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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986
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90 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [October 18 EXECUTIVE SESSION President Forsyth, referring to Section Two of the Open Meetings Act, stated: "A motion is now in order to hold an executive session to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, or dismissal of employees or officers, and to discuss pending, probable, or imminent litigation against or on behalf of the University and to discuss the acquisition of real property." T h e motion was made by Dr. Donoghue and approved unanimously. Complaints Regarding Discrimination, Chicago President Ikenberry asked the chancellor at Chicago, Dr. Langenberg, to report on recent events involving a number of complaints (and potential litigation) alleging discrimination against employees or students at the Chicago campus. T h e subject also has been addressed in hearings being conducted by Senator Richard H . Newhouse of Chicago, chairman of the legislative Subcommittee on Minority Concerns in Higher Education. There has been considerable newspaper attention, especially in the Chicago Defender, and the involvement of interested organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the mediation service of the Department of Justice. T h e president emphasized that the matter is being taken with great seriousness and with an intent to deal positively with basic problems that may exist. T h e trustees will be kept informed. EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED FOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS T h e executive session adjourned at 11:15 a.m. for a meeting of the Buildings and Grounds Committee and subsequently the board meeting as a Committee of the Whole. In the latter instance, the trustees received reports on a variety of aspects of computer research and computer education at the Urbana-Champaign campus. Included were reports on the supercomputer movement and the campus's strong bid for a national Center for Scientific and Engineering Supercomputing. David Kuck, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, and Larry Smarr, professor of astronomy and of physics, reviewed the background and the University's proposal. Other staff members reported on the CYBER system, an IBM equipment grant for "Project Excel," and the campus's intent to establish a division within the Illini Union Bookstore for the sale of personal computers to members of the staff and student body. T h e board recessed at 12:30 p.m. and, following luncheon, the trustees visited the computer sales room in the Levis Faculty Center. T h e board reconvened in regular session at 2:50 p.m. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President Ikenberry introduced observers from the campus senates and
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