ENROLLMENT
What's It Going To Be?·
I
The big question ol what
enrollme-nt will be lhis fall
looms ~er larger wiU!Jess than
a month left before classes
resume.
Since last winter. a d·
m i nistrators have been
prq>aring an academic-yeu
budet"t based on app-oximately
8,000 students fOf'" the 1973-74
academic year.
None ol lhe existing data
clur\y indicates if that will be
the final count . Some information hints at rvm smaller
enrollment while other in·
terpretation rigures a move in a
more positive dlrtction.
''It all boilsdovmtohow much
,.-eight you want to give to
v.· hic:h factor," says Dr. Elwin
W. Sigmund, assistant to the
vice chancellor for academic:
affairs.
Registrar Gilbert Faust. for
example, reports the head count
could be as low as 7,800. But,
unlike many previous years, the
information he works with for
mak i ng projection s "is
becoming so damntd Iffy" ,
according to Faust.
Paul Ke lch, di.t«tor of the
olfice of budget planning and
analysl.~. hn5 done some in·
vestigating , too . Hi s
"gutSSlimate" is m~ sUI>
jecth·e lhan Faust's because it
Is based In part on some at·
thudes held by persons im·olved
in the university's recruiting
program.
. Kelch contends that it's
po55ible for the fall figure to be
about 8,2:50. But the tone ol his
report is one lhat leans a little
more heavily to the validity of
a n 8,000 figure.
Some positive attitudes about
the whole matter are re:Oected
in the fact that shortfalls In
applications for admission ha\'e
been narrowing recenUy when
comp3red to the same time one
UW-STEVENS POINT,
FRIOAY. JULY 27, 1973
)'ear ago.
At the end of April for
example, there were 2,022 or 574
fe"Wtt freshmen applications.
By the end of June the total was
2,207 with a narrowing ol the
gap to minus 441.
Transfers into the Institution
have been running about the
same rate as last year.
However, the number of reo
entering students (who either
were suspended, quit, or at·
tended other schools for a
period) has been down.
Based on information secured
by Kelch however, the re-entry
statistics may be offstt. Kelch
noted lhat Or. Leonard Gibb,
associate dean of s tudents
believes the probationers admitted to summer school and
those who will be granted
probationary status and be
allowed lo ~nter will ofl'set
the difference which now stands
ataboutt21~s.
A big problem last year
when the admission rates
seemed good was that the
num~ ol students ,..ho actually shO'A'ed up for dasses in
the fall was ~·n slgnificanU)'
from the number that was
actU3IIy accepted. Dr. William
Clements. direc t o r of institutiOnal r esea rch, did a
follow-up study among the "no
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Shows" and found that lack of
money was a key reason.
Consequently, this year
considerable dfort has been
expended in the area of
recruibnent with emphasis on
a ttempts to reduce the " no
show" rate.
Those involved in the followup work among the new a~
pUcants are quite certain their
projeciS will show e f ·
fectiveneu.
There ls also the belief among
many that higher education is
being taken more seriously by
the persoM who are applying.
rven though their numbers are
smaller. As a result. It is
belirved this same group knows
what it wants to do and will
probably not be: represented by
a large number of "no shows" .
Husse.ll Lundquist. a counse.lor in the admissions olfice.
passes along information to his
colleagues on campus that Is
taken as particularly good
news. 1llc enrollment shortfalls
are oc:c:uring Ofl many cam~. he explains, and the fact
they are being experienced at
Stevens Point does not mean the
institutioo's ,JIOpularity among·
pros p ec tive st ud ents Is
de-clining. " There's still strong
interest in itcvens Point . so
don't "!nr
~bout thlllt."
Lundquist a vises.
Fritz Na~ed Executive Secretary To Dreyfus
Gt'rald F Fntt. tnstructor of
communications !IU\Ce t970 has
been a ppomted executl\'e
5«retar)' to Chancellor l..A>e S
Dreyfus.
lie assumed his new duties
July I
tie wtU be In charge of
operallons of the chancellor's
"Office and serve as a starr
assistant to Dreyfus in addition
to retaining teaching respon·
s1bilities.
HIS work for the chancellor
formerly was handled by
Wilham B. Vic:ke.-ataff who was
named this spring to bud tM
new division of university
re~~ ay~rde:~~~i;'is a
sp«talist In radjo-televisionfilm w1thin the communieation
department and aerved as a
producer and writer for the
ABC te levision network In
Chicago before coming here.
His ties With the chancellor
extend from the mid-t960'a
when Fritz was a graduate
student under Dreyfus at UW
Madi&on.
Friu has a muter's degree
from UW Madi&on, and ha.s alao
attended Mkhipn State and
Western :\hchigan Un1vcrsity
!le has be-en a program
d1rect01' of a radto sta tion m
Sturgis, Mich . and a writer and
announcu for a tele\'ision
station m Kalamazoo, Mich.
Although his work Involved
brushing s houlders
with
ventlon in Chicago. It was one of
the most contro\·ersial evenlS
e\·er reported by the electrdnic
media, f' rilz once said
Fritz has maintained his
.nvolvrment in broadcasting by
serving as faculty advisor to the
studmt staff operating WV.' SP ·
f"M, the rudlo station on this
campus.
In ackl.it10n, f'r1tz has be-en the
uni\'ersity's N>p~tath·e on
the Coopernt.ivc Educational
Service Agency (CESA J 7 In
the community. he has assisted
m the ongomg United f'und
program
Sternglass Denounces
Nuclear Plants
Govcrnon
1nd
11a1e
leglslalurn have the power 1o
' top C"Ooltr ucllon of cootToverst.t niiC'Iear power pb.nt.s
1a.kt a pbysk.ltil.
Dr Ernest J . Stemg..lass is
di r ector of the radiology
physics laboratory at the
University of Pittsburg. He
addressed about 200 persons at
UWSP on the re:seareh findings
he has collected during lhe past
10 yean.
Interest In the pros and cons
of nuclear plants has been
growing In Cmtral Wixonsin
since an a~mt ~eVeral
months ago that Rudolph, a
Wood County community about
15 miles weal of Stevens Point,
is being considered as a aile for
such a facility.
In a news conference, Dr
Sternglau ~futed statements
made in Rudolph this spring by
an Atomic Energy Commluloo
representative indicating that
litUe can be done 1o revtT"Se
nuclear plant construction 1f
sponsoring com~nies get AEC
Mr . Gerakl F . Fritz
numerous \'IPs from all walk.~
of life. Including Pres ident
Lyndon Johnson, he recalls that
11 highlight of his to year career
in commercial broadcasting
wns to be among the newsmen
who
CO\·ered
the
1968
Democrat ic Na tional Con-
permission.
" If the public ls detumined
enough to force lawmakers to
protect their people, these
plants can be stopped," M
advised
He told reporters that besides
governors and legislators enpowered with lhe·r lghts to halt
plant construction, local
municipalities
can
pau
restrictive ot"dinances.
Dr. St~nglau commended
Pennsylvania Governor Shapp
who issut'd orders for special
hearings on charges that a plant
tn AJiquippa, Pa., is a s-eriota
health threat to people in the
area because of radio-active
fallout. But he admonished the
fede:ral government and several
of its agencies for ''undn'
reporting the true mtiulon
levels from a number of nuclear
plants by factors of 1,000 to
100,000 Urnes."
Dr . Sternglaas said lack of
reporting to the American
public on the rate ol fallout 11
creating another "Watergate"
In addition to charging the
federal government with
deceiving its citluzu, he asked
for a moratorium of plant
construction until safety
questions have been answered.
Unless that happens. "there's a
great chance the public will be
deceived again •·
Dr Ste-ng.lau'own research
l tall.Jtic:s indicate that tneldents
of c ancer. leukemia, tnfant
Dr. Eraest J . Sternglass (right)
mortality a nd premature births
have ri&en in areas o{ nuclear
plants by levels of 50 to tOO per
cent o{ lMt recorded In more
distant a rea&.
\tany members
audience are tnvolved
group Identified u
1 Lea1ue Agamst
Danger I whkh \1
in his
in a local
LAND
Nuclear
fight ing
cons truction of a plant in
Rudolph. Th~e abo was a
delegat..ion from Durand, •bout
150 miles west of here In PCIMn
County where Northern States
Power Comp•ny haa an·
nounced pl•n• for another
nuclur plant but has met opposition from a loc:al group
Identifying it.J.elf a "Citluns for
the Future"
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'JbePMA&erilater:aDd.eJ..aA
publlcatkloa.publlabrd ' WeetJy
durin& tbe..:bool7t&r 111
SlevftiiPoint.WIK'OUin""l!.
Tbe Pliater II a l&lvwdcy
publh:atio.a,pllbllabeduader
autbarityp-IJiteodtotheBoard
ofRet;eatao/.SUoteUIIlvenltle.
by Srctioll ~. II . W'-la
St..wt.ea. Pubtical.iaam~Uare
~bylbeSI.ateol.~
underconlr'acUawardedbytbe
~~~"~s:=.
uprovklediDStatePrVIllq
Opentlonal Bulletin t-14 n(
Sepcem'-t. 1970.
to our
children~s
children
own member& . Th e
fri&htenlllll: lhiq Is that it
"owns" enou1h legislators.
It'$
byKM Kerk1 1Kk
nance hu exploded an A·
bomb In the Pacific. Cat
shorta&es.foodlhoruaesand
•nnation beaclllne ..-,p~~Pft'S
lnthii ~OWitf)r Anuclurplant
will probably~ buill at
Rldolph.
All this wl\ile the eoftireu
and admlnlatntlon of this
CO\lllll")' worry ea<:h olhtT sick
over the polities that our
government wat ori&lnally
dftiiJMd 1o be above. Our
governarwoniaaboutwhether
he~dn111a&alnlnli'74,and
evmour•riUworrielabout
D.A."s,]"udgsandpollttmento
beabletomaintainlt's pcroo·er
over other unlonland it's own
members.
Corporationl~a~lnt:
n~Kiea.r
powft"are•bletolebbywlt.h
lrdsl.aton to the point of con·
vincinclorbuylncJWminto
bdii!"Yin&Wtiatioth.ltaimply
doootlhow all the lae!$. They
limply do not show the toW
effect of r adiation on O'-'t
population.
Fnnce hill the power to hun
htJ county polltk::l. Our dlln ·
cellor has d.lydrunu about
ourinl\atf'dclollar. 111etbrutof
howmuehofallldents' Uvnhe
eM r~ulate, Do any of tbe:m
think of tr)'in& to lft"\\e u-e
keepinc our government from
'-'lill8t.halpowertanodoubt
publ.iclydenouzK:in& F'razlce'•
atomic test ID the Pacific. On
thedayollhetat,noonelnthe
!Myhavebemhlredloi«Vt!
What a r e ~hind these
admlniJtntioa In
pr'Oblrm•! M.l.nytrunp.
off~el.ally
Onttbiflltha!Jt:rikesmeu
b<oingverynlden t lithe power
that lobbylstt have with our
l~aton. Corporationacan
al!ordto~t.hrirprivate
Jnterfttl by hiring peopk to
lobbyfOC"tbem. Theyareableto
make offers and afl\lt with
~latontotbepoilltlhatUw
common penon t.
ignored.
Many believe that !he no-fault
a1,1to insurance b4ll wu not
puled t.ht. ye.r bel:.ioiiiC of Ule
power ilmu"&Me eompanls and
lawyers have
o~
wluot
11'1!
....~~OJ:~'::i
getsrnOitofthe~
eontrsetsl:nt.hlscountry._
murderandntortionto~
lt"leontrolsnd birlderother
1,1nion1 that may be more
beneficial to workerf; . Why!
WashiP~:t«<
adm.lllf'd
that
the
c~hadluoppened!
"nle J.araea oil companies,
kept from gettlnl a complete
moaopoly. woril I.Oiether to
raise prioes and financially
destroy Pnaller finnl.
~paid to farmers lor
prod~>eehaveadvaracedUttleln
the lui tea yun. P.ckqers
an dgrocerlhaveincreued
lheirahareoflheprofit while
quietly lelllng homemaken
blame farmen . A hl1her
~geolfarmlandlalytna:
idletodsyth.lnatanytlmeinthe
lut!Oyeanu tarmersa.re
ullhtl out becaute of the
Inability to rnalteenckmeet.
The cott of feed and maeh!Mry
ill aii)'TV(.ketin& whlk the rewm
forawbolefamilyworillogfuD
tlme II often !eM than lhe
n.Uon.llanrageforonemanon
BeC's~~~elhatlincJeunlonwant.l
at-S)ob.
to mallltaln 11'1 power and 1!"1
controloverotherlllllonl:and
besetourcountry. ButW4!hlve
Alltbeleilllandmany~
by Terry Witt
Within the past yea r, a number of
tenured faculty at Stevens Point and
in the UW system were notified of
their impending dismissal. Needless
to say, most of, if not all the affected
faculty were unhappy '4;th their
academic fate. The majority fell
victim to the dropping enrollment,
yet they intend to -cha llenge lheir
lay-offs in the courts.
What are they hoping to prove?
That tenured faculty are aloof from
even the financ ial realities involved
with a declining student enrollment?
That te nure shields a select elite
within the university system, and
only they are immune to dismissal
or firing?
The answer would seem germane
to the current tenure system and the
job security it offers .
As it stands, tenure requires that
s pecific charges of either incompetency or bad behavior be
bi-ought against a tenured faculty
member before he can be dismissed.
Ouuges of this nature are seldom
brought against anyone. The terms
are vague and clumsy if not entirely
inadequate. As a result, once tenure
is awarded the chances of ever being
fired , dismissed, non·renewed or
e ven layed-off are extremely
remote.
When tenu re is awa rded, the
faculty member is expected to have
accumulated some expertise is in his
respective discipline . However ,
tenure does not stipuli.te he should
or can maintain that level of com·
petency . Tenure ass umes competency ; once awarded it can
neither demand nor enforce compliance with this unwritten
academic code.
Having been awarded tenure, the
professor undergo at least one
intensive evaluation by the faculty
and students every three years. This
would be with the stipulation that
ii he is found Jacking the necessary
qualities to instruct at the college
level, tenure would be l.aken away
permanently.
I think this is a viable alternative
to the current tenure status. Certainly it makes more sense to the
university as a whole. It offers job
security without a lifetime membership in the university . .
Too often this Claw in the tenure
system allows a poor professor to
teach beyond his capabilities and
value to the university . Tenure of
~:.::: .:~::::::::p\roblem
,.,
peoplearebel ln ninet o
~tionlhethin~Jthatgoonin
the world, and. at ~aat in thl•
rountry . we1tll l hav~ that riJht,
lflfltedlnlhecon~tltution. lll
questlonandhaveourque&tiona
answeted. Lel'aWiet.hatrlCht
Olherwbe, what will we hllve to
aMw OUR cltildrm · and our
chllclrem"ehildrm~
would abolishing tenure purge the
university system of all it's ills.
But, t he fact remains that
tenure provides such excessive job
security in it's present form, that
alleviating any faculty member
is rather cumberisome t o
say the least.
Tenure's advocates have often
argued the academic freedom
principle . The principle stat es
essentially that with the job security
that tenure otrers, faculty are less
preoccupied with confonnlng with
public opinion. They do not have to
worry abouL losing their job lor
being outspoken or for exposing a
new idea . Theoretically this allows
the fac ulty member the academic
freedom to function much more
effectively in the classroom.
This principle may have some
credence to certain people, but it
raises a n umber of related
questions. If tenu re does allow this
academic freedom , what about the
defenseless non-tenured faculty?
Are they bound to silence untW they
are awarded the mystical tenure?
During those years or internship
before being eligible lor tenure, do
they live in fea r or losing their jobs
should they happen on a new con·
cept'? Are non·lenured faculty then
Jess effective as instructors?
The answer Is that providing a
climate &f academic freedom · was
never the primary fun ction of
tenure. Tenure's fur -tio n is to
provide security agatnst ever
being fi red. It has served it's f unction well. To my knowledge, no
tenured professor has ever been
fired from UWSP.
If a tenured professor is !Ired or
dismissed, his immediate reoolll"Se
is to appeal to the AAUP, a national
faculty aSS<K:Iation. The AAUP is
known for it's ability to persuade
disagreeable administrators into
reinsl.ating tenured fa culty members who have been dismissed. They
use a technique known as censuring,
be~ter ~wn as blacklisting. The
umverstty Is placed on a list of the
AAUP's blacklisted, most ''uppity"
~lieges and as a result, potentia]
tnstru.ctors are discouraged from
teachmg at that institution.
This is probably the most virulent
form of tenure's protection, and a
_good reason for revision of the
current tenure law.
Pr~en~ly, students have literally
no vo1ce m the process of awarding
tenure. I think this shouJd be
ame~ded somewhat . S imply by
a llowmg upper diUS students the
opportun ity to "grade" their
professors would help. The studentl
are possibl_y the only people who can
assess an Instructor's abiliUes on a
day to day basis. What could be
~ore f~ctional than an evaluation
tnvolvtng the product of a
professor's work; the student.
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TH E I'CUHTll
Friday, July 27, 1973
Carol Marion Speaks In Support Of Tenure
Tenure is an laue wbleb for
years has rftn&ined a nlhn"
most unlve rslly
naUocnt·kle1
systems
mute, ot.cure sub }eel. Yet, It's
lmplkaUons for the future ol
the univenily system are \~fY
re.~l botn to the student and to
the university.
,
With this In mind, the l•olaler
•• planninc a lone range seriu
ol mtft'views aDd artkles on
tmurt Tbls Hries is dtsiJD«<
pnmartly to gave students ol
UWSP a &en«al undtrstanding
of
tenu~
In thls Wue, ~Marion o1
the illstory department
di.Kusan ,..hat tenure ruUy is
:md how It flu into the gmenl
~ora uninrsily system.
Miu Marion ia the State
Seocr't'tuy ol the TAUWF, I'Tbe
Auod.ttkln of
Unlvtnity of
the hl a tory departmen t
assoc i ation
very
prominent
1n
ddense
o1 the tenure system
Ca rol Ma r ion
t•ou.tn :
"a..'~ )_,
df'noltkla
Carol MarkMI: Yet, I think
every unlventty ln the country
hu a cen~ 1ystem. And every
pubUr colleae hu a tenure
syscem . ProbabJy 95 pe:rcent of
aU private eollqes u weU u
aocrusing numbtn ol junior
colleges have a tenuno syst.rm .
Pointer : '111e funrUoa ol Inure
b to ev.hute Ute bHIIvklllalaM
offer J•!. u c •rlty. Is tbat
C'CN'T'KI1
Carol l\obrioa : Yes. that ll
preci.sdy what It dou. It offers
you JoK'W'lty aaainst diamiual
without eause. Let me add that
the tenure 1ystem does not
eval u ate. What the tenure
system does Is provide a
probationary period durin&
· -h.ich the probltionary faculty
membtt b evaluated by his
peers.. Normally lhat would be
the people in bls departmenL
But once he hu been evaluated
and judced acttptable as a
permanent member of the
department , he b awarded
tenure. And that means from
that point on . he doesn't have to
sign a contract every year. He
does not have to be notified that
he has a job every year. He ia
automatlull.x rontlnued, unless
charge. ~~~ brought apinst
him .
Genenlly rha raea of lnef·
fidency or bid behav~r , bolh
very broad trnns, are probably
going to provide incrusina
nwnbers of C'OW't cues 1n at·
tempu to define them .
.)Vhen ('barges are brought
0\'at would warrant dilmbl.a l,
there tS a rather eJ.borate
proces~ by ,.h.lch 1M cbarJes
must be proven.
ofteaun ":'
Carel Mar._ : To me tenure is
s&mply a systrm Wt uy's that
aftrr a crrtain probationary
period , nobody un be fired
Without
spuirle eha raes
ttroug.ht llllnJI him
,.hat 11
~le
mean~
This IS
an a factual
prol»tionary
penod or about si_. years. and
dur~na that probationary period
lbeore
II I
lhe~ISnaluatedutothe
quality of hil work.. At tM md ol
thiS probattonar)' !)Mod they
must ~ther be granted tenure
or d1m1ued They ran be
granted tenure or non-renn-ed
at any t1me pnor to that
l'olntrr :
What
.re tbe
rrl~rte.l ••rd In U.e preens ~
a•urdlna tf'ruue!
Ca rol MarkNt : I can only lpt:ak
for my deputment . because
lho6t a re the onJy evaluations I
have ever taken p~~rt 1n. Our
department began 1everal
>tan aao using pogeu1on of a
p it D u o basic criteria . And
when Chance!Jor ~fUI came
to this campus, he broldeoed
that cntnia to uKtude atmo.a
evrry dtplrtment on campus
Th,lt was not always the cue : I
for IJ\Stance ac:hined tenure
bdon my PHD
Askie from tht' P H D. as a
bulr objective rrl terla , I
suppoM people are awarded
tmure for lhdr teachlnc ability.
a nd rontr ibutions Co the
department Also on t.heir
wrlhncnru co do the nluy-cntty
ktnd of commlltee work ln the
department , and n •denct! ol
lhftr mtn-NI 1n the dtpatt·
ment , th~ 10ft of lhlfll.
Polntn : Do )'M tlllnk tnan Is
aJ.aw4 liiKaiiH b otren
~v.r.r
Job
Mnrtty~
Carol Marion : I rullu th~ ~a
frequent
accusation
or
h)'PI)thdil and I suppo1e It
happens, yes In a se:nse. any
time a penon becomes 1«'\lf'e
In thdr job, no matter ,..hal
lhdr job may be, there is a
teodency to relas I don't think
that iMVIt.ably h.appena.
Tndltlonally , one of the
JUStifications for tenw-e was
that after re<lning tenure, that
person was relined o( the ift.
sealnty ol job huntln&. They
• ere reheved of the pressure ot
conforming to norms by which
their peers Judie them . And
therefore relieved of thoR two
pressurea. they ,..ere able to do
sc:hola.rly, academic worlr.. That
was lhe hypolhesil used to justi fy
the tenure system
J•otntcr : Can a
prornsor '"' nrtd !
leaar~d
Carol Man. : Yes
Polater :
pr~nsor
lla t a teaa.red
c•er ~. llrtd from
U\\'SP ':'
Car ol Mar• : No, not as Jonc &I
I've bem here, and beyond lhat
I could not ... y wilh ttrtainty.
~"••t.e r : Denn't h .nm radler
•nllkel1 tJ.at a te nare4
profn.- . . .w evtr be flrtd
-cc llf' hat been awa.rdtd
lcn1U'e ':'
Canl Mar'- : Yes, one ol the
problema for example lies ln the
old WSU I)'Slem . Under that
system IMre b a st.ate la.w
which
pro•ldes
the
probltion.ary period and the
point at whkh tenure must be
Vt'r~~~ ;~~e r.~n p~o~itd::
!t.~rr~,n~~:: i~crn~r~r
bad behavior .
The problem b tha t U you
bring charae~ aaalnst someone
for ineflkieney that la a very
broad tn-m. And ~ m.l.fly ad·
ministraton and departments,
rather than try to prove ineffldency In a quui·Judlclal
Jetting lllr.e the admi.nlsttatiV't
code, neaotiate a settlement
with lhe penon. They 'A'OU.ld
probably talk with the person
and he ,.-oWd rftlan so hla
record would remain un ·
Lamish<d.
If lhe situation is not too
aer;oos they w!U tolera te it, or
they will attempt to rcsolve it by
I!Omprom ~se , talkina or some
otht'r way
Bad behavior yean ago, I
aupp»e might have been easier
to prove. Generally bad
bebavkw" meant ~me immora.l
activtty Today I don't think you
could fire anyone for im morality of a lmost anylr.lnd.
Theft or a major crime. ~r·
talnJy, but beyond that, bad
beha'rior la difficult to pn~ve .
l'olntu: do you think Ill is mipt
laada t~HC Y Ia lbe tnu.re
be an
•YSlf m ~
Carol Marloa : Well I really
don'tlr.now wha t else you ,..ould
s.ay, I g~otCU. Once you start
trying to ddine thlnp for which
) OU can fire a tenured pttSOn, It
becomes extremely dlf!icult. It
aecmw to me you h.lve to rely on
Inefficiency and bad behavior
as reasons II there ls a serioul
reason he could be fu-ed If
everyone was wlutna to un·
dertake the tim e consuming
proceu. the ec»tly proct:SS, the
process ol expcwun, 'iP4J could
do 1t. But In mOlt cues it would
be euler to negotiate wilh the
pt:rtOn or jtJSt simply lolerate
lhfl situation.
Polater : OQe.r Ulan jM 1«111'fty
tn•u olfer dlf'
unlnnllysystem ~tile lhade:nt
lor uample Ia lbt t~ullty ol
•llat don
NKaU.. ~
Care l Marl•• : The moat
trad.JUonal ddense of tenure ll
or course that it enables that
pt:rsoft to speak frMiy about
what he thinks is t1w: trulh.
without ftar ol p.&blk pres&UJ"e
Someone aolng to the chance:Uor
:~;u~:t~;h~llcr.~:n hi~
to the fact that at universities
you are apt to get a new, radical
or shoclr.lng Idea or hypothesis.
And If we took tenun away,
people might get used to the
Idea that they could pressure
these people or the university.
Then aoc:ldy u a whole might
klH tt'a willingness to lolerate
the new. the unusual and the
dtfferent A&ain. lh~ IS just a
hypothesis about wha t might
happen U tenure did not exist.
l'obtu: Will lbc pranl
tcnare ta• be Lnu-d Ia IJMo
courts or I• It bclniJ C'oatutcd
rlsbteow':'
carol Ma.rioa: The University
of Wisconsin system fired IllS
tenured faculty members this
spring. As of the ·ran or tr74
thole ae people wUI h.ave no
jobt, althougb they wall have
,Jot. yet neJtt year. 14 of lhoae
people are. from • ·bat we reler
to u the old chapter ~
university . UM> old WSU ayatem.
'h·o of them are in the centnl
Jystem None ,.-ere from the old
UW
sys tem ,
Madison,
Mllwaulr.ee, Gree n Bay and
Parlr.slde
It hu been the intention ol
the Aslodation of University ol
Wisconsin
Faculty ' s
cT .A . U . W . Jo~ . , for about a year
befo r~ those lay-efta were
decided. lo test the legality ol
firing tenured people.
The Board of Regents at It's
May m~ting admitted rather
tacitly It seem• to me, that it
was probable illq.al to fire
tenured faculty members.
Therefore the Board of
Hegcnts authoriud lhe chan·
rellon at the various univer·
sities In the system lo lay-off
ralher than rrre tenured faculty
• Yt'hether there is a aubat.antlal
legal dUftr"t!nee between ter·
mi.natJnc tmured faculty and
la)'in& them orr may have to be
anted in lhe courts u •ell.
1'be Board of R.rgents IS
clearly hoping tha t lM!'e is
mough aW.t.antiaJ difference to
avoid the~ lmpUcationa ol
te:munatlon.
For the faculty member the
rt'SU!t of being layed-off or
being terminated is virtuaUy
the same. 1'be difference the
Board
of
Regents
hu
elaborated is that termination
im plies fo rcaun. The very
tradition of tenure ls that you
ra.o 't be fired unJeu chat'&es are
brou&ht against you So U a
tenured member is fi red lhe
auumptton isthatchar&eshave
been brought aaainst him . II
you lay h.lm off you avoid lhat
prejudicial judaement lo his
r«<rd.
Secondly, they have araucd
that a layed·off Individual
rema ins eligible for re-hiring. II
at any time In the fu ture there Ia
a job ope:nlng In his department
he may be re-hired with tenure.
and nokt that prohalioaary
period.
They alto argue It may be
possible to contlnue some fringe
bendlts to the layed-olf pe:non.
But that ariWJlent 11 becomlna
lncreuln«ly fainL
'IboM are the three major
advantage~ to lhe l.ayed-ofr
faculty member that the central
administration and the Board ol
Reaenu: have araued.
However, if a penon loHs hll
}ob, he '-unemployed in either
rase. And m01t of lhe II a f·
feocted that I h.ave t.allr.ed to .
about hall ol the • felt that the
procal of bcio& la.yed-olf fD.
volved aome sort of prejudldal
treatment.
l'ofntf'r : Is In ure a ba.t b for
hlsber sa laries or more
prlvlled l(es!
carol a.tarf-: No. but If you
were 10 average lhe ...!aries of
the tenutt!d and non-tenured
farully , the tenured would
be hi&Mr. Not bee::• use they are
tenured, but because they've
been around k:lnger. But tenure
IS not lmt!.rally a bull for a
s.alary dHferenllal.
Priveled&e. of COW'M, would
~on certain thlnp. In our
old V.'SU system, up until a
couple or years ago, a .,penon
nchleved tenur e a ft er his fourth
yea r . Which meant that many
people In our system became
tenured wnue they ..-ere still
assistant profeuors. In fart
many became tenut'ftl while
they IIIII had the rank of in·
.Jlru(tof'
Rank uwally 10ft
w1lh sala.ry, as your rank 10ft
up your aalary aoea up. So our
system had some very low p~~ld
tenured profeuon wllh the
tnatructor or aulltAnt rank.
Wilh Madison's system of
tenure, the rank of auocla te
profcuor always went wllh
tenure You were not promoted
to as.sodate profcuor without
tenure and you didn't Jd tenure
without promotion to the rank ol
auoc:iale profeuor. So ~ ·
aequently in the Madison
system po,.·er and priveledae
•ent more r.lc»eJy in hand wllh
tenure Thai wu because
continued on page 7
out of that dau : that sort of
thi ng.
Thue have been Instances ol
course
whe r e
university
prolesaon hne propounded •
doctrine not toUIIy popula r
They have found themselves
~~::ur~. r:~ede:!u~'~
prot«t 1pinat that ~are
people today who ... y ..-e don't
need tenure for that reason
anymore Th•t IOt'ldy IS so
open and the right to investiga te
anythlna
••
10
fi r mly
est.abUshed in the publk u a
whole, that apeclal protectiOfl is
not needed In the university
'J'Mrdore they a raue tenure
does not hne the justification n
may CWK"e han had 1n our
IOCtdy Tbere may be somf'
truth in that, but lam not finnly
convinced
Pf'f'ha~ one or the reuon~
the publk ~erates new. radical
or lhocklna tdeu IS because or
the pr otection tenure hu
provided 1n the put Th,lt is,
the)' have bf!come accuslomed
Carol Marlon
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1973
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Fridoy, July 27, 1973
THE POIHTil
YMCA Sponsors Gymnastics
lly Tft'T)' W\U
lfyou"W!Mwtrpopptd;~~ h&nd
Jprinaorspunacart ...·h<M'I.lhm
dU.ncft art you "wr probably
ntvrrhdllny«N~Illct"'·'l.hthe
sportofl)lmnontica.
In
lh&\ eatt thr I!K:III
Y :0.\.C .A."• s ummu um ·
nashts prognm a t the UWSP
fitlcll!ouR- might hl•·r •·rry
httlrmranona. Vtttheprccram
doelulst , &nduodetinsuuc:lor
Jom Kloeilhas fared•·tr)' llitll
amq the f•irtl' sta ol the
Stevens Point•ru.
" TI'Irprognmbopmtoboth
boys and &irb,'" uid KJot,s
f..et il that "'"hllr gymnuticsisnotsptelfiullyagirb
or llboyssporl .aroundlhisarra
young glr la~ot~:m to show a
grra ttr lnttrrst." Kloes ootrd
th.atthls"'·ouldprobablyrhange
··nr
e~ntu.allybutrilhtn.owmlllltol
hbstudtnllllnl Cirb .
Buir;;olly the l)r'Oiram pbores
thellrb l and a few boys! into
~: .~r. -~C::~.:
:::
groupinrt udrsklndtriUten
lhtwgh the HCOOd &J'Ide; II
the ntllt lt~l are m. lhlrd
throuJh sixth aradrnlnd
flnaliylhr~nlngaeronauts
and thradvall('tdlrrona uts.
The aeron1uta are the ((Om·
peUtlw.rlauts whkh mla age
lfOUPIIttOnlinltOllbllity,"
said Kloeii. Girb nnge In·~
from fifth grade all the way
tnrou,.h hi&h 1('-J.
"The tiny IGU are rt;;olly 1
playfullroup,an4aowetryto
tl'lt'Orporatt aamrs into the
gymnutics. We li'Y to mille
them aware of wh.at !NIIr body
It doinc In lpAte tlllneathetk
IIRMI&IId«N~trololtiM;rbody
asweU. We"'-vethelll~
Gymnas tlu : What do you mean your s hoe's untied?
-Photo by Tom llalfmann
on the trampoll nean4do the
sr;;ot drop. m. ltnee clrop and
veryslmple ltunta. Theforwa rd
role,thelll!ltrlclostandlndhead
JtandhaVtiV('I')'IOWdtJI"ttol
dHflrulty. Sometlmts"''ehave
them just nlll lhrouah the
strllddle jump or the 1llln the
ut utrsilt; somethlnl ol that
nature." '
" lnlhethlrdthroughll•lh
Kndearoup..-etrytoattlway
from lht 1 warenen in space
ldu andCOI'I«t\UIIe IJI(Irl on
balK: IYIIInutia.. We wort
moHon f-ard-Mellwanl roll
e a tenslons, ClriWheell.
roundotlsandrightnowwellrr
at temptln1 wal ko~t'l. whk:ll
hlwe Ou.ibility."'lilldKioel.
The aeronauta of coun-t 1e1
Into lhe more romplleatld
stunts,II'W!tltialsonthe
'Thlttronautaolcoun.tlel
into the more eomplluted
stunts,frontart..lson thebalance
bri m lnd stun\.1 of rtlallwely
high difficulty. "Thtst par ·
tlrula r 1\unts requln: more
Strftllthintl'le arma and body
th1t 1hould
h1ve been
developed in
the ea rli er
lliiJts," uid Kloa. " And If
the)'lreto~lopU.toatlrw
Gymnas tics: llut one, hut two ...
·Photo by Tom lla lfman n
a•ub-pll r gymll&lllhe)' ll'aould
hneJCqllired thtltrftLJI.hby
thlslgewhUe s tlllln their
ptlme." '
"' When you ll lk lbolll
gymn.utiel,
JOU're l&lllin&
about ..inJyourmWebod)'.
AneJqllOIJionolyourbodyat
cm.tin poin\.1 and «N~IIOI ol
yow-body.""
" In men 's iJYmnulla you
would h1~ to work more on
streoath th in would 1ir ls .
Al\Jioull\wllhthllprO&J'ilm the
tl'le end ot each period to
ltrtn&thtn buk muules.
5tomarh , arm
and
lei
mUICits,''uidiOots.
" With the gi rls you a r e
dealing with lemininit)' , In all
the appa ratus and also tx·
pra~lon. Rhythm Is Yery lm·
portantln the floor ntncise.
ilion& •·iiJI Uprt$1\on to the
m ..ic:."'
In artual comprtition the 1ir b
"'ould be upec1ed to perform
IWO IUperior stunll tdilfic:ult
JIUII\11 and lourmtdiwns Tl>l"
decreeoldiffiC\llty is deler·
mlrwd before the meet by the
cowerning body . r.oully the
jud&el. 'Tbe ll'l.llin l ppiiUtlll
would be the balance be1m ,
unev'"'ban,vaultinl fllraddle
ju111p ower the horHI and the
Ooor eaerdse.
KloesSJyshehopeltollelus
aomet"Ompelitionthilflll""llh
other Y.M.C.A."s and high
sehooll around lhe 1\.lole. The
Grt!f11 Sly . and La erY.M.C A.'l "'-1·e Ulln uample
setupteamsthati.'OIIIpete .. e
rf'gularba'b"'·ith highac:hools
and collelll- ~l ull are
lc heduledbytheWJAAandlhe
National MlociD tlon of Sta te
lllgh Schooll,a ndto&ether they
sprnlythe nlltsas,.,·ell.
Klors 1101ed tMt an adult
JYmnuticsclass,.·uolfrredat
onetlmt,butitwuabandoned
be-causeofalac:kofintfrnt. lle
admilled thos "'' .U 1 diu ~
po1ntrnrnt btt'•u:st! parentlare
an ntmlill part ol the chlkb
Interest In gymnastics. Tbe
;;odultprosram..-euldha•·ebetn
principally I conditioning aDd
s polllnltHhniqueappro.ch
...-ithafeww~ylimplestunts, to
helpthethlldwilhiYmnastla
;~nd the parent could trim up.
ilf.' 1.1ld lhis type of approarh
1llll his some mtr ltesprda lly
of gym1111stla is 10 gain mon:
ac«Ptall('llnlht!future.
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-Photo by Tom Halfm an n
and onlyol
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•
friday, July 27,
1973
7
THE POIMTU
continued from page 3
CAROL MARION
tenure went with the up~ two
ranks.
,
In our system !bat wu not
true. You could have an instructor with the protecUon of
tenure, but without the rank
that would accord him power.
Our syatem, the old WSU
ayatem bas to a certain extent
tradiUonally been devoid of any
large power differential, between professor and asai.stant
professor or UIOciate and instructor.
Polater: Wbt lllavolved wbea
a ualvenlty II ceaalll"ed! Could
a aaUoaal faculty uiOClatloa
Wte AAUP ...,,....., a lllllverslly
If l.bat ulvenlty fired a t.eaured
proreuor wlthoat adequate
vesligate the circumstances
and see what can be dooe about
lifting the censure.
Polater: II the ceuure lbea a
sort of allcma oa the 011Ure
u.alvenlly 1ystem.!
Carol Marloa : Yes, and it could
work a real bardsbip, if foe
instance in the 60's faculty are
difficult to htre. Because, given
a choice between a censured
school and ooe that Is not, be
would probably choose the
school that was not censured.
Today with well trained faculty
in abundance the censure won't
deter that much. Faced with an
institution 011 the blacltllst you
would probably take the job.
proor!
-
Carol Marioa : Yes, thls ill ooe of
the th ings the AAUP has
traditionally dooe. Wheoever a
faculty · member, feels be bas
been-dlsm lssea lor unjust
reasons . He may after
Polater: Wbat Is l.be pooltlon of
l.be T.A.U.W.F. oa l.be ls111e ol
See you iD the fall- Summer POINTE~ Staff.
-Photo by Tom HaUmaon
lea~&re !
Carol Marloa : I suppose the
VA Van To Visit
,If,
For"'
Don<;lng
'
WANTED:
fact that we have repeatedly
There will befollt dancing tbiJ
Need ride to c:ampu from
e~~ustinfggrllocal proc~.,Coc said we intend to test the
summer for auyooe who would
Wausau begiDoiog this
r ..... ess o
evances, a..,..... to
legality of ftrlng tenured people
like · to come ·for enjoyment.
the AAUP. And the AAUP will
in the courts ill as much inThe Veterans AdmiDistratiOII
The last meeting will be-held
faU. WiUiDg to pay for or
conduct an Investigation. Uthe
dicative of our position of!J sendinganoificeoi 011wheela
Monday, July 30 at S:OO p.m.,
help contribute for exAAUP finds the admin!Jtratlon
Ocially as anythin&. We have a
to 32 Wilconsin communities in
Gesell Gym.
peoaes. · Phone 341-UM,
~f u-'; w;-lv~ty has 0•red '!"· very strong position 1n aupport
an effort to help retumin&
Thill event ill sponsored by the · uk for Mary_
a Y n
case lndividuals,
an Inof
andvital
in defense
tenure asand
an
veterans.
le~rhna:U~o:n:•:l_:F~olk
~~D~a~n~cer
~a~===========~--dlvidualorgroupof
idea
to the of
university
Robert F . Edmondson, acting_jl~n~
UFO>.
the AAUP'a method is uaually to
as a__wo.rking....conclltion- thatclirector - ot- lhorVA- Regiooal
negot!!te_ w.l
the- A
providesbasicjobsecurity.
Office in Milwaukee, aakl a
, - - - -----------~
- minlstration for reinstatement
Forinstanc:e.webavenotlfied
Veterans Assistance Mobile
oftheperaonsarfected.
the81itenuredfacultythatbave
van starred by two veterans
k1'~che
u the unlvenily will not do been layed-off that the beoefils counselors will move
I'
r::tA~tr~:u:usy lp~l::~ T.A.U.W.F. Is offering legal through the state through the
SNOW CAPS
council for any or aU 86 people.
middle oi September.
·
a resume' of their findings and
That Is legal council for all
The reel, while and blue
by Char Seidl
they declare that university
those ho ··"· L ho
f
aJ
obil
will " "t St
censured: That un iversity
w · W&afl to """ve • orm
m e van
vw
evens
11o
appears on 8 list in the AAUP
hearing on the reaaona they
Point on August 21.
'
journal which is publlshe"d~_w
_ere
__1_•Y:__e_d -o_rr_. ~------unlEdmondson aald_l!!Unobile
__e_y_«))_ quuter IWa-a- lilt- "'
f'WllTli'Y o 'lalte the VA to
thole inatitutioos found guilty of
theO::::r:~· io ruch veterans
unfair personnel practices.
Polaler: Do you Utlalt lea""'
and their families who have not
Split wieners lengthwile ; place in sballow
Tbal ls reaily the only meanin&
bu become l.be acapecoat for
made full use ol their benefits.
pan. Add mashedpotatoesandonions; pile on
censure has, the AAUP's
problema l.bal already e.d aled
VA counselors will provide
top of wieners. Spr!nltle cheese over potatoes.
immediate informat:lon on
censure.
or dJd'tea"re create some ol the
Balte 2G-2S minutes in mnderate oven of 400
health, education, housinl and
Polater: Ia real aenae, doesa'l
problemS!
degrees F . Sprlnltle with paprika ; serve.
Makes four servinp.
l.bll seem to be a form ol Carol Marloa : Tenure is
job training benefits.
• - - - - - _________ j
blatltllslla&!
blamed for problems that would
not be solved without tenure.
For instance some people say
Carol Marloa : Yes, that's what
tenure allows you to keep aU the
it is. I simply say to the
academic community as a- old professors and fire all the
young ones. Right now when we
whole, that accocdinl to the
AAUP, the adminlstraUon of are firing people we don't want
by Jim HamUtoo
faculty , TAUWF . TAUWFstandsfor
tjlls Institution has behaved to nre, tenure is not prolecting
Student Senate President
Teacher's Association of the
anyone. And not having a tenure
unfairly In this caae. And
system,
would
not
guarantee
Last spring after examining the
University of Wisconsin Faculty and
therefore it is a warnin& to all
those who mi8ht seek em- that you kepi the younger ones
issues before the state legislature ;
has about 80 per cent of the old WSU
ployment there, that you may and ftre the older ones.
the four per cent sales tax, the user
faculty as members. TAUWF has
I have heard for Instance a
have some troub!e.
young professor who teaches In
fee and the merger bill ; I decided
officially and publicly denounced the
a
privite
school
in
the
state,
that
this
was
going
to
be
a
very
student section of the bill
Polater: Hu l.bla aerved lt'a
say be does not like tenure. He
parpooe u a detereat to ufalr
important summer as far as the
This opposition is, indeed,
is 28 yean old and be bas
penoaael pracUcea!
students are concerned.
dismaying and uncalled for, at a
tenure. And be says what is
to
wort
for?
there
left
for
him
It
has
proven
to
be
a
very
intime
when students are attempting
Carol Marloa: It depends. Some
It seems to me bill problem ill
teresting and important summer
to assist the faculty in their demands
Institutions have remained 011
not
the
tenure
problem.
It
the AAUP censure list for
beyond the obvious issues which I
to prevent further tenninatioos in
yean, relatively Indifferent to It seems to me that such a person
stated. For the first time students
their ranks. We find the TAUWF
and not terribly affected by it. would inevitable come to that
have made significant inroads in the
action extremely distasteful. We
On the other hand, the atigma ln conclusion whether he had
tenure or not. I don 'I think that
the academic community bas
areas of lobbying and • pressure
further assert that as long as
ill the fault or the system, u
led others to try and get off it.
politics.
TAUWF expounds such opposition to
much u a bad attitude.
For Instance, UW Whitewater
the section of the merger bill, that
I think what bas happened in
This is not to say that we are on a
was placed on the AAUP'a
the past ten years ol mualve
Studeat Government will support
censure lilt around 1970, I ean't
par with the tavern league, the ingrowth
in
our
system
shows
that
say eucUy when. At the time
the concept of faculty activity fees
surance interests or the gun lobby,
we have not been as rigorous.
four profeaon were varioualy
which bas been identified by the
but we have made significant
We simply don 't need
dlamiued or
s uapended
everybody quite as desperaUy.
state legislature as a possible
progress to enable us to 1rill the four
becauae of their anti-war
solution to raising one million
participation. The AAUP in- and we can pick and ""-e.
per cent sales tax as it pertains to
This is perhaps ooe of the things
,.
vestigated the case of thole four
dollars in user fees· which now
students and to force the issue of
we are feeling now as we talk
and
found
the
people
cannot be taken from students .
user
fees
so
that
it
no
longer
pertains
about
tenure.
admlnlatratlon had 'behaved
Central administration in
On this campus alone it would
to students and to muster enough
unfairly. The adminlatrailon
Mad!Jon frequently apoJociz.es
mean a possible $120 per y~ fee to
(lbe Board of Regents and the
support, hopefully, to pass the
for the problems that exist in
local admin!Jtration) would not
be paid by each faculty member.
student section of the merger bill
the old chapter 37 campuses u
&ive ln. And they were placed on
Studeat Government bas come up
unchanged .
a result of what they call our
the list. They are sUII on the lilt.
with an alt~tive to this fee but
easy progression into the
As of late we have encountered
President Weaver during this
tenured
ranks.
will nol produce it until TAUWF
past year along with others In
opposition to the student section li
central admln!JtraU011 has been
rescinds it's opposition to the
the merger bill. The opposition is
tryinl to aet Whitewater orr the
student
section of the merger bill.
coming from the official organ of the ·
censure list. That ill to in-
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Friday, July 27, 1973
THE POINTER
HURRY
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at
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Air-conditioning, dishwasher and disposal
Ping-pong tables
Observable wildlife
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laundry facilities on premises
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Security lock system and voice intercom
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