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Volume 68, No. 5 • Feb. 18, 1994
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ing a blanket enrollment could have
narrowly approved by nursing fac-
ney, said he and the students dis-
met Feb. 4 to discuss the options
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the 60 students failed, typically has a
Board passes
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Phase 3 list
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New transmitter expands KSYM broadcast range
mid - 2 a.m.
Science
Sports
Back Page
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KSYM schedule
Trustees
recognize
royalty
I met with the whole department,
and I was hoping they would come
up with some kind of a compromise
...Let the chips fall where they may.
Approved Phase 3
projects
By Kelly Ramirez
News Editor
An astronomy professor from
this college was the local host
of a national video conference
on the future of international
space exploration efforts.
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by the faculty without outside in-
volvement," faculty said in the reso-
lution. Before the resolution was pre-
t was
students who failed the first fall flex
term.
Faculty Senate passed a resolu-
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Dr. Ruth Burgos-Sasscer
President
This college’s entry in the
Super Hoops basketball
tournament did not fare so
well this year. The
Roughnecks bowed out in the
first round of finals.
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she could do.
"Let the chips fall where they
/ers.
Meanwhile, students say they are
Coffeehouses and
conversation of the beatnik
Bohemian generation of the
50s and 60s are making a
comeback.
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trustees Michael Rodriguez and
George Killen, the project was in-
By Calvin Cooper
Editor
• ADA compliance - $2.3
million
• PAC Library - $7.9 million
• Parking (all campuses) -
$925,000
• Nail - $1.6 million
• Moody - $6.8 million
• District warehouse - $1.6
million
• Southwest Campus -$1.2
million
• St. Philip’s - $6.7 million
• Utilities/Telecommunica-
tions (all campuses) - $1.8
million
• Child care centers at PAC
and St. Philip’s - $770,000
By Michelle Valdez
Senior News Editor
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6 a.m. - 9 a.m.
9 a.m. - noon
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Jazz 6 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Alternative 6 p.m. -10 p.m.
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Aaron’s Record
Collection 10 p.m. - mid.
Local music mid - 2 a.m.
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A new library is needed at Palo when it exploded seconds after lift-
Altd to accommodate the rapid off in January 1986.
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As it stands now, students will their fight.
SATURDAYS
Latin Jazz
Urban
Scott
projects at
$2.3 milli
who failed Nursing 2414, Acute Care,
in the first fall flex term have de- __________ _____________________
cided to follow through with a law- not follow the grading criteria out-
ney Wednesday.
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accept a reso-
lution made
by trustees
commending
the LULAC
Rey Feo
Scholarship
Committee
for its com-
mitment to
helping San
Antonio
youth.
The schol-
arship committee was established
If
cult.
Students enrolled in Audio/Ra-
dio Production 2302 are required to
be on the air at least two hours a
week, Onderdonk said.
All classes are on schedule de-
spite the delay of the transmitter, he
said.
Music director Bart Koch said he
almost gave up on the new transmit-
ter that seemed too good to be true.
"When it finally got here we all
just breathed a sigh of relief," Koch
said Monday.
Last summer, KSYM was dead
for five weeks because of transmit-
ter problems.
Listeners, who have grown ac-
customed to tuning into static on
90.1, can count on the new transmit-
ter to bring them clear, uninterrupted
music that they can't find anywhere
else on the dial.
KSYM is the only radio station in
the city to broadcast college format
music, which includes a variety of
music including jazz, punk rock,
urban contemporary, blues, inter-
national Latin dance, folk, gospel
and Texas music.
KSYM looking
for on-air talent
KSYM, this college's radio
station, is accepting applica-
tions for disc jockeys.
Anyone who has taken Au-
dio/Radio Production 2302 or
passed the Federal Communi-
cations Commission board
check can be on the air.
Available shifts are during
early mornings and late after-
noons. Students may call Rich
Haslam at 733-2787 or stop by
the KSYM office in the radio-
television-film hall and ask for
an application.
New KSYM staff members
for this semester are music di-
rector Bart Koch, program di-
rector Bryan Moultrie, assis-
tant for new music Rachel
Boys, assistant for jazz music
Rich Haslam, assistant for ur-
ban music Randy Thomas, as-
sistant for heritage music
Charles Stewart and assistant
for chief engineer Randy Tho-
mas.
Rollover
A bicycle owned by Mlcheal Gonzalez was truck rolled downhill crushing the bike before
destroyed Wednesday in front of the visual hitting atree. No injuries were reported as a result
arts and technology center after Roy Ramirez’s of the mishap.
What's new and improved and
doesn't have a lot of static? No, not
the neighbor's new hairdo, it's
KSYM.
This college's radio station was
brought back to life at 10 a.m. Mon-
day after almost three weeks of dead
air awaiting the arrival of a new
$26,000 transmitter.
It finally arrived Feb. lOfromNew
York.
KSYM General .Manager John
Onderdonk said the station's signal
is much better and more reliable
than the previous 30-year-old trans-
mitter, which broke at least 18 times
in the last two years.
"The signal is better than it was
before," Onderdonk said.
"That old one was so old there's
no telling how out of whack it was."
The new 12,000 watt transmitter,
manufactured by Energy Onix
Broadcast Equipment Co. in
Hudson, N.Y., was scheduled to ar-
rive Jan. 25, but a bitter Northeast-
ern cold front made delivery diffi-
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school students continue their edu-
cation.
Trustees proclaimed Feb. 14-Feb.
21 as LULAC Rey Feo Scholarship
Committee Week.
The trustees' commendation
proves the Rey Feo scholarship pro-
gram is worthwhile and worthy of
support, he said.
"I think it's positive proof that
anytime you can get a board of trust-
ees to show approval, it's an indica-
tion that the program is worthy of
support," Scott said.
The Rey Feo tradition began as an
offshoot of LULAC's annual fund-
raising event, "La Feria De Las
Flores" or Fair of the Flowers.
The event itself was patterned
after Mexico's oldest "feria," La Feria
De San Marcos.
Rey Feo candidates raise money
for LULAC scholarships from those
who support them in their quest for
the symbolic monarchy.
The candidate who raises the most
funds is crowned Rey Feo for one
' year symbolizing the people's king.
LULAC Rey Feo scholarships are
not only for Hispanic students and
not only for high school students
looking for college funds, Scott said.
For more information about
LULAC scholarships available for
college students people may call this
college's student financial aid
advisor's office at 733-2150 or stop
by their office in Room 115 of Fletcher
Adminstration Center.
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Four questions were cited as be-
ing ambiguous or misleading and tai process for establishing, deter-
in the lawsuit, this is the final class the tests were regraded. mining and administering grades
they need to graduate. The new scores raised seven stu- should be supported and maintained
The class, in which 53 percent of dents' grades to C's. ......
the 60 students failed, typically has a Two of those seven students were
failure rate of 10 percent to 12 per- from Curll's class.
cent- To help alleviate the situation, sented to the Faculty Senate it
23 nursing students proceed with lawsuit threat
■ Students and attorney
plan action while nursing
faculty and administra-"
tors disagree about
possible solutions
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$45.9 million cost.
The full board approved the re-
vised list of projects
by unanimous vote.
The building
committee will meet
in March to discuss
action on projects
pulled from the list.
The approved
projects include
districtwide Ameri-
cans with Disabili-
ties Act compliance
t a cost of
,___million, the
completion of reno-
va tion on the second
and third floors of
Nail Technical Cen-
ter at a cost of $1.7
million and the
renovation of
Moody Learning
Center at a cost of
almost $7 million.
The approval of $11.3 million in 1991.
The title changes affect Dr. Diana
Martin, executive director of devel-
opment, community and public re-
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funding for a new district campus in
northwest San Antonio was post-
poned until a feasibility and mar-
keting study is completed to deter- lations, and Dr. John Hammond,
mine whether the campus is needed, director of community and public
The lowest priority project on the relations.
original list was building child-care Martin's new title will be director
centers at St. Philip's and Palo Alto of institutional advancement and
colleges. Hammond's title will be public rela-
However, at the suggestion of tions officer/communications spe-
trustees Michael Rodriguez and cialist.
The board also approved college
CroSSw^l
Manny Olivo
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need to reapply to the school of nurs-
ing to retake the course.
Grade point average and the num-
ber of classes failed are considered
when students reapply. By Calvin Cooper
Some students believe they will Editor
not be readmitted to the program
because of excessive failures, with
the acute care class counting as a
Trustees were graced by the pres-
ence of a king and his court Tuesday
failure. night during their monthly meeting
Burgos-Sasscer said that provid- at St. Philip's College.
ing a blanket enrollment could have Stan Scott, the ReY Feo or "ugty
been one of the compromises king" of the League of United Latin
reached, but faculty did not agree American Citizens, was present to
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growth of the college.
Palo Alto President Joel Vela said
he would like to see the current li-
Trustees whittled down a list of brary serve as a campus computer
proposed Phase 3 construction lab.
projects Tuesday from 15 items to 10 The first project on the list of pri-
items during the regular monthly orities, compliance with ADA re-
meeting at St. Philip's College. quirements, can begin immediately
The postponement of the projects with work done by district person-
proposed by the district building nel. Trustees acknowledged the dis-
committee temporarily sliced $14 trict would not be in complete com-
million from Phase 3's anticipated pliance with the requirements by
-----______1. January 1995, but by beginning work
soon the district is showing a good
faith effort.
In other action,
the board ap-
proved Chancellor
Robert Ramsay's
recommendation
to change the titles
of two district ad-
ministrators and to
add eight adminis-
trative positions at
the district level.
Ramsay made
his recommenda-
tions based onthe
MGT Steering
Committee's final
report.
The committee
was formed to
evaluate the dis-
trict evaluation
performed by MGT
Consultants in
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eluded among the approved higher President Ruth Burgos-Sasscer's rec-
priority projects. ommendation to name this college's
"It's the only quality-of-life item planetarium after the late Francis R.
on the list," Rodriguez said. "Dick" Scobee.
‘"It's as important as the construe- Scobee, a former student at this
tion of the new library at Palo Alto college, was mission commander
" aboard the space shuttle Challenger
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SUNDAYS
Gospel 6 a.m. - 9 a.m.
The Beatles 9 a.m. -11 a.m.
Folk music 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Blues 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Joe Horn 6 p.m.-10 p.m.
Mondo Latin 10 p.m. - mid
The students claim the tests were
unfair and that their class was
singled out to fail.
Seven of adjunct faculty member
Kenneth Curll's 10 student's grades
were changed from passing to fail-
ing without his approval.
These seven students filed for a
restraining order in state district
court to halt the grade changes.
The restraining order was denied
Twenty-three nursing students and the case was sent to a federal
, court.
The faculty claims that Curll did
SU^ w a with their attor- lined in the course syllabus. four sections of acute care will be
There were also problems with offered this summer exclusively for
Jesse Botello, the students' attor- the tests given in the class.
ney, said he and the students dis- At the request of Homer Hayes,
cussed options and have come up dean of occupational, technical and
with a plan of action. continuing education, the tests were tion Feb. 2 to support the nursing
He declined to say what they are re-evaluated by an internal commit- faculty's stance on maintaining the
going to do, but stressed that the teeandtheNationalLeagueofNurs- department's grading standards and
students will continue with the law- ing. processes.
Four questions were cited as be- "We believe that the departmen-
For most of the students involved ’ ’ ' . . .. . . . ......
ment, and I was hoping they wduld may,"she said. ’
She said she forwarded the re-
sults of the meeting to Chancellor
and providing blanket enrollment tion is in the hands of the lawyi
this summer were two options dis- losing valuable time and potential in 1945 t0 help San Antonio high
wages, and they intend to continue " ’ -* J — ■
with that suggestion.
narrowly approved by nursing fac- Nursing department faculty also
ulty• decided that curving the grades was
President Ruth Burgos-Sasscer not an acceptable option either.
met Feb. 4 to discuss the options After a failed attempt to reach a
with Dr. Bob Zeigler, interim vice compromise Burgos-Sasscer said
presidentofacademic affairs, Hayes, that she told the faculty she did all
and the nursing faculty. ’ * * ’
"I met with the whole depart-
come up with some kind of a com-
promise," Burgos-Sasscer said.
She said that curving the grades Robert Ramsay and°that the situa-
for the students to retake the class
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