The New Hampshire, Vol. 63, No. 23 (Jan. 9, 1973)
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new System BHH m I 1 1 !» f r i j hampshire * r w " i STALKING THf 5 W M UMMMtWUmM The University of New Hampshire System-that three-toed behemoth said to incorporate college campuses in Keene, Plymouth, and Durham, and growing some kind of tumor in Manchester-isn't easy to find. An elusive creature, it is something of a myth, a kind of abominable snowman that might be spotted running in the woods behind Snively Arena. Administrators swear they have seen it, but others on this campus, and in Keene and Plymouth, are skeptical, The mythical quality of the University System is due mostly to its lack of definition. Finding the System depends on how one defines what he is looking for. Since even administrators have been unable to agree on just what this being looks like, it has been difficult for others to recognize the thing even if it appears directly in front of them or, in some cases, knocks them over. It has also been difficult to determine whether this creature is to be feared or welcomed. Whatever its nature, recent reports from the administration are that it is growing. Most administrators, especially on the Durham campus, believe the System is fiiendly-some even feed it. President Bonner has mentioned his desire to “put flesh on the University System ” on several occasions. One night last summer he left 11 administrative councils and a School of Continuing Studies in his back yard and the next morning they were gone. The way administrators talk about the EW System offers a clue to why it is so difficult for them to define. It is possible, on the same day, for Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Dave Ellis to say “the concept of a System has ni not yet been internalized” and Provost m Eugene Mills, who shares Ellis’ office, to say ‘T think people are thinking■System ” Though they disagree on the System’s success in catching on, they both indicate that the FQRBU5H System is something that must be believed in before it can exist. If one merely thinks System, believes in it hard enough, the thing will appear to him like a kind of burning bush. In this sense, the System is not mythical. It is religious. Continued on page 3 The NEW hAMpshiltE To two concerned Tuesday January 9, 1973 To the Editor: “technical” test questions? I am writing in response to the You also alluded to these “two concerned students” questions as being “not whose letter appeared in the extensively covered in class” Did Proceed with caution re: Unionization January 5, 1973 issue of THE any other students, other than NEW HAMPSHIRE, under the your friend feel this way? If so, title “Sour notes in music”. why couldn’t a meeting between Dear Sirs: First of all, I found your these students and the professor With respect to the news story take place in an attempt to Discovering what the “System” is in the opening paragraph rather by Karen Westerberg in the ambiguous: You alluded to “an rectify this situation? University System has been a problem. January 5, 1973 issue of THE incident” which happened to a You stated that “it §eemed To the Board of Trustees the System is a master NEW HAMPSHIRE on Keene friend of yours in Music 401, yet that D eV oto preferred to State faculty efforts to organize plan to efficiently cope with an expanding no attempt was made to explain discourage students from taking a union, a few comments are in what the incident was. I can not any music courses, unless one is University. order. The New Hampshire understand why you failed to directly in the music program.” For some administrators it means a triple public employee bargaining expound further about the During my semester under the workload in terms of processing official forms, the statute (Chapter 98, C.L. 1969) incident, when it was obviously tutelage of Mark DeVoto, I have specifically e x c lu d e s University payroll, and administering this which served as a catalyst in never seen him show any such academicians from its provisions. University-wide policies. the writing of your letter. preference. Maybe I’m Therefore, at the present time, You also spoke of “highly prejudiced because I’ve learned For these administrators it also means meetings any organization purporting to in Concord attended by officials from all three technical” questions of a 401 more in his theory class than in serve as the collective bargaining exam...Do you consider any of my other classes, or campuses, as well as occasional frustrations when agent of the faculty could do so yourselves qualified in because I’ve come to harbor a one campus is reluctant to fall in line with some only on an informal basis. determining what questions are greater appreciation of music decisions made by the rest of the System. It is not illegal, however, for “justifiable” on an Introductory and the rules which govern it’s faculty to , join collective For NEW HAMPSHIRE reporters it means Music exam? Does “being composition, since I’ve been in bargaining organizations. The asking the question, “Is this policy just for nvolved in a few music courses” ’his class. three most active in soliciting give you, as students, a thorough Respectfully, Durham, or does it effect the whole Systemi” faculty support here and background for determining A Theory 471 Student University staff and faculty seem likely to nation-wide are the AAUP, AFT, (name submitted) benefit from the systems; approach. A and the NEA. In Durham, the AAUP supports faculty System-wide policy for salary and benefits could collective bargaining and is make way for a more equitable financial situation working for its implementation. Career Planning Drop-In for staff on the three campuses. Perhaps faculty in Among other things, the local AAUP chapter will challenge the To the Editor: or sit and listen to related certain dcpartmcntc on certain campuccc will not l am writing tnis letter to call discussions. feel they have been slighted so often under afore-mentioned law either legally or legislatively, depending attention to the Career Planning Although the purpose of programmed management. on which seems to be most Drop-In which takes place every college is not merely to prepare For students, today and tomorrow, the System is expeditious. The Chapter is also Wednesday evening from a person for a job;jt should be, designed to achieve the goal, known commonly as presently engaged in collecting 6:30-8:30 in the Belknap Room nevertheless, an environment for of the Memorial Union Building. exploration. One important area “greater educational opportunity”. Whether signed authorization cards, This informal Drop-In is open to explore should, obviously, be opportunity means just supplying more degrees, or designating it as the exclusive collective bargaining to all undergraduate and “what will I do when I get out improving quality is not exactly clear. It can representative of the UNH graduate students. Anyone who of here?” probably be assumed that the System’s intent is to (Durham) faculty. has questions and concerns This Drop-In can help do both, but if the theme, “What’s good for the Sincerely, about his major or about career Freshmen as well as Seniors. Whether it is a question of system is good for each campus,” becomes the Sam Rosen plans is welcome to attend. Mr. Chapter President Ed Doherty, Director, Career choosing a relevant major, or System’s dominant spirit, it may run into some Planning and Placement Service, how to take a job interview, the static. and Dr. Kirk Farnsworth of the Drop-In can start a lot of balls Even among those who developed the System, DES, MSG and UNH Counseling and Testing rolling. (the trustees), there is a lingering apprehension Center are available to discuss I hope that students will grasp that the individual identity of the three campuses Bio Sci matters of concern that students the opportunity to come on may have. Wednesday evenings if they have will be lost to the strong will of standardization. To the Editor: I’d like to comment on the Even if students don’t have any questions, want to share There are those others who fear the System might letter by Priscilla Cummings in the faintest idea what they want ideas, or just want to listen. For runaway with itself, sacrificing traditional the Nov. 3 issue of THE NEW to do after graduation, this is the the remainder of January the academic concerns for its greater purpose of HAMPSHIRE. kind of informal set-up that meetings will be on January 10, efficient mass education. DES - diethylstilbestrol - is permits them to participate in, January 17, and January 24. Stanton C. Otis, Jr. To many educators the term mass education a potent female hormone (syn thetic estrogen) which is com implies a resulting drop in academic standards. We monly fed to beef cattle to should not resign ourselves to this attitude. promote their growth. w n e w Academic quality is possible to maintain if There ARE several studies in expansion proceeds under control. The Merrimack dicating a connection between Valley Branch in Manchester, which is expected to DES and cancer: 1) DES-pellets implanted in HhAM DSliiRE eventually handlel0,000'students, will hopefully mice produce mammary gland Vol. 63, No. 23 prevent increasing overcrowding on the three other cancer (Journal of the National campuses. Cancer Institute 25:1023-1039, Cartoonists Certainly, future attempts to achieve 1960). Daily administration of Editor-in-Chief Polly Fowle DES in the food causes tumors E d P e n h a le Norm Bendroth equivalence among the four campuses might lead in the kidney of hamsters (Can Managing Editor Staff Reporters to interaction between the campuses both in terms L isa Pray S u e A h e a r n cer Research 31: 1251-56, 1971).