• • .Budget- page5 VOL. XV NO. I 0'5 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary's THlJRSDA Y, MARCH '5, 1981 Author Kelly Suit settlement Frese receives tenure reads for 6yDANLEDUC her tenure after she was turned andJOHN M. HIGGINS do.wn by four committees, by the Lit Fest dean four times, and by the provost The proposed settlement of the li.mr times undermines the Commit­ faculty class-action sex discrimina­ tee." ByMARYAGNESCAREY tion suit against the University in­ Another member of the depart­ Stuff Reporter cludes tenuring Delores Frese, ment confirm·.:d a report in The principal plaintiff in the suit, accord­ Obsen1er yesterday that Ms. Frese Robert Kelly, author of 40 books ing to members of the English would be tenured "is acl·urate," but and currently a professor at Bard Department. refused to comment further. College, spoke to a ncar-capacity University counsel, Timothy crowd In the Ubrary Auditorium last In addition, a fourth member of McDevitt refused to discuss the night as the Sophomore Uterary Fes­ the department's tenure committee case. "The University will com· tival continued into its fourth day. disclosed that he also plans to resign ment," he said, "but only at a poinl Kelly read selections from his books Convections and Kill The Messenger as well as some of his cur­ rent projects. Kelly began the reading with "A Canticle for John 'The issue is the University's possible Baptistu in which the biblical figure dances "his own dance after his settling out of court. What is upsetting beheading for the sake of solem­ people is that they're not going through the nity." Kelly continued the reading with legal process and getting a presumably fair "Purity," "The Traveler," and other and just verdict., selections he had planned "to read to an audience that's heavily Cat­ holic." "Easter" and an untitled piece dealing with the author's first Impressions of the Notre Dame from the board. 1 after Judge Sharp has ultimately ac- Grotto, along with "Orpheus," ded­ Committee member Robert Lordi ceptcd and approved the agreement katt·d to to "the shop steward of our said yesterday that he will resign if we've reached with the plaintiff profession." Ms. Frese is granted tenure as a class." Kelly also read "Postcards From result of the settlement. Lordi's statement brings to four The Underworld," which he the responses of bouse crickets to a mating call, "I don't like the way they(the Uni- the number of committee members described as "little narrative Richard Cordova takes part in an animal behavior experiment in vcrsity) handled it," he said. "Giving who have announced their resigna­ snatches one might have said after Galvin Life Center. (photo by Linda Shanahan) tion contingent upon the outcome visting the underworld" along with of the proposed "The Exercycle," in which a girl dis­ settl~mcnt. covers a vehiclt• "an uncle rides his Members Walter Davis, Leslie six-pa<:ks away on." Martin, and James Robinson sub­ mitted letters of resignation from Kelly concluded his reading with SMC's McKee appeals decision the nine-member committee Tues­ "a revelation." The selection, partial­ day to University President Fr. ly based on a translation of a Stefen Theodore lfcsburgh and other ad­ George poem, describes the begin­ By MARGIE BRASSIL two years credit for teachin~ at The que'stion of tenure is ministrators and faculty. ning of the human race. Kelly, Suint Mary's Executive Editor other colleges, giving him the full six "I feel, and other people feel, that however, said that "most Bibles tell reviewed by the Committee on Rank years of teaching ncccssa(y to be there is no merit to the case," Lordi the story backwards," and explains and Tenure and a recommendation A recent decision handed down considered for tenure. said. "I don't like being called unfair that womt•n created and educated is made to President John Duggan. by the Saint Mary's College Board of "I was in a state of disbelief when I and unjust. That's what the Univer­ men for their own purpose until Duggan then presents the recom­ Regents to deny tenure to Dr. Mic­ heard I had been denied tenure," sity giving her back to us Is saying." they "fell" for thl'ir creations. mendations to the Board of Regents hael McKee, chairman of the Col­ said McKee. "Right now I'm very Davis refused to confirm that he Authors Romulus Linney, Herbert who make the final decision. The lege's Sociology Department is in hopeful for the appeal. I think we plans to resign. However, he did Gold, Anthony Hecht and Margaret reasons for receiving or being the process of appeal. have a man in Jack Duggan who will commt·nt on tht· discontent within' Atwood wlll conclude the festival denied tenure are kept confidential. McKee has taught at Saint Mary's live up to the ideals .of social justice According to McKee, the College the committee. which continut·s through Sunday. for only four years, but has received . that we all talk about." has always emphasized the impor­ "The issues that tht· rt•signations tance of teaching over publishing arc rt•sponding to is not just Delores works to the professors. "Every getting tenun·d," he said. "The issue semester I have recieved high stu­ is the llnivt·rsity's possible settling dent evaluations. These are of out of court. What is upsetting primary importance hy the dcfini· people is that they're not going Goulet fills justice Chair lion and hy direction of the Prcsi· through tht· legal pro<.:css and get­ dent, at least according to ting a prt·sumably fair and just ver­ everything we've been told." dict." By JEFF CHOPPIN Brazil, in 1963. McKee is the author of a sociology "I have al·ted in a<.:cordance with Stuff Reporter A pioneer in the study of ethics of development, textbook, Social Problems, which my own convktions in tht· matter," Goulet began exploring this new interdisciplinary he uses in his course and has written Martin said. "I submit my resigna­ .... A uniqut· professorship devoted to promoting realm in 1956. For 10 years, he served a series of ap­ about I 'i articles, which he believes tion as of tht· date that the settlt·· scholarly al·tlvitks in support of justice was established prenticeships in France, Spain, Algeria, Lebanon, and should have fulfilled his require· mcnt ls signed." at Notre Dame in 1<)79. Denis Goulet subsequently was Brazil, to become familiar with development and the ment for publishing. Robinson rdu!>t'd to l'omml·nt named the William and Dorothy O'Neill Professor in sociology of underdevelopment. He has lived among In response to McKee's denial of beyond <.:onfirming the submission Edu<.:ation for Justice. nomadic tribesmen in the Sahara, and worked as a fac­ tenure, students gathered in LeMans of his resignation. "This endowed t·hair, the first of its kind anywhere, tory hand and laborer. Goulet has also served on lobhy last night to discuss what they The current suit is a combination underlines the t 'niversity's mission of applying the fruit development· planning teams assisting national govern­ could do to help the appeal. Mary of two st•parate dass-action suits. of research and other educational pursuits to mankind's ments, and studied social change planning in univer­ Ryan, a senior, told the students that One was lllcd hy Josephine Ford and advancentl'nt throughout the world," University Presi­ sities and research institutes. they should write letters to Duggan, Elisabeth Fiort·nza induding all dent fr. Tht·odore lksburgh said at the time. In 1966, he began a period of teaching, writing and voicing their concern and support of tenured female fa<.:ulty employed af· fr. He~burgh abo said ofGoulet,"We arc fortunate to research in the United States and Canada. In addition, he McKee. ter. llJ74; the other hy Ms. FrcSt· h;l\'t an alumnus with the extraordinary vision to sup­ has continued to make field trips to research sites in less Ms. Ryan and three other students including all tenured and non­ port a professorship spedfically devotl·d to relating the developed countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Guinea­ talked to Duggan on Monday about tenured female faculty employed af· t lniversity's in· Bissau, Cape Verde, Senegal, and seven South American the tenure decision. "Dr.· Duggan ter ll)7H. The suits were tl'lkctual nations. His publications include six books and some 90 admired the students concern about consolidated last spring when a trial resources." articles and monographs. the situation hut said that the stu- date was set l(>r Nov. 22. That and a Denis (ioukt Goulet says that the University is sending out con­ dents don't really enter into the subscqul'lll date were postponed is a senior fel· flicting signals to the students. The two signals are decision of appeal. However he did because of the possibility of a settle­ low of tht· -------------· "primacy of success and making it and the need for say that letters from students would ment. Ovt·rst·as Development Coundl. He received bac­ Christian commitment to global justice, compassion be looked at and considered and not The suit charges that the Univer­ hdor's and master's degrees in philosophy from Saint and spiritual values. He states that the sociological ignored,"said Ms. Ryan. sity has systematically discriminated Paul's College in Washington, D.C., a master's degree in reason for the conflicting signals is that Notre Dame still Duggan said he could not com­ against women in the areas of social planning from the Paris-based lnstitut de Rcc­ is a "staging arena" for Roman Catholics to enter the ment upon the appeal because it was promotion, salary, departmental as- ht·rl·hc et de Fromation en Vue du Dcvelopemcnt in a personal matter and therefore 1 signmcnts and other employment 1<)60, and a doctorate from the University of,Sao Paulo, See CHAIR, page 5 policies.