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