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Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University The iH lltop: 1980-90 The iH lltop Digital Archive 10-19-1984 The iH lltop 10-19-1984 Hilltop Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_198090 Recommended Citation Staff, Hilltop, "The iH lltop 10-19-1984" (1984). The Hilltop: 1980-90. 107. http://dh.howard.edu/hilltop_198090/107 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The iH lltop Digital Archive at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iH lltop: 1980-90 by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. • • Friday • } . October 19, 1984 ' Vol1,1me_68 Numbers • • • The Nation's Largest Black Studfnt Newspaper• Howard University, Washing1on, D .C. 20059 • • . Fae ty unr~st prompts pay increase dem,,, .ands . Bv Joyce Harris with the exception of medical school -ary increases for facul1y and ;hat all · The memo states that compliance between faculty and administrators is cies governing ·public relations. One 1'.t,u""' s.wr R<'J'Dl"rr , fa culty who recently recei ved an faculty who have been de11ied a salary with these demands should be re due to the parliamentary procedures · Of the policies st41tes that only the De The facul!y of the School of Com across-the-board pay increase increase JCCeives same at an across ceived by Oct. 31 .and Nov. 29, conducted between the two sides, the paivnent of University Relations may munic 3.t ions ·j submitted a me1t1- Because of the ·'escalating dis the board rate of 5 percent. respectively . Work stoppage, a vote apparent powerlessness of the facu1ty, generate invitations for media orandum to Universi1y Preside11t tance'' petween University faculty • That the President at Howard Uni - of no-confidence in the President, a and the fear of repercussions if one cover:ige . · , James E. Cheek last week expressing and administrators. the School of . Versity , who chairs the S1eering Com- . press conferenc!=:, a faculty and stu-· voices his or her concerns. · 'Tiiis policy is necessary in order their ' 'i;ollective outrage·· at th_e ad Communications Instructors decided ffiittee of the Senate, present for de.nt rally . the involvement of the Faculty morale is very low, said the to avoid confusion, working at cross ministration's -decisiOn on salary in to form a special committee to look re consideration the previ'ously re , American Association of University professor. purposes and exhibiting an un ' creases distribution of merit monies in10 1he heighte11ed unrest. according jected proposal submitted to the -fac Professors (AAUP). and a letter to the Other faculty members have ex professional image to the working that was issued out of the office.of the to faculty n1en1bers . u l t y of the S c hool Of Co m appropiate congressional committee pressed the same .sentiment saying press,'' the memorandum states. Vice President for Academic At a special meeting held by the munications calling for a university were a1nong the list of alternative that the faculty has minimal power in Another policy states, ''Howard At-fairs .·· • t'aculty on Ocl . 9, a letter v.·as drafted wide evaluatjon of the operation and strategies. the University Senate. University experts who are called I According lo member~ of the fac and senl to the administration. which effectiveness of the Senate and its . Accordiniz to a orofessor in the In a memorandum released to Uni upon to participate in television, ulty. the University fac ul1y has nol l' ited the following demands: constituent bodies. which is to be School of Liberal Arts, who declined versity faculty last Oct. 15, 1982, the received a pay incfease in lwo years. • That : monies be channeled into sal- conducted during ....Spring , 1985. to be identified. much of the tensi'on Board of Trustees had approved poli- See FACULTY page II Bison I Communications program accredited capture . ' wants to put out the best students. • By Joyce Harris Commenting on the newly accre first win Hllhop Stall' Repona- dited program, Dean of the School of The Department of Communica Communiations, Lionel C. Barrow tion Arts and Sciences in the School Jr., said, ''My major concern is get B~ · Joseph C. Burris of Communications celebrated the ting accreditation from the American llillop -.Wf.Rfponrt • . accreditation of the masters program Council on Education in Journalism Jon Nicolaisen's 20-}·ard fie ld goal, I in speech pathology last Monday, and Mass Communications.'' with 1/ seco11ds left, gave Ho,vard a which makes the University the ftrSt ''I want to put to rest the whispers 22-21 win over Virgi nia State. i11 Pe1ersburg last Sa1urda)', and put an historically black college to have this aboul the quality of my program. I end 10 an 11 ·ga:rne losi11g streak and accredited program, according to De think we have a ftrSt -rate program," n1 ore than a )'ear of see1ni11gl)' endless Njeri Nuru, a graduate professor in he said, adding that he is willing to fru stration . the department and the associate dean . put the faculty and students up against 1 of the school . any school of communications. Ho\\·ard had not '''011 a footbal l • game since Sept. 17, 1983 (20-17 o,·Jr The program was accredited by the ''Our equipment is state of the art, Bethune·Cook111a11) , and earl} 011 it Education and Training Board of Ex which a lot of schools can't say,'' he seemed as if \ 1 irgi11ia State's amine rs in Speech ~ Language added. ho111ecoming ..:ro,,·d of 14,(X)() ''ot1ld Pathology and Audiology for a five David Yoder, president of the wat ch Ho'''ard lose one 111ore the year period. July I , 1984-July 1. American sl>eech-Language-Hearing Bison's offense had't,,·o fuinbles a11d • ,,F,I' .1989 . Association (ASHLA) and Frederick . "~ fi\'e int erceptio11s half\\'a)' 1hrot1~!1 t11r f~\ • ' 'It is truly an exciting event for the Spahr, e'xecutive secretary of third quarter, and had to rel)· 011 ag fi~ld godl. de-partment,"said ))avid R. Woods, ASHLA were ori hand to express their gressive pla)' by !he! defense a11d wi tll .1hree second; lt•f t , on N1 _colaisen scores ' . chainnan of the Department of Com congratulations at Monday's celebra 10 nl11nerol1S penalties b~· 1!1e f roja11 s a solicl Perl l)rr11ant'e. -rt1e)' l..ept Tro pla~e~ . 1!1t') '~'e cl{lr1e their b1..''>l . b1i1 Tl1ere \\~ S a lot or i11tc11sity in the munication Arts and Sciences. tion held in t~e school of Com keep 1he game close. ja11 qt1aner hal.:'k Sam ·1-aylor 011 tlie th~~ 111ade SC\t'ral 111i s t~1i..e~ \\·l1i1.:h gan1e for -~Ill" Dis011 ve,tera11s. Last ·'We,'ve reviewed our proSram in munications. "' Late in the third quarter, ho,ve,e1 , r11n all dai. h\ t'011trolli11g t l ~e line of . h11r1 l1~ ~ T e)' col1ld ha' e r;1 si! ) ~a~o 1 1. \1irg111ia State came i1110 Bison order to upgrade aqd meet the stan According to a report issued by the the Bison ..: losed in on 1l1e 1 · roja11~. si.:r1111n1age . Altl1ol1gl1 T;lylor did 1t1!'0\vn 1n 1~e lO\\Cl b)' n{.''', hui tht:)' 30..14. ThL"' 13iso11 l1ad 1101 forgo{te11 dards . We 've done a lot of work, and General Accounting Office last rallying from a 21 -12 deficit \\1i1h t\.\ O scra111ble 0111 ()f the pocket ha,•e11'1 ." " t t1at / ' the program has improved greatly spring, the University has accredited scoring drives , anchored by qL1arter nt1111bero11s 1ime~ !'or htg gain~ . tl1e lnd1..·ed, the lli\(Jrl i.:011\d''~ easil). '• \\'e prl.'1)ared .l1 ard during 1!1e t\VO while its gone tl)rough this process,'' degree programs in 15 of its / 17' back Brian Sloan· and ru11ni11g ba..:k losses he"~ 1t1ro~ ' 11 . dt1e to quarter- ' rl1rown in the IO\,•el dt1ri11g tl1t' '''eek layoff.•· <;aid Pl1i\lip Lee, a he continued. schools and college$. Due to i:le Richard Vickers, to pull tl1e ga111e out . bacl.. ~a.: k s;~eft l1i111 v.ith 1111t1us t1ve \'irgi 111t1 Stale ga111e, bccat1!>e of .. o ti11ebaL·ke1 fron1 Petersburg, Virginia. Woods said ''the next big step' ' is ficiencies of the facilities and curtjcu-· Sloan and Vickers can1e off the vat d., t)ll I .'i .. arrie .. 111an)• errors \\'l1i..:l1 plagL1ec\ tl1e1n ir1 ··carrcill H t1gl1e ~ [a lso fron1 to get audiology accredited. lum, the School of Education was de bench to combi11e for 100 )'ards 011 11 ll1r "'i11 ''as thL' first at H{)\\J1d t'or the earl)' goi11g. Tl1at didn't l1a1)pc11, \\ere Pctersbt11'i!J a11d I 1alki r1 g 11ight The accreditation of the master's nied accreditation· in ·1979. And ~ agaiJ a: a team "ttich tw a(kr.,W on head coach \Villie Jefferies, ,·et lie l1<1''l'\t'r. because a fe\\' players par· and day ~bout how 1nuch this gilrne ly 68 rushing yards a gan1e . J't1e Bison program makes it the only program in according to Lawrencel< aa gw a ~hair sal.d. it wa' m\1re · important to hint ticL1larly the \ ' Ctera11~. saicl 1!1e~ · \\·ere n1ea11t to ~ I". Tl1is '''as 1he last chance finished with · 227 )'ards th at after· the school to be accredited, 'said .man of the journalism qepartment, that l1i s 1ea111 \\ Oil its t'1rs1 g<-1111e of 1he too de1~r111i11ec\ 10 ,,·iri 1!1is 011e. \\'e l1ad 1~ get tl1c111 [Vi1gi11ia State] Njeru.