swssnacstssc WOMBIWaCW^IMM^iMMM^IMM^^ Long-Distance Letter "Other Views" Letter Advice From Montana Advice to USG page 8 page 8 Volume 6, Number 4 College At Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York March 6-March 26, 1985 University Clericals Dean Search Committee Prepare For Spring BeginsWork By Marie Reres other times, you have to beat the bushes to find Negotiations somebody who can hit the long ball." One of the constraints that the committee is The Search Committee to select a new dean for By Robert Dunne than Fordham. He added that the Fordham-Local the College at Lincoln Center is "still in the working under is that Dean Shea's resignation will 153 contract seemed to be the model to which the preliminary stage" according to Acting Vice Presi- take effect on July 1. "We have to honor that date Clerical staff and the University administrative other Local 153 memberships aspired. Since the dent for Academic Affairs and head of the com- because Dean Shea has given long and noble ser- council are preparing for upcoming negotiations last contract was signed in 1982, Fordham clericals mittee, the Rev. Richard E. Doyle, S.J. The Search vice as dean and it would be unfair to ask him to slated to begin later this semester. Both? sides have had increases of 9 percent in 1982 and 8 per- Committee held its first meeting on February 22. stay past that date because we haven't finished our appear to have different priorities of issues to cent in 1983 and '84. Fr. Doyle, who was named the sole spokesper- job," Fr. Doyle said. negotiate. In comparison, Yale University employees son for the group, plans to continue working with The most heated issue, according to Personnel recently approved a contract giving them salary in- the committee through the Spring to meet the date Director Frank Cella, will be the University's call creases of 24 percent over three years. Union that Dean Shea's resignation will take effect-Jufy for a five-day work week in the summer. Cella employees at Yale were on strike for 10 weeks last 1, 1985. heads the administrative council, which bargains "We have somewhere in the neighborhood of 45 for the University with the clerical union. applicants," Fr. Doyle said. The basic source for "I don't think Fordham has had a more inflam- the names of applicants was an advertisement that mable issue as the five-day work week," said Cella. was placed in The Chronicle for Higher Education. Holding a different set of priorities are the "The minute you put an ad in the Chronicle, the clerical employees who are members of Local 153 mailbags get full" Fr. Doyle said. Office and Professional Employees Union. ' The news of the dean vacancy was also spread "Wages and health coverage should be the most by "word of mouth." According to Fr. Doyle, important goal," said Local 153 business represen- "some" of the applkanuujre already, members of tative James Dunn at a union meeting held on Feb. the Fordham community and found out about the 20 in Room 816. Dunn said that Fordham clericals vacancy when Dean Shea announced his resigna- have the lowest health plan available, offering the tion last October. east coverage. The University, under the present "As stated in the ad, we're looking for someone contract, pays $81 per semester for each employee, with a Ph. D., someone not only with some and provides employees and their family with teaching and research experience, but with some REV. RICHARD E. DOYLE, S.J. roup life and hospitalization insurance, among kind of educational-administrative experience." other coverage. Dunn said he will negotiate for a After some applicants are eliminated from the The new dean will be chosen before Dean Shea more comprehensive plan, one that will offer in- leaves, so that a transition period can take place, creased benefits and additional coverage in such _ as Dean Shea had hoped (Observer, Nov. 14, 1984), according to Fr. Doyle. "The new dean will areas as vision, dental and full-paid prescription FRANK CELLA plans. have the benefit of Dean Shea's counsel and ad- fall. Cella said if the five-day work week goes into "We have somewhere in vice," he said. Concerning the publicity over the Yale strike, effect, the University will honor the present con- "I think, for some people, the hardest part is go- Cella said, "I can't judge how much [Yale's] impact ract, which expires June 30. Under the current the neighborhood of 45 ing to try to imagine CLC without George Shea will affect us." contract, the work schedule specifically mentions as dean," Fr. Doyle said. "I think they'll have trou- a four-day work week over the summer. Cella said Cella added that in past bargaining sessions bet- applicants" Fr. Doyle ble adjusting to that." that the Unviersity would either begin the five-day ween Fordham and Local 153, negotiations were Fr. Doyle selected the eight committee members week after the contract expires, or would begin it "very professional and knowledgeable." said. himself. "If you look at the committee, you will next year. "You're able to talk with them in a professional see that there is a proportionate representation of In the union meeting, Dunn said Fordham manner," he said of the clerical representatives. each division at CLC, four men and four women clericals have fared well compared with other At CLC and the Law School there are 110 clerical orginal list, a "manageable number" of applicants and a certain number of assistant and associate pro- Local 153 members at Long Island University and union members. There are four shop stewards will be granted interviews, which measure "the fessors," Fr. Doyle said. "You need people who are Hofstra University. He mentioned that LIU representing the clerical employees, with shop social dynamics of interacting with people." It is generous, intelligent and who have a view of the smployees went on strike and eventually settled on steward Loretta Richardson representing Law at this time that letters of recommendation and peer college at large." a contract that paid less in yearly salary increases School members, and chief shop steward Kathleen evaluations from people who have worked with the The committee consists of: Assistant Professor Mulligan representing CLC clericals. candidates are evaluated. of History Anne Mannion, Assistant Professor of "A dean's position is a leadership position, so Psychology Harold Takooshian, Associate Pro- you need someone who can come across well as fessor of Biology DeSales Lawless, C.F.X., a potential leader-not someone who may be a Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative very intelligent, nice person, but who is a little bit Literature Lia Lerner, Associate Professor of of a shrinking violet. That doesn't mean he's a Philosophy Bernard Gilligan, Assistant Professor Journalist Jensen Cites dean," Fr. Doyle said. "A dean is a leader." of Philosophy John Adam, S.J., Associate Pro- As Dean of Fordham's Graduate School of Arts fessor of EXCEL Joan Roberts and Associate Pro- and Sciences and Acting Vice President for fessor of Art History and Chairperson of the Arts Academic Affairs, Fr. Doyle has directed a number Elizabeth Parker. of Search Committees. "It's like putting a basket- Professor of History John Roche was original- ball or baseball team together,"'he said. "Every ly appointed to the committee, but according to Fr. Westmoreland And time you do it, you do it a little differently because Doyle, he "begged to be excused because he had you have different people to work with. Sometimes too much work to do and a few books that are near you get a home run hitter and you say 'Good. We finishing." Fr. Doyle appointed Takooshian in his Sharon In Lecture know we've got him. We're going to keep him.' But place. By Mary^ Kay Linge witnesses editing their remarks and the fact that a paid consultant said, "If [the litigant's] goal is to just clear his name, perhaps now had not been identified as s.uch to the audience. "But it wasn't libel, has come the time there should be some legislation to authorize such suits to compel retraction." In any case, "Reporters, editors, all of Jim Jensen, anchorman of WCBS-TV's "Channel 2 News," was there was no malice. Essentially, the thrust of the story was true," us have to lake more responsibility," he said. the featured speaker in the Pope Auditorium qn February 21. His he concluded. address consisted of a scries of anecdotes, both personal and those In the Shamn vs. Tune suit, Jensen said that the reporter had made' Jensen described the journalist as "a pipeline between informa- of colleagues, to illustrate the theme of "Freedom of the Press." conclusions bused on Sharon's pust actions and not on facts. Jensen, tion and those seeking to have information... I try my professional best. , to keep the pipeline free of my biases," he said. ".. .But the In the lecture and in the question period.that followed, Jensen who was in Lebanon at the time, hud had a similar opinion, but had problem with the pipeline is that people have biased eyes and biased discussed two recent court cases involving the media: Wbstmareland decided not to report it. "If you can't prove it - tough. You can't do ears." Jensen explained that his rule of thumb has always been," 'Will vs. CBS sind Shawn vs. Time. "It was a case of sloppy journalism," it," he said. this hold up in a court of law?' " siiid Jensen of the CBS report that led to Westmoreland's suit.