Volume 17,Number 20 February 14,1991

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSllY

Senate hears results from 1989-90 COMP test,students with high GPAs score above the meanStudents at the University with grade

point averages (GPA) above 3.0 on ascale of 4.0 tend to score above the na-tional mean in the College OutcomesMeasurement Program (COMP), MaryAnne Bunda, University assessment, toldthe Faculty Senate Feb. 7.Students whose GPAs were below 3.0

tend to score below the national mean,she said."Either the test results validate our

grading system or our grading systemvalidates the test results," Bunda said.The COMP test, developed by the

American College Testing Program, is ad-ministered to freshmen and to seniors atthe University as part of efforts to assessthe outcomes of general education.The test was first administered in 1987

on an experimental basis. The 1989-90results covered at the Senate meeting re-present the first year that all seniors tookthe test as a graduation requirement. The1989-90 profile of the average scores onthe COMP test is below the national meanfor institutions like WMU.Another finding is that achievement

differences between men and women whoenter the University are eliminated by the

Grant to enable better analysis of ground water

PUMPED UP -- Thomas Barron, a junior from Jackson, rolled up his sleeveearlier thi~ week and let Deb Dunstone, Sindecuse Health Center, pump him upto check hISblood pressure. Dunstone and others are canvassing the campus forthe annual Blood Pressure Control Program sponsored by University WellnessPrograms/Zest for Life. Screeners are hitting 21 sites over two weeks to provideblood pressure assessments, education and referral for medical evaluation tohelp faculty, staff and students keep their blood pressure under control. See thecalendar on page four for upcoming times, dates and places.

WMU has been awarded $250,000 bythe Michigan Department of Commerceto increase the University's ability toassess both the quality and quantity of thestate's water resources.The grant was awarded to Michael J.

Barcelona, Institute for Water Sciences.The funds will be used to purchase twostate-of-the-art equipment systems and amobile laboratory van in which to do fieldresearch.The new equipment will improve

WMU researchers' ability to assist ineconomic development and water man-agement decisions by providing data onMichigan's subsurface geology, watersupply and water quality. Such infor-mation could be used to site new indus-trial facilities or make decisions that willaffect future municipal water supplies.The new funding will be used by the

IWS to purchase Ground PenetratingRadar equipment and the mobile labor-atory van, as well as an Isotope RatioMass Spectrometer that is being built toIWS specifications for use in West Mich-igan. Both systems will allow morecomplete analysis of information aboutMichigan's variable subsurface geology.Less expensive, more accurate informa-tion that covers a broader area of the statewill be made available with the newequipment.According to Barcelona, experts pre-

viously attempted to assess the ground-

water quality and quantity in a region byreviewing data from wells dug in an areaor boreholes drilled specifically to obtaingeologic or geochemical data. Such sitespecific information is valuable but canpresent problems in interpretation, hesays, because the relationships betweenspecific contamination sites and the re-gion's overall water resources are notclear-cut.Michigan's glacial geology, with its

wide variations in subsurface materials,also contributes to the expense and dif-ficulty of translating information col-lected at specific sites into an assessmentof a wider area's water resources.Drilling numerous boreholes to sample

and monitor water movement can beprohibitively expensive, often runningbetween $5,000 and $10,000 per well.When examining contamination sites,additional boreholes also escalate thepossibility of inadvertently spreading thecontaminating materials.The Ground Penetrating Radar system,

Barcelona says, will be particularly val-uable for use in prospecting a site be-tween existing boreholes to reveal subtledifferences in the texture, permeabilityand density of geologic materials.The radar utilizes a microwave -power

source and antenna system that can travelbehind a mObile van. The microwavesare long, high energy waves similar tothose used in cooking. They penetrate the

Arbitrator announces decision on InselbergArbitrator Maurice Kelman of Detroit

has found that WMU was justified indisciplining one of its faculty membersfor an incident involving a student lastApril 3, but that the University's penaltywas excessive.The case involves Edgar Inselberg,

biological sciences, who the Universitysuspended for the fall semester withoutpay for unprofessional conduct when heengaged in an altercation with a studentduring an examination in one of hisclasses.Kelman, who is a professor of law at

Wayne State University, found in hisbinding award that the University had justcause for disciplining lnselberg, but thatthe semester-long suspension was toosevere, said Dinah J. Eisenberg, collectivebargaining and contract administration.Kelman has ruled that the suspension

without pay shall be reduced to fourweeks.The arbitrator found that there was a

physical altercation involving Inselbergand a student, as well as Inselberg's wife,who was helping him proctor the exam-ination. The altercation involved a strug-gle among the parties for possession ofcertain papers that Inselberg had removedfrom the student's folder.The arbitrator believed that the alter-

cation was initiated by the student's ef-forts to get the papers back from Insel-berg, but was mishandled and aggravated?y Inselberg, who engaged in "seriouslyImproper and unprofessional behavior"when he restrained the student in an at-tempt to get her to let go of the papers.The arbitrator felt, however, that Insel-berg's initial restraint of the student wasjustified because he believed at that pointthat the student might harm his wife.

ground and bounce off subsurface ma-terial, returning signals back to the an-tenna. Multiple readings of an area usingdifferent antenna strengths will result in avisual reproduction of the area's subsur-face layers. The radar reportedly hasbeen used to depict subsurface formationsat depths of up to 300 to 400 feet.Once on campus, the radar system will

be used under the direction of William A.Sauck, Institute for Water Sciences.The Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer

being purchased with the new funds iscapable of sensitive, highly accurateanalyses of the ratios in which differentforms of some common elements occur inmineral or water samples taken fromwells being studied. From the ratios ofdifferent isotopes of the same chemicalelement found in the samples, researcherscan determine the source and origin ofwater, the relation between minerals andmineral types in an aquifer, what types ofenvironmental cycles may have affectedthe geology or hydrology and, often,whether the elements found occur becauseof natural or artificial influences.The system also can tell if water sam-

ples are of marine or fresh water originand whether they are the result of recentprecipitation or have been through severalother processes.Typically, Barcelona says, the system

will be used to measure such elements ascarbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen asthey occur in varying forms with varyingatomic weights. The ratio of Carbon 12to Carbon 13 in a mineral sample, forinstance, would give researchers cluesabout the origin of the carbon in thesample."The Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer

is like having a geochemical clock thatcan often tell you not only what time it is,but where it has been," Barcelona says.The new equipment will be operational

in four to six months and Barcelona ex-pects initial work with the new items willbe undertaken with private industry andlocal govemmental units. Developmentalwork with the radar system will be donein cooperation with the system's manu-facturer to improve the reliability ofscanning results.In addition, Barcelona says local oil

and chemical companies have expressedinterest in the new capabilities offered bythe equipment. The companies are en-tering into agreements that will giveWMU water scientists access to companyland for research purposes.

ti~e students become seniors, Bundasaid. Women score slightly below menwhen they take the test as freshmen.The 1989-90 COMP test also revealed

that students who transfer to the Univer-sity using 31 to 65 hours of credit fromanother institution score below studentswho transfer to WMU with 65 or morehours."~his sugge~ts there is something to

havlOg a coheSive general education pro-gram, whether the student gets it here orat another institution," Bunda said. "Italso suggests that we need to take a lookat how we choose to accept transfercredit."Students with fewer than 65 credit

hours, about half the total required forgraduation, end up having general edu-cation courses from more than one in-stitution."The coherence of their general educa-

tion experience might be unraveling asthey try to piece together courses fromdifferent institutions," Bunda said. "Thisis significant because fully half of ourgraduates come to the University astransfer students."Bunda added that every college at the

University receives a confidential reportof results for its majors. "If faculty mem-bers are interested in the performance of aparticular major, they can see it in theirdean's office or by contacting thechairperson of their college curriculumcommittee."In his remarks to the Senate, President

Haenicke discussed the changing budgetpicture in Lansing and commented brieflyon enrollment projections for next year."Every day you get different news

about where the budget might drift," hesaid. "The latest prediction is that therewill be another cut in state appropriationscoming in the range of 2 to 3 percent, orabout $2.5 million, in our next fiscal year."The real problem does not lie so much

in depleting our entire reserves but inhaving to start the next fiscal year with adecreased base budget, upon which anyincrements would be made," he said."We would have to look almost exclu-sively at tuition for increases in our bud-get beyond the 3 or 4 percent in state

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Page-Robin, ten Harmselget Senate nominationsEllen K. Page-Robin, community

health services and sociology, andLarry J. ten Harmsel, English, havebeen nominated to one-year terms aspresident and vice president, respect-ively, of the Faculty Senate for 1991-92.The Senate's general election was

scheduled to begin by mail Feb. 13.In addition, three faculty members

have been nominated to three-yearterms as at-large senators. They are:Jane Baas, dance; Chester B. Rogers,political science; and Linda M. De-lene, marketing, who is the currentSenate president.Page-Robin served two terms as

president of the Senate between 1981and 1983 and one term each as vicepresident, treasurer and correspond-109 secretary before that. Ten Harm-sel has been a member of the Under-graduate Studies Council and theEducational Policies Council andrecently was chairperson of a taskforce on library acquisitions andpolicies.Nominations were conducted dur-

ing the Senate's Feb. 7 meeting.Elections for representatives also areunder way in some departments.Ballots are due Feb. 27.

Two February 14, 1991 Western News

Program to look at rise in campus racismWMU will be one of the receiving sites

of a live videoconference on "The Rise inCampus Racism: Causes and Solutions"at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Feb. 20.The videoconference, presented by

Black Issues in Higher Education maga-zine of Fairfax, Va .. will be shown in theWest Ballroom of the Bernhard Center.A panel of national experts will look at

the root causes of the rise in racism atAmerican colleges and universities andoffer discussion, analysis and solutionsspecifically geared for these institutions.The panel will include: Michael Wil-

liams, assistant secretary for civil rights inthe U.S. Department of Education; Na'imAkbar, a psychologist and educator fromFlorida State University; Howard J. Ehr-lich, director of research for the NationalInstitute Against Prejudice and Violence;Mary Ellen Ashley, author of "Combating

Racism on Campus" and vice provost atthe Unversity of Cincinnati; Susan Weid-man Schneider, editor-in-chief of LIL-ITH, the nation's only independent Jew-ish women's magazine; Raynard Davis,executive director of the District of Co-lumbia Student Coalition Against Apar-theid and Racism; Jawanza Ktinjufu, theauthor of "Countering the Conspiracy toDestroy Black Boys"; and Richard Ru-benstein, director of the Center for Con-flict Analysis and Resolution at GeorgeMason University.Following the videoconference, there

will be a panel discussion featuring WMUfaculty, staff and students.The event is being sponsored by the Di-

vision of Student Services, the Divisionof Minority Affairs and the Institute forthe Study of Race and Ethnic Relations.

Personal and professional choices for womento be theme of 10th annual conference Feb. 22"Choices for Women: Personal and

Professional" is the theme for the 10thannual Issues and Opportunities forWomen Conference scheduled for Friday,Feb. 22.The conference will run from 7:45 a.m.

to I :30 p.m. in the Bernhard Center. Itsgoal this year is to share ideas on howwomen of the '90s can make betterchoices.The conference is coordinated by a

staff of volunteers from throughout theUniversity. It is designed primarily tohelp WMU employees improve theirlives, both professionally and personally.However, topics are designed to be broadenough to invite the general public.The keynote speaker will be Barbara S.

Liggett, associate vice president for hu-man resources. She will discuss "Clocks,Crabs and Canons -- How Do YouChoose?" in a talk at 8:20 a.m. She willfocus on how to determine what is bestfor one's self and others and what impactsthose decisions.Other topics- to be covered inc1uefe

"Stress Management," "Insurance andRetirement Benefits," "EnvironmentalIssues," "Career Planning" and "CourtDecisions Affecting Women."The conference will conclude with a

noon luncheon featuring composer/per-

former Candace Anderson.The registration fee for the conference

is $12 and is due Friday, Feb. 15. Lateregistrants will be accepted at the door,but will not be able to attend the lunch-eon. To register and for more informa-tion, persons may call the Department ofHuman Resources at 7-3620.

EMPLOYMENT POSSIBILITIES _. Among the 3,000 people who attended the13th annual Career Fair Feb. 7 in the Bernhard Center were, from right, KevinSimonds a junior from Kalamazoo, and Jill C. Wing, a senior from Adrian.They talk here with Kristin Pre bay about job opportunities with AndersenConsulting, one of 100 prospective employers who attended. The fair, spon-sored by career planning and placement services, is designed to bring togetherjob candidates and recruiters from leading employers.

Faculty members win NEA fellowships for writingTwo faculty members in the De-

partment of English have been awarded$20,000 Creative Writing Fellowshipsthrough the National Endowment for theArts.Jaimy Gordon and Reginald McKnight

are among 1,200 artists and arts organiza-tions who will share $47 million in NEAgrants this year.Gordon, an award-winning author and a

faculty member at WMU since 1981, saysher grant was awarded on the basis ofwriting samples she submitted with herapplication last March. She includedseveral chapters from her latest novel,"She Drove Without Stopping," whichwas published last May by AlgonquinBooks of Chapel Hill, N.C. It has re-ceived critical acclaim from reviewersacross the country.

Plastics recycling is focus of dinner speechA nationally

known speaker onrecycling and solidwaste issues willspeak at the 12thannual Engineers'Week dinner at6:30 p.m. Tuesday,Feb. 19, in the EastBallroom of theBernhard Center.Jery Yoswein Huntley

Huntley, director ofrecycling for the Council for Solid Waste

Solutions in Washington, D.C., will dis-cuss "A Blueprint for Plastics Recycling"at the dinner, which is sponsored by en-gineering organizations in SouthwestMichigan and the College of Engineeringand Applied Sciences.Huntley will talk about a business plan

being developed by the council to movenationwide plastics recycling from thedrawing board into reality.The dinner will be preceded by a social

hour at 5:30 p.m. Both are open to thepublic. Persons may make reservations at$15 by calling the college at 7-4017.

WMU joins international water councilWMU has joined the Universities

Council on Water Resources, an inter-national organization of more than 100universities united to encourage educationand research in water resources."Our participation in this council

seemed like a natural extension for theUniversity's Institute for Water Sciences

EdItor: Ruth A. Stevens; Slalf Wrllen: Cheryl P. Roland.Michael L. Smith; PboIop1lphtr: Neil G. Rankin.

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and reflects our institutional commitmentand faculty expertise in this area," said A.Bruce Clarke, provost and vice presidentfor academic affairs. "Dr. Michael 1.Barcelona, director of our institute andprofessor of chemistry, will serve asWMU's representative to this interna-tional organization."The council's purposes are: to facili-

tate water-related education at all levels;to promote meaningful research and tech-nology transfer on contemporary andemerging water resources issues; to com-pile and disseminate information on waterproblems and solutions; and to inform thevarious publics on water issues with theobjective of promoting informed deci-sions at all levels of society.The council publishes an annual state-

ment of policy, holds an annual meetingas a public forum, publishes the WaterResources Update journal three times ayear and maintains a computerized ex-pertise directory. Headquartered atSouthern Illinois University at Carbon-dale, the council also provides awards foroutstanding water-related doctoral dis-sertations in engineering, physical sci-ences, environmental and biologicalsciences, and social and behavioralsciences.

Gordon McKnight

McKnight, who is an assistant profes-sor of English at the University of Pitts-burgh, is spending the winter semester atWMU teaching courses in literature andcreative writing under the Martin LutherKing Jr./Cesar Chavez/Rosa Parks Visit-ing Professors Program. He is the winnerof four major literary awards and the au-thor of several works including a noveltitled "I Get On the Bus," which waspublished in 1990 by Little, Brown & Co.of Boston.McKnight says this is the first time he

applied for an NEA fellowship. He sub-mitted two prize-winning short stories aswriting samples to be reviewed. One ofthe two, "The Kind of Light That Shineson Texas," received the O. Henry Awardfor 1990 and will be included in a collec-tion of short stories by McKnight that willbe published this fall. The story also willbe included in a junior high school litera-ture text soon to be published.Both fellowships are intended for use

during 1991. Gordon will use hers tosupport work on several writing projectsthat are in the very early stages of de-velopment. McKnight will use hisfellowship to work on a new historicalnovel that he says will require a great dealof research.

The two WMU awards are among thefirst made since the NEA became em-broiled last fall in a debate over govern-ment support for controversial works ofart. Included in the 1991 round wereawards to four artists who previously hadbeen denied NEA funds under an anti-obscenity statute.Gordon says she is delighted and

grateful to receive the award and happythat the censorship controversy hasabated."It would have been a real test of

conscience to accept a grant under theearlier circumstances," she says.McKnight says says the award will free

him to devote more time to his writing."It means a great deal to me," he says.

"It means I'll be able to take a summer offand do some intense work. It's a wonder-ful thing that the government is still sup-porting the arts."Gordon, who earned a doctorate in the

Brown University graduate writing pro-gram in 1975, directed the creative writ-ing program at Stephens College inColumbia, Mo., before coming to WMU.She also has taught at the University ofMaryland's European Division inHeidelberg, Germany, and served aswriter-in-residence for the Rhode IslandState Council on the Arts for two years.McKnight, who earned a master's de-

gree in English from the University ofDenver Graduate School of Arts andSciences in 1987, has been a member ofthe faculty at the University of Pittsburghsince 1988. In addition to the 1990 O.Henry Award, he also received a 1990Kenyon Review Award for LiteraryExcellence in fiction. He earned a specialcitation in 1989 from the Ernest Heming-way Foundation and in 1988 won theDrue Heinz Prize for Literature.

Berliner to discuss transition from socialism"The Transition

from Soviet So-cialism" is the titleof a lecture to bepresented Wed-nesday, Feb. 20.Joseph Berliner,

professor emeritusof economics atBrandeis Univer-sity, will deliverthe address at 8 Berlinerp.m. in 3750Knauss Hall. He also will lead a seminaron "A Reassessment of Central Planning"that day at 3 p.m. in 3760 Knauss Hall.The free talks are part of the Depart-

ment of Economics' 27th annual lecture-seminar series titled "Socialism in Transi-tion."Berliner is best known for his work on

the Soviet economy, especially on man-agerial incentives and innovation.A former assistant director and current

executive committee member of Harvard

University's Russian Research Center,Berliner is a past president of the Associ-ation for Comparative Economic Studiesand of the American Association for theAdvancement of Slavic Studies.He has received a number of presti-

gious fellowships from the Rockefeller,Gug~enheim and Ford foundations.-FIe IS the author of five books, in-cluding "Factory and Manager in theUSSR," "The Innovation Decision inSoviet Industry" and "Soviet Industryfrom Stalin to Gorbachev: Essays onManagement and Innovation."Berliner also has written 28 articles for

such leading journals as the AmericanEconomic Review, Soviet Studies, theQuarterly Journal of Economics and theJournal of Comparative Economics.The economics lecture-seminar series is

supported by a grant from the W.E. Up-john Institute for Employment Researchin Kalamazoo. It is directed by WilliamS. Kern, economics.

Week designed to recognize student employeesThe University will recognize an

important part of its work force Feb.18-22. That's the annual Student Em-ployment Week, during which the campuscommunity takes note of the contributionsstudent employees make to the overallsuccess of the institution."I ... urge the University community

to join with me in recognizing and thank-ing the University students and their su-pervisors who have participated in theemployment, training and teaching of thissignificant part of the work force of thefuture," said President Haenicke in aresolution proclaiming the week.Earlier this year, the student employ-

ment referral service solicited the namesof students who contributed greatly to thesuccess of the departments in which theywork. As part of the celebration, thesestudents will receive a certificate. Stu-dent employment has received more than300 requests for certificates. A few arestill available by calling Lynn C. Bryan at7-2725.Many departments also will thank their

students by planning out of the ordinaryactivities, such as special bulletin boardsor parties. Paul S. Kato, intercollegiateathletics, will have an open skate in Law-son Ice Arena for his student employees.Other events planned for the week in-

clude a workshop on "How To Find anInternship" from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday,

Feb. 19, in the career planning and place-ment services conference room on thefirst floor of Ellsworth Hall. There alsowill be a Summer Employment Day from10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, inthe Bernhard Center ballrooms.According to figures from the student

employment referral service, nearly 4,000student employees worked on campusduring the last pay period alone, earningmore than $400,000. The annual studentemployment budget tops $7 million.Students are involved in everything

from washing dishes to driving the Zam-boni for hockey games. Each day, stu-dents are responsible for answeringthousands of phone calls and directingvisitors in offices all over campus.Today's economy, rising tuition costs

and the decline in federal financial aidprograms have forced many college stu-dents to seek part-time employment tomeet expenses. It is estimated that 65percent of WMU students will work whilegoing to school."Work also provides students with

other rewards," Bryan said. "Students canincrease their marketability, become ex-posed to new environments, develop jobskills and build networks and referencesfor future employment. It's commonlyknown that past work experience is alarge factor in the hiring of our grad-uates."

Top minority students to vie for scholarshipsSome 100 top minority high school

students and their parents from across thestate will gather at the University Friday,Feb. 15, to participate in the 1991 HigherEducation Incentive Scholarship Com-petition.The event, sponsored by the Office of

Admissions and Orientation, will run

Medallion scholarsto speak at breakfastThree winners of WMU's prestigIOus

Medallion Scholarships will speak on"Opportunities to Excel" at the nextbreakfast meeting for alumni and friendsTuesday, Feb. 26.A continental breakfast will be served

at 7:20 a.m. and the meeting will begin at7:30 a.m. at the Fetzer Center.Participating will be: Steven A. Grif-

fin, a sophomore from Grand Rapids;Brett P. McCartney, a freshman fromWyandotte; and Laura 1. Waslyk, a seniorfrom Tawas City. The Medallion Schol-arships, currently valued at $25,000, areamong the largest merit-based awards inAmerican public higher education.The program, part of a series sponsored

by WMU and its Alumni Association,will be moderated by Judith Maze ofKalamazoo, a 1977 WMU graduate andmember of the Medallion ScholarshipSelection Committee.The cost, including the breakfast, is $6

for association members and $7 for non-members. Persons are encouraged tomake reservations by Friday, Feb. 22, bycalling the McKee Alumni Center at7-6179.

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the BernhardCenter.To be invited to participate, students

had to be admitted to WMU by Jan. 10,had to have at least a 3.5 high schoolgrade point average and had to be anethnic minority.Each student who comes to the com-

petition and decides to attend WMU willreceive at least a $4,000 scholarship. Tenstudents will receive the Higher Educa-tion Incentive Scholarships worth$16,000 each. The awards are part ofWMU's merit scholarship program,which is valued at more than $1 million.Following a welcome, students and

parents will hear a presentation on theLee Honors College. At 10:15 a.m.,students will participate in a compositionexercise and listen to a panel discussionby current Higher Education IncentiveScholarship recipients. During that time,parents will attend presentations on fi-nancial aid and other general informationaboutWMU.A luncheon for parents and students

will feature a speech by Danny E. Sledge,minority affairs. After lunch, the studentswill participate in group interviews, whilethe parents take a campus tour. The eventwill conclude with a reception at 2:30p.m. Faculty and staff members havebeen invited to several of the sessionsduring the day as observers and pre-senters."Our goal is to present these families

with a better conception of the faculty,staff and student support that theirstudents could benefit from if they shouldchoose to attend WMU," said VernonPayne, admissions and orientation.

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Oncampus-------CARRYING OUT CONFERENCEPLANS -- It's a busy time of the yearfor Audrey J. Hart, a secretary in theDivision of Continuing Education'sOffice of Conferences and Institutes.She squeezed in an interview for "OnCampus" in between helping to makearrangements for the largest confer-ence her office handles each year -- theMichigan Science Teachers Associationmeeting in Lansing Feb. 15·16. TheOffice of Conferences and Institutesworks with clients from the Universityand elsewhere to make arrangementsfor some 70 to 90 meetings each yearboth on and off campus. These confer-ences range in size from 15 people tothe 2,000 expected for the scienceteachers gathering. Hart helps handlethe functions of the conference after aconference coordinator has done theinitial planning. Her work involveseverything from arranging for exhibitsand putting together packets to findingtransportation and making nametags.Once the conference is under way, she caring -- this fits my needs." Hart alsoworks as part of a team at the site to says that the opportunities the Univer·register participants and handle prob- sity offers its employees are a plus. Shelems that crop up. "I consider this of· is one of 22 clerical/technical employeesfice my 'work home,'" says Hart, who attending a Certified Professional Sec-has worked at the University for three retaries Review Course at Kalamazooyears. "The job is challenging and dif- Valley Community College this semes·ferent, and the staff is wonderful and ter that is funded by the University.

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American civil religion scholar to speakon 'sacred' battlefields, memories of warEdward T. Lin-

enthal, professor ofreligion at the Uni-versity of Wiscon-sin at Oshkosh,will speak at WMUWednesday andThursday, Feb. 20-21, as part of theVisiting Scholarsand Artists Pro-gram. LinenthalHe will speak on

"Sacred Ground: Americans and TheirBattlefields" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in3760 Knauss Hall. The lecture will bedrawn from his forthcoming book,"Reservoirs of Spiritual Power: TheCultural Functions of American Battle-fields," which discusses the lore ofbattlefields on American soil and theprocesses by which they are convertedinto "sacred sites."At 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Linenthal will

discuss "Reshaping the Memory of War

Award nominations dueFaculty and staff members are re-

minded that nominations are due Tues-day, Feb. 19, for Commission on theStatus of Women's "Woman of the YearAward." The award is intended to recog-nize outstanding women employees andstudents at the University and to increaseawareness of the variety of their achieve-ments. For more information, personsshould contact Darlene R. Mosher, humanresources, at 7-3620.

Jobs----------------The listing below is currently being

posted by employment services in theDepartment of Human Resources. In-terested fringe benefit eligible employeesshould submit a job opportunity transferapplication or sign the appropriate bidsheet during the posting period.S-Ol and S-02 clerical positions are not

required to be posted. Interested Univer-sity employees may contact an employ-ment services staff member for assistancein securing these positions.(R) Refrigeration Repairperson I (I

Position), M-5, Physical Plant-B/E Main-tenance, 90/91-340, 2/12-2/18/91.(R) Groundsperson Laborer I (I

Position), M-2, Physical Plant-L/GMaintenance, 90/91-341,2/12-2/18/91.(R) Coordinator, Circulation and

Reserve, P-03, Waldo Library, 90/91-344, 2/12-2/18/91.(N) Senior Research Associate (1-

Year Term), P-07, Institute for WaterSciences, 90/91-343, 2/12-2/18/91.(R) Financial Clerk III, S-04, West-

ern's Campus Bookstore, 90/91-346,2/12-2/18/91.(R) Residence Hall Director (1-4

Positions), R-05, Residence Hall Life/Residence Hall Facilities, 90/91-345,2/12-2/18/91.(C) Secretary III (20 Hours/Week; .50

FfE), S-06, Student Financial Aid andScholarships, 90/91-342, 2/12-2/18/91.(R) Assistant Professor (Tenure

Track), 1-30, History, 90/91-334, 2/12-2/18/91.(N) Assistant Professor (Tenure

Track), 1-30, Economics, 90/91-332,2/12-2/18/91.(N) Assistant Professor (Tenure

Track), 1-30, Physics, 90/91-333,2/12-2/18/91.(R) Assistant Professor (Tenure

Track), 1-30, Languages and Linguistics,90/91-330,2/12-2/18/91.(R) Assistant Professor (Tenure

Track), 1-30, Sociology, 90/91-326,2/12-2/18/91.(R) Director (Correction) (Executive

Official), P-08, Career Planning andPlacement Services, 90/91-323, 2/12-2/18/91.(N) Assistant/Associate Professor

(Tenure Track), 1-30/20,· Special Ed-ucation, 90/91-320, 2/12-2/18/91.

(R) Assistant Professor (TenureTrack; 1.25 FfE), 1-30, Libraries,90/91-319,2/12-2/18/91.(R) Assistant Professor (Tenure

Track; 1.25 FfE), 1-30, Libraries,90/91-318,2/12-2/18/91.(R) Assistant Professor (Tenure

Track), 1-30, Consumer Resources andTechnology, 90/91-315, 2/12-2/18/91.(R) Assistant Professor (Tenure

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in America" in 3770 Knauss Hall. Hewill be joined by James M. Ferreira andJudith F. Stone, both history, and JeromeLong of Wesleyan University in Connec-ticut. They will focus on how selectivememory has affected U.S. perceptions ofwar.An expert on American civil religion

and American perceptions of warriors andwarfare, Linenthal also is the executivedirector of the Wisconsin Institute for theStudy of War, Peace and Global Cooper-ation. He is a 1969 WMU graduate.Linenthal has produced several books,

including "Symbolic Defense: The Cul-tural Significance of the Strategic De-fense Initiative," "A Shuddering Dawn:Religious Studies and the Nuclear Age"and "~ha!l~in-& I'!,1ages of the W~orHero In Amenca. Linenthal also haswritten numerous articles and reviews.Linenthal's visit is being coordinated

by the Department of Religion.

Obituary--Duane L. Suit,

retired from admin-istrative data pro-cessing, died Feb. 8in Kalamazoo. Hewas 55.SuIt retired as an

equipment techni-cian this past Octo-ber after 24 yearsof service to theUniversity. He had Suitattended WMU andwas a member of the Portage-SchoolcraftEagles Lodge, the Michigan Motor HomeClub and the Victory Baptist Church ofPortage.His wife, Patricia L. SuIt, who survives,

is a staff member in the WMU registra-tion office.Persons may make memorial contri-

butions to Hospice of Greater Kalamazoo.

Media _Arthur W. Helweg, anthropology, dis-

cusses the impact of global migration on"Focus," a five-minute interview pro-duced by news services. "Focus" isscheduled to air Saturday, Feb. 16, at 6: 10a.m. on WKPR-AM (1420) and at 5:45p.m. on WKZO-AM (590).

"Images in Black and White," a pro-gram produced by media services, will airon Kalamazoo Community Access Tele-vision Feb. 17-23. The program looks atblack stereotyping in the mass media. Itwill air at: 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, onChannel 33; 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19,on Channel 32; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22,on Channel 33; and 9:30 p.m. Saturday,Feb. 23, on Channel 30.

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that developed the proposal.The Senate has a new administrator,

Senate President Linda M. Delene, mar-keting, announced at the meeting. She isGertrude W. (Trudy) Stauffer, director ofthe Special Services Program in the Aca-demic Skills Center since 1985, whoseappointment is effective Feb. 18. Stauffer,who has been at WMU since 1980, re-places Robert P. Stoddard, who left theUniversity Dec. 14 to pursue a doctoraldegree at the University of BritishColumbia.

Calendar _FEBRUARYThursday/I4

(thru 28) Black History Month display of pictures of historical black womenachievers, outside the Space Gallery, Knauss Hall.

(thru March I) Exhibition, "Watercolors and Mixed Media," Judith L. Peters,Schoolcraft artist, 1240 Seibert Administration Building, weekdays, 8 a.m.-noonand 1-5 p.m.

Campus wide blood pressure screening: outside 2037 Kohrman Hall, 9:30a.m.-3:30 p.m.; and Burnham halls lobbies, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

(thru 28) Exhibition, one-man show of paintings, Richard Keaveny, art, Gallery II,Sangren Hall, weekdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

(thru March I) Exhibition, "Prints, Drawings and Handmade Books," by CharlesHeasley, associate professor of art, State University of New York at Cortland,Space Gallery, 2700 Knauss Hall, weekdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Mathematics and statistics colloquium. "Central Planning with Bribery andMarkets," Huizhong Zhou, economics, Commons Room, sixth floor, EverettTower, 4: 10 p.m.; refreshments, 3:45 p.m.

University film series, "Shirley Valentine" (England, 1989), directed by LewisGilbert, 2750 Knauss Hall, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.*(thru 17) University theatre productions, "Gianni Schicchi" and "The Legend ofBilly the Kid," Shaw Theatre, Feb. 14-16,8 p.m. and Feb. 17,2 p.m.

*(thru 16) University theatre production, "Currents," Dalton Center Multi-MediaRoom, 8 p.m.

Friday/ISHigher Education Incentive Scholarship Competition, Bernhard Center, 9 a.m.-3p.m.

Campuswide blood pressure screening, outside 2037 Kohrman Hall, 9:30a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Black History Month speech by Juan Williams, author of the book, "Eyes on thePrize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965," South Ballroom, BernhardCenter, 3 p.m.

Mathematics and statistics colloquium, "Using Lego TClogo in the ElementaryMathematics Classroom," Christine A. Browning, mathematics and statistics,2275 Rood Hall, 4: 10 p.m.; refreshments, 3:45 p.m.

*Hockey, WMU vs. Ferris State University, Lawson Arena, 7:30 p.m.Saturday/I6

Medallion Scholarship Competition, Bernhard Center, Sangren Hall and FetzerCenter, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Women's basketball, WMU vs. Ball State University, Read Fieldhouse, 12:30 p.m.*Men's basketball, WMU vs. Ball State University, Read Fieldhouse, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday/I7Concert, University Concert Band directed by Patrick Dunnigan, MillerAuditorium, 3 p.m.

Faculty debut recital, Betty R. Pursley, organ, Dalton Center Recital Hall, 5 p.m.Monday/IS

(thru 22) Student Employment Week.Campuswide blood pressure screening: first floor lobby and Bronco Mall,Bernhard Center, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; and Draper and Siedschlag halls lobbies,4:30-6:30 p.m.

Black History Month brown bag lunch, "Bridging the Gap Between African andAfrican-American Students," Nanle P. Bulus, WMU senior from Nigeria,multi-purpose room, Kanley Chapel, noon-I p.m.

"The Foundations of Gender Inequality" lecture series, "The Evolution ofPatriarchy," Barbara B. Smuts, associate professor of psychology andanthropology, University of Michigan, 2302 Sangren Hall, 7 p.m.

Chinese Student Association films, 3750 Knauss Hall: "Banana Paradise," 7-9p.m.; and "Duh-Ice Flower," 9-11 p.m.

Guest artist recital, Lyric Arts Trio, music for clarinet, voice and piano, DaltonCenter Recital Hall, 8 p.m.

German Reunification Club film, "M" (Germany, 1931), directed by Fritz Lang,2302 Sangren Hall, 8 p.m.

Tuesday/I9*Training and development seminar, "Intervention," three-module series forsupervisors, Kathy O. Kreager, Employee Assistance Program, 212 BernhardCenter, 8:30 a.m.-noon.

Campus wide blood pressure screening: first floor lobby and Bronco Mall,Bernhard Center, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; and French, Zimmerman and Davis hallscafeteria entrances, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Student Employment Week workshop, "How To Find an Internship," careerplanning and placement services conference room, first floor, Ellsworth Hall,3-4:30 p.m.

*12th annual Engineers' Week Dinner, featurin.g a speech, "~ Blueprin~ forPlastics Recycling," by Jery Yoswein Huntley, director of recycling, CounCil for

STELLAR SCHOLARS -- A total of 373 top high school seniors and their par-ents attended the first of two Medallion Scholarship Competitions Feb. 9 oncampus. Matthew Shafer of Lake City, second from left, and Amena Stalling ofGrand Rapids, second from right, were among those competing for more than $1million in scholarships for this fall, including the prestigious $25,000 MedallionScholarships. Giving them some instructions are Cheryl A. Koning, admissionsand orientation, and E. Thomas Lawson, chairperson of religion and of the Me-dallion Committee. A group of similar size is expected Saturday, Feb. 16, foranother day of tests, panel discussions and honors colloquia.

Solid Waste Solutions, Washington, D.C., East Ballroom, Bernhard Center, 6:30p.m.; social hour, 5:30 p.m.

Panel discussion, "The Bill of Rights: Focus on the Fourth Amendment," JamesGregart, Kalamazoo County prosecutor, and Paul Denenfeld, legal director forthe American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, and a student panel, 3770Knauss Hall, 7:30 p.m.

*Concert, New York City Opera National Company in Mozart's "The Marriage ofFigaro," Miller Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Wednesday/20Campuswide blood pressure screening: Dalton Center lobby, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.;and Henry and Bigelow halls cafeteria entrances and Hoekje Hall lobby,4:30-6:30 p.m.

Writing workshop for the preparation of doctoral dissertations, specialist projectsand master's theses, Faculty Lounge, Bernhard Center, 10-11 a.m.

Videoconference, "The Rise in Campus Racism: Causes and Solutions," WestBallroom, Bernhard Center, I p.m.

Economics lecture-seminar series, Joseph Berliner, professor emeritus ofeconomics, Brandeis University: seminar, "A Reassessment of CentralPlanning," 3760 Knauss Hall, 3 p.m.; lecture, "The Transition from SovietSocialism," 3750 Knauss Hall, 8 p.m.

Chinese Student Association seminar, "Taiwan Today -- Too Big to Ignore," 210Bernhard Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Visiting Scholars and Artists Program lecture, "Sacred Ground: Americans andTheir Battlefields," Edward T. Linenthal, professor of religion, University ofWisconsin at Oshkosh, 3760 Knauss Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday/2ICampuswide blood pressure screening: Seibert Administration Building lobby,9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; and physical plant, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Summer Employment Day, ballrooms, Bernhard Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Environmental studies lecture, "Environmental Careers," Willard Rose, executivedirector, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Red Room A, Bernhard Center, noon-I p.m.

Visiting Scholars and Artists Program panel discussion, "Reshaping the Memoryof War in America," featuring Edward T. Linenthal, professor of religion,University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, 3770 Knauss Hall, 3:45 p.m.

University film series, "Wedding in Blood" (France, 1973), directed by ClaudeChabrol, 2750 Knauss Hall, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Chinese Student Association films, 3750 Knauss Hall: "Honor Thy Father," 7-9p.m.; and "Let's Go," 9-11 p.m.

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appropriations we might get."Noting that increased enrollment this

year has helped the University absorb thefirst round of cuts of about I percent,Haenicke said he expected next year'sfreshman class to be about the same sizeas this year's despite projected decreasesin the pool of graduating high schoolseniors."While it is early to make predictions,

we still believe that our enrollment willbe flat in terms of incoming freshmen,"he said. "We think we can hold our own,which would be a remarkable accom-plishment."In its only action of the meeting, the

Faculty Senate tabled a proposed policyon misconduct by faculty and staff mem-bers in research and creative activitiesafter voting to remove any reference tostudents in the policy. It was believedthat academic misconduct by studentswould be covered in the pending revisionof the Code of Student Life, to be calledthe Student Code, that was approved bythe Senate in January.Such a poilcy is necessary to meet

guidelines for federally funded researchprojects, said Leonard C. Ginsberg, bio-logical sciences, who chairs a committeeof the Senate's Research Policies Council

Seminar planned on TaiwanThe historical, political, economic, ed-

ucational and philosophical aspects of thecountry of Taiwan will be explored in aseminar from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednes-day, Feb. 20, in 210 Bernhard Center.Titled "Taiwan Today -- Too Big To

Ignore," the free event is being organizedby WMU's Chinese Student Association.Speakers will address these topics:• "Historical, Political and Economic

Overview," with Albert Y. Chang, inter-national liaison director at the UpjohnCo., and Roger Y.W. Tang, accountancy,who holds of the Upjohn Chair of Busi-ness Administration at WMU;• "Education in Taiwan," with Philip

P.F. Hsieh, mathematics and statistics;• "On Taiwan Economy," with Wei-

Chiao Huang, economics; and• "Chinese Mind," with Kung-Wei

Yang, mathematics and statistics.In addition the Chinese Student

Association plans to show four films overtwo days in 3750 Knauss Hall. On Mon-day, Feb. 18, there will be a showing of"Banana Paradise" from 7 to 9 p.m. andof "Duh-Ice Flower" from 9 to II p.m.On Thursday, Feb. 21, "Honor ThyFather" will be shown from 7 to 9 p.m.and "Let's Go" from 9 to 11 p.m.For more information, persons may

contact Stone Peng at 7-7481.

'Evolution of Patriarchy'is topic of lecture"The Evolution of Patriarchy" is the

title of a talk to be presented at theUniversity Monday, Feb. 18.Barbara B. Smuts, associate professor

of psychology and anthropology at theUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor,will speak at 7 p.m. in 2302 Sangren Hall.The free lecture is part of a series atWMU this semester on "The Foundationsof Gender Inequality."Smuts examines questions of gender

through the eyes of a primatologist. Shehas spent years studying the social be-havior of olive baboons in Kenya. She isthe author of a number of chapters inbooks and articles for professionaljournals as well as a book, "Sex andFriendship in Baboons." Her work hasreceived support through grants from theLeakey Foundation, the National Instituteof Mental Health and the National Sci-ence Foundation.The lecture series was organized by the

Department of Anthropology and is co-sponsored by the College of Arts andSciences, Lee Honors College, VisitingScholars and Artists Program and Wo-men's Center, as well as member in-stitutions of the Kalamazoo Consortiumfor Higher Education. For more infor-mation, persons may contact the De-partment of Anthropology at 7-3969.

Tickets still availableTickets are still available for the Cleri-

cal{fechnical Organization's trip to see"Starlight Express" Saturday, March 30,at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids. Anyonefrom the University community is invitedto attend.The bus will leave from in front of the

Bernhard Center at 12:30 p.m. for the 2p.m. performance. The cost for ticketsand transportation is $45. For moreinformation, persons should call Ruth E.Mader, Bernhard Center, at 7-4861, byThursday, Feb. 28.