Editorial opinion:
Goirig by the : book
State Auditor General Robert P.
Casey is a man who goes by the
book. His follow-up of an abuse
that has since been corrected is
causing more trouble than it is
worth.
Casey charged the University
owes the state $271,055 for a
1971-1972 appropriation
budgeted for Continuing
Education and Extension Service
and spent in inappropriate areas.
Then Casey took a serious step.
He filed a court suit to collect the
funds.
To Casey, it was a simple matter
of arithmetic. The University owes
money, so pay up. But the rules of
the game have changed. After the
year in question, the General
Summer Term improvemients
Summer Term . has brought
changes which will affect the en
tire University population.
The security forces at the
University now renamed the
Department of University Safety
have undergone changes to make
the department more efficient and
responsive ; to the needs of
students.
According to David E. Stormer,
now safety director, the depart
ment will place an emphasis on
people.
In addition, the department has
professionalized, now requiring
either a bachelor's degree or at
least two years of college and two
years of
,police experience. In ad
dition, training in law enforcement
will be given within the department.
In the past three line
organizations campus patrol,
security ,division and student
division handled department
duties, with much overlap and
wasted skills.
Now the department will be
divided into two main organizations
safety services and police 'ser
vices, with specific functions and
full efficiency.
Another area which has
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Assembly gave a thoughtful look at
the problem and recognized that a
university budget cannot be
figured out to the penny. Sub
sequent appropriation bills allow a
10 per cent variance along line
items.
The $271,055 variance that'
was not permitted in 1971-1972
is an amount within the new 10 per
cent allowance.
In his own way, Casey is acting
like a new, patrolman making an
arrest for the sale of liquor just
before Prohibition was repealed.
When a reform is made, the bad
situation that existed before the
reform must be taken into ac
count. The General Assembly was
aware of this when they -allowed
changed to a more effective for
mat though it still needs im
proving is the advising program
at the University.
This summer the , University
Faculty Senate voted' to accept
the recommendations of a report
by the Senate Subcommittee on
Advising, setting . safeguards for
each of the individual colleges.
Each freshman will be assigned
a trained adviser faculty,
professional, graduate or senior
undergraduate to plan an
academic program and to register.
After the freshman year, stud
ents will be assigned a faculty
member responsible for program
and professional guidance, in
cluding course selection.
Another safeguard requires that
a' student be given a list of un- -
fulfilled requirements prior to
graduation to discuss with his ad
visor. This is designed to prevent
isolated cases in which a student
is unaware of required courses
and finds himself unable to
graduate without additional terms:
Many things will not change as a
result Of the Senate ruling, but it
does set minimum specifications
which the individual colleges must
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the 10 per cent variance; Casey
should be.
If Casey just wants the
$271,055 back, a court suit is an
expensive way to do it. lied up
with the case, state auditors and
attorneys will not be free to work
on more pressing assignments.
The court suit can ha:ve only a
harmful effect on relations be
tween the state and the University.
Usually, they tolerate each other;
the University viewed as self
centerdd, not interested :in
carrying its own wieght, the state
seen as out of touch and un
concerned.
$271,055 is not the price that
will be paid:
Summer Term has also brought
an addition to Ritenour Health .Cen
ter: the new Student Advisory
Board to University Health Ser
vices.
The board will be broadly based,
including one representative from
18 different student groups and up
to six studenfs at large.
What the board will do is this:
involve students in Ritenour's
policy-making and programs, such
as student insurance, the budget,
processing of student complaints;
serve as an on-going source
of student opinion;
—aid in giving out health in
formation to students.
Active student concern and staff
cooperation will be a welcome
change from the present hit-and
miss - communications between
Ritenour and students.
One University administrator
jokingly commented at the end of
Spring Term that the University
waits until summer to make certain
changes to avoid negative student
reaction. True or not, the Univer
sity administration should not have
worried in this .instance. The
changes are for the better.
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Love, the 'saying goes, is better the second time around. But sch
maltzy love stories, even those written by William Shakespeare, have a
tendency to get worse with each subsequent viewing.
When Franco Zeffirelli's production of 'Romeo and Juliet" was
released, about five years ago, everyone was a little younger and a little
more impressionable. The sumptuous costumes and elaborate dance
scenes inspired one's sense of elegance; the colorful sword fights ap
pealed to those longing for adventure.
What's more, "Romeo and Juliet" had a gimmick. For the first time on
film, the star-crossed lovers Were played not by adult actors but by ac
tual teen-agers. ;
In addition to these basics for success, the film had one more fun
damental asset: plenty of publicity. -Much of this was provided by
recordings of the picture's "Love Theme," .the first in a series of
popularized movie themes, by Henry Mancini and on the official
soundtrack. .
Shakespeare down from what is commonly known as "culture" to a
good old-fashioned melodrama With all the necessary elements sex,
violence and a moral to the story.
But on the second viewing one notices all sorts of little flaws which,
rolled together, detract from its exposition of Shakespeare's play.
The actors for the most part appear much too conscious of the fact
that they are acting. Olivia Hussey as Juliet, for example, uses ex-'
tremely broad gestures to get her points across; unfortunately, her
facial expression never quite matches her words and gestures.
Throughout the picture the audience has the feeling she is performing
only for the director.
.dtryeollegian
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REVIEW
'Romeo and Juliet'
As Romeo, Leonard Whiting never seems sincere about anything he
does. Whitingis inclined to giggle during love scenes, recoil a touch too
sharply at bad news and perform classical ballet steps during his in
numerable street fights. His entire attitude makes him look far too
childish to realize there is a difference between boys and girls, much
less old enough to fall in love.
The rest of the cast ranges in quality from very good to ridiculous,
with most of the actors reach the latter rating at some point. All sen
timent falls promptly on cue, but it usually is so pronounced that it
almost seems like satire.
Zeffirelli's direction helps little. While he tries to be as faithful to
Shakespeare as possible, his efforts to make the film both dramatic and
meaningful are overdone. His attempts at comic relief, such as those
featuring Romeo's friend Mercutio and Juliet's bawdy, lower-class
nurse, are utter failures mainly because they are not adequately tied
in with more serious scenes.
But the film does retain some of the good points notable a few years
ago. The costumes and set designs are still appropriately rich and
romantic, as are the scenes depicting the glorious life of Renaissance
Italy. The popular musical theme, too, is a favorite of any top-40 fan of
the past few years, even though the score repeats itself without end.
Best of all, of course, is Shakespeare's poetry, made attractive to the
ear, by the stars' clear, if unexciting, recitations.
The plot of "Romeo and Juliet" , already was old when Shakespeare
discovered it. Yet if the moviegoer remains interested in the film
through all of Zeffirelli's mistakes, he may consider it more than a
medieval version of "Love Story:: The film is, after all, a fairly satisfac
tory rendition of what the Anglo Saxon world knows as the original
story.
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