1978_09 The Daily Collegian September 1978

              	
The Dairy CoSeglan
AS Senate asks Chancellor for
review of Baxter's stewardship
By TOM MAURER
The Associated Student Senate sent
a letter tailing for a review of CSUF
President Norman A. Baxter's administrative performance to CSUC Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke following ifs
regular meeting on Sept. 12.
In the final draft of the letter to the
Chancellor, which the senate approved
unanimously, AS President Cordon
Riddle stated, 'It is mv opinion that
students' concerns are relevant and,
therefore, must be acknowledged.
Furthermore, President Baxter
recently stated at an Academic Senate
Assembly that he wanted a review of
his periormance at CSUF. The
Associated Student Senate goes on
record as favoring this review.*
*l think It's time to act,' Riddle told
the Senate after proposing the revised
letter. Senators worked throughout the
week with Riddle and the AS office fo
produce the final product.
'It's all a matter of timing,' he said
in getting the letter off to prompt an
'Facts concerning administrative
decisions such as the removal of School
of Business Dean William A. Buzkk
must be made available,* the letter
claimed.
BurJdk was fired prior to the fall sem-
"It is of primary importance,' the
letter stated, 'that the review be
completed without delay; confidence in
high level administration at our campus
has diminished exceptionally.*
An initially proposed letter to the
Chancellor, turned down by the Senate
on Sept. 5, claimed that confidentiality
was breached durin* and inquiry by the
Chancellor's office into Baxter's
stewardship and declared the review to
be 'nothing but a sham.*
Stating basically the same thing, but
presented a little differently, the
approved letter said, "There is now
strong contention amoung faculty and
students that this fact-finding mission
was nothing more than a political administrative exercise because 'confidential' information was reported to
President Baxter.*
Another major complaint ol the
initial inquiry of Baxter's stewardship
by the Chancellor's office involved a
lack of information regarding the
results of that team's findings.
The Senate letter delegated a responsibility for the availability of the
results  of any   review   board   on   the
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and Baxter over a proposed *6 million
faculty office building-computer center
instead of the business school dass-
i building sought by
stances during his tenure at CSUF, was
also Involved in the Buzick firing.
In addition to Ihe Senate's letter
requesting an immediate review, three
other requests were made to the CHan-
cellor.
'Second, any individual appearing
before such a review board must have
i of confidentiality,' the
made to the review team were made
available to Baxter, said Riddle.
'Third, a committment en the part of
the review board must be made that
permits all parties who wish to voice
their opinions to be allowed representation,' the Senate letter said. 'The
board must also initially define its
scope.'
•Finally," the letter concluded, 'the
panel should specify those who will
have access to its conclusions. These
conditions must be met before a fair
and     equitable     formalized     review
Roby named
scholarship
recipient
Controversial decisions such as the
Buzkk firing prompted the Senate to
address the Chancellor regarding
Baxter's stewardship.
As you are aware,' the' letter
began, '*ome of the administrative
practices of President Norman A.
Baxter and Academic Vice President
Louis D. Volpp have recently been
sebject to criticism by members of the
university community.'
Volpp, in addition to other circum-
a call for review at Tuesday
letter that Assistant Executive Vice
Chancellor Herbert Carter expressed
seeing no evidence that faculty and
students were afraid  to  voice  their
'This was due largely to Ihe fact that
many who spoke to the chancellor's
representatives were under the impression that their statemants were to
be held in confidence,' the letter said.
Confidentiality, however, was seemingly   breached   and   Ihe
Donald Roby of Fresno, a CSUF
graduate student In phyiics. has been
named to receive the Harry C.
Burbrtdge Scholarship In Physics for
19713-79.
Dr. Floyd Judd. Physics Department chairman, said Roby will receive
a *200 grant, which Is renewable In
the spring semester. He said the
scholarship Is awarded only when the
department has a' student with exceptional abilities in the field of
The endowment was established
by the late Dr. Harry C. Burbrtdge.
a professor emeritus of physics, for
enrolled students with educational
promise and Interest In the science
of physics as a career.
Roby received his bachelor of
science degree from CSUF In 1977
and has completed his first year of
graduate study.
Currently, bo,. Is working on a
thesis on electrical conductivity due
to energy excitation of crystals at thelr
defect centers.
Bulldogs NCAA charter expires
Association takes athletics under ifs wing
BY TOM MAURER
Concerned over the status of CSUF
athletics following the expiration of its
NCAA charter, the Associated Students Senate heard a report from Exe
cutive Vice-President David Holmes at
its regular meeting of Sept. 12.
The charter, under which the previous Athletic Council was set up, expired as of June 30 and there had been
no athletic authority on campus since
"Athletics is not a function of the
administration," Holmes told the Sen
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ate. "Athletics is a function of the
whole university, and to be successful,
it has to be supported by the whole
university."
The athletics program is now under
the CSUF Association, Holmes told the
Senate. He explained how he was
named   proprieter   after   the   charter
"We were hoping to put athletics
into a separate auxiliary fully incorporated,'' Holmes said. "But the
Chancellor (Clenn Dumke, CSUC) is
discouraging   any  more  auxiliaries."
Holmes also said the Chancellor
would like to see athletics controlled
with community,  faculty and student
The NCAA requires it to be controlled by the faculty and administration,
Holmes said.
With athletics now covered under the
Association, several benefits are e
dent, Holmes informed the Senate Not
only ,ire the faculty and administra-
n t (rflt-d, but with AS Presi
dent Cordon Riddle a member of the
Association, there is also student re
in addition, the Association is fully
incorporated, he said.
Athletics will be the responsibility of
an advisory board which is responsible
to Holmes, who is also the Chairman of
the Association The hoard will report
to Holmes on a regular basis.
The board will consist of an administrator, the Dean of the School of Professional Studies, one faculty member
at large, one representative of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA)
and one representative of Nor-Cal.
Also, oqe student at large will serve a
The Patty CsSeghw-
Faculty organization requests
Baxter, Volpp resignations
BY TOM MAURER
The Congress of Faculty Associations (CFA) Chairman, Dr. Chester
F. Cole, issued a statement yesterday
on behalf of the organization saying
that in the best interests of the university, both President Norman A.
Baxter and Louis Volpp, vice president
for academic affairs, should resign
immediately.
The statement, read at a press
conference held in the New Science
Building, followed tabulation of a
faculty survey in which approximately
80 percent of the faculty members
polled expressed the opinion that,
in terms of the interests of the university, Baxter's and Volpp's performance in office was unsatisfactory. *
'At the moment, the issues behind
this are many,' said Cole, a CSUF
professor of geography. 'But regard
less of what those issues are, a high
percentage of the Academk Senate -
something like 60 percent find their
(Baxter and Volpp) performance as
administrators as not acceptable.'
'Both of them should resign their
administrative positions immediately,"
he said.
Cole also said that the faculty
has lost its confidence in the Baxter
Aoministratlon.
'The whole question on this campus
is that the whole faculty has completely
lost confidence In them,' Cole said.
Besides resigning their administrative posts, Cole said he would
like to see them return to teaching
They've shown that as administrators they don't perform the lob
well and they should go back to what
they do well,'he said.
'Since they've proven so ui
ful in their respective assignments,"
he added, 'they should return to
teaching.'
'There's no way for Chester Cole
to know what kind of Instructor I am,*
Volpp said.
With the'issue of collective bargaining brought up by Baxter in an
earlier press conference yesterday.
Cole stated, "If the whole concept
of collegiality were made to work
property, we wouldn't need collective bargaining.*
Yesterday, a collective bargaining
bill for IK and CSUC faculty members
was signed by Governor lerry Brown
osophkal - an effort by faculty and
administration to work together on
allproblems, thereby eliminating
any need for negotiating processes
associated with collective bargaining.
Cole, however, voked an obvious
displeasure with Baxter's procedures
in dealing with the faculty
"I think this is the problem - he
does not really understand the problems of the faculty or what the faculty
position is," he said.
Cole slated that he did not wish
for Baxter or Volpp to leave the campus
entirely He would not rule-out any
possibility of change in the administration's stance, "There is always
room for people to change their personality arid learn. *
Survey finds Baxter, Volpp 'unacceptable'
By MIKE BLAESSER
Responding to a faculty survey
that overwhelmingly evaluated his performance in office as "unacceptable," President Norman A Baxter
said the evaluation was "a created
issue" and that he would not resign.
Baxter and Vice President for Academic Affairs Louis Volpp said at a
press conference yesterday that they
would not resign. The faculty also rated
Volpp's  performance  In c/fke   "un-
Pacurty members were asked in a
questionalre whether, in terms of the
best Interests of the university, they
considered Baxter's and Volpp's respective performances ''acceptable''
or "unacceptable."
The survey drew 602 responses from
faculty members, out of a possible 707
The tallies showed 132 ''acceptable"
votes and 4-3 "unacceptable" votes for
Baxter, with six abstentions and one
void. The vote on Volpp's performance
was 124 "acceptable'' and 466 "unacceptable,'' with 10 abstentions
Referring to a bill that Cov. Brown
signed yesterday giving professors collective bargaining rights, Baxter said,
"I think it (faculty unrest) is tied pretty
strongly to collective bargaining. I
think you can expect a strong membership drive on this campus."
Baxter said he felt that the faculty
unions would have to "show some
muscle." It was not clear whether or
not he believed the faculty evaluation
vote turn-out could be attributed to
this or not.
Regarding the evaluations and certain unnamed faculty groups, Baxter
said, "It suits their  purpose to create
When asked about the firing of
William Buzkk, dean of the School of
Business, last June, Baxter said he
felt there was some legitimate concern
over that firing, but that concert
not carried over to the issue of the
evaluations.
Baxter also said he feels that part of
the faculty unrest stemmed from the faculty's frustration over economic conditions, which have yielded only meager
"The faculty feels put upon," he
said, adding, "...in many cases they
take their troubles out on those nearest
them. In this case it happens to be the
president of Fresno State University.''
Volpp said that he was disappointed
in the results of the evaluation.
He said, "I read that as a very sincere sense of dissatisfaction from the
faculty "
"It certainly will change what I have
been doing," he said.
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HOMECOMING 78
'Dog Days'
Applications for the 1978 Homecoming Committee are now available In the Student Activities
Office (CU310) and the Associated Students
Office (CU 306).
The r-tomecomlng Weekend of Nov. 1-4 will be
upon us soon and we need your ideas and help to
make Iter*—-
Meetings are being held every Monday at 2
PM In the College Union Room 308.
For further questions, contact eiiher David
Pinuelas or Joan Larson at the Associated
Students Office (CU 306).
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