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By Michelle Valdez
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Dr. Ruth Burgos-Sasscer
President
Silence graced the rows of chairs
assembled in the small Catholic
chapel as people trickled in and
found their seats.
About 50 people filled the
crowded room as Father Larry
Le V asseur, a priest from Holy Cross,
prepared to celebrate Mass and de-
liver communion.
The congregation of mostly stu-
dents and faculty packed the chapel
at noon on Ash Wednesday in the
Catholic Student Center at 312 W.
Courtland Place.
When all the chairs were taken
newcomers lined the back wall,
while others sat on the floor. Even-
tually, the crowd spilled into the
narrow stairway.
"Now you don't see the black
chador so much," Khaligh said, re-
ferring to the head-to-foot veil
women were required to wear im-
mediately following the Islamic
revolution of 1979.
"A small colorful scarf often re-
places the chador, and now women
can even wear a little makeup," he
said.
Iranians are fascinated by Ameri-
can consumer goods like videos, rock
music and clothing, which are avail-
able on a flourishing black market,
Khaligh said.
"People are willing to pay more
for anything made in the United
States, particularly clothes," he said.
"French and German jeans are
available, but Iranians want Levi's."
Although the government of Iran
engages in harsh anti-United States
rhetoric, Khaligh believes this does
not reflect the feelings of most Irani-
ans.
"The ma jori ty of people there may
By Calvin Cooper
Editor
By Kelly Ramirez
News Editor
William Pethtel
Holy Cross priest Larry Levasseur preaches to students during Ash Wednesday ceremony.
said, explaining the Gospel accord-
ing to St. Matthew.
By Tricia Schwennesen
News Editor
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In other business, Burgos-Sasscer agreed
with a suggestion from senators to increase
the current $4 fee chargedfor adds and drops
ing, Burgos-Sasscer gave senators a copy of mester.
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Other district officials did not return tele-
phone calls to The Ranger.
The changes Burgos-Sasscer has com-
mented on derive from a resolution on mul-
ticulturalism approved by the board of didate to teach in a community college envi-
In addition to encouraging multicultur-
alism in the classroom and extracurricular
activities, the resolution reads: "Beit further
Nursing faculty voted Feb. 11 not to al-
low either of two candidates to run for nurs-
ing department chairperson.
In separate pollings, neither Professor
Leana Revell nor Professor Janie Menchaca
Wilson received approval from a majority
of the 45-member nursing faculty to be a
plained what the church expects
during Lent.
In the past the church viewed a
strict interpretation of the Scriptures,
he said.
"Remember, man, that you are
dust and to dust you will return," he
said.
Now the church's view has
evolved to consider what is reason-
able for the average person's life.
"Turn away from sin and be faith-
ful to the Gospel," LeVasseur said.
Fasting for 40 days is not expected
but Catholics should not give some-
thing up that is not a serious sacri-
fice, he said.
Brother Michael Winslow, Sister
Mary Patricia, art Professor Richard
Lent is the 40-day period before Arredondo, Catholic Student Cen-
Easter, not including the six Sun- ter faculty adviser Danny Kelly and
days between Ash Wednesday and Martin Lopez distributed the ashes
Sophomore Jerry Soliz strummed Easter Sunday. at the close of Mass.
the opening hymn, "Ashes," on his The Lenten period represents More than 150 people drifted
12-string acoustic Ovation guitar as Christ's 40 days in the desert, com- through the chapel during the day.
the ceremony began. memorates the resurrection of Christ Everyone who attended the cer-
"We stand before God as instru-
new chairperson to have time to work with
the out-going chairperson."
He added Sorenson will continue to serve
as<’
the summer.
Sorenson said she intends to provide help
to the new chairperson.
She will return to full-time teaching in tion, he served eight years on the curricu-
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disagree with the policies of the U.S.
government,but they like the United
States," he said.
Iranians, however, generally still
believe the revolutionary teachings
of the Ayatollah Khomeini, whose
picture hangs in houses throughout
the country, Khaligh said.
"One of my most emotional ex-
periences was visiting the ayatollah's
huge tomb in southern Teheran," he
said. "Thousands of people were
there, praying and crying."
"I thought I would see a re-
pressed, fascist country," Khaligh
said. "But I was amazed at how open
Iranian society is by Middle Eastern
standards."
Khaligh left Iran as a university
student in 1974 and returned for a
five-week stay in late 1993 at an
invitation from his sister.
"She said I must return to see
what it's like," he said. "I was so
impressed I'm going back this sum-
mer."
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Presid ent Ruth Burgos-Sasscer reaffirmed
Wednesday in a Faculty Senate meeting
that she will hire only qualified personnel
while trying to increase minority faculty.
, The reaffirmation came after San Anto-
nio Express-News columnist Roddy Stinson
reprinted Feb. 12 parts of two articles from
The Ranger on the president's remarks about
A retired computer information systems
technologies professor has joined the race to
fill the District 6 seat on the board of trust-
ees. He becomes the third candidate to an-
nounce for the post.
Deadline for filing is March 23. The elec-
tion is May 7.
Kenneth Veatch, who retired in Decem-
ber, will attempt to fill the seat vacated by
John MacKenzie, who will not seek re-elec-
tion.
Veatch joins Tom Diaz, an assistant prin-
cipal at Harris Middle School, and Gene
Sprague, a researcher at the University of
Texas Health Science Center, as candidates.
MacKenzie said he will not run so he can
pursue personal interests.
District 6 is one of three open trustee
seats. Janelle McArthur, who represents
District 7, and Richard Gonzalez, who rep-
resents District 5, have announced they will
seek re-election.
Veatch wants the board to introduce what
he calls the three "R's" in its budget deci-
sion-making process.
"Reduce expenses, reduce taxes and re-
duce tuition," Veatch said through a press
release.
"The board needs to be conservative with
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lection of a new chairperson.
Hayes said a meeting has not been sched-
uled, but he expects to meet with Burgos-
Sasscer and Zeigler within a week.
He declined to discuss the methods the
department will used to advertise for the
position.
Sorenson said she does not know how the
search will be conducted.
Typically the position for chairperson is
advertised in professional journals and by
the district's human resources office, she
said.
Hayes said the normal procedures for
selecting a chairperson will be followed.
In a Dec. 6 memo to Hayes, a committee
Khaligh said Iranians he met on
the street blame the government for
high prices and bad traffic. A typical
complaint is that Iran has plenty of
goods but no purchasing power.
Khaligh recalled the absence of
such criticism under the shah, Iran's
former absolute monarch.
"When I lived there under the
shah, you couldn't complain so
openly," he said.
Iran's rulers also are relaxing the
country's strict dress code, he said.
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The Lenten period represents
Christ's 40 days in the desert, com-
memorates the resurrection of Christ
and is a time of reflection, prayer emony left with the sign of the cross
ments of peace and love," LeVasseur and fasting, LeVasseur said. on their foreheads as a reminder of
After reading the Gospel accord- human mortality and how Christ
ing to St. Matthew, LeVasseur ex- gave up life for others.
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Instead, when the the government
professor visited in December, he
met Iranians who eagerly asked
questions about U.S. culture and felt
1t free to criticize their own govern-
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Government professor surprised by conditions in native country of Iran during first visit in 20 years
By James Crates
Staff Writer
of trustees that the workforce reflect the
demographic characteristics of the commu-
nity we serve."
Also at Wednesday's Faculty Senate meet- from courses at the beginning of each se-
a Tetter to the editor of the San Antonio History Professor May O'Neil said stu-
______________ _______________ Express-News dated Monday along with a dents miss as much as two weeks of class at
sources have not changed our hiring proce- statement signed by the 18 members of the the beginning of each semester while look-
dures." president's cabinet endorsing Burgos- ing for a professor or instructor whose teach-
Sasscer's letter to the editor.
• candidates for department chairperson
candidate to replace Chairperson Jean
Sorenson.
Sorenson, who is scheduled to step down
in August, said the entire faculty voted,
with the exception of one professor who had
a death in the family.
Sorenson said the department had sent
the results of the election to Dean Homer
Hayes. K
She said no other faculty has expressed
interest in running for chairperson.
Hayes, dean of occupational, technical
and continuing education, said he will meet
with President Ruth Burgos-Sasscer and Dr.
Bob Zeigler, interim vice president of aca-
demic affairs, to discuss options for the se-
I will hire the most
qualified candidate based on
our institutional goals.
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1 Nursing faculty reject two
Hi Neither of potential candi- candidate to replace
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tion receive faculty endorse-
ment to run
President takes trip
By Jonathan Wright
Managing Editor
President Ruth Burgos-Sasscer has
returned from a pair of conferences
with several proposals for coopera-
tion between this college and govern-
ment agencies.
She attended a Feb. 11 conference
sponsored by the Hispanic Associa-
tion of Colleges and Universities,
where five college and universi ty presi-
dents met with about 20 officials of the
U.S. Department of Commerce to dis-
cuss possible collaborations.
Those attending discussed propos-
als for internships, scholarships and
government recruiting at the colleges
to increase the number of minority
members the department employs.
HACU members must have 25 per-
cent Hispanic students.
"The federal government is very
interested in diversifying its staff,"
Burgos-Sasscer said.
Monday Burgos-Sasscer attended
an Austin conference of the Texas As-
sociation of Community College Presi-
dents, where participants discussed
financial strafes aPnd legai issues
relevant to commumty colleges.
ing style they like.
"They're teacher shopping and it only
costs $4 for them to make all these changes,"
O'Neil said.
Burgos-Sasscer said the fee increase
would discourage students from engaging the district taxpayers' dollars and the stu-
in "teacher shopping" and missing so dents' tuition payments yet provide a top-
muchvaluable class time at the beginning of quality education to students at each cam-
each semester. pus."
Veatch taught at this college for 15 years
and retired as professor emeritus.
"Now that I am retired, I am available to
devote a majority of my time to the ACCD
board needs," Veatch said.
"I am nota politican. I only have a sincere
from the nursing education department desire to use my talents in serving the com-
originally asked for the elections in late munity as a trustee," he said.
January. In light of recent comments made by
The committee wanted to provide "ad- college President Ruth Burgos-Sasscer con-
equate orientation time with the present cerning faculty hiring, Veatch said the re-
chairperson." sponsibility of hiring should be returned to
Hayes said, "The ideal situation is for the the department level.
"I'd like to see it return to the way it's
always been done," he said. "Idon'tmeanto
imply that I'm against equal employment
chairperson until her contract expires in opportunity, but I just think it should be
done at the department level."
During his tenure on campus, he served
two terms on the Faculty Senate. In addi-
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Returning to his native country
of Iran after 20 years, Asslan Khaligh
expected to find a harsh anti-Ameri-
can society where people live in fear.
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Chancellor Robert Ramsay declined to
I phrase°intheJan.28issueofTheRangerthat discuss Burgos-Sasscer's comments about term "qualified minority" implied minori-
read: "Burgos-Sasscer said that when hiring the need for diversity and the district direc- ties are not qualified and questioned the
for a department which does not have a tive on hiring. limits on most qualified candidates.
t facultv that reoresents the racial makeun of hie presented the district's vision state- "Do they have to be a Nobel Peace Prize
winner or what?" Murguia asked.
Burgos-Sasscer said she will consider the
candidates based on their qualifications and
role in the goals of the college.
"I will hire the most qualified candidate
based on our institutional goals," she said.
She added that a candidate with a doc-
toral degree is not necessarily the best can-
ing Editor Jonathan Wright shedid not com-
plain until after the Stinson column poked
fun of the president's stance.
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Burgos-Sasscer said. "Our goal is to try to trustees in its December meeting. ronment.
diversify our work force but never, ever addition to encouraging multicultur- She said she wanted faculty members to
sacrificing qualifications/7 alism in the classroom and extracurricular understand that the goal of increasing mi-
Despite Burgos-Sasscer's repeated refer- activities, the resolution reads: Beitfurther nority hiring by 10 percent at this college
ences to a new hirinsr oolicv neither she nor resolved, with regard to the work force of meant 10 percent of the current minority
other district officiaFs could produce an ap- the district, that it is the intent of the board faculty.
proved written district policy changing hir-
ing practices.
Celso Guzman, district director of hu-
man resources, said he had not been in-
formed of changes in hiring procedure.
"I'm not aware of any change in hiring
policy," Cnizman said. "We at human re-
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a district hiring directive.
Burgos-Sasscer took exception to a para-
read: "Burgos-Sasscer said that when hiring
for a department which does not have a
faculty that represents the racial makeup of
the student body, she will hire the minority
candidates, regardless of experience or spe-
r,’al training."
Though Burgos-Sasscer claimed she was community inJ^ur workforce.^
misquoted in the article written by Manag- j. j
E Burgos-Sasscer addresses hiring
The statement also reaffirms the college
institutional goal that calls for providing "a
college workforce that better reflects the
ethnic diversity of the community."
A similar letter also claiming she was
misquoted was sent to The Ranger Thurs-
day.
Faculty Senate members debated what
the term"most qualified minority" meant.
"It's all very subjective on determining
who is most qualified," Mathematics Pro-
fessor Juan Cantu said.
English Professor Raul Murguia said the
the need for diversity and the district direc- ties
tive on hiring.
He presented the district's vision state-
ment as documentation of the district's com-
mitment to diversity.
It reads: "We will reflect the ethnic diver-
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