Students Meet Trustees, Examine Campus Issues
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#The Observer an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and st. mary's Vol. XI, No. 47 Friday, Novem ber 12, 1976 SMC Academic Council seeking members by Cathy Cowhey body, and if approved, will be Staff Reporter submitted to Dr. William Hickcv, College vice-president. The St. Mary’s Student Assem Among the topics to be discussed bly has created a new Academic at the Council meetings are com Council consisting of representa prehensive exams, the writing tives from each of the 19 college proficiency requirement, and stu ? J * m departments. The Council was dent academic rights. formed in an effort to get broader Each department will choose one student representation in academic representative and one alternate. affairs. The representative will be elected The purpose of the Council is “ to by the other majors in the depart represent and act upon the views of ment. To qualify as a representa the St. Mary’s student body in tive, a student must be an officially m m # relation to the academic affairs of declared major within a depart the college," according to the ment. Students who wish to serve Student Assembly proposal. on the Council should make their Cathy Coyne, student vice- intentions known to their depart president of Academic Affairs, is ment immediately. Student repre presently the only official student sentatives must be available to representative for academics. students in their major, able to Coyne cited the lack of organized perceive student needs, know communication between and within ledgeable of their own depart some departments and the absence ment’s policy and w ill present new of an official student committee to ideas to the council. discuss the academic policy as The Academic Council’s first major factors behind the Academic meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. JO. Council’s formation. Gail Mandcll, assistant to the The council is Resigned to be a vice-president, will be the adminis forum for voicing ideas and com tration’s voice in the council. plaints about academics. It will Students previously have pre submit policy through the Student sented complaints and ideas on Assembly and direct student prob academics to Mandcll or Coyne in lems to the proper authority, meetings in Mandeb's office. This according to Coyne. That policy will service will continue on Thursday later be proposed to the student nights from 7 to 9 p.m. Majors fill many throughout Arts & Letters by Mary Ann Layden Business Ethics, two sections of Staff Reporter Existentialism, the History of Modern Philosophy, Sex and Mar Many courses for the spring riage and Food and Population semester have been filled during Energy. the advance registration of majors Two sections of Criminology, a and seniors this week. popular sociology course, were also Seniors began waiting in line as filled yesterday. early as 5 a.m. yesterday for registration, which began at 8 a.m. K rllich^ St. Ed s residents prepare for Bama weekend. (Photo by Debbie Art courses such as Ceramics I, Photography I and Visual Com munications were closed by 8:30 a.m. The 90 places in Basic Accounting, one of the few busi Students meet Trustees, ness courses opened for Arts and Letters students, were closed by seniors already in line when pre registration opened. examine campus issues Several major departments said that they had enough courses by Thomas O’Neil students would be overwhelmingly Body Vice-President Mike Casey, available to fulfill the requirements Editor-In-Chief in favor of a cable system that not was the substitution of the term for seniors. One senior comment only offered entertainment value, “ visitng hours" for "parietal ed, “ I didn't have any trouble A proposal for cable television on but much more importantly, educa ho urs.” registering because I wasn't trying campus and a plea for more tional value." the report read. “ The word ‘parietals’ seems to to get any courses that were in adequate and desirable campus The proposal cited the possibility suggest sexuality," Gassman demand. I saw about 50 people social space were among the stu of receiving lectures and educa noted. "Referring to parietals as outside LaFortune in line by sev dent concerns put before the tional material from this and other ‘visiting hours’ might work to e n .” Student Affairs Committee of the campuses as an educational advan disassociate any parietals offense The American Studies Depart Notre Dame Board of Trustees tage of the cable system. from a sexual offense," he said. ment held a lottery for Professor yesterday. s Regarding the purported lack of “ The importance of this cannot Elizabeth Christman's Book Pub Dr. Thomas Carney, chairman of social space advantageous to be overstressed," Casey added. lishing course. Professor Madonna the committee, responded to the “ promoting social interaction," “ Parietals has almost become a Koblenschlag’s “ American Best suggestions by saying he would put Hall President’s Council chairman dirty word." Sellers" class and “ Advanced Re the issues before the entire Board J.P. Russell expressed concern. Other members of student gov porting" were the only courses still of Trustees for consideration. The RusselJ spoke of the need to have ernment in attendance were: Bob open in the department by yester committee, he asserted, was not a campus “ parties with a purpose," Bode, judicial coordinator; Bridget day afternoon. policy-making group, and therefore and ones which specifically are not O’Donnell, Ombudsman director; Closed English courses include could not implement any programs dependent on alcohol for their Tom Soma, special projects com Fiction W riting 302, Ernest San- in these areas. livelihood. missioner; Jerry Klingenberger, deen’s Poetry Writing, both sec The committee meeting began Russell’s argument referred to lobby coordinator; Ken Ricci, stu tions of James Robinson’s Non with departmental progress reports points made in last week’s Alcohol dent union director; and Rob Tully, fiction Prose Writing, William from staff members of Notre Awareness Day and to the problem senior class president. Each of the Krier’s Novel, and Ernest San- Dame’s office of Studerjt Affairs, of disproportionate social space student representatives gave a deen's poetry courses. Among the which were followed by reports and between residence halls. departmental progress report to 400-level classes closed were proposals made by members of “This problem has been a the committee. Southern Women Writers, Human Student Government. perennial issue,” Gassman com Among the Trustees in atten Relationships, Theater of the Spir A written proposal for the instal- • mented. “ An improved social dance were: Dr. Thomas Carney, it, Tragedy, Theology and Litera lation of cable television was atmosphere could be achieved Dr. Philip Faccenda, John ture, 19th Century British Novel II submitted to the committee by through additional social space." Schneider, Jane Pfeiffer and Paul and one section of Faulkner. Mike Gassman, student body pres Another proposal, suggested Hellnuth. John D. Rockefeller IV Fulfilling philosophy and theol WHAT DO YOU MEAN ident. “ Our feelings are that' jointly by Gassman and Student was not in attendance. ogy requirements, seniors closed GAELIC HISTORY IS CLOSED?! 2 the observer Friday, November 12, 1976 News Briefs Popular 75-year-old National convicted for fifth M IAM I (AP) - She was one of the charges. bering the old days, said Natasha most popular women in pre-Castro Police said she and a 17-year-old never ran a bawdy house. Oil price-rise Havana. Now. at age 75, she girl were arrested last month after “ You would go in, have a drink, suffers from stomach pains and Natasha offered the girl to a take your time. After you had your cataracts, but police say that hasn’t policeman for $20. drink, you would select a girl and WASHINGTON AP - The United States is consulting urgently with stopped her from being oi e of the After her guilty plea, Klein go inside. You would take a other industrialized countries on ways to head off an anticipated oil oldest women involved in the asked if she had any money. shower, and in 20 minutes or a half price increase next month, a State Department spokesman said world’s oldest profession. ’’No,’’ she replied, but then hour, she discreetly knocks on the yesterday. Angelina H-Letturcheres de asked, “ How much?” door,” he said. Some oil cartel countries favor an increase of 10 per cent or more but Goya, better known as Natasha, Natasha finally admitted she had A policeman who was involved in spokesman Robert Funscth said any price hike would hurt exporting was back home Thursday after $35. The judge said he’d accept $25 her firs t M ia m i arrest in 1962 said countries as well as im ports. pleading guilty to charges of main on a $250 fine but Natasha would her house was so busy then, “ that i taining a house of ill fame and have to pay the remainder within we had trouble making an appoint- procuring for prostitution. It was 90 days. , mcnt for our own man so we could Teacher shot in classroom her fifth conviction here on similar One former customer, remem raid the place.” charges; she has been arrested at least seven times. DETROIT AP - Officials say they will try to tighten security in Born M arch I, 1901. in Granada, Detroit public schools following the shooting death of a teacher in New 1040 income tax form Spain, Natasha came to Miami in front of her terror stricken classroom of first-graders. 1959 as a refugee from Cuba. In Al Lewis, 4f>. was arraigned Thursday on a first-degree murder Florida, she has always maintained appears for 1976 taxes charge in the slaying Wednesday of his estranged wife, Betty ’’homes’’ on quiest streets or in McCaster, 45.