Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1979-80 The thI acan: 1970/71 to 1979/80 10-4-1979 The thI acan, 1979-10-04 The thI acan Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1979-80 Recommended Citation The thI acan, "The thI acan, 1979-10-04" (1979). The Ithacan, 1979-80. 6. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1979-80/6 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1970/71 to 1979/80 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1979-80 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. A Weekly Newspaper, Published Independently by the Students of Ithaca College Vol. 49/No. 6 Jthdl .i. rs,;p\\ 'r C>rk October 4, 1979 ICF A Files Again~t Administration by Mark White Schwartz claims that this i~ them. The Ithaca College Faculty a change in terms of con­ He added that "this filing is Association ,. (I.C.F.A) ditions of employment, the first in a series of filings of unanimously voted Tuesday something which can only unfair labor discussed by the night to instruct the New-York occur through negotiations." Executive Board. Further State United Teachers union The ITHACAN, as a items will be discussed at the (N. Y .S. U. T .) attorneys to file publication had not obtained Executive Board's meeting on an "unfair labor practice" the aforementioned terms of Tuesday,-Oct. 30. with the National Labor employment. According to an NLRB Relations Board(NLRB),said "During the interim period spokesperson, "an in­ John Schwartz,president of since the NLRB granted a vestigation will now be con­ ICFA. motion of summary ducted. If findings conclude According to Schwartz, at judgement, (ITHACAN that the college adm :nistration the Sept. 13 faculty meeting, 9/6/79) there have been a 'has engaged in furtlie, unfair President James Whalen gave number of potential changes labor practices, a hearing will a statement to the effect that in terms of employment." be called and a decision ren­ he would not recommend Schwartz indicated that he dered." NLRB procedure anyone for tenure if such a could not comment further allows for the ad,ninistration recommendation would lead - regarding those changes to follow the NLRB's recom­ to completely tenuring any because the Executive Board mendation. department. had not formally announced '80-'81 Calender to Change h:; ~!ark White Aug. 30 and classes will begin for the ~ummcr. The The Ithaca <:::ollege on Sept. 1. A fall break has Pre,idcnt approved the new Academic Calendar will un­ been scheduled, and calendar for the I 980-81 dergo several .1;hanges next Thanksgiving Vacation will be academic year. John Schwartz · Photo by Marc Finkelstein· year (see calendar on p. 2 ). 'shortened from one week to According to Stanton, "the Registration will be held on three days. changes in the,calendar are the The new calendar was com­ result of a great deal of resear: posed last spring by the ch." "There is campus-wide . Trustees Hold Fall Meeting Academic Calendar Commit­ concern that there is no formal tee. The Committee is made break in the twelve weeks bet­ by Mark White. President James J. Whalen. the U.S. Second Circuit Court up of three students and eleven ween registration and The Ithaca College Board of Original anticipations were to of Appeals requesting that the members of the staff and ad­ Thanksgiving," said Stanton. Trustees held their fall meeting decrease the entering class by National Labor Relations ministration. After the revised The new calendar allows for a last Friday. The board is the 100 students. According to Board conduct hearings of the - calendar was written, it was short break from Oct. 17 to policy-making structure of the Whalen, the present freshper­ faculty status in regards to the unanimously approved by the Oct. 22. "Students may leave college, which meets three son class has 70 fewer students pending case involving the committee and forwarded to campus," said Stanton, "but times a year. It is made up of than last year. He added that faculty of Yeshiva University. the President. the residence halls will remain businesspersons, lawyers, Scholastic Board scores of the The case involved questions Initially, the calendar was to open during the break. educators, alumni, ··students, entering class were higher than the status of the faculty at :1ave gone into effect this year, Stanton added that "in or­ faculty, staff, and ad­ those in previous years. Yeshiva as managerial rather ,aid Registrar John Stanton, a der to create a fall break, ministration. At the meeting, A major point of discussion than advisory. Whalen claims member of the committee, but several days had to be taken the trustees were informed of involved the construction of a that the I.C. faculty are the President felt that there away from Thanksgiving college enrollment statistics, new academic facility. (see ar­ managerial in status and are in was not ample time to inform vacati0n." Thanksgivmg the administration's policies ticle on p. 4). Whalen said that similar positions to that of students who had already left continued on page 13 regarding faculty the new facility should house Yeshiva. unionization, considerations the schools of Business and Bette Ann Sacks, student regarding the construction of a Allied Health Services since Trustee, said that items new academic building and the these schools were created af­ relating to tenure and college's investments in cor­ ter the initial construction of promotion were discussed and porations having subsidiaries the campus. that tenure and promoti6TI in South Africa. Discussion of faculty decisions will be made at the Enrollment Statistics were unionization centered around Feb. meeting. presented to the Board by the College's petition before continued on page 5 Cantor Elected VoP O CommG by Linda Levermore (V .P. Campus Affairs) step­ . Danvers stepped down from Student Congress voted ped down from their chairs in her chair and accused Cantor Josh Cantor as V .P. of Com­ support of Emily Trenholm. fo confiding in her that he was munications for the 1979-80 Vaughn Danvers_ (V.P. unhappy in the V .P. Com­ Student Government Business and Finance)and Bet­ municatio.1s position last year. Executive Board on Tuesday ty Anne Sacks (Student She asked if his "intentions" night.Candidates Josh Can­ Trustee) stepped down from had changed or was he ''using tor, Cynthia Green and Emily their chairs in support of Cyn­ the position as a stepping Trenholm were allowed five thia Green. Lisa Schreter stone." minutes each to restate their (Parlimentarian) also stepped Cantor countered,stating he platforms, followed by a down in favor of Cynthia - didn't recall having said that. question and answer period. Green. In an interview following In response to a question Subsequent questions, ad­ the election, Cantor disclosed posed by off-campus dressed to all 'candidates, his intentions to follow up on representative Mike Smith, focused concern about student the New Student Record (the directed to Executive Board government communication to freshperson register that was members, Bud Yablonsky off campus students. Near the published this year for the first Josn Cantor Photo by Alan Friedman (Pres.) and Sally Benerriait end of the discussion period, continued on page 5 ' ' ' • • • T I • .... r • 1' r • .. r .. • ' t • • • " • >' .. • 'P y • 1' .. r r • • I ' • o • • .. n • ~ THE ITHACAN ITHACAN EDITORIAL The editorial is written and published with the opprovol of 11 mojority of the editorial boord. INQUIRER The new Academic Calendar is a fine show of concern for student's educational needs. Some changes are the addition of a mid-October break and the reduction of Th(!nksgiving Vacation from ten days to five days. There is a serious need for some interruption in the 12 solid weeks of academics between What do you want to see or see more of in the Ithacan? Registration and Thanksgiving Vacation. This is the longest span of continuous "classes all Photos by Paul Miller year. The mid-October break, scheduled for the 1980-81 and 1981-82 academic years, comes at a peak in scholastic tension for the students. The break should prove to be instrumental for f acuity as well. Fortunately, dormitories will be open, offering students the option of remaining on cam­ pus during the October break. This would be a prime time for SAB to schedule acJ_ivities, with consideration, of course, for those students who wish to utilize the break as the study period it was designed to be. At last, Ithaca College has aligned itself with various other schools in New York State and reduced its Thanksgiving Vacation to Jive days. The ten-day Thanksgiving Vacation,. still in effect this year, creates a state of academic apathy amongst students. It is only a few weeks before finals and students find it more difficult to concentrate after a ten day lapse in routine. And, for those students with hometown friends attending other schools, there won't be anymore sitting around until Wednesday, waiting for everyone to come home for vacation. Altogether, the new Academic Calendar is a good sign. Compliments must go to the Academic Calendar Committee (especially John Stanton, the Registrar) and to all those associated with the passage of this much needed and much welcomed alternative/solution to Daryl Pinkney, Undecided '83 the present schedule. I'd like to see more infor­ mation on minority programs Reggie Yarger, P.E. '83 1.nd activities. would like to see more Academic Calendar community and college related 1980-81 events published · for the Fall Semester weekend published in the newspaper.