7J15Pr - M;)U VERTICAL FlU: ~~ MSLJ News -Bulletin VoL 3, No. 18 Michigan State University Feb., 17, 1972 Another set of grievance revisions ready . for Elected Faculty Council R'EC'EIYE:b FEB23;972 REFEREi~CE "'--1\;-:: I'IIt.:NT IGAN STATE uNIVEFWI r { LIBRARY The ad hoc committee that has been working on the proposed interim faculty grievance procedures for more than a year l : has approved another set of revisions to the procedures. The new revisions are primarily editorial, but the changes also: * I ncrease the authority of the proposed Faculty'.Grievance ' Official (FGO) bystatirig' that Class' actions may be initiated if he judges them to be truly represen~ative of a group complaint. Womens· hearing set The Board of Trustees hearing on the status of women will be held next Friday (Feb. 25) at 2:30 p.m. m the Union Ballroom. The hearmg was proposed at the Board's January meetmg. Persons who wish to speak at the hearing are urged to contact the Office Qf the Vice Ptesident fot University Relations, (474 Administration Buildffig, 355-6572), before the hearing. complaint, may be mitiated through any member of the designated class. The procedures do not preempt the functions of the University Faculty Tenure Committee or the An t i-Discrimination Policy and Procedures. * THE JUDICIAL STRUCTURE outlines the responsibilities of the University Faculty Affairs and Faculty Compensation Committee (FAFCC), which mcludes a role in recommendffig a person for appoiIitment as FGO. The FGO would be an ombudsman-like position, separate from existing administra~ive structures of the University, with , access to iIiformation and records, and responsibility to try to resolve grievances iIiformally or direct grievants to an appropriate channel. It would also be the officer's responsibility to assure that all heariIigs are conducted with appropriate due process. All departments, colleges or other academic units would establish a grievance procedure according to (Continued on !lage 2) * Increase the FGO's authority by enabling him to determine if iIiformation and records are needed for himself and for the grievant for resolution of a particu~ar case. * Stipulate that formal hearing transcripts will not be necessary,_ unless requested by an involved party, in which case the party would bear the cost. * Stipulate that hearing committee decisions shall be reported iIi writiIig to the administration of the appropriate unit. * * * THE PROPOSED interim grievance procedure now covers 18 pages and has seven sections: Introduction, judicial structure, judicial procedures, due process, implementation, amending procedures, and approval and implementation ofthe document. * THE INTRODUCTION states that any faculty member, mc1udffig those with admiJiistnitive duties, may initiate a grievance complaiJit the violation of his rightS' as a fa~ulty member. Class actions, which in the FGO's judgment truly represent a group iIivolving Wharton urges: Academic reform, more public service MSU's future lies m the expansionof its educational opportunities and the broadening of its public service responsibilities, President Wharton said Monday. In his annual State of the University address, Wharton said that new thrusts _ at MSU "must involved in some degree both a response to needed academic reform as well a broadening of of public service. We can no longer erroneously view them as separate concerns." Wharton said he envisioned a "pluralistic university" based on the diversity. of the constituency it serves, the educational and public service programs it offers, and the humane values that motivate it. And inside. · .. There are faculty, too, page 2 · ... Around the campus, page 3 · .. State of the University, pages 4-5 · .. A f"JIm benefit set, page 6 He said access to the University must be widened for for economically and educationally disadvantaged students and members of miJiority groups. Another important constituency to be served, Wharton said, is the "educationally - neglected adults." "Lifelong education has been discussed for years but no single the institution has ever made intellectual investment necessary to integrate this function effectively mto the university structure," he said. New programs at MSU, he said, must its pluralistic nature, must reflect capitalize on its already established strengths and must reflect high priority social needs. Wharton then outlined six current priorities for the University: Expanded medical programs, new colleges of law and urban development, wider efforts on behalf of the rural poor, greater funding and support for environmental programs, and an even stronger emphasis on the academic foundation of the university - the basic disciplmes. (Major excerpts from the State of the University address begin on page 4 of today's News-Bulletin.) How to make a landscape Some trees grow in winter?No, transplanted. Why winter? Because the grQund is frozen. These 25 - foot trees, each weighing in at three or four tons, were transplanted (below) by the construction crew of the grounds maintenance department, creating a major landscape change at the intersection of Farm Lane and Service Road. They come from University property about seven miles east of campus. Pho tos by Bob Brown Page 2, MSU News-Bulletin, Feb. 17,1972 ". The faculty 'have' some rights", too! , - (The following piece is taken from the "Alumnus Viator", a regular, usually irreverent feature of the University of Colorado alumni newspaper. It was originally publisIied in the January, 1972, Colorado Al~mrius.) " i , , . ~. " - ~ , 'Students" llhey ,have ,b'een the singl!lar preoccupation of th6seconcernect with ,higher -education A\4.ring Ule 1>.3St ~\!e~a l years. Not tt1at t~e¥~~haY~n:t;\d~serveq)ti , bUtl kl t!ler~,btIVe ,~~tl , negleoted,- "I b ,.' ... ~n, ,~""" "_ ' ,', " The administrators have received some notice as they tried to cope with the chameleon moods and tempers of the students. But even the administrators, who always have clear control in their grasp, were submerged by student activity. , It has been noticed lately that there is a faculty, and the faculty has been there all along - manning the ramparts, as it were. But some would say they were always on the wrong side of the tower. ' We have been interested in the new marshalling of faculty forces that many observers of the scene say is occurring, so we toured a nearby campus asking questions about the new emergence. We report here some of the comments. VIATOR: Sir, I've come to the faculty lounge to get an interview with a member of the faculty. I wonder if you have a few minutes to spare? MAN: Well, yes, but I'm not a member of the faculty. I'm a grad student. We . took over the faculty lounge two years ago. ' VIATOR: Oh. I was Unaware of that. Where could I find a faculty member? MAN: I'm not sure. VIATOR: Could you tell me where their offices are? MAN: I'm not sure of that either. We took over their offices l, Alumnus , R. FREDERICK BECKER, professor of osteopathic m~dic ine, is coauthor of a ,new te~tbook on human alla,tomY'J '~The Anatoinic~l -aasis Of Meoical Prac tice" (Williams' ,& 'Wilkih( Baltimore). It is taii~red for medical in schools whe re basic s tuden ts instruction in anatomy has been redesigned. BERNARD F. ENGEL, professor and chairman of American Thought and Language, is the author of "Richard Eberhart," a study of contemporary writer's poetry. PETER G. HAINES, professor of second,ary education and curriculum, has coauthored "Buying and Pricing," an occupational text manual published by McGraw - Hill. "Make Men of Them," a book of in trod uc tory readings in cultural anthropology edited by CHARLES C. HUGHES, professor of anthropology and psychiatry, has been published by Rand McNally. Coauthors of "Coping With Conflict: Supervising Counselors and are WILLIAM J. Psychotherapists" MUELLER and BILL L. KELL, both professors in the Counseling Center and in psychology. It is published by Appleton - Century - Crofts. BALJIT SINGH, professor -and assistant dean of social science, is co-author of "Theory and Practice of Modern Guerrilla Warfare," published by Asia Publishing House. His co-author is Ko-wang Mei, head of the Central Police College in Taipei, Taiwan. VICTOR G. STRECHER, professor of crirrunal justice, is the author of "The Environment of Law Enforcement-A Community Relations Guide," published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. A monograph, "Nonpartisan Elections in Local Government: Some Key Issues and Suggested Guidelines for Decision Making," has been written by LEON WEAVER, professor of criminal ju,stice, and published by Citizens Research Council of Michigan. Revised grievance procedures • • • • r .~ I (Concluded from page 1) guidelines proposed procedure document. in the interim, 1" THE, JUDICIAL ,PROCEIDURES seetio!) estab~s~ the levels and routes' to" b,e taken by a faculty member with a grievance. Departmental grievances may be appealed once to the college level. College level grievance$ may be appealed to a University Appeals Board. once Mter the second-level hearing of any grievance, decisions are to be forwarded to the president. A University-level grievance would be handled, if a hearing is requested, by a University Hearing Board, consisting of seven members selected from a panel of 15 drawn by lot from the faculty. The interim procedure outlines the functions of the hearing board and the decisions it may make. A hearing board decision may be appealed once to the University Appeals Board. AAUP meeting is Tuesday George Horton, professor of physics and president of the AAOP chapter at Rutgers Unjversity, will speak at Tues d ay's (Feb. 22) open meeting spons-ored by the MSU cliapter of t he American Association of University Professors. It begins at 7:30 p.m. in Room 105 , Kellogg Cent er. TIre AAUP is collective bargaining agent for the faculty at, Rutgers. * DUE PROCESS as outlined in the proposed interim . document . parallels that set forth in the Academic Freedom .. Report and in :the Graduate ~-Studen:t , RightS! ' and" Responsibilities· DocUment. It covers tirrungiind notification Of hearings, and rights of parties, including the right to counsel chosen from within the University community. * IMPLEMENTATION of decisions begins with forwarding ,the decisions to the pre5ident who may; for stated cause, return the ,decision to the appropriate hearing or appeals board for reconsideration. Within 60 days, the president may concur with a decision and direct appropriate action, or he may overrule a decision, giving written , reasons f-or doing -so to the 'parties t6 the grievance, the hearing board, the FGO and the F AFCC. * ANY FACULTY member may initiate a proposal to amend or revise the grievance document. Proposals would be submitted to and considered by the F AFCC, and then forwarded, with or without recommendation, to the Elected Faculty Council. If approved there, the proposal would go through the Acaderruc Council and to the Board of Trustees through the president. A proposal would become operative upon Board approval. * THE INTERIM document, as approved by the F AFCC, is to be forwarded to the Elected Faculty Council and then, if approved, to the Acaderruc Council and again to the trustees. If approved by the Board, the document would be operative no' Idtet: than 90 days aftedts approvaL It would be ,effective for one year or until it is jO'c'orporiited ihto a 'dodUJi1~rit' ~ on fac ~H:'y ,~;I.,fohts, and tespo"si.blli..t~e-s" whichever occuts sooner. Th,e El A,FCC: would be resPonSi ble for insuring that all articles of t h e repolt' are ' implemented. An Elected Faculty Council meeting has been called for March 13 to consider the proposed interim procedure. ' , -BEVERLY TWITCHELL' Error noted in . 'stu.den treport .. ,One section of the story in last week's News-Bulletin (Feb. 10) that reported the American Council on Education study of new students contained three erroneous statements. The section on "Beliefs" page 5 should have reported that MSU students tend to be more liberal (than the national average) in their beliefs, except on women's equality and college opportunity for all. Contrary to the story, students here are more liberal than their national counterparts on the legalization of marijuana and on population control. ' Also contrary to the story, women here are more liberal than men on the question of rights for criminals. The data reported in the chart on "Beliefs" were correct. Award banquet list is reduced MSU News-Bulletin Because of budgetary constraints and the large n qmber of nonacaderruc employes to be honored, the annual employes' Retirement Award and Service Dinner will have a somewhat restricted guest list this year. The banquet, to be held March 22 in Holden Hall, will honor employes who have served the University for 15 and 20 years with pins, and those who have served 25 years with watches. Those who are retiring will receive certificates. Also invited to the banquet will be those employes who have served 30, 35 ye ru;s , and at five year intervals mOre, and those employell who have retired from active service with the University. In the past all active employes who had wOIked 25 years and longer had been' invited. Editor: Gene Rietfors Associate editor: Beverly Twitchell Associate editor: Patricia Grauer Editorial offices: Rooms 323 and 324, Linton Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823. Phone: 355·2285. Published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Information Services. Second-class postage paid at East Lansing, Mich. 48823. Around the .camp:u,s:::. A,{weekly -review , - Page 3, MSU News-BuJl~tin, Feb. 17,1972 Black women elect slate The MSU Black Women Employees Association last week elected Gloria Smith, assistant professor in the Counseling Center, as its coordinator for 1972-73. The association was formed during the 1971 acaderirie year and includes more than 330 members, according to to the Josephine Wharton, assistant director of Equal Opportunity Programs and public relations director for the group. Black women employes are still being identified, Mrs. Wharton said. The group is concerned with increasing employment of black women improving working at MSU; with conditions, ; such as · upgrading employment levels, and with resolving grievances. The . association has many of the same concerns as the . group of women who are considering ' a formal organization - such as an advisory commission on women at MSU. But, Mrs. Wharton said:' the black women have some additional concerns, so the group has submitted candidates for consideration by the president when he selects a steering cotnJIlittee to study organization for women (News-Bulletin, leb.3). The association will also have a representative address the Board of Trustees at the Feb. 25 hearing on. womeR. Other officers elected by the association last week are: Beverly Holman, food service manager ' at Wonders Hall, secretary; and Louise Tay lor, food seJVice supervisOr at Landon Hall, budget officer. The board of directors representing all employment areas of black women on campus includes: Patricia Barnes-McConnell, instructor ip the Center for Urban Affair.s; Margaret Gamble, instructor of nursing; Laura Henderson, academic adviser in University College, representing faculty. R e p r e s en t ing AdministratiVe-Professionals: Joanne Collins, fmancial aids counselor; Delores Reed, administrative secretary in t~e . provost's office. Clerical-Technical: Ann Graves of fmancial aids, Sandra Watts of the Counseling Center; Elsie Whitmire of ·the Center for Urban Mfairs, and Cynthia Garrett of the library. From the labor payroll: Corean Scott of tile photo lab of information services; Vera White, McDonel Hall assistant , and Vermi. Bradley, with food -services in McDonel Hall. Trying to end elm disease New MSU research findings bring hope that the 1970s might see the end of major Dutch elm disease outbreaks in Michigan. First, forestry scientists say they are very close to obtaining an elm tree variety that is resistant to the fungus disease. Based on studies of 30,000 elm trees imported from Europe and Asia, and on research from other states and countries, Jonathan W. Wright says, "We are betting that we already have elm varie ties with enough resistance to survive the disease." " He says that the only bottleneck is the need for further studies of other traits (like size and shape) and of public resistanc'e to the planting of elms. Second, although early attempts to establish a parasite of the disease - carrying European elm bark beetle in Michigan were discouraging, the par asi te , (Dendrosoter protuberans) recently has shown up at release sites in southeastern Michigan. "As yet we don't know tne extent of its spread, how high its populations are Or the significance it will have in the future," says James Butcher, entomologist. "We are working closely to with de terrnine the significance of these developmen ts." the U.S. Forest Service The parasite is a tiny, nonstinging wasp imported from Europe. it lays its eggs in the larvae of the elm bark beetle. When the eggs hatch, the larvae feed on the beetle larvae. . If the tiny wasp spreads throughout Michigan, Butcher thinks it eventually could be an important factor in stopping the spread of Dutch elm diSease. '. that . The Big Ten is criticiz.ed ad~nistrators Three MSU say they are still considering legal action, if necessary-, to alter what they described as "the obviously segregated pattern of st ate-supported, extracurricular . activities at Bi!l Ten universities." The three - Robert Green, director of the .Center for Urban Affairs; Joseph H. McMillan, director of Equal Opportunity Programs; and Thomas S. Gunnings, assistant director in the last week publicly Counseling Center - outlined their concerns about the status of black athletes in the Big Ten. And they released the text of a 3* - page letter they sent to Wayne Duke, conference commissioner. McMillan said WedneSday that they had not yet received a response from Duke. In their letter, the three urged the Big Ten to begin to improve the status of blacks by: Assigning a black official to each remaining conference basketball On other campuses FUND CUTS AT WAYNE. Deans and others incharge "of bu~getary units at Wayne State University have been us schedule will be announced later. Inciner.ator closes As of noon Friday, Feb. 18, the MSU incinerator west of Farm Lane and north of the C and 0 railroad tracks will cease operation permanently. Departments should no longer deliver material to be incinerated. is that of the reform of the governance process and development of an effective voice of faculty in the academic decIsion process. The Elected Faculty Council's ad ' hoc committee ' on c911ective bargaining found that the experienced faculty they interviewed agreed with near unanimity that the faculty now have an effective voice in the governance of our University. With this greater role assured, we are now beginning the task of assuring a greater Tole for students in academic governance .... * * * There is a fmal requisite for the "pluralistic university:" The need to re-establish a genuine concern for humane value,s. The ,concern for humane values must permeate all of our efforts if they are to have human significance. the University becomes more plural in its constituency and in its the impact of educational service, heterogeneity upon the fabric of the University becomes even more acute. As In decades pas~, the individuals who . made up the Universi1y subscribed to a relatively homogeneous' set of "values. Since the University was also smaller, it was not too difficult to reach Widely acceptable decisions. Today, society is cleft by sharply differing and diverse values. Tensions are burgeoiung. By '\rirtue of its greater size and its more comprehensive programs, the UniverSity now finds this sarite diversity of values and conflict now within its doors. Thus, the need for strong institutional values to offset the countereffects of heterogeneous values ,are especially vital. In my view, the single most critical value must be a devotion to hlimaneness in behavior. this' inust again become central in all our functions. At the heart -of my humane philosophy is a profound respect for humanity, a belief in the centrality 'of the individual; a concern for individual rights and responsibility, a dedication to , the attainment of justice and equity for all, and a concern for the life purpOse of each individual. What we seek to build is a humane society. A human university must playa central role in that achievement. We have set before ourselves an agenda of great academic excellency and mature social responsbility. Neither can be achieved if we cannot simultaneously create at MSU ; an environment : in which students, staff, faculty, we all - administrators, and Trustees - live by the humane values that are the mark of the civilized and educated human being. Quintet has Fneday concert MSU's Richards Woodwind Quintet will be heard in concert Friday (Feb. 18) at 8: 15 p.m. in the Music Auditorium. The present qUintet - Alexander Murray, flute; Daniel Stolper, oboe; Elas Ludewig, clarinet; Edgar Kirk, bassoon.; and Douglas Campbell, French horn - will perform Quintet by Walter Piston, American composer, and Quintette (en Fonne De Choros) by Villa-Lobos, a foremost Brazilian composer. , The quintet has performed throughout the ' United States and Canada, and this seasOn the ensemble has toured in the East, West and -the South. Benefit set to' help support ,a film library A fIlm benefit will be held Tuesday, eFeb. 22) at 7 p.m. in 108 Wells Hall, as part of a fund - raising drive by 11 universities who hope to develop a mm loan library. The mms to be shown Tuesday are "Tillie's Punctured Romance," with Charlie Chaplin; "Way Out West," with Laurel and Hardy; and "The Fatal Glass of Beer ," with W .C. Fields. Admission is $1. Tickets are now available at the offices of arts and letters, Lyman Briggs, J ames Madison, Justin Morrill, the library, psychology, philosoprY, art , humanities, TV-radio, Fairchild Theatre, and at the Union Ticket Office. Tickets will also be available at the door. Michael Sunshine, head of the ,Beal campus , has Film Group on coordinated efforts with the Residence Hall Association and the Camera Obscura student film groups in arranging the benefit. * * * ALL PROCEEDS WILL go to a proposed library of mms which will be sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). The CIC includes all Big Ten schools and the University of Chicago. to discuss A CIC Panel on Film Study, chaired by R Glenn Wright, associate professor in Justin Morrill, was established about three years ago the possibilities and problems i.t1 developing a cooperative library to aid in the study of the history and aesthetics of film. Faculty from the Collges of Arts and Letters and Communication Arts have been involved here. The CIC panel has established a loan the participating pro gr am, whereby schools will loan films among themselves for $5 plus postage. About 50 to 75 mms are now available. The proposed library would house all new prints and handle the loan process. About five of the universities, including MSU, have placed bids to have the library located on their campuses. They are awaiting crC's decision on that. Costs, however, are a major problem. The mms are expensive and overhead costs would be required. The panel has requested a grant from the public media section of the National Endowment for the Arts , and the film benefit at MSU is also intended to supplement costs. Other universities are also seeking su pple mental funding, according to Wright. .. Need a camera fixed? The Photo Laboratory now provides a camera repair service for departments that have cameras in their inventories. The service i!i done on a time and materials basis. Here photographer Robert E. Smith is at work., surrounded by some of tIle equipment that includes: A camera mot ion analyzer (to test such things as sbutter speed and flash synchronization); an auto collimator to calibrate focus; a voltohmmeter; an exposure meter tester; and an ultrasonic cleaner. Most work is done at the photo lab, although when necessary it is sent out for more extensive repair. The photo lab is located in Room 11, Agriculture Hall, phone 355 - 0230. - BULLETINS~--------~~----~~--------__ Page 7, MSU News-Bulletin, Feb. 17, 1972 ,- .., WOMEN SWIMMERS The noon hours tor sWlmmmg at the W omen~,s 1M Building have been ex tended to 11 :30 a.m. to 1 :20 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday. Previously the hours had been 11 :30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. GANAKAS TO SPEAK Gus Ganakas, head' basketball c03'cll ,"'iiI be part' of a, ~ertte~ ,;~'T?0U.~h,~: . " Talk, and ~rarer. 'progr~lIn; ,at ,~t.John 'Stuq~ht PansI). a\:~. p,.rrl'l We~- nesday, Feb. 23. ' , . ' ' "d ' " "'.' " " .' AAUP OPEN MEETING George Horton, president of the Rutgers Chapter AAUP will speak on "Collec tive Bargaining at Rutgers" at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 22', 105' Kellogg at i;lrt open meeting of the AAUP. Also on the agenda'is the AAUP position paper on salary structure at MSU. SEMINAR ON AGING "An Overv;ew of the Nursing Home the Situation ,and Social Needs of Elderly" will be the topic for the fifth in a series of seminars on aging ptesented by the Office of Volunteer Programs. The se.:nin'~r will be held at 7p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 22 in 30 Union. For information, call 3-4400. "«'ATE OF A MAN" A SOVIet 111m, "Fateot a Man," will be presented by the Russian and East European Studies Program and the Russian'Language Club 1it 7:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 21, in 101 N. Kedzie. The film carries Russian dialogue with English'subtitles. There is ~o 'charge for' admissio;,. ' ' ACA'D-EMIC'COUNCIL , . , .f " " . " "11 ' , , ' , ' ; ' . " , if ': 'the- Ac~d:eki~ ' C&ilncW ' atJ I'3: 1S :' (% ,JI'L,' 1'.17 Uf " I(I ' "nmo'>, p -, ' ,,1 • 'a ~ speciili meeting of ',Tqere will ,. I" " I Iuesday, Feb. 22 in the~on ,Con Room'. This , is , a continuatiQJ1 of ~he . " I , I, regular meeting of Feb. 1.,' " , \ ' .I - ,~ CONFERENCES ,j. I Feb. 17 Fep; 22-23' Feb. 22-23 National Dairy & Food EngineeringConf. Sem. for Large 'Animal Practitioners-Mastitis, Vet. Clinic Rural Lab~r'Market Inform~tion ' . . ; ' . " I . ' Feb. 23 ~ f Equine Surgery-Anesthesia Short Course I, Vet. Clinic , Feb. 24-25 Michigan Guidance Assn. OBSERVATORY The Observatory WIll be open to the public from 8 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19. Weather permitting, the 24-inch reflecting telescope will be used, for obs'erving celestial objects of current interest. Children under age 13' should be accompanied by atleast one adultfor each three children. L " • " , • " ''> ' . BDWJ;JNv ",' ., ::, -