistants than any other depart- enrollment limits in classes, The 67 biological science grad- ment. decreased supervision in labora- uate assistants and student— Kenneth G. Wilson, vice tories and an inability to attract many of whom had received president for academic affairs, superior faculty, graduate stu- "notices*" informing them that said Tuesday night that the freeze dents and undergraduates, the they could not expect to be "full is "just that—a freeze", and that group formed various committees graduate assistants" next year, talk of elimination could not be to work on publicity and state- voiced strong opinions as they substantiated, as none of the ments with teaching assistants met to discuss the freeze which is plans are definite. from other department. expected to hurt their department During the meeting, many John Mitchell, a spokesman for more than any other. present argued that the teaching the students, said the uncertainty Kenneth Doeg, Chairman of the assistants did not have a good of the assistants' status has been Graduate Awards Committee for position to "bargain from." Some a problem for at least three years. Biological Sciences said he esti- felt the tenured faculty were in a •"We'll try to establish a The I' Conn police Tuesday released this composite photograph of a mated there were originally 57 better position, adding that with position as we have more meet- man they believe assaulted a woman student in McMahon Hall last graduate assistant "slots" open, out teaching assistants professors ings with other graduate stu- Friday night. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to but the freeze would leave the would have to teach." and they dents." he said. call the UConn Police at 486-4800. number "at about 36." have been notoriouslv lazv about A meeting for Friday at I p.m. was scheduled with the hopes that the group could also discuss whatever comes out of Thursday legislative appropriations meet- State ponders school re-financing ing. Naming a culprit in the prob- BY MARK A. DUPUIS lems concerned many of the nance Committee and one of the Campus Staff Court ruling in the case of Horton changes, predicting no drastic students Tuesday who said they strongest supporters of a state State officials Tuesday started v. Meskill, brought on behalf of action to deal with the ruling in would also be interested in a vote income tax, Tuesday praised the the tough job of coming up with eight-year-old Barnaby Horton of the near future. United Press of "no confidence" as in the court decision, saying it "abso- enough money to equalize the Canton. International reported. administration. lutely requires" establishment of amount of money spent from town The governor said the state Meanwhile, State Sen. Audrey Several students also suggested a state income tax. to town on public education should take a slow, steady course P. Beck, D-MansfiHd, co-chair- witholding grades or showing up following Monday's historic de- in dealing with the court-ordered woman of the legislature's Fi- Continued on page 3 at classes but not teaching as cision by the state Supreme Court other alternatives to work on in that the present property tax the coming week. financing system is unconsti- There was some confusion as tutional. many sought to outline a course of Gov. Ella T. Grasso huddled Panel OK's activities fee bill action. with Democratic legislative leaders and Atty. Gen. Carl Ajello in Hartford, Tuesday to discuss By MATT MANZELLA gain support for the bill according ment. Summer credit "The main issues which con- the court ruling and how the state Campus News Staff to Steven Donen, chairman of the Students who desire to take cerned the legislators and will raise the estimated $400 Federation of Students and Ser- work away during the summer delayed the bill's approval was million it will cost to equalize The state legislature's Educa- vices Organizations (FSSO). at other colleges and universi- whether there were enough con- educational opportunities be- tion Committee resurrected and "Both Beck and State Rep. ties and have this work applied trols in the bill to safeguard the tween the rich towns of Fairfield approved a bill that would elimin- Dorothy Goodwin. D-Mansfield. toward their degree at UConn students' interests." Beck said. County and poor towns of Eastern ate the UConn administration's stayed until a vote was taken," should obtain approval from Letters of objection to the bill Connecticut. control over the student govern- Donen said. the Transfer Admissions from Central Conecticut State The Supreme Court ruled Mon- ment's use of its activities fee. After passing the Education Office before taking such College caused some legislators day that the property tax system State Sen. Audrey Beck, D- Committee today by a vote of work. to become concerned over how was unconstitutional because it Mansfield, said Tuesday. 18-5-1 , the bill will now go to the Summer approval request provided higher quality education A virtual defeat of the bill was floor of the legislature. Beck said. responsible the students would be forms will be available begin- to students in richer towns than countered by a narrow reconsi- The bill, if passed, would in handling the financial aspects, ning today Monday through she added. available to students educated in deration vote requested by State eliminate the administration's Friday, afternoons only, from The bill requires the student the state's poorer towns. The Rep. Robert "Skip" Walsh. D- check on all student activity fee I to 4 p.m. decision upheld a 1974 Superior Coventry, who worked hard to spendings by the student govern- Continued on page 3 Stevens reviews Health Center By MARK A. DUPUIS Farmington facility more money because it is still Campus Staff "Growing up." I he UConn Health Center's "Taj Mahal" Stevens said some of the Health Center's reputation and questionable spending practices problems with the legislature are hangovers from have resulted in legislative reluctance to appro- past years and the problems encountered when the priate more money for the Farmington facility, the center was constructed, a process which took state House of Representative's top Republican almost a decade. said Tuesday. Legislators are still upset at the $100-million- State Rep. Gerald Stevens, R-Milford, House plus cost of building the ten-story facility, a cost minority leader, said in an interview with the Daily originally estimated at betwen $15 million and $20 Campus Tuesday he believes UConn at Storrs is million. Stevens said. He added current questions suffering in part because of the Health Center's concerning spending the federal funds by the sour reputation with the General Assembly. Health Center have further upset legislators. Stevens was on campus for a talk sponsored by Stevens said the state should keep the Health the College Republicans as he continued to carry Center's budget in line with what it can afford to his still unofficial campaign for governor across the spend, rather than continually pumping money state. into the building and then not being able to keep "I think the Health Center has to grow slowly," the funds coming in the future. He said Stevens said, responding to strong criticism of a administrators from UConn and other agencies proposed legislative cut in the Health Center's have been predicting doom unless budgest are budget for the upcoming fiscal year. UConn increased since 1971, and doom still hasn't President Glenn W. Ferguson last week blasted arrived. the cut and charged the legislature must give the Continued on page 3 Gerald Stevens ■ * .T& GSTItv ttoMG MAIN? W&1,.., Serving Storrs Since 1896 Mark A. Dupuis Editor-in-Chief John Hill III Craig Spery Managing Editor Business Manager 1 KBL YOU® LOOKING ""town &m* W fbueo ft* mz wot mb' rMiW&Qf Horton v. Meskill Barnaby Horton can go back to playing outsiui like all other eight-year-olds do after school. The days sitting on his mother's lap as he testifies in Superior Court are past, now it's back to normal—with the hope of a better education. With the decision Monday by the Connecticut Supreme Court striking down Connecticut's property tax system of financing public education on a case brought by Barnaby's father, a Canton attorney, the excitement is over for the youngster. Now it begins for the governor and legislature. Letters to the Editor The state's top officials have a lot of work before them. They must come up with a new way to pay for the biggest expenditure most of the state's 169 towns deal with each year. And. that way must come a lot closer to insuring that the students in Greenwich Student debate continues get the same education the students in the four-room schoolhouse in Union get.