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School on Staff favors fheives most - organizing A recent O~ronic/e survey of full partments "so I wouldn't feel like I'm time staff members has revealed that 85 on an island." wanted list percent of those responding agreed The survey wa; conducted to collect there is a need for a staff organization at" and interpret the overall opinions of the college and there should be a formal staff members at the college-staff be By Brian Kulpin "We had a girt just the other day effort made to improve communication ing considered any full-time employee working in a darkroom. She had her 'Olieves have taken more than $3,500 between staff and administration. not in a facu lty or administrative posi bags down by her feet and of course it in cash and valuables from Columbia Supporters of a staff organization tion . was dark in there," Byers said. "While College during' a three-week crime cited specific issues that they would like One-hundred-eighty-six surveys she was working she looked down and . spree !pat has lei! students, staff and ad to see addressed. These include the were distributed with a 30 percent re saw a hand going through her bag. She ministrators on guard. need for improved communication be sponse. The survey was administered yelled, 'Hey, what are you doing?' and During the firSt three weeks of tween departments as well as 'the ad March 23-25. Figun" were 1\'Ur><kd nff the guy said 'I'm looking for my lens.' March, items ranging from a video ministration. detailed job descriptions. to the rl4:arest \)'.:n:.:nt Well the girl grabbed her bag and found camera valued at $2,500 to radios and perfonnancc evaluations and better rec In regard to the development of a her wallet was gone and she chased after money have .been st~len from aepart ognition through acknowledgment. sal tlie guy but he got away with $50. Now weak spot and thieves look for a weak staff comm ittee. the polling showed ments throughout Columbia, according ary and benefits. staff members divided on how they that's bold." spot." to security reports. • But photography is not the only de Many respondents criticized the col thought the administration would react According to security reports, the Security' guard J. L. Byers said the partment under siege by thieves. Televi lege for failing to provide adequate job toward such .an organization. Forty-six Phptography Department leads all oth number of campus thefts 'is higher than sion has also had its share of stolen descriptions. percent said they did not believe that an ers in the frequency of thefts. Steve Fu at any time he can recalL items and Lam~rr Scott, television stu One respondent sai'd a committee organization would be honored and re kawa, facilities manager for the Photog " The number of thefts is up this se dio coordinator, has the 15th floor on should •·encourage the development of spected by the administration, 35 per raphy Department, is frustrated about mester," Byers said. "We used to get alert. job descriptions for each position so that cent said they thought an organization five or si~ th!;,~ j'ePJlr:ts a )Y~k but no~ ll},e ;.'!.,m.!"i~r:':·, ,... :> ,· .. "Each time we lose something we· supervisor and employee are both aware would be accepted and 20 percent re we get two or three a day. It has really "People, especially women, are get learn something," Scott said. "None of of what is and what is not within the mained neutral. picked up around here." ting their bags rifled through while in realm ofa particular job, so that evalua ·us are experts in security but each of us The poll indicated that staff members the darkrooms," said Fukawa, who has tions can be conscientiously prepared According to BY,ers, the thieves are has had to become one.'' felt a sense of unity with members of been at (:olumbia for nine years. "It has and so that employees can comfortably not students, they are people who come The theft of the video camera is not their individual departments but were never been this bad and it is getting pro refuse to perform tasks that are not in off the SIJ'eel, the only incident in the TV Department. distanced from the staff as a whole. "They come through the doors and gressively worse." within the prescribed limits of their po Scott said that tapes have also disap Fifty-nine percent felt an appropriate blend in with people and they try to act sition." A March 1'1 darkroom theft netted a peared and that attempts have been union within their departments, while like srudents," Byers said. "They even Another staff member suggested the 35 millimeter camera, various lenses, a made to steal some equipment. 26 percent did not. college "develop a system for merit ask people, 'Hey, what's your. major'?' light meter and camera bag worth more · Scott checks the bolts that hold down In contrast, 49 percent did not feel an Sometimes these guys even wear back- raises so that there is some incentive for than $700, according to security re the tape players on the 15th floor appropriate union with college-wide packs to try and fit in." · going out of your way to do a gootl job·. ports. nightly. He says that some nights he will staff, while 38 percent did. Once the thieves are in the main Jolm Moore, dean of student. affairs, find two bolts loose. He will tighten As it is there is no recognition at all for a One of the areas in the survey that building they generally head for the 4th, is aware of the theft -problem and what them, come back the next night and find job well done." prompted the most definitive response lOth or 15th floors - the most frequent an inviting target the darkrooms are to more bolts loose on the same tape Other respondents complained of concerned salary. Only 4 percent re theft amiS - accoRiing to Byers. The thieves. player. poor communication with other depart corded a neutral reply, while 64 percent III06t likely targeJS are females who Scott is frustrated about having to ments and the administration. "A com leave purses, backpacks and lea\her "Students without !.D.'s should not mittee should develop a means of effec felt their wages were not a fair reflec be allowed in the darkrooms and we wony about security and hedoesn't'un tion of their work performance and 35 jackets unattended. Men oommonly derstand why campus theft is worsen tive communication between the aJ: lose wallels and coats. should develop a coat check so jackets ministration and staff which would en percent felt they were. ing. don't get stolen," Moore said, "but courage both institutional and individ Only one person polled disagreed something has to be done up there, it is a Continued on page 6 ual growth and · unity," one survey strongly with the establishment of a stated. staff organization. Another respondent indicated that a staff committee should be developed to Greg Canf'.eld, Sally Daly and African activist improve communication between de- Brian Kulpin compiled this story. There should be a committee for the purpose of exploring ~corns Apartheid and addressing the concerns of the staff. By Karen Brody has distorted the image of the economy in South Africa. ·Disagree Neutral Agree ,i< ., s;;.;th African ,activist and feminist ·•l···'lii;-r- •,t t •' • "We are highly industrialized and Reverend Motlalepula Chabaku dis- highly westernized.·· Chabaku said. "If cussed the storm brewing in South Af you took all the cars in all the countries rica over Apartheid and its implications of the continent of Africa, they would on U.S./South African relations, March not total all of the cars in South Africa D 23, at the Ferguson Theatre. alone. The Johannesburg Station is Chabaku. whose speech was spon twice the size of the Grand Central Sta sored by the Columbia Artists Against tion in New York City.'' Apartheid (CAAp), discussed the im Chabaku discussed American com· portance of U.S. participation in the panics in South Africa and. as she de 01% present "revolution" and America's scribed it . their superficial boycott of need to take an active role in abolishing the South African government. Apartheid in South Africa. ··American companies may have re 13% moved their labels. but not their inve>t· "We are watching you in the United mcnts. ·· Chabaku said. States, because what you do now to She added that the identification K'mg dethroned at 85% fight Apartheid will effect future rela booklets that bl ack>~ arc required to state tourney tions with South Africa after the revolu carry and supply upon .request in the tion." Chabaku said.