:lock 45 scrapped by council By SCOTT FRITSCHE ' Daily Collegian Staff Writer The Calendar Conversion Council yesterday voted unanimously to drop the proposed "Block 45" class schedule because of dissatisfaction and too much confusion by the individual departments. - Council member James Dungan said' prior to the As a result of the semester calendar, 65 percent of vote, "Block 45 is just not understood and I would not the classes would be 3-credit courses and the vote for it. All of the alternate class schedules are a University would offer 50 percent more classes, great improvement over Block 45." Dungan Said. Dungan presented the council Willi three other The proposed schedules are going to have to be run through a computer to see if there are enough proposed class schedules, , Blocks 36, 42 and 47, all of facilities'to house the increase in sections, said which have 55 - minute periods and half-claSs meeting council member Wendell Harris, English department times. They are set up hi the same "block" format head. and provide some advantages for different colleges. As a result of the extra sections, all schedules have Block 36 favors the College of The Liberal Arts and Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3-credit sequences is set up In the traditional Monday, Wednesday and , - and permit faculty members,teaching two or three Friday sequence, with 55-minute classes, and sections to have two days per week with no scheduled Tuesday and Thursday classes for a period and a classes," according to a memo of summary half, Dungan said. , statements on the proposed class schedules. Oswald By MARY BETH HORWATH Daily Collegian Staff Writer University President John W. Oswald yesterday announced he has rejected the University Faculty Senate's recommendation to allow college committees to override college deans' decisions regarding faculty promotion and tenure. On 0ct..6, the senate agreed to recommend a change in the dean's veto section of PS-23, the University policy on promotion and tenure. Under the current system, a tenure or promotion case is reviewed by the college committee and then forwarded to the dean if the committee approves. The dean either vetos the approval, or forwards the case to the University promotion and Tenure Review - The - senate's recothiriendation would allow college committees to review the dean's veto. If the committee feels the case should be reviewed further, it could bYpass the dean and forward the case directly to the University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee. In a response to Nancy M. Tischler, Air defense weapons bought by JOrdan from Soviet Union By LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) King Hussein of Jcirdan has bought a "limited amount" of air defense weaponry from the Soviet Union, "clearly complicating" Jordan's military supply relationship with the United States, a senior U.S. official said yesterday. Comnienting after four days of high-level U.S.-Jordanian talks, the official said the Reagan administration doesn't expect the development to cool the overall warmth established in face-to-face meetings this week between Hussein and President Reagan. But the official said a Soviet- Jordanian military relationship "would clearly complicate our relations in the defense supply field and we would just as soon we didn't have that complication." He declined to answer questions Schedule not 'understood' by departments rejects recommendation chairwoman of the senate, Oswald said he respects the senate's recommendation, but decided against the proposal anyway. 'I deeply respect and value the advice of the Faculty Senate, particularly on matters related to promotion and tenure policies. Nevertheless, I have decided not to enact the senate's recommendation to discontinue the so-called dean's veto.' 4.ldeeply : respeet and value - the - advice of the Faculty Senate, particularly on matters related to promotion and tenure policies," he said. "Nevertheless, I have decided not to enact the senate's recommendation to discontinue the so called dean's veto. "Since the earliest discussions about on the nature of the Soviet weapons Hussein wants to add to Jordan's arsenals. But speculation has centered on SAM-6 surface-to-air mobile missiles. The official, who briefed reporters on Hussein's U.S. trip on the condition he not be identified, said the United States also made clear that despite Hussein's continued skepticism, it will press for success in autonomy negotiations now underway between Israel and Egypt over the future of the Israeli- occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. However, the official said that although there is no "artificial deadline," such as next spring, for successfully concluding the talks, , time is not unlimited. "Clearly, if we don't make progress at some point in the not too distant future the credibility of the progress may be seriously eroded," the official said. ()Ile • ian the daily Block 47 favors the College of Science by providing for 2- and 3-hour laboratory sessions that are spaced evenly during the day, Dungan said. This schedule also provides that most periods will be in the morning or early afternoon because student athletes cannot take late afternoon classes, he added. — , University President John W. Oswald PS-23, I have advocated that college deans be empowered to terminate at the college level candidacies for promotion and tenure," Oswald said "In September 1978; I affirmed that, view when the senate offered; legislation quite similar to the present recommendation." Oswald gave several specific reasons for rejecting the senate's recommendation: • College deans are responsible for the quality of their college's faculty. The council used historical data on day scheduling, credit worth and departmental requests for periods in the day, to provide information for composing the proposed class schedules. "Everything that we have presented, except Block 36, looks really different from what we are used to and the immediate response from everyone is rejection," said council member Robert Dunham, vice president for undergraduate studies. "We should see how these schedules are accepted . by both the faculty and the students," Dunham said. Some faculty members have objected to having classes meet on consecutive days and other faculty members objected to having to teach long class periods, Dungan said. All of the proposed schedules have taken into consideration one or both of the problems. If students think that having a Block 36, 42, 45 or 47 is confusing, the current schedule has 866 options to schedule classes in, Dungan said. "To ensure quality control . . . a dean must be able to deny tenure to individuals whom that dean considers unqualified for a permanent position." • The decision would tempt departmental and college committees to be less stringent cluring its initial consideration of a case. "On questionable or marginal cases, the college committees may vote favorably with the full knowledge that, should the dean decide otherwise, the committee can reconsider the case after the dean has rendered a judgment." Although he rejected the senate's recommendation, Oswald said he supports the recommendation of the senate's Joint Commission that a college dean must meet with his college committee to give reasons for a veto of a tenure recommendation. Tischler, who teaches English at the Captitol Campus, declined to comment on Oswald's decision during a telephone interview yesterday. Neither University Provost Edward D. Eddy nor the ten college deans could be reached for comment. Nuclear-tip torpedoes in grounded Soviet sub By HARALD MOLLERSTROM Associated Press Writer STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) Nuclear-tipped torpedoes probably are aboard the Soviet submarine that went aground while prowling in a restricted zone near a major Swedish naval base 10 days ago, outraged Swedish officials said yesterday. They said the Soviets could have their submarine back but that storm-tossed seas likely would delay departure of the vessel until today. Foreign Minister Ola Ullsten told the Kremlin that Sweden regarded the incident with the "utmost gravity" and would tolerate no repetition of it, especially since the Soviets ignored his demand for more information on the sub's armaments, refused an inspection of the torpedo hold and claimed the sub was armed only with "the necessary weapons and ammunition." Prime Minister Thorbjorn Falldin told a news conference the incident was "the most blatant violation in Sweden in the postwar era," and that the sub would be escorted to a Soviet flotilla outside Sweden's territorial waters "as soon as the weather permits." But heavy weather with 45 mph wind gusts prevented the departure and Swedish officers said it would be delayed at least until today. An armada of 11 Soviet ships including two destroyers, two frigates and two missile-armed corvettes, hovered in the area in a show of strength. Falldin, who opposes even peaceful use of nuclear energy, scoffed at Soviet references to the Baltic as a "sea of peace," and said Swedish experts recorded radiation from the outside of the sub's hull for three nights and concluded that the sub carried Uranium-238. The Soviet Union as well as the Nordic countries have urged_ that the Baltic Sea be free 'of nude - AY - arms: - Sweden's commander in chief, Gen. Lennart Ljung, told reporters there was as much as 22 pounds of U -238 aboard and that it could have been used as a protective shield around U-235, a main ingredient in nuclear arms. But he said the presence of U-235 could not be 20° Friday Nov. 6, 1981 Vol. 82, No. 76 24 pages University Park, Pa. 16802 Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University proved because the Soviets would not allow an onboard inspection of the hold. Nils Gylden, a nuclear arms expert on the Swedish defense staff, said it appeared the Soviet sub was carrying nuclear-tipped torpedoes, a secret superpower weapon about which little is known, but he could not understand why. "Incredible. I can't understand why they would be so stupid as to enter Swedish inner waters with nuclear charges aboard. The only reason I can see is their system does not funbtion yet," Gylden said. He said there probably were other types of uranium aboard the sub than the U-238 mentioned by Falldin. "There would have to be Uranium 235 or plutonium too, but it was probably hard to find out by the radiation measurement," he explained, adding there probably was no risk of accidental explosion aboard the storm-rocked sub. The defense staff expert said the nuclear arms aboard the Whisky class sub, built in the mid-50s but modified, most likely were to be used for fighting large surface vessels like carriers. The Soviets were previously known to have at least six nuclear missile-armed Golf class subs in the Baltic, along with 60 torpedo- equipped subs of the Whisky and other classes but there had been no evidence to date they also might be carrying nuclear arms. The submarine, skippered by Lt. Cmdr. Pyotr Gushin and carrying a crew of about 56, ran aground on rocks in a restricted zone near th Karlskrona naval base 300 miles south of Stockholm on Oct. 27 while the Swedish navy was conducting anti-submarine exercises. Gushin blamed navigational error. Swedish authorities rejected the eicplanation and speculated Gushin was on a spy mission. They refloated the vessel Monday, and on Wednesday disclosed that an officer outranking Gushin was aboard. They identified him only as Avtsukiewiech, and said he commanded either a sub squadron or a flotilla. • If you have three comprehen- sive final exams and a huge project all due on the last day of classes, don't despair Page 4 o No. 6 Penn State hopes to rebound on the road at N.C. State Partly cloudy, breezy and cool this morning with some patchy fog. High temperatures near 55 degrees. Becoming mostly cloudy, blustery and turning colder this afternoon with a few showers. Mostly cloudy, windy and cold tonight with a few snow showers possible. Partial clearing after midnight with low temperatures around 33. High tem peratures near 44. Low tempera tures tomorrow night around 26. Variable cloudiness for Sunday with high temperatures close to 50. —by Mark Stunder inside weather Page 13
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