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The Second Front
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The Ranger • April 2, 1993
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evening of wisdom in the second
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ideals of humanit, the death of a
Honor society initiates new members, reminisces
Staff Writer
He served in that position until
freshmen to take a test in mathemat-
sity of Texas at Austin and taught
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13 counselors
advise 100450
in daily routine
tered to her.
After a visit to the house of Anne
Austin.
Benedict became acting president
of the college when Chance retired
in 1982.
"In the summertime, the dust
would be so thick, and in the winter
Dr. Truett Chance
Former college president
1982, he worked closely with Chance
as associate dean of the college.
He was acting president of the
college until Dr. Max Castillo be-
came president in 1983.
lastic withdrawal.
The Texas Academic Skills Pro-
ter, Davis said.
Amy J. White, a counselor of 26
By Michelle Valdez
Staff Writer
By Jennifer Lyon
News Editor
Harlan said the committee should inves-
tigate the acquisition of land around this
people, but we invite them to participate,"
Harlan said.
The task force also will consider ways to
fund emergency telephones as recom-
mended by the Task Force on Safety and
Security.
"We're going to be putting in emergency
telephones in the parting lots for security,"
Harlan said.
One primary question the committee
must determine is whether the district has a
parking problem.
"We have a parking problem, but I think
it's been blown out of proportion," Alex
Bernal, chairperson of the English depart-
ment, said.
"What you all need to determine is do we
have a problem and what is it? There is no
clear definition of the problem," Harlan told
the committee.
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of academic affairs until he retired
in 1984.
"You all are to be congratulated
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Benedict told the initiates.
Sophomore Christine De La
Garza, second vice president, gave
each initiate a white rose with blue
and yellow ribbons.
The blue ribbon stands for schol-
arship, and the rose for its purity,
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and whether students at this college would
use a parking garage if they had to pay an
"Respect' which she bases on Su-
preme Court Justice Thurgood
Marshall.
The moral she contrived from his
life was "he who loves nothing, is
Professor John Igo read excerpts nothing."
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have the makings of a greeting card.
The rhythmic flowof poets' words
broke the silence of the night as fac-
ulty and students joined for an
evening of wisdom in the second
annual Poets in the Night poetry
reading in McCreless Hall.
Sponsored by the English
department's evening division, the
March 11 event gave adjunct faculty
members and students the opportu-
nity to share their original works
with an audience.
A single park bench and a vase of
I* blooming flowers under dimmed
j lights set the stage for poets pre-
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Evening division Coordinator
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garage should charge an hourly rate or
whether the district should acquire more
land for parking.
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The counseling center is the busi-
est office on campus with 12 coun-
selors and one coordinator to coun-
sel more than 20,000 students, Coor-
dinator Alice G. Davis said March
25.
The counseling center in Room
208 of Fletcher Administration Cen-
ter is overflowing with students
waiting an average of two hours to
get counseling for academic, per-
sonal, financial and health problems.
The center sees about 100 to 150
students a day.
The counseling center is open 7:30
a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and from 7:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Friday.
She encourages students to seek
counseling earlier in the day for a
shorter waiting period.
During admissions processing
time, counselors see an average of
350 students a day.
The center is gearing up for sum-
mer and fall admissions processing
which starts April 26, Davis said.
She has worked in the counseling
center 27 years.
Beginning May 10, centralization
will bring six extra counselors from
specialized counseling and student
service offices to assist the center
during one of the busiest times of
the academic year.
In addition to providing counsel-
ing services, all counselors teach
Human Development 1300, a hu-
man development course which as-
sists students in obtaining the skills
to reach personal and academic suc-
cess.
Before 1983, 25 counselors were
available for students, but a reorga-
nization cut the staff in half.
Counselors once housed in the
center moved to specialized coun-
seling and student service offices
like the women's center, disabled
students' services and veterans af-
fairs.
During registration, counselors
offer on-site counseling at USAA,
Randolph Air Force Base, Kelly Air
Force Base and Fort Sam Houston.
This on-site counseling puts
added strain on counselors and
makes waiting inevitable when stu-
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A walk down memory lane un-
folded March 25 for 28 initiates into
the honor fraternity, Phi Theta
Kappa.
The local chapter, Beta Nu, held
its spring initiation in the Fiesta
Room of Loftin Student Center.
Organ music played as students
entered the room holding white
skirted blue candles.
Two former presidents of this col-
lege, Dr. Truett Chance and Dr. Jay
Benedict, spoke to initiates, friends
and families.
* Both are retired with emeritus
faculty status.
Emeritus is an award given to
retired faculty by current faculty and
administrators for an outstanding
job.
Chance, dean from 1975-1982
until he became president, told the
initiates about the problems of se-
lecting a site for the college after the
1947 flood.
"We were almost relocated where
the McFarlin Tennis Center is, and
we were almost on the ground floor
of the Smith Young Building,"
Chance said.
- That building is now called the
Transit Tower.
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Students, faculty read
poetry in McCreless Hall
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"At SAC, new parking spaces almost cer-
tainly will require new land," Harlan said.
As to why more students do not use the
"In coming months fees must be raised," remote lots south of campus which the dis-
trict rents for $50,000 annually, Harlan said,
One of the charts proposed a student fee "The problem could be we have enough
District trustees unanimously refused administration fee of $50. This would gen- That's what I would suggest the problem is
Members questioned whether the spaces ing with a 10-level parking garage at 130 support a $6.9 million loan at 6.5^percent
Suzanne Detwiler, manager of public af-
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gible for initiation into the fraternity
this semester.
Before the ceremony took place, ter more like an information center
the club raffled tickets to various becausestudentsaresenttothecen-
Benedict served as vice president performances at the San Antonio ter with questions that do not apply
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Palo Alto and St. Philip's colleges
the future unfolds before you," nio Metropolitan Ministry Shelter, and assessment before sending them
u u tt j to counseling.
This college, however, requires
all students who have not taken the
TASP or acquired three credit hours
carry a course load of 12 semester ingbefore going through admissions
™ and assessment.
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Peek-a-boo
Jacob Lockhart, 4, takes advantage of the Weymouth near San Pedro Park. Jacob played
recent pleasant weather to fly his Superman for about an hour with the kite before it got
kite near his home on the 100-block of caught in a tree.
“In the summertime, the dust would be so
thick, and in the wintertime, the coal'buming
stoves would leave everyone’s clothes so dark,
no one could wear white.”
this year.
Igo read six other original poems.
"People ask me which is my fa-
vorite and I always answer 'the next
one/ " he said with a smile.
Instructors Margarete Schutte,
Victoria Valdez, Carol Coffee-
Reposa and Jane Focht-Hansen,
among others, read their own per-
sonal prose to the audience.
Schutte said she wrote her first
poem rather than an essay in the
fifth grade to save time.
She quickly learned of her love of
composing poetry and also that writ-
ing poetry does not necessarily save
time.
Poems Schutte shared with the
audience included "To the First As-
tronaut," "The Little Church That
Could" and "Teaching vs. Reach-
ing."
Valdez, a John Jay High School
teacher and instructor at this col-
lege, showed her love of poetry by
reading five of her favorite poems to
Coffee-Reposa enjoys writing
The mayor,
A.C. White, and
the college
president in the
late 1940s and
early 1950s, J.O.
Loftin, agreed
the college
would relocate
where McFarlin
is, but as soon as
the president
left the city lim-
its for the week-
end, the mayor called a private ses- 7 ’
sion with City Council and denied 1975 when he became" dean,
the deal, Chance recalled. He earned a Ph.D. in govern-
"Loftin was red-headed and hot ment at the University of Texas at
tempered," Chance said.
"But we ended up buying what is
the nucleus of this campus."
The land where the college now
stands was part of the city's old rail
car parking lot.
"I bet you didn't know San Anto- time, the coal burning stoves would
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said.
"I have heard we have found old
rail tracks under the grounds dur-
ing the recent renovations."
nio had a rail car system," Chance leave everyone's clothes so dark, no
one could wear white," Benedict
said.
The old German-English School
was between where the Fairmount
Chance began teaching in 1947 in and Plaza hotels can be found to-
the old German-English School on day.
South Alamo. Benedict received a doctorate in
In 1950 he became chairman of health education from the Univer-
the department of social sciences.
from 1960-1971. f " .....
"The teach- tiate with the Phi Theta Kappa pin.
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work with then, Phyllis McCarley. ing to counsel one student without
McCarley, director of admission rushing them when 200 other stu-
today," and records, is retiring after 35 1/2 dents are waiting.
years with the college. Counselors work with all enter-
Jonas is the associate director of ingfreshman, currently enrolled stu-
admissions and records. dents, former students, transfer stu-
"Gail Jonas compiles the grade- dents and students on enforced scho-
_____________ when he was a point average for every student,"
student here. Mary Jane Howe, club adviser and
In 1971, Benedict became associ- reading and education professor, gram is the topic about which stu-
ate dean and director of the evening said. dents most often receive counsel-
division. "The two of them have the final ing. The TASP requires entering
In the years between 1975 and word in membership to the PTKs." freshmen to take a test in mathemat-
Thirty-eight members were eli- ics, reading and writing.
Counselors say the admissions
process makes the counseling cen-
Little Theater behind McFarlin Ten-
nis Center.
Proceeds will go to the San Anto- send students through admissions
Ronald McDonald House and the
Bexar County Battered Women's
Shelter.
Members must have and main-
tain a 3.5 grade-point average and before 1989* to go through counsel-
hours.
biology here beauty and intellectual assets. j ’ J '
Finally, officersjpinned each ini- dents go through the counselingcen-
The chapter presented honorary
to memberships to Gail Jonas and years, stressed how difficult it is try-
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Benedict said.
He also was
a Phi Theta
Kappa member
should continue.
Focht-Hansen, a 1979 graduate of
low people to come away with an this college, read a poem entitled
‘ etry actually is.'
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Harlan says district must increase parking rates
By David Spinks hourly fee. to refurbish San Pedro Park had discussed increases in parking fees," said committee
News Editor "A parking garage would have to sup- the idea. member Bob Hale, a counselor from the
port itself with revenue from people park- "There has been discussions of a parking office of veteran's affairs at St. Philip's Col-
Parking fees at the district's three col- ing in it," Harlan said. "There is no use of us garage in conjunction with the refurbishing lege.
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could support itself if you say you wouldn't conceptual at this point," Detwiler said,
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Harlan suggested the district may enter a parking fee rate based on 1991-92 figures,
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whether parking rates should increase 150 sit system to build a _P^jng gayage which rollment increases.
students. "That, in my opinion, is the only Harlan said,
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consider by May 1, Harlan said. Nov. 24 to purchase the 21-story NBC build- erated $523,296; an amount which would at San Antonio College."
Members questioned whether the spaces ing with a 10-level parking garage at 130 support a $6.9 million loan at 6.5 percent Residents who live near this college were
closest to campusbuildings should cost more Soledad St. interest over a period of 30 years, he said. not included when the administration se-
- - - - .... .. Suzanne Detwiler, manager of public af- "St. Philip's employees are loyal and true lected the members of the committee,
fairs for VIA, said Thursday the committee until you start talking about 500 percent '-----------L..Z/— ---
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50 people in-attendance. : .
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James Rossignol addressed the au- poetry about women who have mat-
dience with his poem "The Poet 1—
Within."
In his poem, Rossignol asked that Frank in Amsterdam, Holland, Cof-
people listen to the poet within one- fee-Reposa said she felt compelled
self because he believes the future to write about her own experience,
belongs to the poet. She also read a poem about the
Rossignol said that not all poems death of a recluse.
The poem focused on the conse-
"Poems don't have to rhyme to quence of women's poverty if it
be considered poetry," he said.
"Hopefully, this evening will al-
, entirely different idea of what po-
Poetry can give light to the dark-
ness, sight to the blind and hope to
the hopeless, Rossignol said.
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from his "The Third Temptation of
St. John."
The work won the National Soci- tributed touching and emphatic po-
Students Mark Joseph Ramirez,
Ron Inskeep and Gabriel Issac con-
ety of Arts and Letters National Lit- ems dealing with subjects like the
erature Award for Poetry in 1954. ideals of humanit, the death of a
The poem is 50 pages long and beloved pet and equality in the coun-
will be available in book form later try.
hourly fee.
"A
port itself with revenue from people park-
leges must be raised, former interim Chan- even talking about a parking garage that of San Pedro Park, however its still very
cellor Doug Harlan told the newly created —rr : 7; rvu™,
ACCD Task Force on Parking at its first do what is necessary to pay for it." Harlan produced a chart with a variable college..
meeting Tuesday. I w
Members discussed but took no action on joint venture with VIA Metropolitan Tran- which increased fees in proportion to
percent to 900 percent, whether a parking would be shared by VIA employees and
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way we will have one since we refused to
buy the NBC building," Harlan said.
Nov. 24 to purchase the 21-story NBC build- erated $523,296;
interest over a period of 30 years, he said.
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