To Limit Senate Seats by Marv E

THE MARCH 12, 1979 UMBC VOLUME 13 NUMBER 20 UMBC Senate proposals to limit senate seats By Marv E. Peitersen past of getting a quorum. He of the Senate specifies the The number of senators also said that this proposal chancellor, vice chancellor for representing students and as- would keep number of senators academic affairs and the vice sociated staff in the UMBC at a reasonable level. chancellor for administrative Senate could be reduced next Mary Ann Fisher, associate affairs as ex officio senators. vear because of two proposals profes~or of psychology, dis- The 12 remaining seats would passed by the Senate last agreed with the proposal, have to be split between Tuesday. stating that the Senate should associated staff and students. The first proposal, offered by decide how many senators there Currently these groups hold a .John Hays, assistant professor should be in each category, total of 13 Senate positions . of chemi~try, requires that the rather than deciqing on the total Ther are at this time four number of elected faculty, number of senators. associated staff senators and Senate officers and Senate Philip Brenner, assistant nine undergraduate student committee chairpersons com- professor of political science, senators. There are no graduate pose at least 3'4 of the Senate argued against Rothstein's con- student senate positions this membership. Hays' rational tention that a larger number of vear. was that since most of the senators would create more Another proposal, introduced meetings were basically con- problems in getting a quorum. by Lawrence Lasher, acting cerned with faculty business, Brenner said the reason that the dean of faculty, would also most of the senate ~embership Senate has had problems in the designate the dean of faculty, should consist of faculty mem- past in getting a quorum is the dean of students, and the hers. because "what the Senate dean of graduate studies and The Senate has been limited dceals with is not worthwhile." research as ex officio of the to working primarily with If the number of Senators is senate. Lasher said the only faculty concerns because its lowered. then the non-faculty purpose of his proposal was to . membership is largely faculty, representation would be dec- assure that these people be in argued Dave Herman, director reased. said Brenner. the Senate. Further discussion of residential life, after the bill The Senate vote on Roth- and vote on the proposal was had been introduced. Herman stein's proposal was tied 21-21 postponed for lack of time until BIIRyan argued that the membership of wh~n John T. Starr, UMBC tlw next Senate meeting rfarcl> The Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call the Senate should be expanded' Senate president cast his vote in 20. to r('sclI£' an Abacus employee trappe"d in an elevator last to include more members of the favor of the proposal. Should Lasher's proposal Wednesday durin!! the blackout Isee story pal!e :n UMBC community. As a result of the two pass, it would reduce to nine the The second proposal, intro- proposals, faculty, senate offi- number of Senate positions duced by William Rothstein, cers, and Senate committee available next year for staff and associate' professor of sociology, chairpersons will comprise 45 of students. Regan to speak limits the total number mem- the 60 seats. This leaves only 12 Both of the proposals that hership in the Senate to no more of the 15 remaining seats open passed go against the recom than 60 senators. Rothstein to as.sociated staff and students mendations of the UMBC. "for filipino rights emphasized the problem in the since the plan of reorganization continued on page 4 By Tricia Hopkins ance for their weapons pur Vice chancellor for academic gffa;rs James Regan, national coor chases. dinator of the Friends of Filipino Marcos is to make his first visit People, will speak Monday, here since prior to the institution Candidates dislike March 12, of the FFP's struggle of martial law in 1972 within the to cut U.S. military and economic next two weeks. The FFP aid to the Phillipine dictatorship charges such acknowledgement tudent vote in P&T of Ferdinand Marcos. The lecture of the dictator demonstrates er Bv Mary K. Tilghman The two candidates held dual rather than allow him/her begins at 1 p.m. in 1M I. flagrant violations b~ the Car.t Two vice ' chancellor candi opposite views about the to go through the long P&T The United States government administration of Its foreIgn dates visited campus last week. importance of teaching in the process when there was little recently agreed to pay $500 policy which was to be voicing their opinions about promotion and tenure decision. chance or promotion or tenure million annually for the con characterized by an overall com promotion and tenure com Riccards, when asked if he simply because of an administ tinued location of two U.S. bases, mitment to human rights. Mar mittees. attrition and retention. would support a professor who rative decision. "I hate the Clark Air Force base and Subik cos' repressive regime has ar and remedial education. had an excellent reputation as a tenure question to be a Naval station which house 16,000 rested 70,000 people (many Neither candidate for the post teacher but was marginal in his life-death question." he said. U.S. troops. Additional U.S. sup without charge as the writ of of vice chancellor for academic Both Jones and Riccard were habeas corpus was suspended). research. responded, "} don't port ($37.3 million) has been ~o affairs is in favor of students believe in giving tenure to concerned with the underen ing into training of the entire The Harkin Amendment to the having a vote in promotion and marginal people. We can expect rollment and attrition rates at Phillipine military and assist- Foreign Assistance Act (1976) tenure decisions. Michael Ric and get excellence in both UMBC. However. each had calls for a withdrawal of all U.S. contmued on pal!e 4 cards. who visited Thursday. areas." military aid to countries where said he believed only peer On the other hand, Jones, 40, the Secretary of State finds a groups can judge "what a said he would support a gross pattern of violation of person's level of knowledge is. " professor with a good teaching Final candidate human rights, unless that coun He said although he would feel try is a strategic location. The record but a marginal research By Tricia Hopkins Previous to his teaching comfortable with the students record--if the professor's de '~Country Report on Hum~n Stanley R. Ross, third and and administrative positions serving as voting members of partment was in need of good Rights Practices" released m final candidate for vice of vice president. acting P&T committees, "If I were teaching. February 1978 (as required by chancellor of academic af dean and also provost of arts doing it over agai~, I wouldn't Jones went a bit farther and the Harkin Amendment) found fairs returns to UMBC for and sciences at the U niver do it that way (giving students said. if a department had 20 the Marcos government to be a public interview with stu sity of Texas, Ross was at the voting rights)." teaching spots and 19 were State University of New York serious violator of human rights Walter S. Jones. on campus dents, faculty and staff despite the reports unders~te filled with tenured faculty, it Monday, March 12. at Stony Brook under then Wednesday. said, "1 don't would be "unwise" to fill the ment and omission of informatlon Ross will meet with any President. John Toll. Toll place a firmly positive or a twentieth space, regardless of on political prisoners, relig~ous interested individuals in the hecame president of the firmly negative value" on the twentieth professor's quali University of Maryland on persecution and the assassma st udentp serving as voting lihrary special collections tions of dissidents. fications. "It would deprive the room at 1 p.m. with students July 1. 197R. members of P&T committees. department of the spot, poten The screening committee The Philippines is "strategic~l Both said the most valuahle and at 2: 15 with faculty and ly" located 600 miles from VIet tiallv forever, to explore new staff. At present, Ross is for the. vice chancellor of ennt rihution students could arpas. " academic affairs expects to Nam yet the U.S. used Guam maK(> to P&T decisions i:" professoY of history and (2200 miles from Viet Nam) as a Tn that case or in a case where meet to reach a decision I thrnugh the student evaluation coordinator of the Border base for the bombing. Marcos it was financially impossible to Rpsf'arch Program at the Monday afternoon. The ap fnrms. Roth candidates said rNain a "meritorious" un pointe~ would take the does effectively support the U.S. t Iwv would place great empha University of Texas at corporate interest in the !pnured prf)fessor, Jones said !\nstin. position .July 1. 1979. sis on them in their decisions. lw would relocate that indivi- continlled 011 page 4 4 ~ 2 Retriever, March 12, 1979 Budget cuts SGA proposes deficit spending By Rai Douglas would pay the bill amount at the estimates. The Senate passed a bill SGA President Danny Blum heginning of the year through that the SGA petition the and Vice-President Millicent . part-time student activity fees, administration to protest the It Edwards are proposing deficit if they are instituted next SGA cuts.

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