Western Front - 1982 November 23

              'Montenegro'
is perplexing
•page 9
Lust, legs,
buns, biceps
•page 7
Western Washington University
Tuesday, November 23, 1982
Vol. 74, No. 59
Review group
defines essential
areas of study
Western guard Bob Peters sails between two University of British Columbia defenders for a
rebound during last night's 79-67 Viking victory. Western outscored UBC16-4 during overtime-
By LORl McGRIFF
The first steps toward dividing
Western's programs into those
that might be wiped out and
those considered "essential" to
the university were taken. Friday
by the Academic Program Review
Committee.
The committee created three
lists, which are subject to change
at any time. One names areas of
study necessary at a regional uni­versity,
at least in the form of
offering some classes. The
second lists programs essential
to Western's "identity" and the
third consists of programs most
.vulnerable to elimination.
For an area of study to make it
on the first two lists, the commit­tee
had to unanimously agree on
its placement there. The remain­ing
areas made up the third list.
The lists are the starting point
for deciding which programs are
central to "high quality under­graduate
education" at Western.
The committee members have
been given the job of examining
all academic programs on cam­pus.
After weighing the offerings
of programs the committee must
recommend elimination, en­hancement,
consolidation or
reduction of programs.
The areas of study the commit­tee
named as essential to any
regional university are: anthro­pology,
biology, chemistry, Eng­lish,
history, math, philosophy,
physics, astronomy, psychology,
economics, art and music.
The remaining programs not
listed that the committee named
as essential to Western's "iden­tity"
included: foreign language,
literature, geology, political
science, sociology, technology,
accounting, business and
education.
The programs not considered
Fleetwood class boycott sought
By the FRONT STAFF
Posters demanding a boycott of
courses taught by an outspoken
philosophy professor sprouted
around campus last week, but no
one is about to assume
responsibility.
Athena Bradley, however, an
Associated Students Board
member and harsh critic of phi­losophy
professor Hugh Fleet­wood
and his views of student
representation on university
review committees would
neither confirm nor deny her
involvement. But she did say she
strongly approved of the action.
Meanwhile,- AS President Mark
Murphy and other board
members quickly moved to wash
their own hands of any
wrongdoing.
Murphy stressed he wanted to
make it clear the Associated Stu­dents
did not sponsor' the pos­ters,
which were printed in
response to statements made by
Fleetwood at a September
Faculty Senate meeting.
At that meeting, Fleetwood,
speaking against student repres­entation
on two committees
created to plot Western's long-term
future, told fellow faculty
members that students do not
furnish the university with "any
particular fund of wisdom."
The statement quickly became
the focus of considerable student
anger, and Bradley and other
board members reportedly
favored much stronger action
taken than what some said was a
watered-down statement of pro­test
issued by Murphy.
The posters urge students not
to take courses offered by Fleet­wood,
and suggest those stu­dents
already enrolled withdraw.
The poster is not signed, bearing
only the initials B.F.C., which
^/'iIi-%:
-iiili;
Hugh Fleetwood
reportedly stand for
. Fleetwood Coalition.
Boycott
Murphy said he was surprised
to see the posters and concerned
some people would assume the
students backed the campaign.
"Because we are the most
active-politically group of stu­dents
on campus, some people
might think we did it," Murphy
said. "I want to make it very clear
that that is not the case."
Murphy said all board
members he questioned denied
participation in the campaign,
but considerable speculation
points to Bradley's involvement.
Fellow board member Ron
Bensley said he thought Bradley
had been "working on that (the
boycott plan) for a long time." But
Bensley later declined to elabo­rate
and said he could not con­firm
Bradley was involved.
LAlthough Bradley refused to
discuss whether she partici-
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by the whole committee to be
essential to a regional university
or necessary to maintain West­ern's
"identity" include: geo­graphy
and regional planning,
journalism, home economics,
liberal studies, physical educa­tion,
speech, speech pathology/
audiology, business education/
office administration, Fairhaven
College, Huxley College, theater/
dance, urban studies, human
services, nursing and the honors
program.
Many' of the areas of studies
assigned to the second and third
lists were placed there because
one or two members spoke
against their importance to
Western.
Very little discussion was
shared about why Fairhaven,
Huxley, nursing, liberal studies,
the urban studies program, the
honors program, human services,
•geography/regional planning,
and speech pathology/audiology
shouldn't be on the "essential
lists."
Other programs such as jour­nalism,
theater/dance, physical
education and home economics
were discussed and questions
were raised, including sugges­tions
by some committee
members that those areas of
study either weren't important to
the university's role or that sub­stitutions
could be offered.
Richard Fowler of the technol­ogy
department said journalism
wasn't necessary and the English
department could offer news
writing courses.
Geology professor Chris Suc-zek
disagreed, asking the com­mittee
what Western would be
like without a newspaper. She
said she thought journalism was
essential to Western's identity.
Committee members responded
that a newspaper existed long
before the journalism depart­ment.
The suggestion by several
committee members that
intramural sports could be sub­stituted
for physical education
classes now offered kept that
program from the "essential to
Western" list.
Although members of the
committee agreed that music and
art are essential to any regional
university, the members were
split on the importance of theat­er/
dance. Bruce Pullan of the
music department spoke in sup­port
of the program. But other
members didn't agree the pro­gram
should be saved from elim­ination
if severe cuts became
necessary.
Other programs that made it to
the "essential to Western" list but
were seriously debated included
political science, foreign lan­guage,
literature and sociology.
Suczek said she is not happy
with the list of courses consi­dered
essential to Western's
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