PAGE TWO Letters A Hellova Place To Work Spring once again breathes its mild sigh upon the gentle slope and many trees of Behrend campus, where the Professors are as disposable as paper tissues and as interchangeable as cogs in a gearbox. It's the time of year when Dean Fox holds his annual blood bath. For those uninitiated in this remarkable occurence (I have Neen three), the gala event in volves ushering veteran teachers :o the door. The employment of these Professors is terminated in different ways, according to the terms of their contracts. They may be refused renewal, given one year's notice, asked for resignation, or fired. Academis in general is noted for a high turnover rate, but here at Behrend this rate is appalling. Almost half of the teachers who were here four years ago are no longer around, and this includes tenured people. Hiring new Professors, preferably right out of graduate ,chool and firing them soon there after is college policy. It's cheaper to run the school this way, and they don't have to tenure anyone. At a "Town meeting", the administration cited the ready availability of PHDs as the factor that makes this policy possible. What the college administration chooses to ignore are the detrimental side effects of such a - policy". One product of this hire em fire cm mentality can be termed, to quote a noted social scientist, ••the lame duck syndrome." When a Professor is given notice he immediately loses all com mitment to the college. By Dean Fox's own admission, the key to success on the Behrend Summer Term ADVANCED AND UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT COURSES THE BEHREND COLLEGE Summer 1979 Eight Week Term Pre-registration Date: To be announced Final Registration: June 6, 1979 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Term begins: Monday, June 18 Term ends: Thursday, August 9 Classes meet Monday through Thursday, 75 minute classes four times per week. Note the meeting times of courses with lab requirements. FIRST PERIOD 8:00-9:15 a.m. Art H. 110—Survey of Western Art Econ. 4—lntroductory Macroeconomic Analysis & Policy Engl. 119—Business Writing Sp. Corn. 200 B—Effective Speech - Section I Math. 71—Intermediate Calculus with Applications RCLED s—College Reading Skill Improvement (2 credits) SECOND PERIOD 9:25-10:40 a.m. Biol. 220—Plants, Places and People Cmp. Sc. 101—Introduction to Algorithmic Processes Cmp. Sc. 402—Introduction to Computer Science Engi. 4*—Basic Writing Skills Engl. 20—Composition and Rhetoric II IFS 129—Introduction to Individual and Family Development Mgmt. 110—Business Management Mgmt. 200—Introduction to Organizational Behavior Math. 35—General View of Mathematics Sp. Com. 200 A—Effective Speech —Section II varying viewpoints campus is the faculty. Professors who don't publish are fired more quickly than those who do. There is a lot of research pressure at Behrend. Pressure on teachers to add to the reams of unread, redundant and useless material cranked out yearly by universities, under the guise of needed research. There is something basically wrong with the inordinate amount of importance placed on publishing here. Behrend is a leaching college, not a research center. For instance, we don't even ha ve a library. We are not supposed to be under-writing journal articles that freshmen and sophomores will never read. The emphasis should be placed on talented instruction, and it should be pointed out here that, to a person, those professors who are being fired this year and those in the previous three years, have been teachers of better quality than most kept here at Behrend. Publishing pressure shifts the focus away from the students and can lead to poor course organization, lack of personal attention to student problems by faculty, and professors renewed or tenured who are unresponsive to students, poor teachers, or unable to speak English. I have a suggestion. Why don't we change bureaucrats once in awhile. We might find some who are less concerned with prestige and petty politics. There must be plenty of quality people around. We might even be able to find administrators who are willing to publish, thereby freeing professors to work more with the students and keeping the teaching talent at Behrend. Let's start with Dean Fox. By James 'Babbitt, 9th term THIRD PERIOD 10:50 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. B. Log. 102—Physical Distribution Cmp. Sc. 201—Computer Programming for Engineers Geo. Sc. 20—Our Earth (4 credits) (Note: lab) Hist. 20—History of the United States to 1865 Math.lo*—Basic Skill Mathematics Psy. 331—Psychology of Consumer Behavior Sp. Corn. 352—Business and Professional Speech and Conference-Section I Soc. Sc. I—The Urbanization of Man Note: Geo. Sc. 20 lab will meet Thursday to 1:05 p.m. FOURTH PERIOD 1 :05-2 :20 p. m. Acctg. 206—Federal Taxation Bios. 310—Field Botany (4 credits) (Note - lab) Human. 21—Ideas and Art Ph. Ed. s—Physical Education (1 credit) Phil. 12—Elements of Symbolic Logic Phys. 201—General Physics (4 credits) (Note:- lab) Pl. Sc. 22—Politics of the Developing Areas —Psy. 2—Psychology QBA 401—Elementary Business Statistics Note: Bios. 310 lab will meet Tuesday and Thursday to 4:30p.m. BEHREND COLLEGIAN Road-map Roast? Eating at Dobbin's Dining Hall has at last become the ultimate challenge facing Behrend College residents. The local food con noisseurs have managed to tease cur plates with exceedingly unusual foods, many of them imported! Consumer response to these delicacies has been over whelming, as witnessed by the long lines students have been forming in order to partake of the main attraction. A gander _at the menu that occasionally corresponds to the present date, reveals rarities that Northwestern Pennsylvania has never seen before. Such as "Pear Half on Lettuce, Harlequin Dressing," and of course, "French Fried Shrimplets." Personally, I prefer the "Road map Roast" we have all come to cherish. I hear-tell that these unusual taste-'ensations are imported from a distant fairy land known as University Park. I recently visited this crazy place and sampled their interpretation of t hese very foods. I am afraid to say that they were unbearably drab! A pizza slice, bestowed upon me, tasted entirely too much like the ordinary, everyday pizza, one can acquire in any reputable pizza joint. The roast beef had a dull brown color that was agonizingly uniform, and get this: rather than the excitingly 4! thrtuts Colleulau Jody Ka mens Editorial Editor Holly MacTaggart News Editor Phil Goodwin. Peggy Abbott, Rick Allen, Barb Bogdan, Emily Lott, Joe Hobman, Mark Porterfield, Mike Callaghan, Polly Zadernak, Connie Pukanic and Nina Siegel. Moiling Address-Behrend College, Station Rood, Erie, Pa. 16563 Office-Reed Union Building Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m., Mon. Wed. Fri. Phone: 898-1511 Ext. 238 • Opinions expressed by the editors and staff of the Behrend Collegian are not necessarily those of the University Ad ministration, faculty, or the student body. Phys. 201 will also meet•sth period on Tuesdays Member of Eip Irmo Assort/atm Laura Seman Editor-in-Chief Photo Editor Grant Edwards Faculty Advisor ,Michel Small unpredictable petite salads that Dobbin's serves, this University Park place sticks you with big, clunky salads, comprised mainly of green, crispy lettuce, loaded with awkward, unwieldly cereal bowls. ~ It is a very sorry situation indeed. Imagine, University Park in all its splendor, sees fit to serve food that tastes as plain as it looks, while we at Behrend have the incredible good fortune to have Mrs. Marjorie Taylor's wonderfully talented crew ser ving our meals. I shall never forget them after receiving such delights as thoroughly dried; hick and pasty pizza; and quaint little salads loaded with all sorts of delicacies like purple cabbage, green peppers, endive, thick and juicy slices of carrots, huge chunks of celery, and, happily, only the very minimum of let tuce. Hopefully; the price of lettuce will remain above 29 cents per head, otherwise, we too might get stuck with a (yech) cereal bowl full of green crispy lettuce. It is only too bad that my counterpart, the commuter, cannot partake of these delicious varieties of food regularly, if at all. But the more I think about it, the more I wonder if it is he in deed, that has the right idea when it comes to eating Dobbin's food abstinencly. John Monsted Tom Britten Entertainment Editor Laura Seman Sports Editor FIFTH PERIOD 2:30-3:45 p.m. Thea. 189—Theatre Production Practicum (1-3 credits) Thea. 400—Advanced Theatre Projects (1-3 credits) SIXTH PERIOD 8 :00 a.m. - 12:00 noon FRIDAY ONLY Chem. 14—Experimental Chemistry (1 credit) Chem. 15—Experimental Chemistry (1 credit) EVENING SEVENTH PERIOD 5 :30-6 :45 p. m. A&H. 198 B—Studio Drawing A.&H. 296.1—5ti1l Photography (2 credits) (see note) Engl. 4*—Basic Writting Skills Fin. 108—Personal Finance Human. I—Values of the Western Cultural Heritage Mktg. 121—Contemporary American Marketing Psy. 2—Psychology Psy. 13—Introduction to Developmental Psychology Soc. I—lntroductory Sociology Sp. Com. 352—Business and Professional Speech and Conference (Section II) Thea. 100—The Art of the Theatre Note: A.&H. 296.1-student must have a 35mm. camera. Expenses for developing materials may approach $65. Thea. 10()--Students may have additional expenses for special activities April 12, 1979 Editorial Policy The editorials appearing in this newspaper are opinions and we invite critism. All letters that are typewritten of 200 words or less and submitted to the newspaper staff may be printed with the exception of those that are repetitious or in poor taste. The staff reserves the right to correct or delete portions of all letters for publication purposes. All letters must be signed, but names will be withheld upon request. Term standing, major, and hometown must be included. Signed columns represent the view of the author only and do not necessarily reflect the Editorial policy of the Behrend Collegian. Help Wanted Spring Week '79 Wanted: Marshals. Duties: Monitoring activities, controlling crowds, guarding artwork, directing people and , :etting-up for events. Salary: None! U niforin: Silk screen logos and paint will be provided for printing vtitir own T-shirt. Why should you volunteer? Because Spring Week '79 will only he a success with your help. Where do you sign up? The Office of Student Affairs, soon! More T-Shirts Available The J.R.C. will be selling Spring Week T-shirts - on April 17 and_ during Spring Week in the lower level of the RUB. If you buy your T-shirt on the 17th it will cost you only $3.75. During Spring Week the cost goes up to $4.00. So buy your T-shirt early and save. ADADS The Behrend Collegian des perately needs people interested in helping to find advertising. We will be paying a fifteen per cent commission for all ads you might be able to find for The Collegian. Continued on page 4
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