The Ursinus Weekly, April 28, 1978

Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus Weekly Newspaper Newspapers 4-28-1978 The rsinU us Weekly, April 28, 1978 Jack Hauler Ursinus College Lawrence Mroz Ursinus College Ronnie Cubit Ursinus College Stephen M. Lange Ursinus College Rick Morris Ursinus College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits oy u. Recommended Citation Hauler, Jack; Mroz, Lawrence; Cubit, Ronnie; Lange, Stephen M.; Morris, Rick; Phillips, Donna L.; Barlow, Brian; Shannon, Frank; Emmons, Wesley; Tweed, Debbie; and Dougherty, Raymond, "The rU sinus Weekly, April 28, 1978" (1978). Ursinus Weekly Newspaper. 85. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/85 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ursinus Weekly Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Jack Hauler, Lawrence Mroz, Ronnie Cubit, Stephen M. Lange, Rick Morris, Donna L. Phillips, Brian Barlow, Frank Shannon, Wesley Emmons, Debbie Tweed, and Raymond Dougherty This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/85 TIle UrsillllS eckly VOL.~v-t ..... LXX VII FRIDAY, APRIL28, 1978 NO. 14 Ursinus News in Brief Richter Outlines Fi re Wa kes New Drom Proposed Changes by Larry Mroz added that he felt the changes feel tha moral authority and the A smokey fire in the laundry room of Reimert Hall awoke would provide a system that was force of numbers to control residents of the New Men's Dorm early Saturday morning. At an open meeting on April flexible enough to withstand the juvenile behavior, destructive Collegeville firemen arrived on the scene at approximately 3:30 a.m. 17th, President Richard P . youthful excesses of college behavior, antisocial behavior." and promptly extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire is unknown. Richter broadly outlined the studdents. According to Richter, Richter reaffirmed his belief that pro prosed change in regulations the new awareness should the area of student life was one of concerning student life that are to " stress the importance of the highest educational priorities be presented to the Board of moderate behavior, of civility, of of his administration. The Directors at their May 19th humanitarian concern for meeting ended after Richter Muds Victorious meeting. The Board will be others, of respect for the privacy introduced the members of the The Ursinus College intramural basketball champs, the Muds, presented with changes in the of others and respect for oneself Task Force on Student Life, and won the Philadelphia-Delaware Valley Schlitz Invitational Intramural areas of alcohol regulation, as a representative of a campus after he answered a few brief Basketball Championship on April 10. The Muds won by a single point dormitory hours and student community that a student questions. to defeat Drexel University's intramural champion, and took the counseling. If the recom belongs to." As an example, As part of the long term tourney by defeating teams from much larger schools. Dave mendations are passed by the Richter then showed how he felt planning process for the school, Dougherty provides full game coverage. It appears on page 6. Board, most of the proposals will this new atmosphere should be the Campus Planning Board was become effective in September of applied to the regulations con created to make recom 1978. cerning alcohol use. He stated the mendations to the President for Richter started the meeting broad background of the detailed his consideration. The Campus Faculty Members Promoted by posing several questions to the changes concerning alcohol use. Planning Board created the Task listeners, and then he opened Even though the President has Force on Student Life, the Task The Ursinus College Board of Directors has approved promotion himself to questions from those not received the final recom Force on Curriculum, and the in rank effective with the 1978-79 academic year for seven members of present. The President's mendations, he has been working Task Force on Retention and the faculty. questions basically dealt with the along with the task force and the Recruitment of students. The Dr. S. Donald Zucher has been promoted from associate professor process of "self study" that the campus planning group, and is proposals that will go to the to professor of political science. Dr. Louis A. DeCatur has been college has been undergoing quite aware of the proposals. He Board of Directors on May 19th promoted from assistant professor to assiciate professor of English. since his administration came stated that " It would not be the have come from the recom Dr. Keith J . Hardman has been promoted from assistant professor to into office. He indicated that intention of the Task Force to mendations of the Task Force on associate professor of philaraphy and religion. there was a Middle States encourage student dringing, but Student Life, and have been Also, Dr. Mary B. Fields has been promoted from instructor to Association accrediting to put dringing within more submitted to the Ca mpus assistant professor of biology. Dr. J . Houghton Kane has been evaluation slated for the next socially acceptable limits than is Planning Group which has promoted from instructor to assistant professor of political science. acadmic year, but that the "self now the case. Under a new reviewed the Task Force's Dr. Annette V. Lucas has been promoted from instructor to assistant study" would have been initiated system, I would hope that the ecommendations. The faculty professor of French. Dr. David G. Phillips has been promoted from upon his arrival in office whether vast majority of students would < ontinued on Page 5 ) instructor to assistant professor of biology. or not the evaluation was up coming. He stated that ap proximately every ten years the Ju d iciaryBoardRevived College takes a look at itself in by Ronnie Cobit attempts to see if it is adequately Ec Student Cited fulfilling its mission. For the past several years He stated that the Board will be there has been a judiciary board available to any student who The winner at Ursinus College, Collegeville (Pa.), of this year's After the question and:... here at Ursinus College. This wants to appeal a disciplinary Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award is Adele McFeeters, answer introduction, Richter moved to his prepared statement. board, entitled the Faculty action that has been taken a senior majoring in economics. Student Disciplinary Committe, against him. Disciplinary actions The prize is awarded annually for achieving the highest He began by citing the reasons has had the power to hear are taken against such things as cumulative average among seniors majoring in economics and for the meeting which were to basically discuss student life, and students' appeals to disciplinary vandalism, cheating, theft, dorm business administration. actions taken against them. The violations and so on. With the J . The award, a specially designed silver medal along with a sub to enumerate the reasons why problem is, however, that the Board in effect, a student may scription to the nationally known publication, will be presented to Miss change can be proprosed to the committee has not been active in appeal an administrative McFeeters during the May 28th Commencement ceremonies at Ur Board of Directors. Richter went on to say that he believes that the student disciplinary matters for decision that has ound him guilty sinus College. improvements that will be over 5 years. The USGA has of a violation. recommended will provide an lately taken steps to try to The Judiciary Board will atmosphere that is better suited reactivate the board and make it then make a decision on the guilt to "achieve our College's mission once again an integral part of the or innocence of the student; it Fi Ies Accessi bI e and that mission is to develop Ursinus campus. will also decide the punishment in independent, and responsible Sam Ciapanna is chairman of the case of a guilty verdict. Ursinus goes by the book when it comes to files. According to the individuals equipped for positions the USGA subcommittee for the Ciapanna also said that the Dean's office, any student may view their complete file on request any of leadership in a changing "J Board," as it is now referred benefit of the J . Board is that it time they wish throughout the year. Legally, Ursinus could withhold a world." Richter stated that he to. When interviewed he ex allows students to be judged not student's personal records for up to six weeks, but most interested had been "sorely tested" by plained some of the goals that the only by several faculty and ad- students usually see their files within several days or less after skeptics among faculty, alumni new board hopes to accomplish. <Continued on Page 5 ) requesting. However, a student may not alter or keep his or her files, and even students for his belief as these records are the legal property of Ursinus. that there can be an improved social atmosphere with Reaction To Richter responsible on·campus action. When talking to a group of 'Encouraging Optomistic' Weekly to Change Name students, Richter said he found should be instituted, but guests them to be the most conservative by Larry Mroz would be made to register when group he dealt with. He said that April 29th is the deadline to submit proposals for the n~w ~ame of they wish to visit dorm residents.

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