Leaders to Meet Next Friday
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Is the Code of Conduct Working?"
Asup Senate Kicks Off
Fall Semester Schedule
First regular Senate Conduct, Mike stated that
John Allen and Steve Caputo (left) are "stumped"
for ideas. Anyone who has a topic for discussion at
the Leadership Conference is asked to contact one
of these two men or to bring their suggestion to
the Beacon office.
them is the question, “What
is the relationship between
the Patterson Loan Fund
and ASUP?”
“Are the stated goals of
the University being fol¬
lowed? If not then what are
the REAL goals now in ef¬
fect?”
“Are these objectives still
valid in our society?”
These queries will be dis-
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cussed by the committee on
L. Mw 1 University objectives chair-
’ manned by Father James
Kelly, esc.
“Stimulate controversy -
to accomplish specific
items and to come back
with proposals which are
carried through, not for¬
gotten.
“This is the goal of the
University Leadership Con¬
ference for 1968.”
In the words of Steve
Caputo, Conference Ad¬
visor, a theme of accom¬
plishment will be carried
into the yearly gathering of
student leaders and faculty
members. This convention
was established as an in¬
formal conversation be¬
tween students and teach¬
ers to surface and solve any
problems which might be
developing on campus.
“It might well be viewed
as a summit whereby both
students and teachers are
able to express their ideas
and reflect on the problems
incurred in 1967 in hopes of
avoiding the same misfor¬
tunes in 1968,” answered
John Allen, Conference
Chairman.
This year the conference
will be held at the Surfside
Motel in Gerhart Oregon on
September 27, 28, and 29.
John has formulated five
committees to discuss
specific interest areas.
Mike Hope will lead the
first group in discussing
minority groups on cam¬
pus. One of their main
topics will be the aspect of
forming a scholarship fund
for those who are financial¬
ly unable to attend the uni¬
versity.
“. . . as a permanent
leadership conference com¬
mittee or a Senate sub-com¬
mittee to work with mer¬
chants in the area in order
to assist those with brains
but not dollars,” Allen ex¬
plained.
Another possible topic is
an answer to the question,
“Is there a real racial prob¬
lem on campus?”
President
Attends Meeting
Rev, Paul E. Wald-
schmidt, esc. President of
the University, has left
the campus to journey to
Africa. He will return on
September 26th.
Fr. Waldschmidt will
serve as a delegate to the
International Federation
of Catholic Universities,
representing UP.
The IFCU is meeting in
Kinshasa. Congo (formerly
Dominic Colletta’s com¬
mittee will analyze the
ASUP financial policy.
Heading their list of sub¬
jects will be the problems
of how to spend the twenty
thousand dollar increase in
ASUP funds. Also facing
A committee dealing with
faculty and academics will
be discussing the possibil¬
ity of a pass-fail grading sys¬
tem. John Harrigan the
group’s leader, will ask his
committee to define what
role the student has in de¬
termining his education.
And, if necessary, what
changes should be made to
improve this situation.
The final committee will
be discussing the Judicial
Board and the Code of Con¬
duct. Topics in this group
will include, “Should the
Judicial Board Chairman¬
ship be an elective office?
and Is the Code of Conduct
working or should revisions
be made?” This group will,
be headed by Ed Maggi.
Each of the five commit¬
tees will consist of two sub¬
groups of ten individuals.
It is hoped by John Allen
that groupings of such a
small number will aid in
bringing forth more discus¬
sion and ideas.
John Allen has asked that
all those students who will
not be attending the con¬
vention but have ideas they
would like brought out, to
contact the respective com¬
mittee heads. Or to bring
their suggestions to the
Beacon Office in the Stu¬
dent Affairs Building.
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September 20, 1968
Volume #67, No. 2
Student Complex To Open In 1969
By the second semester
(January) the new Instruc¬
tion Center, now in process,
will be completed and in
use. The new building will
contain nineteen class¬
rooms, 13 seminar rooms,
2 student study rooms, and
4 student councilor rooms.
In addition, there will be
an auditorium, or teaching
center, with a capacity of
400 students and equipped
with closed-circut tele¬
vision. Many of the class¬
rooms will also have this
convenience.
Faculty facilities will
be numerous. There will
be 122 faculty offices situ¬
ated in the Instruction
Center. A complete faculty
lounge will also be provid¬
ed. Deans with their of¬
fices in the new building
are: Dean of Arts and
Sciences: Dean of Nursing;
Dean of Education; Dean
of Graduate Studies; Dean
of Students, Women, and
Men. The Deans of Engi¬
neering and Business Ad¬
ministration will remain
as present.
The total cost of the In¬
struction Center furnished
is $2,500,000. The structure
cost $2,197,000. Money was
obtained by grants and
loans from the Federal
Government and from Uni¬
versity funds.
The official opening of
the Instruction Center is
scheduled for Friday, Feb.
7, and Saturday, Feb. 8.
The committee for the
opening, headed by Louis
Vaccaro, Academic Vice-
President, and including
Fr. Powers. Fr. Brown.
Mary Arden Smith. Miss
Ann Ferlic, Dr. Benning¬
ton, Prof, de la Mare, Dr.
Joseph McCoy, Dr. Philip
Kennedy, and Philip Van
Bruggen, have been pre¬
paring for a year. They have
arranged that Jacques
Barzun, scholar from
Columbia, and author of
“The American Univers¬
ity,” speak to the students
and faculty on the opening
days.
The schedule for Friday
and Saturday:
Fri. Informal speech by
Barzun. Panel discussion
on speech. Dinner given
for Mr. Barzun.
7:30 - Formal dedica¬
tion. Formal address by Mr.
Barzun: “Knowledge De¬
velopment and the Quality
of Life.” Honorary degrees
given, after which is a gen¬
eral reception.
Sat. - General Open
House with demonstra¬
tions of facilities.
meeting of the Fall semes¬
ter was called to order at
6:30 PM in the PH lounge by
Rob Simas, President of
the ASUP Senate. After the
Pledge of Allegiance, the
minutes of the regular
meeting of April 30, the
special meeting of May 2
and September 10 were
read and approved.
First communication was
from Steve Caputo, ASUP
Treasurer. The Patterson
Loan Fund had a net in-
mer. The net worth (equity)
is now $3793.00. The under¬
graduate enrollment, as of
September 12, was 1,365.
Steve reported that the
estimate is for a total be¬
tween 1,375 and 1,400. In
addition, he noted the
$1300.00 for the ID cards
will now have to be re¬
budgeted, as the Admini¬
stration paid for the cards.
Continuing his report,
Steve stated that $853.00
having been spent and an
estimated $150.00 of bills
to come in.
Next communication was
from Mike Hope, Chairman
of the ASUP Judicial Board.
He stated that the book¬
let about the Judicial Board
and its procedures which
was promised for this
semester is being held up
for corrections by the Dean
of Students. Mike then
placed four names in
nomination for vacancies
on the Board. They are:
Johannah Sherrer, senior;
Ben Miltner, junior; Mari¬
lyn Stupca, sophomore; and
Jim Harrington, sopho¬
more. He encouraged the
Senators to meet these
people and to ask any ques¬
tions they might have so
as to avoid the problems of
last semester. In answer
to a question regarding the
defining of the Code of
the Board’s purpose is to
define - but that it can only,
be done when a specific
case is brought before the
Board.
Only committee report
was from the Senate Fin¬
ancial Committee. Bill
Hays, chairman, first read
a letter the committee is
sending to the Judicial
Board Chairman request¬
ing an investigation of the
collection of money for the
freshman packets without
specific budget authoriza¬
tion to collect revenue. Bill
stated that this is not a
personal argument, but
rather a desire for a clari¬
fication. He then went over
the minutes of the last com¬
mittee meeting. He also
stated that Steve Caputo
is conducting an audit of
the Cultural Committee
records as there is a ques¬
tion about the use of the
funds. He then requested
a Budget Spending Report
from the ASUP Treasurer.
He stated that the com¬
mittee would present a
revised budget to the Sen¬
ate at the next meeting.
He noted that the Social
Science Forum has request¬
ed $350.00 for speakers,
and, later in the meeting,
said that the committee
would present its recom¬
mendations at the next
meeting.
Being no Old Business,
New Business was asked
for. Paul Bartos stated
that he felt the issue of
defining the Code of Con¬
duct’s reference to
“sexual immorality” was
unnecessary. Bill Hays add¬
ed that the Code was in¬
tentionally made to be
general so that as attitudes
and mores change, the
interpretation of the Code
itself.
Vaccaro Deems Summer Session Success
By Peter C. Wolf, Jr.
Beacon News Editor
Summer Session 1968
at UP is expected to be
successful in terms of en¬
rollment and probably
financially, although the
final cost accounting state¬
ments are not in, Dr. Louis
G. Vaccaro, academic vice
president commented.
Enrollment was 1232 as
compared to the 455 stu¬
dents enrolled in the class¬
es last year.
Costs of the operation
are in doubt, especially
cost of publicity and mail¬
ing. But the total income be¬
fore expenses is in and
seems to be favorable.
There were classes oper¬
ating that had very few
students but, Dr. Vaccaro
felt that these classes were
offset by many over
capacity crowded classes.
There were many out¬
standing features of this
summer’s program, such
as the drama workshop,
. scuba diving and catechet-
tics. All in all, summer
session, under the leader¬
ship of Dr. James B. Milne,
was a very successful pro¬
ject.
“Ten times the amount
of last year was spent, I
would estimate,” Dr. Vac¬
caro commented," But
the gross income seems
to be equally impressive.”
There is a question as to
when final figures will be
in, but preliminary reports
show a substantial income.
The final results will be
in later and released to
the press.
THAT was the week that was. The week of
freshman orientation ended last Satur-
Education Hall. Mike Thronbcn and
sry O'Ccmiell art- shown here reipninq
On The
Inside:
Kennedy . Page 5
Investigation . Page 4
Sports . Page 6
Boutelle . Page 3
Vista . Page 3
Features . Page 7
Editorial . Page 2
