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Collins looks A fowl feast The prancing sharp in net in Friday young at heart page 7 in Friday Friday, November 16,1984THE J3Q_ NEWS Vol. 67 Issue 46 FLOC pressures B Campbell owners TOLEDO (AP) - The six-year that it does not directly hire campaign of the Farm Labor migrant workers on the farms Organizing Committee to gain thai supply it with tomatoes and collective bargaining rights with cucumbers. the Campbell Soup Co. Is taking on a new dimension. Campbell, which has spent With the help of a New York millions of dollars on housing labor consulting firm, the advo- improvements, day care and cacy group for an estimated 5,- scholarships for migrant work- 000 migrant workers intends to ers on farms where it purchases >ut pressure on three financial produce, says it has no obliga- iirms that share directors with tion to do so - or to recognize Campbell. FLOC as a bargaining agent for Ray Rogers, director of Cor- the migrant workers. Cite Campaign Inc., describes Rogers' firm, Corporate Cam- New York firm's basic strat- paign, agreed to work with egy as one of "divide-and-con- FLOC for no fee. Rogers' divide- quer against the corporate and-conquer strategy is credited power structure." with breaking the 15-year-long One busload of farm workers' fight by J.P. Stevens & Co. supporters from Ohio and a sec- against the Amalgamated Cloth- ond from Florida are scheduled ing and Textile Workers union. to arrive in Cherry Hill, N.J., for For its Campbell strategy, Friday's annual meeting of Corporate Campaign has se- Campbell's shareholders, lected three financial firms that according to FLOC. share directors with it - the FLOC supporters plan to pre- Prudential Insurance Co. of sent petitions at the meeting in Newark, N.J.; the Equitable favor of recognizing FLOC as Life Assurance Society of New the legal bargaining agent for York, and the Philadelphia Na- migrant laborers who work for tional Bank. farmers in northwestern Ohio Prudential's chairman and and southern Michigan. FLOC chief executive officer, Robert has given Campbell similar peti- Beck, sits on Campbell's board tions almost annually since it of directors, as does Andrew began to organize a consumer Lewis, an Equitable director. boycott of Campbell products in Campbell President R. Gordon BG News/Susan Cross McGovern serves on the boards when Farm Labor Organizing Committee members picket Campbell Campbell has refused to nego- of PNB and its parent company, Hasta La Victoria! Soup Co. in Philadelphia today. The group of about 50 protesters left tiate with FLOC. maintaining CoreStates Financial Corp. An unidentified Toledo man rolls up a protest banner that will be used Toledo at 10 a.m. yesterday. Sees students, faculty.. Districting bill drafted COLUMBUS (AP) - Senate Legislature until April 15 to "tinkering" with the present Republicans have drafted meet a U.S. Constitutional districts to comply with the Senate door stays open their own congressional re- requirement for 21 districts federal guidelines. districting bill but will not which are virtually equal in But Senate President Harry introduce it until majority population. Meshel, D-Youngstown, has by Dina Horwedel Democrats come forward However, Democrats have said that the Democrats staff reporter HE ADDED rights of faculty members with with theirs, Minority Leader said they will act before the might want to make changes temporary appointments are often discussed. He Paul Gillmor said yesterday. end of this year while they are that would provide a Demo- This year, the Faculty Senate Office has re- said this would include faculty hired on one-year Gillmor, R-Port Clinton, still in control of both houses. crat-oriented district in Co- instated its open door policy to help alleviate contracts to meet heavy course demands, such as said the Republican plan is Their bill is still under wraps, lumbus and central Ohio, problems that faculty and students might have. English 111 instructors, "who are considered as "clearly constitutional" and although there are persistent where two Republicans hold Under the policy, any student or faculty mem- somewhat marginal in faculty status, and this that it is "not out to get a reports that it seeks to en- seats. ber with a concern which may be pertinent to sometimes leads to problems for them." Democrat or to get a Republi- hance the election of Demo- Apparently targeted by the Faculty Senate may speak to anyone in that office. Neal said, "The whole purpose of this is to can ... It's not something crats in two or possibly three Democrats is the 12th District If that person believes it is a valid concern, it will maximize the faculty and student participation of that does a political hatchet districts. of Congressman John Kasich be heard by Faculty Senate. the University." job, which apparently is what Gillmor said the Republi- of Westerville. The other Co- The policy is designed to help them discuss He said Faculty Senate meetings also are open they (Democrats) are looking can plan does not penalize lumbus area district is the problems informally and confidentially, accord- to the public and the senate considers itself very to do." either party and that it is 15th held by Republican ing to Art Neal, chairman of the Faculty Senate. open to ideas and participation from faculty and Republicans, who will take within the federal court's re- Chalmers Wylie. It appar- ''What we do in the senate depends on the students. over the Senate in the new districting guidelines. ently would be left basically problems emerging in the University," Neal said. Neal said several committees research proposi- Legislature which convenes In the decision which out- intact. He said faculty and students are encouraged to tions brought before the senate. Students selected in January, obviously would lawed the existing districts, Meshel also has mentioned sound out their problems in personal conferences by Undergraduate Student Government and Fac- like to wait until that time for the federal panel disallowed a the 7th District, where U.S. in the Faculty Senate Office, and from listening to ulty Senate work with faculty on these commit- the passage of a bill bringing population deviation between Rep. Michael DeWine, R-Ce- these problems, members can determine whether tees. Ohio's congressional districts the largest and smallest dis- darville, was re-elected Nov. or not Faculty Senate can act on them. He said although issues may be presented to in line with federal require- trict of .062 percent. 6. DeWine's district borders Neal said the office hears a lot from faculty Faculty Senate, they must be made known before ments. House Speaker Vem Riffe that of Kasich along most of members with individual problems with tenure, the meeting so the senate can look at the proposal A three-judge federal panel Jr., D-New Boston, said he the eastern border of Union promotions and complaints about salaries. or issue and prepare its stand. in Columbus has given the anticipates only some minor County. Schools differ on plagiarism policies Editor's note: This is the last KSU's policy is quite differ- cision in the hands of the profes- If an undergraduate is caught department chair. penalty for a third offense is in a three-part series on aca- ent. Theodore Hallenbeck, assis- sor who discovered the plagiarizing or cheating at the "If any further university dis- dismissal from the university demic dishonesty. tant dean for Student Life, said a dishonesty, the department University, he could fail the ciplinary action is requested by indefinitely." combination of things deter- chairperson and the student. course. A graduate student can the professor, it gets kicked into She said the penalty may not by Benjamin Marrlson mines who has absolute power. Patricia Baugher, director of be suspended from the Univer- the Conduct Office," Hallenbeck be appealed, but the charge staff reporter "There is a provision in the New Student Programs at Mi- sity or expelled. said. may. university policy for the faculty ami, said, "The alleged dishon- At OSU, the maximum pen- Methods of detecting aca- Although Ohio State, Kent member to take action himself/' esty is discussed between those alty for graduates and under- AT THIS stage, the professor demic dishonesty on papers are State and Miami University are Hallenbeck said. three people." During this dis- graduates is expulsion. must have detailed information similar from university to uni- state-funded schools, as is the "THE PROFESSOR has the cussion, Baugher said the in- In an attempt to avoid aca- on the dishonesty. "If the stu- versity. University, each school has its power of detennining if the stu- structor and the department demic dishonesty, students at dent is found guilty, then disci- own way of handling academic dent fails the test or the class. chair make their case against Miami are required to show a plinary sanctions on the student SENA SATO, "It can be a dishonesty. - up to dismissal - can be disparity between the informa- The University's policy on taken," Hallenbeck said.