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Roger Williams University DOCS@RWU The Quill Student Publications 3-19-1973 The Quill -- March 19, 1973 Roger Williams University Follow this and additional works at: http://docs.rwu.edu/the_quill Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Roger Williams University, "The Quill -- March 19, 1973" (1973). The Quill. Paper 82. http://docs.rwu.edu/the_quill/82 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Quill by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. IN THIS ISSUE Viewpoint p 2 'I Security p 2 Drama p 3 Vol. XII, No. 10 A News Servic<: For The Educational Community Monday, March 19, 1973 FACULTY GROUP STRIKES BACK great concern to the student Dean's Calendar RWCFA Calendar body and that the matter must be settled as quickly as possible. It is Length of Semester 12.5 weeks 13 weeks Co-Editors the intention of the Association's Length of Classes 60 minutes 55 minutes MWF 90 minutes 85 minutes T,Th negotiating team to press for an Number of Hours per Subpoenaed 37.5 hours 35.75 hours early resolution of this problem. Semester 50 hour.; At a Student Senate meeting This should be quite possible, 35.75 hours held Tuesday afternoon, March since the Dean's proposal and the beyond 13, a decision was arrived at to Association's pro posal are Freshmen subpoena co-editors of the actually quite similar. 2. Underlying Assumptions Yearbook to the next Senate meeting f6r the purpose of Course Requirements 38 Courses for all Di visions granting explaining the absence of specific degrees communication in purchasing ROGER WILLIAMS COLLEGE decide number of forms. The Senate has attempted FACULTY ASSOCIATION courses required. to find the status of the yearbook committee with no result and so PROPOSED 4-Credit, 3-Credit Basically, all go Abandon credits to three except for moved that if the co-editors do COLLEGE CALENDAR and go to course not respond to the subpoena the Freshmen units FOR 1973-1974 yearbook will be dissolved. In other motion the Senate The question of which Curricular Revision Sweeping revision Freshman Core approved fireworks for the academic calendar will be Fall Semester in many developed later carnival at 9 p.m. on April 6, operable for students and faculty September 10-12 Registration 1973. The S.A.S. is scheduled to Intersession Work by September remains undecided. September 13 Classes Begin appear at the next Senate November 22-25 Thanksgiving by Instructors Optional meeting also to review its The R WCF A held a general November 26 Classes Resume ? activities and report on its plans meeting Wednesday, March 14, to Pay for Intersession December 14 Last Day of Classes Base on negotiated for the future. The "Blue Ribbon study the results of the Contract December 17 -21 Final Exams Summer School Rate Committee" recommended that Committee's alternate calendar Intersession Courses per Semester the Senate Advisor was ineligible proposal. In an RWCF A news ' January 3 Registration (students) 4 for Freshmen 4 for Liberal Arts to become a controller since the release, the following proposal January 4-31 Classes 5 for Business and was officially announced: present Senate Constitution February 1 Final Exams Engineering restricts the duties of an advisor At a general meeting of the Spring Semester to suggestions and advice only. RWCF held on Wednesday, Courses per semester February 4-5 Registration Four Discussion was held on the March 14, 1973, the following February 6 Classes Begin (instructors) ? calendar was approved. The subject of activities on the April 10-14 Spri ng Holiday Providence Campus. At present, Association holds that the May 10 Last Day of Classes Course meetings per week 4 for Freshmen activities are supported from the academic calendar is an item for 3MWF/2TTh May 13-17 Final Exams 3 beyond money paid to the Activities Fee. collective bargaining, since it Intersession clearly determines the working May 17 Registration conditions of the faculty. May 20-June 13 Classes However, the Association also June 14 Final Exams recognized that the calendar is of ABORTION Lobbys It is the position of the editorial board of the Quill that the A number of speakers Decision! recently-passed Rhode Island Abortion Law violates the personal representing a variety of groups rights of the citizens of Rhode Island. and organizations are scheduled . A plurality of Rhode Island voters are Catholic. A State to appear in the course STUDENT ROLE?!!! congressman relies on a plurality of his constituency to be re-elected. "Lobbying and Pressure Groups" ls it coincidental, morally motivated, or politically motivated that a (Pol. Stud. 308) taught by Mr. Recently, students have revision. Psychology is one of pro-Catholic anti-abortion law was recently passed? Will the Catholic John Stout during the next six to begun to wonder exactly what these. Church be allowed to impose its religious doctrines on the state's eight weeks. The first speaker will academic ca lendar and New courses will be opening entire populace, whether they agree or not? We can't wait for the be Mr. Edwin Brown, curriculum they will be enrolling up in the fall in the area of endless legal battles to subsist and the eventua) Suoreme Court ruling. Secretary-Treasurer of the under for the Fall semester. The business corporation and We must petition now! AFL-CIO of Rhode Island, who main question put to Dean education, urban environmental w i II discuss the goals of his Uehling has been, "Do the planning, choreography, and a organization and the various ways students have a say in the change in the methods of THE QUILL IS WILLING the AFL-CIO attempts to dev el opmen t of their introduction in various freshmen influence public policy. This will take place on Monday, March 26 curriculum?" courses. TO HELP Also the consolidation at 1:00 p.m. in Room 501. If you agree with · the QUILL editorial position that the Another speaker, Mr. E.A. "Yes," says Dean Barbara problem in the business and anti-abortion law is not only flagrantly unconstitutional but morally Palmer, President and General Uehling, "but we need more engineering area is in for a unjust, help us flood the State House with formal demands upholding Manager of the Providence communication in this area program requirement change. the high court's ruling. Detach and send, or drop off this form at the Chamber of Commerce, will between faculty and students." Proof of student influence on the QUILL's Office. Recently, the academic appear before the class on Friday, clirriculum is the Introduction to March 30 at 1 :00 p.m. in Room committee of the Student Senate · Journalism course initiated last I feel that the recently-passed Rhode Island anti-abortion law is 501 to discuss his organization talked with the dean's advisory semester. unconstitutional and morally objectable. I sincerely hope the State council about establishing the and its activities. Dr. Topf, who was the head legislation quickly gives up its useless endeavor and passes some fair Plans are being formulated best courses for each of the six of the English Department at the and constitutional abortion legislation. for other speakers who represent divisions, Dean Uehling said. t ime, said, "The course was Signed The curriculum committee is such organizations as the John initiated informally at the request --Resident of Rhode Island Birch Society, the National being revised with a faculty seat . of ten students." The students , --Non-resident Education ·Association, and for each division and two student also had the final decision as to Roger Williams College Ecology Action of Rhode Island. seats. Feedback is a necessary the selection of the instructor. requirement for the evaluation of Announcements will be made Both Dr. Topf and R. Watson THIS MAY BE A FINAL EFFORT-BUT IT'S AT LEAST THAT. any course, and change comes agree that the best type of when arrangements are complete. only with evaluation. feedback is either a petition for a Dean Uehling said that specific course or an informal during the last few semesters talk with your particular division many subjects have undergone head. CARNIVAL .. April Isl - 7th Time 6:J)O-II:OOpm Career Interviews April Isl and 7th opened all day WE DNESDAY, MARCH 21 Lutz Engineering Co. TUESDAY, MARCH 27 For E ngineering majors and Consumer Value Stores FIREWORKS April 6th .al 9:00 P':" people in terested in t h ej A ll seniors interested i n Management Training Program. Management Program. RWC Bristol . R.I .. Sponsored by RWC Student Senate ~ ~~~ · I Editorials I tf II:. ·w l"UIN I Can it be that Roger Williams' Theatre Department over-estimated Speaking of Contracts the students body's value of the dollar this past week when they put BY RICHARD CHEW on an excellent version of Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest?" Or can it be that culture, along with most everything There has been a great deal the dorms, because I though they wanted the other guys' money. else, has also died on campus. of talk over the dorm contract. might not let me out then. I strongly object to this Unquestionable, there is something wrong somewhere when a The talk has been over the fact Two friends of mine wanted contract because flfSt-year college play, regardless of its caliber, can be held here in a 160-seat auditorium that when you move into the to leave because they, too, didn't students, like myself, don't really and not attract a full house.