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MAINE CAMPUS

NOTATIONS AND CORRECTIONS (Volume 71, no. 1, June 14, 1968 through

Volume 73, no. 9, August 6, 1970)

February 13, 1969, pp 8,9

October 23, 1969

February 26, 1970, p.6.

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I III Ftsp AN Feb 21) oting for the King.n,1 Queen n the mon tiorn a.in to 5 p.m.

RI DA \ I- el,. 2I issitimmer Ball heldthe Memorial I mon trom p.m. to 1 a.m.

Kine and Queen %:it, ned at 111:30. Spectraswill be plaing.

SA1'l RDAY Feb. 22: Ice Skating Partyheld at the skating rink on Collece Avenuetrom 1 to S p in. Snowmobile rides and gamesheld h the cannons at this time. Ha)ridestrom 1 to 4. tug of war from 3 to 5. Judgingot snow sulptures begins at 2:30 p.m.The and pipers perform in the Memorial

from 7 to 9 p.m From 9:30 to midnighta tree dance will feature music by the Veil.SUNDAY Feb. 23: Neil Diamond per-

forms at the Memorial Gym from 2 to 4 p.m.

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This year the dormitories have been groupedinto quadrangles which will work together andproduce one sculpture. There are seven com-petitors in the dormitory division, five quad-rangles from the Orono campus. one fromSouth Campus and the Maine Outing Club.

Judging of the sculptures will begin at 2:30p.m. on Saturday. February 22. Awards willhe presented at the concert on Saturday night.Groups which need snow can call Roscoe

Clifford. Superintendent of Groups and Ser-vices, to have some dumped at their sculpturesite.

"Le Chateau" will be the theme. of theSwissboomer Ball this year. Held in the Me-morial Union from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. amongdecorations portraying a swiss chalet, the ballwill be emceed by Campus Security PoliceChief Steve Gould. Music will be provided bythe Spectras. a dance band from New Hamp-shire. Attire is semi-formal.

During intermission at 10:30 the WinterCarnival King and Queen will be crowned.

The Sandpipers will he bringing theirsoothing sound to the Memorial (gym on Satur-day at 7 p.m. The group. which features malevocalists, Micheal Piano. Jim Brady and Rich-ard Scholl. includes a use piece back up handand two female yocalists.

The group does a number of popular songs.its most recent hit being "Guantanamera.•• TheSandpipers have four albums out and a newsingle release called "let Go." After the group'sperformance a free dance will begin at 9:30with music by the Veil.

Sunday afternoon at 2 the Monona' tiymwill swing with the sounds or \Ed llllla yocalist vvho has the quality ot making hisaudience come alive. Diamond combines suchhits is "Kentucky 11ornan." "Cherry. ('herry .'and "Red, Red WiRe".with a lot of audienceparticipation to produce a great show.

A massive skating party is planned forSaturday afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m. The skat-ing rink will be freshly plowed and iced toprovide the hest skating. Music will he airedover a public address system.

Cold skaters will have a choice of \A Armin.;themselves by a bonfire. which will be hurningnear the rink, or with the free hot chocolatedispensed from a small cabin to he built closeto the ice.

There will be a snow-inoliile run 'omit onthe hill lacing College A‘cnue. Snammohile,will he pulling toboggan load, of 1.idcr, oncourse winding in and out among the ,...nnon,and the hollow tree.A 70 loot Itmt! 14)hougan run. 21) feet hp,:h,

v, ill be built on the hill nest to '1.heta Ch:Both toboggans and cafeteria trays will heproyided for those wishing to do sonic slrdrntFrom 3 to 5 p.m. a tog of war will be held

next to the skatme rink. Any traternit%. soror-ity or campus organi7ation can challenge an-other group to a battle. If the challenge is ac-cepted. a call to Dale Moody'. Lamba Chi Al-pha. by Wednesday, February 19, will see thatthe meet is scheduled.

Transportation to and from the games areawill be provided by two wagons. which stilTmake intermittent stops around campus. Thehay ride wagons will run between I and4 p.m.

Maine the weekend WMEB. radio. 91 9on the I-N1 dial. will be running a 36 hourmarathon shm4. from 1 p.m. on friday untilain on Sunday_ the station will co‘er al!

the weekend eYents except the concerts.Highlighting the broadcast klc asLa‘-

eneer hunt aired on Saturda% afternoon I ‘er%15 minutes a list of ItemsY. Ill he leadfirst peison brinemg in an item i e cis ena small p; 1/e !he person who hrincs in themost items &line the day will recci‘e an,\\1 I \I radio

ickets will go on sale on Sunda , I ebruarylb III I p.m. in the held House. \t that tune' a of the tickets will be offered for sale, fhesale will run until 5 p m or until the ticketsare gone.

The remainder of the tickets will go on saleoutside the WM., Den on monda‘. I ost um(1 from .Im. until 5 pin Iickets 1k 1 I he

sold all \seek or until they are. gone. 300concert tickets and 50 ball tkct w ill he soldat the dining hall at South Campus on Monday.February 17. from 5 to 6:30 p in

ticket purchasers must show their UM IDsbefore they will be sold tickets One personmay buy no more than foul (4) tickets Pricesare $2 per person for each of the concerts and$3 a couple for the hall.

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Page six The Maine Campus February 26, 1970

by David Bright

February 26, 19:

Sociology students move for investigation into firing ofA hundred angry students, deeply

concerned over the firing of twosociolop professors, met Monday foran open confrontation withUniversity administrators, and afteran hour of loud debate voted to handthe situation over to the GeneralStudent Senate's Student-FacultyRelations Committee for a hearing.

The students, most of themsociology majors, had gathered todemand answers as to why assistantprofessors Mark Stein and JosephScimecca were not being re-hired.But the) had no hope of getting thcanswers they wanted, not at thattime, as the two people who had theanswers, sociology departmentchairman William Sezak and ArtsDean John Nolde were not present.

Tempers rose and more and morestudents became disenchanted withthe things they did uncover about thcworkings of the university . Andsomeis here out ot the OM n iii severatpleas for an orpintfed study tit Owissue math; their %%ay through thevoices to the ptxlium.

Pie pleas were bottered byargument, that a committee heoringwould co-opt the whole issue. It was

felt by some the issue would die incommittee, leaving the students withno answers and two professors withno jobs. Others argued a committeestudy would take too long.

Yet when the smoke cleared, itwas evident to all the committeehearing would be no whitewash.English professor Carroll Terrell amember of the Student-I acuityRelations Committee, was strong inhis promise the students would getthe answers they wanted, and getthem soon.

Emphasizing the UM trustees hadalready ruled on the matter. Terrellexplained it would take a strong and

accurate committee report to changetheir minds, or that of anyone inpower. He proposed the committee,together with representatives fromthe Sociology Students' Union. thegraduate students in sociology andthe student senate (which had begunan investigation not involving thecommittee) meet in closed sessionwith all the people in question.

The committee would spend twoweeks of intensive investigation andissue a report of its findings. Thereport would be well documentedand the evidence submitted to thecommittee woukl be made availablefor public scrutiny.

the Monday meeting was theculminat of several months ofevents which have split the sociologydepartment from within. Pettypoliticing had been taking place forquite sonic lime, but when thesituation began affecting theacademic quoiity of the departmentthe undergroduate students took itupon themselves to open things up.

their effort, began with a letterin December to the Student-1 acuityRelations Committee, pointing outthe problems the students saw andasking tor an investigation. 1 or anumber of reasons, mainly arestructuring of the committee. thatrequest was never acted upon. Thematter sat simmering until studentslearned Stein out' Scimecca wouldnot be re-hired.

At a meeting of the Union onebruary 9. the students discussed

the matter and decided onealternative was to publish a letter inthe CAMPUS. informing theuniversity community of thesituation, the nest week the Uniongathered to discuss the first draft ofthe letter and approve its submission.At that meeting three member% of

the sociology department, includingchairman Sezak, watched theproceedings.

The letter appeared in theFebruary • 19 issue of the CAMPUS.On that same day close to 100'students met in the lounge of WestCommons to further discuss theproblem. At the meeting were

sociology majors, and a number ofsophomores considering the subjectas a Major.

A student composed factgathering committee presented theirfindings to the students. Of the ninemembers (including Sezak) in thedepartment, the committee reported

four had been up for rehiring. Two ofthese, Donald Tennant and MichaelSaleebey, had been re-hired, but hadindicated they were leaving theUniversity for other jobs. Another.the only member of the departmentwith a Ph.D in sociology IBliopinderBolaria) had been notified he wouldnot be re-hired when his term expired

in -September of 1971. Stein andScimecca had been fired. Two otherprofessors, Jerry Maneker and JamesNolan, were uncertain about whatdecision they would come to whenup for renewal in 1971.

That left only Robert DeWitt,department vice-chairman, and

Sezak. DeWitt, whose contract also isup for renewal in 1971, laterindicated he was definite about his

future for only another year. Sezak is

the only tenured member of thedepartment.

Discussion then centered aroundthe reasons for Stein and Seimeccabeing fired. The students on the fact

consistent with actioother faculty, nalTennant and Saleeberightfully deterniinedactuality other reamdecision to fire the Mc

At this point th,interrupted by theanthropology profcs

Part of the crowd at the Monc

finding committee said they had beentold the pair was fired because theyhadn't completed their Ph.D.'s andthus did not meet "the newlyadvocated qualifications" needed tohe a memoer in the department.

The committee pointed out.however, this policy was not

Fmerick and Edwardwere informed by ;Peggy Dumais the meeto faculty. Miss Dumaipresence of faculty nMonday night nintimidated severalspeak.

Past controversies in Sociology are part of preThe controversy now showing

itself in the department of sociologybegan several years ago. Some wouldSaS it began when Glenn Vernon

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Others say it started v. lien he left.

The arrival of Ilhopinder Bolaria is

another date many cite. It depends

who you talk to.liolaria arrived in 1965. Hired by

Vernon. he was one of fivedoctorates in the department

111.inerick. Ives, Sezak. Bolaria andVernon). Ile recalls with somedispleasure the experience of beinglooked at in terms of "culturalconflicts" before being hired. Ilefeels there was some reluctance to

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Bolaria, as he himself recalls, wasalways interested in the departmentand would often question things he

felt could be unproved. Two years

ago he wrote to Franklin Eggert,

Dean of the Graduate School, aboutneeded improvements in the graduateprograms. At that time he pointedout the lack of depth in thedepartment and suggested the gradschool should study the matter. Itwould be no surprise to anyonefamiliar with the situation to learnVernon had no plans to rehire Bolariaand give him tenure.

The Department of Sociologya biography

130[ ARIA. 13110PINDER (1965) B.A. in political science and

economics. Punjab University, India. 1955; M.A. in sociology. Kansas State

University. 1961; Ph .D in sociology. Washington State University, 1967.

Assistant professor sociology.DEWITT, ROBERT L. (1968) B.A. in pyschology. University of New

Brunswick. 1960; M.A. in sociology. University of New Brunswick, 1965.

Assistant professor of sociology and department vice-chairman.

MANEKER. JERRY SAM (1968) B.A. in sociology. Adelphia, 1963;

M.A. in sociology. New York University, 1966. Assistant professor of

sociology.NOLAN, JAMES A. (1968) B.A. Dartmouth College, 1961. Assistant

professor of sociology.SALEEBEY. MICHAEL 13. (1967) B.A. social science. University of

California at Santa Barbara, 1958: Master of Social Welfare in social work,

UCLA. 1960. Assistant professor of sociology.SCIMECCA, JOSEPH A. (1969) B.A. in political science, Hunter

College. 1961; M.A. in sociology. NYU, 1965. Assistant professor of

sociology.SEZAK, WILLIAM (1946-48) (1949) B.S. in ed.. BU. 1938; Master of

Education. Maine. 1946; Doctor of Education, Columbia University

Teachers' College, 1956. Professor of sociology and chairnian of

department.STEIN, MARK S. (1969) B.A. in social science. Michigan Stale

University. 1963:M.A. in sociology, 1968. Assistant professor in sociology.

TENNANT. DONALD A. (1967) B.A. in sociology, Kansas State

University. 1962; M.A. in sociology, Kansas Slate University. 1963.

Assistant professor of. sociology.The years in parenthesis indicate year of initial appointment.

The office of Institutional Research reports every professor but Bolariaand Sezak have a doctorate in progress. A survey of these in question

indicate all plan to have their thesis finished by the end of the year. Some

hope for the degree before that time. No one could specify exactly when

he would complete his studies.Ih:Witt is working on a doctorate at the University of Toronto.

Maneker at NYU, Nolan at Washington State University. Saleehey hopes

for a Doctorate ot Social Welfare (the rest are in sociology) from Berkky.Scimecca is working at NYU. Stein at Syracuse and Tennant at Washington

State University.

In the Fall of 1968, theDepartment split, forming a seperatedepartment of anthropology. Vernonleft and Sezak was named actingchairman of sociology. Emerick waspromoted to chairman ofanthropology. As the move was madein the middle of the budget bienium.the two departments had to split thebudget money. Until just recentlythey shared the Same secretary. Othermatters, such as supplies, travelmoney and proiect allotments wereworked out between the twodepartment heads.

A search committee was formedto pick a permenant department headfor sociology. Sezak, Nolde, Emerickand Salcebey were among thecommittee members.

By the fall of 1969, no chairmanhad yet been found. Things were notgoing to smoothly in the department.yet for the most part things werepeaceful until it was learned Sezakwas planning not to rehire Bolaria atthe end of his term in 1971.

Bolaria claimed Sezak hadverbally promised him tenure at afaculty meeting in the spring of1969. DeWitt, Manaker and Nolansupported Bolaria in this and all four,in a seven part memo dated 11/3/69,said they would sign a notorizedstatement to that effect.

Sezak claims, however, he toldFlolaria at the meeting in question hewould consider Bolaria's tenure, notpromise it. Ile recently emphasizedthis, saying a chairman can't promisepromotion to a faculty memberanyway.

Several days before, Bolaria hadsubmitted his resignation "underprotest and pressure" to Nolde,saying he found the reasons he wasnot being rehired "intangible andsomewhat dubious and contestablepersonal reasons." Noldeacknowledged Bolaria's letter onNovember 3.

After he resigned. Bolaria calledon UMO President Winthrop Libby .I ibby listened to Bolaria's case andinformed him of the FacultyRelations Review Board, whichwoukl hear an appeal on his care.Previously unaware of the hoard.

Bolaria appealed to it12 he sent a letwithdrawing his resigr

The next day, SBolaria his formal nnot be rehired in 1!day Nolde aCCC

withdrawal of hisadded in light ofBolaria would not be

That same day.sociology faculty calkthe purpose of votinin Sezak's handlinTennant boycottedSalcebey attendedfrom voting, sayinpersonal experiencesvote, but admittedunaware of prcdepartment membersThe motion said S

to follow the advictAdvisory Committeematters," had 'misrepresented issuesboth the University aArts and Sciences tothe Department oflacked "administevidenced in his failupromote resourcesprofessional activitdepartment."

The faculty motiout the staff felt"confidence of theDepartment of Scleadership abilities,'with a substantialfaculty of the departr

It concluded, "WhSezak. . .Hasprofessional socioloand knowledge. TI1crucial weakness andoubts in his abilityprofessional cotperformance of hisResolved: The ICommittee recomnWilliam Sezak resigifrom the position ofof the Departmentsoon as practic;considered as apermenant chairman

Six days later.

1970 February 26, 1970

firing of professorsract also is

laterabout his

ir Sezak is:r of the

ed aroundScimeccam the fact

,onsistent with action taken with()the, faculty, namely Bolaria,rennant and Saleebey. The groupiightiully determined there were inactuality other reasons for thedecision to fire the two. '

At this point the session wasinterrupted by the arrival of twoanthropology professors, Richard

Part of the crowd at the Monday meeting.

had been:cause they'h.D.'s andthe newlyneeded toment.inted out,was not

Emerick and !Alward Ives. The pairwere informed by SSU chairmarPeggy Dumais the meeting was closedto faculty. Miss Dumais explained thepresence of faculty members at theMonday night meeting hadintimidated several who wanted tospeak.

Ives and Emerick both spoke foronly several seconds. Filch one toldthe students his office was alwaysopen, and he had documents whichwould provide a view of the situationthe students had not seen. Emerickadded he had information whichhadn't been brought to the surface asyet, and both professors left leavingbehind them an atmosphere of shadydealings, somewhere, waiting to beuncovered. An impression existedthat Stein and Scimecca hadsomething to hide which was best leftuncovered.

But Ives and Emerick left thestudents' minds unchanged. Themeeting approved a petition which itagreed to circulate until February 27,at ss hich time it would submit it tothe administration. The petitionread•

-After an investigation by acommittee approved by theS oc i ol ogy Student Union. thedecision has been reached such thatthe dismissal of Mr. Joseph Scimeccaand Mr. Mark Stein was not in thebest interest of the students. We theundersigned advocate thereinstatement of these individuals."

Passing the petition, however, didnot solve the student's problems. Theinternal struggles in the departmentstill existed, signs of a power strugglewere still evident and students werestill faced with a department whichDean Nolde was alleged to havecalled "the step child of Arts &Sciences.-

And the problem was very real.Sophomores. especially, wereundecided. One student expressedthe problem for many when she said,"My time is running out." She wasone of many planning to declaresociology as a major. Deadlines forsubmissions to the spring time

art of present problem068, theseperate

v. Vernonxl actingcrick wasman ofwas madebienium,) split the

recentlyiry. Other!s, travelcms werethe two

is formedlent head, Fmerickong the

chairmanwere notnartment.Ings wereed Sezak13olaria at

tak hadlure at apring ofid NolanI all four,11/3/69,notorized

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Bolaria appealed to it. On November

12 he sent a letter to Noldewithdrawing his resignation.

The next day. Sezak mailed toBolaria his formal notice he wouldnot be rehired in 1971. That sameday Nolde accepted Bolaria'swithdrawal of his resignation butadded in light of Sezak's letter.Bolaria would not be rehired.

That same day, seven of thesociology faculty called a meeting forthe purpose of voting no-confidencein Sezak's handling of his job.

Tennant boycotted the meeting,Salcebey attended but abstainedfrom voting, saying he had nopersonal experiences to justify thevote, but admitted he might beunaware of problems otherdepartment members had had.The motion said Sezak had "failed

to follow the advice of the PolicyAdvisory Committee in departmentalmatters," had "continuouslymisrepresented issues and policies ofboth the University and the College ofArts and Sciences to the members ofthe Department of Sociology" andlacked "administrative ability.evidenced in his failure to supply andpromote resources necessary forprofessional activities within thedepartment."

The faculty motion also pointed

out the staff felt Sezak lacked"confidence of the faculty of theDepartment of Sociology in his

leadership abilities," and "rapport

with a substantial number of thefaculty of the department."

It concluded. "Whereas M r. WilliamSezak. . has questionableprofessional sociological credentialsand knowledge. This we feel is acrucial weakness and causes seriousdoubts in his ability to evaluate the

professional competence andperformance of his faculty. Be ItResolved: The Policy AdvisoryCommittee recommends that Mr

William Sezak resign or be removed

from the position of ActingChainnanof the Department of Sociology as

soon as practical and not beconsidered as a candidate for

permcnant chairman."Six days later, the 15 full time

graduate students in the department

met and voted 31-2 a vote of

no-confidence in Sezak as actingchairman.

The chairman search committee

had still not found a candidate forSezak's job, and at therecommendation of Nolde chose toappoint Sezak full time chairmanuntil I 971. The measure wasapproved in December and passed bythe trustees at their next meeting.

The decision caused a turmoil inthe department. Shortly afterwards,Stein and Scimecca were notifiedthey would not be rehired The othertwo faculty up for reappointment.Saleebey and Tennant, both of whom

had not signed the no-confidence

vote were rehired.

Sezak's explanation for his choicewas he was attempting to upgrade thedepartment, and Stein and Scimeccawere not close enough to obtainingPh.D.s. Students supporting the two

The Maine Campus

Student Senate president Cowan

Scimecca and Stein.catalog were less than a week away.The department. not knowing howmany teachers it would have. wouldonly be guessing when it ofcourse content and times.

The only answer was to confrontthe decision makers, get the answersand settle the questions once and forall. The meeting of February 23 wasscheduled, with notice that the entiresociology faculty. Dean Nokle, VicePresident for Academic Affairs lamesClark. President Libby. Ives andEmerick would be invited. Until thenas many students as possible wereurged to see Libby, Clark, Sezak, Ivesand Emerick.

The Monday meeting began in atense, pack ed West Commons

argue they are as close to doctoratesas any others in the department. ButSezak says he was not kept informedof their progress as he was ofTennant's and Saleebey's.

Yet he admits the dissent raised inthe department by Stein andScimecca played a part in hisdecision, accusing them of actionsmeant to tear down, undermine andharass the department.

Scimecca and Stein say they havetryed legitimate channels to enactchange in the department. AndScimecca adds if harassment ischallenging the status quo, certainlyhe has been a harassment. Both ofthem answer charges leveled by Setakas well as Nolde that the faculty aremanipulating the students with a pertreply. They consider it an insult bothto them and to the students. AndSociology Student Union chairmanPeggy Dumais points out faculty havehad no say in recent student activitiesto get Stein and Scimecca reinstated.

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of Relations Committee confer with professors

Lounge. The absence of Dean Nolde.away on a vacation he had plannedsome months ago, and chairmanSezak. just a week out of the hospitalafter a kidney operation, meant theanswers students wanted weren'tgoing to come. Coupled with thatwas the fact no light could be shedon the mysteries Ives and Emerickhad weaved the Thursday before, forneither of them were present either,each having sent a letter to the SSUexplaining prior committments.

The only light that could be shedon their claims was a letter they hadpublished February 20. It was a letterthey had sent to Nolde on DecemberIS. 1969 in response to a vote ofno-confidence in Sezak as sociologychairman which seven of thesociology faculty had voted on 6-0-1.The letter contained a six pointrebuttal of the no-confidence vote frompersonal experiences of the facultysigning the letter. No mention wasmade of any other faculty, it dealtspecifically with Sezak's abilities asdepartment chairman.

The letter was signed by Ives.Emerick and James Acheson,assistant professor of anthropology.Acheson attended the Mondaymeeting, as did Associate Arts DeanEdward Reid, Clark, Ronald Banks,

assistant to UMO President WinthropLibby and seven members of thesociology faculty (all but Bolaria).

The meeting had no soonerstarted when Acheson, in response toa student comment that everythinghad to be known about the case,insisted this would mean the openingof faculty files, therefore destroyingtheir confidentiality.

Again an air of mystery filtered

down over the group. People beganmumbling to themsleves. asking justwhat was this information Ives.Einerick and Acheson had. To dateno one knows and Scimecca. fed upwith clouds being draped over hisreputation, told the group "you canopen my files, I have absolutelynothing to hide." The applause wasthundering, as it was when Scimeccasaid he was tired of "ghestapotactics" of insinuating something badabout a person and refusing to revealit underthe guise of protecting the

"1 don't want to be protected,"he insisted. Senate president StanCowan said he felt Nolde made amistake when he named Sezakdepartment head. Cowan added therewere political implications to thehiring and firing of the sociologyfaculty that Nolde couldn't deny.

Reid. stuck trying to give answerslie didn't have, was the first to urge aStudent-faculty RelationsCommittee hearing, and after moredebate it was agreed the absence ofNolde and Sezak made this the onlyalternative. Hence the students arenow awaiting the outcome of thathearing.

The Student Faculty RelationsCommittee is planning a specialmeeting when interested students cansubmit questions they'd like asked tothe committee. The submissions willbe made an official part of theproceedings, thus guaranteeing theanswers will be forthcoming.

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