The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1990 Page: 1 of 16
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MEGAPHONE
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Southwestern Student
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Story on last page
New visitation policy in effect this fall
by Brooke Baker
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rankings.
The admissions staff s hard
work paid off as the average
Scholastic Aptitude Test score
of the freshman class has in-
creased 100 points in the past
seven years. Lind and Michael
Rossman, Associate Director of
Admissions, estimate the 1990
freshman class to have an aver-
ageSAT score of approximately
1115. The admissions staff was
also pleased that 49% of the
freshman class ranked in the
top ten percent of their senior
class while 85% ranked in the
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students to the 1990 freshman
class. Lind estimates this class
to have about 312 students; the
smallest class to enter South-
western within the past four
years. Even though this class is
smaller it lives up to, and in
some areas, surpasses the high
standards set by those before.
Approximately five years
ago, Southwestern began re-
vamping the admissions proc-
esses by adding the waiting list
and a cut off date for freshman
applications. At this same time,
the university started receiv-
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cants and had to start turning
away many prime prospectives.
Southwestern began what Lind
terms "the shaping of the class."
For the admissions staff this
process involves putting to-
gether a well rounded fresh m an
class that ^represents a wide
range of talents and interests
as well as geographical and
ethnic backgrounds. Of course,
all prospective fresh men would
to meet or beat
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issues like counseling rather
than policing She feels the
most positive aspect of the
change is that "students adopted
the policy and administration
backed it all the way ’
Nisa Sharma, chair of
the Visitation Policy Review
Committee (VPRC).explains the
process of bringing about the
change entailed research, sur
veys. many rewrites of the pol
icy, and the creation of the
Student Bill of Rights Sharrma
stresses. "It’s up to students
whether they are allowed the
same privelege." Jon Porter
adds that the VPRC will con-
tinue to exist this year to view
inccidence reports and advise
the Student Affairs Council
whether the new policy should
remain. Any students inter-
ested in VPRC should contact
Nisa Sharma. X1724, or Jon
Porter, X1 1 34
top quarter. Lind stated that
Southwestern has never had an
entering class with such a high
percentage of people ranked in
the top quarter.
Part of “the shaping of the
class" involves broadening the
ethnic background of each
freshman class. In 1982. the
university set a goal to have a
12% minority enrollment for
the entire student by 1990. This
goal was modified in the late
80 s and later, in Vision 2000,
to specify a minority enroll-
ment of 20% for the entire stu-
dent body by the year 2000. In ^allowed between 10am-12am
order to .meet this goal, the
university must work through
the admissions office. The
admissions staff will then re-
cruit an ethnically diverse
freshman class. The ’90 fresh-
men appear lobe leading South-
western towards this goal as
Lind estimates the class to be a
little under 20% minority. (11%
Hispanic. 5% Afro-American.
3% Asian and 6% American
Indian) The international back-
ground of the freshman class is
Thirty-one new faces are
to be seen in the faculty and
staff al Southwestern this fall
Seventeen new part-time pro
fessors and instructors will be
joining the faculty, as well as
six full-time professors, and
various administrators The six
full-time professors include
Ms. Sharon E. Duffy. Visiting
Assistant Professor of Art, Dr
Kathleen S. Fad. Visiting As-
sistant Professor of Education,
and Dr C Craig Farquhar. Vis
ill ng Assistant Professor of
biology i tit !X1 t-gaj-n- ~ r.<
featuring interviews with the
three new full time professors
in the first three issues of the
semester.
Dr. Juan Tor re s- Pou
comes to Southwestern from
Rutgers University, and will
serve as Assistant Professor of
As of this fail the new
visitation posicy adopted by the
Student Affairs Council and
approved by lhefaculty becomes
effective The policy allows for
24 hour visitation for upper-
classmen halls while still re-
stricting freshmen halls Visi-
tation on the freshmen halls by
persons of the opposite sex is
Sunday thru Thursday, and
1 0am-2am on Fridays and Sat-
urdays.
Sherry Gutman, Asso-
ciate Dean of Students/Direc-
tor of Residence Life., notes that
the change in policy is a “result
of student initiative" Adding
that she "is very Curious to see
how the Southwestern student
manages this freedom "
From the standpoint of
the Residence Life Staff. Head
Resident Advisor Suzanne Stahl
comments that it leaves her
more tome to spend on other
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Dr Jacqueline Muir
Broaddus moved to the United
Slates from Canada when she
joined the PhD program at Flor
ida Atlantic Umvers’its Her
interest in the reseaich ol Ui
David Bjorklund brought her to
that university because she
“wanted to know more of the
theory" behind applied child
psychology that she had been
working in up until that time
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--Tfreriitnifl women fill out the ACE Invents y during Orientation last weekend.
Freshmen enhance "Vision 2000
by Stephen Mendenhall
The 89-90 school year turned
out to be a strange one for col-
lege admissions offices across
the nation. According to John
W. Lind, Vice President for
Admissions, the number of
applications to the more selec-
tive schools dropped. However.
Southwestern was the exception
to this decrease as S.U. saw an
increase of incoming applica-
tions for the ninth year in a
row. Last year the university
received a record 1,121 appli- have to meet
cations compared with 484 in Southwestern's high standards
1980. The admissions staff had in regards to standardized test
originally planned to admit 305 scores and high school class
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Assistant Professor of Econom
ics and Business Admimstra
lion, was previously Assistant
Professor of Political Economy
at UT-Dallas. and received her
PhD and MPA degrees from UT
Austin This week Dr Jac-
queline Muir-Broaddus has
been interviewed and that
interview' follows
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