The Exponent, 1977-10-20

              Campus features Waldo
Cheryl Geis, Belle Fourche freshman, and Both Osborn, Redfield senior, helped
promote Gypsy Day spirit by painting Waldo on the Union door. This project was
sponsored by the Union Operation Board. For more Gypsy Day pictures, see page
5.
Blue Bombers invite band
"1714-MtaRr7r4 Volume 77, Issue 7 Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 October 20, 1977
Mehlhaff expresses BOD concerns
by Barb Brewster
Creation of a new post in the
KASD-FM radio station, problems
with the Rodeo Dance and the recent
Student Federation meeting were the
topics of discussion at the Student As-sociation
Board of Directors meeting
Monday evening.
Pat Keller, Pierre sophomore;
Mark Stange, Aberdeen senior; and
Les Cummings, Aberdeen, appeared
before the Board of Directors to ask
for its help in several matters. Keller,
KASD-FM General Manager, has not
been paid since assuming his posi-tion.
The group also asked the Board
to consider creation of a salaried po-sition
of Business Manager. At pres-ent,
Stange is the Business Manager,
but he too has not been paid since
assuming his position.
The Board stated that the obstacle
in Keller's case was that he had not
been confirmed as General Manager
by the BOD. Keller was later con-firmed.
Much discussion ensued over the
proposed creation of the Business
Manager's position. The problem
seemed to be caused by the switching
of the Business Manager's post from a
salaried position, funded by the
KASD-FM operating budget, to a
work-study position. Stange would
not qualify for the work-study job and
no qualified work-study student had
applied.
After much discussion by the group
by Pat Miller
The second monthly meeting of the
Federation of Student Governing
Bodies, consisting of three member
delegates from each of South
Dakota's seven state colleges and
universities, was held in the
Aquanas-Newman Center on North-ern's
campus Friday, October 14.
Jude Herges, Aberdeen senior, Presi-dent
of the Student Federation, chair-ed
the day-long session, which cover-ed
areas of universal student con-cern
After roll call, approval of minutes
and agenda, and the treasurer's re-port,
Dr. Joseph McFadden extended
greetings to the delegates. He also
encouraged the Federation to support
the pQ:?posed faculty salary increase.
Tuition and fees for fiscal year
1979 and faculty unionization were
topics that brought out related dis-cussions
on faculty salary increases.
The 1979 budget for higher education
may require an increase of $700,000
which could force tuition costs to rise
approximately $1.00 per semester
hour. Should tuition have to be in-creased,
Pete Mehlhoff, Northern's
Student Association President, ex-pressed
hopes that tuition increases
would be used directly to pay for
higher salaries. Student tuitions help
pay for only one-third of all higher
educational costs in South Dakota.
The rest is born through appropria-tions
generated through the State
Legislature.
and the BOD concerning the duties of
the Business Manager, misman-agement
of KASD-FM funds during
the summer and problems arising
from the creation of the position, the
Board resolved to create, tem-porarily,
the office of Business
Manager, salaried at $100 per month.
The Salaries and Dues Committee will
study the position and make
recommendations , to the Board on
possible salary revisions.
Problems with the Rodeo Dance,
held Friday of Gypsy Week, also con-cerned
Board members. Pete Mehl-haff,
Student Association President,
and Bob Anderson, Commissioner of
Housing and Student Services, voiced
concern that most students did not
realize that the $2.50 admission price
paid for the beer, not the band. An-derson
stated that some procedural
guidelines have to be established by
the UOB if they are going to sponsor
any more of these activities. Prob-lems
also arose in that some students
paid the $2.50 admission price, later
that evening the price was reduced to
$2.00 and much later students were
not even charged.
Mehlhaff highlighted some of the
topics discussed at the South Dakota
Student Federation meeting held Fri-day
at Northern. Tuition increases
were discussed. The state legislature
is looking toward a $1 per credit hour
increase in the coming year. This in-
A vote on the issue of whether or
not to support faculty unionization
was tabled until next month's meet-ing
to be held in Brookings. This is'to
allow delegates time to digest re-search
material on this topic that
were distributed at the meeting.
The highlight of the day was the
luncheon held in the Black Hills room
with State Senator Leroy Hoffman as
guest speaker. Senator Hoffman, a
member of the Higher Education
Committee, stressed the "continuing
need for public support of Higher
Education." He felt that the higher
education system is one of the
"greatest assets any state has" as it is
a desirable element and attraction in
the development of business and in-dustry
in the state. Hoffman has sup-ported
a resolution advocating
faculty salary increases, stating,
"better education means it is neces-sary
to support better salaries for
teachers." The senator also express-ed
regret that the state's unappro-priated
general funds, amounting to
over $14 million, couldn't have been
put to better use in increasing faculty
salaries, thus "preventing many good
professors from leaving the state."
Attendance policies, Student In-centive
Grants, the Student Intern
Program, college catalogs, student
rules, other budgetary matters and
faculty evaluations were among
other topics occupying the student
delegates at the meeting.
crease would generate approxi-mately
$700,000, but this does not
necessarily mean that the money will
be used for faculty salaries.
Fund raising for the Federation
was also discussed. Presently dues
for membership in the Student Fed-eration
are $700 per year. This is
quite an expenditure for the smaller
colleges. Some means for defraying
costs are being discussed.
Cindy Zacher, Commissioner of
Curriculum and Communications re-ported
on the ad hoc Student Federa-
Northern's marching band will
travel to Winnipeg, Canada, on Octo-ber
21 in order to perform for the
half-time show at the Winnipeg Blue
Bombers football -game on Sunday,
October 23.
Dennis Dafoe, director of the
Marching Band, sent the band's cre-dentials
to various teams throughout
the country last spring. They were
considered by both the Kansas City
Chiefs and the Winnipeg Blue Bomb-ers.
Dafoe and James Gay, assistant
director of marching band, decided
on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The band will perform a show corn-posed
of a number of precision drills
performed to the tunes of "Rocky," "El
tion Committee on Faculty Evalua-tions.
Said Zacher, "Northern has the
best evaluation program of all the
state institutions." She went on to ex-plain
that the Regents find Northern
deficient in only one area, that of
giving evaluations only once a year.
Mehlhaff explained that this is pri-marily
due to the cost factor involved
in the program. Mehlhaff added that
"we owe Jude Herges and Dean
Clarke a debt of thanks for the
evaluation program here."
Conga," "Star Wars" and "Superstar."
"Malaga" will be their concert num-ber
which will feature twirler Kelly
Kirkus and the Flag Corps.
Chuck Dresbach is the drum major
and Gary Baule is the photographer
and equipment manager.
According to Dafoe, "Canadians
are not used to marching bands. Our
purpose is to show Canadians the
benefit of a marching band to enter-tain
them."
The marching band will leave
Aberdeen early Friday morning, Oc-tober
21, on three chartered buses.
They will perform Sunday afternoon
and return home late that night.
Students discuss salaries