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S.G.A. Discusses
Improvised meeting quarters did not stop the governing
machinery of Behrend's Student Government Association.
Main topics of discussion at the recent meeting included the
Council of Presidents and faculty evaluation. _
Faculty Senate Discusses
Problems of Registration
by Carol Hughes
Staff Report
The problems of pre
registration and registration
were discussed in the
Behrend Campus Faculty
Senate Thursday during the
first session for the new year.
The problems concerning the
shortage of textbooks were
also discussed.,
Concerning registration and
preregistration, Dr. Ward
Knockemus made four ob
servations:
1) Courses and sections
should not be closed until they
are all filled and all cards are
gone.
2) Only advisors should, be
allowed , to sign ; Number :2
cards.-
3) Students should not be
allowed to trade pink cards.
4) Students should be able
to .take their courses in
sequence.
Irvin H. Kochel, Director,
stated, "At the - Behrend
Campus, the number one
person is the student. The
student must get the courses
he needs. The number two
person is the faculty, but the
student must always come
first."
Mr. Kochel then suggested
a committee to research the
problems of pre-registration.
Events
Of The
Week
Friday. January ;8
Deadline for pre
registration for Spring Term
Sunday, JanuarY:uf• -••
Movie-" The Good, The Bad
and the Ugly"-(7, 9 p.m. )
RUB
Tuesday. February;
Chorus and band presen
tation' - ( 8 p.m.) - RUB
cafeteria.
Monday. January 31
Lecture "Sexual
Maturity"-(8 p.m.)-RUB
Lecture Hall
Free with activity card, - 50c
without.
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Members for the committee
are: Kochel, Mrs. Marian
Flaherty, Dr. A. Daniel
Frankforter. Norman 8..
Patterson and Louis W.
Balmer.
The Faculty Senate decided
to meet only twice this term.
The meetings were set up for
February 10 and March 2. If
any additional meetings are
necessary, they will be an
nounced. Mr. Balmer was
asked to check the scheduling
of committees the week
before the Senate meetings.
The Faculty Affairs
Students Attitudes Expressed
In Commonwealth Campus Survey
University Park (APS)—
Thirteen Student Government
Association (SGA) Presidents
at the Commonwealth
Campuses feel that students
at their campuses consider
themselves "second-class"
University students, while
thirteen acknowledged
student participation in
course evaluation and eleven
cited various degrees of
student contribution in
campus decision-making,
according to University
Council member John
Casciotti.
Casciotti, Commonwealth
Campus representative to the
University Council and
President's Student Advisory
Board, said he initiated .the
survey, which he sent to 19
campuses; "in an effort to
gain..knowledge about a few
issues and feelings at the
Common Wealth Cam
puses .". -
The- resniti, 'as compiled
from the answers returned by
18 SGA presidents, are:
"In your opinion, -do
students on your campus feel
that they belong to Penn State
- or do they in effect feel like
"second class" members of
PSU?" Eleven indicated
various degrees of "second
class" attitudes; two denied
the attitude; three expressed
answers somewhere between
the two; and two had no an-
Published by the Students of the Behrend Campus
of the
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Kochel Recommends Three
For Six-Man Task Force
Irvin H. Kochel, Director of
Behrend Campus, has an
nounced his recommendation
of three members of the
faculty of Behrend to the six
man task force charged with
planning the academic future
of Behrend. The nominees'
final appointment, subject to
the approval of President
John W. Oswald, are Dr.
David P. Spaulding, Dr. Ed
Masteller, and Mr. Philip
lobst.
Committee proposed an
academic organization of the
faculty. The Senate moved to
send a copy of the proposal to
Dr. Spaulding.
Those present at the
meeting were Irvin H.
Kochel. Dr. A. Daniel Frank
forter. Dr. Richard Tomsic,
W. Robert Woerner, Norman
B. Patterson, David E. Heyd,
Dennis M. Kovach, Louis W.
Balmer, Howard T. Wilson,
Mrs. Marian Flaherty, John
E. Freed. Dr. Ward
Knockemus, and Dr. Edward
C. Masteller.
"Do students on your
campus take part in
evaluation of courses? If so,
in what way?" Thirteen
campuses replied af
firmatively, citing SGA and
instructor initiated surveys.
Five campuses said "no" or
expressed lack of adequate
evaluation by students.
"Do students on your
campus meaningfully con
tribute to making decisions on
campus? If so, bow?" Eleven
expressed various degrees of
yes, citing their SGA's and
student representation on the
faculty senate. Seven replied
"no.'
"What are the policies of
hours, visitation, etc. in your
campus residence' halls?",
Capitol Campus has 24-hour
visitation while the other six
with residence halls have
varying unique curfew hours
for .women, and _ visitation
hours.
"What, if any, are the most
often. heard complaints on
your campus from students?"
Parking and parking fees (6
campuses); = Residence Hall '
regulations (5 campuses);
lack of social activities (5
campuses); food services (3
campuses); instructors (2
campuses); acaaermc (2
campuses); and red tape in
academic procedures (2
campuses).
by Carolyn Beck
Staff Reporter
The task force is composed
of six people three from
University Park and three
from Behrend. It has been
formed at the recom
mendations of President
Oswald to provide the "sound
academic planning and
realistic reassessment of
programs and priorities"
which will change Behrend
from its two-year status to a
full four year college.
Kochel, who will be working
closely with the task force,
would like to see it set the
direction of the campus for
both the immediate and long
range future. Kochel also
plans to direct the task force
"to seek ways of gaining input
from all segments of the
campus, including the
students.".
Dr. David P. Spaulding,
Assistant Dean of Graduate
School, will represent the
administration on the task
force. Spaulding hopes to see
the force come up with a
workable plan to make
Behrend a four year college.
He believes the first step will
he to define a concrete goal
towards which the force can
work. According to Spaulding.
"This is the first significant
commitment of University
resources to the long range
development of Behrend;
students, faculty, and
physical plan will have to be
deVeloped. And I personally
don't see why this can't be
done in a very short time."
Dr. Ed Masteller, Assistant
Professor of Biology, was
elected by the total faculty,
and is a member of the
science department.
Masteller pointed out that
"This is the first time
University Park Represen
tatives have been involved
with the Behrend faculty and
administration. This is a
significant step." Masteller
feels that one of the main
objectives will be devising a
workable timetable to im
plement new majors, and in
turn, the availability of
facilities and faculty. He also
hopes the task force will
consider the development of
cultural activities available
to the student body.
Mr. Philip K. lobst,
Instructor of Philosophy, was
recommended by Mr. Kochel
to represent the non-sciences.
lobst echoed the words of
President Oswald by em
phasizing the need to use
imagination in improving the
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quality of education at
Behrend. According to lobst,
the
_task force represents a
long-needed means of com
munication." "I've felt that
there has been an un
willingness on anyones part to
take responsibility for
planning. This lack of
direction was caused by a
lack of communication bet
ween University Park and
Behrend. This task force
unites all of the elements
involved. This is the most
important thing to happen to
Behrend in the four years that
I have been here."
lobst would like to see
Behrend's four-year status
give it more freedom from
the bureacracy of University
Park. He feels that autonomy
can only widen the
educational opportunities at
Behrend.
Faculty
Reviews
Report
by Kathy Baker
Staff Reporter
President Oswald charged
Richard E. Grubb with the
special assignment of conducting
a study of the University's
Commonwealth Campuses for the
purpose of developing recom
mendations for new operating
policies and procedures for the
campuses. The purpose of the
report is to report the major
findings of the interviews held
with members of the University
Community and to set forth
proposals for the organization
and operation of the Com
monwealth Campuses.
The Faculty felt that the Grubb
Report did not deal with the
special four-year status of
Behrend Campus, the report only
used the term "two-year Com
monwealth Campuses." The
Faculty asks, "are we to be in
cluded in exactly the same
procedures as the other Com
monwealth Campuses? Or are we
to receive consideration for our
baccalaureate problems they
create?" The Faculty is con
cerned about whether or not
Behrend is to be included in the
organizational changes being
proposed primarily because of its
four-year status.
It was stated in general, that
the Faculty felt that the Report
made a good attempt at trying to
find out problems concerning
Commonwealth Campuses and
did hit on a number of then One
fact that was brought up was that
it seemed that the report hit
against two contradictory ideas:
how to increase the unity of
University Park and the Com
monwealth Campuses, and how to
provide the Campuses with
greater responsibility and
decision-making power. The
culty asked that University
Park listen to them more than
they have in the past and improve
the communications among all
factions of the University. They
feel that to a certain extent, the
proposals presented in the Grubb
Report are aimed in this direc
tion.