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OUTLOOK
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK
SEPTEMBER 20, 1993
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 3
State of the Campus: Fall 1993
The following is an edited transcript
of President William E. Kirwan's
remarks to the College Park Senate on
Monday, September 13, 1993:
The traditional "State of the Cam-
pus" address is an opportunity 1
especially welcome at this time, not
only because there is some good
news to report but also because there
are some major issues and challenges
ahead of the campus that we need to
address.
Time does not permit me to do
justice to the many examples of excel-
lence and progress but I would like to
cite a few.
In one of the most notable achieve-
ments of this or any other year, two
doctoral students in Astronomv,
David Davis and John Mulchaey, par-
ticipated in the discovery of a huge
concentration of "dark matter," thus
advancing our understanding of x-
ray emissions from galaxy clusters
and the evolution of the universe.
Their discovery was reported widely
in scientific publications as well as in
the popular media.
This year, as in previous years,
many faculty were awarded grants
for independent study and other
forms of recognition for outstanding
achievement. Among the many hon-
orees is Professor Mikhacl Gromov
(Mathematics), co-winner of the Wolf
Foundation Prize, an award consid-
ered second in distinction only to the
Nobel Prize. Professor Gromov
becomes College Park's third Wolf
Prize winner, joining Theodore
Diener, professor of botany, and
Michael Fisher, recently designated
as Regents Professor of Physics.
Another faculty honor of excep-
tional distinction was the award of
Mexico's National Prize for Literature
to Jose Pacheco {Spanish and Por-
tuguese). This is Mexico's most pres-
tigious literary award. Previously,
Professor Pacheco had won the
equivalent prize for journalists.
Despite the increasing competition
for federal research dollars, this cam-
pus' contract and grant totals rose
from $116 million in 1991-92 to $122
million in 1992-93. When the effect of
research dollars going to medical
schools is factored out. College Park's
total places us, among public univer-
sities, as one of the 10 largest recipi-
ents of competitively funded federal
grants. This is dramatic evidence of
the quality of our faculty and
research programs.
Programmatic initiatives and
intensified recruitment efforts,
involving many faculty and staff,
have succeeded in attracting almost
600 entering students to our Honors
Program. It is the largest and most
racially diverse class in the program's
history.
During the past year no less than
nine new or completely renovated
facilities totalling more than $80 mil-
lion in expenditures were turned over
to academic units on the campus. The
two largest aTe the new College of
Business and Management/School of
Public Affairs building and the reno-
vated and greatly expanded McK-
eldin Library. The library project has
more than doubled shelving and seat-
ing space, created a number of new
instructional spaces, and brought
about the modernization of a wide
range of library services for faculty
and students.
Two other important campus-
related facilities are just about to
open. The new Archives II built by
the federal government at a cost of
$205 million and with 1.7 million
square feet will open this
fall. It will be the largest
and most advanced
archival research facility in
the world, and the nation's
most comprehensive repos-
itory for research on Ameri-
can public life. Its presence
will support College Park's
drive to become a national
center for the study of
American history, and
enhance the strength of our
already internationally rec-
ognized public policy pro-
grams. Similarly, with the
headquarters of the Ameri-
can Center for Physics soon
to open near the universi-
ty's Metro station, we will
enjoy even closer working
relations with the American
scientific community.
This past year also saw a dramatic
increase in the university's fund-rais-
ing efforts. The total of private gifts
received in 1992-93 rose 42 percent
from $18 million in 1991-92 to almost
$26 million in 1 992-93. There was also
an increase of 33 percent in member-
ship in the Colonnade Society, our
premier giving organization. The
largest single gift in our his-tory — $5
million— was made recently by Mr.
Leo Van Munching, a 1950 alumnus.
In recognition of his gift, the new
College of Business and Manage-
ment/School of Public Affairs build-
ing will be named Van Munching
Hail. We anticipate the announce-
ment of an even larger gift later this
year. I believe these examples show
that, although our fund-raising
efforts are still at a relatively early
continued on page 4
President William E. Kirwan
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stages leading to the award of a con-
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finalists will then present their
designs to the jury in February, with
the winner being announced by the
end of the month.
According to Roger Lewis, profes-
sor of architecture and professional
advisor for the design competition,
several measures have been taken to
ensure participation by the university
community.
"Many of the procedures, rules
and evaluation criteria have been for-
mulated by representatives from the
departments who will actually use
the building," says Lewis, who is
continued on page 3
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Fall 1993 OUTLOOK Schedule
During the Fall 1993 semester, OUTLOOK will be published every Monday
(except Nov, 29 for Thanksgiving), Copy and calendar deadlines are two
weeks prior to the publication date. For more information or to suggest story
ideas, please call 405-4629,
Distinguished Lecturer Series Will Explore Metamorphoses
Ronald Takaki
Well-known authors and lecturers
Ronald Takaki and Noam Chomsky
will present the first two lectures in
the university's sixth annual Distin-
guished Lecturer Series.
The theme of this year's series,
which is sponsored by the Graduate
School, is "Metamorphoses."
According to June Hargrove, chair
of the Distinguished Lecturer Series
Committee, the series strives to foster
interdisciplinary interest on campus
by inviting scholars of such outstand-
ing reputation that, regardless of
their field, enthusiasm is generated in
different quarters of aeademia.
Leading this year's series is
Ronald Takaki, professor of ethnic
studies at the University of Califor-
nia, Berkeley, and scholar of race and
culture in American historv. Takaki
will present "Race at the Fnd of the
Century" on Wednesdav, October 6,
at 3:30 p.m. in Room 1400 of Marie
Mount Hall.
Noam Chomsky, professor of lin-
guistics at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, will deliver the series'
second lecture, "Language and the
'Cognitive Revolution,'" on Tuesday,
November 2, at 3:30 p.m. in Room
0204 of the Architecture Building.
Chomsky has written and lectured
extensively on linguistics, philoso-
phy, intellectual history, contempo-
rary issues, international affairs and
U.S. foreign policy.
Visiting Fellows at CIDCM Announced
The Center for International
Development and Conflict Manage-
ment has announced that Benjamin
Arditi and Kang, Kwang Suk will
serve as visiting fellows for the aca-
demic year.
Arditi, a Fulbright scholar and
native of Paraguay, is an expert in
electoral processes in Latin America
and on civic education in his country.
During the fall semester he will teach
two classes in the department of gov-
ernment and politics.
General Kang, Kwang Suk is a
Brigadier General in the Republic of
Korea Armv, and has served for 27
years with assignments primarily in
artillery and infantry units. He will
do independent research in conflict
resolution with special emphasis on
the future of North Korea- South
Korea relations.
Presidential biographer James
MacGregor Burns will deliver the
third lecture, "Can Clinton Transform
the System?" on February 23 at 3:30
p.m. in Room 2203 of the Art /Sociol-
ogy Building. Recently, Burns joined
the university's Center fur Political
Leadership and Participation as a
senior scholar.
Jerrold Meinwald, professor of
chemistry for Cornell University's
Baker Laboratory, will give the final
lecture, "Chemical Defense, Sexual
Selection, and Drug Dependency in
the Insect World," on May 1 at 3:30
p.m in Room 2203 of the Art/ Sociolo-
gy Building.
For more information, call Elissa
Auther at 405-1482.
— Beth Workmtm
Davis Voted Senate Chair-elect
Correction
• In OUTLOOK'S September 7
interview with Provost Daniel
Fallon, a transcription error turn-
ing "most" into "not" significant-
ly altered his response to a
question about teaching and ser-
vice in tenure decisions.
Fallon said "The complication,
especially for research universi-
ties, is that the validating criteria
of a faculty member's ability to
work at the frontier of the disci-
pline are most readily based upon
the intellectual activity that is
demonstrated through research."
• In the September 13 OUT-
LOOK article, "Towards the
Paperless Office," Academic Data
Systems should have been credit-
ed with doing most of the work in
creating an online Academic
Resource System.
Christopher Davis
At its September 1 3
meeting, the College
Park Senate selected
Christopher Davis to be
its chair-elect for the
1993-94 academic year.
Davis, professor and
associate chairman of
Electrical Engineering,
won a second ballot
after the first ballot
resulted in a tie
between Davis and
Robert Gaines, associate professor of
Speech Communication. Davis and
Gaines were the only candidates.
As chair-eiect, Davis will serve on
the Executive Committee, the Presi-
dent's Advisory Council, and chair
the Governmental Affairs Committee.
The chair-elect also chairs senate
meetings in the chair's absence.
According to the new Plan of
Organization, the chair-elect also will
chair the new Committee un Commit-
tees — charged with making appoint-
ments to senate committees and
nominating candidates for chair-elect
and the Executive Committee. The
bylaws to form that new committee
have not yet been written, but will be
by spring, according to College Park
Senate Chair Hank Dobin.
For the last two years, Davis has
served on the Executive Committee.
He is also a member of the Academic
Planning Advisory Committee.
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New Faculty Handbook
A new two- volume Faculty Handbook is being distributed, the first since 1987. This new
edition contains changes resulting from the 1988 restructuring of the University of Mary-
land System, ranging from redrafted faculty appointment, promotion, and tenure policies
to conduct and facility-use policies. A two-volume format was chosen to facilitate more
timely changes in general information, occupying Volume II, rather than force the
reprinting of the policies contained in Volume 1, which tend not to change as often. Any
suggestions for improvements should be sent to: Faculty Handbook Editor, Office of Aca-
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Are Good Leaders Born or Raised?
The question is an old one, but in
trying to answer it, organizers of
Leadership Week 1993 will be part of
a growing interest in leadership as a
field of study.
One man who is helping define
the kev issues, is political scientist
and new scholar-in- residence James
MacGregor Burns, who will present
or moderate several events during
Leadership Week from September 27
to October 1 (see calendar on page 6).
For Burns and other self-styled
"students of leadership," the need fur
leadership training is especially evi-
dent through popular opinion polls
that reveal decreasing confidence in
elected officials and consistently low
voter turnout.
"But lack of leadership is not just a
failure of presidents," says Burns,
who has written aw r ard-winning
biographies on FDR and JFK. "The
whole system of leadership in this
country has failed. In all fields, it's
hard to imagine many of today's
leaders who'll be remembered as
great leaders in 50 years."
In the fledgling field of leadership
studies, Burns has defined two kinds
of leadership: 1) transactional, which
involves consensus building skills
similar to those exhibited bv Presi-
dent Bill Clinton; and 2) transforma-
tional, which involves major changes
to systems and structures, not unlike
FDR's social and economic New Deal
reforms.
"Great leadership emerges from
conflict, but our current political
structure does not easily foster the
transformational leadership that so
many people are seeking," says
Burns, who describes Clinton's
domestic agenda (including health
care reform) as being potentially
transformational.
Though he says President Clinton
"shows signs of being a good transac-
tional leader," Burns says it's too
early to tell if he will be a transforma-
tional leader. During his three- year
James MacGregor Bums with students from his leadership class.
tenure as a senior scholar with the
Center for Political Leadership and
Participation (sponsor of Leadership
Week), Burns and center director
continued on page 6
Survey Looks at U.S. Counties' Public Health
Public health is one of the five
most important problems facing U.S.
counties today, say public health offi-
cials across the country. County gov-
ernment leaders disagree.
While 76 percent of public health
officials list public health among their
county's five most important prob-
lems, only 38 percent of elected and
administrative officials list it among
the top five problems facing their
counties today. Beating out public
health were economic development;
infrastructure/construction and
maintenance; law enforcement or jail
facilities; sewage /waste manage-
ment; public schools; and land use
planning/zoning. Trailing public
health on the list were poverty, hous-
ing, and parks and recreation.
Onlv 15 percent of public health
officials believe that public health is
treated as one of the county's top five
priorities, compared with 32 percent
of elected and administrative officials
who believe public health is given
priority.
These are some of the preliminary
findings of a recently completed
national survey designed to deter-
mine how public health competes at
the county level for funding and
other government assistance.
The survey, conducted by Vincent
Marando, professor of government
and politics, and funded by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
was sent to elected and appointed
officials in each of the 596 counties
randomly chosen out of a possible
2700 U.S. counties with public health
departments. Each county's public
health official, governing board chair-
person and either the elected execu-
tive or the county administrator
completed the survey. Response rate
Art Center Design Competition
continued from page 1
coordinating the university's plan-
ning committee. "There will even be
representatives from Arts and
Humanities on the final design jury."
In addition to university and state
representatives, the jury for the com-
petition will include several national-
ly-recognized architects. "My job is
to play referee," says Lewis who is
also a practicing architect in Wash-
ington, DC.
While the competition is the first
step toward designing the new cen-
ter, Lewis stresses that selecting a
design team, not the final design, is
the goal of the competition.
"Ideally, the competition process
will result in a design that reflects
most people's desires for the center,"
says Lewis. "But the winning team's
design is still subject to elaboration
and change after the contract is
awarded in the spring." The 283,000
gross square foot center, which will
house the music, theater and dance
departments, will contain a 1,200 seat
concert hall, a 650 seat theater, a 350
seat recital hall, a 200 seat experimen-
tal theater and a 200 seat dance theater.
— John Fritz
was 65 percent.
"Perhaps our country's public
health departments are doing too
good a job, thereby receiving less
attention than other issues," suggests
Marando, who cautions that careful
analysis of the survey results is need-
ed before conclusions are drawn.
Still, elected and administrative offi-
cials were more likely to rate their
health departments "very effective"
than were the health officials.
"Historically, public health
departments have been tasked with
stopping the spread of communicable
disease, such as tuberculosis, and
they have been hugely successful
with this," says Marando. "Now,
they are addressing problems that are
of a more individualized nature and
often provide primary care to the
indigent."
Survey respondents listed drug
and alcohol abuse; prenatal, infant
and maternal health; indigent care;
and child and adolescent health to be
the most urgent public health prob-
lems facing their county. And, 92 per-
cent agreed that the cost of health
care was a serious problem, while 88
percent were in agreement that the
large number of uninsured patients
was a serious problem. The availabili-
ty and quality of health care facilities
were not widely recognized as prob-
lems.
Marando is beginning the second
phase of the project. He will conduct
case studies of 12 counties — three
each in California, Georgia, Maryland
and Texas. Results are due summer
of 1994.
— Beth Workman
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Pedestrian Bridge Closed
The pedestrian bridge between Parking Garage 2 and Hornbake Plaza will be
closed Monday, September 20, due to construction activities at the Plant Sci-
ences Building site. The at-grade sidewalk leading from the steps at Hornbake
Plaza to Field house Drive will be partially closed while utility work is in
progress (4-6 weeks). Pedestrian traffic will be redirected to the sidewalk at the
east side of Zoo/Psych. The construction of a new pedestrian bridge is includ-
ed in the Plant Sciences Building project.
State of the Campus
continued from page 1
As Oscar Wilde once
obsewed, "Misfortunes
one can endure
—they come from outside.
They are accidents.
But to suffer from one's
own faults— ah! there is
the sting of life."
stage of development, we can take
heart by the progress being made.
I could go on for some time talk-
ing about accomplishments and
progress but, given the time avail-
able, there are other matters I need to
discuss. Let me just say that the
examples 1 have given, and cither
examples 1 could give, are indicative
of a strong university becoming even
better, and becoming better despite
many obstacles in our path.
I now want to report on the results
of two studies, recently commissioned
by the Board of Regents, that are of
great importance to the campus.
Agriculture & Continuing Education
As you may have read in OUT-
LOOK, the university's Board of
Regents passed a resolution at its
August 27th meeting that will return
the Cooperative Extension Service
and the Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion to their historic home, the Col-
lege of Agriculture on the College
Park campus. The board's action cor-
rects what, in my view, has long been
a fundamental flaw in the organiza-
tional strucbire of agriculture within
the University of Maryland System.
After roughly 20 years of separate
administration, the instruction,
research, and service programs of
agriculture and related fields are now
to be recombined, effective October 1,
1993, under the Dean of the College
of Agriculture,
The Regents have directed that I,
along with President Hytche of
UMES, the other land-grant institu-
tion in the state, develop an imple-
mentation plan for integrating AES
and CES into College Park's opera-
tions, a plan that will also recognize
the verv important role UMES is
expected to continue to play in the
overall agriculture effort within the
University of Maryland System,
There are many people who
deserve credit for helping to make
this important step possible. These
include faculty and staff on this cam-
pus and in AES and CES, as well as
vocal and influential persons
throughout the state. One person,
however, who deserves special recog-
nition in this regard is Paul Mazzoc-
chi. In addition to the leadership he
has provided as interim dean of Agri-
culture, he has also travelled
throughout the state gaining the con-
fidence of the agriculture community
in College Park.. .no small feat for a
bearded chemist from the Bronx. I
have been told that Paul was even
seen milking cows at the State Fair
this past week.
Now that the board has made its
decision, Paul has asked to be
relieved of his duties as interim dean
so that he can devote full-time efforts
to his role as dean of Life Sciences.
Provost Fallon has reluctantly acced-
ed to this request and, after appropri-
ate consultation, will identify a
person to serve as interim dean of
Agriculture until the search for a per-
manent dean is completed.
I know that the manner in which
we implement this decision and oper-
ate our agricultural and related pro-
grams will receive very careful
scrutiny. Therefore, it is essential that
we do whatever we can to ensure that
the merger turns out to be a success
both for the university and for the
agriculture community throughout
Maryland.
A second important Regents-initi-
ated study concerns continuing edu-
cation. You may recall that in this
past session, the Maryland General
Assembly mandated a sbidy of con-
tinuing education within the Univer-
sity of Maryland System, including
the feasibility of merging University
College with the College Park campus.
A committee appointed by Chan-
cellor Langenberg to study the issues
raised by the General Assembly has
now issued its report. Among other
things, the report recommends
against merger, urging instead that
College Park significantly expand its
continuing education offerings and,
in effect, compete with University
College. Provost Fallon will soon be
appointing a campuswide committee
to recommend an appropriate
response to the System report. He
will invite the Senate to suggest indi-
viduals to serve on the committee.
I have some difficulties with the
report's analyses and recommenda-
tions, difficulties shared at least in
part by the College Park faculty who
served as members of the committee.
But I am in complete agreement with
the report's conclusion that College
Park needs to expand its continuing
education role.
I am personally convinced that the
emerging telecommunication tech-
nologies will inevitably expand the
means by which colleges and univer-
sities deliver their educational offer-
ings, as well as the nature and
locations of the audiences who will
be receiving them. At present, our
educational outreach efforts are limit-
ed primarily to our [TV network, the
College of Business and Manage-
ment's MBA offerings at Shady
Grove, and programs offered around
the state by the College of Education.
As we consider expanding our role in
continuing education, 1 note that
Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, George
Washington, University of Virginia,
and VP1, among other schools in this
region, already have established
significant continuing education
operations.
Budget
Let me now turn to an unpleasant
topic and give you some very trou-
bling news about our — and the
state's — present and predicted fiscal
condition.
Based in part on information sup-
plied by Mahlon Straszheim, chair of
our Department of Economics and
currently an advisor to the governor,
the state has just issued economic
projections and anticipated expendi-
tures for the rest of this decade. The
news is not good. State revenues are
expected to grow, but on average at a
rate of only 4 percent per year. Unlike
earlier decades when Maryland's
growth ran ahead of the nation's, our
growth is projected to be slightly
below the national average for the
rest of this decade. In contrast to the
slow economic growth, mandated
medical expenses and formula fund-
ing for the K-12 schools in Maryland
are projected to grow at an annual
rate of approximately 8 percent, and
these two items presently account for
more than half of the state's general
fund. Consequently, all state agen-
cies, including higher education, may
well be competing for the remaining
funds just to maintain a flat general
fund budget.
As you are probably aware, we
would not be entering such a compe-
tition irom .i position of strength. Not
just in Maryland but in many other
states as well, higher education is
increasingly viewed with suspicion
and skepticism by a significant por-
tion of the general public and their
representatives in State governments.
No fewer than 30 states have
passed — or are now considering —
legislation mandating minimum
teaching loads for college or universi-
ty faculty. We must, therefore, not
only continue to press for additional
resources to achieve our legitimate
goals but also, perhaps with equal
energy, work to regain some of the
public's lost confidence in universi-
ties and their faculties.
There are other related fiscal prob-
lems. The FY 1995 CPS budget, the
governor's planning budget for FY
1995, does NOT include a number of
items traditionally funded by the
state. For the first time, there are no
funds budgeted for new facilities or
for academic revenue bonds. Without
such funds, we would have to consid-
er a sharp reduction or even curtail-
ment of our capital program. Also not
included in the FY 1995 CPS budget
is roughly half of the normal incre-
ment to cover inflation. A significant
effort on the part of the Regents is
now underway to have funds for
these items added as part of the so-
called "Over-the-CPS Budget"
request.
An especially critical need not
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addressed by the CPS budget is a
substantial merit increase for faculty
and staff. Faculty salary compensa-
tion relative to Carnegie Classifica-
tion peers and other similar peer
comparisons has fallen dramatically
at virtually every System institution.
In our case, we have gone from the
80th percentile relative to Carnegie
peers to just over the 60th percentile.
And that's 1992-93 data. With only
1 .25 percent merit for this year and
no COLA, it is entirely possible that
we are now at or below the median
relative to our peers. The situation
with staff salaries is equally
disturbing.
I am pleased to report that the
Regents have identified a special
merit fund as the number one priori-
ty for the "Over-the-CPS Request."
This commitment from the Regents is
very significant, and there will be an
opportunity for the campus to work
directly with the Regents in support
of their effort to increase the state's
allocation to the university's FY 1995
budget. But the fact remains that, at
present, the projections for the FY
1995 budget and beyond are not good.
Enrollment, Retention, Graduation
If all this were not enough, some
developments even closer to home
have exacerbated the budget prob-
lems. Due to a combination of factors,
including several academic program
closures, student retention and grad-
uation rates, and, quite possibly,
internal policies that complicate
admission to various majors, the level
of the campus' student enrollment
has been slipping further and further
below the targeted figures over the
past several years. At first, it was
thought that this problem might be
corrected simply by intensifying
recruiting efforts. But this past year
has been a good year for freshman
recruiting and admissions, and we
are still approximately 1,200 FTE stu-
dents below the target set in our
enrollment reduction plan. Of partic-
ular concern is the low retention rate
of African American sty dents, an
issue that 1 hope will be addressed in
a report I have submitted to the sen-
ate for review this fall. The shortfall
in enrollment translates into lost rev-
enue of roughly $5 million.
Our fiscal problems, it is true, are
not very different in scope and mag-
nitude from those now faced by
many other states and universities.
State-supported colleges and univer-
sities in Virginia have just started
planning for another 15 percent cut.
The situation facing higher education
institutions in the state of California
remains very bleak indeed.
But it is important — I think very
important — for us to realize that
while some of the factors now
adversely affecting us are beyond our
control, others are not. As Oscar
Wilde once observed, "Misfortunes
one can endure — they come from
outside. They are accidents. But to
suffer from one's own faults— ah!
there is the sting of life,"
If, for example, through some ini-
tiatives of our own design, we were
able to increase our five-year gradua-
tion rate from its current 55 percent
to just 60 percent, then — with the
implicit increases in retention rates
over the other four years — we would
completely solve our underenroll-
ment problem, and do so without
increasing the size of entering classes.
The departure from the campus of
any student in good academic stand-
ing is an unfortunate development in
its own right — it represents in one
way or another a lost educational
opportunity for the student and the
institution. But we must also recog-
nize that the decisions made by stu-
dents in good standing to leave have
a direct impact on the level of funds
available for use by our colleges and
departments.
I remain convinced that despite
the nation's, the state's and the uni-
versity's economic problems, we can
continue to make progress as an insti-
tution, substantial progress. To do so,
however, we must be prepared for
the possibility of a period of econom-
ic austerity throughout the rest of this
decade.
I believe that we need, systemati-
cally, as a campus, to be more respon-
sive — where appropriate— to the
needs and concerns of those who pro-
vide our funding: to students, state
agencies, alumni, and private donors.
Examples abound of impressive indi-
vidual and group efforts in support
of each of these constituent groups.
But, in all candor, 1 think we also
should admit that the degree of our
responsiveness and the service we
provide are not always what they
could be. We must become less
bureaucratic, more efficient and effec-
tive at decision making, more willing
to empower people to make decisions
at the level where the work is done,
and more systematic in measuring
our performance against the best
practices in higher education.
Some of you will recognize that
what I am describing is related to a
concept called continuous improve-
ment. While some are turned off by
the language of continuous improve-
ment, and others may regard its
tenets as little more than common
sense, I believe that many of the
strategies involved in continuous
improvement can provide valuable
toois for our use.
Actions
In closing, let me mention several
steps I have taken, or soon will take,
to address some of the problems I
have identified today:
1 ) 1 will be asking the Continuous
Improvement Council to begin a sys-
tematic review of campus processes
and procedures with the goal of
improving our decision-making capa-
bilities; placing more decisions at the
level at which the work occurs; and
responding better to legitimate needs
of both our internal and external con-
stituents.
2) I have appointed a broadly
based resource assessment commit-
tee, chaired by Warren Kelley, acting
director of the Office of Resource
Planning and Budgets, to systemati-
cally review our various revenue
sources and to recommend actions to
resolve our budget deficits and gen-
erate more resources for our academ-
ic programs.
3) I have asked Provost Fallon to
appoint an enrollment management
group charged with the responsibility
of recommending actions that will
lead to full enrollment and that will
improve the campus graduation and
retention rates; and
4) I have imposed a one percent
recision on all campus budgets as a
buffer against anticipated revenue
shortfalls.
Finally, when I made remarks at a
meeting recently, describing our bud-
get prospects in terms similar to the
ones you have heard today, someone
said that it seemed out of character
tor me not to be more optimistic
about the future. My response was
and is that my characteristic opti-
mism remains — the talent and com-
mitment to academic excellence that
have been hallmarks of this commu-
nity and the basis for my faith in its
future — remain very much in place.
But I have also come to believe that
our continuing progress in the years
ahead will have to be much less
dependent on state funding and
much more dependent on our initia-
tive to make internal improvements
and our ability to generate non tradi-
tional sources of revenue.
What I hope we can achieve as an
institution, over the coming
months — perhaps years, is to collec-
tively organize our efforts and
improve the ways in which we con-
duct our business so that there will be
less of a "sting in our lives" brought
on bv our own activities. If we can do
this — if we can collectively achieve a
standard of excellence in our pro-
grams and services to our constituent
communities comparable with the
standards we set for ourselves as
individuals in our own teaching,
scholarly research, and classroom
work — then we will have every rea-
son to take an extra measure of pride
in ourselves and our university.
Thank you.
Our continuing progress
in the years ahead will be
much less dependent on
state funding and much
more dependent on our
initiative to make internal
improvements and our
ability to generate
non-traditional
sources of revenue.
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LEADERSHIP
Leadership Programs
The Leadership Office, part of the Office of Campus Programs, offers several
programs to the university community to help develop leadership skills. The
Peer Leadership Consultant Program provides leadership experience to juniors
and seniors by having them give leadership training to other students. Stu-
dents develop areas of expertise, such as conflict resolution or goal setting,
during the training that they receive. The Leadership Office teaches an under-
graduate course, EDCP 417, that studies group dynamics and leadership. The
National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs provides leadership materi-
als, resources and assistance to leadership educators. For more information on
the Leadership Office, call 314-7169.
Leadership Week Calendar
Leade rship Week '93 is co-sponsored
in/ the Center for Political Leadership
and Participation & the Office of
Campus Programs. For more Leader-
ship Week program information, call
405-5751 ar3U-7174.
September 27
"Leadership and Quality: Premises,
Paradoxes, and Promises," Judy
Sorum Brown, 8-10 a.m., Executive
Programs Conference Center, MP A
Building.
Women's Leadership Brown Bag
Lunch Discussion, noon-1 p.m., 2141
Tydings.
Office of Human Relations Open
House: presentations on diversity
and leadership, noon-1 :30 p.m., 1107
Hnrnbake.
"How Organizations Make Leader-
ship Difficult and Ways to Make It
Easier," Howell Baum, 1-2:30 p.m.,
3211 Art/ Sociology.
Opening Leadership Week Commu-
nity Speaker: James MacGregor
Burns, 3-4:30 p.m.. Grand Ballroom
Lounge, Stamp Student Union.
Conflict Resolution Workshop: 4-5
p.m., 1139 Stamp Student Union.
Leadership Week Reception: Presi-
dent Kirwan, UMCP leadership book
authors, 4:30-6 p.m.. Atrium, Stamp
Student Union.
Leadership and National Service
Panel Discussion, 6:15-8 p.m., 2111
Stamp Student Union.
September 28
"Total Quality Leadership," Lois
Vietri, 9:30-10:45 a.m., 1 102 Tydings,
"Super Leadership: Leading Others
to Lead Themselves," Hank Sims, 1 1
a.m. -2 p.m., 1137 Stamp Student
Union.
Staff Leadership Conference: Funda-
mentals of Campus Governance
Brown Bag Lunch, 1 1:30 a.m. -1:30
p.m., Maryland Room, Marie Mount
Hall.
Goal Setting Workshop: 1-2 p.m.,
1 143 A Stamp Student Union.
"Wisdom for Leadership: A Discus-
sion," 1-3 p.m., 3203 Hornbake.
"Volunteerism: Community Service
and Self Service," Britt Reynolds, 3-4
p.m., 2146 Stamp Student Union.
Student Leadership Discussion:
"Creating a Community of Student
Leaders at UMCP," 4:30-6 p.m.. Par-
ent's Assoc. Lounge, Stamp Student
Union,
September 29
Time and Stress Management Work-
shop: Good Morning Commuters
Program, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Atrium,
Stamp Student Union.
Community Service Program Open
House: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 1195
Stamp Student Union.
"Maryland's Political Heritage," 9-10
a.m., Maryland Room, McKeldin
Library.
"March On: In Celebration of Dr.
King's 'We Shall Overcome'
Speech," noon-1 :30 p.m., Prince
George's Room, Stamp Student
Union.
"Where Do You Go To Be Heard?"
Opportunities for student leadership
Leadership Week
continued from page 3
Georgia Sorenson may co-author a
biography on Clinton.
While leadership is important.
Burns admits that followership is too,
and cites the growing political power
of women as a form of transforma-
tional leadership.
"As more women participate in
the political process, the so-called
'leaders' are empowering the 'follow-
ers' who then go on to lead and
change the original leaders," says
Burns. 'This not only addresses spe-
cific issues of interest to women, but
also transforms the meaning of lead-
ership and the systems that
cultivate it."
In addition to his scholarship on
politics, Burns has taught leadership
classes at William's College in Mas-
sachusetts and recently completed a
three-year fellowship at the Jepson
School of Leadership Studies at the
University of Richmond, which
recently established an undergradu-
ate major in leadership.
While at College Park, Burns will
live in the Scholar's Suite of Anne
Arundel Hall, the Honors Program's
Living /Learning Center. This year,
he'll also help teach "Presidential
Leadership & Biography," that will
study the leadership styles of
Democrats (this fall) and Republicans
(next spring).
— John Fritz
on campus, 1-2:30 p.m., 2146 Stamp
Student Union.
Communications Skills Workshop:
3-4 p.m., 1137 Stamp Student Union.
Student Leadership Discussion
Series: "Increasing Diverse Member-
ships in Student Organizations," 4-
5:30 p.m., Parent's Assoc. Lounge,
Stamp Student Union.
Mobilizing Students Toward Peace:
Negotiation and conflict transforma-
tion simulation, 4-6 p.m.. Prince
George's Room, Stamp Student
Union.
"Balancing Careers and Relation-
ships: A Panel of Partners," 4:30-6
p.m.. Atrium, Stamp Student Union.
Center for Political Leadership
Alumni Reception: 6-7:30 p.m., 1126
Taliaferro Hall.
September 30
"Black Survival 2000: HIV Disease
in the African American
Community," 8:30-10:30 a.m., 1143
Stamp Student Union.
"Total Quality Leadership," Lois
Vietri, 9:30-10:45 a.m., 1 1 02 Tydings.
The New Leadership Curriculum
Panel Discussion: James MacGregor
Burns, moderator, 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m.,
211 1 Stamp Student Union.
"Make A Difference: Volunteer
Opportunities in AIDS and HIV
Awareness Raising and Assistance,"
noon -4 p.m., Atrium, Stamp Student
Union.
Poster Session: multidisciplinary
research presentations on leadership,
1 -3 p.m., 21 1 1 Stamp Student Union.
"The Challenge of New Leader-
ship," James MacGregor Bums, mod-
erator, 2-4 p.m., Rouse Room, MPA
Building.
Group Dynamics Workshop: 3-4
p.m., 1143A Stamp Student Union.
"Employee's Perspectives on Stu-
dent Leadership," 4-5:30 p.m., 2111
Stamp Student Union.
SGA Candidate Debate: 4:30-6:30
p.m., Atrium, Stamp Student Union.
October 1
"Reflections On Leadership," James
MacGregor Burns, 1-2 p.m., Honors
Lounge, Anne Arundel Hall,
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Campus Libraries Seek Docents
The Libraries are seeking docents to serve in the Katherine Anne Porter Room
of McKeldin Library. Docents will give informal tours and information to the
public visiting the Porter room and an adjacent exhibition room and will moni-
tor the area. The room will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 4:30
p.m. For more information, contact Beth Alvarez at 405-9298.
CLOSE-UP
Chances are it's in the Prange Collection
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The Gordon W. Prange Collection
at the Libraries is often referred to as
the must comprehensive collection of
Japanese-language materials dating
from the Allied Occupation of japan,
from 1945-52. Just how vast and com-
prehensive this collection is has been
dramatically illustrated in recent
weeks.
For example, consider the case of
Professor Kenji Yamaryo from Kanda
University of International Studies
outside of Tokyo. In 1949, as a 15-
year-old teenager living in Tokyo,
Yamaryo decided to combine his
interests in stamp collecting and writ-
ing by serving as the chief editor for a
newsletter entitled Kitte Kenkyu (the
study of stamps). Eight monthly
issues of the mimeographed publica-
tion appeared. The circulation for
each issue was 70 copies and the cost
three yen, or about a penny.
Over the years Yamaryo never
gave much thought to this publica-
tion until recently when he visited
the Prange Collection and the related
Justin Williams Papers at the College
Park Libraries. The Japanese profes-
sor casually mentioned Kitte Kenkyu
to Hisayo Murakami, assistant cura-
tor of the Prange Collection, never
expecting that copies of a
mimeographed newsletter on the
subject of stamp collecting put out by
a high-schooler back in 1949 would
be in the collection.
The fact that the Prange contains
approximately 600,00(1 pages of cen-
sorship documents suggested to the
professor that there was a very
remote chance his newsletter might
be among them. During the Allied
Occupation everything published in
Japan had to be reviewed by the Civil
Censorship Detachment (CCD) of the
Supreme Commander of the Allied
Powers. Yamaryo remembered bring-
ing his newsletter, with considerable
anxiety and fear, to the CCD offices
located near the main railroad station
in Tokyo.
An astounded Yamaryo couldn't
believe his eyes when Murakami pro-
duced three issues of Kitte KettfafU.
Thev were brittle, yellowing, not in
the best of condition, but certainly
legible, and probably the only known
copies in existence. The three issues
bore the stamped approval of the
Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD)
of the Supreme Commander of the
Allied Powers, meaning they had
undergone censorship review. The
e 1 a te d p r o f e s so r q o ic kl y beca me a
true believer in the comprehensive-
ness of the Prange Collection.
Then there's the search for back
copies of the Nagasaki Shimlnm, a
daily newspaper. August 9 marked
the 48th anniversary of the dropping
of an atomic bomb on the Japanese
city of Nagasaki. To commemorate
this important and sad day in
Japanese history, NHK Japan Broad-
casting Corporation, the country's
largest national television network,
made plans to telecast a one-hour
special throughout Japan.
In preparing for this program, the
producers and writers decided that
they would like to reference, for the
period just prior to and following the
dropping of the bomb, the Nagasaki
SJumbun, the only newspaper in the
city.
Finding these newspapers, howev-
er proved to be a formidable task.
First, they contacted the newspaper
itself but came up empty-banded.
While the Nagasaki Shimbuu apparent-
ly published during that period, the
printing was done in other cities due
to the devastation from the bomb and
no copies were retained. The local
Nagasaki Library and the prefecture,
or state, library could not find copies
either. Two other possible sources —
the National Diet Library and the
Japanese Newspaper Association —
also had nothing.
After drawing a blank in
Japan, somebody from the pro-
gram staff remembered the
Prange Collection at the College
Park Libraries. This individual imme-
diately contacted Murakami, the
assistant curator, who confirmed that
newspapers from the period sought
were, indeed, in the collection.
Murakami also was able to provide
additional information needed for the
program. As a result, the NHK repre-
sentatives and millions of viewers
throughout Japan gained a much bet-
ter understanding of the significance
of the Prange Collection.
Finally, in the best traditions of
international cooperation and thanks
to the vastness of the Prange Collec-
tion, the College Park Libraries and
two prestigious institutions in Lon-
don — the British Library and the
Imperial War Museum— have taken
steps to insure that researchers,
World War II historians and military
scholars have microfilm access to
copies of a daily newspaper that was
published from 1946-50 for the British
Commonwealth of Nations' Occupa-
tion Force in Japan.
The newspaper, entitled BCON
(British Commonwealth Occupation
News), was distributed without
charge to British, Canadian, New
Zealand, and other British Common-
wealth troops who were serving in
Japan during the period of occupa-
tion. This publication was the equiva-
lent of the Stars- ami Stripes daily that
was distributed to the American
forces.
The Libraries hold 211 issues of
the 8-page BCON as part of the
Prange Collection. Unfortunately, like
much of the other Prange material,
the BCON newspapers are very brit-
tle and in deteriorating condition.
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When Glenn
Gardner in the Libraries'
Preservation Department learned
that the British Library and the Impe-
rial War Museum also had BCON
holdings in brittle condition, he con-
tacted them and eventually it was
agreed that all three institutions
would microfilm their holdings and
provide copies for the others.
As a result, the British have sent
seven reels of microfilm here and the
College Park Libraries have provided
them with two. While there is some
duplication, what's important is that
each institution now has nine reels of
BCON newspapers on microfilm.
BCON, published every day
with the exception of Sunday,
closely resembles a daily news-
paper with major headlines and
news stories appearing on page
one, feature stories illustrated
with pictures interspersed
throughout the other pages, as
well as a comprehensive sports
section, and even a few comics
and a daily crossword puzzle.
Gardner reports that the
BCON holdings soon will be
cataloged and entered into the
Libraries' online catalog, VIC-
TOR, for the convenience of
patrons interested in the Allied
Occupation of Japan from the
British perspective.
— Frank Bodies
Front page of a
July 8, 1949 issue of
BCON containing a
youthful Princess
Elizabeth holding her
first child, Prince
Charles.
After 44 years, Kenji Yamaryo finds his newsletter
about stamp collecting In the Prange Collection.
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CALENDAR
Individual Studies Luncheon
Individual Studies Program majors and their faculty advisors are invited to
attend a "get-together" luncheon on Wednesday, September 22, from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Maryland Room of Marie Mount Hall. A light lunch
will be provided. To RSVP or get more information, please call Bonnie Oh at
405-59355.
Sept. 20-29
Art
Exhibit: "Crosscurrents
'93," featuring Linda Bills
and Kristin Aono,
through Oct. 17, The Art
Gallery, Art /Sociology
Building. Call 5-2763 for
info.
Exhibit: "Inspirations:
Watercolors and Draw-
ings by Greg Mort,"
through Dec. 5, UMUC
Arts Program Gallerv.
Call 985-7154 for info.
Lectures
Space Science Seminar:
Monday. Sept. 20, "Low
Dimensional Determinis-
tic Modeling of Geomag-
netic Activity," Alex
Klimas, 4:30 p.m., 1113
CSS Bldg. Call 5-6232 for
info.
Meteorology Seminar:
Thursday, Sept. 23, "An
Empirical Rossby Wave
Propagation Formula,"
I luug van den Dool, 3:30
p.m., 2114 Computer and
Space Sciences, coffee
and cookies will be
served at 3 p.m. Call 5-
5392 for info.
Nuclear Engineering
Seminar: Thursday,
Sept. 23, "On the Science
of Nanosturcture Materi-
als," 4:00 p.m., 2110
Chemical and Nuclear
Engineering Bldg. Call 5-
5208 for info.
Undergraduate Admis-
sions Reception: Pro-
gram for children of
faculty and staff, Thurs-
day, Sept. 23, 4:30-6:30
p.m., P.G. Room, Stamp
Union. Call 4-8385 for
info.
Geology Seminar. Fri-
day, Sept, 24,
"History of Chesapeake
Day's Contamination,"
George Helz, 11:00 a.m.,
0103Hombake.Call5-
4089 for info.
Botany Seminar: Friday,
Sept. 24, "Cell-Cell Com-
munication Regulates Ti
Plasmid. Transfer in
Agroba cterium,"
Stephen Farrand, 11:30
a.m., 2242 HJ Patterson.
Call 4-9082 for info.
Space Science Seminar:
Mental Health Service
Lunch 'N Leam Seminar:
Friday, Sept. 24, "Recov-
ery Issues in Sexual
Assault," Lynn Bissett,
Maryland Institute, noon-
2 p.m., 3100E University
Health Center. Call 4-
8106 for info.
Space Science Seminar:
Monday, Sept. 27, "Glob-
al MHD Simulation of the
Magnetoshpere for the
1STP Program: Recent
Results," Charles
Goodrich, 4:30 p.m., 1113
CSS Bldg. Call 5-6232 for
info.
Counseling Center
Seminar: Wednesday,
Sept. 29, "The Case of
Transfer Students,"
William Spann, noon-1
p.m., 0106 Shoemaker.
Call 4-7690 for info.
Miscellaneous
Meeting: Monday, Sept.
20, President's Commis-
sion on Women's Affairs,
noon-2 p.m., Maryland
Room, Marie Mount Hall.
Call 4-8090 for info.
Peer Computer Training:
Tuesday, Sept. 21, "Net-
worked Resources, Part
1," 6-9 p.m., 4352 Com-
puter Science Center.
Cost: $5. Call 5-2941 for
info.*
First Look Fair, Wednes-
day, Sept. 22, 10 a.m. -4
p.m., and Thursday, Sept.
23, 10a.rn.-2p.rn., McK-
eldin Mall. Call 4-7167 for
info.
Overeaters Anonymous:
Wednesdays, Sept. 22 &
29, 4:30-6:30 p.m., 2107
Health Center. Call (301)
776-1076 for info.
Peer Computer Training:
Wednesday, Sept. 22,
"Intro to UNIX," 6-9
p.m., 4352 Computer Sci-
ence Center. Cost: $5.
Call 5-2941 for info.*
Leadership Week, begins
Monday, Sept. 27,
through Friday, Oct. 1,
1993. Call 5-5751
for info.
Peer Computer Training:
Monday, Sept. 27, "Inter-
mediate WordPerfect," 6-
9 p.m., 3330 Computer
Science Center. Cost: $5.
Call 5-2941 for info.*
Peer Computer Training:
Wednesday, Sept. 29,
"Networked Resources,
Part 2," 6-9 p.m., 4352
Computer Science Cen-
ter. Cost: $5. Call 5 -2941 "
for info.*
Performing Arts
Creative Dance Lab: Sat-
urday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m. -2
p.m., Dance Building.
Call 5-7038 for info.
Recital: Tuesday, Sept.
28, Schubert's "Die
Schone Miillerin,"
Michael Johnson and
Donald Reinhold, 8 p.m.,
Tawes Recital Hall, Call
5-6540 for info.
Literature Reading:
Wednesday, Sept. 29,
Wavne Kariin and Peter
Sacks, 7:30 p.m., Mary-
land Room, Marie Mount
Hall. Call 5-3820 for info.
Sports
Student-Athlete Convo-
cation, Monday, Sept. 20,
7 p.m., Adult Education
Center, Call 4-7020 for
info.
Aerobics Classes Begin:
Monday, Sept. 20,
Offered 7 days a week, in
Preinkert Gym and North
Gym, $20 for semester, $1
each session, schedules
available at 1 104 Reckord
Armory. Call 4-5454 for
info.*
University of Maryland
Volleyball: Wednesday,
Sept. 22, vs. James Madi-
son, 5 p.m., Cole Field
House. Call 4-7009 for
info.
Men's and Women's
Golf Tournament: Mon-
day, Sept. 27, noon, Uni-
versity of Maryland Golf
Course, $9 per person,
enter by September 22, 6
p.m. Call 4-7218 for info.*
University of Maryland
Women's Soccer:
Wednesday, Sept. 29, vs.
James Madison, 4 p.m.,
Denton Field. Call 4-7034
for info.
Calendar Guide
Calendar phone (lumbers listed as 4-xxia or 5-kxxx stand for the prefix 314- or 405-
resnectively. Events are Iree and open to the public unless noted by an asterisk (■].
For mote information, call 405-4628,
Obituary
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George Harhalakis, 45, campus asso-
ciate professor of mechanical engi-
neering died of cancer Sept. 13 at his
home in Ashton. Harhalakis, a native
of Kythera, Greece, came to the Uni-
versity of Maryland in 1984 with a
dual appointment in the Department
of Mechanical Engineering and the
university's Institute for Systems
Research. Aside from teaching,
Harhalakis conducted research on
computer-integrated manufacturing
systems and was known as an
authority in that field. He received an
outstanding systems engineering fac-
ulty award from the Institute for Sys-
tems Research and a teaching
excellence award from the College of
Engineering. Survivors include his
wife, Helen, and his mother, Aspasia
Harhalakis of Greece.
Arthur N. Popper (left: University of Maryland at College Park) and Michail A.
Ostrovsky (right; Russian Academy of Sciences), organizers of the U.S.- Russian
Workshop on Sensory Biology, are pictured with workshop presenter Galina I.
Rozhkova (center; Russian Academy of Science). The workshop, which ran from
September 11-13, was conducted to bring together U.S. and Russian efforts in
the Held of sensory biology, establishing a link for use in future work and provid-
ing a forum for development of joint research projects.
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