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-- Insight T
M. U. relies
on teaching
by students
By Jeff Gordon
Missouriaa staff writer
Spanish 1, College Algebra, Introduc-tion
to Philosophy, Introduction to
Poetry and English Composition are
classes that make up a typical schedule
for a University freshman in the liberal '
arts.
Perhaps unfortunately, if a student
had this schedule, he would be taught
exclusively by fellow students
graduate teaching assistants. In many
other classes, teaching assistants
would lead discussion groups, super-vise
laboratories and grade tests.
Armon Yanders, dean of the College
of Arts and Science, estimates that 40
percent of lower- lev- el classes in the
college are taught by graduate
students. In the English and mathema-tics
departments, almost all lower- lev- el
classes are student- taugh- t.
" There is no way to survive without
them," Yanders said. The College of
Arts and Science uses more teaching
assistants than other University school
or college.
In a time of annual tight budgets, the
graduate student is a cheap source of
labor. At an average salary of $ 3,000
per year, the student earns one- four- th
to one- ten- th of a faculty member's
salary.
But the University may face cuts in
its teaching assistant work force.
Chancellor Herbert Schooling has said
teaching assistants may be released as
part of a $ 2.3 million budget
reallocation, which will be used mainly
to raise faculty salaries.
The University already is having
trouble recruiting teaching assistants
because the dismal job market for
. .. professors, in some areas- - i&- cirtt-ing
,
graduate enrollment and ' Because the
University does not offer a general
tuition waiver for teaching assistants,
Yanders said. Only out- of- sta- te fees are
waived.
The dependence on graduate students
by some departments " is reflected by
the ratio of teaching assistants to
faculty members. The mathematics de-partment
has 28 faculty members and
62 teaching assistants, and the English
department has 36 faculty and 112
assistants.
Teaching assistants generally teach
half the load of a faculty member.
Overall, the University's use of teach-ing
assistants is similar to that of neigh-boring
universities. The University
College of Arts and Science has 412
faculty members and about 580 teach-ing
assistants. The University of
Kansas has 570 faculty members and
about 500 teaching assistants, said dean
of Arts and Science Robert Cobb. The
University of Illinois has 670 faculty
and about 1,800 teaching assistants,
said Walter Rodgers, dean of arts and'
science.
Some educators say that incoming
freshmen should be taught by full
professors because freshmen need
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By Dan Ray
Missourian staff writer
The stage was set but the final act didn't come
as anticipated for Sixth Ward Councilman Clyde
Wilson's housing inspection ordinance.
After almost two hours of listening to spirited
public debate Monday night, the City Council
postponed action on Wilson's ordinance requiring
annual mandatory inspections of all city rental
property until the council's next meeting March
6.
To be considered at the same meeting will be
an interim housing inspection policy resolution
proposed by Mayor Les Proctor, Fourth Ward
Councilman Jim Goodrich and Planning and
Zoning Commission Chairman Jon Gerardi.
Their plan, proposed Saturday as an alternative
to Wilson's, would require the city to step up
housing code enforcement, concentrating in
areas where previous inspections have shown
housing to be substandard.
Wilson said the mayor had agreed to his
request before the meeting to delay a vote on his
ordinance.
One of the supporters of Wilson's ordinance,
Fifth Ward Councilwoman Fran Beach, was not
at the meeting because of an injury to a member
of her family. Wilson said the delay would give
her " an opportunity to vote; "
Even with Ms. Beach's support, however, a
vote Monday night would have killed Wilson's
measure. Two other potential swing votes, First
Ward Councilman Pat Barnes and Second Ward
Councilman Don Mosby, voiced their opposition
to Wilson's ordinance at Monday night's
meeting.
Wilson said the delay also would " keep the pot
boiling" that his ordinance has stirred up.
Before Wilson requested the delay, the council
witnessed a lively and sometimes pointed public
discussion of his ordinance.
About 20 persons spoke at the hearing, most in
favor of Wilson's ordinance. Twice speakers
favoring the ordinance were applauded.
One burst of applause came when Arthur Mc- Arth- ur,
608 Morningside Drive, said the council
should serve " the interests of the little people as
well as those in power. ' '
Representatives of Boone County Tenants Inc.,
the Missouri Students Association, the Off- Camp- us
Students Association and neighborhood
associations said that substandard housing in the
city is widespread, that present housing code
enforcement is too lax and that students and low- inco- me
persons are victims of the present en-forcement
policy.
Opponents of the ordinance testified that
substandard housing is limited to a few landlords
in a few areas and that the ordinance would
create an unnecessary layer of government
interference in the free market.
Each side backed up its case with statistics.
Cameron Cohick, director of Boone County
Tenants, told the council that his group receives
15 to 25 complaints on apparent housing code
violations every month. " I think the figures we
have support the need for this ordinance,"
Cohick said.
Robert Hines, a Columbia attorney speaking
for the 300- memb- er Columbia Board of Realtors,
said more than 4,000 calls by city inspectors were
made in 1977, 2,000 more than in 1976. But more
inspections revealed fewer houses in need of
substantial repair 320 in 1977 compared with
335 in 1976, he said.
Richard Knipp, a builder and former council-man,
called Wilson's proposal " a foot- in- the- do- or
type of ordinance," the cost of which " would far
exceed Mr. Wilson's estimate" of $ 16,000 per
year.
" We don't want oppressive government," said
Gordon Toland, 908 Hulen Drive.
Steve Honeyman, director of the University Y,
said it is time to force landlords to comply with
the housing code. " How many years did we have
to wait" for property near the University to be
improved?" he said.
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OoadSiBSito Council turns thumbs down on earnings tax
By Margaret Felton and Carolyn Sanf ord
Missourian staff writers
The City Council Monday night killed the city's
push for an earnings tax and voted against
buying a 1.7- ac- re (. 69- hectar- e) tract in the Flat
Branch area.
The council instructed the city staff to con-centrate
on promoting an additional 1- c- ent city
sales tax and state property tax reassessment
instead of the earnings tax proposal part of a
larger tax base revision package.
Although Mayor Les Proctor said there is little
possibility of passing the 1- c- ent sales tax, the
council voted 4 to 2 to prepare a presentation for
the Missouri Legislature on the advantages of the
tax. Sixth Ward Councilman Clyde Wilson and
Third Ward Councilwoman Diane Farish wanted
the city to continue holding informational
sessions on the tax base revision.
Only Wilson voted to spend $ 350,000 for a lot at
the southeast corner of Providence Road and
Locust Street in Flat Branch. The council's
action clears the way for Hardee's Food System
Inc. to build a restaurant on the site. Hardee's
has had a contract to buy the land from the estate
of the late Jimmie Proctor since July. The
company has taken out a city building permit.
In other action, the council voted unanimously
to reconsider at its March 6 meeting a rezoning
request of the Alumni Heights Neighborhood
Association. The association wants the area
downzoned from R-- 2, multiple- famil- y dwelling,
to R-- l, single- famil- y dwelling. At its last meeting
the council defeated the request 4 to 3.
On the subject of tax base revision, City
Manager Terry Novak said the city staffs
community presentations were " not exactly
striking fire in the community."
The council also amended the city's can- ba- n
ordinance eight days before its constitutionality
is to be tested in Boone County Circuit Court. The
ordinance, which was passed April 5, would
require a five- ce- nt deposit on throwaway con-tainers.
Opponents of the can- ba- n amendments ac-cused
the City Council of changing the rules in
the middle of the game by making two amend-ments
to the ordinance before litigation on Feb.
28.
The first amendment cleans up the language of
the ordinance to exempt returnable beer bottles
from a 5- ce- nt deposit. The second removes the
wholesaler's burden of a 20 percent handling fee
to be paid to retailers in addition to return
deposits on refillable bottles.
Olson seeks 12.9 fee increase By Jeff Gordon
Missooriaa staff writer
University President James Olson
will recommend a 12.9 percent across- the- boa- rd
student fee increase to the
Board cf Curators Friday.
Olson, in a statement released
Monday, also said he expects to
recommend another fee increase in the
1979- 8- 0 budget, although it would be
more moderate.
" Next year's increase, if approved by
the curators, will cost resident students
$ 39 a year more in incidental fees and
out- of- sta- te students an additional $ 117.
The increase would take effect in the
1978 summer session.
The supplemental fees of medical,
veterinary and dental students also
would increase 12.9 percent
Olson earlier had asked the four
campus chancellors to review three fee
increase options for the 1978- 7- 9 budget
and report back to him. The decision to
raise fees was made inSeptember when
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the curators adopted the University
budget request. At that time, the
method of raising fees was left un-decided.
Columbia campus Chancellor Her-bert
Schooling has advocated the 12.9
percent increase over the other models,
which would have revamped the fee
structure.
One of the other models would have
raised fees 20 percent for full- tim- e
students and decreased fees 11.8 per-cent
for part- tim- e students. The other
alternative would have increased full- ti- me
fees 14 percent, and would have
maintained present part- tim- e fees.
Schooling said earlier that he was
opposed to restructuring fees in the
same year mat fees were being in-creased.
Dormitory fees also will go up $ 180
next year. The curators approved toe
new rate at their Decembermeeting. -
" The' principle of an improved fee
structure remains under study, and my
hope is that some changes will be
adopted soon," Olson said.
The increase will raise an additional
$ 4.5 million to offset inflation during the
last two years.
In the past, the University has
decided on fee increases after the
budget process was finished and when
it knew what its state appropriations
were.
This year, however, Olson and the
curators decided to take action on fee
increase proposals early in the budget
process. Schooling said the University
probably win continue to use this ap-proach.
Olson has said deciding on a fee in-crease
early shows the governor and
the General Assembly that the
University is more realistic and open in
its budget request
Egypt, Cyprus split over shootout
NICOSIA, Cyprus ( UPI) - Egypt all
but broke diplomatic relations with
Cyprus Monday night in a bitter dispute
over the airport shootout in which
Cypriot forces killed IS Egyptian
commandos trying to carry out an
Entebbe- styl- e rescue raid at Larnaca
airport.
Cyprus expelled the Egyptian
military attache earlier Monday in
anger at what it called Egypt's
violation cf Cypriot sovereignty Sunday
by sending in commandos to try to
stocmaCyprirtDC inwinchtwo Arab
terrorists were holding 16 hostages 12
prominent Arabs and the plane's four- ma- n
crew.
The two gunmen were charged in
district court Monday with
premeditated murder in the lulling of
Egyptian journalist Youssef Sebai,
editor of Cairo's Al Ahram newspaper.
He was shot three times in the Hilton
Hotel lobby before the hostages were
taken for s weekend flight of terror to
Djibouti and back.
Cypriot officials said that the
tenwiabadbeenaooattosurrendsr
when the commandos attacked.
Diplomats here say that the Egyptians
miscalculated the Cypriot's determine- -'
tion to win the release of the hostages
peacefully.
The gunmen, who held pistols and
grenades during their seizure of the
Postages -- and the plane, gave them-selves
up unharmed at the end of the
battle Between the Egyptians and
Cypriots. The Palestine Liberation Or-ganisation
claimad inLebanon Monday
that the two terrorists acted on orders
from Iraq.
The bodies of the 15 slain Egyptians
were sent home Monday aboard an
Egyptian military plane.
Within hours the Egyptian govern-ment
announced it was withdrawing its
diplomatic mission from Nicosia and
said it was -- asking the Cypriot govern-ment
to shut down its legation in Cairo.
The Egyptian - cabinet praised the
' great heroism" of the Egyptian force.
But the statement, issued after an
emergency cabinet session, failed to
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Treasure hunt
Two University archeologists are trying to salvage a gunboat sunk during a
Civil War battle near Clarendon, Ark. You'll find what they found and hope
to find in today's People section, Page 5.
Dam debate
To dam or not to dam the Meramec is the question, and opinions were
plentiful Monday at a Missouri House committee hearing in Jefferson City. To
learn what's next on the Meramec Dam, see Page 11 today.
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Sam Boone County Courtmeeting, County- Cit- y Building.
Noon " The County Court Today nd Tomorrow," speech by William Freeh,
presiQmgjudge. lfiissottriDnitedMeaMdist Church. ; 12: 18 fua. Discussion with writer Leslie MarmonSSko, Windsor Lounge,
Stephens College.
7pm Youth Advisory Cominissionmeetm& HowardMmBch& iamng.
7: 28 pan. " Okefenokee Land of Trembling Earth,'" turn, Windsor
Auditorium, Stephens College.
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