The Griffin: volume 50, issue 15 - Feb. 8, 1980

              in Sam Puma THE GRIFFIN/Mary Kay Andersc The committee also announced that honorary degrees will be awarded to David P. Midland, Howard J. VanNortwick, and Sister Sheila Marie Walsh. The executive committee also announced that board membership would be increased from 30 to 35. This is enacting a bylaw set in April, 1978. Commencement Speaker At a Dec. 18 meeting of the executive committee of the board of trustees, criteria were developed for selecting the speaker. First, the speaker should have some connection with Canisius College, higher education, or the local community. Second, no public official should be considered if he or she is a candidate for office in the year in which the commencement takes place. Any alumnus speaking has to have distinguished himself in his career. He stated that Canisius was supporting increases in partial and full time TAP awards. Father James Demske reported on attempts to secure additional aid for colleges. He claimed that Governor was attempting to decrease Bundy aid. The proposal to make hockey a Division 111 sport was approved. Mike Ryan, chairman of the student life committee, noted that the trustees will attempts to take an active role in recruiting. Geisler noted that Ryan estimated that between $12 and $13 priorities were placed into six categories. Government compliance renovations were given the highest priority. These were followed by renovations of the Main-Eastwood building, residence halls, the library, the science building and the Old Main lounge. The library need was subdivided into two distinct areas: expansion and the addition of a new wing. facilities, according the USA President Arnie Geisler. There were four priorities in terms of faculty needs: major program development, course development, named professorship, and faculty research grants as guaranteed by the college. Computer facilities, energy conservation, the institute for social justice, and unrestricted endowment were the institutional needs. The plant and facilities dent needs, faculty needs, institutional needs, and plant and facility needs. Each of these needs were divided into subdivisions. In regards to student needs, the top priority for the 1980's would be for student financial aid to fulltime students, merit scholarships, library acquisitions, and a writing laboratory. Library acquisitions were defined in terms of the addition of new books and materials and not the expansion of the present library Development Committee Report The development committee addressed what it saw as the potential needs and problems that the college faces in the near future. These will be addressed by the college's comprehensive development program. Fr. Edmund J. Ryan, vice president of academic affairs, outlined the plans in terms of priorities: stu- Staff Circulates Petition; Wants Salary Hike Out of 125 employees, nearly one-half signed the petition, which was sent to Joyce Eulner, director of personnel, and to various chief administrators, including Dr. Laurence W. Franz, vice presi- The increase of the work-study student's minimum wage spurred a high percentage of the staff into taking a unified course of action. According to Denise Sobolewski, a secretary in planning and research, "We are emphatically not against work study gelling minimum wage, but since theirs was increased, I think we should have an increase." Many staff members make "just a few cents more per hour and they've been here .a couple of years," she added. by Linda Bereck The secretarial and technical staffs at Canisius circulated a petition in mid-January, stating their concern and discontent with the present salary scale for employees. Puma said that although the official count for this school year will not be known until after the summer semester, the number of permits issued for the fall semester is running ahead of last year. by Gregory L. Nichols The security department expects this year's issuance of parking permits to exceed last year's, Samuel Puma, director of security, has said. In order to "clean out" the neighborhood, Puma said, the security department sent letters to the local residents warning them that vehicles not bearing a Canisius parking sticker would be issued a summons. After parking at Canisius for so many years, many residents were very upset, he said. college's parking facilities, Puma said. This caused the lots to be full sometimes as early as 8:30 a.m. and there was no way to tell which cars were properly parked. The security department issued 3,000 parking summonses in the 1978-79 school year and 1,400 in the fall semester of this year, Puma said, although he pointed out not all violations occurred in the lots but also on the nearby streets. Puma also spoke of two ideas that provide students an alternative to always having to drive their own vehicle to and from Canisius. Representatives from Metro increase in Parking Permits Predicted; Puma Emphasizes Speed in Signing Bus spoke at this year's orientation, Puma said. They were willing to implement a special shuttle bus for students in the outlying areas that would run between Eastern Hills Mall and Canisius (continued on Page 4) These include two free courses for full-time staff and free undergraduate education for dependents of staff with over {ive years full-time employment. When questioned on the effectiveness of the petition, Eulner replied that the administration is "very sympathetic with the petition and proud of the caliber of our employees." Although the pay scales are not competitive with profit-making institutions, Eulner emphasized that "what we cannot do monetarily, we try to compensate through fringe benefits." At an administrative meeting, it was agreed upon that "something should be done," Eulner said. She plans to have a recommendation for adjustments in wages reviewed July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year. dent for business and finance, and Fr. Edmund G. Ryan, executive vice president for academic affairs.Puma supplied the following figures: w,79 W80 All Semesters Fall Only Commuters 2750 1850 Sr. Faculty 205 230 Staff 420 350 Residents 150 130 Total 3525 2560 Puma emphasized the effectiveness of registering vehicles to enable the security department to maintain the college parking lots strictly for the college's use. Before vehicle registration was implemented, people in the neighborhood always used the million in revenue has to be raised to accomplish these goals. The addition of new library wing would result in another $2 million in expenses.Educational Policy Report con editorial... page 2 Room and board costs will also be increased from $800 to $940 a semester. The trustees also passed an 8 percent increase in wages and salaries for the faculty. by Joe Jarzembek The board of trustees approved an increase in full-time day undergraduate tuition from $3,050 to $3,300 for the 1980-1981 academic year at a meeting Tuesday afternoon.Fr. Ryan gave a report from the educational policy committee. The report noted that enrollment statistics surpassed original predictions. This was true in both day and evening divisions. Ryan stated that the college is considering instituting a computer science major. He said that for every eight openings in that area, there is only one applicant. Andrew Krege, president of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, noted that firms had to go outside of Western New York to fill job openings in the computer science field. George Martin Increase Board of Trustees Confirms Tuition Additional Business THE GRIFFIN/Mary Kay Anderson