Mirror - Vol. 03, No. 02 - April 26, 1979

              Weber Chosen as Dean:
to Replace Rinaldi in July
by Gigi Byron
Dr. Stephen L. Weber, assistant to
the President at the University of
Maine at Orono, has been appointed
Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences, it was announced by Presi-dent
Rev. Thomas.Fitzgerald. He will
begin his term in July.
The appointment came after an
11-member Search Committee had
reviewed 186 applicants and made
their recommendations to Fr. Fitz-gerald
and Fr. Kelley, the new
University President.
According to Fr. Fitzgerald, "Dr.
Weber was the first choice of both
Fr. Kelley and myself. I think we're
very fortunate to get him." Fitzgerald
added that Weber has had "rather
broad experience. As Assistant to
the President he has been given a
good deal of responsibility, and
therefore has a good perspective on
what is involved in administration."
As Assistant to the President at
Maine, Dr. Weber has served as
liaison with the faculty, represented
the President at various functions,
helped develop and administer per-sonnel
policies, prepared position
statements, coordinated efforts with
the Budget Priorities Committee, and
handled a variety of special projects.
Orono is Maine's land-grant cam-pus
and has 10,688 students, ap-proximately
600 faculty, over 300
professionals and almost 1200
classified employees. The total
budget is $42,600,000.
Dr. Weber, who is 37 years old,
was an undergraduate at Bowling
Green State University, and did
graduate woek at the University of
Colorado and the University of Notre
Dame. The latter institution awarded
him his Ph.D. He currently is a
tenured member of the Department
of Philosophy. Dr. Weber has
published in The New Scholasticism,
Journal of Religion, Review of
Metaphysics, Analecta Husserliana
and Journal of Social Philosophy.
Dr. Weber is "very pleased" about
his appointment as dean. He com-mented
that he "felt very good about
Fairfield" when he was down to visit
and that he "was very impressed
both with the faculty and students
here."
Weber feels that there are "bound
to be challenges" in his new position,
but he welcomes these and likes "a
lot of flexibility." He also feels that he
will be able to accept these chal-lenges
because "the values and con-cerns"
he saw at Fairfield "were
compatible with his own."
Dr. Weber lives in Maine with his
wife, Susan Keim Weber, and their
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Acting Dean Nicholas Rinaldi, who has served in this capacity since last
summer, will step down in June. He will remain as a professor in the
English Department.
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Mike Navarro, Administrative Coordinator of F.U.S.A.
Kegs "Banned"
in Private Rooms
by Gigi Byron
The University Council, in another effort to decrease vandalism to Universi-ty
property and alcohol abuse, unanimously passed a resolution recommen-ding
to Student Services that "keg beer be allowed in residence halls only at
registered floor parties." This would include "impromptu" parties since they
are also registered.
The reasoning behind this resolution is that if students have a keg in their
room "they feel they must finish it whereas bottled or canned beer cna be
saved for later," explained Michael Cannizarro of the Council.
The Council also felt that keg beer in a private room is messy and can do
damage to carpeting.
There has been some criticism of this restriction on the part of students
who feel that their "rights to entertain as they wish has been violated."
Southside Johnny Concert
Expenses:
Southside Johnny $4,500.00
Good Rats 2,000.00
Sound and Lights '. 2,000.00
Electrician ,869.75
Commissions 725.00
Maintenance 695.82
Staging : 500.00
Spot Lights 400.00
Fire and Police 200.00
Advertising 310.00
Posters 158.56
Piano Tuning 120.00
Food for Band 89.00
Tickets: 84.00
Publicity 74.75
Miscellaneous 26.25
Total Expenses $12,753.19
- Total Receipts $13,318.60
Net Gain $ 565.41
F.U.S.A. Plans Two-Year
Prof. Evaluation Program
by Claudia M. Napp
This week marked the beginning Of
the new F.U.S.A. two year plan for
Teacher Evaluations. The cost of the
study is estimated at $2,500 annual-ly.
The program is being directed by
Michael Navarro, who calls the pro-gram
a "selt-improvement" study for
professors. Only those professors
who agree to the validity of the new
program will be evaluated.
The study is based upon the old
Teacher Evaluations, but has been
modified to better meet the needs of
the university. The change in struc-ture
is immediately evident, in that
the questions are now divided into
two vertical columns. Also, a few of
the. old questions have been
eliminated or revised.
The major reason for the change
in the old evaluation system is simply
that F.U.S.A. realized from past ex-periences,
that reforms were
necessary. The new Self-Improve-ment
study is a result of suggestions
from all facets of the University. Aid
to initiate these reforms had been
solicited from faculty, "ad-ministrators,
the computer center,
and students. Although the new pro-gram
is entirely student run, it is by
no means negligent in taking into
Legislat
F.U.S.A.
by Gigi Byron
The 1979-80 FUSA cabinet chosen
by Jim Connolly, FUSA President,
was approved at the Legislature
meeting last week. Connolly's
cabinet consists of eleven members:
Joe Timpone and Nancy Delaney as
co-directors of communications, Ken
Donovan as Comptroller, Tim
Buckley as Executive Director, Mike
DiSpirito and Tony Amarante as Co-directors
of SEC, Jean Luglio as
Lecture and Arts Director, Kevin Mc-
Colon and Sean McNamara as Co-athletic
liaisons, Denise Dzurec as
Attorney General, and Mike Navarro
as Academic Coordinator. The only
member not yet approved is Sean
McNamara who was unable to af-tend
the meeting. He is expected to
come before tonight's Legislature
sesson.
Also at the meeting, Mike DiSpirito
and George Schietinger, Legislature
President, co-sponsored a bill that
requires SEC to obtain Legislature
approval when spending $2,000 or
more of SEC funds. The bill passed,
negating a previous requirement for
approval of expenditures over
$1,000. The $2,000 figure was cited
as a more appropriate one consider-ing
today's price of bands. --
The budgets for four clubs:
Groundstar, Football Club, Chemistry
consideration the other members of
the University community.
Over 600 courses will be evalu-ated
in the next two years, by taking
150 per semester. The classes now
being evaluated and those
designated to go through the pro-cess
next year, were picked at ran-dom.
"The only exceptions to the
rule being a professor's request to
have himself among this semester's
participants," stated Mike.
The two-year format was decided
upon for three basic reasons:
1. A two-year plan is much more
practical then trying to evaluate all
faculty in one semester.
2. Enables the spring semester
courses to be evaluated.
3. Gives the teacher time to study
the results and make any necessary
changes in their course before the
next evaluation.
In the long run, the results of the
Teacher Self-Improvement Study will
be published each February in a
booklet that will be made available to
the whole university community.
Mike initially had hoped to have the
first part of the study completed in
time for the Mirror's last issue, but
because we are running so late in the
year, F.U.S.A. will have to hold off till
the Fall. If at all possible, professors
will receive the results during the
summer.
As far as the purpose or reason for
publishing the study is concerned,
Mike stated: "Some professors don't
want the results published, but we're
putting $2,500 into the program, and
since this comes from student funds,
I feel they definitely have a right to
see the results. We are not out to get
the faculty, this is simply an attempt
to work for our mutual benefit. The
program is flexible and we are
welcoming constructive criticism
from the faculty. The students will be
informed that the results are merely
statistics, and therefore not perfect.
They will be an aid to chose courses,
but not the ultimate criterion for
schedule choices."
In the future, F.U.S.A. would like to
see a tri-pod evaluation run. Right
now though this is impossible due to
the late date. "What has to be stress-ed
is that this is an attempt to make
up for past failures in the system.
Not to run a program now would be
negligence on our part," Mike com-mented.
"Next year the Teacher
Self-Improvement study will get
underway earlier."
ure OK's
Cabinet
Club and YIC were approved at the
meeting.
Also approved by the Legislature
was Jonathan Edwards for May Day.
That band is costing SEC $2,500 and
will appear on May Day with two
smaller bands.
Another bill which passed the
Legislature was one to establish a
faculty liaison to the legislature. His
term would run for one year and he
would be required to make a report
to the Legislature a minimum of
twice a year. This bill is yet to be
signed into action by FUSA Presi-dent,
Jim Connolly. It may be resub-mitted
to the Legislature for
changes.
In keeping with Legislature
housekeeping procedures, Charlie
Rose was approved to the Legisla-ture.
Rose is an off-campus border
representative.
At the Legislature meeting tonight,
Dean Rinaldi will speak on the sub-ject
of core curriculum. A bill propos-ing
the appointment of a club auditor
will come out of the appropriations
committee.
Also tonight, a bill to establisn a
club caucus will be submitted by
George Schietinger. Membership to
the caucus would be open to the
members of all recognized clubs and
organizations of the University.
Dogwood
Weekend
by Claudia M. Napp
Dogwood Weekend will start
off with a concert Saturday
night featuring N.R.B.Q. (New
Rhythm and Blues Quarter)
with Leon Redbone to open.
There will be two shows at 7
and 10 p.m.
On Sunday night from 9 to 1,
the dance will feature the
Boston based band Hawkeye.
This group plays music such as
Earth Wind and Fire, the Roll-ing
Stone, and other "dance-able"
music.
"Hawkeye played in Vermont
during spring break. Some
friends and I heard them a cou-ple
of times up there and they
were really excellent. They had
the whole place going! Right
then we decided to sign them,"
stated Sean MacNamara.
Tickets for the weekend are
in the form of a package deal
which sells for $17.00. The
package cannot be split up
when purchased from F.U.S.A.,
for there are only 550 tickets
for couples available.