SUMMER CAMPOS VOL. LXXXIII NO. 5 CONNECTICUT DAILY CAMPUS JULY 26, 1979 BHE postpones action on merger clients," Klebanoff said Wednesday. Association of University Professors said she was "pleased" the Board Klebanoff resigns He said he consulted the State Propose changes decided not to pursue the proposed Ethics Commission earlier this year merging. about his positions as chairman ana The plan decided upon by BHE. top position attorney. at UC branches which provides for a new Board of Klebanoff said he found, however, Trustees to govern the state's two- By JOANNE JOHNSON that a public official is permitted to year institutions and another to rule lobby and called it an inconsistency in By JOANNE JOHNSON Attorney Howard M. Klebanoff The state Board of Higher four-year institutions, will be pre- announced his resignation from the the state's conlict-of-interest law. sented to the General Assembly for "That is a situation that should be Education decided during a lengthy post of chairman of the state Board of session Tuesday to postpone action approval. The board will be working Higher Education during Tuesday's rectified. I don't think any public under a September I deadline to official should be allowed to lobby." on a proposed merger of the Univer- discussion of plans to. reorganize the sity of Connecticut and Eastern draw up a comprehensive, detailed higher education system in Connect- he said. plan before that presentation. Governor Grasso and House Connecticut State College. icut. Consideration of the proposal, Implications for two-year institu- Klebanoff cited a conflict of interest Speaker Ernest N. Abate (D-Stam- tions include a single Board of ford) were notified by Klebanoff of which had received adverse reactions as the reason for his reluctant from ECSC faculty, was left open for Trustees for the 12 community col- departure from the position. His his decision Tuesday. leges and five technical colleges in Klebanoff filled the chairman's post further deliberation. ECSC staff membership in the newly established members and officials have claimed the state as well as UConn's Water- Rome, Case. Connelly. Kennelly and for about two years, since the bury. Torrington and Hartford establishment of the Board of Higher that the meshing would not be Klebanoff Hartford law firm prevents feasible and would cause the college branches. The University's Stamford him from representing clients before Education. His resignation is ex- and Avery Point branches would be pected to be effective by next to become unable to accomplish its certain government bodies. objectives with the loss of its "small governed by the board responsible "This applies to other members of Tuesday. college" atmosphere. for four-year institutions. the firm as well as myself and ... I The board will soon vote on a Of importance for four-year institu- seek to provide full service for replacement. Antonia Moran, executive director of the ECSC chapter of the American SEE PAGE 2 Home economics professor i under state investigation By KEN KOEPPER Wilson said copies of the by-laws were distributed to the UConn faculty in 1978. Mrs. Elsie Fetterman. a full professor at "Each member of the faculty got them. We UConn since 1973. is being investigated by sent them out in bulk mail to each department state officials for drawing salaries totalling to give to each staff member." He said 10.000 $63,000 from UConn and the University of copies of the 1978 edition were printed, and Massachusetts. noted there are only 6.000 professional staff The Willimantic resident, who is also the members at the University. chairman of the Governor's Consumer Advis- Fetterman came to UConn in 1966. She had ory Council, was reported by United Press been a school teacher in Danielson. International to have drawn $30,927 from According to the UP1 report. Fetterman told UConn (according to 1978 records, the report fellow employees she was planning to leave said). She is also employed at UMass as an the University in January 1980. assistant director for home economics at its In her July 8 column in the Hartford Courant cooperative extension service at an annual (known as "Consumer Counsel"). Fetterman salary of $32,500. offered a booklet entitled "Summary of State The University by-laws state "no member of and Federal Consumer Laws" to readers for the professional staff or other employee in the the price of $4. service of the University shall devote to Assistant Attorney General Robert Langer private purposes any portion of time due the said the pamphlet had yet to be approved by University without the consent of the Presi- the council. Fetterman told UPI the book had dent." This is the clause Fetterman has been approved by the council before Langer joined it. and proceeds from its sale went to Study this photo carefully. While it may appear allegedly violated according to Kenneth otherwise, the man is muffling the garden hose with his Wilson. UConn vice president of academic cover printing costs encountered by its publisher, the UConn Extension Service. right hand. How can you tell? Answer on page 2. affairs. Philadelphia 76ers' center Darryl Dawkins (left) visited r UConn and performed a number of his powerful dunks for the kids in Dom Perno's Connecticut Basketball School. See page 12. The picture windows have been replaced at Stowe Hall [right], but the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union will try to keep the University from replacing its residents. See page 3. The UConn chapter of the American Association of University Professors is in the process of voting on a new contract with the state. See page 3. There are plenty of free films and concerts to enjoy in the area if you look for them. Start with our updated calendar on page 7. "The Mansion" at the Waterbury branch is aging, and funds to restore the historic building are being sought by the Board of Trustees. See page 5. The Bloodmobile will be making a special summer visit to campus Thursday, Aug. 2. Walk In hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the St. Thomas Aquinas Education Center on North Eaglevllle Rd. PAGE 2 SUMMER CAMPUS, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1979 PERSPECTIVES i DiBiaggio: steady at the helm By KEN KOEPPER fronted them. On his own, with no greatest task. Some say DiBiaggio went past the BHE to the legislature for approval, the real fight would encouragement. But with deter- was selected because of his influence have been on the floor of the Capitol. "Oh," he said when I saw John ence from-a reporter. on the hill above Bushnell Park. There would have been more people DiBiaggio for the first time. "I didn't "Ongoing negotiations," he said. His ties with the Grasso family to deal with and gain support from. It know you were waiting. C'mon in," We've got to make sure they're fair have been publicized. The people of would have been an enormous task. he said with a smile. and equitable." The tangible results the state are expecting quite a bit And it might have come about. It 1 wondered how he perceived me. (the AAUP vote yesterday) of these from DiBiaggio and the governor in didn't, but at least John DiBiaggio A reporter, armed with questions. negotiations are beginning to show. terms of dollars for higher education. was prepared for it. ready to quiz his administrative If the negotiations were as fair, It's a controversial issue for him, one DiBiaggio addressed these issues knowledge of the University of equitable, and compromising as pos- he didn't really detail very greatly in without excessive detail. He pre- Connecticut. Ready to "put him on sible, the man at the head of the the conversation. sented some general opinions on the spot." UConn administration will receive But he appears to have felt the them but spoke mostly in terms of But after the typical ground- ultimate credit for them. And if weight of the controversy. After only practical involvement in them from breaking questions, he brought up complaints arise. John DiBiaggio will a month in office, he showed he was the'office of the President. three major issues facing the Univer- be blamed. willing to address it by bringing it up He said what he knew about them sity. I didn't ask about these isues, in Regardless of what happens, the as the first of three issues and talking based on what he knew. That's all I fact. 1 told him I would like to avoid new UConn president realizes what about it. He was frank. could have asked for. and that's what specific issues because 1 was more has to be done to benefit UConn as a I got from him. interested in his perceptions of whole. To try to make everyone "The Board of Education," he said Think about how powerful John UConn rather than his particular happy while trying to improve the referring to yesterday's final re- DiBiaggio could be if he could do that opinions on campus issues. environment of the University. By jection of a proposal to merge UConn for everybody. If he could do that, But I didn't mind him talking about tring to insure the fairness of the and Eastern. DiBiaggio said last we'd be as fair, equitable, and issues. In fact. I kind of liked it. negotiations, he would be taking a Friday he was preparing to work on compromising as a University Two of these issues have, in the step forward toward this goal. influencing the people in the Capitol, president could be.