.--------uNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ';, Vol. IV No. 13 A weekly internal bulletin serving all campuses January 9, 1974 The Regents will hold their monthly committee and board meetings Jan. 10 and 11 in Morrill Hall. On the Executive Committee agenda is a discussion on developing a U mission state­ ment. The idea was suggested to the board in a letter from the faculty chairmen of four U Senate committees. Other agenda items include reports by VP Cashman on the alcohol policy and child care proposal, survey results and recommendations regarding civil service representation in governance, and a discussion on whether the U should hire architectural firms whose members include faculty from the U's School of Architecture. VP Kegler will present the 1974-75 budget plan and guidelines for the 1975 legislative request. Certificates of appreciation will be awarded by the Regents at their Friday meeting to students who have served as representatives on Regents' committees. Next Senate meeting is Jan. 17 at 3:15 in Nicholson Hall Auditorium. On the agenda for action: approval of 1974-75 U calendar, constitutional amendment on how alternate Senate representatives are selected, proposal to cut the size of the Senate in half. Two reports will also be presented to the Senate: one by the Consultative Committee on progress toward selecting a U president, and one by the U Appeals Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility on policies, practices, and recommended changes relating to •1 appeals procedures. I 1 UMD has voted for an earlier start fall quarter 1975. One reason for the change: students 1 wanted to finish spring classes earlier to compete better for summer jobs with students 1 who attend nearby U of Wisconsin, Superior. UWS students usually finish by May 20. TC campus members of U Schedule Committee will survey TC students, faculty, and staff to determine calendar preferences. UMC already has an early start schedule and began classes Sept. 10 this year, two weeks ahead of rest of U. Four candidates, including two incumbents, are seeking election to two positions on the board of directors of the Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS). No candidate this year works at U. Ballots, biographical sketches are being sent to all MSRS members on U payroll (civil service staff). Ballots should be returned by Jan. 29 if using campus mail (TC campus), by Feb. 1 if using U.S. mail. State law has added a procedural step, effective Jan. 1, in reporting employee injuries. In addition to reports sent to Insurance and Retirement, a copy of the employee's "First Report of Injury" must be sent directly to the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, University Health Service (TC campus), within 48 hours of the time the injury was reported. In cases of accidental death or multiple hospitalizations, report immediately to the department by phone. For more info, call 373-3167. DULUTH--Ombudsman booth, "What's Happening: Doing the University," has had good response 1lat UMD and will be continued spring quarter. Student Affairs personnel are staffing the b?oth in Kirby Student Center through Jan. 11 answering student questions about registra­ -tion, cancel-add procedures, class conflicts, and other problems. l ·-~------ .. ---·~~-----·~-···-------~--' --·-·-· .. -~---- .. ---· ~ ------><·------~---~---.------------------- Prepared for the C)fflce oi 1i~2 t·' r~siclen: rr' LJ:-~ rt~rent of ~~~~~~;.•s,ty: f~eiations ~ • f -:. : r· ; · - ;_- ll ! r ' .- , c ; c UMD Debate Team is available for audience debates for c1v1c groups, service clubs, and others. National debate topic this year is "Resolved: That the Federal Government Should Control the Supply and Utilization of Energy." Contact Joyce Flory, 726-7570. "Graphics '72, Japan," an exhibit of prints by 10 Japanese artists, is at m·ID's Tweed Museum of Art Jan. 9-Feb. 3. Sadajiro Kubo--critic, collector, and historian--selected the artists and five works by each. MORRIS--About 80% of UMM's new Humanities and Fine Arts Building is now occupied, mostly with office and classroom spaces for music, theatre, speech, art, and audio-visual facilities. Finishing touches are still being given to such special-purpose areas as theatres, recital hall, rehearsal room, and art gallery. Nan Weiner, U compensation manager, visits UMM Jan. 10 to conduct a meeting for all UMM civil service employees about the new U pay plan. TC campus administrators of Continuing Education and Extension are at UMM today (Jan. 9) to meet with UMM division chairmen, administrators, and faculty members and to discuss policy gui~elines for UMM evening school. Preliminary plans for the remodeling of UMM's Social Science Building were approved Jan. 3 by the Social Science Building Committee, Planning process was compressed intc two and a half weeks by having architects live on campus. TWIN CITIES--Under new special permit system, U vehicle parking areas have been designated to accommodate short-term parking needs of individuals engaged in U business. U passenger vehicles with state plates and private vehicles displaying official U vehicle permits will be required to park in the special parking areas. More information about the new system is available from the Police Department, 373-3550. Lt. Donald Wiebe has been named director of the newly created Security Development Bureau, according to Police Chief Eugene Wilson. Wiebe will be responsible for planning and implementing crime prevention programs on the TC campus, and has been delegated the authority to make decisions relative to campus security and safety. Regents' Professor of Economics Walter Heller has been named to an eight-member committee of economists and oil experts to review the country's petroleum estimates. William Simon, administrator of the Federal Energy Office, appointed the committee "to assure the most objective and meaningful assessment of the petroleum shortage." Extension Classes has changed its schedule at some off-campus centers because of the energy shortage. Fall semester, winter quarter, and spring semester classes at St. Paul Harding High School have been moved to U campus. Classes at Richfield Senior High School have been moved to Richfield East Junior High School. Spring quarter classes at all centers remain as scheduled. For more information, call 373-3195. Dr. Gary Gray, chemistry, has received a $91,700, three-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to determine the antitumor active components in a tuberculosis vaccine used experimentally to treat cancer. Gray will work in collaboration with Dr. Edgar Ribi, Rocky Mountain Laboratory of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who helped discover that the vaccine walls cause established tumors to regress and immunity to spread from the tumor site throughout the body. ''Women in Politics," a course on the role of women in society from ancient to modern times, will be broadcast over KUOM radio (770 AMO beginning Jan. 14. The course may be taken for regular U credit, but a free listener's guide is available on reques~. The program will be broadcast Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 11:15 a.m. For credit and study guide info, contact Independent Study, 25 Wesbrook, 373-3177. Pianist David Porter plays selections by Erik Satie and Charles Ives in a free concert Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. in Scott Hall Auditorium. • lf11tE 6'87h5 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Vol. IV No. 14 January 16, 1974 A weekly internal bulletin serving all campuses The Board of Regents Friday (Jan. 11) gave final approval to their 1974 report to the Legislature. The report answers questions raised by legislators last session. Other report items: the impact of the 1973 appropriation on the 1974-75 budget and reports on Crookston and Waseca campuses and their missions. Regents and administrators are beginning work now on the 1975 legislative request to develop long-term goals and determine what steps will have to be taken in 1975 to meet them. The process "reflects a belief that a realistic, phased, well-described series of decision packages will be evaluated responsibly by appropriate review bodies and the Legislature," VP Kegler said. Budget cutting plan for 1974-75 was shown to Regents, who will review and act on total funding proposal during next two months. Budget base will be reduced by $1.4 million, including $686,388 from academic units and $749,812 from administrative and service units. !Funds for salary and price level increases will be added. l lu's reserve fund, usually kept to pay for emergency and unforeseen situations throughout lthe year, has been budgeted in advance for 1974-75 to aid some programs temporarily. VP 'Kegler said this means the U will be less flexible during the year and more dependent on a good 1975 legislative appropriation. The Minnesota Legislature opened its 1974 session yesterday (Jan. 15). The Regents' Student Concerns Committee heard progress reports on a proposed day-care center (TC campus) and a comprehensive U alcohol policy. The Child-Care Task Force pro­ posed a facility for children of students, faculty, and staff at a cost to U of $65,000- $78,800 a year. The recommendation was countered by an administrative proposal to fund a pilot facility for the children of students at a cost to U of about $5,000. VP Cashman reported several changes have been made in the alcohol policy passed by U Senate, requiring further consultation with the outstate campuses. A committee will be appointed to study the question of sale of alcohol on campus. Cashman suggested a target date of spring quarter for putting any comprehensive policy into effect. The Regents went on record against a proposed consolidation of the Board of Regents, State College Board, State Community College Board, State Board of Education, and HECC. State Advisory Council on Vocational Education proposed that the educational boards be replaced by a single 17-member board.