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UB’s Record Co-op to speed up stock, monthly sales and hours i «* by Mark Mellzer Campus Editor I he first raise in the limiis—an inflationary itfcrcO'c that came last year—upped the sales ccilinjc to SI2.0W and tire inventory ceiling to 26,400. Nrm t alder believes. Kciter'fwis raised the limiis because o! an csiciisivc lobbying effort by SA. In the past, he said, the Co-op worked on its own, and without results. Inventory and sales ceilings at the student-run Record Co-op were raised 25 percent last week, the first major weakening of University President Robert I Keller’s restraints since they were imposed four ycats ago. > The agreeemen't— between Ketter and Student Association Director of Student Activities Barry Calder—will allow the Co-op to raise its inventory to $33,000 and its monthly sales limit to $15,000. It will also permit the Co-op—located in the basement of Squire Hall—to expand its services beyond the current -14 hours per week. Although the new hours will not be determined until the Co-op staff meets aiext week, Calder said the new schedule might be as much as five hours longer. l awsuit delayed ketter’s decision will again permit the Co-op to advertise, opening an avenue of publicity for it that had been closed since its glory years. The ads, however, may not contain any prices or notice of sales. And they may be placed only in the three campus newspapers. Prospects for the lawsuit, Calder explained, are not good. Lippes tried to negotiate an out of court settlement last year, but his efforts collapsed late last semester. “The Co-op felt they had given it enough time,” Calder said. “They didn’t feel they were getting anywhere.” Cavage’s lawyers are currently conducting \discovery procedures,” which involve requesting depositions from Keller and Doty. The case, slowed by legal haranguing, may not reach trial in State Supreme Court for more than two years, Lippes said. While the decision is a victory for UB students, the news is not as good as Calder had hoped when he met with Ketter November 2. Backed by SA Lawyer Richard Lippes’ assertion that a raise in the limits would not alter the litigation the Co-op has been mired in since January 1976, Catder asked Ketter to return the Co-op to pre-limit sales levels. But Ketter, with other legal opinions available to him, fell otherwise. According to Calder, Ketter claimed $26,000 sales and $80,000 inventory limits would damage UB’s chances of winning the long delayed case. Calder said Ketter’s decision—a rare one in the students’ favor —was probably not motivated by the evaluation of him that is now underway. “He is not solcly.doing this to improve his public image.\ Calder noted. “If he was, he would’ve granted us an increase before the referendum and before the evaluation team came on campus.” Ketter agreed to relax the limits a week after Calder’s November 7, 1979 memo that showed the Co-op was not “serving the students at its full potential,” Calder said. The memo—ironically dated four years after the C o-op closing—pointed out that the Co-op had sunk from an A ranking among distributors (top priority for new releases) to an E ranking, the lowest notch. Ketter has agreed to review the agreement after a three-month period and may grant another increase at that time, according to Calder. “He wants to see the effect.” | , The Record Co-op was selling nearly a quarter of a million dollars of albums and tapes a year when record chain ownerCarl Cavage filed his complaint in October 1975. Cavage, who at the lime owned a record store in University Plaza, claimed the Co-op was unfair competition because it was subsidized by public funds. UB Vice President for Finance and Management Edward W. Doty ordered the Co-op to close as of November 7, 1975, claiming its legality “has been marginal at best,” but Ketter agreed to let the Co-op rc-open under strict guidelines—a $10,000 sales limit and a $22,000 inventory limit. —Qarry Pranata SA Director ol Student Activities The Co-op felt if had given it enough time. Two-year old Intern f 1C II hurt by lack of funds by Joe Simon Campus Editor officials appointed by then Acting Dean of The Colleges Claude Welch. After reviewing the Committee’s recommendation, Welch decided \not to rehire” Brown. As the youngest College—and perhaps the most vulnerable because of its youth—International College is working towards stabilizing what so far amounts to a shakey two-year According to Assistant Residential Coordinator Larry \ Knipfing, there were many internal complaints with Brown’s performance in handling academic affairs. “Any job has too many responsibilities,” he claimed but added (hat Brown did not make a full effort in surveying students as to what courses interested them. Brown initiated a formal grievance against Welch at the beginning of this semester, charging that she was wrongfully removed from her job. Although she lost, Welch said that a “Step Two\ grievance can be started against him, which in effect is an appeal. Beyond conflicts over both identity and goals. International College has been hit by the financial crunch which has affected practically every facet of this University. But the fiscal woes suffered by International College go deeper, they appear to have been partially caused by misdirected energy and misconceptions of former College officials. existence. “In hindsight I might have gone in another direction,” said Robert Gentile, who stepped down last Spring after serving as its first Master. • —• No master In response to Brown’s claim that she was simply following the College’s mandate in developing notl-credii courses, Knipfing said, “She had complete control over what was agoing on, if there was such a mandate it's because that's what she wanted.” According to Gentile, the College’s financial problems stem from “a misunderstnding over the budget and what the College was promised the first two years.” Beginning as a workshop. International College was charted into the UB Collegiate sytem in 1977. At that time, the College was given a certain amount of money with which to start operations, and was until last year exempt from yearly budget allocations. The “misunderstanding” that Gentile speaks of, involves the amount of money the College was to have initially received and the criteria used for its (the College’s) eventual budgeting. Assistant Residential Coordinator Larry Knipling Ihete were many internal complaints According to Welch, International College “tried new courses in its first year, but some o( them had no enrollments at all \ Knipfing explained that these courses “were just randomly” chosen and had “no focus on International issues at all.\ listed with University Departments/ “One of my naivites was that we would’ve gotteri something for our residential program,” Gentile maintained. Although that was a determinant of the College’s budget, the fact it offered so few courses is what figured in the budget cuts said Gentile. “We were cut on the basis of that, mdre severely than 1 believe was just.” Gentile admitted that he was never aware of the budget formula for the majority of his tenure. Because of that, the College’s Steering Committee during that lime set forth a mandate to concentrate on developing non-credit academic- offerings—which play little part in the budget formula. The College was recharted at the end of last semester for another two years. Recommendations made by the Chartering Committee highlighted the need for more course offerings, suggesting that the College try to work courses into the framework of the General Education Plan, currently slated for 1981. International College is presently without a Master or Academic Coordinator. A Search Committee is interviewing different faculty members .for the chief spot, while the Academic Coordinator position is under review. Welch said the position might be totally eliminated. Dean of The Colleges Murry Schwartz, who assumed his position at the beginning of this semester, said International College “is now engaged in planning several activities and courses.” He said emphasis is being directed towards “thinking about courses th;\ already .exist” which the College can cross-Jisi with Uni i v , Departments.* Never aware Associate Chief Executive Officer of the Colleges Richard Mcnn explaihed there is a “rather sophisticated formula” for determining a College’s budget allocation. The two main factors involved are the individual College’s residential program and the College’s enrollment in credit-bearing courses. Menn said cmhasis is placed on the latter. Ever since the inception of International College, direction has been focused towards the residential program. 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