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Senate approves Flora report Secret report sent to trustees A secret report studying the faculty's no-confidence vote against college president Charles J. Flora was presented to the Board of Trustees yesterday by the All-College Senate. The board voted to take the report under consideration during a closed-door, executive session. The report is the result of a request by the trustees asking the senate to investigate the circumstances leading to the May 26 no-confidence vote. Edwin Clapp of the English faculty chaired a special committee appointed to conduct the investigation. The report was compiled from questionnaires sent to all faculty members. The senate had forwarded the report after discussing it in an executive session Monday. The closed-door meeting lasted an hour and a half before the senators agreed to vote on the report. During a short recess at the end of the executive session the student senators held a brief caucus. All student senators at the meeting voted against accepting the report. Senator Willard Brown of the physics faculty was the only non-student to vote against the report. He has said earlier in the meeting that he would vote against the report if the question of keeping it a secret had not been settled when the vote was taken. The question was still open when the senate voted. The roll call vote listed 17 senators for the report, 12 against it, one abstention and four members absent. In an effort to reject the report, student senators moved that senate rules be suspended and a two-thirds majority be required for approval of the report. The parliamentary maneuver failed when the students failed to get enough votes for the rules suspension. Following the vote to forward the report the senate debated a motion that it should release the report to the public. Senators agreed that the report would not be made public until after the trustees had been given a chance to act on it. The motion to release the report was tabled by the senate until "not later than the second meeting in December." Kennedy the - western front western Washington state college IOC Vol. 65 No. 10 FRIDAY November 3,1972 Bellingham, Wash. Evans and Rosellini on campus Evans: Students-faculty split over committee's report by RODGER PAINTER Student and faculty senators of the All-College Senate split in their vote to approve a report on the reasons behind the faculty vote of no confidence in college president Charles J. Flora, and a student member has resigned from the special investigating committee in protest of the report Calling the report a "travesty of justice," Jim Kennedy, a student member of the senate committee, submitted his resignation, to committee chairman Edwin Clapp Wednesday. The report has not been made public and was scheduled to be considered by the Board of Trustees at its meeting yesterday. The unanimous student vote against the report came after the students held a caucus during a break. However, the faculty, staff and administrative senators, with one exception, endorsed the report and sent it to the trustees. In his letter of resignation Kennedy said, "I believe that the editorial tone of the report does not do justice to the objectivity required for a report of this nature. 'I do not mean to question the integrity of the group nor any of its members. Neither do I question the validity of the data. However,! (Cont. onpg. 12) Early-release delayed by JOHN BREWINGTON The concept of a prisoner early-release program for Western was endorsed by the All-College Senate Wednesday evening and sent on to the Board of Trustees for action. However, the Board of Trustees put the early-release program on its agenda for Nov. 16. The board decided at its meeting yesterday that the program needed more discussion and public feedback. Under the proposed program, at least six felons would be housed on-campus and attend classes under the supervision of a live-in parole officer. With approval by the Board of Trustees, a three-member board consisting of appointees from Whatcom Community College, the Bellingham Technical Institute and Western would study the problems involved and preside over the program once initiated. In unanimously endorsing the concept of such a program at Western the senate asked that it be consulted prior to the implementation of the program. Discussion in senate chambers centered on costs, housing, academic concerns and the power of review. Acting Provost William Bultmann pointed out that college agencies had already been set up to cover costs, housing and academia and (Cont. on pg. 12) r "Wow are you going to legalize marijuana when the legislature won't even let you have a drink at IS?' Rosellini: There are a lot of jobs, but people won't take them. You just look in the newspaper/ Dan Evans Albert Rosellini inside... McGooern is campus favorite A Soc/Anth class polled 1,062 Western students and found that 62 per cent favor George McGovem. See pg. 2 Open house and homecoming Dedication of the new $3 million library addition highlights the weekend's activities. See PS- 9. Runners try for title : Western's cross-country team will compete as the favorites in this weekend's EVCO championship. Seepg. 11. Western's average is above-average JL Editor's note: This is the second of a five-part series dealing with the curricular problems at Western. by KATHISANDBOE The average student at Western is getting excellent or above average grades, but this is not due to a rise in the quality of students. A report by a committee on curricular problems at Western feels it is due to a decline in Western's academic standards. The committee found that 60 per cent of the students are getting excellent or above average grades. This rise in grades has caused one faculty member to comment that "we must get more academic backbone into our program . . . we must raise our grading standards." The committee looked at a report of the grade spread for 1970-71 which found that 26.5 per cent of the grades given were A's and B's. It also found that these "percentages have been steadily increasing over the last few years. The committee also noted that there has been a rise in the grade point average of entering freshmen and said "this reflects declining secondary school standards rather than better students. Quality must fall as quantity rises, and the increasing percentage of young people attending college today surely includes more marginal students." A survey of students by the committee also brought out the comment that, "at the present time it is nearly impossible to flunk out of Western." Research is now being done by Tim Douglas, assistant dean of students for academic (Cont. onpg. 12)
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Title | Western Front - 1972 November 3 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 65, no. 10 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | November 3, 1972 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1972-11-03 |
Year Published | 1972 |
Decades | 1970-1979 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington State College, Bellingham, WA |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | Steve Johnston, editor; Jack Broom, managing editor; John Brewington, production editor; O.K. Johnson, sports editor; Alice Collingwood, copy editor; Bob McLauchlan, copy editor; Rodger Painter, copy editor; Kathi Sandboe, copy editor; Howard Scott, copy editor; Rich Collingwood, photo editor |
Staff | Terri Whitney, business manager; Steffi Bruell, ad manager; Elsi Vassdal, graphics; Thomas Schultz, photographer; Gary Johnson, photographer; Reporters: Scott Anderson; Alan Bauer; Dan Benckendorf; Bill Braswell; Sonja Brown; Doug Cockburn; Jay Eckert; Nick Gardner; Steve Garvey; Sue Gawrys; Dick Grove; Bruce Hayes; James Heitzman; Rochelle Henderson; Heidi Henken; Ed Hodder; Michael Hull; Gary Johnson; Rahn Lahti; Jim Larsen; Dennis Mansker; Judy Mooers; Tom Myers; Keith Myette; Gale Neale; Steven Neff; Rick Ries; Dennis Ritchie; Richard Roff; Tim Scott; Kent Sherwood; Bob Speed; Leslie Stewart; Sherry Stripling; Roy Tanaka; John Watkins; Duff Wilson |
Photographer | Rich Collingwood; Thomas Schultz |
Faculty Advisor | Stannard, R.E. Jr. |
Article Titles | Senate approves Flora report (p.1) -- Students-faculty split over committee's report / by Rodger Painter (p.1) -- Early release delayed / by John Brewington (p.1) -- Western's average is above-average / by Kathi Sandboe (p.1) -- Cut government spending is Rosellini's message / by Sue Gawrys (p.2) -- Takes notes for father; daughter works for improvement / by Sonja Brown (p.2) -- Survey shows; McGovern doubles Nixon in campus poll / by Bob Speed (p.2) -- If he stays, Evans predicts bright future / by James Heitzman (p.2) -- Meeds calls for committee investigation of Watergate / by Sue Gawrys (p.3) -- Bengalis want to forget war's consequences / by Keith Myette (p.4) -- Editorials (p.5) -- Letters (p.5) -- Cross country ski clinic starts at Baker tomorrow (p.6) -- SWEA's life at Western needs students to survive (p.6) -- Pre-registration schedule ready (p.6) -- Accident result of false alarm (p.6) -- Class proofs in today's mail (p.6) -- Poor quality drugs reported in Bellingham (p.7) -- Author wants weak nation-states (p.7) -- Events (p.7) -- Canadian editor to visit here (p.7) -- Seattle conference to aid minorities (p.7) -- European poems focus of course winter quarter (p.7) -- Films / by Jay Eckert (p.8) -- Elvira Madigan no Love Story (p.8) -- Student drop costs Western (p.8) -- Touring dancers show steps (p.8) -- Open house, homecoming set (p.9) -- Western enters 73rd year / by Bob McLauchlan (p.9) -- Homecoming spirit here but redirected (p.9) -- Sports (p.10) -- Front forecast (p.10) -- Viks ready for OCE (p.10) -- Classifieds (p.10) -- Sporting word / by Kent Sherwood (p.11) -- Viking Harriers favorites for Evco championship (p.11) -- Field hockey team hosts Simon Fraser (p.11) -- Publications hearing set (p.12) |
Photographs | Jim Kennedy (p.1) -- Dan Evans (p.1) -- Albert Rosellini (p.1) -- Rep. Lloyd Meeds (p.3) -- [Squatters camp made up of refugees from outside Dacca] (p.4) -- [Frank Schultz demonstrates equipment care] (p.6) -- [Acme Dance Company] (p.8) -- [1902 photo of complete Western campus] (p.9) |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261544388 |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 41 x 28 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
Identifier | WF_19721103.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
Description
Title | Western Front - 1972 November 3 - Page 1 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 65, no. 10 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | November 3, 1972 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1972-11-03 |
Year Published | 1972 |
Decades | 1970-1979 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington State College, Bellingham, WA |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor | Steve Johnston, editor; Jack Broom, managing editor; John Brewington, production editor; O.K. Johnson, sports editor; Alice Collingwood, copy editor; Bob McLauchlan, copy editor; Rodger Painter, copy editor; Kathi Sandboe, copy editor; Howard Scott, copy editor; Rich Collingwood, photo editor |
Staff | Terri Whitney, business manager; Steffi Bruell, ad manager; Elsi Vassdal, graphics; Thomas Schultz, photographer; Gary Johnson, photographer; Reporters: Scott Anderson; Alan Bauer; Dan Benckendorf; Bill Braswell; Sonja Brown; Doug Cockburn; Jay Eckert; Nick Gardner; Steve Garvey; Sue Gawrys; Dick Grove; Bruce Hayes; James Heitzman; Rochelle Henderson; Heidi Henken; Ed Hodder; Michael Hull; Gary Johnson; Rahn Lahti; Jim Larsen; Dennis Mansker; Judy Mooers; Tom Myers; Keith Myette; Gale Neale; Steven Neff; Rick Ries; Dennis Ritchie; Richard Roff; Tim Scott; Kent Sherwood; Bob Speed; Leslie Stewart; Sherry Stripling; Roy Tanaka; John Watkins; Duff Wilson |
Faculty Advisor | Stannard, R.E. Jr. |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261544388 |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 41 x 28 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
Identifier | WF_19721103.pdf |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Full Text | Senate approves Flora report Secret report sent to trustees A secret report studying the faculty's no-confidence vote against college president Charles J. Flora was presented to the Board of Trustees yesterday by the All-College Senate. The board voted to take the report under consideration during a closed-door, executive session. The report is the result of a request by the trustees asking the senate to investigate the circumstances leading to the May 26 no-confidence vote. Edwin Clapp of the English faculty chaired a special committee appointed to conduct the investigation. The report was compiled from questionnaires sent to all faculty members. The senate had forwarded the report after discussing it in an executive session Monday. The closed-door meeting lasted an hour and a half before the senators agreed to vote on the report. During a short recess at the end of the executive session the student senators held a brief caucus. All student senators at the meeting voted against accepting the report. Senator Willard Brown of the physics faculty was the only non-student to vote against the report. He has said earlier in the meeting that he would vote against the report if the question of keeping it a secret had not been settled when the vote was taken. The question was still open when the senate voted. The roll call vote listed 17 senators for the report, 12 against it, one abstention and four members absent. In an effort to reject the report, student senators moved that senate rules be suspended and a two-thirds majority be required for approval of the report. The parliamentary maneuver failed when the students failed to get enough votes for the rules suspension. Following the vote to forward the report the senate debated a motion that it should release the report to the public. Senators agreed that the report would not be made public until after the trustees had been given a chance to act on it. The motion to release the report was tabled by the senate until "not later than the second meeting in December." Kennedy the - western front western Washington state college IOC Vol. 65 No. 10 FRIDAY November 3,1972 Bellingham, Wash. Evans and Rosellini on campus Evans: Students-faculty split over committee's report by RODGER PAINTER Student and faculty senators of the All-College Senate split in their vote to approve a report on the reasons behind the faculty vote of no confidence in college president Charles J. Flora, and a student member has resigned from the special investigating committee in protest of the report Calling the report a "travesty of justice," Jim Kennedy, a student member of the senate committee, submitted his resignation, to committee chairman Edwin Clapp Wednesday. The report has not been made public and was scheduled to be considered by the Board of Trustees at its meeting yesterday. The unanimous student vote against the report came after the students held a caucus during a break. However, the faculty, staff and administrative senators, with one exception, endorsed the report and sent it to the trustees. In his letter of resignation Kennedy said, "I believe that the editorial tone of the report does not do justice to the objectivity required for a report of this nature. 'I do not mean to question the integrity of the group nor any of its members. Neither do I question the validity of the data. However,! (Cont. onpg. 12) Early-release delayed by JOHN BREWINGTON The concept of a prisoner early-release program for Western was endorsed by the All-College Senate Wednesday evening and sent on to the Board of Trustees for action. However, the Board of Trustees put the early-release program on its agenda for Nov. 16. The board decided at its meeting yesterday that the program needed more discussion and public feedback. Under the proposed program, at least six felons would be housed on-campus and attend classes under the supervision of a live-in parole officer. With approval by the Board of Trustees, a three-member board consisting of appointees from Whatcom Community College, the Bellingham Technical Institute and Western would study the problems involved and preside over the program once initiated. In unanimously endorsing the concept of such a program at Western the senate asked that it be consulted prior to the implementation of the program. Discussion in senate chambers centered on costs, housing, academic concerns and the power of review. Acting Provost William Bultmann pointed out that college agencies had already been set up to cover costs, housing and academia and (Cont. on pg. 12) r "Wow are you going to legalize marijuana when the legislature won't even let you have a drink at IS?' Rosellini: There are a lot of jobs, but people won't take them. You just look in the newspaper/ Dan Evans Albert Rosellini inside... McGooern is campus favorite A Soc/Anth class polled 1,062 Western students and found that 62 per cent favor George McGovem. See pg. 2 Open house and homecoming Dedication of the new $3 million library addition highlights the weekend's activities. See PS- 9. Runners try for title : Western's cross-country team will compete as the favorites in this weekend's EVCO championship. Seepg. 11. Western's average is above-average JL Editor's note: This is the second of a five-part series dealing with the curricular problems at Western. by KATHISANDBOE The average student at Western is getting excellent or above average grades, but this is not due to a rise in the quality of students. A report by a committee on curricular problems at Western feels it is due to a decline in Western's academic standards. The committee found that 60 per cent of the students are getting excellent or above average grades. This rise in grades has caused one faculty member to comment that "we must get more academic backbone into our program . . . we must raise our grading standards." The committee looked at a report of the grade spread for 1970-71 which found that 26.5 per cent of the grades given were A's and B's. It also found that these "percentages have been steadily increasing over the last few years. The committee also noted that there has been a rise in the grade point average of entering freshmen and said "this reflects declining secondary school standards rather than better students. Quality must fall as quantity rises, and the increasing percentage of young people attending college today surely includes more marginal students." A survey of students by the committee also brought out the comment that, "at the present time it is nearly impossible to flunk out of Western." Research is now being done by Tim Douglas, assistant dean of students for academic (Cont. onpg. 12) |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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