Brown and White Vol. 91 no. 13

              lehigh university brown and white mmmmmm 215-861-4184 vol 91 — no 13 bethlehem pa tuesday october 16 1979 morale problems in dean's office by jim morrison aad unda pickens turnover of pa _ in tbe dean of students office and staff will continue unless morale improves and professional frustrations can be overcome sources clo_e to the off ice told the brawn and white recently several sources who asked to not be identified said there may be more per sonnel changes in the near future nine present or former members of the dean of students office or staff were inter viewed by the baw former associate dean robert reeves left during the summer for a vice presidency at worcester polytechnic institute and assistant to the dean hershel dorney will leave tomorrow he does not have another job several sources said dorney and reeves left for the same personal reasons although the two would not comment on whether their departures were connected the possibility of another vacancy in the dean of students office was disclosed friday ln a b&w interview with nathan harris assistant dean of students while stressing that he has not yet reached a definitive decision harris said just for the record in fairness to lehigh and to myself if i were to leave it would probably be within this year there would be no reason to stay beyond that unless i were going to go for another position here at lehigh there aren't many opportunities for advancement here after all after you reach the associate level what's the next step dean quay's job there just aren't that many opportunities he said muriel whitcomb assistant dean of students reiterated harris statement about a lack of opportunities for advancement william quay dean of students said the inn_i aa^a <- ■ __■ ll m ■ 1 t ft fl f -"— — fc w _ — — — a »* 1 a l llll i ■ 1 recent departures ot tteeves ana uorney and now possibly harris were not con nected it's just been a very peculiar accidental set of circumstances that have created the rapid change in what i call primarily the senior level positions sources have said that pigeonholing or lack of upward mobility has caused professional frustrations for members within the office there is not an understanding of pro fessional development what it entails and how to do it trying new jobs new skills skills you haven't used in 10 years it is the only intelligent way to use people to pigeonhole them is demoralizing good people won't stand for it they'll go elsewhere one source said another source agreed saying staff are not groomed to move up as positions open up there is a desire to fill them with the general pool of available applicants in the nation instead of providing any sense of upward mobility or new challenge within the staff asked if he sensed any frustration among ms staff members quay said i can't speak of the frustration because nobody has spoken to me about that if people are frustrated that's news to me members of the dean of students staff cannot be promoted the way departments move professors ahead quay added they can only move upward when a vacancy exists vice president for student affairs preston parr agreed that it is not always possible to offer upward mobility but cited the example of reeves who started in the admissions office and worked his way to an associate dean post besides lack of upward mobility lack of defined policy goals has been cited among sources as another factor in what some call a morale problem there is no goal-setting i'm not aware of any goal-setting that takes place on the student affairs level i don't think i receive william quay harris cites frustration may depart within year nathan harris assistant dean of students said although his final decision has not been made on whether he will leave the university he may seriously consider other job opportunities in the near future i think that in terms of what i have learned here at lehigh that i may be at the end of the rope harris said in an in terview friday morning no definitive decision has been made with regard to my coming or going but quite honestly and i'll say this to anybody l've been here nine years now and i think that in this area i've learned all that i can learn from lehigh i've con tributed all that i guess i can contribute and i may seriously consider other job opportunities in the near future unless he were going to go after another job here harris said there would be no reason for him to stay beyond tins year . harris did not say he was considering leaving because of any dissatisfaction with the university however be did say there was some frustration on his part concerning the lack of opportunities for advancement at the university in a wide-ranging interview harris said the amount of student activity money should be increased we have been screaming and yelling for more financial support for activities he noted asked if be felt there was too much emphasis on running a tight ship financially in student affairs at the ex pense of students harris said i think that's a fairly common allegation one that everybody makes that's an allegation that has been made about a certain individual a certain individual who supposedly doesn't push for his subordinates it's a sort of common allegation that there isn't as much support in the driver's seat as there should be asked if he concurred with that allegation harris replied i guess you can say that yes that i agree with that statement especially due to the fact that i feel that i don't have enough money to support student organizations harris then went on to say that such a problem is a part of student personnel services no matter what school but this doesn't justify it he added that wherever belt-tightening is needed it often takes place first in student services preston parr vice president for student affairs said that in evaluating requests for sac schedules starship concert by ed white the student activities council sac will present jefferson starship in concert nov 8 sac concert chairman john nersesian 80 announced sunday the group formerly known as jefferson airplane will do one show at 8 p.m in lower grace hall tickets are available for university students only at a cost of 17.80 today through friday at the student activities desk and the bookstore of the 3,000 tickets being sold 1,500 will be allocated for university students there will be a limited number of student tickets sold because we have a strong feeling that the show will sell out in advance nersesian said tickets will be sold to the general public at local outlets for 8.50 beginning saturday we want to try to sell all the student tickets during the first week so the students get their tickets first nersesian said the starship will be playing without former members grace slick and marty balan but will feature four of the original members craig chaquico lead guitar and vocals paul kantner rhythm guitar and vocals pete sears and david freidberg bass keyboards and vocals plus anysley dunbar former drummer for journey newcomer mickey thomas will replace grace slick as lead vocalist neresian said if grace slick was touring with the band we would not have been able to get them nersesian said they would have been too expensive however we're looking forward to a very good production the light show is supposed to be very good he said we're going to spend the extra production money to make it a good show nersesian said we are bringing in a higher stage from stabler center so everyone can see and will hopefully be hanging curtains behind the stage to improve acoustics we passed on a lot of smaller acts hoping to get a larger act to appeal to the students nersesian said we're pretty lucky in getting starship it's the best act we could possibly do in grace hall the group will have a new album coming out soon and should be playing some of the new material nersesian said they will also be playing a lot of their older music from the jefferson airplane era right now we're 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