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Board prepares for chancellor evaluation
Career planning
made aware of this?” Vasquez said Thursday.
By Laura Jesse
has the board been
Trustees approve more money for Moody
Lunar eclipse
By Laura Jesse
20 percent for the heating, ventilation and air
from the preventive
Brian Fox
above the northeast
College representatives
Library
exterior
A. IX
relighted
By Michael A. De Leon
Health seminars
Phase 1 approaches completion
By Michael A. De Leon
of electrical power.
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► What: Change orders add
Phase 3 to renovation.
► What: Walk-through of
Moody Learning Center
set for Thursday.
► What: Remodeling not
source of problems.
nology in the classroom.
The second change order, for $62,159, will
The next meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. March
25 in Room 300 of Moody Learning Center.
ers them.
The delay, if any, should not take more than a day.
Furniture moves from classrooms on the fifth
conditioning renovation project at this college’s
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of $568,830.
When a contract is awarded and the contin-
gency amount is set, the money for contingency
is encumbered.
Rindfuss says he would support an item on
Matt Hiebel
On the week of March 17, room signage was
set to begin; however, it will not until the com-
board.”
Gonzalez said the other trustees may have
problems with Ramsay, and that is why they
object to the nomination.
Vasquez said she would not have a problem
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“I did not say anything about making it on
was to dis-
“If you’re within contingency, you’re within
budget,” trustee Brian Fox said.
The committee unanimously approved an
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and chain of command.
“We need some way to evaluate if we’re get-
ting what we want,” Rindfuss said March 5.
“The materials also need to be taken out.
These people are ordered to remove everything
proved for Moody renovations is for $65,380
to upgrade and revise plans for the instructional interim President Robert Zeigler said.
Although the change orders were unani-
mously approved, trustees had some concerns
about approving them.
With these two change orders, the renova-
the seventh tion project has required 10 change orders to-
The transfer center has scheduled representatives from six
universities to be on campus to answer questions for prospec-
tive students during the week following spring break.
Representatives from Dallas Baptist University will be on
campus from 9 a.m. to noon March 24 in Loftin Student Center.
A representative from Our Lady of the Lake University will
be on campus from 9 a.m. to noon March 25 in Loftin.
The representative also will be available from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m in the transfer center, Room 220 of Fletcher Administra-
tion Center.
Representatives from the University of the Incarnate Word
will be on campus from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. March 25 in Loftin.
Representatives from Incarnate Word also will meet
students from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the transfer center.
Representatives from the University of Texas at San
Antonio will be on campus from 9 a.m. to noon March 26 and
April 3 in Loftin.
The University of Houston will have representatives
available from 10 a.m. to noon March 27 in Loftin.
Meetings will be from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the transfer center.
Southwest Texas State University will have representatives
available from 9 a.m. to noon in the transfer center.
Representatives from St. Mary’s University will be on
campus from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. April 2 and April 3 in Loftin.
Individual meetings will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on
both days in the transfer center.
A representative from Texas A&M Kingsville will be on
campus from 9 a.m. to noon April 3 in Loftin.
Meetings in the transfer center are by appointment only.
Students who are interested may call 733-2099 to schedule
a 20-minute appointment.
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The contract includes a contingency of
$9,961; however, three change orders have al-
ready been approved for $9,435.
For the project to continue, a fourth change
order of $9,594 must be issued to bring the
building up to code.
The money will come
maintenance program, Pellek said.
In other business, Debra Dockery, architect
for remodeling at the community education and
service center and the district administration
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innovation center.
The change order is necessary to accommo-
date infrastructure wiring for up to 24 com-
puters, facilities Director Jack Pellek said.
The center will be located on
improperly when he distributed 20 packets of
materials at the convention outlining the
for the chancellor’s evaluation. The committee nomination for Chancellor of the Year.
will complete the evaluation March 24 and
present it March 25.
“This is a high priority item this year with a
very fast-moving schedule,” committee Chair-
person Gene Sprague said.
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► What: Trustees miffed by
Chancellor of Year bid.
in using board stationery to tout the chancellor
for a national honor in February at a conven-
tion of the Association of Community College
Trustees in Washington, D.C.
A board committee March 5 adopted a form chancellor’s
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Exterior lights on the second floor of Moody
Learning Center, which houses the library, were
repaired March 5, but some interior lights in-
side the building are still not working.
The lights had been out since February and
were repaired after interim President Robert
Zeigler learned of the problem last week.
“Some lights were still out or burned, so I
put in a work order so they would be changed,”
Zeigler said, adding he would speak with
project manager Louis Kreusel to see if some-
thing can be done.
“Some of the light covers are dirty, bulbs are
burned and I am addressing safety concerns so
something will be done to keep it safe,” he said.
The darkness inside and outside the build-
ing was not caused by the renovations under-
way in the seven-story building.
“The lighting doesn’t have anything to do
with our construction,” Richard Bock, con-
struction supervisor said.
Students outside the building March 5 said
walking and studying in semi-darkness did not
bother them.
“I know martial arts,” Gilbert Amador, crimi-
nal justice freshman, said. “But it’s a shame that
people have to worry about safety, and a light
problem doesn’t make it better.”
Amador, sitting on the steps leading up to
the second floor of Moody, said, “I usually wait
out here a lot. My parents both have classes here
and after class we sit out here. Now I have to
think about their safety, though.”
“I don’t really worry about my safety, but I
really haven’t had problems and I usually stay
here late,” music freshman Chris Cortez said.
“We did what we could, but in a lot of areas
power is off, so you can’t tell exactly what lights
are on those floors,” electrical foreman Harold
Voight said Tuesday.
“When the power is on, we will make sure
those lights are all on,” Voight said.
Voight said some lights were off in Moody,
not all because power is off.
“Actually, it has nothing to do with the power
on the seventh floor at all,” Kreusel said.
Kreusel said the upgrade was not originally
part of the construction plan, but Zeigler is
considering adding it to the project.
“We have to get a price figured out, and if
we have enough money, it will be added to the
Moody project,” Kreusel said.
Call 733-2235 for complaints about lights.
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We’re adding more
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other programs,”
trustee Richard
Gonzalez said.
Pellek assured the
trustees only 28 per-
cent of the contin-
in the gency has been used
and the renovation
project is 37 percent
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Eighth grade students from Oak Crest Middle School (from left) break during a tour of this college March 3. Hungry students took
Pamela Ochoa, Natalia Barbosa and Anna Flota, enjoy their lunch advantage of Student Government’s fajita Sale west of Moody.
contingency for renovations to this college’s
child development center and heard progress
reviews of capital improvement projects.
The first change order unanimously ap- turning over fewer areas to the contractor, he said. The contract,
) The delay will not have an effect on classes, awarded to Keller-
Martin Organiza-
tion, Inc., included a 10 percent contingency building, gave a progress review of the design:
for the south end of Building C.
The design plans include a meeting room and
an adjacent conference room for the board of trust-
ees, and three smaller lecture or conference rooms.
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, Rindfuss had suggesting changing the form of pages outlining the activities of the chancel- Meetings Act,” Rindfuss said. “It is like we did
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rather than performance concerning budgets “My first question was has the board been Gonzalez said his first intention
renovation of Moody Learning Center were ap-
proved during the Alamo Community College
District board of trustees building committee renovation project.
meeting March 5. The change was requested because this col-
The committee also approved an increase in lege could not find enough rental space
area to support the demand for classroom and
administrative space, Pellek said.
The only option is to slow construction by done.
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Health and wellness are the themes for the fifth week of
seminars offered by student development March 31 to April 4.
The seminars will be in Room 301 of Moody Learning
Center and are open to students and college employees.
Jody Trejo, director of Crime Stop America, will talk at 9
a.m. March 31 about arming Americans through education,
and Dr. Jill Squyres, from the speaking bureau of Audie L.
Murphy Veterans Hospital, will speak at 11 a.m. March 31 on
smoking cessation.
Business administration Lecturer Richard Wilde will talk at
1 p.m. March 31 about stress management.
Bert Lindo, also of Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital, will
talk at 9:25 a.m. April 1 about smoking cessation, and Trejo
will repeat the seminar on arming Americans through
education at 10:50 a.m. April 1.
Tanya Villareal of San Antonio Council on Alcoholism and
Abuse will speak at 1 p.m. April 1. She will discuss 12 steps to
happiness. Catharine Craw of the Alamo Area Resource
Center will talk at 2:25 p.m. April 1 about staying HIV
negative.
Physical education Professor Vai Gonzales will speak at 9
a.m. April 2 on physical fitness, and Counselor Becky Rubin
will talk about organizational skills for students with attention
disorders at 10 a.m. April 2.
Craw will repeat her seminar on staying HIV negative in the
’90s at noon April 2, and Villareal will repeat her seminar on
12 steps to happiness at 2:25 p.m. April 2.
Dr. Thomas Hoy, director of Title 3, will talk at 9:25 a.m.
April 3 about Party 101, and Wilde will repeat his seminar on
stress management at 10:50 a.m. April 3.
Paula Daggett, coordinator for the college health center,
will speak at 12:15 p.m. April 3 on staying healthy during exams.
Biology Professor Ellen Brennan will talk about weight
control at 1:40 p.m. April 3.
Child development Chairperson Peggy Apple will talk at 9
a.m. April 4 about exploration in child development.
Wilde will discuss business administration at 10 a.m. April 4.
tribute the materials on his own behalf; how-
In the letter, Rindfuss states, “Several other ever, he said he received instruction from
- trustees have expressed objection as to the uni- McClure to make the nomination froth the en-
“ It s kind of late in the game to redo the evalu- lateral action taken by Richard Gonzalez. ” tire board.
Rindfuss says he would support an item on McClure said Gonzalez did approach him
the agenda to address this matter in any appro- about the nomination and said he could do it.
“When he talked to me about it, I asked him
to send me the qualifications,” McClure said,
adding the qualifications said any trustee could
bers of the association who received the mate- make the nomination.
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thorized by the board as well as a published behalf of the board,” McClure said.
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On March 23 and early March 24 the moon will be in the
shadow of Earth, creating a 92 percent lunar eclipse.
The partial eclipse will begin at 7:41 p.m. March 23 as the
moon enters penumbra, the partially lighted area surrounding
the complete shadow of a body in
full eclipse.
At 8:20 p.m. the penumbra will
be first be visible. Maximum
eclipse will take place at 10:39 p.m.
The penumbra will be last visible
at 1 a.m., and the moon leaves the
penumbra at 1:38 a.m.
The heavens also will showcase a
comet that can be seen with the
naked eye. The best times for viewing Comet Hale-Bopp
without astronomical devices will be all night March 26 to
April 10.
The comet will be visible 45 degrees
horizon.
Scobee Planetarium will not have public showings March
21 and 28 for Spring Break and Good Friday.
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Gonzalez.
“Nobody should be speaking on the board’s
behalf,” she said. “If he was doing that on his
behalf, then that is OK.”
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said.
The furniture moves will begin on Wednesday.
Many other complaints have come in about
of their messiness on various floors of Moody.
problems with renovations. “The contractors are not to blame for that.
“They said the areas should be cleaner. We That’s project management’s responsibility,”
lem on the seventh floor and alternate support really do need to keep it better looking,” Bock said, project manager Louis Kreusel said.
is still a major option. Faculty also noted that dangerous renovation
A bus duct is a source of electrical power. areas should be marked off.
Because of the expense for the alternate sup-
port, other options are in the discussion stages.
Use of the fifth and sixth floor bus duct is pany from Pittsburgh making the signs deliv-
the most accessible option.
The second floor lobby area in Moody may
also be delayed. A decision on that is still pending.
Also, a water leak is seeping through the walls floor also are scheduled.
A walk-through inspection for completion of on the seventh floor of Moody. Drain pans were
Phase 1 renovations in Moody Learning Cen- supposed to be installed, but because of cen-
ter is scheduled for 8 a.m. Thursday while the fusion, they were not installed correctly. “Furniture really needs to come out of that
college is closed for spring break. “The leak has been here since I started the ------ k-'" 1--------:k,~ u---”
Project management expects most of the job. It’s not new or anything,” John Ebrom, Adolph Lopez, assistant to the president, said,
work for Phase 1 to be complete by Thursday, general contractor for Keller-Martin, said.
Phase 1 includes the second floor and parts
of the fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
Room 542 in Moody is blocked off and con-
struction materials have been stored in other rooms.
“Furniture really needs to come
room, so it has to be accessible to them,
“If the drain pans had been installed cor-
rectly, the leak should have gone all the way to from the rooms and they will take them,” Lopez
Restrooms on the third and fourth floors are the drain and then out the building,” Richard
also part of Phase 1. Bock, construction supervisor, said.
Phase 2 includes the rest of the building, ex- In other business, Bock met with faculty rep-
cept the first floor, which the board of trustees resentatives in Moody to resolve some
recently voted to delay.
A bus duct in Moody continues to be a prob-
Career planning is the topic for the fourth week of seminars
offered by student development.
The seminars are in Room 301 of Moody Learning Center
and are open to students and college employees.
Students in orientation may earn extra points on test scores
or make up orientation class absences by attending seminars.
Cynthia McKee, coordinator of College Resource Materials,
which helps students search for grants and scholarships, will
speak at 9 a.m. March 24 on how to get cash for college and
will repeat the same seminar at 10:50 a.m. March 27.
The coordinator of the job placement program, Jesse A.
Sanchez, will speak at 11 a.m. March 24 on how to get and
keep a job and will repeat the seminar at 1 p.m. on March 25.
Nidia Hinojosa, specialist for the career planning center,
will speak at 1 p.m. March 24 about resume writing and will
also speak at 2:25 p.m. March 25 on the same topic.
Margaret Costantino, counselor for the career planning
center, will speak at 9:25 a.m. March 25 on hot careers for the
turn of the century, and Title 3 Counselor Rosa Maria
Gonzalez, will talk at 10:50 a.m. March 25 about the job market.
Sanchez will discuss interviewing techniques at 10 a.m.
March 26, and Barbara Greene of Greene & Associates, a
consulting firm, will speak on how to crack the hidden job
market at noon March 26.
Gonzalez will speak on transferring to a four-year institu-
tion at 2:25 p.m. March 26.
Hinojosa will speak at 9:25 a.m. March 27 on interviewing
techniques, and Gloria Jones, counselor in the career planning
center, will talk about hot careers for the turn of the century at
12:15 p.m. March 27.
Rose Lozano, counselor in the transfer center, will speak at
1:40 p.m. March 27 on transferring to a four-year institution.
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ation,” trustee Eloisa Vasquez said. “Maybe we
should invite a consultant to our annual retreat
Chancellor Robert Ramsay will be evaluated to develop a new one and use this as a basis.”
for the first time in two years at the regular Board Vice Chairman Kenneth Shumate in-
monthly meeting of the board of trustees at 7 quired why the board is in such a hurry to evalu-
p.m. March 25 in the Heritage Room of the
campus center at St. Philip’s College.
In a related matter, trustee James Rindfuss
wants to reprimand board Secretary Richard
iplishments for a possible to action, but “simply a solution,” adding that
Vasquez, who attended the meeting with
Gonzalez, said she did not see the materials until
she was about to leave Washington, D.C.
Vasquez said the materials included a cover
letter on official board letterhead and a couple
because he thought it addressed popularity lor.
“My first question was
priate way, “including, but not limited to repri-
mand, censure and sanctions.”
The sanctions would include notifying mem-
ate the chancellor. I
Sprague responded, “Well, I think it’s be- rials that the nomination of Ramsay is
cause we didn’t do it last year.”
Shumate said, “Then apparently
Gonzalez, who Rindfuss said acted improperly need to do it.”
? Rindfuss wrote board Chairman Donald
for a national honor in February
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floor of Moody and will be used to provide fac- taling $144,602. Committee members were con-
ulty with instruction for introducing new tech- cerned that money keeps being added to
projects, but not taken from other projects.
V7" " money, but nothing is increase in the contingency from 10 percent to
allow a delay in the renovation of the first floor coming from
of Moody to allow offices and classrooms on
Two change orders totaling $127,539 for the the first floor to move directly to their new lo-
cations on the other floors.
This delay will create a third phase of the
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Rindfuss also states in the letter the cost of ployee and all of us (the board) are the supervi-
producing the materials should be figured and sor of the employee. When the employee is do-
McClure March 8 that he thinks Gonzalez acted charged to Gonzalez personally. ing a tremendous job, I want to commend him.
In a telephone interview Thursday, Rindfuss “They’re making political judgments,”
said his statements in the letter were not a call Gonzalez said. “I think he’s going a little over-
he hopes Gonzalez will take it upon himself to
rectify his actions.
Rindfuss also said he is not against the nomi-
nation of Ramsay, but he thinks the entire board
should have voted on nominating him.
“I feel this is basically a violation of the Open
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