March 24, 1977
Faculty may unionize
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therefore negotiable by unionized
faculty. The Senate, be points
out, “has no real power. It can be
dissolved at any time the ad
ministration wants it to, like in
1970-71 when it was told to
reorganize under administrative
guidelines.” In fact, the Senate
seats administrative personnel
as well as faculty, and the
president of the University and
his appointees are under no
obligation to follow the recom
mendations of faculty groups or
individuals. “I would be very
happy if there was no need for
collective bargaining,” says
Tomsic. “But the administration
has destroyed collegiality.”
But the Academic Assembly
President of main campus’s
Undergraduate ■ Student
Government (USG), Joseph D.
Taglieri, in defending USG’s
stance against faculty
unionization, declared that “the
president of this University has
never opposed the Senate or
refused to take its advice.”
Yet as Tomsic indicates, the
president “has the legal right to
fire a tenured professor with no
notice at all. And the faculty has
no legal basis to fight it.” Tomsic
himself was denied tenure, which
constitutes firing, and is ap
pealing the decision. The final
arbiter of his appeal will be
President Oswald.
Law 195 states tmat employees
cannot interfere . with
management’s right to fire an
employee for “just cause,” but
Tomsic believes that organized
faculty can at least force the
administration to be open and
consistent in their definition of
“just cause.”
Conceding that many aims of
the two union groups are the
■same. Dr. Wayne Scott, Assistant
Professor of English and a past
member of the American
Association of University
Professors (AAUP), cites several
advantages the AAUP believes it
has over PSUPA, one of which is
AAUP’s exclusive allegiance to
college teachers. PSUPA’s state
and national organizations, the
Pennsylvania State Education
Association (PSEA), and the
National Education Association
(NEA), respectively, also
represent “many more
thousands” of elementary and
high school teachers, whose votes
dominate PSUPA, says Scott.
Scott also points to the recent
decision of the Association of
Pennsylvania State College and
University Faculty (APSCUF) to
break with the NEA. APSCUF
represents the faculty of fourteen
state colleges, including Edin
boro. Slippery Rock and Clarion.
According to the Chronicle of
Higher Education, APSCUF is
one of the strongest faculty
organizations in die U.S. and is
the third largest affiliate to break
with the NEA in the past year.
APSCUF is currently considering
joining the AAUP together with
the American Federation of
Teachers of the AFL-CIO.
“They feel they haven’t gotten
enough for their money” from
NEA, says Scott.
AAUP also has an important
psychological edge over PSUPA,
according to Scott, 'which could
be a significant factor in the
elections. “The AAUP has a more
traditional academic status,
somewhat analogous to the
American Bar Association or the
American Medical Association.
NEA is simply a union per se,” in
the minds of. college
professionals, he believes.
“It boils down to something like
this: If it’s a choice in the run-off
elections between PSUPA and
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‘no-representation’ many people
who voted AAUP on the first
ballot won’t vote for a union. But
if it’s AAUP and ‘no
representation’ we wouldn’t lose
very many PSUPA voters.”
AAUP’s allegedly more
widespread acceptability is
important, Scott maintains,
because his “rough guess” that
from 40 to 50 per cent of the
faculty at University Park might
vote “no-representation,”
leaving approximately 60 per
Behrend Women Go AH The Way
(Almost) in Basketbal
by Suzy LeVlseur
Sports Editor
The Behrend women’s
basketball team ended its season
with a 7-1 record, as did two other
teams in the Keystone Con
ference. In the resulting playoff,
Behrend played Allegheny on
March 8 and Grove City drew a
bye. Behrend was on the short
end of a 55-51 score in the game
played at Grove City.
Freshman Ann Abbott was
higher scorer with sixteen,
followed by Patti Fogarty with
thirteen. Ruth Fries had twelve.
Mrs. Melody Laudensack,
coach, feels that Behrend “did so
many things wrong that
Allegheny deserved to win.”
However, she did add that the
team had done extremely well
this year.
To get to the playoffs, the team
defeated Mercyhurst on
February 24. Pulling away from
a tie with three minutes
remaining, Behrend won 75-65.
“With two years of
college behind me, I began looking
ahead I found out I could get my
degree and an Army officer’s com
,,. mission at graduation. I got over $5OO
for a six weeks camp at Fort Knox,
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cent split between PSUPA and
AAUP.
According to PSUPA ad
vocates, AAUP’s lack of
established lobbying power
makes it the - less desirable
choice. “True, right now we don’t
have bargaining impact, or as
much experience as NEA might
have. But the point is, a lot of the
energy of the NEA and PSUPA
lobby might be devoted to grades
1-12”, says Scott.
Averaging nineteen points per
game, freshman Ann Abbott will
be returning next year, as will be
Heidi Rudolf, Laurie Potter,
Sharon Vinston, and Karen
Rolling. The team will be losing
Patti Fogarty, the team captain,
5’10” Ruth Fries, and Vicky
Snyder.
Mrs. Laudensack attributes the
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I did it.
As Rutherford B. Hayes would
have said, “injustice prevails at
Behrend College.” Let me
digress a moment on this famous
American. Do you know when
Rutherford B. Hayes was bom?
Do you know what size shoe
Rutherford B. Hayes wore? Do
you actually care about
Rutherford B. Hayes? The point
is not about “old Ruff” but about
caring.
At Behrend College, many
people have commented about
the apathetic students. In most
dynamic societies, people do not
react to a situation unless a crisis
occurs. A crisis occurred in the
form of the recent Behrend
“busts”, and the students reacted
by calling an organizational
meeting and demonstration.
team’s record to the closeness
and to the caring and sharing
attitudes of the girls. She feels
that this team showed what
sports are supposed to promote.
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by Tom Armstrong
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(Complete details appear on page
one).
Now for the rest of the Behrend
crimes. On March 8, a hit and run
occurred between an unknown
vehicle and a 1975 Chevy in the
Turnbull parking lot. Anyone who
saw the accident should contact
the security guards.
So far this term, four wall
clocks have been stolen, three
from Reed valued at $4O each and
one from Lawrence valued at $l5.
Two weekends ago, four people
jumped in the Behrend swim
ming pool, possibly intoxicated.
In Perry Hall, person or per
sons unknown pulled out a
stopper in the second floor men’s
plumbing and caused a flood. The
damage is approximately $3,000
to $5,000.
Also, there were two com
plaints of a female student’s car
being vandalized.
Finally, I hope all the Behrend
students will celebrate Ruther
ford B. Hayes’ marriage an
niversary.
Pegs Thr*e