THE CAPITOLIST
Vol. VII, No. 2
AUTONOMY-WHAT IT MEANS
On March 9, 1972, the
University Faculty Senate passed
the autonomy measure for
Capitol Campus after several
weeks of discussion and
investigation.
Autonomy just what will it
mean to Capitol? It has nothing
to do with student affairs or
Student Government activities,
so nothing will change in that
area. And it has nothing to do
with Housing and Food rules, so
Tasha will have to gain residence
through the same old channels.
(Tasha is a dog. The pet rules are
not changed.)
And as yet, not much else has
changed. But there is a new
system by which changes can be
made. In this light, there has
been a big change both at
Capitol and in its relationship to
University Park.
The changes, though, are in
the academic aspect f Capitol. In
effect, autonomy cuts the
academic umbilical cord with
UP. Now, we can nearly
establish our own courses
without any help or prior
approval from the University
Senate's Academic Affairs
Committee.
Previously, all new courses
were presented to this
committee for study and
approval. Under the new system,
the committee can review any
new course or program, but does
not have to do so in order for
the program to be instituted.
The procedure to establishing
a new course at Capitol is as
follows. A faculty member or
student can present the idea to
the program head for his
approval. It then goes to
Capitol's Academic Affairs
Committee and then to Capitol's
Faculty Senate. If everyone
agrees, we have a new course or
program.
The system may sound
familiar to some of you. It is the
Interview With Terry wimmer
by R. W. Bonaker
Student Government
President, Terry K. Wimmer,
asserts that there are many
matters which should be brought
to the. attention of the Capitol
Campus community.
Only seven weeks remain in
the current academic term but
there are many goals yet
u n r eached. One concerns
registration practices and
procedures. The current
registration policy concerning
the number of students allowed
in each class gives the initial
preference to 12th, 11 th and
10th term seniors enrolled in the
program under which a specific
course is listed. For example, a
10th term social science student
will get first crack at So Sc 418
over a 12th term business
student.
"I think that procedure is
wrong," Wimmer states. "12th
term people, whether they are in
the course's program or not,
should always have initial
preference when a course is in
danger of being closed. After all,
these people are graduating; it's
their last chance to pick up a
same system as before with the
exception of approval from
University Park. Knowing that
the autonomy would come at
some time, the Capitol Faculty
Senate set up this procedure
earlier so that the transition
would be easier.
There is, however, one other
important way in which the
procedure has not changed.
Capitol is still not financially
autonomous.
As before, then, once the
course is approved, the Capitol
Provost will have to approve
funds if they are needed. If so,
the University Provost will also
have to approve or supply funds
perhaps for the professor to
teach the course or for
equipment. So while
academically we are nearly
autonomous, we are not so
financially.
In two years the matter will
come up for review to the
University Senate to see how
things are going. Autonomy then
is on trial for that period. And it
must be remembered that the
University Senate or any 10
Senators can review a course
proposal if they wish.
An important factor of this
autonomy is that, now, the buck
stops at Capitol. If someone
wants a new course, no one can
say that it will never pass the
University Senate. And,
theoretically, any student or
faculty member can propose a
course.
With this in mind, we hope
that a student committee will be
established for the purpose of
proposing and reviewing new
courses at Capitol. In this way,
the students can have a direct
influence on their education.
And now, there is no reason why
such a committee cannot be
instituted here.
More on autonomy next
week.
course they will need."
Wimmer also points out that
there were cases during the
recent undergraduate
registration juniors were given
preference over seniors as
courses were closed, an
occurrence p that contradicts
actual policy.
"There are probably more
cases of that happening than we
realize," he says. "I think
something should be done to
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"All The News That Fits . . . . We Print"
CAPITOL CAMPUS - MIDDLETOWN, PA
This Week
in the SGA
The most recent boisterous
banalities of the SGA took place
this past Monday. President
Terry Wimmer called the
meeting to order when a quorum
was reached. Dean Robert J.
Brown was a special guest.
The Finance Committee
reported that the SGA currently
has $1,400 in its budget with an
additional $l,OOO in the hands
of the Finance Officer, Mr.
George Dressler. The Teacher
Evaluation Committee said that
Winter Term evaluation results
will probably be ready next
week. It reported that as many
as 200 forms will be available, a
huge increase from last term.
In was announced that Dr.
Oliver LaCrone of Capitol
reknown has been tentatively
contracted to sculpt a bronze
bust of the late Dr. James
Jordan, which will be the
permanent portion of a newly
established teaching award in his
memory. The award will be
presented to a member of
Capitol's faculty at the June
Commencement.
The Election Committee is
preparing voting procedures to
be conduc 'ng during the
General El tion on May 18.
Gene B an was named
chairman of the Constitutional
Revision Committee. The ad-hoc
Committee on Student
Participation, Chaired by Mike
Dini, presented its report.
Wimmer submitted a
resolution to the Senate that if
passed would recommend that
Fall, 1972 Orientation activities
not be entrusted entirely to the
Admissions Office. The program
would then become a joint
activity of the Admissions
Office, the Office of Student
Affairs and the Student
Government Association. The
Senate will act on the resolution
at next week's meeting.
Malcom Gregory discussed his
activities in petitioning various
administrators to present more
detailed descriptions of courses
as they appear on transcripts and
grade-reports. John Stack
presented an argument in favor
of changing degree
nomenclature, specifically a
Bachelor of Humanities to a
Bachelor of Arts, majoring in
Humanities.
During a discussion with Dr.
Brown, Pres. Winner said that
he believes that teacher and
course evaluations, as published
by the SGA, are not seriously
considered by dision heads. The
Althouse Report on Academic
Affairs highly recommends that
the student evaluations are of a
ranking priority. The SGA
quietly adjourned after a lengthy
discussion concerning possible
changes in registration
procedures and practices.
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mcAree Resigns As Program Head
Dr. James McAree, Professor
of Social Science and History,
recently resigned as Head of the
Social Science Program.
McAree, who assumed the
post last year, stresses that he is
giving up his administrative
duties to devote more time to
his family, his research project,
and classroom teaching. He will
serve as program head until June
30. In no way will his
resignation change his plan for
individual consultation with
graduating seniors; a plan which
was elaborated in last week's
issue of The Capitolist.
"Teaching has always meant a
great deal to me," he says. "In
my administrative post, I found
I could not devote enough time
to it."
Prof. McAree also announced
the establishment of a new social
science course which he plans to
teach in the Fall Term, 1972.
The course, which will be listed
under special topics, will
concern the inter-relationship
between the United States and
Canada.
Dr. McAree received his Ph.D.
from the University of
Minnesota. He is an expert on
Hugon sung in faculty
Aimed Region conference
by Mike Dini
Capitol Campus Education
Students and Faculty recently
attended the Southern Regional
Student PSEA "Spring"
Conference held at the
Harrisburg Area Community
College. The Conference was
sponsored as a joint effort of the
student PSEA Chapters of the
Capitol Campus and HACC. The
Theme of the Conference was
"Let Us Teach ALL Our
Children."
Those attending the
Conference discussed education
matters relative to teaching in
our "urban-city schools." Topics
discussed and evaluated
included: class room control
techniques, curriculum
development in and for the
inner-city schools, a "rap"
session on student teaching in
inner-city urban schools and an
investigation of the Code of
Ethics of the Teaching
Profession.
Capitol Campus professors
attending the Conference and
acting as constultants and
seminar leaders included: Dr.
Duane Smith, Dr. Robert
Lesniak, Dr. Elmer Lear and
Professor James Gray. Students
PSEA members in attendance
included Capitol Campus
Student PSEA President Andrea
Verna, Vice-President Mike Dini,
members Michael Kowalcheck,
Tony Lombardozzi and Sue
Willens.
Southern Region Student
PSEA is one of eleven regions of
PSEA throughout the state of
Pennsylvania. It is a ten county
area composed of eight Student
PSEA Chapters on the following
campuses: Capitol Campus,
Elizabethtown, HACC, Lebanon
Valley, Messiah, Millersville
Thursday, April 20, 1972
African and Middle East history,
especially India. As a native of
Canada, he is deeply qualified to
teach such a new course.
He says that, "The American
view of Canada is that it is some
kind of open-air ice box
inhabited by Indians, Eskimo,
and Mounted Policemen, all
geography and no people. The
objective of the new course is to
remedy that belief."
State College, Shippensburg
State College and Wilson
College.
Capitol Campus Student
PSEA leaders are now preparing
for the upcoming State Student
PSEA Convention to be held at
the Harrisburg Sheraton Motor
Inn on Friday and Saturday,
April 21 and 22.
Yearbook
Spring Sale
Despite heavy advertising that
last term's yearbook sale would
be the last for 1972, many
seniors neglected to buy their
annual and have since inquired
about the possibility of
purchasing one. For this reason,
the Capitolite staff announces a
Spring Term yearbook sale on
April 24, 25 and 27. That's
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
only of the week of April 24.
Staff representatives will be on
hand at a spot near the
roundtable to take either new
yearbook orders (at $6.00
apiece) or to receive the balance
due payments on your annual.
Pass Fail
The period for filing S/U
request during the Spring Term
1972 will be from Monday,
April 24th, thru Wednesday,
April 26th. A description of the
Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory
(S/U) grading system is
presented in Section 11, rule
M-12, on page 94 of the student
handbook, The Cats' Tale.
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