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Heading north Growth of Amherst leads to transfer of some activities f % As the .Amherst Campus advances more towards becoming this University’s focal point, activities—formerly all located on Main Street—are gradually being shifted to Amherst. will also accustom people environment. that Bercy looked ahead to a student union on Amherst and the changes that would accompany «it. He speculated that moving groups from Squire will attract student opposition,.but will nevertheless occur. This, he said, will cause a shift of most student activities to the suburban campus. - UUAB weekend films, which traditionally have run four nights on Main Street, are now for ■ the first time being shown on both campuses for two evenings at each. Film coordinator Bill Hooley explained that in the past, only occasional free movies were shown at Amherst. The change, he said, is partly spurred by plans for the eventual transfer of • all non-health related fields to Amherst, and partly because of the condition of Squire Hall equipment. Amherst’s Woldman Theater and Main Street’s Squire Hall are the only on-campus locations where 35mm films can be shown, due to the need for special projectors. Hooley said that projectors in Squire are “1940 vintage and on their last legs.” Director of the Squire-Amherst Division of Sub Board 1 Don Berey also maintained that the movies are completely dependent upon the equipment which is superior in the Woldman Theater. Showing movies there Slow shift anticipated Student Association Director of Student Activities Barry Calder, however, questioned how much of an activity transfer will occur. He claimed that even after Main Street has been changed, there will still be a large student population on and around that campus. This, Calder contended, will allow many activities to continue on Main Street. But some activities have already begun to switch to Amherst. Calder explained that Fallfest was originally-planned for Amherst, however, due to a home football game scheduled on the only available date for the band, the event was held on Main Street to accommodate the most people. He said that circumstances will determine future locations for Fallfest. ' _ i. Calder also maintained that more commuter activities arc npw held on both campuses because of the large amount of time students spend on each. Commuter breakfasts are just one example. This was the second year that the Inter- Resident Council (IRC) sponsored Sunfest on the Amherst Campus. IRC Vice President for Student Activities Rickie Koh explained that the “bowl”—near Lake LaSalle—is a good place for parties and more dorm residents arc located on that campus. Koh thinks that h will be some time before the Main Street Campus is changed and said that until then, there will be no revision of the IRC activity schedule. He said that eventually, when no dorm students are left on the old campus, all IRC activities will be held on Amherst. . —Laura Farr by Ron Kometic Spectrum Staff Writer utilized\ in the Economics department and by other departments at the University, leaving little apparent flexibility. Popularity, low support crowd Economics Dept. The high enrollment-low support bind that has afflicted several departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences has also struck UB’s Economics Department, but Chairman Thomas J. Romans told The Spectrum that overcrowding is a lesser evil than declining enrollment. Don’t go Another problem, according to Romans, is the flexible schedule that allows a faculty member to teach elsewhere for part of the year. Because the course schedule for September is drawn up in January, any unexpected departure of a faculty member leaves a gap in the course list. The vacancy cannot be filled instantly by anyone, because the courses are specialized. Romans can solve this problem somewhat by shifting schedules. On the graduate level the department is small enough to accomplish this. ...t Since a total Faculty is budgeted based on total enrollment, an increased demand in one department within a faculty—such as Economics or Communication within Social Sciences—is not automatically rewarded by increased funding. Faculty Dean Kenneth Levy cannot increase support for any of his high< enrollment departments without shifting resources away from —and maybe crippling—another department. While the hiring of new faculty is severely limited, Romans commented, “We cab afford to be select.” He said that because this University is a research institution the “teachers have the opportunity to do other things in economics.\ Many of the faculty members teach for a part of the year and then teach at other schools throughout the world as visiting professors. “These offers to teach at other universities reflects the credentials of the faculty.\ said Romans. Likewise, visiting professors of distinction are invited to teach here. Romans pointed out that the department is benefltted by faculty keeping their colleagucs informed of new developments in the economic spectrum. The overcrowding has led to a student-faculty ratio in Economics, of approximately 34-1, according to Romans, almost twice;UB’s budgeted ratio of 17-1. For Economics students, it means introductory classes with as many as 400 students, qpd for teachers, it means a less personal style of instruction. More interest Romans now secs about 180 new undergraduates enter the department each year, with IS students entering the full-time PhD program and 4S residents of the Buffalo community taking advantage of the department’s evening MA (Master’s) program. The Economics Department is ranked 10th in the country, based on the top 20 economics journals that publish faculty articles, according to Romans. The addition in 1972 of the evening MA program further enhances the department’s credentials. Despite these honorable achievements though, a diminishing budget cannot be ignored. Besides the problems of over-capacity in the classroom, only six of 17 senior level courses can be taught each semester due to a limited faculty. On the graduate level, students must vote for the courses they would like to have offered to them. “People are more interested in economics because of what’s happening now,’’ explains Economics Professor Arthur Butler, referring to the uncertain economic conditions facing the country. As a result, more students want to take economics courses. Students cannot be motivated in introductory courses of such a large size, Butler believes. “In the long-run the department will go down-hill (if this continues),” he said. “We cannot think that students will keep knocking at the door.” To correct this problem, Romans is prepared to have more graduate students teach at the introductory level. But he noted. “Our graduate students are fully “We’re fairly efficient.” considering the reality of the “tight dollar,” Romans said. That’s what economics is all about. SECURITY 'GUARDS unarmed guards, maia/femaia for the Buffato/FaHs area. pen-time weekend, pbofw nttdid *03tZit. 5W Delaware An. 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