Bates College SCARAB The aB tes Student Archives and Special Collections 10-10-1975 The aB tes Student - volume 102 number 14 - October 10, 1975 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student Recommended Citation Bates College, "The aB tes Student - volume 102 number 14 - October 10, 1975" (1975). The Bates Student. 1716. http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student/1716 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aB tes Student by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. M BATES COLLEGE THE STUDENT "How can they win when they're losing?" — W.S. 1975 Est. 1874 Oct. 10,197S Vol. 102 No. 14 Debbie Thomas: N.W.C.: New Light in Boycott Update by John Rogers "The boycott must go on!" That was Lane Hall the message UFW organizer Mike Guare brought Bates students in the by Barbara Braman Hirasawa Lounge last Tuesday evening. Debbie Thomas, the new assistant After showing an excellent film which Dean of Students, is full of energy and covered the UFW strike of 1973, Mr. enthusiasm. She graduated last June Guare brought Bates students up to date from Middlebury College and it seems about recent events in California. It is as it is probably hard for her to realize clear that the boycott of Gallo wines, that she is now a part of the table grapes, and non-UFW lettuce administration. must be pressed on until contracts are As Assistant Dean, her office is next finally signed. to Dean Isaacson's in Lane Hall. She is One of the major goals of the UFW in charge of foreign student advising, was realized this summer with the proctors, and women's residences. She passage of a union representation also does student counseling, and she pholo by Steven Wice election law for agricultural workers in says that she enjoys this part of her job California. But the legislation does not the most. She encourages anyone with force the growers to sign contracts with any sort of problems to drop by and she Sorting the Scheduling the unions which win the elections. It will try to help. Let me add that she is by Frederick Leong simply requires the growers to very easy to talk to. If you are in Commons and standing enrollment evenly distributed in "negotiate in good faith." Being a new arrival at Bates. Debbie in line for lunch and there seem to be five contrast to the existing situation this Some elections have already been finds our campus very tight. The hundred other students in front of you, semester. This is to allow students more held under the provisions of the new campus is smaller than Middlebury's this article will be of special interest to choices for courses. As an example, law. The UFW has won about two out and the number of students is a bit you. Or if you wanted to take some there are 29 courses offered now on of every three elections so far, quite an smaller as well, and she says that it courses but couldn't because the time of MWF 9:00 a.m. — this means that all accomplishment considering the illegal seems to make a difference in that the the classes coincided, read on. students having a specific 9:00 a.m. class tactics of the Teamsters and the community is much closer. "You can't The Curriculum and Calendar on MWF were not able to take the other growers. On farm after farm, workers avoid meeting anybody." she says, Committee met on Wednesday. October 28 courses offered that hour. In the were told that they would be fired if they which is true and which she sees as good. I to look into this matter as well as plan proposed schedules for next semester, did not support the Teamsters, and She also finds the students she has for the courses in next semester. the students with MWF9:00a.m.classes UFW organizers were not allowed spoken with very friendly. "I've really Although it is practically impossble for only have 19 other courses within that access to the workers. In some cases been impressed by the students I've met every student to be able to choose any hour that they cannot sign up for. By workers were fired for signing UFW so far." courses he wants and not have them evenly distributing the courses, the time authorization cards. Debbie majored in American Studies coincide, the above mentioned clashes will be fewer and the students Last week the California Labor at Middlebury. and is generally Committee has tried its best to obtain will be given a wider range of courses to Relations Board took five major inerested in the arts, especially theater the best possible balance. This is quite choose from. growers, including Gallo, to court for (which she hasn't been too active in so evident in the proposals for the course In addition, there is the problem of unfair labor practices by intimidating lar) and modern dance. (She's hoping to schedules for winter semester. the presently overloaded MWF 11:00 workers before the elections. More have time to join some classes this fall.) Generally, the classes on Tuesdays and o'clock classes. When the 11:00 a.m. court action is expected. The growers Debbie is obviously very excited Thursdays are alright. On the average, classes are over, the majority of these seem ready to fight court battles for about her work, and say^ that she can't about fifteen courses are distributed in students head over to Commons for years. They are also appealing elections imagine being more happy in a job. It is each hour. It is the courses offered on lunch, thereby causing an overcrowding won by the UFW on various grounds. still early in the year and she is still Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Commons. Laws do not deter the growers, the only getting oriented, but she hopes to from 8:00 to 12:00 noon that are under This situation will be remedied as thing they understand is the amount of become active in many Bates activities. review. soon as the proposals for next semester their profit. So the boycott continues. However, she finds that "being a dean Given below are the number of go into effect, as there will be only 475 Documentation of the recent events takes up most of your time." courses offered and the number of students filing out of their classes on in California is available from the Bates students enrolled within each hour on MWF at 11:00 a.m. - to the relief of New World Coalition, Box 610. MWF 8:00 to 12:00 noon during this everyone concerned. Also, the 8:00 and semester. 12:00 classes this semester have Number of No. of relatively low numbers of courses and Time Courses Enrollment enrollments so the overflow from the New MWF 8:00 12 429 9:00. 10:00, and 11:00 o'clock classes MWF 9:00 29 912 will be distributed to the 8:00 and 12:00 MWF 10:00 28 832 o'clock classes. Appointment MWF 11:00 24 703 The laboratory sessions scheduled so MWF 12:00 8 154 far haven't been giving too much Next, we have figures of courses and trouble. However, some morning lab President Thomas Hedley Reynolds enrollment for second semester for sessions have been arranged for even announced that Ms. Karin S. Dorsey comparison. These schedules are only more distribution and convenience. The has been appointed the Biology proposals from the Curriculum and schedules for TT and MWF afternoon Department's Assistant in Instruction at Calendar Committee. classes seem to be working out well. Bates College. A native of New Britain, Number of Est. No. of For you who are still reading this Connecticut, Ms. Dorsey is a 1964 Time Courses Enrollment report while waiting in line for lunch, graduate of Middlebury College in MWF 8 17 550 look on the bright side; it gives you an Vermont. Graduating cum laude with a MWF 9 20 525 opportunity to read your "Student". degree in Biology, Ms. Dorsey was MWF 10 22 510 Also, come winter, you may just be able elected to Phi Beta Kappa. MWF 11 17 475 to take both the Biology and Sociology Ms. Dorsey had previously been a MWF 12 19 520 courses that you have been waiting to teacher of Earth Sciences and Biology at You will note that the proposals for take all your college career. the Kents Hill School, Kents Hill from next semester have the courses and 1964-1966. '0fc NOTES AND COMMENTARY THE STUDENT Editor Erjc Bauer Business Manager D.vid i|()rnc Don't Blame C.A. Nawj Editor Patricia Weil Layout Editor |.Murf Rixon To the editor: Feature Editor Tom Paine On behalf of the Campus of a fall semester used' book store. Sports Editor Steve McManus Association, the present Cabinet would Obviously students came back prepared Asst. Sports Editor |.re(j (lark like to comment on some of the for the selling of used books, for this Photography Editor Steve Wice statements made in the Sept. 25 issue of year's CA Used Book Store was a Production Staff Paxton Roberts, Barbara Giesler. Kevin Mclntire The Student concerning the book tremendous success. Approximately Lisa Difranza, Kathy Marsilius, Brad Fuller. Donna James shortage on campus.