Empath, 1977 February 10

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THE ST. MARY’S COLLEGE BI-WEEKLY
VOL. 4 ISSUE 7 ST. MARY'S CITY, MARYLAND FEB. 10, 1977
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B o a r d B a c k s P r e s i d e n t
W i l s o n 's C o n t r a c t N o t R e n e w e d
Dr. Wilson won't be around much
longer.
By Mikel Schwab
Following the recommendation
of College President J. Renwick
Jackson the Board of Trustees
voted unanimously not to renew
the contract of Natural Science
Division Chairman Dr.
Christopher Wilson. The decision
may be the final round in a long­standing
battle between the
President and Chairman. The
battle first surfaced in 1973 when
Dr. Wilson joined other Division
Chairmen in endorsement of a
faculty vote of no-confidence in
President Jackson’s capabilities.
Wilson is the last of those
Division Chairman to lose his
position.
“ This decision will cause
severe reprecussions on cam­pus,”
said faculty President
Michael Glaser addressing the
Board of Trustees. Student
Government President Will.
Foreman also spoke to the Board
of Trustees, “ As a student and
SGA President I’m seriously
offended by the way this was
handled I personally have not had
adequate time to survey the
students on this.”
Foreman went on to point out
that President Jackson an­nounced
his decision to oppose
Wilson’s contract renewal the
day before the end of last
semester which was three days
prior to Christmas. The Board of
Trustees announced their
decision on the matter on
February 7. “ Students had to be
on campus today,” Foreman told
the Trustees, “ I had to make
prior arrangements to come
here.”
“ It’s an injustice to the College
for a decision on this to take place
when the College is hardly in
operation,” Foreman said, “ It’s
almost as though the students
have been ignored.”
Board Chairman T. Hammond
Welsch defended the Board’s
decision. “We gave Dr. Wilson
the fairest hearing we could
possibly give him,” he said.
Welsch also pointed out that the
Board heard more than 10 hours
of testimony on Wilson’s behalf.
“ Every procedural protection
that was affordable has been
afforded to Dr. Wilson,” he said.
(See Page 3, Col.1)
Jackson - 'Turnover no greater
than other state colleges.'
SGA Misled
P re s s E q u i p m e n t T o o
Sm a ll F o r T a b l o i d N e w s p a p e r
by Pat Elder
The Student Government
Association was misled into
believing that the press equip­ment
in the basement of Kent
Hall wouid be able to print the
col lege’ s student newspaper,
Empath.
According to Al Barret, Head of
Printing in the Technical
Information Department on
Base, from where the equipment
was originally purchased, “ the
presses you have down there
would not print a regular size
Most student newspapers are,
like the Empath, tabloid size.
Last year, SGA officials
thought the printing presses
would be able to run the Empath,
thus saving thousands of dollars
annually on printing bills. Both
John Nicholson, Director of
Student Activities, and Will
Foreman, President of the SGA,
said they were surprised to hear
that the printing equipment
would not print the Empath.
College Fiscal Officer, Bob
Lococo is under the impression
This equipment, sitting in the basement of Kent Hall, won't print
a tabloid newspaper. Photo by Pat Elder
operating, they will be able to
print a majority of the college’s
needs, including the Empath and
the Schedule of Classes, which is
standard newspaper size.
During SGA budget hearings
last May, the SGA and Empath
agreed to withhold $1400 from the
Empath budget to partially
finance (with the help of the
administration) the purchase of
an IBM Selectric Composer,
which fits typewritten copy into
s ta n d a r d iz e d n ew sp a p e r
columns. With the IBM machine,
SGA officials reasoned, the
campus would have a fully-operational
printing workshop on
campus.
The administration, however,
declined to accept the SGA funds
and the composer was never
purchased.
Since then, the $1400 has been
returned to the SGA operational
budget. SGA President Foreman
stated the money is still in SGA
hands and suggested that the
Empath re-submit a request for
the funds.
The printing equipment has
(See Page 7, Col. 1)
Last year's student graduation
speaker, Mr. Clay Evans.
S e n i o r s A l l o w e d
C h o i c e o f S p e a k e r
by Pat Elder
President Jackson has con­ceded
to the demands of the
graduating Senior class by
allowing them a student speaker
of their own choosing.
During a meeting held last
semester with Acting Deam of
Students Harold “ Pete’ Gold­smith,
over fifty members of the
graduating class of 101 students
agreed to the Dean’s call for a
speaker whose level of rhetoric
would not “ descend to personal
attack.”
It was the consensus of the
great majority of Seniors at­tending
the meeting that the
speech not be centered around
(See Page 6, Col. 1)
By Carolyn Alkire
Five Navajo students from the
College of Ganado in Arizona
attended St. Mary’s College
during Winter Term. Their visit
was part of an exchange program
set up by three members of our
Board of Trustees. Five St.
Mary’s College students traveled
to Arizona to attend the College of
Ganado’s winter term.
Accompanied by instructor
Ned Adamson, the Indian
students, Ruth Williams, Fred
Begay, Melvin Harris, Susan
Hoskie and Judith McCabe, lived
in Dorchester Hall during the
term. They took a variety of mini­mester
courses for credit, in­cluding
cultural survey courses
at museums, galleries, theatres
and government agencies in
Washington.
On Thursday, January 27, the
last night of Winter Term, the
students presented an evening of
Navajo and Plains Indian songs,
music and dances. Wearing
native costume, they did circle
dances while Fred played a
horsehide and oak drum using
drumsticks made of deerskin and
cotton.
When asked about their stay
here, both Melvin and Fred
commented that their time here
was too short. “We didn’t really
get to know people. We want to
come for a regular semester and
compare,” said Fred. Melvin
added that Winter Term doesn’t
(See Page 6, Col. 2)
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Trustees Possibly Side-Stepped
Security may be armed.
Photo by Mikel Schwab
S e c u r i t y O f f i c e r s M a y B e A r m e d
by Mikel Schwab
College President J. Renwick
Jackson has begun inquiries into
the possibility of arming the
College Security Guards. Both in
and during a telephone
conversation the President asked
the Assistant Attorney General,
Glenn E. Bushel, to look into the
ramifications of issuing the
firearms.
The President also requested
information on the Board of
Trustee’s authority in this
situation as well as how they
could be overruled should the
Board try to block the move to
arm the guards
According to the Assistant
State’s Attorney General, the
legislature and possibly the State
Board of Higher Education could
overturn the Board of Trustee’s
dissention but, he says, “ They
probably wouldn’t be in­terested.”
The Assistant Attorney
General’s office is presently
taking a survey of the other State
Colleges to determine what their
policies are on firearms. Bushell
says he is interested in knowing
exactly how those colleges
allowing firearms regulated their
use. He believes most other
security departments do equip
their officers with firearms.
Gene Applegate, head of St.
(See Page 4, Col. 1)