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jStttmlillCabet VOLUME LXVIII Virginia Military institute/ Lexington, Virginia October 7,1977 NUMBER6 VMI Could Lose $2.5 mil. In Budget Cut byJ.E.Mackin Tuesday, the fourth of Oc-tober, marked the approval by the State Council of Higher Education of a 201 million dollar budget recommendation for ten of Virginia's four year colleges in the 1978-80 biennium. The ten colleges — Radford, VMI, James Madison University, Christopher Newport, Clinch Valley, George Mason, Longwood, Mary Washington, Norfolk State and Virginia State — asked for around 217 million dollars in funds, representing a 31 per cent increase for the next two years. The 201 million dollars approved was a 22 per cent increase, but a budget cut of around 15.1 million dollars from the original requests. The budget cuts were made in three areas according to Laura Alderson, staff writer for The Roanoke Times and World News-."staff, salaries and sup-plies, travel and other expen-ditures." In the way of faculty, VMI would lose two or three members, to bring the number of faculty members down to 98—and within the limits set by the council. These guidelines, based in part on the ratio of faculty to freshman and sophomore students, is 20:1. As for supplies and salaries, the budget that the council came up with for VMI amounted to 4.7 million dollars for 1978-79 and 4.9 million dollars for 1979-80. This Hop Weekend Homecoming hop weekend is here and for Friday night the CPB has some proven great talent. The progressive country style of Meisburg and Walters mixed with the comedy of Tom Parks promise to make for a very enjoyable dance. Both acts appeared here last year and were very successful. Now they are back and the possibility of an unforgetttable night is high. Last year Meisburg and Walters outshone the main act at the Easters. Also, Tom Parks made for a very successful din-ner theater in Lejuene Hall the On Saturday the rock band Cold Duck will come alive and play tunes for dancing all even-ing. The CPB has lined up some great entertainment for Homecoming this year and a thoroughly good time can be ex-pected by all. Cadets are reminded that the CPB does not issue season hop tickets, and so the full price must be paid. The cost for both nights for two peo-ple is $13.00. Tickets are available in Lejeune Hall at the reception desk, or any CPB member. same weekend. of Events (7 Oct.-14 Oct.) ^ 81 Friday, Oct. 7 «S n 2100—Informal Concert, Meisburg and Walters and comedian TomS ^ Parks, Cocke Hall. ^ | | Saturday. Oct. 8 ^ HOMECOMING (shortened class periods) ^ represents a 2.3 million dollar cut in VMI's original request. The figures for the new bien-nium only reflect a two hundred thousand and a four hundred thousand dollar gain from the last biennium. The individual salaries of the faculty for the current bien-nium are $17,000 and $17,869. It would go up to $19,101 and $20,267 for the next biennium, which stretches from 1978-1980. This recommendation has been approved by the State Council of Higher Education but is not final. It must come before the General Assembly in January for incorporation into the governor's budget. Should this budget be passed, VMI would lose 2.3 million dollars re-quested in aid, and two or three of its faculty members. Cadets Raid Baldwin VMI cadets "raided" Mary Baldwin College early Tuesday morning, and state and local police were called to the scene. Some MBC students suffered minor injuries; at least one cadet cut his hand punching what he thought was wood but what turned out to be glass. Mary Lou Kiley, Dean of Students at MBC, expressed her concern about the inability of students from both institutions to act responsibly. Damage at Mary Baldwin, in some media reports, was set as high as $15,000, and the number of cadets involved, in the same reports, at times reached 800 According to figures released by Dean Kiley the total cost to repair the damaged items, and areas is $671. The n[iost costly damage occurred, in Spencer Dorm—$295 worth. Costs per dorm for the other dorms are $146 at McClung, $90 at Hilltop, $50 at Woodson, $16 at Rose Ter-race, and $8 at Memorial. In ad-dition to these costs, approx-imately $66 will be spent on overall cleaning and labor. The college will bill each dorm the appropriate amoimt, because although no cadets were sup-posed to be able to get into the dorms and although the doors were locked at 12:00, someone in each dorm allowed the cadets Cadets Attend Leadership Conference ^1115—Dress Parade. 11130—Luncheon buffet served at Moody Hall. B 11300—Corps of Cadets march onto football field. B S2100—Homecoming Dance, informal, music by "Cold Duck,"P ||Cocke Hall; Alumni Dance, informal. Moody Hall. | | Wednesday. Oct. 12 11600 & 2000—Films: "Monet" and "Seurat." Sponsored by W&L.^ •Art Department and Rockbridge Chapter of The Virginia Museum^ ^of Fine Arts. duPont Auditorium. ^ ||2015—Concert: Piedmont Chapter Orchestra. Jackson Memorial|| i H a l l , VMI.B K Thursday, Oct. Wi ^ ^1930—Exhibition Debate. "Resolved: This House Prefers Por-k •nography to Censorship," W&L vs. Oxford University, Moot Court^ iRoom, Lewis Hall. Free. ^ MOOO—Lecture: "From Press Freedom to Press Responsibility: Ak ^ o o d or Bad Trend?" John Merrill, visiting scholar, duPont^ ^uditorium. Free. ^ ^000-Play: "American Dream" and "Zoo Story." VMl Theater.^ ^ c o t t Shipp Hall, 318. $1.50 for public, cadets free. ^ fi Friday. Oil. II ^ Sl900 &2100-Movie: "Hang "Em High." duPont Auditorium $1.00. S ^ G ^ C l u b Concert (to be announced) ^ 3 . Four cadets recently attend-ed a conference on student leadership at Mary Baldwin College. These cadets were Pete Dillon, the Regimental Commander and First Class Historian; James Leech, the Honor Court President; Richard Wetherill, the Cadet Program Board President; and Frank Fountain, the Cadet Editor-in-Chief. Col. Flournoy H. Barksdale, the Director of Cadet Affiars, also attended. Fourteen Virginia colleges and universities were represented. During the morning, student Concert Series Opens Four outstanding musical programs will highlight the 32nd season of the Rockbridge Concert Theatre Series, which opens this Wednesday, October 12, with a concert in Jackson Memorial Hall' Returning by popular de-mand for the first concert is the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra from the North Carolina School of the Arts followed by the United States Army Chorus on Nov 16. and pianists Jeffry and Ronald Marlowe on Jan. 17. The Manhattan Savoyards, the na- (conlinut'd on page «) government presidents or their representatives gave short speeches on the topic of "Ac-countability: Student to Stu-dent, Student to College, and College to Student." Dillon spoke for VMI. A open forum followed these speeches. During the afternoon, the stu-dent representatives and deans of students were divided into five discussion groups: student government representatives, judiciary board and honor coun-cil representatives, student ac- Godwin Reaffirms HEW Stand In an exclusive interview last week with the VMI Cadet. Governor Godwin reaf-firmed his position on the HEW plan to set goals in the desegregation of Virginia's col-leges. The governor denied the possibility of any racial discrimination. He called the HEW directive "just another ef-fort of the federal government to take over all the educational programs of this country.'' Next week there 'will be a complete story on the Godwin interview covering the HEW report, the bond issue, and ex-actly why there is a VMI. to enter, usually by unlocking a door. Some personal property such as a stereo, was damaged, but no figures on the exact amount were available since the college is not responsible for this pro-perty. Officials at VMI have set the total of the raiding party at less than 300, while Mary Baldwin officials claim 80 to 100 cadets were involved. The exact number is not likely to be known, however, as those members of the VMI corps who remained in barracks banded together, in the chilly early morning hours to fill vacant beds and thus keep most of those cadets absent from being discovered by the officer in charge of midnight inspection (OCMNI). The raid by VMI was in response to a raid by a large number of war painted Mary Baldwin girls on the VMI bar-racks the preceding week. Responses To Dalton Proposal by Richard Smith Last week, there appeared in the Cadet an article on Lt. Governor Dalton's proposal that a recent (within three years) graduate be placed on the Board of Visitors of all state supported colleges and univer-sities. As a follow up, the opi-nions of General Irby and the Honorable Frank G. Louthan, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Visitors at VMI, were sought on this subject. General Irby did not feel that, in his position as Superinten-dent, he could make a state-ment, pro or con, to this issue. However, he did bring up some points that are well worth con-sideration, such as the respon-sibilities of the Board. The operation of VMI 'from a "policy standpoint," the legisla-tion of policy for the school, and the appointment of new faculty, along with financial matters and problems of the Corps, make up the areas of vital im- (continued on page 8)
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. October 7, 1977 |
Issue Date | 1977-10-07 |
Volume/Number | Volume 68, number 6 |
Publisher | Virginia Military Institute |
Publication History | The Cadet (originally the Keydet), VMI's student newspaper, began weekly publication in the fall of 1907. Not published 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 |
Frequency | Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacations |
Subject |
Virginia Military Institute -- Publications. Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Lexington. |
Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
VMI Archives Records Group | Publications |
Rights | Materials in the VMI Archives Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Military Institute Archives Digital Collections is required. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information. |
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Issue Date | 1977-10-07 |
Full Text Search | jStttmlillCabet VOLUME LXVIII Virginia Military institute/ Lexington, Virginia October 7,1977 NUMBER6 VMI Could Lose $2.5 mil. In Budget Cut byJ.E.Mackin Tuesday, the fourth of Oc-tober, marked the approval by the State Council of Higher Education of a 201 million dollar budget recommendation for ten of Virginia's four year colleges in the 1978-80 biennium. The ten colleges — Radford, VMI, James Madison University, Christopher Newport, Clinch Valley, George Mason, Longwood, Mary Washington, Norfolk State and Virginia State — asked for around 217 million dollars in funds, representing a 31 per cent increase for the next two years. The 201 million dollars approved was a 22 per cent increase, but a budget cut of around 15.1 million dollars from the original requests. The budget cuts were made in three areas according to Laura Alderson, staff writer for The Roanoke Times and World News-."staff, salaries and sup-plies, travel and other expen-ditures." In the way of faculty, VMI would lose two or three members, to bring the number of faculty members down to 98—and within the limits set by the council. These guidelines, based in part on the ratio of faculty to freshman and sophomore students, is 20:1. As for supplies and salaries, the budget that the council came up with for VMI amounted to 4.7 million dollars for 1978-79 and 4.9 million dollars for 1979-80. This Hop Weekend Homecoming hop weekend is here and for Friday night the CPB has some proven great talent. The progressive country style of Meisburg and Walters mixed with the comedy of Tom Parks promise to make for a very enjoyable dance. Both acts appeared here last year and were very successful. Now they are back and the possibility of an unforgetttable night is high. Last year Meisburg and Walters outshone the main act at the Easters. Also, Tom Parks made for a very successful din-ner theater in Lejuene Hall the On Saturday the rock band Cold Duck will come alive and play tunes for dancing all even-ing. The CPB has lined up some great entertainment for Homecoming this year and a thoroughly good time can be ex-pected by all. Cadets are reminded that the CPB does not issue season hop tickets, and so the full price must be paid. The cost for both nights for two peo-ple is $13.00. Tickets are available in Lejeune Hall at the reception desk, or any CPB member. same weekend. of Events (7 Oct.-14 Oct.) ^ 81 Friday, Oct. 7 «S n 2100—Informal Concert, Meisburg and Walters and comedian TomS ^ Parks, Cocke Hall. ^ | | Saturday. Oct. 8 ^ HOMECOMING (shortened class periods) ^ represents a 2.3 million dollar cut in VMI's original request. The figures for the new bien-nium only reflect a two hundred thousand and a four hundred thousand dollar gain from the last biennium. The individual salaries of the faculty for the current bien-nium are $17,000 and $17,869. It would go up to $19,101 and $20,267 for the next biennium, which stretches from 1978-1980. This recommendation has been approved by the State Council of Higher Education but is not final. It must come before the General Assembly in January for incorporation into the governor's budget. Should this budget be passed, VMI would lose 2.3 million dollars re-quested in aid, and two or three of its faculty members. Cadets Raid Baldwin VMI cadets "raided" Mary Baldwin College early Tuesday morning, and state and local police were called to the scene. Some MBC students suffered minor injuries; at least one cadet cut his hand punching what he thought was wood but what turned out to be glass. Mary Lou Kiley, Dean of Students at MBC, expressed her concern about the inability of students from both institutions to act responsibly. Damage at Mary Baldwin, in some media reports, was set as high as $15,000, and the number of cadets involved, in the same reports, at times reached 800 According to figures released by Dean Kiley the total cost to repair the damaged items, and areas is $671. The n[iost costly damage occurred, in Spencer Dorm—$295 worth. Costs per dorm for the other dorms are $146 at McClung, $90 at Hilltop, $50 at Woodson, $16 at Rose Ter-race, and $8 at Memorial. In ad-dition to these costs, approx-imately $66 will be spent on overall cleaning and labor. The college will bill each dorm the appropriate amoimt, because although no cadets were sup-posed to be able to get into the dorms and although the doors were locked at 12:00, someone in each dorm allowed the cadets Cadets Attend Leadership Conference ^1115—Dress Parade. 11130—Luncheon buffet served at Moody Hall. B 11300—Corps of Cadets march onto football field. B S2100—Homecoming Dance, informal, music by "Cold Duck,"P ||Cocke Hall; Alumni Dance, informal. Moody Hall. | | Wednesday. Oct. 12 11600 & 2000—Films: "Monet" and "Seurat." Sponsored by W&L.^ •Art Department and Rockbridge Chapter of The Virginia Museum^ ^of Fine Arts. duPont Auditorium. ^ ||2015—Concert: Piedmont Chapter Orchestra. Jackson Memorial|| i H a l l , VMI.B K Thursday, Oct. Wi ^ ^1930—Exhibition Debate. "Resolved: This House Prefers Por-k •nography to Censorship," W&L vs. Oxford University, Moot Court^ iRoom, Lewis Hall. Free. ^ MOOO—Lecture: "From Press Freedom to Press Responsibility: Ak ^ o o d or Bad Trend?" John Merrill, visiting scholar, duPont^ ^uditorium. Free. ^ ^000-Play: "American Dream" and "Zoo Story." VMl Theater.^ ^ c o t t Shipp Hall, 318. $1.50 for public, cadets free. ^ fi Friday. Oil. II ^ Sl900 &2100-Movie: "Hang "Em High." duPont Auditorium $1.00. S ^ G ^ C l u b Concert (to be announced) ^ 3 . Four cadets recently attend-ed a conference on student leadership at Mary Baldwin College. These cadets were Pete Dillon, the Regimental Commander and First Class Historian; James Leech, the Honor Court President; Richard Wetherill, the Cadet Program Board President; and Frank Fountain, the Cadet Editor-in-Chief. Col. Flournoy H. Barksdale, the Director of Cadet Affiars, also attended. Fourteen Virginia colleges and universities were represented. During the morning, student Concert Series Opens Four outstanding musical programs will highlight the 32nd season of the Rockbridge Concert Theatre Series, which opens this Wednesday, October 12, with a concert in Jackson Memorial Hall' Returning by popular de-mand for the first concert is the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra from the North Carolina School of the Arts followed by the United States Army Chorus on Nov 16. and pianists Jeffry and Ronald Marlowe on Jan. 17. The Manhattan Savoyards, the na- (conlinut'd on page «) government presidents or their representatives gave short speeches on the topic of "Ac-countability: Student to Stu-dent, Student to College, and College to Student." Dillon spoke for VMI. A open forum followed these speeches. During the afternoon, the stu-dent representatives and deans of students were divided into five discussion groups: student government representatives, judiciary board and honor coun-cil representatives, student ac- Godwin Reaffirms HEW Stand In an exclusive interview last week with the VMI Cadet. Governor Godwin reaf-firmed his position on the HEW plan to set goals in the desegregation of Virginia's col-leges. The governor denied the possibility of any racial discrimination. He called the HEW directive "just another ef-fort of the federal government to take over all the educational programs of this country.'' Next week there 'will be a complete story on the Godwin interview covering the HEW report, the bond issue, and ex-actly why there is a VMI. to enter, usually by unlocking a door. Some personal property such as a stereo, was damaged, but no figures on the exact amount were available since the college is not responsible for this pro-perty. Officials at VMI have set the total of the raiding party at less than 300, while Mary Baldwin officials claim 80 to 100 cadets were involved. The exact number is not likely to be known, however, as those members of the VMI corps who remained in barracks banded together, in the chilly early morning hours to fill vacant beds and thus keep most of those cadets absent from being discovered by the officer in charge of midnight inspection (OCMNI). The raid by VMI was in response to a raid by a large number of war painted Mary Baldwin girls on the VMI bar-racks the preceding week. Responses To Dalton Proposal by Richard Smith Last week, there appeared in the Cadet an article on Lt. Governor Dalton's proposal that a recent (within three years) graduate be placed on the Board of Visitors of all state supported colleges and univer-sities. As a follow up, the opi-nions of General Irby and the Honorable Frank G. Louthan, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Visitors at VMI, were sought on this subject. General Irby did not feel that, in his position as Superinten-dent, he could make a state-ment, pro or con, to this issue. However, he did bring up some points that are well worth con-sideration, such as the respon-sibilities of the Board. The operation of VMI 'from a "policy standpoint," the legisla-tion of policy for the school, and the appointment of new faculty, along with financial matters and problems of the Corps, make up the areas of vital im- (continued on page 8) |