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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29,1981 Volume 65, Number 6 WEST LIBERTY STATE COLLEGE

West Viriginia Legislature Sponsors Legislative Program For Students The West Virginia Legislature is sponsoring a Judy A. Herndon Legislative Fellows Program for students of all majors and discip­ lines. The Fellows Program is an internship program for full-time undergraduate students from both public and private institutions of higher learning in West Vir­ ginia. The program provides an opportunity for ten West Virginia college students to participate in a 16-week internship in Charles­ ton working with the state Legis­ lature. The fellows will each receive an allowance of $150 a week and 15 hours of college credit within their specific prog­ rams at their individual institut­ ions. The first internship will begin in January at the start of the new semester. To apply for the internship a student must have completed 60 undergraduate hours or its equiva­ lent, have achieved a grade-point average sufficient for admission to his degree have com­ pleted a course in pmitical science pr have had extensive public affairs'experience, and be in good sociai and acadmeic standing. ^ student who applies for a position to work with the Legis­ lature will be judged on a state­ wide basis. Three ietters of recommendation, a transcript of academic record, and a prepared written essay should also be submitted at the time of applicatiorr. Student applications should be returned to Dr. Robert S. Bahney,. director of the sschool of social sciences, by October 23, 1981. Each campus has a faculty repre­ sentative to whom applications are submitted. The representative will also conduct initial screening in terms of program requirements. Applications will then be for­ warded to the Legislative Program, Committee for final review. The Committee wiil select student

Each student will be responsi­ whose records display overall excellence, an interest in public ble for completing registration at service and who exhibit particular his home institution and tor promise of benefiting from the paying all tuition, fees, and internship. Selection will be made other charges prior to the initi-. without regard to sex, race, ation of thb internship. All pro­ place of origin, or political affili­ gram participants must be enrol­ led at their home institution as ation. The Internship will be adminis­ full-time students while serving as tered by a Program Director who legislative fellows. is selected from among full-time Students will be responsible for faculty of West Virginia’s colleges making their own housing and and universities and has earned a transporation arrangements in the terminal degree in political sci­ Charleston area for the pro­ ence, government or public gram’s duration, and they will be administration. required to carry their own Students will be assigned either health insurance. directly to a legislator or a legis­ lative agency, performing research For more information students and staff functions. Participants may check the announcements will also be introduced to and which are posted in the Breeze­ develop an unjjerstanding of the way and on the bulletin board politics of legislation, legislative in Shotwell Hall or contact our research, bill drafting, the role faculty representative for the pro­ and function of committees, and gram, Dr. Robert S. Bahney, 211 Shotwell Hall. executive-legislative liaison.

Faculty Senate Opens; A Debate Highlights , By Charlie Rogerson Trumpet Reporter A debate over the methods , used to appoint school directors and department chairmen high­ lighted this semester’s first Fac­ ulty Senate meeting on Tuesday, 'Sept. 15. Under the old system, the numerical ■ results of the ballot­ ing were announced to the mem­ bers of the school, the director, and the academic dean. A motion was made for a new systeni that woulil eliminate the announce­ ment of numerical results. The motion was submitted by Dr. Robert Bahney, Dr. Arthur

National News Briefs

............. According to a Senate Finance Committee Tiriefing paper, increased excise taxes may be imposed on "cigars, cigarettes, distilled spirits, beer, and wine" to fund the failing Social Security system. This could bring $3.3 billion into federal funds during the next fis­ cal year. However, Chairman Bob Dole (R-Kan.) stressed that this was only "an informal proposal." .........Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in Friday, Sept. 25, in what a White House Aid calls a "mfni-lnaugural ceremony." President Reagan escorted O'Connor to the High Court for the history-making ceremony. Sandra Day O'Connor is the first woman Supreme Court Justice. ............Two American military advisers were injured, one of them seriously, by a submachine gun fired by a leftist gunman in Honduras on September 23.' The wounded men are Air Force Sgt. Russell L. McFall and Army Sgt. Robert L. Smith. This was the first reported attack on U.S. advisers stationed in Central .America. The gunman escaped; however, the "Lorenzo Zelaya" commandos, a little known leftist group, said they were responsible for the attack. .......... The protest at the Diablo Canyon, Calif., nuclear power plant nearly ended last Wednesday when over 1,500 protesters were a'rrested, inicuding rock singer Jackson Brx)wne. Except for some pushirtg and shoving the demonstration was nonviolent. Six hundred troops and 230 highway patrol officers, sent to deal with a much larger crowd, were sent home after the last of the arrests were made. .......... An Ohio State University dean was stabbed last week in front of a Los Angeles hotel; although he "yelled like crazy," nobody helped him. Donald Glower, dean of the OSU College of Engineering and a candidate for the presidency of West Virginia University, was stabbed twice in the chest, once in the arm, and once in the abdomen. He was listed in stable condition at a California Hospital Medical Center last week. His attacker apparently wanted money.

Barbeau, and Dr. David Javersak. Arguing for the motion, Bahney said the present system puts faculty and administration in an awkward position. He said it boils down to the question: “Do we want an election or an evaluation.” . After-. Bahney’s presentation. Professor Ernest Comiskey’s attempt to address the Senate was interrupted by Dr. Lawrence Talley. “Point of order, Mr. Chair­ man,” said Talley, “I’m asking if Professor Comiskey has the right to address the Seante. His (depart­ ment) senator is here and, as such, he is^ a member of the faculty and does not have a vote in this quorum.” Comiskey replied, “I’m not taking a. vote, sir. Anyone has a right to address the Senate. If you would come more often, you would find out that this is pos­ sible.” Dr. Javersak cited “customs and usage” and concluded that anyone can address the Senate. ' Parliamentarian Howard Reiner affirmed this. Comiskey then said that these amendments were a “step back­ ward to the old secrecy.” He added, “There is a real value in­ knowing , that so many back this candidate and so many baclr that candidate. This''makes the unit’s true wishes known.” The motion was debated for 40 minutes, the question was called, and the motion passed with 15 ayes, 3 nays, and 2 abstentions. Javersak announced that a new document on the grade appeal committee would be presented as an action item in the October meeting of the Senate. By a unani­ mous committee vote, no students will serve on the committee. A motion by the Faculty Sen­ ate to change the name of the Campus Police to Campus Secur­ ity was rejected by President Chapman.

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State Legislators Meet With Students Another topic of discussion concerned grants issued by the state of West Virginia. Students Members of the West Virginia questioned the legislators as to State Legislature met with stud­ wjiy some students who met the ents last Monday,. September 21, eligibility requirements to receive in Arnett Hall, to discuss and help grants from the state never re­ resolve problems concerning the ceived them. Stattis, chairman of the Higher students of West Liberty. The main topic of discussion Education Committee, explained was the hazardous road conditions that there ' are more students that students face while traveling eligible for grants than there is to and from the college, particu­ money. He said that the state of West Virginia would have to raise larly Route 88. taxes in order for them to issue Legislator Lyle Stattis told more ■ grants and that tax­ students that state funds are lim­ payers are already paying 92 ited and that upgrading roads is percent of a student’s education, “a matter of priorities.” leaving the student to pay only He went on to say that he has eight percent. traveled all over the state of West Patricia Hartman, a member of Virginia and that the roads sur­ the Higher Education Committee, rounding West Liberty aren’t as asked students questions concern­ bad as other roads throughout ing the food in the cafeteria. Al­ the state. He also said that “a though the complaints were min­ lot of .people would be tickled to imal, she said that the quality of have Route 88.” food that is being served in the Thais Blatnik, a member of the cafeteria should be upgraded. One of the last issues discussed Higher Education Committee, said that the committee has been try­ was the possibility of West Liber­ ing for several years to get the ty getting cable television in the road situation corrected, but so dormitories. Stattis told students far their “success story has been that, as long as 'they agreed to limited.” She went on to say that pay for it without any help from she finds it very encouraging that the state and if the college admini­ the students of West Liberty are stration gave its permission, the keeping the road issue as one of students should be able to pur­ chase cable television. their main priorities. ■

By Lisa Milhoan Trumpet Reporter

Curriculum Committee Approves Two Bio. Courses The first Curriculum Commit­ tee meeting of the academic year was held on Tuesday, Sep­ tember 15, 1981, in the secondfloor conference room of the Paul N. Elbin Library. The meet­ ing was called to order' at 2:05 p.m. by Dr. Whiting. • Dr. Whiting announced that as in the past regular Curriculum Committee meetings will be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The minutes of April 7, 1981, were approved with the exception of one correc­ tion. Dr. Talley voted “No” rather than “Yes” on the motion to retain Physics 479 in the catalogue. Dr. Whiting clarified the route by which curriculum matters are approved as follows: the indivi­ dual — to' the departrrient — to the school — to any existing intermediary committees such as the teacher education commit­ tee — to the curriculum commit­ tee to the faculty senate — to the president.

Dr. Whiting read a list of additional Special Topics courses being offered this semester: one in chemistry, two in education, two in home economics, four in oral communications, and one in music. Two special topic courses in biology were scheduled to be offered as regular courses in the coming spring and fall semes­ ters. The courses are titled “Prin­ ciples of Immunology” (Bio. 421) and “Communicable and NonCommunicable Diseases” (Bio. 317). These classes will be open to biology majors and nursing students as electives. According to Chairman Dean Whiting, the clas­ ses will be offered whenever there is a student need. The committee also endorsed a proposal by Mr. de Jaager to condense instrumental and choral organizations from 17 different

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