Does campus' equipme make the grade? By James P. Kushlan In the university of the High Middle Ages, the only instruc tional equipment a professor needed was a room with seats for himself and his students, where he could lecture on sub- “ For the amount of students we have, we’re grossly underequipped. We have about three times as many students as we had when we bought the equipment” William Aungst Engineer Mechanical Design jects like logic, philosophy, theology or raw. Today courses of study are more varied, and many seem to require a lot of equipment, often very expensive. Naturally a lade of money can mean a lack of equipment. Capitol Campus is no excep tion. In recent Times interviews, faculty members, and other campus employees, expressed New computer challenges Hei needs for more or better in- structional equipment. Often, these needs could not be met because of a shortage of funds from the University. “For the amount of students we have, we’re grossly undere quipped,” says William Aungst, Program Chairman, Mechanical Design Enineering Technology and Energy Technology. “We have about three times as many students as we had when we bought the equipment,” he adds, referring to technical equipment, used to train engineering technology students for jobs in industry. Aungst says in the mechanical program, the ma jority of the equipment was Please see “SUPPLIES,” page 4 rrmmmrmn Himes Published by students of Penvt State University. Capitol Campus autonomy from the University Libraries. “There’s been no official “I have to fight my own librarians now to help you.” Dr. Forth Dean of University Libraries word, only anxieties com- municated to me from several sources,” said Dr. Herbert Eisenstein who chairs the Faculty Affairs Committee. He said that he was sure there was some basis for the concerns ex pressed. Charles Townley, Head Librarian, indicated that the Dean of Libraries, Dr. Forth, had let him know that greater administrative control of Heindel Library by him would come concurrent with the new library automation system, but said mat he did not know what “control” means. At the Faculty Council meeting chaired by Dr. William Miller (Physics) on Thursday the 3rd, Dr. Theodore Gross, Provost/Dean of Capitol Cam pus, said that discussion of the autonomy issued had not yet oc- Tuesday, March 29,1983 ridel autonomy Photo by Mike Markle Vol. 17, No. 6 curred. The entire campus en joys only a semi-autonomous position vis-a-vis the Penn State University which has budgetary control. Major decisions are made jointly with University Park. The definitions are not always crystal clear and “sometimes it’s better not to have things crystal clear.” “We can lose things in asking for too sharp a definition.” Gross said further that the computer system will not be imposed on us by fiat if the price is too high, but cautioned against taking a reactionary stance to new technology. “Maybe I’m wrong here. I’m making the assumption that we all want the best the university has to offer.” The Provost/Dean assured the Faculty Council that he would raise some of these con cerns privately, that it is not necessarily appropriate to discuss all these things in public. The next Wednesday, the Dean of University Libraries, Dr. Forth, arrived at Capitol Campus with a station wagon full of electronic gear and Gor don Rawlins, head of Pattee Library’s computer center. Rawlins, who supervised development of the computer Please see “LIBRARY,” page 5
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