....... VOLUME 78, ISSUE 9 For the Students and the Community December 11, 2000 Fleecing of Library Hours In• Lilllbo "ckand.' By Celine Ruben-Salama Copy Editor The William and Anita Newman library has been kept open 24 hours during finals for the -Studies past two years. Some students have taken advantage ofthe extended hours to prepare for finals in a serious manner, however, the major- Recent resignations ,ity abused this privilege, and used the library for various unsuitable purposes, according to cause underlyingprob­ the administration. The student body isindan­ ger of losing extended library hours during lems to surface finals. The spring semesterof-I998was the first-time that the libraJy was kept open fOl" 24 hours, dur­ ing finals. In order to keep costs down, only By BryaD Fleck Senior StaffWriter part ofthe library was'kept open; the first two floors. Still, many students complained thatthe space was inadequate. "When they close offthe Ever since its inception on American cam­ floors it got too cramped," student Karl puses in the late 196Os., the role ofcultural stud­ . Boulware said. ies in higher education have been as controver­ The students were heard by the Daytime sial as race itself. Undergraduate Student Government, DSSG, Baruch College is no exception. who presented the administration with a pro­ Professor Arthur Lewin was recently asked to­ posal to,keep the entire library open. Thepro­ resign as chairperson of Baruch"s Black and posaI Wasacc:epted on a trial basis, and during Hispanic studies departJllent in what be says is spring 2000, all five floors remained open.' a sySteri1atic destruction 'of the depaI buod by Inorderto determine ifthere were enough Sm­ oon~ . dents usfngthe facilitieS,.~'guards were the administration. But adminis1rators . counter that the department has become inef­ -: , fective and needs to be rebuilt See ADM1N!.~RATION.Page 4 ,. .. 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"......."" :. tbe·reason.·.giYca.fo.r bis_('e$~.jijJeI'·iIiiiI '"-~~-'----------'------ ."shoP-- . to say that "{Regan) gave me a reason, bull -.T••A""''IS~u_" "'" .- _.~.... =--,--,_-:-.:--~~~~~~~~~~=~~~~~-- ........-_.........--:--~_",:----~, didn't believe it.~ Contributing StaffWriter What is clear. is that the embattled department The SPAR online workshop was ironically, . ... is down to three tenured professors (including Lewin) and is currently operating without a derailed due to a campus-wide virus alert, which prevented the presentation from being chairperson. _ . delivered as pLanned-via tbeinternet, "They've already pulled ,~ department On Tuesday, December5, the office ofSPAR_ apart," said Lewin. "There's no department (Sponsored Programs and' Research) was. here." scheduled to host an online grant resource . Lewin honored the request to step down and workshop for Baruch faculty and staff . said that he will not fight Regan's decision. This workshop was designed online to proac­ Because he is no longer chairperson of the tively introduce attendees to new resources and department. Lewin is no longer a part of links available to aid their search for funding Baruch's administration. This fact. he said, ,. opportunities. > gives him more room to criticize the adminis­ tration. SPAR is located in the 17 Lex building, room Lewin's resignation follows on the heels of 1521, and is available to Baruch faculty and the embittered resignation of a department pro­ staff members of all levels. The office offers fessor, Martha Vega Vega sent a letter ofresig­ research assistance with proposal, preparation, nation after she was denied tenure by the and submission. The presenter, Paul Fran, Director ofSPAR, .- Weissman School of Arts and Sciences' •, Personnel and Budget Committee, in which decided to deliver his presentation as best he ID~ each department chairperson has a seat. Had could without the visual, IJands:<m supj)Olt of*.....KiIIiIl;.....ofSMR. SIJ'''lS DurIng tills .,.....fIicuItY...llbleto ~ Vega chose not to resign, she could have the overhead computer presentation. '''"-.m new techniques. (Photo Julie Ad8ms)' "This is the drawbackto having everything on .'" appealed the decision, at which point the matter a web page," said Fran, to break the ice. ~ sucIJ. as ~viding technical ~ coll~. ,. would have been brought before the College Though the faculty andstatfwbo attended did ' m ~ dealing With CUNY hun.um subject D~rector ~ s assistant, Choate Ramsey, P&B Committee. .. terest .. h ~..,. requirements 3Dd processes, recnntment pro- explained, "we-intend to have JIlOI'e workshops express theIf m m seemg ow ~ gam &:. I' this and I I'-"'-~ ith . Provost Myrna Chase said that Lewin did nbt access grants and simplify the procedure, the cessing.of~.~ ~embers, new lac- ike. one, am p ~ ': the turnout. do his job as chairperson, which is one possible workshop was paralyzed' by the lack of visual uJty .onentatioD ~Vlty ass~ce, and offer despite ~ computer problems. reason why Vega did not receive tenure. ~" . fimding oppornmmes at departmental meet- Despite Kran's efforts to keep the workshop I "There's the whole question of leadership," unDespite ~g.discouraging tum ofevents, Kran ings. alive, he ~entually pro~ that he would I said Chase. She noted that it is the job of the never broke a sweat With his ample knowledge The most vocal attendee of the group was attempt thiS wortshop agam at a taler date, and department chairperson to advise faculty the of the services the SPAR office provides, he Dorothy Dologne, from the Baruch's ~puter ~en try to address diff~t ~epartmen~.indi- entire step ofthe tenure-track process. managed to deliver his presentation on a more .~t,~ho bad. lots of. ~ and vidually, sh~ld they ~lle hIS presen~on. I Guidelines for each P&B Committee specify personal leve~ addressing the discussion points m~ m tm: information offered. For those I~ 1D the SP~ services, you three areas in which a professor is judged upon: from his outline to .nd'viduals and their current I am looking to do searches on a more com- can contact Director Paul Kran s office. The ~b I scholarly work, services 10 the community and stand" - th·· \ process. fortable level, that is why I attended today," telephone number is 212-802-3028, fax. number teacher evaluations. No where is it written that ~:::so ::ained the services his office Dologi~ said. "~l think man~ people ~.benefit 212-~~2990, or . id be' d the ant ass'stance and from this service, and I do mtend to mvue Paul E-maIl him: [email protected] See FUTURE,Page 3 provi es yon v gr 1 to come and dilSCUSS his IS 1ideas with some other .In Features: In OplEds: In Business: ~ In Sports: . In ~Ium: Pop Quiz!Roving Exposure, Call & Response, GM provides intership, Men's Basketball, Player Look back at Semester, Reporter, Winter Break Final Thooughts, Students of Baruch business dress, ofthe Week CD reviews,Poetry, Baruch Pfizer '. Features SeePage 7 Set: Page 11 See Page 14. See BackCover See Asylum 3 \ 2 TICKER NEWS DECEMBER 11, 2000 TICKER NEWS DECEMBER 11, 2000 Future of Department Mired in Mystery tions, beginning with acting presidents Lois advise students. Continuedfrom front Cronholm and Sidney Lirtzman, and continuing "If they want to hurt the Black and Hispanic emphasis should be placed on anyone aspect of thus far with Regan. "The administrators have studies department, they're not going to hurt evaluation. But it is generally accepted that followed a narrow, conservative agenda. partof me," said Lewin. "They're hurting all of us:' scholarly work. with some exceptions. carries the which is to dismantle the Black and Hispanic An advertisement has appeared in The New most weight. studies department" he said. "Why? Because lark Times recruiting for the positions. The ..It's extremely important," said John Todd, they are not leaders, but followers, who just want English line is looking for a tenure-track assis­ chairperson of the English department, referring to continue their fiefdom. As a result, they are tant professor specializing in one or more of the to scholarly work. "We expect professors to write harming the institution. That's why an institution following categories: African, African American, books or series of articles. needs a leader." Caribbean or Black Atlantic Literature. The his­ "I think at Baruch people expect both- teach­ Consequently, the department is currently act­ tory department is searching for an assistant pro- ing and scholarship," said Chase. "You have to ing without a chairperson. All ofLewin's respon­ have both to get tenure." While she said that sibilities as chairperson have been temporarily scholarly work weighs heavier in the decision, shifted to Alexandra Logue, dean of the "We have had difficul­ she did say that student evaluations are also Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. closely scrutinized. According to Chase, the school is looking for an ty in the past in hiring But Lewin, who agrees that scholarly work is acting chairperson to get through the end of the important, said that CUNY is a unique institu­ school semester. She said that several people .Blackprofessors with tion. and therefore should not be judged by the within Baruch have been asked to temporarily fill same criteria by which other colleges and univer­ the position, but all have declined, citing a lack the standards require. sities are held. CUNY schools, he said, should oftime or an unwillingness to step into a depart­ put more emphasis on teaching than an institu­ ment perceived to be besmirched with problems. They 're snapped up by tion such as Harvard. "I am worried that we may not be able to find "This is Baruch College; it has a mandate from first-rate people for that department," she said.