.;._• _ 41451 • -"""TiFzTrx-7F4F4;k-.w----- - - - 0171111141141111L/144 /41 4ffir • 111144proNi." 41. „tib Tilfr N 4) Ato, t tta ny _ 41114114. 111 ° . .01P-46 ir • 4 17 .. .11 _1:1,4# Volume XXI—No. 23 Cohen, Kochel By Gary Thornbloom CUB Managing Editor Two months ago three of the more colorful members of the Behrend faculty were asked un conditionally to resign from their present positions or they would be released. Rumors began to cir culate in speculation as to the exact reasoning behind their dis missal. - The CUB attempted to inter view the three in question to get their story. We also talked to the Director of Behrend Campus, Ir vin H. Kochel. This article is the result of extensive comments by Steve Cohen and John Spiel mann, , - as well as limited com mentary by Director Kochel. Frank Sansone, the third fac ulty member involved, could not be - reached due to illness and any statements he may wish to make will be printed in the next edition of the CUB. As the matter stands at this time Cohen and Spielmann have Steve Cohen On the Inside • • . Dear Charly Page 2 Christ You Know Page 3 Crazy Chery Page 3 Jefferson Airplane ____ Page 4 John Wayne Page 5 Sports Views Page 6 SGA Announces rocedure For Use Of Student Fund The Student Government As sociation is sponsoring a student loan fund to financially aid any student enrolled at Behrend who needs money for the purpose of maintaining his stay at the Uni versity. A student may borrow up to forty dollars. Any requests beyond this amount must be approved by appointment with the treasurer of S.G.A. and with the signature of the Dean .of Student Affairs. All loans must be paid within our school weeks. Loans falling due on days - of finals and holi- Sansone, Refuses both submitted letters of resigna tion to avoid the situation which would arise from being asked in writing to leave. While they have resigned, make no mistake, they were definitely told that there would not be a jab for them at Behrend next year. Not one of them has been con fronted with the reasons for his dismissal, although each has ex pressed a desire to be presented University VVith Ci4il - Ed. Note: This is the second in. a series of ar ticles directed' at informing the student body on aims and activities of the Student Government Association here at Behrendt Ever stop and wonder what would happen if you were caught breaking the law? I know it's not the sort of thing you like to think about but things can and do happen, so let's take a look anyway. Since you're a student and subject to more rules and regulations than the ordinary citizen, the prime consideration would seem to be whose law you broke. If you break a civil law you are tried before a civil. court. If you violate a university regulation Senate Rule W-16 provides you with the choice of appearing before either the Student Court or the Office of •the Dean of Student Affairs. At first glance it seems simple enough . . . but look again. Until recently, by special arrangement with civil authorities, if you were picked up by the police fOr a misdemeanor (i.e. underage drink ing, disorderly conduct, etc.) they would call Behrend and ask the university if it would take the responsibility for disciplinary action. This set-up had its advantages for the Behr end students. He could avoid a police record and in the case of major violations, could avoid .the possibility of a fine or jail sentence. days will be carried over to the next school day. All loans, re gardless of the time received, must be paid before the student leaves Behrend permanently or two weeks before le- - end _of spring term whicheveMrtliK Payments may be made at anytime during the four week and must be de posited with the 'secretary of the Business Office. tES. penalty to two percent per day of the unpaid balance of the loan will be revoked if the loan is not fully repaid by the set dead line. The student will not be 4 ~►: ~ a#:~ ~: ~;b si ~ ~ ~ZH.~~~i r;i~~Y~~ ~ 4 t~ ~i ~:d~ 1► l.`~ii i~~l•~b~ r.~.c. ~.a., ~.. ~.....~ -=~'--..,~ with the facts which led to the action taken. Kochel stated that he request ed each of them to evaluate his past two years at Behrend to see if he couldn't discover the facts for himcelf. He went on to ex plain that the decision to dismiss the three was not made arbitrar ily by him, but that it was a joint decision• agreed to by the Assist ant Dean, each individual's De- SGA In Action: By Bill McCloud CUB Staff Writer charged the two percent on days the Business Office is closed. Applications may be obtained from the Student Affairs Office. The applicant must complete the form and hand it in to the Stu dent Union Desk where the trea surer of S.G.A. will receive, re— view, and sign it if acceptable. A check will then be written and both the check and applica tion will be sent back to the Stu dent Affairs office for the Dean's signature. The check may be pick (Continued on Page 4) Spielmann Resign To Give Reasons Involvement Law Rapped In the opinion of the Student Affairs.Com naittee this gave the student a special privilege that he didn't deserve and shouldered Penn State with a responsibility far removed from education. Therefore, a survey was made to determine the opinion of both the faculty and the student body on the issue. As a result of this survey the Student Af fairs Committee voted to change this policy and place any violation of civil law in the hands of the civil authorities. Okay .. so now everything is fine! Penn State students are officially mature enough to shoulder the responsibilities of their own ac tions! Right? WRONG! There's one little catch . . . Senate Rule W-11. Rule W-11 states that the "university regards as serious offenses all acts of unethical, immoral, dishonest, or de structive behavior. .. " Although W-11 states that any charges against a student must site a specific offense and a student cannot be disciplined under a general charge of unethical, immoral dishonest, or dishonest destructice behavior, several cases have arisen at University Park where a student was charged with being in trouble with the civil authorities for whatever specific crime he—al legedly committed. In other words, the university considers be (Continued on Page 4) partment Head, and himself. Any decision of this type must be a unamimous• one made by agreement among the above. Kochel also added that if by June of this year, Cohen, Spielmann, and Sansome cannot recall any thing which would be reason enough for requesting the resigna tions, that he would somewhat reluctantly inform each as to the exact nature of the reasons for 4-Year Program Spaces Still Open By Chuck Varesko The University has expanded the freshman-sophomore academic of ferings at this campus and spaces have been reserved for 100 jun iors next fall. The first class of juniors will have a choice of two majors—Science, offered by the College of Science, or General Arts and sciences, offered by the Col -1.0%; of Liberal Arts. The science major offers either aißachelor of Science or a Bach elor of Arts degree. The General Arts and Science curriculum of fers a Bachelor of Arts degree. If you don't have the cash to go down state you might as well stay (Continued on Page 3) his dismissal Cohen, when asked to speculate on possible reasons for his dis• missal listed two types; those off• a factual nature and those which, were based on feelings. The faC tual reasons are: Cohen had es... pressed to his departanent head that Belfrend was a stop-oft point toward better things and. that after his two-year contrack expired he would probably bat moving on; he also had, previously indicated that he would like to work on his Ph.D. and that grant•_ ing a leave-of-absence with PAY. (Continued en Page 0) John Spielmatin. Norval Reece Moves Crowd New Democratic Coalition can didate for the office of U.S. Sen ator, Norval Reece spoke before a near capacity crowd in the Reed Lecture Hall Tuesday. Reece has a strong political background, having worked for Johnson-Hum phrey in 1964 ("they looked good then" he commented), Joe Clark and Eugene McCarthy in 1968, and Milton Shapp in 1966. His first strong point was hiS opposition to the war in Viet Nam. He stated that we should an nounce that all men will be brought home by the end of this year. "Nixon's Vietnamization plan is one to continue war in. Vietnam under a different guise." He indicated that at Nixon's pres ent rate of withdrawal ten-year old children of today will have to be worried about going to Viet Nam. In reply to a question about the draft, Reece said that the draft ought to be abolished, the pay scale raised, the military be made voluntary. He acknowledged the risk of a professional army which could run wild in the country, bat disspelled the fear by reminding everyone that we already have a professional army except the draftees. He also mentioned that draftees' mortality rate is MICA greater than that of the volun teers, for the purpose of driving his point about the professional (Continued on Page -2) April 17, 19701
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