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The Prospector
Editor in chief..
Managing editor.
. Leticia Zamarripa
....Andrea Plaza
pinion
News Editor......
.....Dino Chiecchi
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editorials are those of the editorial board, which com-
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of staff. Opinions expressed in signed columns and
guest editorials are the views of the authors.
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©1983 The Prospector
Why the major holdup?
With all the talk about tenured and non-tenured pro-
fessors getting the shaft in Universities around the coun-
try, people are beginning to wonder about UT El Paso’s
tenure appointment hold-up.
Joseph Olander, vice president for academic affairs,
who reviews department and college tenure recommen-
dations before they go before the University president
and UT Board of Regents, claims ": . .it’s not taking a
longer time. . .This (tenure) is an important thing and
there are so many persons involved.”
However, in 1981 when George Whitehouse, mass
communication associate professor, was being con-
sidered for tenure, he was notified about his denial of it
in December of his second academic year of proba-
tionary service. Whitehouse filed charges against the
University in the spring of 1982, and his case went to
court March 23.
According to regents’ tenure, promotion and termina-
tion rules, “In the event of decision not to reappoint a
non-tenured faculty member, written notice will be given
him or her not later than March 1 or the first academic
year of probationary service, if the appointment expires
at the end of that academic year, or not later than Dec.
15 of the second academic year of the probationary ser-
UDITIONS I
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I’m Sorry, Mr.Pete, but if we hired an eighth dwarf
we would have to remake the whole picture.
vice, if the appointment expires at the end of that
academic year.”
Judging by these rules, the University is extremely late
in letting professors know whether or not they will be
able to finish the semester with the security of a job
under their belts.
Olander also said that as soon as the liberal arts col-
lege recommendations are ready, the entire list will be
released.
Not to say something smells fishy, but something
smells fishy. Who or what is holding up the tenure
recommendations in the College of Liberal Arts? And
how much longer will tenured-track professors have to
live with the insecurity?
Game plan for the future - sports offer opportunities
Students pursuing a sports career for academic studies are a source of new
should take note of the following list of ideas and techniques for coaches and gym
possibilities. And later turn the teachers.
possibilities into realities...
A . A ... Management: Sports is business — big
Communications: Communications is6 . .. .
perceived as the most glamorous of the business. Athletics encompasses
major sports career fields. And forthose mar eting, inance, started organiza-
. -::1 : tions, public relations and sales, so you
who succeed in it, the most lucrative in . ‘1
high profile jobs is broadcasting. Ap- know, sports management jobs are
aval able in this field. The minimum re-
plicants are expected to have an .
undergraduate degree but ultimately ex- quirement for a career in sports manage-
. : . : 1 . ment is a bachelor s degree. And a
perience carries the most weight. Entry- . . . . .
level broadcasters should be prepared to business major is preferred tn most
1: :1 :catagories. You will need a masters
work their way up in the media, not only . . : r 1
1 n degree in business administration for ad-
through entry level jobs but also in small, .5 . „ 1 ,
local publications and stations on their minstering a college athletic department,
way to bigger markets Currently the Sports management until recently has
1: , . been a male dominated field, but oppor-
print media employs more people than . .. , „ .
radio and television, but with the explo- tunities are gradually opening up for
1 .. .. . 5 women. This has been particularly true at
sion of cable and home video systems, the , „: 1
future looks brightest in broadcast, the college level, where the rapid growth
: 0 :: 1 of women s sports programs has created
Education: Sports education is the . . ; r :
classic sports career. It includes two opportunities for female administrators.
related, but in many ways quite different, Medicine: Sports medicine encom-
professional options. One is in teaching passes all the disciplines that help prevent
and studying sports-related subjects at the or cure athletic ills and injuries, and a few
college level, and the other is teaching that help improve athletic performance,
sports usually in high schools, YMCA or This field is growing rapidly along with
social agencies. Each branch of sports participation in fitness activities and
education interrelates with the other; skill recreational sports, and it has become
training serves as a practical laboratory part of the increasingly sophisticated
i
training techniques used in amateur and leagues in other sports such as softball,
professional sports. Sports medicine volleyball and basketball have floundered
careers require standardized training, and died. The increase in women’s
usually including a minimum of an amateur sport programs should eventual-
undergraduate degree and often licensing ly lead to more opportunities at the pro-
and certification procedures as well. If fessional level, but where and when is still
you have an interest, patience and difficult to predict. At any rate, the first
academic ability to earn your credentials, requirement in professional athletics is
sports medicine should offer excellent op- talent. You must be prepared to have that
portunities for jobs, stability and income talent through training and then, unless
over the next few decades. you are the next Tracy Austin of your
sport, you must be equally prepared to
perfect your self promotional abilities.
Most professional athletes need commer-
cial or private sponsorship or perhaps
EDITORIAL
A guest column by Mike Salazar
secondary careers to keep themselves in
the competition long enough to begin ear-
ning winnings.
Professional athletics: The oppor-
tunites for women in professional sports Career Steps
are limited, compared to men. Women • Evaluate yourself.
play in few sports and generally for fewer • Set your goals.
dollars. In the allied field of officiating,Write to the Professional Organiza-
there are only a handful of women in tions.
career-level positions, and the immediate • Get the education you need,
future does not look particularly rosy in • Get experience.
their field. On the plus side, the numberGet into the job market.
of competitions and the size of the purses ^ Be aggressive.
offered in golf and tennis have grown • Keep a positive attitude.
tremendously over the last decade. But at For more information visit your Career
the same time, fledgling professional Information Center, 103 W. Union.
•READERS' FORUM
‘Bookstore outrage hurtin’ students’ wallets’
Dear Editor:
Have you wondered how much profit the University chair. Or maybe the bookstore likes to keep tabs on
Bookstore makes? I always thought bookstores were those who thumb through the pornographic magazines,
supposed to help out the student, not lighten the load on but better yet watch the expressions on their faces,
our wallets. I remember when pencils were 3 cents and 25 Maybe one day we should all storm into the bookstore
sheets of paper sold for a nickel. Now that we are in our and buy a ceramic jug with cork to store our toenails,
quasi-real world we might learn a lesson in charity from They sell for $8. Or maybe we can all afford the do-it-
our local bookstore. yourself wooden crate, which sells for $8.95. (I think
For example, a pack of 200 sheets of paper costs more Safeway gives them away.) We should all buy fuzzy
than $2, while at Walgreens it’s 99 cents. What about pens, rocket erasers and video game watches and never
those loveable Pot Perchers that sell for $2.50.1 bet they have to worry about another boring lecture again,
cost 25 cents to make. And textbooks — why we buy Let us all give a standing ovation to the authors of
them from the bookstore for $30, sell them back for $15 bookstore policy for making all these wonderful things
and the bookstore turns around and sells the same book available to us. Better yet, let’s thank them for taking the
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for $22.50. (Thank heavens for File-a-Book.)
load off our wallets. I think Jerry Falwell once said that
How about those video cameras hanging from the ceil- money was the root of all evil. I guess the bookstore is
ings? I bet they are located there so they can pick up our well-rooted.
expressions as we leave the cash register. Maybe the per- Joe Huerta
son keeping an eye on us is rolling over in his executive Sophomore Electric Engineering Major
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