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The major top,lc 01., .t~ls. past and, active, researchers all In II they were available. Wednesday:s, -"President's one. The'loplc of how there were , Forum waS'iti~ of w~y', The. qu,estion was raised ,problems with the present E 34 D~:,li'fe, WOll!d,,',be" 1"j';Vlng wl1ether'it.ls general school elrcuits course-was ralSlld. In Steveos. ,,,r,esld!l1t,,Roger8 polley 10 ,let people who have particular. 'It was' brought up Stated that this was,!10t"an'l!.p,- ea'~~.d their ~egrees at Stevens thet maoy students were atten, , "r,°PJ:lst tClPlc fordlsc~,~slon at" go, alter teac.hing. here only a dl'ng Dr. Sfe's class instead of the "Forum, and --t~at.:,a~y few'years. In I'llsponse,Presl- their own because they feit the q.uest!ons regllrdlng ,Ot. ,Efes, dent Rogers, answered:that 'ex- material, wasn't ,being wellS1tuabonshould',be dJrected to' parlence at places other than presented In the other SBctlons. , him Pltrsonally. In .raapgnse to, Stevenll)s:,'nacessa'ry. He also Dr. Rogers pointed out that, : this, Il<1me of,the qYllstJone were " rlotlKf'iliai the best situation for there had been problems in the dlr~cted:mC)re g8l1e. rall Y,regar,: a 'profeulonal'ls,one of moblll- pest with this course and that It ding SChOO! policy ,!od !lie E-3.4 I~C 'An$i'};'mobility, he stated, did not necessarily' reflect Clrc~lt$' course, I",: "'-: ': came 'with 'experience :end directly upon the Instructors In Several q~!,stlons .w,ere ra,lse.d , ,knOWlec1Qe. He also added that particular. He said that he didn't whic~ al!ked, ~owtl)e.ed-. a,strong' faculty could onl~" be understand why there had been mlnlstl'l!tlpn,collld,le,t a teachtr., made up of:people wJlh mobil'" se many p'roblems with the Cirgo even Whll" he w~obil.QllsIYi- ,ty.. ' " r cuits course In the past and that b!ltterthan, oth~rs~teaching .~,Il;" ,' there must be' something llarile course. F!res.', Rogers' One student asked What plans "In!lerently wrong with the Pre.. Rogl,. It thl. Pe~t Wedne.~.y" Prelldent'. f"GNM. answered :,that the. ,Institute: are beln~ made to replace Dr. course set-up." The point was would drop the "betfer teacher:', Efe. Presldllnt !logers anawered (Continued on page 2, col. 3) In trade of a general 'Improve~ \ that active faculty recruitment Is ,ment for the InStltuie.' l,lpon In P~oQess. He stated,th~tthe EE elaboration, the pr6sldent In-, Della~ent was conductln~, a dlcatedthilt there are many" search for new paople also. ,considerations Which must'be Wilen esk,ed, whether Stevens taken Into accou~t' r' When could cO"1l'!'te, with other ,Indqpldlng upon:Whether toliilep stltutio,na,flnancially in draWing a faCUlty member or not. One, compete"lfaculty members the major criteria he'mentioned was' P",sldentanswered with a short Last year the Middle Atl;ll\\I.!lI," ~jOrsl' The ;~view is taking educators from other schools , _ , Whether the facility member In lOVes we carl,." States Associatilln accredited' place becauaeJltevens Is up for will visit the oollege in the fall to question: was. actively parAlong l~e~,~,~!!ne; bne'll\lltsG SteV,;ns" as an Institution of renewal of Its accreditation by give the ECPD an outside view tlclpatlng In, rllsearch and tlon ralsell' wa.s whether the In- Higher Education, their review the Engineers' Council for of Stevens. The ECPD's review oovers the , ,;.Whethllrl'!~;hr'~"il' could attract stltute was looking for lesser of the college emphasiZing the Professional Development ",', "'reiearch monies 'to the In- 'quelilled people' 'or full overall program here. This year (ECPD), the accrediting body entire undergraduate EngineerIng Program here because stltute., 'The p,resldent stated professors. Presldont Rogers Stevens is egain undargoing a for engineering education. ' review, but this' one 'is more ' Stevens was lastaccredited by Stevens Is one of only 5 schools that whatthe Institute was seek- 'answered that Stevens was specific and, In many ways, the ECPD in 1973 and the CounIn the Eastern United States to lng, was a 'pro1~"6!'lal' facUlty offering.salaries comparable to much more Important, at least ell, following Its policy of a 5-6 seek accreditation of Its which COl}sisted,'o",pebple wfio ,other quality Instltutlona and to the degree to which It affects year period betweim reviews. engineering Curriculum as a were' good teachors. scholars that It would hlro full professors the undergraduate Engineering will be evaluating Stevens dur- whole (that Is, the right to offer a Ing 1978. In an evaluallon, the general a.E.) Instead of trying ECPD collects information to specialize In one or two about a school, Its faculty. and areas. Acoordlng to Dean FriedIts englneerl~g curriCUlum prior man, the reason that Stevens to deciding to give accredita- haa never sought accreditation tion as ,an engineering co"ege. In a specific area Is beoause Suoh : Information about specializing (offering a B.E. Stilvens Is presently being specifically In Chem. Eng. for Sunday morning April 16 at and 4:30 am Thursday, March get a dascrlptlon. The rooms gathered and an ad hoc Com- example) would mean that 3lO0 am the IntrUder. "Oswald" 16 at2:20and 4:30, on Saturday, that were harassed most were millee on Revising the Stevens would have to meet or the "Hoboken Handler" as he March 18 and Saturday, April 1 110 and 111. The residents of Engineering Currloulum has reqUirements set by the ECPD be~n meeting for some time. in that area. Such requirements is called by those who know at the same times. The final these rooms Sue Sherman, The' committee, made up of would follow guidelines fr.om him, was apprehended. reporting was made on,Sunday Heidi Mader, Aline Gobillot an,d members of tha faCUlty and Ad- one of the Council's member Kelly Henry were quite upset ministration anI! headed by societies (In this example the Northeast Dorm had problems morning at 3:00 am.' with this unwlintec;l visitor since Stevens security Increased aboullhese occurrences as was Oean Friedman, has been going A.I.Ch.E.• although virtually alii a weak before Easter vacation. their night staff by one or two every other member of the first over all the core courses In the engineering societies belong to It seems that ',Oswald" liked to guards after the Initial visits. floor. Security did Increase Its Engineering Program. The the ECPD). The result might be knock on windows, open These guards were postea force, and they were also aided committee plans to finish Its that other core courses in screens and 'wlndows, and behind north In a parked car, In by Interested" volunteers. work this spring arid will offer its engineering would have to be attempt to climb In. the house behind the dorm. and Students ,who helPed by keep- findings to the ECPD. In addi- dropped. to ,make room and tion. a team of engineering (Conllnued on page 2, col. 1) Unwanted Visits from the In~ In Palmer to watch the front of ing night watches were Bill truder were reported on the dorm. Seourlty also talked Butler, John Dearborn, Herbie Wednesday, March 15 at 2:30 ,With those girls who saw him to, Protln, Mike Murray, Dave Luzzi , and Mart Farrell. Before vacause of PDP-11 computers such as the one, In our EE Depart"It gels a Iilliachaotle-things automated dlffractomoter staying In room 110. They kept puting Machinery will be ment. .don't always fall Into plaoe ex- costing over $85,000 but will In' touch with security With holdln,g two lectures within the The Tuesday of the following aclly on the day, you think they have been built for about $&.- walkie talkies but the intrUder nexrtwo weeks. These leotures week, May 2. Or. Bruce D. will but sooner or later It all 000 plus the value 01 the did not show hlmsalf. will be' geared for anyone Shriver of the University of comes together and starts usuable portions of the Picker The Intruder was first spolled terested In Computer Science Southwestern Louisiana will working." The speaker Is Dr. instrument (about $20.000). in the dorm by a resident at 2:30 renglng from freshmen to give a leoture entitled "DataJames van der Veen, and the' "The Interesting thing about 'A.M. He was In the first floor seniors. . Flow Languages". This lecture occasional chaos to which he this project," Dr. van der Veen hallway and opened the" The first lecture, entitled will also be held at 9:00 PM In Mrefers results from a project ha said. "Is that It Is' being done bathroom door, but qulOkly "Fault ," Tolerant Computing: '103. Or. Shriver has had a great Is directing inVolving un- mostly by undergraduate departed. Later that night PaskPresent, and Future," will deal of experience In operating dergraduate ,stUdents working stUdents. The electrical Wednesday morning. he was be given on Tuesday, April 25, system and language developto automete a Picker X-ray dlf- engineering students Involved seen reaChing In an open Win- 1978 at g:oo PM in Morton-10S ment and Implementation and Is fraetometer. are Juniors or senior!. Most of dow lind was moving a bottle off by Dr. Thomas F. Gannon of visiting Stevens on an A.C.M. ' ,When the project Is the progl'ammlng,is being done the window sill. The next night Bell Labs In Whlpp!lny.,Or. Gan- National lecture circuit. ' completed, ,the' Instrument, by freshmen or sophOmo(es, he was in the dorm'and opened non is ourrently an Adjunct Anyone Interested In these which was donated to Stevens It's really quite unusual for orle of the girls doors at 2:20 Professor In our Electrical topics Is inVited. Refreshments by the eiba-Gelgy Corporation, students at this level to get A.M., but did not enter because ,Engineering Department. He will be served during the lec'will have then capabilities of a Involved In a sophisticated pro- one of the "student guards" was slso has been Involved with the tures. ' commercial computer(Continuedonpage3,cOI.1) (Conlfnuedon page 2;00/. S) "UNIX" Operating System In
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