University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Swine F la Vaccine Proves Controversial In an effort to circumvent a possi- ble outbreak of swine flu which was predicted for the winter of 1976, The Center for Disease Control QCDCJ, a branch of the U.S. Public Health Service, ran a program aimed at innoculating over 200 million Americans against the disease. All did not run smoothly, howev- er, as a number of deaths reported in October were linked with the vaccine. The victims died shortly after being innoculated. Dr. J. Donald Millar of the CDC in Washington said, There is no evi- dence that these deaths were caused by the vaccine. Most of the victims nationwide died of heart attacks, which field studies in Pittsburgh indicated may have been caused by stress. President Ford expressed confi- dence in the program by being inno- culated. He said, I believe that it is necessary for every one of 215 million Americans. The Ford Administration com- mitted itself early in 1976 to spending S135 million to avoid a flu epidemic like the one in 1918-1920 in which, approximately 20 million people died worldwide. Many states suspended their inno- culation programs after learning of the deaths. At UMass, Health Officials were being educated on the upcoming in- noculation clinic for the swine and victoria flu vaccine, as news reports indicated the death toll for recently injected persons had risen to 38. According to Arthur Hyman, head administrative assistant at the intirmary, UMass would go ahead with the scheduled clinic but would innoculate only those in the UMass community who are 18 or over, those who have chronic illnesses, and any- one over 65 who requested it. When asked what his feelings were on the death reports he said, no comment. Approximately 25 health services employees worked at the Oct. 25 clin- ic. Before receiving an innoculation, participants were required to read an information sheet and sign a consent form. The information sheet gave a brief history of the disease, the symp- toms of it, the vaccine which was to be used, the possible side effects, and several precautions. Q0 l A .1 '2- .fl Y 3 , A UMass student receives swine flu innoculation in a vaccination program held at UMass. JFK Memorial Funds Discovered Lnused In mid-September it was discov- ered thatbwhile the JFK Memorial Reading Room in the UMass library contained only 85 books, there was over 516,000 in an interest-bearing account at the New Bedford Institu- tion for Savings in the name of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Fund. This was found by Acting Student Senate Treasurer Thomas Kerrins when he found the file on the fund and proceeded to investigate. According to Kerrins, the fund was started when the Student Senate adopted the idea of money to be set aside for the purchase of books for the JFK Memorial Reading Room. The establishment of the fund wasjust one result of the formation of the Committee for a John F. Kenne- assassination of the late President. The committee engineered a Fine Arts Festival dedicated to Kennedy and considered plans for having a sculpture done and holding a concert in Curry Hicks Cage, among other things. It is unclear from the file, however, if anything other than the festival ever took place. Kerrins said the senate had been allocating 81,000 annually for the fund until 1971. In May of 1970, the money was transferred from an ac- count in the Recognized Student Or- ganization office to an interest-bear- ing account. Kerrins said it seemed that the fund was simply forgotten, and added he intended to initiate a committee to deal with purchasing books for the reading room in order to utilize the dy Memorial Service by the Faculty money in the memorial fund. Senate late in 1963, shortly after the U. M: NEW ZIP cone 01003 UMass was put in a class by itseUwilh a new zip code to simplify mail delivery Mao Tse-Tung Dies in Pekingg China ourn HONG KONG - Chinese Com- munist Party Chairman Mao Tse- Tung died in Peking on Sept. 9, at age 82, initiating a power struggle for leadership of his people. After reports of the arrest of Mao's widow, Chiang Ching, for plotting to seize power, China ap- pointed Hua Kuo-feng. former Pre- mier, as new chairman. Chiang and three other high offi- cials, allegedly from the radical, ul- traleftist branch of the Communist Party known as the Shanghai-Mm fia were reportedly arrested during Hua's surge to power. There was speculation that Hua's accession to power and the radical purge against Chiang could lead to a shift in China's policies. U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, however, expressed hope that the United States and China would continue on a parallel course of cautious friendship. ln the wake of Mao's death, au- thorities organized an unprecedented mass memorial service on Sept. 18 in the capitals huge Tien An Men Gate of Heavenly Peace Square, where Mao had celebrated his greatest tri- umphs. Rising from a simple peasant to leader of the world's greatest mass revolution, Mao was the only ruler known to the Peop1e's Republic of China since it came into being on Oct. 1, 1949, after Mao's forces drove Chiang Kai-shek from the mainland. World leaders hailed Mao as the last giant of the century and a world immortal. President Ford called his death tragic and credited Mao's vision and imagination which led to im- proved Sino-U.S. relations. Mao's body lay in state for a week in the Greta Hall of the People. The national day of mourning drew the nation's millions to stand in silence for three minutes of medita- tion, and sirens, whistles, and bells sounded throughout the country's factories and trains. Great throngs of young people, many of them in tears, entered the square and stood in front of the im- mense portrait of Mao and raised their clenched fists, chanting oaths: Beloved Mao, we commit ourselves to continue the struggle, always ac- cording to your teachings. Mao assumed leadership of the Chinese Communists in the l930's, beginning a long period of political turmoil. ln the l960's, hc used thc Red Guards to destroy the party and state structure and then turned the army to solidify his position. He called these victories his Cultural Revolutions.

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Students enjoy the use of the Music Room on campus. The facility was under consideration as a possible location for a commercial bank but students banded together to keep it intact. The Administration denied the room was a potential location for a commercial enterprise. tudents ppose Commercial Bank Petitioners attempting to block possible efforts to relocate the music room and study lounge on the Cam- pus Center concourse collected over 500 signatures in early October, while university administrators de- nied they were considering the loca- tion as a place for a commercial bank. Chancellor Randolph W. Bro- mery, who had formerly denied hav- ing considered the spot for a bank location said bids were sent out two years ago, and several banks had sub- mitted bids. He said he believed the banks considered the bids expired and the project would have to be re- bid. He repeated his previous state- ment saying there were no current plans to construct a bank in the Cam- pus Center. The music room space was one of several locations under consideration Bromery, Wood visit Hokkaido On Sept. IO, UMass President Robert C. Wood and Chancellor Randolph W. Bromery embarked on a two week gift-bearing mission to Japan. The two administrators and John Maki of the UMass political science department met with Japanese edu- cators at Hokkaido University for three days in celebration of the cen- tury-old educational exchange pro- gram between the two schools. The relationship between the uni- versities goes back to 1876 when Wil- liam S. Clark, then president of Mas- sachusetts Agricultural College Cnow Ulvfassl, went to Hokkaido at the in- vitation of the Japanese government to help establish an agricultural col- lege there. One of Clark's students later became president of Sapporo Xgrlcultural College tnow Hok- lt idol, tthere he furthered Clark's idea . During the war years. ties with Hokkaido were broken, but in l958 UMass was awarded an Aid for ln- ternational Development Grant which went toward re-establishing the relationship, .--..1,-N--.--- Y ,,,, ..1.....,, to accomodate an expanded Cashier's Office. The former Cashier's Office was closed down later in the year, due to insufficient space for proper secu- rity measures. This left the Campus Center and the Student Union with- out such an office. Michael Pill, member of the Campus Center Board of Governors QBOGJ said, In the short run, they fthe administratorsj are telling the truth about not putting in a bank. In the long run, they're lying through their teeth. Pill, a lawyer, added, I agree with Chancellor Bromery that the present bank bids are invalid. He felt, however, that the bank issue was far from dead. Stuart Belkin, co-coordinator of the Union of Student Employees, was opposed to any efforts to move the music room and lounge, and through the petition attempted to halt any such action. Campus Center Director, Dean William F. Field, said I-did not want a bank. I tried to argue this thing through. I'd be delighted if the chan- cellor formally canceled the bids. Field, saying he was sick and tired ofthe whole issue, added, It's mostly a matter of credabilityj' as to wheth- er.or not students want to believe the administrators are trying to slip a bank into the Campus Center. Bromery made a similar.state- ment saying, If anyone will not be- lieve in my integrity, they can go take a leap. Infirmary Hit NORTHAMPTON - Allegations were received by the Hampshire County district attorney's office late in September against some UMass Health Services employees for il- legal and improper conduct, as termed by UMass students involved with the Student Advisory Board which submitted the complaint. According to a statement issued to the press after the group of stu- by Student Allegations dents met with a staff member ofthe district attorney's office, the com- plaint dealt primarily with a sup- posed conflict of interest existing in hiring, promotions, competitive bid- ding, and the awarding of overtime pay and what the group termed pos- sible corrupt gifts made to some em- ployees at the Health Center. District Attorney John M. Calla- han was not there to receive the alle- This student is taking advantage of infrmary facilities, which were brought under fre by students charging the Health Ser- vices with illegal and improper conduct by employees. gations personally but said in a tele- phone interview the following day that his office would look into the matter out of due process, but added, there probably isn't anything in it. Barry W. Averill, director of Health Services, and president of the National College Health Association, said the accusations are categorical- ly untrue and that the statement contained only vague accusations. Averill said, I've done nothing, nor has anybody on my staff. Every- thing we have ever done has been in accordance with proper University channels, that's for sure. James H. Starr, a student Legal Services Office attorney who helped the students prepare the official statement said that tens of thou- sands of dollars over a course or three to four years were involved in ques- tionable purchases of services and supplies. Michael R. Federow, Graduate Student Senate president, said the possibility of kickbacks and bribes ex- isted in the purchasing of contractual services. Averill said the only instances when supplies might be purchased without following a bidding proce- dure would be if an instrument or pharmeceutical was needed immedi- ately. He said he had checked with his business people and was not aware of anybody who's received any gifts. That's ridiculous.

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,NEWS nm - Vue 140 h3jurie5 c'awev'b3 olsjecfs fhrowa fiom lifylz-riff dorm! forms, bars are fo be ffacea' an af! windows 172 'O I ' nt 0 l-if lvl' fi --J ' X-.1 I I I -' fits H, QU tit .Z -Q. X f f f af X- , '- X fl J ,I l I i if ff url- A Saufbwes I if pl Xl Zi I T.: X I 1 'J :I t XL X atter of pinion Amidst the stories of courtroom battles, shoplifting, shooting, looting and glass-breaking, there are two pages in every segment of -60- devot- ed to taking an in-depth look at some of the year's controversial stories, sprinkled with the authors' personal opinion of the situation, and a reflec- tive, calculating review of some of the things that happened here and around the nation during the 1976-77 academic year. Why editorialize in a yearbook? Who cares? This isn't a newspaper, it will last for a long time. Is it fair to choose certain issues for a yearbook- newspaper section for editorial treat- ment? Why did we choose the issues we did? Well, it was all a matter of opin- ion. We chose issues we felt were rel- atively controversial in a year which was otherwise relatively calm. It wasn't a question of being fair, or covering all the issues, just as our news coverage could not possibly cov- er all events. But we tried to balance with what we felt was important and of the most interest. We chose to edi- torialize these issues for the purposes of giving them more complete treat- ment and discussion. If one looks back in ten years, the editorial issues will help us to remember what was important in the news at this time in our lives, the questions that were raised, the opinions voiced. Overall, this was not a controver- sial year of fate-twisting, rip-roaring events. Even the protests were quiet in comparison to those never-to-be- heard from again sixties. Everything looks quiet in comparison to those years. It's likely that the seventies will be remembered more as rational, low-key intellectual years. Perhaps the calm before another storm of riot- ous years, more times of violent frus- tration. Then again, it may be a sign for many years to come, when people re- alize that violence usually resolves little and serves primarily to attract attention. Perhaps people have reverted into Freud's quiet desperation trying to keep their individual lives glued to- gether. So we will remember some of the issues here. And we review some of the news, and some of the good times. Although most ofthe stories read like something from a police blotter, a campaign manager's itinerary, or an attorney's courtroom calendar, it rea- ly was a peaceful year. Thankfully, a reasonable and thinking time. An Open Letter Grin and bear it? He's a real nowhere bear Living in his nowhere lair . . . It is bare nowg no longer is there a guardian at the front of the Student Union. For 20 years he stood guard, but he has been captured . . . I am writing in reference to the bear, a gift which the University of Japan gave to UMass 20 years ago. He stood on the platform above the doors to the Student Union, until some students went on safari and kid- napped the bear. Many people seem to feel that property on campus can be abused without facing repercussions. Chairs are thrown out of windows, toilet pa- per is used to make decorative streamersg windows are shatteredp beer' is spilled on floors with no thought given to cleaning it up. Surely people don't act like this at nome - only where they are transients and don't feel responsible for the damages. Can it be exciting to steal silver- ware. dishes, salt and pepper. or food from the dining commons - the et- .50. University of Massachusetts at Amherst Published by thc l977 INDEX A bi-monthly review and summary ol' campus, local. and national cvcnls. EDITOR: Thomas Crowley ASSOCIATES PJ. Prokop, Jim Oduto. Llsn Mclilli DATELINED STORIES AD.-XPTED FROM UPI AND AP WIRE COPY, WITH PERMISSION fects aren't really felt until the bills for board are raised. But confiscating the bear is another matterg it is the QQ Og. f 1 ' .- equivalent of stealing a museum piece. The bear was a symbol of friendship between a foreign universi- ty and UMass. But some inconsider- ate students took the bear and haven't had the decency to return it. l'm angry at whoever did it. and would like the bear to be returned. So, on behalf of all the students at UMass, I ask whoever took the bear to return it. Please. - Rebecca Greenberg Shad H1395 - U Mass students returned to school before Labor Day, as the fall semester was lengthened from I3 to I4 weeks, in order to equalize the fall and spring semesters and give stu- dents the necessary amount of time for classwork. Officials said the I3- week semester was insufficient time for courses and could only be made up by adding the extra week. - Former Dean ofthe School of Education, Dwight W. Allen, re- sumed teaching duties at UMass after a two-year sabbatical in Africa. Allen had resigned in January of 1975 in the wake of a controversy concerning missing federal funds in the School of Ed. - The Collegian moved from its former office on the balcony of the Student Union to room II3 in the basement of the Campus Center, which is known as the Watts Com- plex. - UMass opened the only Men's Center in the state, located in Kenne- dy Tower lobby. - Annette Guttenberg, Speaker of the Undergraduate Student Sen- ate, resigned claiming SGA Co-Presi- dents Jay Martus and Paul Cronin had sold out to the university. At the same Sept. S meeting, Henry Doyle also submitted his resignation as Student Senate Treasurer because he was kicked out of school. Thom- as Kerrins was appointed acting trea- surer, and Adam Auster was acting speaker. In elections held two weeks later, Kerrins was ofticially elected treasurer, while Brian DeLima won the speaker's position. - A study made by the Women's Caucus of the Massachusetts Society of Professors QMSPJ was released on Sept. 21 and showed that female fac- ulty members were paid less than male faculty members at both UMass and across the nation. Based on the study, MSP filed a series of com- plaints on Oct. I9 that university ad- ministrators were unlawfully denying female faculty equal pay. - The university suspended sophomore David McDonough for al- legedly throwing a cinder block out of his ninth-floor Washington Tower dormitory lounge. ,- The UMass football team played a regionally televised game against Harvard. The Crimson dumped the Minutemen 24-I3 on Sept. 26. - Holly Near performed a bene- fit concert for the Native American Solidarity Committee at the Fine Arts Center on Sept. 30. - Paul L. Puryear assumed du- ties as Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost on Oct. I2. - Professor David R. Clark an- nounced his resignation, effective Nov. 1, from his position as Chair- man of the English Department. Clark taught at UMass for 25 years and was head of the department for I4 months prior to his resignation.