Assembly votes self-abolition
Outlook for government By 8cnlJe Wilson The future of NIC's faculty governing
She said the vote for the proposal could
suucto re is cloudy a her a proposal 10 aboli sh t he existing Facu lty Assembly Constitation and CoUege Senate at the [)ec. 15 assembly meeting. TIie proposal passed 32-29 on a secret ballot after being forwa rded by David Co hea. s ociology instruct or . aod Joyce &os,.-eU . coordinator of cxtc11ded day and adult conti11u1ng education. According ro the minu rdof the meeting. Cohen stated he favored abolition "be· cause most of rhe commiu ces arc not decision-making and since all policies are made by the Board of Tru,i~ and that ad boc committees can be ser up if neces-
be broken down Imo lhree par!$, the first being that some faculty involved io admioisrr:u1ve decisioo-matiog feel it makc5 reaching duties more difficult. As a resuJL they wanr to let the a.dlllinistrat.ors mu.e decisions . "Personally. I feel that i! you're Ul\-olvcd in a lot of commitrecs doing hours of rcseucb 10 nate recommendations to the board. it takes away from preparations... Boswell said. The other rwo reasons were th.at not much att.e ntion was being paid to recommendations made 10 lhe board and that in the past. recommendations !limed into the board frequently were 1.1blcd for as long as two years before action was taken. Cohen made a similar motion rwo ye:ars
suy." Acco«ling ro Boswell. the proposal is a "ehmuu tc faculty government."
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ago. at ,. hich time it died. "This (abolition mO'\e) is nothmg new, .. Bosv,ell said. " The feeling has cristcd and the sentiment ~
grown." "I used to be in f11"or of faculty government. but more and more rime "''I.S spent with le» rcsalts."' she said. Boswell said the boud was puuled 11 their Dec. IS me-etin,i and that Cohen a.nd she would attend lhe oe_xt meeting (Jao. 19) to c.tplain the motion and answer questions. "I would like to see the {acuity usemblv eliminated. .. she added. "The· majority of t.he Faculty an: DOW doing "'' bat they're t,,ired to do and letting the administratOI'$ do what they're hired to do ... she said. She suggested the fU"Dlry sit down lllld represent "ou rselves" with a for mal
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basis. Both Boswell and Cohen suggested ad hoc c:ommitte:s be formed as n~s :uise to SCl:VC those specific needs. "It is a facade if t~ faculty mates 3 decwon. Being trut.hful. ,,,e don·r ha~-e the pll"'tt." Cohen said. "We ,,:ould be better served by organizi ng ad hoc commit•
tees.·· Be said i! the board rejects the propow and says the faculty must keep rhc constitution and as.sembly. "then they're forcing on us a go,•eromcot which a segment of the faculty doesn't want." "There is II feeling on the plrl of some. but DOI all faculty. that fa.cult)' government is ineffectual ... Cohen added. "The fllculry has no power to ma,ke decisions. That j>O"'CI' is with the Board ofTrusrecs and the president." He sa,d the faculty is only ,a recom· mending body and that "any kind of democncy that appears to uisr on this campus is purely symbolic ... He added thar 1f some faculty ,.3n1 a government. they could go "through the motions of ir:· Co.hen said he felt if the vote wer1: lllken over. more members would ,-ore for the proposal. He said much commmee work is worthless aod added he felt the faculty
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Student Board begins plans for second spring barbecue B1 Susie Epperic The success of Jut year's spring barbccoe bu prompted the Student Boud to plan l repeat o{ the event lhis spring, without the presence alcohol. Seo. KC\'lll Jetton, who mais1e:noindcd last year's barbeeoe, asked at the J10. 17 mttti.og the Stvdeol Boml that it be held again and wd be will m.uc :i.rrangc.meots ,.;th college offlcials and Coeor d'Alene's police departmcnL Jetton said he "WOUid like to ba.-e !WO o,r thrtt bands play IDUSIC' this ll.mC, and also p~y up to Sl.500 for= "good band." Preside111 K.athi.c Collills sajd that she mJght be able to book the band "Head East" for the functjon, Last year's barbecue fatured !WO ballds 10d free beer oa the beach for those snidmts 19 111d ovnAlso at the Jan. Ji meeting, the board \"Oted to pa.n:hase !WO memberships ~o the Student Natioml Educaooo MSOC'IBUDn
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(SNEA). which is affiliated with NEA. for rhe purpose of sending cwo members of rhe board to Boise to participate 10 lobbying effons for NIC. The memberships will cost Sl2. Am111~emeots will be set up through Adviser Jim McLeod and Joe Allen. e:recuuve director of the North Id s.ho Region of the Idaho Educ.irion Association. The board authorized up 1·0 SI ,500 out of rt:Stnctcd surplus funds to be used. ,.,jth the NIC Board Trustee's approval, ro purchue a relcvlsion for the cable relevi.slon hookup ,n the SUB. Collins appointed Jim Remsen as chairperson for the Election Commlnce for the purpose of beginning work on the constitu· tsonal revmon~ election slated for Feb. I . Jetton reponed thar the outline for the proposed new student union building has bttn ICKI Jnd he i• in rhe proceu of ,..itmg a oe,. one.
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