Mass Media (Newspaper) - April 26, 1977, Boston, Massachusetts THE MASS MEDIA Vol XI No 26 University of Massachusetts at Boston Activities Teach Entertain Students Tuesday April 26 1977 o by Robert G Nichols UMB was the scene of a two day spring last week Spon sored and run by the INFO staff the festival featured live music arts and crafts displays and special events by student groups RSOs were encouraged to take part in the activities Many respon ded by setting up tables and distributing materials explaining what their particular group had to offer A number of the organizations sold items to the large crowd at tending the festival One in par the Biology Club haci plant exchange People could ex change an unwanted plant for something new or unusual The Food and Nutrition Group left their usual spot by the 010 cafeteria to sell their food on the patio by building Business was excellent and by days end there was hardly a crumb left A number of arts and crafts displays were set up by people from outside the University One table sold beautifully carved scrimshaw while at another display brightly colored tapestries could be bought Many people were selling leather goock including carved belts with or without a heavy brass belt buckle Leather wrist bands carved or colored or studded were also on display Live music was presented by UMB students as well as professional musicians brought to UMB for the occasion Dave Farrell and Marinelli both from California sang and played guitar lor the crowd on Wednesday afternoon Prior to the the Irish Historical Society challenged the Veterans Student Union to a tug The battle took place on Wednesday and the stakes were five cases of beer After much groaning and sliding the Veterans Student Union conceded defeat and the Irish Historical Society staggered away with their booty will be repealed this September Director ol he INFO ler See this week s oft fie more pictures A donut eating marathon sponsored by was held Thursday afternoon It was hoped that the world record of over 40 ounces of donuts eaten in seven minutes would be broken by UMB gourmand Unfortunately nobody even came close Dan Shea was declared the win ner with ounces of donut un der his belt He was followed by Alan McHale Dave Kennen and Dan Dowling Shea won albums and a mug from All four contestants were awarded tshirts and a copy of the Guiness Book of World Records The UMB Book Store donated the Guiness Books Linda Maes Restaurant and Bakery donated only God knows how many ds of donuts for the marathon Sherri Thomas Director of IN PO said is a great way for students to become aware of the various and ces on campus Programs like In allow the students to talk with people are active in the RSOs or University programs like Mass the Student Advocacy Center and the Campus Ministry participated in the They talked I large number of ex plaining their cms U w parti in Ms Thomas slated that IN FO has had things like the but on a smaller She went on to say that there are plans to hold another in Sep tember j f f If f t FSU TeachIN On Budget Crisis by Maine H Amass The FSU sponsored a Teachin last Wednesday in the Building 2 3rd floor lounge The Teachin was concerned with the effects that budget decisions made by the ad ministration and the state govern ment will have on the educational functions on campus Student Sup port Services and faculty concerns regarding unionization Theo Kalikow President of the SMU Faculty Federation spoke to a group of fourteen faculty mem bers about contract procedures at SMU She surprised members of the UMass faculty with her statement that faculty at SMU have input in establishing budget priorities This is a result of faculty members participation on a budgetary review board UMass faculty also expressed surprise that faculty members at SMU have no difficulty in acquiring financial and Policy budget information from their ad ministration Other facts which appeared startling to the UMass faculty were The faculty at SMU also have con trol over promotion through the device of the Academic Council which leaves the Deans emasculated regarding tenure decisions Governance procedures are written into the contracts at SMU by the union Ms Kalikow said that the presence of a union does not guarantee that the faculty always gets what it wants since contracts negotiated are subject to budget cuts at the legislature but that without the union and lobbying ef fort well never get it David a former SAC member and now spokesman for Teachin page 4 On the Inside Student Governance Page 3 Shaker Furniture Page 12 Faculty Sign Lynch Petition by Alice Culler Peggy has a reputation for being a sensitive and capable professional We dont want to lose Student and faculty support for G YN nurse Peggy Lynch has greatly accelerated in the past week Ms Lynch a UMB Health Sen ices eni ployee for five years has received a termination notice from Director David Stockton Her work at Health Services had not received a formal evaluation The only written review of her work is in the form of a reprimand which Mr Stockton had sent to Ms Lynch last January In the letter of reprimand she was for attempting to IKa patient ad Other instances of insubordination were cued such as Ms Lynchs objecting to the proposed purchase of Health Services equipment which she felt was far costly and lor die medical care lor which the Health Services uas intended Under the auspices of the Womens Center and the Womens Studies program a campaign has been mounted to reinstate Ms Lynch Petition tables have been set up on campus and many students and faculty have sent letters to Mr Stockton and to VUe Chancellor Tubbs requesting thai Ms Lynch be rehired Adrienne Landau a student in Womens Studies described the response to the petitioning as tremendously encouraging Peggy has a reputation for being a sensitive and capable professional We dont want to lose her If anyone has any questions at all The Womens Center has staff available for information its really important lor people to write Ms Lynchs case is currently under appeal but the mood on campus is that Mr Stockton will be receptive to evidence of broad based support in her behalf and will reconsider the termination Women meet during the to discuss the petition 10 reinstate Lynch photo by Jim Cappelle